The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-06-05
LABOR'S SHARE.



The Laborer Row Completes With Lowest
Responsible Bidder of the wor1d-Low
Prices Stimulate Both Consumption and
One Of the best speeches made in the
house while the Dingley bill was being
discussed was made by John q. Bell Of
Colorado. With facts which are indis-
putable and logic which is unanswer-
able he exposed many Of the fallacies Of
protection. His exposure of the absurd
claim that protection helps the work
ingman is especially good. Here is
part Of it:
But our friends upon the other side
say that they levy tariff for the bene-
ut of the wageworkers. 1 say to You
that any tariff bill, l care not from
whom it comes, that does not contain
provision for prohibiting the free in
flow of immigration from foreign coun-
tries is oblivious of the rights of labor
and ia opposed 20 the interest Of all
wageworkers Applause.
" Protection is always asked in the
interest of others. Now, observe how it
is asked in behalf of the poor laboring
man-just enough to cover the differ
ence between the European scale Of
wages and our own. What hypocrisy
Who ever heard of the laboring man
getting rich manufacturing? The sta
tisticians clearly figured from the CEN
sus of 1880 that about per cent ON
our dutiable list would cover the differ
ence between the European wage sched-
ule and ouIs, or that about is per cent
ad valorem covered the entire labor cost
of our list of 1850. While the manufac-
threr then asked for the poor laborer
his per cent he got for himself at the
hands of congress six times per cent.
Is there any reason why high tariff
affects wages injuriously? Yes; by en-
abliDg employers TO build up vicious
trust system for the manufacturer and
against the lahorer. The high tariff
makes the manufacturer complete mas
ter OF the waaeworker.
an the rev IS Of r. @. Dun & Co,
in their wee review of trade, dated
Feb. IL, it is stated:
:" No Other event of the week APP
proaches in Importance the disruption
OF the steel r rool In two days, says
the report, as5er it greater Tonnage of
rails was prse:.bly purchased than lie
entire production of the last year, 'e-
ported at SEQ, eco tons Ard insteai Of
S2S in DeceiEner and $50 in JannAy,
ST. is now The price at which works
east and weef are seeking orders And
further, says the rfIort, the Carnegie
company has heen selling at SIT, Chi
caso delivery. These sales will employ
many Thousand hahds, with an impor
tant decrease il; the cost Of track laying
on renewal CT railroads.
Now. my friends, let me ask you,
was it the rssinr or lowering price that
employed these Thousands Of men? Our
friend Mr.. Hopkins of Illinois tells of
the benefits CT a higher duty on iron
and steel. Did the steel rail pool need
more tariff?
What is the difference in giving the
manufacturer double profit through a
high tariff CT through pool? Dc they
ever share the profits of the pool with
labor? No. Viii they ever share the
profits of tariff? i,ever
1T takes 10 political economist to
answer these quesncns If the United
States manufacturers can reap twice the
profit under a high tariff by limiting
themselves to the home market and
running half time, why should they