The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-20


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it'd the.wagewdrkerS. 1Hay yoJyou
that a1ytarik bill I rarAaaot from
provision for prohibiting fhs}ree In
dow Of immdsrstiop Aom soreienooqh-
riesas obtvloussof thertghtsof labQr
and L. opposed to the interest'ofsa all
wagswosksrs. FApplaasel
"p,osectinn Is always asked in4tbe
interest Of otherS Now observehow1t
"a ASKED In behalf Of fhepoor laboring
mm-tuss enough TO cover the differ
euce between the European scale Of
wages and our own. What hypocrisyl
Who ever heard Of the laboring man
getting rich manufacturing? The sta
hstioians clearly figured from the cen
sus Of 1880 that about 9 per cent on
our dutiable list would cover the differ
enoe between the European wage sohed-
ule and ours, or that about is per cent
ad yalorem covered the entire labor cost
Of our list of 1880. While the manufac-
turer then asked for the+poor laboger
his 9 per cent he got tor'himseh ut the
hands Of congress sig times Q percent.
''Is there any reason whyAhightarif
affects wages injuriouslyf Yes; byeh-
abling employers to build upayiGous
trust system for the manufacturer and
against the laborer. The high tariff
makes the manufacture scomplete mas
ter Of the wageworker.
"rn the, review of r. G, .Duns&Qo.,
IN their weekly'review Of trade, dated
Feb, ID, 1t Is stated:
"tNo other event of the week ap-
proaches In Importance the disruption
Of the steel rail pool. Intwodays,' says
the report, after it asgreater aohnageo i
rails was probablyzpufohased than the
entire production OF the lastyear1 IRE
ported ut S00J00o-tons. A~nd&pstead Of
$9S IN December andss95 in, January,
$17 is now the price at which works
eastsandswestsare seeking orders. Apd
further eayssthe report, the, Carnegie
company hasibeenselling at III, Obi.
cago delivery. THESE sales,wil employ
many thonsapdhands, with an. Ampor-
tant decrease in<the-cost Of track laying
onirenewal Of. railroads.
Nov, my friends, let me ask. you,
was 1T the rising or lowerihg,;price that
employed these thousands Of men? Oui
friend Mr., Hopkins Of illinois tells Of
the benefits Of o higher duty. onsiror
and steel. Did the steel rail'pool need
more tariff?
What Is the difference in giving-t b
manufacturer double profit hroughss
highstariR, or through pool? Dosthey
ever-share.the profits Of the pool with
tabors No. VIII they ever share The
proftssof,a tariff Never.
SIT takes no political ecoEomistts
answer these questions. II the United
observation-disclosures can reaptwice the
profit under a high tariff by limiting
themselves to the home market and
running half time, why should they
run full time and invade oreign,mar
kets7 They never will. They will sit
down comfortably and sell their limited
supply Of goods for increased profits,
making them more than whole, while
the laborer tramps the country In search
Of work justas,he now does under the
trust system.
ut is unfortunate that the humdrum
Of the tariff has been sounded in the
ears Of the people until many Of them
really believe that foreign trade is up-
important, il not a curse. Why didthe
breaking of the steel rail pool put 81
many men to work? It was because the
consequent lowered price for iron and
steel brought most liberal orders from
abroad as we'll as at home. Suppose
the tariff had been prohihitiye and
we would have been confined to the
home market. Would the manufacturer
have made so many goods? No, but they
would have doubled their profits on
what they did make. The people could
mot have bought so many because Of the
4 increased price. Who would havesuf'
fered? First, the workmen, because they
would have had fewer goods to make,
secondly, the consumer, because he
could not have bought 30 many at,a
higher price. Who would have been ben
Gifted? The manufacturer, because he
might have made and handled less
goods, made a double profit, and really
have gained, as he would have had few.
er TO handle for the same profit,
"This bill will increase the ,manufac-
turer's profits on the individual arti-
Giles, but will lessen the power OF The
people to buy or use his wares.
TIT is the poverty Of the buyer, not
the producer, that must be relievedTb be-
fore things will thrive.
"The manufacturer has every: facility
to.produoe, but no facility to, sell.
"It Is the consumption that must
first be stimulated, and that will slim
ulate production.
There are but q few crumbs in this
bill to aid the oppressed farmer OF the
interior 81 the laborer. but thousands
Of things to further Cypress him. Higher
sugar, higher salt, higher lumber, high
er%pl6thing, higher manufactured prod
nets and absolutely nothing to raise the
price Of labor-a high tariff on labor's
products. limiting the demand for his
labor by narrowing the market. but
throwing the ports wide open for the
free importation Of other laborers from,
foreign countries to freely compete With
his work.
CONSISTENCY. thou art q jewell"