The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-18
LAB0R'S SHARE.
PROTECTION CAN GIVE NOTHING TO
WoRklNeMEN WHILE LABOR
IS ON THE FREE LIST.

The Laborer Now Completes with Lowest
Responsible Bidder of the World Low
Prices Stimulate Both Consumption and
| Production Example of Steel Rail Pool.
One OF the best speeches made in tho
house while the Dingley bill was being
discussed was made by John O. Bell Of
Colorado. With facts which are indis-
putable and logic which is unanswor-
able he exposed many of the fallacies Of
protection. His exposure Of tho absurd
claim that protection helps tho work
ingman is especially good, Here is o
part of IT.;
but our friends upon the other side
say that they levy tariff for tho bene-
fit Of the wagoworkers, / say to you
that any tariff bill, caro- not from
whom 1t comes, that does not contain q
provision for prohibiting tho free in
flow Of immigration from foreign ooun-
tries Is obliyious Of tho rights Of labor
and is opposed to the interest of all
wageworkers. Applause.
Protection is always asked in tho
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 lobonng man
getting rich manufacturing Tho sta.
tisticians clearly figured from the oen-
sus of 1880 that about per cent on
our dutioble list would cover the differ
onco between the European WACO sohed'
ulo and ours, or that about IS per cent
ad vNlorom covered the entire labor cost
Of our list Of 1880. While the m0nui0o.
turor then asked for the poor l0boror
his per cont ho got for himself at tho
hands Of congress six times 0 per cent,
Is there any reason why n high tariff
affects wages injuriously2 Yes; by en-
abling employers 10 build up vicious
trust system for tho manufacturer and
against the laboror. Tho high tariff
makes tho manufacturer complete mas
ter OF the wagoworkor,
ain tho reyiow Of h, G, Dun 81 Co.,
IN their weekly review Of trade, dated
Feb, ~, II ~ stotodi
No other event Of tho week Opa
proachos IN Importance the disruption
Of the steel rail pool. In two days. says
the report, 'aftor II n grootor tonnage Of
rails was probably purchased than tho
ontiro production Of the last year, re-
ported at 800, 900 tons, And inate0d Of
S9S in December and $50 In January,
$l7 IL now tho price Ot which works
east and west are seeking orders, And
further, says tho report, The Carnegie
company has boon selling at Sl7 Chi
oago delivery. Those sales will employ
many thousand hands, with nm impor-
tant decrease IN tho cost Of track laying
on renewal Of railroads,
Now, my frienda lot mo 0sk you,
was II the rising or lowering prioo that
employed these thousands Of monS Our
friond Mr., Hopkins Of Illinois tolls Of
tho benefits Of higher duty on iron
aud steel Did the steel rail pool need
moro tariff
What IL the difference IN giving the
manufacturer n double profit through u
high tariff or through poolS DO they
ever share the profits of the pool with
laborS No, VIII they over share the
proAta of n tariifY Never
lit takes no political economist to
answer those questions II the United
states manufacturers can reap twice the
profit under u high tariff by limiting
themselves 10 tho homo market aud
running half time, why should thoy
run full time aud Invade foreign mar
kota9 They never will, They will alt
down comfortably and sell their limited
supply of goods for Increased profits,
making thom moro than whole, whilo
the loboror rampa the country In search
of work just IN ho now doea under the
trust system,
"tt Ia unfortunate that the humdfum
Of the tariff has been sounded IN the
ears Of the people until many Of them
really believe that foreign trado Ia un.
important, II not curse, Why did tho
breaking Of the steel rail pool put 10
many men 70 workY II waa because the
consequent lowered price FOR iron and
steel brought most liberal ofdera from
abroad 40 well M at home, Suppose
the tariff had been prohibitiye aud
we would have been confined 70 tho
homo market Would Tho manufacturers
have mado no many go0daY No, but they
would have doubled their profits on
what they did mako, Tho people could
not have bought 30 many because Of the
increased price, Who would have huf'
foredY First, tho w0rhmon because they
would have had fewer goods 10 maker
secondly, tho consumer, because he
could not have bought 30 many At q
higher price, Who would have been ben.
ehtedY The manufacturer, because he
might have made hnd handled less
goods made n double profit and really
hayo gained, ~ he would have hod few
or 20 handle for the aOmo profit,
"Thia bill viii increase the mahufhe'
tufer'a profits on the individual arlii
elea, but will lessen the power Of the
people 20 buy or uHe his wares
1T IL the poverty Of the buyer, moi
Tho producer, that must bo relieved bo'
foro things Will thrive,
"The manufacturer has every facility
10 produce, but no facility 10 sell,
ut Ia tho consumption that must
first be stimulated, and that will slim
ulato production
nThore aro hut fow crumbs IN this
bin 10 aid the oppressed farmer Of tho
interior on the labofef, but thousands
Of things TO further cypress him Higher
sugar, higher salt, higher lumber high.
on clothing, higher manufactured prod.
u0ta aud absolutely nothing "a raise the