Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-07
RESULT OF REVISION
TARIFF REDUCTION WOULD COMPEL
- SCALING DOWN OF WAGES.

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To Sacrifice Protection In Order to
Strike q Blow at Organized Capital
would he For the Workingman to 1
Commit the Act of HarakirI.
Just in what respect there is a need
for tariff revision at this particular
state of affairs is not demonstrated by
those who shout for tariff changes.
Those who have any knowledge what
ever Of business affairs ought to be
able to discover at glance that the
revision of the tariff would not be SIM
ply blow at the trusts. If the trusts
are to be crushed at one fell swoopS
the men who have their money invest
ed will not be the principal sufferers.
To destroy any given industry would
mean to destroy the opportunity for
work now enjoyed by thousands Of
men.
If any combination of capital is oper.
ated contrary to law the way to treat
such a case is through the courts and
by the operation of the laws on the
ssibjact This has been done in the
matter Of the Northern Securities CON-
psny, ard nobody n really hurt. no
tariff reItsion could infect sBeh eoAss
pans rs the SerthsrA eseeTifEsss Sefnes
the piaG thaE dis tzTM eipouee b. n,
vised solely to SkiA the trrseiS u ID
,sisd OF is fkoe. StHs1ld SSsla sSRtsRaS
Ire bqoswIit Gbeae b the ease1e tSst
any sfven Iine Of manufacturing In
dastries would be crippled and ham
pered the first person to feel the Gfeet
would be the employees, who are now
securing good wages ana who are ID
sured steady employment Precafisns
employment and the flooding Of the
country with foreign made goods
would not serve to continue prosperity,
here, but there would he cessation OF
work, and every man who went
through the period Of 1Sa3-97 knows
what such a condition means. At that
time the English mills were running
overtime in order to furnish goods for.
the American markets, while hundreds
of thousands of workingmen in this
country were walking the streets. The
discussion Of q revision of the Dingley
tariff for the purpose Of assaulting the
trusts is not made for the benefit of the
American workers. They have reason
to stand firm for the continuance Of the
present tariff rates, which have served
to keep the mills busy and the workers
active. i.
The way to reach combinations OF
capital that operate against the people
is to attack them through the processes
of the courts. This can be done. as is
being demonstrated, and the majesty
of the law is supreme. Tariff revision
as advocated by the. Democrats is ap-
proximate free trade, but tariff revi-
sion as suggested by some Republicans,
is simply a reimbursement of certain du-
ties, the changing of which would not
affect injuriously the interests Of the
workingmen. Just at this time, when
wages are being increased almost eV-
erywhere, it ought to be apparent that
a reduction in the output of the Ameri-
can mills and factories by the letting
in of foreign made goods would bring
about q scaling down of wages. De-
mands for higher wages can never be
granted with Il falling market.
The English and Germans are send
Ing shipcad after shipload of goods to
this country notwithstanding the Ding
ley.tarifr. One of the best markets that
Germany has today is the United
States. TO attack the tariff on the mis-
taken principle that destruction of or
ganized capital is to benefit the work
ingman would be to commit harakiri.
-NilminctCm CDell News.