Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-22
HOMESTEAD STRIKE.


his lcttei. of accontance To- could No,
Ignore tho sirilte IN. 4, nr,snntcd nr
object lesson which OWN 81 hirh-tarirf
Republican could MOI fail TO SEQ. So
Mir. Harrison. the can,iilntc. rerprrine
to the strike. said:
II regret that ain EMPLOYERS of labo,
are not Just ANA ronsnltratp aud tha,
capital sometimes takes too large
share of th, pruhtsl q" zion large "A shar,..
of thu uruhts@" Yes. more than Tins
The protected manurarturcls have Sc
cured Nm many rases, a 'brirr nr ,,o-o
chan twice the perrcutnge hand to
workmpu iva wages The net profts
OF the steel trust last year were Just
about equal To the entire nmuunt paid
IN wages, and the wages constituted
less than rs per cent OF the total vaiue
of the product According To this state
ment each Norkne,nan ernploved nv
the steel trust earned. ON an average
not only the amount paid To him hut
100 per cent prpnt besides for his ctn-
ploycr. And, I may add white thes,.
benciictarics of protection have been
pretending to make the tariff laws for
the direct benefit vt the employees, these
same employees have. as i rule. no..
kept close TO the hunger me. Wnne
many OF the EMPLOYERS have bsro,nn
the posScssors OF the swollen rnr-
tunes" which now menace The notinn's
morals ms well as its business
And yet the Republican party was
not willing that a single item ON tie
steel schedule should he touched and
the Republican camnaipp ron,rn,ttse
will not dare to publish. before the olto-
ton. the contributions that have bann
made or will he made to the HanuI,li,a,
campaign FUND by the men most lar.r-
Iy Interested in the steel trust
now, nm, r,.,,,,.,,
Ni''' w Ai'Nl h7.
Let me show YOU how. ;he ,a,.;fr an
crates. have here, =, st.,,.,,..,,, a..
by Mr. H. T.. Niles chairman or The
c C%lt, Vo,t g "i tne National Asso
the agricultural implement trust. The
statement appears In the American In
dustries of November f.. 1907, a name.
which Is now supporting The Republican
ticket and making special fight
against the labor plank of the Demo
| cratic platform. Here is what MI
Miles says:
Il have made money every year out
OF the tariff graft. Not much. but slill
q little.
Thc tariff bdrous raised their price
S1O,oOo tn me, ] made ii charge against
the jobbcr of 100000, and / know that
ne charged more than $4,000 for the
100000 lie paid me. Before reaching Tho
about 100000 to be paid by the agIi-
| cultural consumer
The manufacturer who wouId
| prosper must make a double profit, one
| by the shrewd management of his
| business and another by still shrewdar
manipulation in Washington.
We have no great difficulty in shop-
| ping abroad for We could get as high
| prices as at home. We are so held IN
| however by our supply people that to
most OF us there is very scant profit i'm
| foreign business.
when Congress gave us A. per
gave w ms eeGIg o9 g89 20 per cent they
an invitation, to consolidate, form one
| great trust and advance our prices
20 per cent, being the difference be
! tween the 20 per cent needed and th,,
10 per cent given
Mr Miles shows how the tariff raises
| prices TO those who, in manufacturing.
| nave 10 buy other manufactured pro-
uucts' rms expense is transferred to
Ihe next purchaser. The jobber charg-
~ proht on the tariff as well as on
the cost of the article. and each per
son VINO handles the product collects a
| I'm, so tnat' according to Mr.. Miles
~ nrst chafge of $4,000 becomes
snVu,o"" ny tht tlme II reaches the con
uti MI, mics IN another article
u2''iii"SeS tlle total loss To the peo-
| ple AZ sow ooVuOO annually. The state
.ient OF MI Miles also shows that the
taIlt law is an invitation 10 CONSOLE
80 anu that having been given the
a.. I'm Oh me theory that 1t is needed,
ne M i.'aIlulactuieIs naturally assume
| 'iat II ~ intended that they shall take