The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-27

because sugar u dearer IN the United
states than in Great Britain. The prin-
"ipal ingredient and the most expansive
,n Jam. - every man Ifacturer knows. u
MT sugar hut labor British lam ~ made
Principally hY women and girls. who are
I'aid anything from 81 - g. ~ week
In" report IL the Poor Law Commission
Tor iSO said that the aGgTsEation Of
population into urban centres often
prov d. "A large amount Ut labor. chiefly
women and children willing 10 take
few weeks or months 81 employment
and tyI" - such employment u the
Jam making Which thriv-s On the abundant
cheap labpr of EAST aud south London
think America owes IT. indiist rial
greatness largely To- IT. protective tarin
Frftv years aEu Great Britain hAd enor-
lu"f.- Industries. - hIlr he ul'ed States
had ton" The luit-d Staf.-- aud Eng
land a." hy nat equally veil htted for
man H'h'tnf.ng silk. is.'AtlSe neither
country controls tie. raw product ling
Land had - great advantage Of a long
start experience and capital England
hHd irs,' irdd". America had pTutrCt ion.
h" rlr-rng of the American silk tarir a.
-" ~ and ~ caused m" English manu-
lat Irers and silk workers uf MacC'lssfield
and other plac'-' To- ~ - PairTspu, y
and other paris ~ ia" nlisd States
lHr American silk industry - now 10y far
~" largest IA ia" world II consumes
nitern times NOR" raw silk than Great
Britain
Another illustration ~ the influence
~ N" American 'arif upon an industry
L. arured by the case ~ iron aud steel.
Formerly Great Britain was 10y far the
largest iron and steel producer IN the
world IL was IN i-a7 that the United
states put tariff "a rails. which before
that time had not been made In this coun-
try Under the mantle OF protect on
America has slnCe' built up the largest
tron aud steel industry ~ the world.
. 49, IaWa
pruduCed three tunes az much Of tho-s,
commodities a. ia. United States to-day
the American output ~ three times that
% Great Britain This enormous change
has not been brought about either by
Americas wealth IN iron ore. because
England can get iron ore from sweden
and Spain A. ch.aply a. you can get It here.
lake the tin plate industry. Before
the Mckinley tarin Great Britain had
monopoly ~ that industry, while America
Produced none q the commodity. Nc
kinley's Theory that "A protective tartn
would cause the establishment u the
industry in the United States and that
internal competition would lower tho
price below that prevailing for the Eng
fish article has been justified. for after
all the principal factor In cheapening
prices u production on large scale.
Therefore the American tarih has not
harmed the consumer, but greatly bene-
flied him
IN England Tree traders Try 70 defenu
their POLICY by telling British workers
that they are the happie-t and best paid
workers in the world and bid them pity
American workers. who groan under
protection. To keep up this imposition
free trad" organizations constantly sup |
ply the press with harrO owing tales 81 the |
pOy"r'y 81 American and German work
ar- Hut they fail To explain WHY every |
year about 2tO.OOO English workers fee |
from that paradise u free trade and why 4
Iher" - IA very large immigration into /
Germany and the United States To |
eep up the imposition Of free trade
hey constantly tell the wOrkingmen !
how greatly the consumer suffers through
arifs, but omit 20 tell him that he cannot
consume his evening meal unless he has
produced something during the course
4 ia. day
-Owing largely 10 unemployment and
II remedy low wages. British workers live
rom hand - mouth Very few have any
anRibls property while very largo
percentage - American workingmen
AVE land and houses ~ their own he
Ide- American work lnRmen have almost
u tsJN OnO.GO in savings banks, while
iritlEh workers have only 81 900 900 .OOn
'hr aspect ~ commercial aud Industrial
IA gland resembles most closely that OF
h. States ~ New York and MAaAAchu-
etts New York state alone has more
money Ia the savings banks than the
Whole Of III. lnited Kingdom. while Per
Iead ~ population there " IA the savings
,aHks - fre,. trade Great Britain only
% az compared with 500 ia New York
nd Massachusetts,