The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-13


ends of men to be out of work.
Does any one suppose that such a
condition would not be a great CAL
amity to the county2
Everybody in the county would
be effected and injured. The mer-
chants with their large stocks of
goods would have to close for want
of customers, banks would fail and
houses would be empty and labor
crs numerous without anything to
do. Farmers would have to take
much less for their surplus because
1t must be shipped away.
Now we will suppose there is but
one possible railroad by which the
product Of these Mexican factories
could be got into this country.
Would we not all qui, basting this
road and ask them to make tho
freight rates SO high on these Mexl-
can goods that we would at least
haye an equal show with our dark
skinned brother across the line?
Now when you seriously look at
the above proposition there is bu,
one answer and can be no other.
| We would all be glad tossee the fac
tories come and weuld all vote for
the pslicy that would bring them
and would all petition the road to
keep the rates amply high to pro
tect' us.
Now wouldn't you?
That exact cenditioa exists in
this country today, but We dent
seem to fully realize 1t.
We have built immense and RUM
erous factories all over the couatry.
They have given employment to
Gany millions of men directly and
Indirectly and pay out annually
nundreds of millions of dollars in
wages to these men who would be
out of employment but for them.
| Tust across the water are nMmerous
! factories that manufacture the same
kinds Of goods that are maRufactur
ed by us and there are hordes 'of
half starved 1en, women aud child
een that work in these factories fof
sfew pennies per day. Do YOU
| think it best for US to admit this
oheaply manufactured goods to
,Gompete with that we make by the
use of the labor OF the many thous.
aads of honest, iRtelligent, self-re-
4 Ispectipg A0aerican labocers? Are
| you not willing to sign the petition
to the R. K. to keep up the freight
rate?
You say tae factories are'not here
Il ley are ia the east. Nest of them
are but they are Keeping up prices
on what you have to sell by keeping
thSs vast army OF laboring men al
work, keeping thea from competing
with you In yeur kne of work and
paying them good wages so they'cau
buy your product. Every additional
man employed iR this country al
good wages in a factory increases
the price of corn aRd hogs and cat
tles butter, eggs aad cheese, and
increases the wages of the carpenter,
blacksmith and cleCk, because he
must buy these commodities and
these services and the greater the
demand the greater the price.
Better had we support oar home
Industries than cripple and destroy
them, even though we can't always
readily fad a way to control E1One-
poles and combines.
We will discover the way after
while. If cur legislators could all
be honest aud fair the way would
soon be found. Better had We look
more carefully after the 90 per cent
home market and fuss less over the
10 per cent foreign.
This but illustrates the workings
of the tariff and we firmly believe
that if you will but study the ques
tioa along these lines without Prsju
dice you must reach the conclusion
that a protective tariff is best for the