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

because sugar Ia dearer IN the United
States than in Great Britain The prin-
cipal ingredient and the most expensive
IA IAN. "a every manufacturer knows. Il
not sugar hvt tabor British Jam IL made
principally hy Nplusn and girls, who are
kAId anything from 81 t. 8? 50 week
The rppOr. ~ h. Poor Law Commission
Tor 1879 said that the aggregation OF
population into urban centres OF ~
urovid.S- "A large amount al labor. chiefly
women and children, wiling To take q
few weeks OF months ~ employment
and type 81 such employment - the
Jam making which thriNss un he abundant
cheap labor 81 east aud south London.
L think America owes 49, industrial
greatness largely To ~ proteCilv" iarin
Finy years ago Great Britain hau enor
nous INDUSTRIES. while the United States
had none The United States and Eng
land are nv nature equally well fitted for
manu'actu riug silk. beCa,Iss nelt her
country controls the raw product Eng
and lad great advantage Of long
start experience and capital England
had free trade. America had protection
he raising 81 the American silk tarin In
he JS and 6ls caused rhe English manu-
fact uf"rs and silk workers 81 MaeCleshel
and other places 10 60 To Paterson, y J.
and other parts ~ the United States
The American silk industry - now by far
the largest in the world II consumes
fifteen times more raw silk than Great
Britain
Another illustration ~ the influence
~ he American tarin upon an industry
- afured 10y the case OF iron and steel
Formerly Great Britain was by far the
largest iron and steel producer in the
world IL was IN 1891 that the United
states pay "A tarin ON rails, which before
that time had not been made IN this coun-
try. Under the mantle OF protection
America has since built up the largest
iron and steel industry % the world
Tor whereas sixty years ago England
produced three times as much ~ 'hoSe
CpuWuIitI'S a. ia" nItsd States to-day
III" Auerlvin output IL three times that
II Great Britain This enormous change
ht- not b-en brought about either hy
Americas wealth N iron ore, bscaus"
England can get iron ore from sweden
and Spa In aa Chsaply az Won can get u here,
lake the tin plate industry Before
IN" Mckinley tarih Great Britain had a
monopoly ot that industry, while America
produced none Of the commodity. Nc
inleys theory hat a protective tarin
would cause the establish nent Of the
industry IA the Jnited States and that
Internal competition would lower the
price below that prevailing for the Eng
llsh article has been justified, for after
ali IN" principal fu"tor m cheapening
prices IL production on a large scale.
therefore, the American t1nh has not
harmed the consumer, but greatly bene-
f'"d him
In England frea traders try 20 defend
the,r policy by telling British workers
th,r they are III" haPpiost and best paid
workers In tho world and bid them pity
American workers. who grnan under
pru'"rtIon 10 keep up this imposition
IRE" trad" Organizations constantly sup.
iiv nn pr's-- win narrowing tales IT the
poverty II American and German work
era BYt they ftIl 20 explain whv every
wear about ?OO.vD English workers fie.'
from that paradise Il fr-strade and why
her" IL very large immigration into
S.."n up the imposition Il free trade
r.N r,".rly "a" consumer suffers through
.r.-. ru' omit "a tell HIM that h- cannot
.H.-.'.. .,, evening nea' Unless h. has
= AZ dtv
owing largely 10 unemployment and /
,N'-"u'lv lpw lg.s. British wOrk ers 1--we .
p. Pm. .'uI - NOUN. Very few have any /
.uEIbl. nrH'.r y. while a very sr..n
s'r..u' p. e. American wOrkIusu-u
t..' tend md houses II their own b.
.li.- A..rr'.tu SorNngInen have ain. ~
'EsI u.I1 Ds-' ga savings hHuK~. while .
fr..-a rorNers have only 81 UOO go - I
.H .rr.-.- - commercial and Iuiustr q
.usllni reese. nhl"- most closely that -
h. .t."> { New lure and NIs-aci.I.
.-.'r- New NprN S'E'v alone has Hr-a
r.pU-y "a ~" -tyluE~ BANKS than 20"
= sob" e 'u. b zoe 80 h gipW Will" per
4.td ~ pU.IIttl n Th@l" H. IA tn" ~ wings
ptuNs ~ FREE. trade Great Britain onlS
~ ~ compared with scoo IN New York
md Massachusetts,