The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-11-01
Tariff ABLY DISCUSSED
At UNIONTOWN.
vlRGE and ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Under AUSPICES OF WILSON, MAR
sHlII and TALBOT CLUB.
Charles E. Fink Esq, and Or. Frank
T. Shaw the speakers.

o Monday night last in Mechanic
VI I-niontoWn, there was the lare-
han, - most enthusiastic Democratlc
est dno over held in that strongnolo
ne55lns ,h1icanism. The meeting was
OIL ~ lser thp auspices of the wilson,
undei non and Talbot Club OF that
place. T. oornosed almost en-
..-.1,r of Young men, all earnest auo
WG. t;to leaving no stone unturneo W
:"srrn azure democratic success IN NoFeln
ber next. ,s addressed by
c,nn,oe tn r Fink Esq, and pr. FRANK
GHa1 ohau Of Westminster. Mr. FINK
.or3nd !, nnd thoroughly imbued with ms
t!no+ Setne and made a telling speech,
sITII,' 1oh was frequently interrupted
VIZ VIZ annlauae, and other Manifesto
WIZ sitn ~ the highest appreciation OF
his effort.
suoncb OF Dr. Frank Il. Shaw.
The close of the war saw the e.
.;no+ion of African slavery; oppo-
.i4inn n which was the fundamental
'"innin1n unon which the Republican
pt14T partT was organized. It's mission
pow pow was ended, and 1t was lmpera-
Two that it should espQuse some ne"
and yitalizing issue to insure It's tu-
mre existence, While making no
mention of the restrictive pollcy III
its n1atform of ga it quickly selzed
nnon m the protective system and maze
Il dominant in all it's fiscal legisla-
tion thereby attaching to II the man
~factnrer, the mine owner and the
caDitalistic class generally, by tne
nonular. but misleading, bellef that
# was the medium by which to pro-
mote the public welfare.
So much was the party strengthen
cd bv this fallacy that in its PLATFORM
of ~ it boldly declared in favor OF
q discriminating system OF llnpos.
duties, for the alleged benefit OF
capital and labor; this has been lts
economic policy ever since. and IL
the paramount issue in the presen'
campaign. It's most vociferous ad-
vocates are professedly the most al
truistic of all mankind; asking notn'
ing for themselves, but everything
for the labor they employ and the
country that discriminates in their
favor They profess to believe that
PROTECTIVE TARIFF is NECES-
sARY TO PROTECT THE AMERI-
CAN LABORER AGAINST THE LOW
PRICED LABOR OF EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES. 1t is true tna1
wages are higher in America
than in Europe, and it is also true tnal
We have a protective % tarlH: bu'
that thing exists with, or folloWs
another thing, is no proof that II Ii
because of that other thing.
The assumption that the one fac'
is because of the other is no more
valid than would be the assumpuon
that these higher wages are due tc
the sole power of the government to
coin money, or our decimal coinage
1t is true, as I before stated, that
wages are higher in America than in
European countries, but it is also
true that they are higher in free
trade England than in France OF
Germany where high tariff is oper-
NJ alive. Trustworthy statistics tel
@ ua IAdl lLG average WCChAS WoSOA -
fifteen avocations in England were
$I.O7 az compared with an average
Of 1854 in the same employments, FOL
like time, in protectionist Germany
And, Notwithstanding, the products O1
low priced German labor. with the
exception Of wines, liquors and TO-
DacCo are admitted free into Eng
land wages there have risen more
rapidly than in either OF the two 9TH
er protected countries. If the com
petition Of cheap German labor does
aot operate to reduce wages in Eng
land, why should the American labor
CT more than 1900 miles away need
% De protected from 1t n? Tt would
seem that moments thought should
yohVlnce him he has nothing to fear
rum reduction Of tariff duties to
revenue basis, for nine-tenths Of all
Me arts and manufactures of this
waAtry exist by reason of necessity
Gau not by any system Of revenue
.aMs' not by any discrimination In
s Ae imposition of duties; not
noH any cause which it IL In
%e power OF legislation to promote
tSo SHoVpl oy assuring personal safety
~ enforcement OF contracts, and an
AVaest dollar as the unit of money.
WA wing to the great natural advan-
MM ~ ses Which the tariff neither gave
" @ can take away, labor intelligent
o. apphed will, and does. yield larg-
Fr,tuf letufns in this country than in
Ta.ope' Tap' hence it commands better
u sgs. ~. 1t has always been SO, and
n, 'llS y, TACT we are mainly indebted
lss. We immigration which for the
mi lmo hundred years has crowded
linn SHores and swelled our popula-
AM NJ public lands and our benef-
roron on' homestead laws have long been
Mn Mnpeltors OF the Furnace and the
Inv - ne labor market of the coun-
nsirto sao have had much to do with
~NTaa here living wage
rortla rn Two employers, run after one
Fortral wages rise; but when two
rsgsu run after one employer,
AS AnSa lall.' In this country public
aDnIoahd ana manufactures are the two
Dan mrs running after one work
, aaG wages are comparatively
h5Ic = = England where there IL no
AIN luyarr 80 there is only the one en-
Sorkmn,lm manufactures, after whom all
lsp III N run, and wages are low.
Ssanaaa ae population Of this country