Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-08-31
WILSON ON LABOR AND TARIFF.

assertions or the situation is an extraordinary
to have such man running tor President All Dem
ocrats would have you believe that he is the acme
OF intelligence and ability because he Is school
teacher who has reached high position in his pro-
fesson, and that this qualities him to hold the high
est position in the land and conduct the affairs OF
government for the most advanced nation on earth.
And vet here is what he delivered himself OF in a
baccalaureate sermon at Princeton University oil
June IS, 1900 regarding labor and the tariff
You know what the usual standard OF the
employee is in our day 1t is to give as little as
he NAV Tor his wages Labor is standardized
bv the trades unions and this is the standard
to which if is made to conform No one is suf-
fered to do more than the average workman can
do In some trades and hanticrafts is
suffered to do more than the least skilful OF his
fellows can do within the hours allotted to
DAVIS labor and no one NAV work out OF hours
at all or volunteer anything beyond the mini
num- | need not point out how economically
disastrous such regulation OF labor is. 1t Is
so Improbable to the employer that in some
trades it will presently not be worth his while to
attempt ANYTHING at all He had better stop alto
pether than operaae at an inevitable and invar-
able loss The labor OF America is rapidly be
coming Improbable under its present reSula-
tons bv those who have determined to reduce
it to a minimum. Our economic supremacy may
be lost because the country grows more and
more full OF Improbable servants"
Holding such extraordinary views as that in re-
gard to trades unionism and labor i'll general makes
il easier to comprehend Professor Wilson's anxiety
ito destroy every vestse OF Protective Tariff and
let in free of duty the products of the labor of foreign
countries including China and Japan No other ma
ton in the entire history OF the world has made such
great progress in the same length OF time has the
United States since the Dingey Tariff law took
effect in 1897. If labor is Improbable and the
country grows and more full OF Improbable
servants, how does it come about that such UMPIRE
cedented prosperity ruled up TO the time the Demo
crat, got control OF the House OF Representatives
and threatened to destroy the Protective Tariff :
Under Prof Wilson's Free Trade views if carried
into effect, "our economic supremacy would Ger
tainy be lost and apparently he would attribute the
result to the 'unprohtabe labor OF the country
Without employment, would be the case again
under Trade, it could not be otherwise than
Improbable.
Some OF Professor Wilson's carefully prepare
papers make it clear what may be expected from a
government under his control He IS true to tn
theories OF his fellow Democrats in his native Stat,
OF NlrSnla, as may De seen lToHi SN-
tract from an address he delivered not very long
ago:
'Free-Trade has been slumbering question.
but it will soon become OF the leading ques-
tons in all political discussions, because the
people OF the South will insist upon having the
fruits OF peace, and not being kept down under
the burdens of war. When farmer discovers
that he can buy jackknife of English manu-
facture for 81 80, while he has to pay s. for a
knife OF American manufacture OF the same
quality in order that the American manufac-
turer of cutlery may compete on equal terms
with the British, then he feels that he has per-
sonal interest in these subjects. 1.-The best jack
knife in the world is made in the United States
and sells for rs cents.l
Professor Wilson showed his ignorance on Il,
Tariff in the following:
Another stronghold of the Protectonists is
the question of wages They say "How can we
compete with the foreigners when the remuner-
alton of labor is much lower i'll foreign coun-
tries than in own country Well. we can
compete with them just do in regard to
agricultural products. English wheat and other
produce may come into markets free OF
duty and there is a freedom of trade in that re-
gard so far as the farmer is concerned.
Professor Wilson surprised at this poin,
an interruption informing him that he mistake
and that there was duty such products, inclue
ing wheat He continued:
.'Then was misinformed. But it is we'll