The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-02-10

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or to have the approval of the pres
ent occupant in the White House
II (Applause). No party except onS'
hostile to American development
would dare to SO recklessly dea
with great problems of millions o
dollars of invested American capita
and reaching the homes Of 100000 o
American wage earners.
The American people are fortunate
| in having at the other end of the
| Avenue man who has the courage
| and patriotism to stand between
| them and the attempted wrecking OF
| the American protective system which
has developed this country until 1t Is
the marvel and admiration of every
man who sits even upon the other
side of the Chamber. (Applause).
II was admitted by the chairman Of
the subcommittee who framed this
bill that its purpose was to enlarge
the market for foreign makers of the
articles affected by this schedule, and
to extend their zone for the ship
ment to and sale on the American
shores of the cheap, foreign, pauper.
made goods of Europe. That is the
declared purpose and intention of this
bill, namely, to take from the work
shops of America over s20,000,000
worth of goods, and have those goods
made, not by American mechanics,
but by the cheap, pauper-paid labor
ers of Europe.
Mr. Allen. VIII the gentleman
kindly state what proportion of for
eigners are employed in these indus
tries in this country?
Mr.. Austin: The difference is this
The man of foreign birth who works
in the mills here buys his food and
buys his clothing here, and pays his
taxes to the American Government.
The foreigner you propose to support
and give employment to under this
bill buys his food, his clothing, and
pays his taxes to a foreign govern.
ment.
Not only that, but we know that the
great majority of the foreigners who
seek America come here for the pur.
pose of becoming American citizens,
whereas the men you are favoring
have shown no indication to sever
their allegiance to foreign govern.
ment and cast their lot with us and
take mp their homes in America. If
our workshops and factories are filled
with foreigners, 1t is absolute proof
that the American workingman is bet.
ter paid, better clothed, and better
fed than the working people of any
foreign land. If you will examine the
census returns won will find that more
than 20,000,O00 of foreign working
men have deserted the cheap pauper-
paid system of work and landed in
America to b. identified with coun-
try that pays the highest known
wages TO mechanics and other wage
earners.
Now, what does this bill propose 10
dc? 1t proposes to allow American
manufacturers to buy more pig iron
in England and Germany and less in
-Nlabama and Tennessee. 1t proposes
10 allow our iron makers to buy more
ir.n ore from the mines OF Cuba mad
far-off Sweden and to buy less from
the iron.ore producers of Alabama,
Georgia, Tennessee, and the other
Southern states of the Union.
What else? This bill not only pro.
poses to put iron ore ON the free list.
bat 1t proposes also to put zinc o.
on the free list. What States OF the
South are producing zinc? Tennessee.
Arkansas, and Missouri Why, the
gentleman who has this bill in charge
stated that Mr.. Schwab had made an
immense amount OF money under the
Republican protective system. re
turning from Europe last summer, Mr..
N'NhHNb, lh' StalNltHidH \ ltlltN
townsman, with his iron mills with
cheap water transportation, stated III
an interview in the New York papers
that he had entered into contract
to bring to his mills 25,OOO,OO0 tons
of iron ore from Sweden. And this
bill proposes to present to him the
duty now levied OF Is cents per ton
and rob the National Treasury Of
more than s250.00C thet is annually
paid as a tax on imported iron ore
Now, let us see about the pig-iron
business. The Birmingham mills
lave rot sold. | Yupprse, a ton of pig
lion or the Pacific coast since the re.
cent reduction Of the duty on pig iron
The Manufactur IS Record, a re-
outable paper of Baltimore, is auti ,r-
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