Evening star., 1912-09-15
SCORED BY SULzER|
Tariff Law Denounced as Un-
Just to the Wage Garner.
LABOR NOT PROTECTED
Declares in Speech ct Saratoga That
Republican Legislation Has
Been in Interest Of Few.

oARAIOIA, n. y, september H.
Representative William Sulzer OF New
York in Convention Hall tonight spoke
in advocacy Of the success Of the demo-
cratic national ticket, taking up in par
ticular the tarin issue. He denounced
the Payne-Aldrich law as being in the
interest Of the few at the expense Of the
many, and declared that the democratic
party was the friend OF the wage earners.
He asserted that protection for the sake
OF protection was wrong, that 1t did not
protect labor, which was protected only
by Its own efforts. He said In part:
Calls the Tariff Unjust.
when we demand an equitable revision
OF unjust taran determinations the repub-
ncan standpacE1rs contend that they are
all In the interest of labor; that. this ex-
orbitant protection is for the benefit of
the Wage-earner; but every intelligent
man in the country knows the absurdity
or the proposition. Protection for the sake
of protection does not materially benefit
labor. Labor comes in free from every
country on earth except China and
Japan, and successfully competes here
with the skilled labor of the world. Labor
receives no protection. Tariff taxation
II.
Capital is not charitable. Capital buys
labor, like everything else, as cheaply as
it can. Wages are regulated by the mex
orable law of supply and demand. When
ever you find two employers looking for
one workman wages will b high, and
whenever you find two workmen looking
for one employer wages will be low.
When the demand is greater than the
supply wages go up, and when the supply
is greater than the demand wages go
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to do with the price of labor. In all pros
porous communities labor is sought and
not turned aside.
Work Of Labor Unions.
IF the American workman is a little
better off than the foreign workman he
has no one to thank but himself, no
agency to praise for his improved con-
dition but his loyal brothers in the trade
unions of the country, which have done
more than all other things combined to
promote his progress, protect his inter-
ests and benefit his welfare.
Il believe l voice the sentiments of the
working people when l say that all labor
wants Is fair show, an equal chance,
square deal-in Congress and out of
Congress. Labor is indefatigable and un-
selfish. sympathetic and consistent. It
does not ask for more than its just right
w q III dI HuCIl dDOuL equality DeIOTe the
law. That is all the workingmen want.
They seek no special privilege and they
want none.
Arraigns the Republicans.
The trouble with the republican
party is that it stands for the few and
against the many. 1t is welded to tn
selfish interests. This is all wrong;
it must be stopped; and it can only be
stopped through the agency Of re-
united and militant democracy. The
democratic party is, and always will
be, the hope of the people, the bulwark
of the waSe-earners, and the protector
of the producers Of the land When the
democratic party comes into power
ordinations in spirit of fairness
and equality, so that those best able
| to bear the burden of government shall
at least sustain their just share, and
| luxuries, as we'll as the necessaries OF
life shall contribute to its support. .
THE republican party is not what ]!
used to be; it is no longer the party OF
| Lincoln: it no longer has a message FOR
humanity; it no longer stands for great
principles; it no longer has freedom TOT
an asset; it no longer advocates the
| policies of it's founders; 1T no longer has
| a single honest issue 1t dareS present 10
| fhe country in the interest of the people,
| The fingers of greed and special privilege
| have erased every motto from its BAN
ners; it's army of supporters Is dlsneart-
ened and split in factions; 1t is going 10
pieces from the bitterness engendered by
| the iealousies of it's leaders; 1t has seen
| its best day; and it all means. in the near
future. overwhelming republican defeat
| and triumphant democratic victory.