The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-01-30

washington, Jan. z(Tttere IL some
more evidence OF how Protection"
does not protect the workingman.
The following is an extract from an
appeal sent by the $4,000 men, women
and children striking textile workers
at Lawrence, Mass, to VIM. M. Wood,
president of the Woolen trust:
1--WE are of the opinion that you
have had ample time to consider the
demands of the men, women and chill
dren who have made the American
Wooden company what 1t Is today. In
view of the fact that machinery has
been improved, the workers turn of
more and more work, but they are not
paid accordingly, even though the
price of food, clothing and shelter has
in MANY cases increased 80 and even
100 per cent within the last few years.
I'VE, the committee, are willing to
meet the officials of the company at
any time and submit the grievances OF
the strikers. So If you believe in a
square deal you will not refuse to meet
with us, but will come forward at once
and try to bring the trouble to final
conclusion. You must bear in mind
the fact that these. men, women and
children have not gone on strike for
| light or transient causes, but because
they could no longer bear UP under the
/ lat thair Ghn1IlnnrE
The American Woolen company has
within the last few years built several
mills. which are paid for, according to
your own figures, and the company
has even in the worst of times man
aged to pay dividends.
"The workers are of the opinion
that the only competition left is the
struggle among themselves for mis-
cradle job at Sc, 81 or,$S week"
! This is how Schedule X protects
the workingman, solely for whose
benefit the Payne-Aldrich bill accord
ing to Payne and Aldrich) was passed
Since protectionists admit Schedule
X, which places heavy tax on every
article of wooden clothing sold in the
United States, was designed solely to
benefit the workingmen in the woolen
industry, and since the Sc, 81 and IS
wages paid by the woolen trust dem
onstrates beyond successful contra
diction that Schedule X does not pro-
tect the workers, why should the
American people longer tolerate Seized
ule K? ;n
Important Data Disappears
| Several months were spent by Hon
Jonathan Boure, progressive repub.
lican senator from Oregon, in gather
ing data on the subject of the use OF
Federal patronage to control national
conventions. One night recertly his
office was entered, and his files were
looted of all this material.
| The Faliacy of Protection
Whenever an American trust wants
the tariff rate raised, it bases its plea
ON the argument that American man
ufacturers cannot compete with the
cheap labor of Europe"
In eleven months of last year the
exports of iron and steel products, to-
gether with agricultural implements
and freight and passenger cars
amounted to nearly $270,000,0O ,0O0-an
increase of about $54,000,000 over the
corresponding period of 1910.
These materials are exported from
this country to all parts of the world
in the face of the competition of Eng
land, Belgium, Germany and France
The steel trusts foreign competitors
had the advantage of that Cheap la
Dor" which the trusts and their Re
publican friends fear so greatly when
ever a proposal is made to lower the
tariff, yet the trusts trade in foreign
markets is constantly on the increase
How much longer will the people allow
themselves to be fooled by trust
''logic?"
Taft And The People,
President Taft, in his recent speech
at New York, used these words 1.-The
people are not always able to decide
what is best for them. A great many
men who believe this to be true lack
the courage to say it,"
In explaining that "the people dc
not always know what they want" the
President made no mention of the fact
that the people do not always have q
chance, under the present cumbersome
election methods, to give expression tc
their opinions. The people, for in
stance, porbably would not be in favol
of allowing hundreds of Office holding
Republicans in the South to nomintt
the candidate for president but how