The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-08-22
Wages After the War--Prac-
teal Talk by "A Wage Garner. .


els Curtis and published in the Am
erican Economist)
THE first thought, the best effort.
the whole duty, of every American Is
to help win the war--win 1t as quick
ly as we can and make the victory
decisive and complete.
but while we are fighting and
working and giving for this war OF
humanity we must also give thought
to the great Industrial war to follow.
IF the question of loyalty arises
between candidates. remember that
proteotionist is always 100 per cent
American"
Introduction.
Fellow Wage earners; Whether you
are republican or a democrat,
prohibitionist or socialist whatever
your sex, race, color or creed, what
ever your occupation, II you have
vote, you are asked to read carefully
this little book and give thought to
the facts presented Next to winning
the war. 1t tells you clearly of the
most important duty before the wage
earners of our country this year.
The workers of the United States
will help the army and navy to bring
victory. That victory may not come
till next year or the year after, but
1t will come.
Then there will come another war,
an Industrial war, and workers must
show that they are as ready to hight
with ballots as with bullets in behalf
of their own and their country's well
fare.
Wages Now and Hereafter.
Never before were wages-all the
wages of all workers-so high, never
before were hours of labor--all Ia
bor-so few; never before were con-
ditions of labor so liberal and salts
factory for workers as now.
But these wages and hours and
conditions are largely because of the
war, because of the extraordinary de-
mand for the essentials OF warfare
and their transportation abroad.
Will they continue after the war;
Certainly not, under our present
tariff law And certainly not, under
any tariff law that does not give ade-
quate protection to the products of
American industry.
To get such protective tariff law
we must have a congress with ma
jority of protectionists in both senate
and house, and the opportunity to
get such congress is at the coming
election In November.
Work and Workers.
When the war is over 100000 and
perhaps more, soldiers will return to
work. There will also be large i'm
migration, in spite of all efforts to
prevent it.
Now, there are more Jobs than men
jobs. Industry can not be kept at
high level II we admit goods of all
kinds without duty, or at low duty
as we are now doing.
1t will be difficult matter to find
work for all under the best of condi-
tons. 1t win be impossible to find
work for millions under free trade
VIE must protect our home market,
which will be so eagerly sought by
foreign producers and we must do
our own work, and not let others do
II for us.
without work there can not be
wages and salaries. Without the pay
envelope there can not be comfort
able homes, decent clothes, good food
or the Injuries of life.
Goods in Payment of Loans.
We have already loaned foreign
nations over s6,0OO,O0O,OO0. 1t may be
$4,000, 100000 or even $20000,OOO,-
900 when the war is over. That cred
1t will never be repaid in gold. 1t
Will nc icpdtu III boooo 5oooS e''"t
will displace American made goods II
our tariff bars are down. We can abb
sorb some of it that way, and some of
our exports can be paid for that way,
but to be swamped with billions Of
dollars worth of foreign goods annu-
ally, duty free, or at a ridiculously
low rate of duty, will mean ruin to
our producers or low wages for our
workers.
We must be prepared to check and
regulate this inflow of cheaply made
wares and this can only be done by
an adequately protective tariff. I'm
der such tariff we shall always In;
port enough to give ample revenue.
The Only Money Market.
When the war is over the only
available money market, the only big
purchasing market, will be the United
States, and all the producing coua-
tries of the earth will seek this mar
ket for their surplus wares.
No one will try to sell goods to a
man or a country which can not pay
for them. England. France Italy,
Japan, Canada, South America, and
after a while Germany and Austria
will send their wares to the United