Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1883 — FISHBACK-PEELLE—NINTH. [ARTICLE]

FISHBACK-PEELLE—NINTH.

Let the Government take care «f the rich, and the tich will take care of the poor, la the logic of Republican proteettoniste. Star Route Dorsey refuses to sar render the books and papers of the Republican national committee, of which he claims he Is still secretary. .«»», ■■. From the State law: “Whosoeve* kills or injures, or pursues witbjintem to do so, any turtle dove, sparrow, r«bin, blue bird, meadow lark, wren* swallow or martin, shall be fined not more than $lO nor less than sl.”

The local elections lu Virginia in' dlcates that Mahons’* party is not so Strong as it was a yearjago. Take away rrom Mahone the patronage of Arthur’s administration and one-hajf the strength of his party would be gone.

“They Say,” in the Remington News says that ere long men with ‘white shirts’, will eontrol the political affairs of Jasper county. That is self evident—the self-dubbed loyal Haunters of the “bloody shirt” are gradually diminishing in numbers.

The dnde who writes the Renssel nor items for the Remington News aims higbar for assooi ates than he he will ever reach. When be 1b meat, ured by our measure, it will be when be establishes the foot that he is not a political renegade; when be ceases clamoring for all the crumbs at tne disposal of the Commissioners, and when he advocate party from principle and not for the spoils that may be be placed within his grasp.

A big strike of iron workers is announced for to-day. Why do they strike? Lot henest men ponder and solve the problem- Manufacturer are highly protected and from the profits of tbeir trade, whic h the con> Burners pay directly into their pockets, are rap.dly being converted into millionaires! Their laborers, swing to tke high cost of living, made so by high tariff legislation—“protection to home industry?”—find the wages they receive does not them a support. Hence, s.rikei follow.

Since Mark Twoinjwaa caught weeping over the giave of Adam nothing more comical has appeared than the tears the New York Tribune has been shedding over the woes of underDaid British labor. This tender-hearted paper has secured the service of that sympathetic and soft souied animated volume of logarithms and statistical information, Robert F. Porter, whose eyea are hardly dry from weep ing over the census investigations and shedding tears as hs is gathering statistics in the progress Of ths Tariff Commission's in estlgations. It is Mr. Porter’s business, in sorrow and tears, to gather figures showing tae misery of the British laborer.—Cincinnati News.

Under free, untaxed, unharassed > unfottered trade neither the Tribune’s man Porter nor itself has yet told the fact that, however low or inadequate the wages of the British workman may be, his condition Is vastly better than it was under the British protect, ive system. His wages have increased about 50 per cent, since proteotien was abolished. His rent has decreased, and his food, groceries, clothing and household goods nro all muok cheaper since free trade was adopted, and employment has more than doubled for British workmen since the inauguration of free trade. Neither Porter nor the New York Tribune tells its readers of these things, and they also conceal the fact that the British artisan and laborer work fewer hours and are paid more wages than are received by the werkmen of any “protected” country on the Continent of Europe.— Chicago Tribune (Republican),

Taking it for granted that the American working people understand their ewn interests, it might be well for those who blubber exceedingly over the misfortunes of British workmen to inquire why-it is that Ameaieau workmen are so generally dissatisfied with their wages* The tariff protects their employeas,.enables them to accumulate colossal fortunes, but the workingmen remain poor and are constantly fighting against a decline of wages. Those whe deplore the condition of the English working people are continually telling the American working people that they are prosperous and happy, etc., but the American working people, by thousands, tell these charlatans that they lie. They tell them that the pro tected monopolists are constantly seeking te reduce their wages and to make the problem of living more difficult. Taxing one class of men for the support of another class is not in the interest of {any one exoept these who receive the tribute money, and working, people are beginning to oomprehend the subject,—lndianapolis feentlnel.

More About the Prohibitory Duty on Steel Blooms—Mr. Kelley's Methods —O iviKßervice Reform—The Party Tyrannized Over. [The Indianapolis New*.] . Hon. Stanton J. Peele: The If w by which you imposed an in creased duty on imported steel bloom* boars harder upon the Pteel rail mills of the west than I thought wnen I wrote yon last. I have been inform by a railiwsd build pr that he can buy steel rails of

he Pennsylvania monopoly for $39 per on. The increased tax which you pu l ipon blooms, simply to favor that mouo. poly, makes the blooms cost in the yard of our rail mill here in Indianapolis SJ7 per ton. I spent an hour recently in going through that mill, which has been pat in runn'n ' order at an expense ot sev sral hundred (thousand dollars. The ponderous machinery is in splendid condition' skilled workmen are ready for service’ there;!* a home market for steel rails, buj your l«w ssys not a rail shall be rolled in Indianapolis Our Republican Na* tional platform of 1880 says: We reaffirm the belief avowed in 1876 that the duties levied for the purpose of revenue, should so discriminate as to favor American labor. Is the labor employed in Johnstown* Pa., American labor, and the labor seeking employment in an Indianapolis rai. mill foreign lobor? It would seem so for you have deliberately shut our Indi 1 ana mill* and have told railroad builders to go to Pennsylvania and buy their a'K I say you did this deliberately be canse you have never yet confessed, what was probably true, that you gave an ignorant vote for a measure which inflicts such an injustice upon your immediate constituents. The fact Is the Republican party must call a halt and consider whether Mr. Morrill, Mr. Sherman and Mr Kelley are safe leaders in the matter ot the tariff. Whatever happens to Indiana or other parts of the country, you will observe that these gentlemen so manipulate every tariff enactment that it puts more money into the plethoric pockets of their constituents at the expense of the public. Id® not wonder that Mr Kelly accomolishes so much, since I have been told that he accepts office with the distinct understanding that the business of peddling offices in his District is to be committed to other hands. The roster of Department clerks appointed at hi* solicitation Is smaller than yours, but you may be sure that if he were representing the Indianapolis District the machinery ot our steel rail mill would not be rusting for want of use.

And here let me tmprove the time to say a word about civil service reform. Mr. Kelly retains popularity with his his constituents • because he declines to meddle with appointments, gome of our most useful public men have appointed themselves out of office. In the first success fulrace the Congressman is popular with all his constituents. When he has appointed one set of Postmasters his popularity begins to wane. Men who insisted on entertaining him at their houses during the first canvass turn the cold shoulder to him during the second, and on the third round, it he is not beaten for the nomination, he finds that he is not on speaking terms with a good many peopl" who at first were his warmest supporters. General Ooburn, who represented this district so ably for four terms, and against whose record in Congress as a leg slator nothing was ever said—could trace his defeat to three or four good but unpopular appointments. Aside from the interference with the proper duties of your office of legislator, the distribution ot patronage will sooner or later retire you to private life. But this by the way. To return to our friend Mr. Kelley, The Republican party must learn to resist the pressure of Mr. Kelley and his Pennsylvania lobby They cnre nothing for the party when It can not be used to make money for Pennsylvania manufacturers at the expense of other States. It matters not what issue is before the country, Mr. Kelley never makes a stump speech in Congress or out, which is not full of his peculiar tarift notions. When President Johnson was trying to force his “policy” upon us and Republicans in the Nortji were fearing that the truits of the War would he frit, tered away by concessions to the goutn, Mr. Kelly made a tour through the Southern States, and was in the South when the celebrated riots occurred in Mobile. He went home by way of Indianapolis, and was prevailed upon te stay and make a public address here. A brass band was hired to parad* the streets, with the announcement that Hon. William D Kelley would deliver an address at Morrison’s Opera House. The place was packed with a throng of anxious people, who came to hear from an eye-witness what was going on in Alabama—and what did they hear? A harangue of two hours about beet root sugar. Hoosiers were told by this statesman that the soil and climate of Indiana were unfit for the cultivation of wheat; that Texas, Georgia and Minnesota were better wheat States, and that the only course left for our farmers was to raise beets, convert them into sugar and trade the f ugartffor Pennsylvania window glass, shingles, nails, etc.—. This is the statesman who frames the tariff measures for which you and your col* leagues vote. He it was who directed you to vote for a duty on steel blooms which closes the steel rail mills in Indiana and elsewhere—and yon obeyed him. What is most needed in oar party now is a spirit of resistance to this tyranny. We are tired of seeing sensible Senators and Congressmen led about by the nose to do the bidding of such men. You know they care nothing for the party unless it serves their selfish purposes. Senator Conger threatened to oppose the party if it put timber on the free list. Senator Sherman threatened to defeat tne whole tariff legislation of last session unless the Senate obeyed the commands of the iron masters, and the party basely Knuckled to such insolence. I say lam fired of if, and others are pettinir tired

The phrase “protection for American labor,” sounds well, but it is very hollow if our tariff laws are to be looked to as an indication of its meaning. What I am trying to show you is that such legislation as we are considering is oppressive and not protect! ve. Its effects upon the shoemakers of this country are curious and instructive. The world knows Am- 1 erican shoemakers are the best in ihn lworld. Their wares areexported in krge quantities. By the tariff law vou ha ’ishut them out of some of the best mark ets of the world, and have enabled their foreign competitors to undersell them This is how it came about. In warm countries, in South America and elsewhere, there is a large demand for shoes made of light stock. Our native leath ers arc too heavy for them and it is necessary to import the material used by our shoemakers in manufacturing the goods for this trade. What have you done?— You tax serges and lastings 85 per cent. You tax kid skins 25 per cent. The cottons, nails, tacks, buttons and thread used in making the shoes are taxed, and the iron used in making the machinery necessary for shoemaking is also heavily taxed. Now It is easy to seedhat foreign manufacturers of shoes who get these materials free of duty are enabled to undersell American shoemakers, or compel

them to sell for such prices as require them to reduce the daily wages of Amer-s ican workman. Mr. Howard M. Newhall, a shoe manufacturer of Lynn. Mass., stated to a committee of the Legislature of that State last winter, that: *A removal of duty from nil articles used in the manufacture of a shoe, would be an advantage to the employer and the employed; it is hardly necoesary to say that to lessen the cost of thoemaking material will also benefit home consumers, who would get shoes at lower prices than they now pay.’ So, little by little, I am trying to show you the hvpocriay of the pretence of pro teotion b y men who frame laws which oppress American manufacturers laborers and consumers: When you protect anybody it is some giant home monopoly or the proprietors of foreign industries who are crippling our foreign commerce.

W. P. FISHBACK.

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