Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1890 — OUTCOME OF TARIFF ROBBERY. [ARTICLE]

OUTCOME OF TARIFF ROBBERY.

[Chicago Globe.] That lower wages should follow higher tariit is no surprise. Look at this proposition: Increased cost or gooas decreases their consumption. Decreased consumption lessens the demand. A lessened demand diminishes the production. Diminished production means less labor. Less labor causes a reduction of operatives. The discharged employes become surplus skill. A surplus of unemployed labor is a competitor against labor employed, and bidding against it lowers wages. Is not this proposition tenable? And can the fact be gotten uround that the McKinley law not only increases the cost of living in this country, but also decreases the earnings of laborer? - Vote the straight Democratic ticket.— Stamp the square on the left side of the title—‘“Democratic Ticket.”