Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1894 — AN OLD FALSE PRETENSE. [ARTICLE]

AN OLD FALSE PRETENSE.

Two of the New England cotton manufacturers, whose views of the Wilson bill and the action of the Senate were solicited by the World, declare that the “wages must come down” if the bill becomes a law. They must have, they say, “sufficient protection” against English competition. This is an oldstoiy. What are the facts upon which the claim is based? The duties on manufactures of cotton in the Wilson bill average 36 per cent.—the same, almost to a fraction, as under the Reput lican tariff commission law of 1881 Abautthiß time Sec’y Bla ; n«, in a state paper on the consular reports, said: “Undoubtedly the inequalities in the wages of the English and American operatives are more than equalized by the greater efficiency of the latter and their longer hours-es labor.” The labor cost in En lish cotton was shown to be higher than in American cottons. T he pretense that a 36 per cent, duty wil not protect the New England manufacturers against those of Old England is demonstrably false. Before these hoary infants “reduced wages”—al wavs their first resort—let them look after some of their high salaried sine cures, and be content with divide ends somewhat smaller than 8 or 10 per cent. —New York World.

I have made arrangements with Eastern capitalists whereby I can loan $30,000 00 in amo ints from SSOO 00 and upwards, borrower to pay commission 5 per cer t. Keep money 5 years or more. M. F. Chilcote. F trming Implements for sale, by Mrs. James A. Kaya, four miles northeast of Rensselaer. The manufacturers of agricultural implements at a meeting held in Chicago entered thetr protest against the Wilson bill for put ting agricultural implemrnts on t K e free list. This was to be expected as a matter of course. For the last ten months of 1893 the exports ol the manufactures of these gentlemen aggregated about $6,000,000 and were sent to eveiy country on the face of the glebe. They weresold in competition with implements manufactured by the “pauper labor” of Europe of which our Republican friends prate and were sold for less than is charged the American farmer for the same class of poods. Yet the American farmer is asked to continue Mo** Kinley duties and enable these men to control the home market while selling to foreigners at free trade prices.—Huntington (Ind.) Democrat.

A. f. A. xi&.'iuu.x.s.D. The Protestant Clergy of Terre Haute Practically Unanimous. A special to the IndianaDolis Sentinel from Terre Haute, March 13th, says: In published interviews be?e tonight a number of the protestant ministers denounced the methodi of the A. P. A.

. Among those who gave expression to this condemnation are the Rev. R. V. Hunter, pastor of the Central presbytenan church; the Rev. S. V. Leech, pastor of the centenary methodist; the Rev. J. H. Crum, pastor of the First congregational; the Rev. J. 8. Hoagland, pastor of the Mattox methodist; the Rev. J. D- Stanley, rector of St Stephen’s episcopal onurch, and the Rev. J. S. Holm -*8, pastor of the First baptist chuYch. The Rev. Mr. Hunter says that he st first gave bis support to the order, ' hinting that it was patriotic, but since learning of its anticatholic nature he disavows all spmpsthy wRh it. The interviews indicate that the protestant ministers of TerreHaute are practically unanimous in their opposition to the new secret order.