Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1892 — HOW PROTECTION BOULT UP GLASS INDUSTRIES. [ARTICLE]

HOW PROTECTION BOULT UP GLASS INDUSTRIES.

On November 13,18735,the Iron Age quotes French window glass, size 10x14, M R ? ’ grade, double strength, at $5:40 per box. Since then protection tariff has built up 'scores of factories-in America, giving employment to- thousand of men, and American push and energy has so cheapened the pro-cess-of making that the-same grade of glass can be bought to-day at $2.52 a box, less than hel-f. Query ; jlf it can be- made so cheap, whst is the use of continuing the protection ? It is right here;. Other countries following America have also cheapened their process of making, andj having cheaper labor to work on, they can undersell the Americans by the difference in American and : foreign wages.- Re move the tariff and onr labor- will have to be reduced to their level or they will come in here, and!.* by underselling, close onr factories, gain control of markets, and, as in the past, again raise priees. Is it not better to continue the protection and insure employment at advanced wages to the laborer in America who consumes and makes a market for the beef, pork and flour of the American farmer?