Show CHAMPIONS OF FREE TRADE BeTleir a Jews Article trait Present sent Some Figures Correspondence of the DESERET XEWSJ Your issue of Saturday last contained under the heading Discussing the Tariff some extent ex-tent general remarks about the responsibi ity speakers We concur con-cur In the views expressed in the first part of the article named but later on there > ocr some remarks that cause usHo think the writer either misapprehended the argument argu-ment of trio freetraders or Ho a misinformed in regard t It Hence we asked that the portions of our etatUUcs t which the writer refers b given space in your valuable columns Tho article BAn B-An ipeiken II the afllnnltlre laid b for too audience UUu or alleged UU ula mpportot free trade aUee r Tioiulf brad the power or soy boston ttisjr to check that U t taitaln or reate l round 101 based Ita Pseeclceoaod the 4ecde or a prueure tariff dcl the uc thing Accong Cheat ituuucs for elanple were Hirure which purported to repraeat the nauuu wealth of thu country at diBerent period priarto ISO TOe cmploa or free trade had a a lot of Hfntm chitS went to boW that lee raaaty prwpered molt under a tt loW tanS and the advocates of protection had a lot of Ilr aena the time period ot time which went 1 how that te pno eaU prptpered moat aDder protective tariff Sow these arm were worthies They onb weremostljflcUUou Ter 1 No stiUstlcs purporting to rep resent the wealth r this country prior t 1S50 were presented by the champions of free trade 2 The figures presented by us ke were taken from the lentil census of the United State and al Ucrfor neither Worthless nor fictitious ort lettou For example Mr Pauls figures i tills on s point were The increase In the value of our farms between 1S50 and 18SO the freetrade era of low tariff was n follows lrll iuo I uscd GOO Toul inereaie lOyean WTI < Wooo 1 eary Increase Itr1 per cent Contrast that increase wih the past 20 years of high tariff 11 I erijorcoco lsea 1100 Total Increase fetes 30000050 Yearly lace t s per cent In ten years of low tariff our farms doubled in value In twenty years of high tarifl they have increased in-creased only SI per cut The census figures are lgn rataf farm 15 t lea G C4lOtl7 Iss I i0 too lSiYtt06 Compendium nf the Tenth Census Cen-sus of lie United States 1SSO Part r page 6 On manufactures Mr Pauls fig urers were D follows The increase in the capital invested invest-ed in manufactures has been IY SUCOOCTO lH > 0 I < CuO Yearly increase I per cnt isle < 1 3 < 010 isfl irjOpWooiw Yearly increase S per cent That Is manufacturing capital grew faster under a low than undcr 1 high tariff The census figures an Capital invested in manufactures tea auot l w toss I UI is 7 iosiserct5 mo moTenth Tenth Census of lh United Sluice V 01 l IlSuilstics of manufactures page XI cf mata p I Mr Elliots statistics on the financial finan-cial growth of the United State since I S50 were 1SMST000OOJ < KW 1S60 16IWOUOO00 IS70 O 000000 16SO S 3lOJtWO0 < show lug that the national ealth more Ulan doubled between 1S50 arid aut 1SOO and Increased only 4J percent between 1S70 and 1SSO Mr Illllott J b i explained that this figures for IS50 and IsGO are for taxed property only while boo for 180 and ISsO are for I all property taxed and untaxed cc Compendium 9th census page b3CThe The census figures ale ISM 571357bO22S 1SW SICI5GlC 1870 S30OJSolS507 ISSO iG 000000 Compendium 8th census joges 63S9 and 10th census As an Introduction to Mr Bur quoted rows figures his words shout b Manufacturers say Uiey cannot manufacture certain articles in this country unlessa tariff kecj ont lie products of European pauiier labor r i The protective xn is levied oJ that lie manufacturer can afford t make the same goods as are nude in Europe and yet g his men American Amer-ican wage Tbe protection on pig iron loSS 72 a tn Pig iron sells in this country at 17 per ton the price of foreign iron before the duty is I t li Jon J-on It is S102S per ton Tut U the tariffof572 per ton enables the brlors pr home producer to charge S372 more per loc for his iron Ulan Iron Is sold for in other countries and he hal that much more for I We therefore pay t the Iron master JO py 72 on each ton of Iron that ho makes in order that ho may b able to make iron and al < o pay his men fair wages According t the ro turns of tie last census the total labor costof making each ton of pig fron lsXV But we pay the manufacturer man-ufacturer 372 per ton for making the iron and lie pays only S3JV5 in wages for each ton made He therefore there-fore steals 337 on each ton of Iron he makes besides Citing his labor free oral cost We pay this 872 to the iron mister solely in order liSt he may pay good wages no one ever heard ut a protective tax levied for the purchase of lands machinery or materials for the manufacturer but only for the payment of wane The census oflbSO shows thatfor pig Iron The isis of product was Jrt3UW9 The total ware paid wa 1JSM78J Tont of pis iron made S7SI021 That li labor rot per ion S1 3SIo Tenth cenini of the Unted Ulea 1SO vol U pifct 12 and II fa the llrport on ta e llannfactnreor Iron and Steel The Iron master pays Sijon each ton in 3741021 tons and steals from the money Intrusted t him to 5337 on each ton in pay wages rch 3 751021 ton The amount thus stolen In ISSO r tOSO703 The article says of the sugar figures fig-ures Now they mean chat the labor which pm dle Kil orb of un 1 pao oulyOl Tbia I preposteroa II irnald aot pT for the labor employed 1 haul tie inrir cane from the Held He declared the fi ana were taken from icUnlted talea ccnna and woo nnilonbt e Uf bone t 1 the enthosla m with which pointed out and denoaneed uewronra ofaprotcctlre tanff lint no loch BJrarei were erer contained In a corernment pub Premet rub IieaUcn The compendium of the Tenth Census of the United States part 2 pages 2401 gives for refined sugar and gn Vulneefpeodaelta tWIII Tot wage paid Tat is belabor that refines not produces 5212 worth ot sugar I paid C St sSr The article also fays From these figures 1 would appear that the manufacturers ray their emnloies 4 while stealing from I hem Yes such is the case the manufacturers manufac-turers withholds out of every SIS entrusted t them to pay wages This number of pounds or suzir refined in ISSO w lfl > 7Cin75S the total wages pald 2873032 the cost of labor in refining 100 pounds being 14 cents I was not stated by Mr Burrows that without tbe tanffthe sugar refining fining worker would receive ten times more than they DOW receive but that we pay the refiners by reason of the tariff ten Umca more employee than the total wages they pay their The tariff en refined sugar is 3 cents a pound the tariff on the raw material for sugar is 1r cents pound leaving 1J cents per pound for the I refiner alter l his tax o raw material Tno only question there can b abnt how much tho refiner steals is how much does he charge for refined sugar and is lie duty of 3J cents actually paid to him The average price for refined sugar abroad for the last two years hai ben under 4j cents perpoundt 4 Jr pund tfaeavettge price of refined sugar In this country is from 8 to 10 BUg a pond The refiners certainly get 3 cents a pound mor crny tan they would b able t get without the tariO orl cents on each pound after terials laying the tar on the raw m Mr Burrows statistics on sugar were as follows J1 of rrDel tOOL tillttKUOO Totui wufee 4C05Qo Valnededactinc > ia0 v vw Tanfl paid li mills perpoua4 > l oIdJiS on ever three itr pounw of ceased saxar U6LCOOCOO rDe ap Is Deducting wages 0001X0 mount stolen Ji00ft There I no cencus for 1SS7 the above product I taken from the sugar trade circulars the amount paid in wages is estimated upon the basis of labor cost in the census year The figures a given in round numbers gven Mr Burrows statistics on wollen goods Were as follows Valne of product ts0c0oai l Total nice ± 300000 Valne without wages 113000010 TanS Ci percent leu I the duty oniawmateRaljj IMOMooo Amount stolen m The census figures are Value of prlel lQc 1 totil wages paid Z Compendium of the Tenth Census Cen-sus ISSl Par pages 0123 If there are any err in the foregoing going statistics or calculations we shall b glad t have them pointed out and the correct figures given J I PAUL JOSIAII BUIIROVYS Perot ELLIOT Of Salt Lake Lyceum |