Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-02-06 | Page 16 | Guaranteed to Labor

GUARANTEED TO LABOR Here comes a very tidily printed lit little little littie tle tie document containing an explanation of the present pre ent high cost of living liing Its origin is in Boston and Its author tells us living is more costly for labor In America today than It has been in for tor former former mer years because Americans laborers now demand a better grade of living they wear better clothes than their eat better meat and more of it that they wore were better clothes than their fathers did have pianos in their homos as their fathers never would dream of ot having and that al all altheir all their means of existence are re on a high higher er ar scale now than they were fifty years ago Which is precisely ely at it should be If It the policy of protection means any anything anything anything thing in the world it means betterment for the American laborer Its very core coro of warrant lies in its provision for a higher standard of living for tor men am and women who work for a living The Boston explanation does not go deep enough If its author wishes to make his theories practical he ho should advocate advocate advocate cate the enactment of ot a law prescribing ing moot moat once a month for men of certain cere tain lain wage standard and certain garments gar garments garments ments for tor the poor to wear and certain certain tain thin extravagant articles which it its shalbe be unlawful for tor thorn them to possess as musical Instruments No one who believes in the principle of ot protection will be converted away from it by the showing that hat labor now lives ives better in America than it ever did didn didIn didin In n times past Take away the argument argument ment in favor of labor and there will willbe willbe willbe be little warrant indeed for the policy of protection But take away from the industrial centers the thousands whose work Is ia not needed there and not productive there Send them into the country and make it possible for br them to support themselves by producing foodstuffs from the land and the problem will wille willbe be e solved I f Labor live any better than 11 It i should But the means for labor to toIve live Ive even better should be provided