Show an early tariff law the tariff bill has been reported and everything now seems to indicate that the much feared friction in the senate will not amount to much the west has been given liberal concessions and seem to be satisfied abild at least some of the bolting senators will favor the bill enough to insure eure its passage protection is the american policy and it care is now taken in tho framing of a tariff that policy may be made permanent think of our laborers being thrown in competition with such wages for instance as robert P porter superintendent of the eleventh census reports as prevailing japan it seems that the highest wages are paid to tailors there who make european garments these receiving cents gold per day the ordinary pay for tailors is cents per day other wages are as follows stonecutters cents printers cents typesetters 14 cents porcelain makers cents blacksmiths cents and dyers receive cents per day male farm hands get at most 95 cents per day female farm hands 6 cents and day laborers 11 cents these we are told are maxi mum figures The minimum figures are from 2 to 7 cents a day less female farm hands sometimes receiving only 35 cents per day female silk growers 44 cents day laborers 73 cents printers 77 cents and typesetters 76 ath thaw iv labor market it is easily understood how japan can compete successfully with the older countries in the production of certain manufactured pro ducu and that she can do so is shown by ape fact that the value of her cx boks increased from in to in 1895 european countries are fearful competition and well they but in the united states such bages could crush any of our competitive peti tive industries the only way to reave them from destruction would be by a high tariff protection bat there is always a nice question BS to where the line between krotec tion and pernicious profits shall be drawn A little higher tariff than adequate protection does no doubt result in profits unduly exacted from the american people it is therefore the tariff question has assumed a political aspect where it ought to be purely a business proposition protection ought to accompany all tariff legislation but monopolies in no lines should be fostered if due care is taken with the tariff now being framed it will be allowed to stand for years a prompter and protection to the american people the country needs a measure of that jeriod one that will not be changed with the ever political re |