Show ENGLISH OOM competition PETITION A in alic eliou tra rude da writes 1 I bend herewith it a pair of ladles ladies button boots these boot boota nrc are milade in aree idlor 49 od A per er pair although IL tile iii lity Y of tile lie material i n not of llie best beat tin general cral M et up lip 11 is very good the in the tops is i aliw gi tue dongola Dong oln or poal goat and wilt when n the boots til as fire on oil the ladys ladyn feet a tire re not easily verniele from leal alace kil kid hoots bunt al ac tour four the cost they ire are light in hand ham are neat scitt and i carr care hid and taste are show in ili delai I 1 TICY would nut lot f figlure liard hard icar perli ciapa aps nor he be suitable for all weather cather but ladies ladic do 10 not lot avar u car I 1 their heir boots hard and if tile weather is 19 wet can r villain indoors the american ladies use tile street cais too much to lived stouter boot 4 iiii and in ill bet cl weather if i to be 0 aut lit they wear gubbei ove ovit or colo golo alioa 1 1 I liu ile point needing to to he be irl in buted upon in ii etto these boots boot 8 i this that although till ellin cU iii g price is Is lower they chuld be inalle fo for r i in n this country tin tile wages earned carried by the operatives are 41 40 per vent more than tha i 1 i in 3 earnol earned by our workpeople tito tin explanation t iilo n to he bu found in the fact that thai the operatives work lovall loyally lie and thus help the f urther further 1 development of 1 nathi nery in ili our country the im to the ae develop allent of f is deep and stroll gl roii it rh cited there is ii no f c operation any lloy s and id if this thia spirit to prevail devail re vail we rhall be beaten by our american cou cousins ine tand ing their higher lii lier wages and the great greater tr cost to of ni the ilie material they use the above is is from 1 rom an all english 1 11 paper iper it il is significant M N note 0 to these words although the american se selling hrire Is lower lover titan than they could he fir made for in this country ln england the of the lie opera operatives tires are arc 40 0 O per cent more than is h cai earned ned by our work profile the eail english glispi we vc have english authority conceding that the price at which american shoes shoe are hold is less than the en english lish can call make th them eni for the same authority says also that american wages wades Z are 10 40 per cent higher this means that in ill spite of the lower wages of the L hiigli ng lih h american slices are sold cheaper than the eng english 1 can afford to make them hem ilow how then can americans cans he be afraid of english competition since am americans crimans can call un undersell the english in fisli in their own market the mckinle mckinley y hill fixes the tariff on oil leather shoes at 25 per cent what is this protective tariff imposed for since we can undersell the fai english lish in their own market th the 0 en english in lish could coul d not sell their shoes in this country if there were no tariff then why the protective tariff it is simply to n rob the people for the benefit of the manufacturer of shoes the tariff of 1 25 3 per cent lias has the effect of making the shoes hoes of every man women and child in this country cot coa co t more than is needed it robs the poor for the manufacturer under tinder the pretense of protecting tin 0 the manufacturer a against 0 ainest E english n cheap labur when english shoemakers are crying 0 aloud because americans can call afford to sell ell shoes cheaper than english can make them if this is not a robbery of tile tho people fr for the manufacturer what is it |