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Show TARIFF AND WAGES Thomas H. Heed "Whcro two nations na-tions havo equal skill and equal ap-p'llnncos ap-p'llnncos nnd n market of nearly equal slzo, and ono of thorn can hlro labor at ono half less, nothing but a tariff can maintain tho higher wages, and thnt wo can prove If thcro bo two bales of goods sldo by sldo made by tho samo kind ot ma chlnery nnd with tho labor of tho human being In both of tho samo do greo of skill, and If tho labor ot ono ba'o "cost only half, for example, as much as tho other, that othor balo can nover bo sold until tho extra cost for tho costlier labor I3 squeezed squeez-ed out ot It; provided thoro Is an abundant supply ot tho product of tho cheaper labor. If tho balo with tho cheaper labor of Englnnd In It meets the balo with the dearer la bor of America In It, which will bo bought nt cost of production? I leave that problem Just there. The salo of tho English balo will bo only limited by England's production." |
