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Show i I UNION LAIBOE ! ! EPAKTMEMT I ; , : 7. j. Under the Auspices Address all Communications to J 4- ofthe W. M. PIGGOTT, Editor. J f OGDEN TRADES ASSEMBLY 375 Twenty-fourth Street. $ : 1 ' celling the commotion, stopped to inquire in-quire what the trouble was about, Up-n being told the nature of tho difficulty, dif-ficulty, he made bold to offer hi3 "good offices" lu an endeavor to Bottle Bot-tle the matter. Each smarting under the Injustices heaped upon him by tho' other, and not having fully recovered from the Insanity of anger, the two cats at once concluded that there, was a good chance to get even with the other, for each thought he perceived a friendly twinkle in tho monk's eyes. So. forthwith "jus! ice" monk took possession of the. cheese, and broko it into two parts, taking great care that one part was larger than the other; then adjusting his scales, he nroceeded to weigh the two pieces. He found that one was heavier than the other, so he oit orf a piece, he I then found that the other piece was the heavier, so he bit a piece off that one, when found that the first piece was now the havlcr. and so he kept nibbling off of flrjt one piece and then tho other, trying to make them balance; until there was nothing left So you see. that by be-I be-I iug "hot headed" and contrary and I not using pood common sense, there arose a division between these two cats, and thev became enemies; Iiias- lar we may happen to own, for the special benefit of one small section of the state, without any real benefit to the state at large. It is true that a inagnlflcent "state house" would be a splendid thing 1o have, and to point out to .strangers; but as to any practical prac-tical benefits to be derived by the state at the present time or in the reasonably n?: r future; we are unable to see. We are always In favor of public pub-lic improvements when needed; an" are willing to bear our portion of the I I burden: but we are at a loss to see THOSE REVENUES. We have been told year after year, campaign after campaign, by congress after congress, that tariff, was levied for revenue only, and that it was only high enough to protect tho "irifant" Industries of the country; that It was only the difference between the cost .f manufacture in this country and of that abroad; that if it were not for the tariff, this country would be flooded flood-ed with good3 made by tho cheap labor la-bor of foreign countries, to the great detriment cf our own people. Now, these statements are not only un-1 un-1 true, but they are misleading In the extreme. It is true that we must have l a revenue from somewhere to dcfiay i the exneutej of running this govern- j ruent, " and if the tariff provided for I that only, it would be all right, but it does not only raise a revenue for governments! gov-ernments! purposes, . but It provided a menus by which our own people are hold up and robbed. This Is shown by 1 the fr.cl th.it, for Instance, the best 'grade of the Waltham watch manufactured manu-factured in this country h .sold to deal; ers In England at such a low figure; that thej- can be rcbought, brought j j back to this country, and can be retail- , i td for about 20 per cebt less than the ' ' regular retail price here; also the Do- raest'c sewing machine is sold in the I the necessity of a capital building for perhaps the next twenty years. But jf. in the judgment of those who seem to be so solicitious of the state's welfare, wel-fare, the Immediate needs of a state house is so imperative, let us suggest that the "solicitous ones" look a little lit-tle to economy, in the administration of affairs retrenchment where pos-j pos-j slble, cutting out useless and needless expenditures, etc. for a few years, and there will be 110 need for au additional ad-ditional tax levy. Yes, we are absolutely abso-lutely and unalterably opposed at this time, to the one mill tax for the purpose pur-pose of building a state capital; nnd we hope that all .our people will vole against' the proposition; for we be-I lleve tJcat the burden will outweigh the recompense. . much that they could not agree on the amount each should have, until the sly old monk, with his winning smile, bfs pleasant manner and his flattering flatter-ing tongue, told them tht if they would give him possession of the cheese, and leave everything to him, that he would fix It "so that each would receive .an equal share of the gain. So these two foolish cats gave "justice" (?) monk all they possessed, and when he had gotten legal (?) possession of their property, he said: "Now you know that profits are small. I and expenses are 20 high, and com-1 com-1 petition Is so keen, that I will be compelled com-pelled to reduce your portion or raise the price of your necessities, so that in cither case you will bae nothing left: so I might just as well take the whole "cheese" and be done with it. Now, this is just a little story; but it has a moral, and to the boy or girl under the age of 17, who will make the best application of it to the Industrial In-dustrial conditions of our country, in a little story of not to exceed 250 words. I will give .?2.00, and to the second best, jl.oo. . Now Is your chance to earn a little something, and at the same time improve yourself, with a promise of something better in the future. Address all communications communica-tions to the editor of the Union Labor department. No. 375 21th street, city, not later than June 12th. The winning win-ning stories will be published on June 19th. Who will be the first. j A GOOD CHANCE. I Once upon a time there were two j cats who, having found a piece of 1 cheese, began to quarrel over the di- I J vision of it. One claimed it, because I j he saw It lirst; ftnd the other claimed j It because he got It first, and so the dispute waxed hotter and hotter, call- j ing each other names, using bad language lan-guage and hurling vile Invectives at each other; but stiTT the cheese was not divided. After heaping more abuse and slander upon each other, and when they were just about to fly at each other's throats, a wlso old monk came sauntering by, and, per- ! heart of Africa at about CO per cent Jess than It cim be bought on the markets mar-kets here for, aud why? Sirrjply 'because 'be-cause the tariff is so high on that grade of watch and machine, that the i manufacturer ij permitted to "hold up" the purchaser for from 30 per con to -4' per cent more than he f:iould pay. And who get the benefits? bene-fits? Certainly net tho laboring man, lor the first thing we hear, when a proposition Is made to reduce the tar-' tar-' iff, '.3 that wages must be reduced in order to keep' the, business on a paying pay-ing basis, never, that the percentage of profits might be lowered. So the poor laborer must bear the burden of the whole thing, for the "Infants" have grown to be strong and mighty giants, principally because the tariff has been many times more jhan tiie difference in manufacture, between this and other oth-er countries. The statement that this country would be flooded with goods made by cheap foreign labor is to laugh. We would like for some educated exponent ex-ponent of high tariff to explain to us what difference It would make whether wheth-er this country was flooded with goods made by cheap foreign labor, or whether it be as It is at present fiood-, fiood-, ed with cheap foreigu labor Itself labor that will work for a mere pittance, pit-tance, take the place of a respectable American, live on rice, macaroni and cheese, sleep any old place, and send their money out of the country. Fine-business. Fine-business. Nov. If it Is good to keep cheap foreign for-eign goods out, through the operations of the tariff law, why wpuld it not be just as good to keep the cheap foreign for-eign labor out through the operations of the same law, as was contemplated In the proposed amendment to tho present tariff bill? But that would never do. as It would operate 'to the benefit of the American laborer, and to the detriment of the American (?) trust. .The trust magnate tells us that if the tariff is reduced, that the wages will have to be reduced also, as ho cannot compete with foreign trade. And keep the business on a profitable basis. This is an old lie. worn threadbare. thread-bare. For, in the face of it, the facts Htc that there have been thousands of fortunes accumulated bv the protected few. within the last few vears, and more than :.o per cent of them can be raced directly to the "high" protective protect-ive tariff. Now. if goods can be manufactured man-ufactured in ih3 country, bv nieri-tv.n nieri-tv.n workmen, at American workmen wayes. and sold in foreign markets In competition vith foreign-made f"Ods. it is a Cni.u thtl(. the s po,.ds can be sold at home at from .thirty to forty per rent less than at Present without fear of foreign com- L;t vp are mot with the question, ow would wo make un the defieit in "1" ,!;,"i",dcri! of lho poor and H..cl , it where it . bclongs-on the tr...j:!uc.-s c. t,.e rich; in Uio snap of m nrPr.io or of some other f,rm of . rial t,xal:on. But that may never nev-er ho -oaliKj So jonrr n3 ik h have -c unking P; tl5t, , f ricf v.;ll .-oluntanly rcvove the burden of the masses at the exp,nsc of w.vc '- Then it naturally follow,!, that It .s high lime that we, th ma-oT P-a-e cur own kind in a posltio'u to ae .equitable and juct laws dhid ; ins the burdens equally among al the I People. And it would be a spleud" ' ' ?mf?r us 10 b'S' home a no,t imc ago. we read a Ion- and vplendi,,y written eulogy on the Vr' a ; J,,lbI,C "ervU ,r Son- ?h Reed Smoot: yet he seems to be : the main spoke in tho present tariff wheel; and he was re-elected without a s usle word of opposition id of the great worth and public- Z?ZC 0t n SnMr,r S..theKan jet he Is not a "protectionist in spots " e Is for the "whole thin- for the Pr,,rr ""J nut h,m In office" To Halifax with the common herd And so far as Representative n)W. ' ncerned. he has lo stand wit 1 Ihe others: he can't help himself v' ' dear people. Just so long a3 you allow money, and the rnonlod interests to bur or In any way influence vo,,? hn C,V;U nC"J Xpocl "o.hlng Vj.se b it that you will be compelled to fr. J th0 "venues with which to run his government, while the rich crow I richer anj the poor prow poorr ' nV?urICQ may ride in chaises-But chaises-But the poor must walk, begosh!" THOSE TAXES. manbS'n eveiy man o-of o-of TJi?h urn n8 TWy n the state of Utah will agree with me that taxes hat with the taxes for the maintenance mainten-ance of tho state "machinery," ,he support of the various educational In-stl In-stl tu Ions, etc.. and the various cUy enterprises and the city and county government; and now we are eW cd to contribute an additional ml e in the Bhupe of "one milt" on each dob |