87 Democratic friends desire us to confine ourselves to wheat raising, while they manufacture for us! PROTECTION MAKES HIGH WAGES. Wages in the United States are from 60 to roo per cent, higher than in Great Britian. Thomas Williams, an iron pud- dler, born in England, testified last March before the Ways and Means Committee at Washington, that he earned but $1.25 a day in England, while in our country he earned $5.50 per day for the same amount of work. He said, “It is said that in England it costs much less to live. I deny that most positively, and I speak from actual experience. My board there cost from $3 to $3.50 a week, and we did not live as the laborers of this country do. For breakfast the English laborers get bread and butter and. a cup of tea. Dinner is composed of bread and meat, and if they get an egg with their tea in the evening, they consider it extravagance. There are many women at work in the mills of England, also. They do the unloading of coal, and are kept at other unskilled labor. Their wages are nineteen cents a day! ” This same thing will happen if we adopt English-Democratic free trade, for men will be unable to support their families on the low wages received, and women and children must help. A few tables will show whether we desire British wages. CLARK THREAD COMPANY, Has two establishments, one in Paisley, Scotland, the other in Newark, N. J. Scotland, New Jersey, Gain girls. Per Week. Per Week. Per Cent. Spoolers..............................$3 60 $8 00 122 Twisters............. .............. 2 35 5 50 135 MEN. Carpenters......................... 7 25 17 00’ 135 Machinists......................... 7 25 18 00 148 WOOLEN MILLS. Aberdeen, Scotland. Troy, N. Y. Wool Sorters—Overseers..................................$7 50 $18 00 Wool Sorters—Men......................................... 5 SO 12 00 Card Tenders.............. ,.................................... 2 00 4 00 Spinning—Ovejseers......................................... 7 00 18 00 Spinning—Boys.................................................. 1 50 4 00 Weavers—Overseers.......................... 16 50 30 00 Weavers—Men................................................... 3 75 10 00 Pressmen........ . ............................................ ..... 375 8 00
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