The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 26, July 14, 1894 Page: 2
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THE TEXAS MINER,
T
TARIFF TALKS.
no. xii.
HE MINER has been accused in the columns of a Texas
paper as follows : "It is published in a commnnity of la-
borers and for the benefit of these laborers, yet it is a strong
advocate of the greatest of all enemies to the laboring classes,
viz: Protection." And then our contemporary goes on to show-
that Protection lowers the wages of the laboring man.
We have compiled from the statistics in Volume 20, United
States Census, the following table showing the wages of the
various general trades in Great Britain and the United States
for the purpose of showiug how much higher pay the American
laboring man receives than the English laborer:
GREAT BRITAIN. UNITED STATES.
$6.94 $11.84
OCCUPATION
Carpenters
Smiths 6.98
Masons 7.45
Tiners 7.32
.Engineers 7.47
Mechanics tí.95
Painters 6.33
Coppersmiths . 7.74
Laborers .... 4.37
16.48
16.33
14.76
15.24
13.85
11.71
15.00
7.70
$61.55
6.84
$123.11
13.68
Total wages of trades
Average weekly wages
These tables show the indirect effect of the Tariff on the wages
of the laboring man. England enjoying (?) free trade pays her
laborers an average weekly sum of $6.84, while America, groan-
ing under the depressing effect of Protection, pays her wage-
earners just exactly twice as much. Surely this does not show
that Protection has injured the laborer very much in that respect.
Now, let us see how much more the American has to pay for
his living than the Englishman, before we give an unqualified
endorsement to the policy of a Protective Tariff.
Statistics in the Labor Bureau show that the American pays
17 per cent, more for his living than the Englishman, including
house rent, while without house rent he pays 5 per cent. more.
So that while he makes 100 per cent, more than his Anglo-
Saxon brother in wages and pays but 17 per cent, more for his
living, hence is 83 per cent, better off all around.
Another thing which points conclusively to this end, is the
fact that the Savings Bank statistics of this country show that
here in the United States the deposits in those institutions av-
eraged $100 per head of population in the seven great industrial
states, while in Great Britain the average deposit is but $13.50
per head, and this in addition to the undisputed fact that a far
greater percentage of American workingmen own their houses
than laboring men in England do.
In Great Britain, with a 39,000,000 population, there are
over 1,292,000 paupers in almshouses, wrhile in this country
there were, before the present Administration came into power,
but 110,263 paupers in almshouses. It may be, however, that
the difference is not so great in this regard now, since the Dem-
ocratic party began it's policy of reducing the American me-
chanic to the level of the European mechanic.
We would also call the attention of our esteemed contempor-
ary to the following table showing the prices of various com-
odities in this country in 1880 and 1890, which indicate whether
or not Protection raises or lowers the cost of liviug:
ARTICLES. 1880.
Sugar, granulated, per pound $ .2 1-4
Keroseee oil, per gallon (150 test) 25
Salt, per barrel 2.22
Hour, per hurdred pounds 4.50,
Coffee. Java 33
Coffee, Kio .25' .
Canned tomatoes, per can 15 ...
Soda crackers, per pound .10
Soap, per cake 07
Crockery (25 per cent reduction) -—
Unbleached muslin, per pard .08
Calico, per yard .07
Gingham, per yard .12 1-2
Carpets, 25 to 33 1-3 per cent, reduction —
1890.
$ .07
.13
1.25
2,50
.33
.25
.10
.06 1-2
. 05
.06
.05
.10
These are facts, and can be easily subtantiated.
Will any man vote to continue the present Administration in
office after considering these fact ?
FORT WORTH RAILWAY NOTES.
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Fort Worth, Texas, July 10, 1894.
Editor Texas Miner:
L. N. Lloyd, general road master of. the Joint track is in
city. .
C. A. Ginocchio, proprietor of the railroad eating houses at
Little Rock, Texarkana, Marshall and Fort Worth, accompanied
by his nephew, Aug. Signiago, sailed from New York at 4 p. 111.
on the 5th. inst. They will make a tour of Europe and the Holy
Land this summer, returning about the first of the year.
It is said that a certain official at the Union depot don't wind
his clock for fear it will "strike."
W. L. Chew of the legal department of the Texas & Pacific,
was in the city the first of the week.
T. W. Froment of the water service of the Texas & Pacific,
has been in the city for several days.
George Herszinger, special agent of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas, headquarters at Denison, wras in the city Monday.
Leroy Trice, division superintendent Eastern division of the
Texas & Pacific, headquarters at Marshall, spent Sunday in the
city.
J. B. Paul, superintendent Rio Grande division ef the Texas
& Pacific, headquarters at Big Springs, spent Sunday in the
city.
Maj. B. C. Byrnes of the telegraph department of the Texas
& pacific made a flying trip over his division the first of the
week.
A car load of Mexican grapes passed through here Sunday
evening en route from Laredo to St. Louis, via the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas.
J. E. Parmelee. division road master of the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas, was in the city a few hours Monday and returned to
Waco the same evening.
T. S. McDowell, train master of the Waco section of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, headquarters at Taylor, was in the
the city on business last week.
The good people of Round Pond, O. T., have at last decided
to let the Rock Island alone, probably hoping the strikers will
wipe them off the face of the earth.
B. F. Darbyshire, general agent of the Texas & Pacific at
El Paso has been in the city the past week hustling business
for the old reliable. He spent Sunday with his family at Min-
eral Wells.
Sig. Jos. Kebort of the Joint track, captain of the P. I). Q.
base ball club, spent Saturday and Sunday at Cleburne with his
nine, where it is reported he wiped up the earth with the Cle-
burneites.
A. A. Judges superintendent of the Pullman Palace Sleeping
Car company this city; says the strike don't bother hini one bit.
While the brewery continues to make "ice" and he can get his
meals regular he's all right.
E. Loughery, superintendent of bridges and buildings of the
Eastern dinision of the Texas & Pacific, headquarters at Mar-
shall has been in the city the past week looking after the con-
struction of the new water works plant of the company.
The rain the latter part of last week was a God-send to ev-
erybody and especially the farmers. It did very little if any
damage to the tracks and road beds and made the water service
men happy. The telegraph department suffered the loss oi a
few poles struck by lightning.
H. S. Judkins, one of the old time train dispatchers of the
Texas & Pacific, is in the city, having just returned from a trip
through Mexico. He repor.s business about as dull in Mexico
as in the United States, and like all the boys, he is glad to once
more get to •■God's country."
About 150 of the state militia were tied up here about ten
hours Monday on account of the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe
being unable to move tbem on account of the strike. To say
the brave soldiers were pleased and said nice Sunday school
words would not quite express it.
'The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific laid off all it's em-
ployes and discontinued freight trains until further notice Friday
evening on acconnt of the Eastern and Northern portions ot the
line being tied up by the strike. They run all their passenger
trains on time as near as possible but have quit trying to handle
freight. Monday evening they announced that they would
again make an effort to move freight west of the Missouri river..
The Missouri, Kansas & 'Texas has abolished it's train mas-
ter's office at Greenville, J. E. Bennett, formerly train master at.
that point, being appointed chief dispatcher at I )enison, and the
Greenville territory has been added to the Denison division and
will be looked after by Mr. A. D<. Bethard in connection with
his other territory.
'The hot weather last week was something extraordinary, even
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McAdams, Walter B. The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 26, July 14, 1894, newspaper, July 14, 1894; Thurber, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth200473/m1/2/?q=%22mining%20towns%22: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.