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Protectionest Wages Under Free
Trade Methods Cannot Be
Enforced.
BY B. C. FORBES.
Gov«rnment by threat has been
ushered in by President Wilson and
his henchmen, business men com
plain.
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Woodrow^ Wilson, you remember,
began it before he took office by
threatening the gallows for any fi
nanciers wh.o spoke or acted panicky.
His advisers were quick to catch the
cue. 'To-day the air is charged with
dire thre a tenings. Business men who
won’t stay in business until their last
dollar has gone under fr«e trade are
to be hahged, drawn and quartered.
They are to have nothing to say about
the running of their affairs. The
Government is to run things—at least
to the extent of enforcing protection
ist wages under free trade methods.
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It can’t be did. That’s not gram
matical, but it’s expressive—and
true.
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No ‘power under heaven can force
a non-public company or firm to stay
in business at a loss. Secretary of
Commerce Redfield may rave until
he is red in the face, a thousand
high-priced investigators may pry
into cost sheets and pay roils, and
indictments may be issued galore,
but if capital cannot bo employed at
a reasonable profit in any industry,
then capita! will quit. That should
be as plain as a pikestaff even to the
neophytes who are talking nonsense
about the, veriest elementals of busi-
ness.
...
The public, however, had better
hesitate to accept at face value state
ments made by certain manufactur
ers to the effect that they will emi
grate, bag and baggage, to Europe if
pet schedules be not left uncut. No
American manufacturer will fly to
foreign ills he knows not of until he
has been driven to the last ditch at
home. This was admitted by John
Hanan, for years President of the
National Shoe Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation. He .-aid:
"We have no disposition to ask our
work people to accept less than they
are Mining now. and we shall con
tinue to pay as high as we are doing
now. But there must come a tirpe
when we most stop. Then we will
have to take the line of least resist
ance. We do no't want to enter into
a conflict with the labor people, and
therefore We must remove a large
portion of our works to England or
Germany, where there id cheaper
Another manufacturer is quoted as
ting:
am assured on very high authori-
that the Singer people in Eliza-
.h, N. J., intend to move. What is
■re to prevent- them? They have
■tories in Scotland, Italy, Russia,
thing could prevent them from
sing -down their shops here and
king the parts over there, and
er importing them put them to-
,her in this country. That will be
8 effect of the tariff policy, and i
i Inclined to believe that many in-
stries would adopt just that course.
:now of other industries that con-
nplate such a course.
*iq sane man wants to see Amer-
n wages cut. But if the Govern-
nt so acts that industries cannot
run on a fair-wage basis, then
lor cannot but suffer.
ire free trade wages desirable in
s country? Free trade, in theory,
ideal for the whole universe,
t when the kite of theory is sent
into the air it is well to balance
with’fact, with actualities.
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3reat Britain is the greatest expo-
ot of free trade. Now, I know
m stern experience something of
.or conditions there. I know what
i wages are. I know how the
rkir.g classes live. And let me
) unhesitatingly that workers here,
the same standard of education
d, skill as those in Britain, are in-
itely better off tnan their fellows
-oss the ocean. The scale of liv-
I here is mere attractive. More
nfprts are within reach. There is
Aiicier marnin for s a ving. Life is
less gloomy, less of do eternal
uqgle than it is in Britain.
3o you ever hear of shiploads of I
lericen workers emigrating to £u-
je for employment? No: the move
nt is all the other way. Immigrate
m England, Scotland and Ireland
a rule stay here. They know they
: better off.
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joes this not answer the question
the durability of free trade wages
■e? Are we ripe for them?
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4«r« threats to punish employers
o will be affeeted by tariff changes
i accomplish nothing. Instead of
isl»ting first and investigating af-
ward. would it not be better to
imine books now. Not a few in- <
*tries would willingly open their
gers to Secretary Redfield.
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f reciprocity were given adequate
errtion, if in return for concessions
foreigners something substantial
re gained from them, then both
ployers and employees here would
ething more useful than a
first of .threats is urgently nec- ,
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By QUILL.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. MONDAY. MAY 10, 1010.
HEIST JAPS
Poll Shows Overwhelming Senti-
»
ment Against Naturaliza
tion.
WASHINGTON, May 19.—If Japan
is hoping to make a new treaty grant
ing her natives citizenship in the
United States, she is hoping in vain'.
The New York American has taken
a poll of the Senate, which has the
sole power to confirm all treaties,
and found the members all but unan
imously opposed to such a proposi
tion.
Senators Bacon and Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, are against it.
Of all who gave their views, only
one, Cummins, of Iowa, said he would
give th« Japanese the right they ap
pear to demand, and then only to
those now in the United States.
The Senator’s vi£ws follow:
Smith, Democrat, Arizona—No.
Robinson, Democrat. Arkansas—I
am opposed to it.
Works, Democrat, California—I am
against it.
Thomas, Democrat, Colorado—Of
course, I am against it.
Brandegee. Republican, Connecticut
—Never.
McLean, Republican, Connecticut—
1 am thoroughly in sympathy with
California in the Japanese contro
versy.
Bacon, Democrat, Georgia—My
views on the question are well
known.
Smith, Democrat, Georgia — The
Japs should never be admitted to cit
izenship with us.
Lewis, Democrat, Illinois—I have
never yet seen any proposition in
behalf of Japanese citizenship that I
could approve.
Sherman, Republican. Illinois—I am
opposed to it.
Kern, Democrat. Indiana—Of course
I am against it.
Cummins, Republican, Iowp.—Let
those already in be admitted to citi
zenship, but I am opposed to unre
stricted Japanese immigration.
Thompson. Democrat, Kansas—I am
opposed to it.
James, Democrat. Kentucky—Never
should the Japs be admitted to citi
zenship.
Townsend, Republican, Michigan—
I am opposed to It.
Nelson, Republican, Minnesota—
The Japs have no right to be ad
mitted to American citizenship.
Varda man, Democrat. Mississippi—
I would give citizenship only to Cau
casians.
Walsh, Democrat, Montana—I am
opposed to it.
Norris, Republican. Nebraska—So
am 1 opposed to it.
Newlands, Democrat. Nevada—I am
against it.
Hollis, Democrat, New Hampshire—
Never.
Catron, Republican, New Mexico—
I am opposed to it.
Overman, Democrat. North Caro
lina—I am unutterably opposed to it.
Burton, Republican, Ohio—The Japs
have no claim'to American citizen
ship.
Tillman, Democrat, South Carolina
—I am opposed to it now and for
ever.
Shields, Democrat, Tennessee—I am
absolutely opposed to it.
Sheppard, Democrat, Texas—If my
own State will not admit Japs to
citizenship, then I am bitterly oppos
ed to It.
Smoot, Republican, Utah—You bet
I am opposed to it.
Swanson, Democrat. Virginia—I am
! absolutely opjxised to it.
Poindexter, Republican. Washing
ton—I am not in favor of admitting
the Japs to citizenship.
Chilton, Democrat, West Virginia—
1 am also opposed to it.
Root, Republican, New York—I am
opposed to it.
Ashurst, Democrat. Arizona—I am
unalterably opposed to it.
Borah, Republican, Idaho — Of
course not.
Bristow, Republican, Kansas—I
would never think of such a thing.
Chamberlain, Democrat. Oregon—
Such a proposition would not be seri
ously considered by any one on the
Pacific Coast, at least.
Fall, Republican. New Mexico—1
am not in favor of such a proposi
tion.
Jones, Republican. Washington—1
should not favor citizenship for the
Japs.
Perkins, Republican, California—Of
course I should not agree to such a
thing.
Department Store
to Sell City Bonds
ST. PAUL. May 19.—An innovation
was announced to-day by the Golden
Rule Store, which has purchased
$209,000 of city improveemnt bonfls
and will offer them for sale just as it
does dry goods and other merchan
dise. The store bought the bonis
from three banking houses, which
took over $209,000 of the securities.
Bankers said to-day that the Gol*
den Rule idea was one of the most
original and-progressive advanced :n
the bond business in a decade. Sam
uel Dittenhofer. vice president of the
store company, said the bonds would
be advertised.
Banker Convicted
of Stealing Cigars
WINFIELD, KAXS., May 19-
Grant Stafford, vice president of a
local bank, and reported to be worth
$500,000, has been convicted for steal
ing cigars from local dealers. Testi
mony wat that Stafford on seven oc
casions took more cigars than ne
paid for.
It was also testified that he asked
the salesman for three cigars for a-
quarter , and while the Jatter wasi
making change took one or two o*ti
ers from the- box. Sentence was de
ferred.
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