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5 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. f * * ♦ 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. * * * It can’t be did. That’s not gram matical, but it’s expressive—and true. - i * * 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. * * * 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. * * * joes this not answer the question the durability of free trade wages ■e? Are we ripe for them? * * * 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. * * • 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- , CHICK, CHICK, CHICK! 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. H-rt*K-H-i- K-K--K-I—M-H-H-J-K-. v-H-l-H-K-H-M-t-M' I' I I I I I-H-fr This Is a Good Time To Enter Timid boy and girl contestants are asking us, every day, if it is too late to enter this contest for free Shetland pony outfits. Our answer is that now is the right time. 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