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i 1 i , , ; : ' i ()HK, AT DURHAM Oct. 1st. RICE, i AT BRACTOWN FRIDAY SEPT. SGth 18S4. krbecue at Bragtown. in. Charles Price ionably ass will Friday Sept. 20th 1884. ft :i xaiuerai unf me ucsl speuKer in in( address! the assemblage issible to attend- otheiwise abl ers may bo expected. d Grub. Good Speaking. n out. Turn outJ I ; . ,- -, , -r this greatly reduced price: but he did not seek facts: error served him a bet ter purpose in his line of argument. Such argument is all right if you don't get caught at it. Both candidates made a favorable impression in so far as personal appearance,' gentlemanly conduct and bearing give expressions of honesty of purpose and goid breed ing: eitloer will do credit to the office to which they are nominated. Fair cloth's frank avowal of the tariff is sue was, we saw, much more pleasing t( the democracy present, than Stead- TTl nil' fli-mrtfT Till ll!nr frt "Vin wlJJ wjith itsj"hordes of money" for the and despoilment of the poor; for the benefit of the rich." We donbt if the ican with the English I product deliv ered in Labor,! Raw adelphia or Baltimore. American 38.75 Material, j EXGLISIIj Labor,! Raw Material, Tariff duty, Ocean Difference in per , ton stee dollars. Is It Freight, 1.25 40.00 . 1 1 . . It 18.75 1.25 17.00 3.00 this? Is there any 3 result of the speaking can be summed "poor man" acclaimed Mfreo traders- 4(X00 i favor of American labor railway bars, twenty mystery about robbery of this lere an' L IRCLOTH and STEADMAN. bse two nominees for LiMitpnnni j v v nor paid Durham a visit on' ' 1 J. j t . I T i . . 1 fiy iuL;uuu engaged in what is illy termed a joint discussion of al issues. Faircloth the nomi-l the Liberal-Republican Party! lan of what we should call mo- temperament deliberate in his and methods, careful in his iients, logical in argument, and ;rfect embodiment of honesty. Steadman is what might be term handsome man, with his white iud beard although just in the of life: he is an active nervous anient, quick in word and ac sharp political dodger of ready s and personalty a very affable man. I he discussion was rom- more of a partial Statement of hi issues and pleasantries be- speakers than a discussion of les. Major Steadman entered iff matters enouglij to show that a "freeltrader" pure and, sim- 1 only needed opportunity to theories into practice: he car av no votes unon this issn a nr !ier: he could make more mis nts in n. slinrf or tima tlion om- I 1 J w e have ever listened to. It prite expression among lawyers lie well proven answers as well truth."! -'The Maior did not he whole truth when he said iwers & Wierhtman now sold at S 1.G0 ner nnnnr that. thfv i r r - V manufactured and sold at He would have put the whole his hearers had he cone farthpr I them that they were enabled up in great advantages on the side of either, certainly Faircloth will not count less votes w hile Steadman may. Walking the railroad going west, we ee dn the right the factory of stiry structure of large proportion, building 'of brick. Indulging- in a train of thought upon how largely la bor enters into the price of all pur manufactured articles, we stop to make a few comparisons and to trace the cost of raw material and the item of abor. We begin by alloving fifty cents per. thousand for the raw ma terial clay; a very liberal allowance then adding five and a half dollars for laborf and this represents one thousands burnt brick at the kiln: add a dollar for cartage to the build- Isnt this plain enough to be under- stood. Raw Material counts i for but the merest par of the cost of a manufao tured article. We calniiot produce raw material .1 nature furnishos tlmf '1 f ians owned IT tr-fa h tirn irr li on 4V.. T .llL the country it. r It is the this gift of but they made no use oif use labor; is making of hat ure that fields nine Diiiiqn aoiiars worth of product pet year in America. Then here come; from foreign brtsseved hundred niil lion dollars orth of manufacture product for a market pay ing two hund red and fourteen million of dollars as vtxiiu. uuucb iui liiu privilege oi seiiin these goods m an American market HOW can the forpi crn tin tinn a U fT.. -. -r O U11U1 U this ? by takirig this aniohnt from thd ready j I , " : laboring poor at home. jjingj site and four dollars more for lime jsand and the labor of setting them in jthe wall aiid our fifty cents wrorth of all jfor the t ( item of labor excepting the raw material clay, wood, lime and sand for which one dollar is a for this? Ga trade." Ar'ht! With the fol . . i York Times we leave . ..ii, . i with the readed. "We should any avowed which would simple rule by be reduced without injury' ed interests." free Areyou n you advocate you a Protectionist. owing from the New tho bubject authority short and; which the revenue can to protect - - J - . M J . .. be deeply indebted t d protectionist give j us a larger allpyance, Transfer this buld- ing to England or any Free Trade tllll JL11. I tX V JllcllCIlUi bCl 111 k like wall- would represent but five and one half dollars "Vhy! For the reason that we have paid double the amount for labor that is paid in En- ing and perfect land not that we have ! expended vailed between Messrs. Faircloth and more labor upon the work but that V- V Tf VWA teailman durin S 11 at this reduced; rate since their manufactory to a for- itry where they could by the ent of cheaper-labor sell at we have paid our labor tliei difference :L Li i. ; " : . r..- iu price. V"1 ryiuj uur reveries lur tkierl and in another direction we take up the itehi of Steel rails. A ton of j rails cost ho far from forty dollars : the raw material costing one ' dollar and itwenty-five cents the balance of j the price representing labor in mining and manufacturing; we present the tariff statement comparing the AmerA A GOOD EXAMPLE. We were pleased to see the crood feel - . i ... i i. deportment that pre- their stay hereJ Tliis should remind lis all that if we : J ' not think alike--cannot give our to the same measures, wre can at port least and can- sup- be toleranifc toward each other frrant to ftvprv mnn Ills rtrrhi ir act in political matters according to his own mchations. It should be membered that political parties are a necessity and thejone cannot live with out the qnrqitfonjtinJ -
The Durham County Republican (Durham, N.C.)
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