To his Excellency,

 The Baron ALLEY DE CYrREY, &c., &c

DOES SPECIAL PRoTECTIoNTO THE MA-

 NUFACTURER BENEFIT THE OPERA
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DOES SPECIAL PROTECTION TO THE M A-

 NUFACTURER BENEFIT THE OPERA

 TIVE:

 The Whig orators always contend, while advocating a high and partial tariff system that the wages of labor depend wholly upon the latness of the dividends upon manulac- turing stocks. They say to the operatives 9.We look to the tariff to sustain Us, ana expect your vote and cooperation, that WIG may be able to give you better wages The dependent is of course led to believe tha with prosperous season, his wages will bt augmented, and that they will rise or tall 1T proportion as the tariff upon foreign manu- faetures is increased or diminished. But the promises of these electioneering Wings arc very seldom made good after they have ganet the votes of their laborers. So far from tht wages of operatives having been increased II proportion when high tariffs have been m posed, we venture To say they have almos invariably been reduced under the operation of high duties. Since the passage of the existing tariff act, ill 1912, the wages oi large portion of the operatives m thls clty have been reduced, or dddui0Ral tab0r has been exactcd of them without corresponding remuneration, through ..reduction of the speed," and by various other expedlents hay ing tendency to task the energies oi labo for the sole benefit of capital. The wages O others have remained in Statu quo, while those of very small class have been increased where it was absolutely necessary 10 reialr them in opposition to competition from abroad

 A few weeks since we stated that in one o our largest establishments the wages of { portion of the laborers had been reduced materially. while at the same time the stocks of the company wee advancing in the market and it's managers were extending their laelll ties for production. This has served to direc