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n5 We learn from our exchange papers that the


in various parts OF the country are lowering the
Wild, ColuInbiavlc in Columbia county New York,
stopped within few days past for the reason that
the workmen would consent TO reducoa OF twenty


FIVE per cent on their wages and all the democratic work
the Harmony factory at the village of Cohoes, have
quit work from the same cause


D We find the above in The Sun, which never
loses opportunity 70 give stab to the Cause of
Protection to Home Industry. IF its assertions
are true, which we greatly doubt, what do they
prove? That tc0 out of the thousands Of manu-
featuring establishments in Country una
bic to 70, on without a reduction Of the wages
paid to their workmcn. How high they have
Hitherto bcen, and how they compare with the
wages paid in rival establishments is not disclosed,
SO we have no data whatever for determining the
correctness of the course pursued on either side.


All know that there has been great depressan
of prices generally throughout the Country for
some time past and that Wages as well US Pro-
ducts and Goods are remarkably low. The stop
page of our Public Works has of itself had
strong influence in reducing the price Of Labor by
diminishing the demand Eori TIE steady contrac-
tion of the Currency has had the effect Every
man must understand that when the Currency Of the
Country is reduced from Two to One Hundred Mil
lons the money price of Labor and Products must
diminish, although its real price, or the amount of
Wheat, Pork, Cloth, Sc. which days work
given amount of Produce will command may not.
Still, the general assertion Of The Sun that "lhe
Manufacturers in various parts of the Country arc
lowering the wages of their operatives is untrue,
and not merely untrue, but made with a knayish
political purpose. They must have done SO or
have given up their works altogether if the Tariff
had net been passed-very many of them had been
obliged to do the other months since-but
now the general tendency of things is in the oppo-
site direction There is more work and an akun-
dant demand for Labor will in time secure better
Woges--and without this nothing can. Yetwc do
not expect the acorn become oak in day.
Other measures Of National bcnehcencc are neces-
sary, but Protection is the cornerstone OF pros
porous Industry. LIE, no friend of the Laborer be
deluded into opposing it.