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[I.] Mr. Chamberlain's Proposals, ^hat they Mean to Working Men. (To the Editor of the Pioneer.) m'7~As ^r- Chamberlain's proposals to tax ood and all manufactured articles we use e attracting so much interest, and as these p °P°Sa^s are of vital importance to the bef country, I should like to place fa f)re t^0Se ^ving in the agricultural, manu- w irin§' and mining districts of North therrT W^at ^ese proposals really mean to j ^rst' ask the labouring man to I facts in the face and in two other T»T. ers I will deal with the Farmer and the Miner. T thro put any tax on corn and food means in w that you will have to pay more for r oread and your meat, your bacon and P Wao-1" C^leese' and unless you can get more lo ^our' y°u whl either have to work je^er hc%rs for the same rate, or else have red t0 6at' ^ough y°u may not actually be k uced to eating horseflesh aud black fil anrll? a'S 18 lhe case Germany, Belgium, -'f ^rance, where protective tariffs are in m|C^' and where wages are consequently and l ^0wer ^an w^h us. Working men Waw a^0Urers are n°t likely to get higher red^ c^' farmers would have to f Uce the number of men working on their t0tyiS' an<^ these would be driven into the and^ 'nto t'rie co^'er^es' where collieries Hie 1Tla^ufacturers would be also discharging •. This would lower wages in towns and hiffKi'065' w^lere labour is now paid more lab ^an t'ie country districts. But the anv°Urer *n country districts is not likely, ^y more than the skilled artisan in towns, foo^f!fe to anything that would make his Sett' rer or worse, on the mere chance of ftla Ing a higher wage with the farmer or job • acturer for whom he works, or at some the nearest town. One f6 l^ea taxing manufactured articles ^jas" ent'h) is even more dangerous for all tyjjjSes- It means that a sovereign in future clot,0nly buy eighteen shillings' worth of hard eS' k°ots> hats, hosiery crockery, and fixe(jVare so that every man who lives on a 2L sj.VVa§e, whether he is a miner, a labourer, ilala,y envorkman or a clerk on a small ShillitIl Ivill have his income cut down by two You n^S *n every pound. I earnestly warn sacr-~ot to believe that in exchange for this like, You will get better paid. It is more t0 the other way; for both our heCae and foreign trade will be reduced, JUUchSe people will not be able to buy so Wilj ^3 and thousands of clerks and labourers touj^ turned out of employment all over the 3(jv ry- This will fall hardest on men well tnrtl I\°ed in years, who will be the first to be IZL rift into poverty, which, now that by tensions have been finally dropped for t^r' Chamberlain, will leave them no hope the c6 ^utUre. The manufacturer will have is S!| °f his raw material put up, and if he the e to Pay higher wages he must reduce band xpenses by lessening the number of help j employes. But even this will not kites'*1-111 cannot se^ the goods he Wilj f ii and 'n all but a few trades his profits °t>edi off altogether. — I am, Sir, your lent servant, FIORI„ CHARLES MCLAREN. °dna»t,Egiwysbach.

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