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A short talk to New York workingmen
A short talk to New York workingmen
New York Sun, May 27, 1888
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A one-page newspaper piece reprinted from the New York Sun of May 27, 1888, arguing for protective tariffs to shield American workers from cheap European labor. It compares wages in Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and Scotland, including cotton mill, lace factory and silk weaving wages. It urges workingmen to oppose the Mills bill to reduce the tariff.

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