Reaping The Whirlwind

; Under the McKinley law, coke is i a protected product to the extent of : twenty per cent. advalorem. Of course, this high rate of duty, onefifth of the value of the product, was imposed oa the ground of "protection to American labor." But, in the reports from the scène of the troubles in the coke producing fields, does anybody ever read of American laborers being interested or affected? Who are the laborers now engaged in the strike? We read of Huns and other ignorant foreigners in that connection, but of no Americans. When the monopolists who control the mining and coke business had the tariff rates fixed to suit them on the pleá beneiïting American borers, they imponed the cheapest laborers of the Old World. They put the price of labor at the lowest possible point, and, by the aid of the McKinley law, obtained the highest possible price for their products. The imported laborers have lived in a condition little betterthan that of slaves. But, they have learned somethingof American ways. They have formed labor unions. And, under the terrifïc force of overwhelming numbers, they couple their demands with the threat and the power of destruction of life and property. Their methods are murderous. They must be overeóme. Laws must be obeyed. Life and property must be made safe. But, the monopolists, by the aid of villainous legislation, have sown the wind of disaffection. They are now reaping the whirlwind of terror. -