There are several issues labor and business antagonize over. There were tons of families and individuals affected by the downfalls occurring in this era. Many immigrants and workers were badly mistreated and were not really recognized by their hard work. The government gave signals for the rest of the century; there would be no strikes for the white people and blacks would be put back. Immigrants came from Europe and China to make new labor forces; these farmers were unable to purchase new machinery or pay new railroad rates. Business started to grow when several inventions were introduced by Thomas Edison. There was ice-cooled railway cars, and electrical devices. New cigarette-rolling machines, which made 100,000 cigarettes a day were made; this invention later formed the American …show more content…
Carnegie, saw a new method to produce steel;he came to the U.S and built a million-dollar steel plant. He made sure Congress passed tariffs keeping out foreign steel, and keeping its price to $28 a ton. Workers were looked down on because they were poor.These businessmen were very corrupt, they maintained high prices, but kept wages very low, and still used the government's subsidies. This act left 200,000 men working twelve hours and not winning enough money to keep their families alive. Republican Benjamin Harrison, a president from 1889-1893, prosecuted the strikers of 1877 in federal courts; he organized and commanded a group of soldiers during the strike. Benjamin Harrison passed on an act in 1890, this act was called The Sherman Antitrust Act, which protected trade and commerce from unlawful restraints. This act restricted trade in interstate of foreign commerce, and could be used against interstate strikes. The Fourteenth Amendment later became law, and the Supreme Court wasn’t using it as protection for blacks, but as protection for