Richmond Palladium (Daily), 24 November 1900 — Page 9

PROSPERITY. EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE SHARE Capital and Labor Equally Interested in the Reelection of McKinley Republican Party the Workman's Friend at All Times Conditions of Labor Improved in the Past Three Years Sound Money, Protection to American Industries and the Full Dinner Pail Effect of High and Low Tariff on General Business Conditions. The Tinplate Industry and Its Rapid Progress Under McKinley Protective Tariff.

Capital and labor go hand and hand r with on notbr Th Interest of both re Identical. When the country la In a prosperous condition the manufacturer finds a ready market for his product at Kood price and is consequently enabled to keep the wheel of hia factory In motion. He s enabled also to pay good wages for skilled labor, and he accordingly finds employment for the mechanic

most skilful In the line of his operations. But the manufacturer or capitalist Ik detndent on the worklnKman to produce ftls ware. Just a the worklngman him self la dependent upon the activity of me mills Mr tne opportunity to jarn an honest living. Republican ruin, makes this activity possible. A sound 'monetary jsim, pror.et.-uon to American Indus tries, general business Confidence coupled with abundant ordenw, for goods consequent upon mo active consumption of the product, ail are coincident with Republican administration of the affairs of the nation. It is therefore the in terest or both the, manufacturer and the worklnKman to contln -ji these condition by & united support 0t the Republican ticket In November, PURCHASINQ POWER OF WAGES. The relation of tha Republican party to the working.rnan has been demonstrated by lon years of practical work In his behalf.. The laboring; man should therefore h;ve no difficulty in realizing which of tj.e two partie, la hls best friend. Fr.,m j., earliest history the Dernocrav.e party has opposed his best Interest, while on the other hand the Repub'can party has advocated principle favorable to his best welfare. The Democracy favored and voted for an atterr t to destroy the Union in behair of th syste n which Is most dlsadvanVteous to labor human slavery For iany years that party by its legislation tn support of liunun slavery placed the .'labor of many millions of slaves in direct competition with the labor element tf the country, and would have continued It to the present day but for the Republican party. Ln the last Presidential campaign the Democratic orators declared that we r'rtded cheap money, so that the workngman might have higher wages and the farmer receive mora for his crops. These orators, however, failed to take Into consideration the low purchasing sower of the depreciated currency, and :hat whenever, on account of inflated currency, or for any other reason, prices r up they go up earlier and relatively nut-h higher than wages. Invariably resulting In a decrease of purchasing powr. well Illustrated during the Civil War nd during the enforcement of the Bland--tifOii tet. 11 is :so as well-established fact that whenever there Is a . table monetary system and when there sre no othr-r disturbing elements the general tendency of prices is downward nd of wages upward, resulting in an Increasing, purchasing power of wages and general, prosperity. These facta were clearly proven by the Senate report on wholesale prices and wages published In lSf3v in which relative prlceB and wages w-e shown for a period of flfty-two f.iri and up to Wl. Since that time rwo Investigations have been made by the I'nlted States Department of Labor. .An article on wholesale prices. 1890 to W. published In Bulletin No. 27 of the 'United States Department of Labor gives the wholesale prices of ninety-nine Kr"fldea of consumption. Of these nlnety- , nine article!, .there were ninety which

frf? appeared In the Senate report. For

in purpose of having a continuous series rf relative prices from 140 to 1S99 these ' ir-ety articles have been selected from ioth re;orts and a new series of relative prices worked out. The fluctuations of tha average prices of these nlnetyrine articles during the two periods from I" Xr 1:1 and from is;) to lff are found to fce about the same as those of a larger number of articles considered In the two Investigations. TUB CLF.VKLAND PANIC. During the five-year period of 1S50 to VMS the average prices of ninety commodities rose 151. 7 per cent, abova those nf I'-fiil. but wages rose only 43.1 per cent., while the purchasing power of wages '.roriped 43.1 per cent. During the next five years, or after the war. prices fell T to fiS.S per cent, above ISfiO. while ! ees rose to per cent, above that I "'s. Thpn rame the five years, 1S70-75. hloh included the panic of 1S73 and the. rrnnetiatlon of silver, referred to by the Democrats as the "great crime." ' Prices continued t fall until 1S75, when - thy were only Sl.7 per cent, above the 1-fil basis, wages ascended until they reached 67.1 per cent, above that year, aid then dropped to 6S.4 per cent. In 1 175. but the purchasing power of wages continued Its upward course vintil It reached IS. 9 per cent, above 1S60. Then tone the rive years which inctuded the '"'land-Allison act. The effect of this tllver coinage Is clearly shown by tha i sr In prices and the drop in the rela;lv; purchasing power of wages. .rb-es rose from 91 per cent. In 1S79 to 115.3 per cent, above the lfO basis In V'MV while the purchasing power fell f rr.i 151.9 per cent, to 14.5 per cent, above th 1'0 basis. In 1S3 prices resumed their downward tendency, wages continued to rise and the period from that year until 1S9J was the most prosperous that had ever been experienced In our country's history. Then came Cleveland's n-dmlnistration and tariff reform" witn the shutting down of industries and the consequent army of unemployed. Wages fell at once and continued to fall steadily during each year of the Democratic regime. Prices at first remain! stationary and then continued their downward course, so that for those who retained their employment during the panic following Cleveland's 'tariff reform" the effect was not so strongly felt, but for the millions who lost part or all of their employment the period is one of only c-ttter memories. HIGHER NOW THAN EVER BEFORE. With the return of prosperity under the McKinley Administration the Increased business activity naturally caused a rise in the prices, of commodities. This accounts for the upward tendency tu prices In and I?. But, as we have seen, wages are always slower to rise than prices. Hence we find that while In IS prices had risen wages were still low as a result of the business depression during Cleveland s administration, and we see a temporary decline in the purchasing power of wages In IS. In 1H9. however, wages again took an upward turn, and as they rose more rapidly than the prices wo see once more in 139 an increase in the purchasing power of wages. AN hlle positive statistics are not available for as the year has not yet been completed, the Increase in wages which became general in the Spring of ISsW has u to the present time reached about 13 per cent., according to an estimate based upon an examination of the trade union journal of the country. This increase since IS brings the wages and the purchasing power to a much higher point than ever before. There can be no question of the fact from the above showing that the upward tencency will continue under Republican Administration and it is safe to assert that the next few years will see an era of prosperity far in excess of anything that has ever been experienced in this or any other country. There were over S0.C09 more persons employed during the first year of McKinley's administration than during the last year of the Cleveland reign A change of administrations.followed by a change In the tariff or monetary system, would again destroy business confidence and cause another business depression. In the prosperity ef the nation no bet

ter Illustration is afforded than by the condition of the wage-earners. If the laborer in any country Is receiving good wagts. with steady employment, thatcountry cannot be anything but prosperous. That the United States has been prosperous during the past three years Is shown by the growth of the labor organisations fat this country. The American Federation of I-aor has grown at a surprising rate during that period. While capital has been concentrating its power, labor has been doing the same. This means that labor is amply protected and is flourishing under this Republican administration. The American Federation of Labor, which was founded in has conducted its business publicly, with dignity and with success. To-day ft employs twelve paid organizers, besides 470 volunteer organizers who work in Canada as well as the United States. The following tabulated statement of membership shows the condition of the different organizations named on the first day of January. 19: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR.. Enrollment retorted January 1, lauo. .1 f4 noo (,ined tloce Januarv 1. lunO 304 ooo Lm-al charters Waued in 1k l'soO IuterDitluutl and national unions now enrol let 73 With Slate unions. 11; city trades' council". 14 145 KBXOKD OF 1(9.

Meruberahip gained International anil national union added I ntr.fi lanrla authorized strikes won Strike lost .....I! Strlka-a compromised Charters iiwued In lx!9 (reported Charter inaued In lsirfl in, reported) . . 225.00O S 42.-4-1 3i 2.V4 BROTHERHOOD RAILWAY ORGANIZATIONS Membership Brotherhood of !.4comotlr Fn?ineera. . ;t4 imi Brotherhood of IK-omotiTe Fireman ... 2l.i" Brotherhood of Hallway 0udu-t . . . . :i7.'NK Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen .... 2A.0UO The working man of to-day who does his own thinking has had the proof presented that It is to his best interest to stand by the platform and principles of the Republican party. The American wage earner wants the present good times and prosperity to continue Indefinitely and he is not likely to vote this M0h, those terrible times of 1857 and 18941 I pray that our people will not again vote for FreeTrade Calamity." good thing away for any bubble that comes, which only means a disturbance of his Industrial condition, with less work, lower wages, idleness, soup houses, free bread and the poorhouse. The wages paid in the United States are from two to four times greater than the wages paid to the corresponding classes of labor in the free trade countries of tne world. The purchasing power of a dollar In America is correspondir.gly greater. To the averag" worker in foreign countries most of the comforts and conveniences that are In common lisp by the American wage earner are positive luxuries. The American working man and his family are the best educated, the best dressed, the best housed and In every way the best situated workers in the world. The American wage earner Is always the most skilful workman. His duties and responsibilities are privileges possessed by other laborers and to his Intelligence and keenness are largely due the fact that these United States sre to-day the envy of the civilized world. PROTECTED LABOR IX AMERICA. The most complete comparative statistics In the United States and Europe that have ever been collected in anycountry were obtained by the United States Department cf Labor and published In thi September. 1SS. bulletin of that department. These statistics show a remarkable difference between wage conditions In the United States and Great Britain, the difference amounting to nearly tOO per cent, in favor cf the American worktngman. As the statistics of Grwat Britain cover only three cities, namely. London. Glasgow and Manchester, it" would be useless in this connection to reproduce the wage data for all the American cities, especially as the wage rates shewn in the report differ but slightly in the various American cities. In our comparison of American and British wage rates only three American cities have been selected, therefore, which, on account of their population, are most nearly comparable with the above-named British cities, namely. New York. Chicago and St. Louis, respectively. A comparison of the average wage rates during the year of lis g:ves the following tnterestir-.g results. Blacksmiths received f 45 per day in New York a-d f :.?'- in London; CKIn Chicago and Jl 4S In Glasgow, jin i 26V in St. Louis and Sl.i in Manchester. Black?mith"s helpers received I1.S5 per dav in St. Louis ar.d .S3'- In Manchester, and Jl.1- In Chicago and Jo.SoS In Glasgow. Cabinetmakers received C50 per day in New York and per day in Lor-

don: $2.53 1 er day in St. Louis and fl.3Tt In Manchester. Carpenters received Sn.4i- rer day in New i'urk and tl In London; $- In ft. Louis and Jl in M inchester. and, 12.5 in Chicago an:1, ii r'i In U'.agow. Ironiuolders received 1.734 ler day in Chicago and t in London; f'-.3o in St. Louis and ll.o" iu Manchester. Machinists receive-j 12.56 per day In New York and 1.4: in London; $-'.i-!s in 81. Louis and II. In Manchester. Patternmakers received t-'.7tl? per day in St. Louis and I1.5V- in Manchester. In England, a In the United Sta-.es. there was a steady increase in Jl:. owinr to the 01 r.lz j tio:i f htoor. trie Letter education f tne working pet fie and the improved opportunities for hlshclass work. While in Great Britain there were no eriou wars or other Influences to give a set-back to the steady upwsrd course of wages daring the penod from 17 tu li&ti, covered hy the investigation, the United States have had two occasions upon which there were such Interruptions. The first was from I.VT3 to 17. the period of reaction rrom the abnormal conditions caused by the t ivil War. ;tr,d from 1V.M 10 l;, the period of Cleveland "tariff reform. ' Notwithstanding these Interruptions, the net increase in wages from 1T' to was relatively greater in tha United States ihn in Great Britain. INCREASE IN WAGES. Within a few short years by the vise administration of the Republican party, the Lemcieraue haunts of idleness have been turned into hives of industry. Owing to the density of the smoke that is pouring from the chimney lops of their tacu ry furnaces It Is Impossible to see the g! oni that is predicted by the Democratic party. Side by si.le. with this record 01 the resumption of work is that of the increase of watses, ranninjf from five to forty per c-r.t.. and the most gratifying fact in this matter of higher wages is that it has been voluntary to a large extent on the part of the employers. The following table is compiled from the reports of national and international unions made In April, r.0, showing the per cent, of increase in wages, of riltysix different trades or crafts in the years 1S7-1S38 and lyjO:

SFHCIU IHliJtlCt fj bmina. tm . m tan. Ce. t. tmattan. f'

Democratis 1856 $1485,673 1.169,604 1857; Administration. 1858 1859 13G0 $2729,904 15.574.511 7,(5.990 Free-Traila. Republican 1861 1862 1863 1864 25,036,714 422,774363 602.043,434 600,695,870 963,840,819 Administration 1365 1566 37.223,203 1887 133,091535 1868 1869 28597.798 48.078,469 1870 101.60116 1871 91446,756 86.588,904 43392.959 2344.882 13,376,658 29,022541 30340,577 20.799,551 of Republican Protection to American Labor and 1872 1873 1874 to r & m m 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 6.879.300 1880 65,883,653 100.669,404 1881 1882 145.543,810 1583 1884 132379,444 104393,625 1885 63,463,771 1886 93,956.558 188' 108.471.06 1888 111341573 87,761.080 4 1889 1890 85,040571 26,338341 1891 1892 9914.453 D 1893 1894 1895 1896 2341.674 Will

69,803560 42.805523 25.203546

Administration FREE-TRADE. 1897 1898 1899

18052,454 "38047547 '83111v5a0

Protection. PROSPERITY. 1900 81529.778 Fac-similo of Poster Issued Increase of wages in 15?7, 1;S. and 1S19, as reported by labor organizations.

Wase Increa. ' 1M7. 1S. 1NS8. C'r.ifrs. I'er IV r Or t c nt. cent. rent. ! Aster,! 5 Jrt 2o : p.: t- bhwi-a aii 1 st ne ;nas a. H) 12 115 ; Hr.orua!8k'i s .. 1 ; IU. yc e w.ikors .... 10 2 R..i:-r makers, iin.l iron sr;ip'feiill.ter 10 2.-. j Hij.-kTiikors .. .. 1 I iH. ksHiiri 10 j I'.:Vv. cry norkoi-'D 10 1. ! I laker l." ; H - .; ! . ft i 2."i 'f aii.i t:.v wcr krs 5 15 cVclU' J'.rs iraiiri.;.i t . . ! y su.-stHOtial increas.. , .'ters a 4 lOirrain .In,'-! c-ieratif- 15 Cmmukrs 12 t itrT-eri'er f . s 1, lemujakers t l'l Kf silvers. i!ni .tire1. ....Small 12 ?o KuUieers t.v.r!-r.vt in; ...... i"l ?. f J--- trl. -ll rksc? . ... ...... 2- 2c , Kr: infers .s .ciii c-o ....... .. ri7-r.-o i sT:iIi.'l:a : v .. J5 : i lrra -u "!! ' i ... .... .. .. l. ' ( lass -r : ! bi-'Wera .. S : i.'.wo-kTS . . 3 , h.w!.-i 10 10 1 Iron r.i.-.;.--s ilt.-n. s-eel n,l tin xeorkers... . IT j Lenircir aie:i 1 5 15 ; lrT ;,.r w.-rk.-rs . . - 15 15 1.". ! V-at Mttr an.i .tt..er w.rknMn . . 2R M.-t.il w.rer . . . . l.t ; U.-hm:s- 1 IS 4' 1 M.re w..:kr 12 2S 4' 12H .. I-k.s:?e:s. ss a"d sieara Bt- ! rtertr.sk.".fs ".'.1'.. '.'.'.".'.'.'.'.'.I ! ! F-riiter-s . 10 Piit' r:::: sk.r 5 15 K ' ; St. w,-.t'fts . . 3 Sf-irrer 1 T-n ai'.i'e. .. 22 st .-nij !--T -s 2T 2- :t. : :r--t rs'Jwjj err.pi-T"s ... 12 S-p -lien 5 12 N-i ; T-,!l. r . . lo i" n is-- w-.-fers l. Trurkn.aers l- IS T: mye; 10 K.-i-11-..a.i !--r.TS 5 7 1T?i vrkrs T Tn. workers S 15 :fm.-l;ewn ... 3 f 2" Wsi.rs e-k 5 l-' lo wl rane- 5 . -ii j Wood w,.-ker 5 S 15

BENEFIT OF PK0TECTI05T. The Maniilactnre of Tinplate a Growing' Industry Wages Higher Than in "Wales. Perhaps no better i'lustration of the benefits of the protective tariff is shown than tn the American tinplate industry. It is for this reason that it is singled out try tho Democrats for especially vicious attacks. The McK.rUey protective duty cf 22 certs per pound, went into eTect on July 1. For vears pr! t to that

! tariff there was a revenue tariff on t:ni plate of I cr.t a pound. Under it no 1 tinplat ? could be made in the I rate ! States, oc.r simply being all Import , I from Wales, which had a monopoly The ; Welsh manufacturers had a:i ur,;ler" j t-tanclms? a cnoti it themselves wmh

r.morsnted to a trust and chareea exorbitant prices. The duty being a revenue one, was paid by the American consumer. Th- reduced duty 01 1.2 cents in the Wi'soii-ciornuin law went into erteet cn Oc-ti aer 1, I:, and caused the wage dispute which kept all the American tinplate works closed from that date until the latter part f January. Ii;ti. when they were put in operation a' greatly reduced wages. The American tinplate works were unable to operate under the existence ol the Wl'son-Gor-man tariff Uw because: First The industry had acquired great momentum under the McKinley law. Second Economies and new processes were introduced during that period, after great, expenditures of time and money. Third There were heavy ange reductions. Fourth The Wilson-Gorman duty of 1.2 cents a pound was .2 higher than the old revenue duty. Fifth The genera! depression In the iron and st-W and other industries caused by the Wilson-Gorman law, brought the raw material to the tinplate manufacturers down to a lower pom? than ha i ever been seen before. Up to July 1. lwd. when the McKinley tinplate duty became effective over 5" tin mills were kept in practically steady operation in Wales. Since then their has been a succession of strikes and I.m k0111a. The number of mills in operation has fallen below 3T at times, and prices of tinplate in Wales were brought down to a level formerly unknown. The Welsh tinplate trust is comp -lely broken u;. The following table shows the decline in the Welsh tinplate trade, due whoiiy tu the establishment of the American industry: Year. 1J9 . 1.: . 1M4 . 1 Mo lSl'S Long tons. ... 331.311 ... J2S.435 . .. :ic..ijs ... 11!. 171 . .. 67.-22 . .. 55.H15 1M The imports of the past three or four 3.642 2487 2.465 1.821 1.837 $266,438,051 278,906,713

$310,432,310

348,428342 263338,654 331,333,341 353616,119

251351,033 278382,080 $514 316542,423 660 834 1,050 738 1.177 204.899,616

289310.542 189356,677 243335,815 316,447533 238,745380

179,644,024 186.003,912 143304,027 136,940548 $2381330585 2332331508 2548,067388 2502,088,728 2,162,060322 2,046.455,722 1,934.696,750 1314,794400 1.710.483.950 1,738,930,750 1.722,676,300 1,710,685,450 1,711388,500 1,794.735,650 1,797,643.700 1,723,993.100 1,716 2549 2,979 1615 6,074 7379 5378 4,097 2,117 1,711 2,712 2574 2,665 4809 6,706 9.846 337313.)2 279,786309

434312,066 895,761,096 357,436.440 417306379 435558,408 520323.684 626395,077 642436510 567,406342 533,005.433 460,741,190 451323426 437351332 445,777,775 667,954.746 642.664,628 724.639374 723480,914 667697,693 57W27329 635.436.136 692319,768 723,957,114 745,131,652 789310,409

269389, 275466J97 376,6! 6A7S 780 4283 428,487131 505.033,39 569,433,421 4995e4,100 525,582547 589,670524 680,709568 698340,790 823,946358 883,925.947 870 1,639,567,750 1.463310,400 11.569 733539,732 804523.632 724564852 726,682,946 1.338529,150 6,745 3.923 2.975 8.018 1526363,850 1.196450,950 1446,014400 685,964.529 1,021,692,350 12.876 703.022523 950,522,500 829,853.990 725313410 610329420 585,029330 6.900 5.162 5378 4.075 4441 683,862,104 730582609 845593,828 872570583 1.015,732,011 1,038

841916.196

827,402,462

585,037,100 2.348 1,899 831,030,785 889504.937 793392.590 8h3500,487

866.400.922 651991622

635,041.890 716502,060 847.363.890 1.650

731,969,965 779,721674

1,704 847365,130 847367,470 1,822 1 1,032,007,603

761730.412 616.049.654

2519 1510531.913 "1,046.048.750 4.500 1503.931522 1370,403,922

697448.489

1,023,478,860 5,000

849.148329

AMCFtfCAM (CONOM1ST Hnurt I

by the American Protective Tariff League, New York.

years have been confined almost entirely to tsnplate whii h are reexported in the form of cans containing oil, fruit, fish, etc. By the terms of the Dinpley lawSi per cent, of the duty orijinaily paid on such tinplate is refunded by the Gov- . eminent on its reexport. Herewith i-; shown the average price paid for full weight coke tinplate at New York ea-h year since prices are tr.: imported plates up to and Including 14 i end for domestic plates since then: 1.) J.V1S ,"?.'! 1M-J " : 1V 5 i " li i 77 I.'.;, 3. i-:-i Z.-X 17 1VS 2:c 1--' 4 1' t First half) - WAGES HIGHER THAN IN WALES. The wages paid by tinplate manufacturers in the United State are from two and a hi'.f to three times as much as in Wales. The best paid in both countries are the ski. led men in the hot mills. paid by the ton. including rollers, catchers, U'lublers. heaters and shcirmen. In WAies the roller and catcher receive tl 3 per ton; doubler. $1.1-5; he ;er. $t.. and shearmen. 44 cents, a total cf 4.S5 per ton. In the United States these men received in May and June, !;, roller and catcher. S5.- per ton; doubler. S3-16; : heater. jZ.il; shearman. 58 cents: total. $i-.7S per ton. This is 173 per cent, more than the Welsh wages, but on aeoc-unt of j letter machinery s;ere tne men are able; to make fully one-fifth more output per ; tl.tv 1A1T -u". extra exertion. i:i-re.5Sj-.ir their viirr igs tc 11- per cent above tne j Welsh fatMtcs. 1 ne report of the Bureau of Industrial ttatisucs of the Department cf Ir.ternai Affairs cf the State of Pennsylvania for tne year 1m-.. when the Wits -n-Gorm ia law was in f:ree, gives the average number cf persons employed in the tinplate wcrks of the State during The year as Soil, with di.ily average wages of $1.74. According to the same authority the average number of persons so employed in 2i1. und-r the Dm-lev law. was n-. who received average daily wages cf fi.ii. This is an increase cf iH per cer.t. in the number cf employed, and of SI per cr.t. in the average wages. There are fully IT.OOO pe.jple employed directly In the tinplate factories of the United States, re tetvmg fully $i .,. a year in wages: the number is still larger cf those employed in the steel works, blast furnaces, ore and coal mines, box factories, acid worss, machine shops arid many minor industries, encaged in furnishing supplies to the ttr.p ate works, end the m;-. . rr.er.t "of ail these would be seriously curtaileld by a change of duty injuring the tinplate industry."

GENERAL BUSINESS GOOD.

Prosperity Shewn in All Lines Under the Protection Afforded by Bepublican Policies. Great striies have been made in the general business conditions of the country under the protective" tariff policies "f the Repiibiian a.i mlnist r t ion orir.c the last four years Prsrverity is show n in all lines of trade. Incta.iirg" general business and manufacturing- A tahle prepa red from official data was presented hv Secretary Gage at Chicago and F'"hi.adeiphi-a, in addresses to great K.tthcr:niis or' those interested in the tlcv. 'o-iriicTit of our pm luct 'oris arid commerce, and was afterward published in the "Congressional Record'' as an eviHonest industry never comes in for any part of the spoils in that scramble which takes place when the currency of a country is disordered. Maj. McKinley to New York Sta'.e Delegation, September 22, 1896. dence of the growth of prosperity under protection and sound money. It shows that, while the population has doubled from lS7a to lv, all the other materia! Interests have increase! with far greater rapidity than population. Salaries paid in public schools, newspapers published, post offices In existence and receipts of the Post Office Department, telegraph messages sent, railways in operation, tonnage of vessels on the Great Lakes, wheat produced and exported, cotton produced, manufactured and exported, coal, iron and eteel produced and exported, exports of manufactures and agriculture, money In circulation, deposits In savings banks uJl show a gr-.wth greatly in excess of population. A comparison of the conditions of business during the first three years of President McKinley's administration j with the first three years of Cleveland's j 775381343 4532323,412 947353.795 6369379,191 2582,823585 8370407,624 si.oie.ooo1 '9,402,903,000 8,056,635500 12,777,078,755 administration show? a marked improvement in every line of industry, commerce ami business conditions under President McKinley. FREIGHT CARRIED ON RAILWAYS. The record of the railways of the United States is an accurate register of commercial activity. The freight carried shows in l;-4, the year in which the low tariff law was enacted, a drop of tr c t-.ns, or more thn lo percent, of tne entire business as compared with the .-ar in which a Democratic President was inaugurated: while is, under McKinley and the Dinglcy law. shows an iru rease .if 14Jxu.tf tons as compared with 1S7- the year in which the Wilson low tariff act was repealed, and an increase or" C3", '", ' tons over the year in whi.h the Wilson law was enacted. Meantime the net earnings dropped from an average of $240(1 per mile during several preceding years to $iii per mile during the entire low tariff period, and in !! again passed the $2ju per rr.iie iine. beir.g for that year $21il as the average c-arnir.es per mile of the railroads of the l"! ited States Th-- effect of this depression upon the employees under the low tariff is seen in tr feet that the number .-t men emi !..ye,i by railways fell in 1V4. the year the enactment of the Wilson law. nearly In- below the number employed in 1--3. while the earnings also showed a marked de-crease. In L. the first full yar under the Dineley tariff, the number of employees was. in round terms. ; y,i greater than in lfl. and the amount paid in wag-s $jVVVi greater than in 115. while the year fj -how-i an increase of '4!vt emp'oyees over and $:5...vj.'' increase in the wages paid, as compared with Is! or DECREASE OF MORTGAGES. An impo-rtant item showing the pros-per-.us condition of the farmer under Republican protection is the decrea.-e of i - .,es . if which we heard so i; - - h in the campaign f K-i. The single s- :- cf Ne'rraska. eryan s own St-ite. report? that the value of mortgages fiie-i ir, 27. the first year under President McKinley ar.d the year in which the protective tariff law was enacted, amounted to but J 15.-34. 721. against S34.!.3: in 1A3. th" first year under a Democratic Preside rt and low tariff Congress, ar.d $31. ?. '"4. the year in which the low tariff law was enacted, while the value of the mortgages released in is-s the first full year ir.der the protective tariff, was S2T.fiS "TO, jcainst $1 213.382 in the year of Mr. Bryan's nomination. POSTAL BUSINESS. The Postmaster General In his recent annual report says. "The cours- of the postal -evjnttes furnishes an unerring barometer of the business conditions of the eountrv." He then quotes the receipts, expenditures and deficits of the Post OfTice Department from to showing that the receipts in lil-4. notwithsandirg the

$378.878.966 11,885,861,678 -

tb i" to;. n!ii:. .7".. actiial'v l.V. "f IK,- r:-,i year iv J, U o' v:.i u - "o l ': .--r a: o ihst : ..-c u the eu- .:.' .:u; i..i !.,;r i-ei iv 1 t"e v :; ;s s ,..;; ery sniHil. ; . 1 ; i 1 1 - r ' ' it r e :::.:.: W'u, $;;.'" aiel in ;.it Ji:: c $.-2.'J'.4 2. an he :ot cf.trs of le:s than f. - . v! J'.iiu- .:', ; re, tli--. s i -bu.,s ::. v. tit i.trtn.-ct, lVS, be l.l-t s -ni. war- ;-.;.' i" in :hc :o ears lioin x-. J..: ,- ?i :v"- ihe !:- ' liiL.re ;r..u: S...MMV1. the r the it.ii .;' -:. . The a. :1i"it of tr.e whp-h. m tie r..-i.ii year in tinier 1':...ounua. . all of f. ic. $ : :.'. Haniin the e..r w hich w .is uo.i. tal:"-,. ic. J.l.iH a-al pr e.nu tt:e ! .fn: to $o.n'.rT-.; m theACT1N 1T IN .'h accompanied it MAN I FACTURF.S. the actiMiy in manuAn w'.i it tui facturmg is lound in I he value el inanuttctuies txperted. In the ttsi al ear 1m KXp-.-rts of domc-lic iiianufacturee smcunio.! to but i; Vi..'"t. mij in the fiscal --ar 1:' to S.'.' ct--'. hq increase of n-,:'rlv 21 1 per c, r t. Meantime. :nii"ktati'i of manuractuiea has been gi'eaily reduced, having bii-ii. iti le, j.;i6.t!Tvv, and furming i per cent, of tne total imports, w hile in iv it was but J2.: w-2.721 and formed but 37. a per cent. o the total impel ts. Thus, in the study ot Imports of manufacturers' innti-ri.i'.s and the imports Hii'l evi'orts of manufa-.-tured goou ail the a .iilabie data show a phenomenal lucre, o-e 111 our manufacturing in. instries during the decade 1 ;--!!.. in which we i:.u.-; .:-: :;! i-hicily upon these .lata in determining 1 lie growth of manufactures. A Mu.ly of the period shows, first, an Increase of nearly ! per cent, in imports uf manufacturers' materials; second, an increase of Ivi per cent, in th" exports of manufactured goods, and, third, a .Ic, rease : 25 per cent, in tile imports of manufactured goods; while manufacturers' materials from every year a larger proportion of the total imports, and manufactured goods form every year a smaller proportion of the imports; and. on the other hand, manufactured foods form every year a larger proportion of the total exports. EFFECT OF Till: WILSON TARIFF. Notwithsta11.lin.tr the claim porters of the Wilson law if the supthat their 1 V. 'OA

srea-iv IcH be! practi ii'rV I IT'olk f '1 tile- 1 ' Ju:.t A

"Behold the splendid results of Protection under the MorrilI,McKin!ey and Dingley Tariffs. Our people will surely continue McKinley Prosperity."

! measttre uniiii especially b-nefit manuf A' X nr. is l..- Kivin! th.rm fr:e raw ma-t--ri.il. tne import iiins ..f raw materi.-ils ! in toe years roiit June ;yl 1 lsl. 1 al. -f -Ahl.'ri were- unicr the low ! tariff. n raE---d iess rh cm those of the j fiscal - ar i;, ai! of w lib-h was und-r : M'"vi:o.y ;- t.-. r:,T and roost : of it nri'l-r i 'r.-sni.-:: t H Ti?- . ar.d tnat i tne veil--- ei'c, .lun.- ;v:- -:-ci I Ne. i imrif-t th: tir:;:'.- Uw. sh w a UtrKc-r i Import;, tn.n tl.an that of any year un- ! cler the Wilson W,w tarlif, the imj.oria- , tijn of raw materia! in toe year !! be- : jne & per cent, great c-r t ha n 'he .-uncial ' av.ru-- I rr port..?!.. .-i of r; w material 1 under the V. n.-.ri law. Kiel the share There must be no scuttle policy. ; President McKinley to Notification j Committee, July 12. 1900. I w hich raw mn t--r -il formed of the total . imj.otts was. .:i th- enr i -f pr c- nt.. .; a 'it i ; ! - an : - of y, j t r : d urir.s- : tr.-. entire p:-i..d that the W:is..n law v. as ir. opera - i ' The relative cn th of the ir.-n and ' steel it i : - ri - :n the prelection and n. .n-pro; e ct -n ocon-:r-s. rf t-cc": .--! is fe.r?other rat ;on . f . "r.e a ivanti:-s of the proreoTiv- s; -tern i;.--at firrain. whose- - . n as : . . j - - - of iron and i '- el is w.vrii-w',de . has ..-nlj- in-re ,snl her output .;uri;. tit::- fr-,in " ! 51.", tors i-i :-7j t . . . t -r,s in ', an . inc-rea-e of If, t-.-r h.le the ; "r.ited States, villi h toor ciktl.ly pro-,-. -ivci .tariff, in 'Teased her v-i:,.;.,t fr n. 1 l 1.1- i . i r. - in 11- 1 ' . '"' s In . '. a S gain of li.ei I'.r.s. or 7: fr cent, j THE C'.'TT'-'N INT-USTRY. The gro.wtn of -'.0- -,,tt -n rrr-.n-ilar -ur-: ir. ir.-. :.-"r.. i". t 1 ' : -.: ' : s sh-.ws ' that the nuntj. r f bai a k--n by N-.rtn-to. JlT-y in -. and ' -o-e ,,f Southern ( milia f'-m ;r. . ".--.l to i,4ii ft in I 1. rriKlr; a ..fjl in ?vt from 2 C2.- ; '. to z "' ivrir the :me 'in-i-r .--.n--siderat.on. M.ir.r:m- the .-xport ti :.ns cf :r:.: ; t.i t - - f ' - I . r- ni i : -r.i : $1.1 7ii. :--, i:j Jv-x ' - T,r '-:4 .n isc, lm;-rt- fe! from ; i" ir. :.; to . $52.iM.4;-4 in 1-"- An rr."jrtanf fa: t a : tO Tile e.f-"e." f t-;e lew Tr."? UP':n th . rr..nufa-tnre fr i n-tr-.e ., is Mn by a study ot trio tor-. urn prion of cotton by : tne rn,..s of -tie- I'...- : S-ates year r i year curins t-,.-.t part -f the p-rl-d 'in- ; der cc-r.l ic-rt: -i. In 1.-2. the last year uoder Pres: .-.' ri-ri- n. the roimoer of bales sakert bv th- mill? of the I'rri1 fed Stales c a s J - ' in 1 '? the r. . :r: - her cropj-ed to z :., ,.''. and in ls'-i to : 2 .".;.'. In - ' o-- :. . tn r .c i j .' -' -j t.-. ar.d in IS" the first full year under i the D.r..ey protective tariff, it trjoreised J to 3.4 ''-. "arid in was S.CSi,-". an mi crease of 6ij per cent, in as compared j with 1S-4.

LABOR'S ALLY IN POLITICS Democrats Promise bat Republicans Perform, as the Toilers Fully Understand.

WHAT EAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED Masses of Facts Which ShowThat in All Lines the Tarty of President McKinley Alone Has Brought Better Wages and Ample Work. Fol'owine Its historic custom the ! Democratic party seeks the support of the workinniart hy strtyiriK to destroy the facta in the industrial history of the United States. In the face of history it pets up the cry that the Hepublk-an party Is tha parent of trusts, great, combinations of men who daily meet In conclave and irake plans to t-nshuckl the hone&t toiler. How the two parties have acauitted themselves in regard to workiiiinea Is rloariv rt. -lined -masse of fai ls show the result" of rvn-.ooratie promises and Republican performances. How th Parties Differ. The Democratic party looks to constant agitation, with no restrictive legislation; the Republican party to such restriction as will prevent arbitrary advance In prlcui, or reduction in wages through exclusive control, but not the destruction by legislation or injury by fictitious agitation of legitimate enterprise through great manufacturing systems by whicri production Is cheapened, prices of manufactures reduced and permanency cf employment assured. This is convincingly Illustrated by the enactment of the measure known as the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, which was enacted In lyO by a Republican Congress and signed by a Republican President Benjamin Harrison. Although the Democrats sneered at the bill, which they contended was simply & piece of buncombe and would be only a dead letter, the recent decisions of the Supreme Court have shown that It Is at least the only piece of legislation ever put upon the statute books which has the semblance of power to control and prevent combinations In restraint of production or commerce. Under this law the Supreme Court of the United States, on the 24th day of October. l3. held Illegal the Joint Traffic Association, an agreement entered lnThe prophet of evil no longer commands confidence, because be bus teen proved to be a false prophet. President McKinley at Wahpeton, N. D., Oct, 13, 1899. to between some thirty-one different railroad companies, and enjoined ltt further execution. la contraolsiinction to this is the work of the Democratic party during the Fiftieth Congress. As the result of their agitation the Congress authorised the House Committee on Manufactures to enter upon an investigation of trusts. Such distinguished Democratic leaders as Representative Wilson, of West Virginia; Representative Breckinridge, of Arkansas; Representative Bynum, of Indiana, and Repres.-nt atf ve Bason, of New Y ork, weie members of the committee r.ii'l tht y were given power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, compel tha attendance of persons and the production of papers, and make their invesng itioi a thorough one. More than TOO witnesses. Including H. A. Havemeyer and Claus Spreckels, of sugar fame; Mr. Rockefeller. Mr. Flagler and others of the Standard il Company , and representatives of the cotton bagging trust and whisky trust were examined. A thousand pages of testimony were taken and the committee delayed Its report until one ilav before the expiration of (.'oratress, when it presented Its testimony but made no recommendation as to legislation, "owing to the pr.-s.-nt difference of opinion between m-ml.ers of the committee." In DM the Democrats again grappled with the trust problem, adding to the Wilson-Oorman tariff law a series of provisions purporting to authorize the regulation of trusts, but which neither the Derno-r a t ic President nor the Democratic of';. iaU who were in power when the art rrie Into f xisteri made, so far as is known, any attempt to fut into o-.e-rati n. pc-etit!y R. -publican sentiment In rega.id i- trut was given expression by I r''i'!-nf McKinley in a message to .'oiwress "( a .it: iiina tioris cf capital," he -.-Id, organized Into trusts to control the t ..;; 1' ion of trad" among our citizens, to an'V roir.t tition. to limit production ana 'le-t-rrTiine prices of prodo ts oe.j and consumed by the people arc justly provoking discussion and sic and enriy ctn'm i he attention of Con- - -. ' lie p anted out the gr.od ef-ix-ts of the Sherman law of Wjfi, but o. Ured that the Republican party desired to give the great body of the peo-I-ie e' en more protection. The D'-moc-racy's professional agitator-, have spent rr;u.h v.c;-I effort mmr.it trusts, but ri'me of them haa fd -d to United States statutes any law I i.iiiig means for their extinction. Bryan and Hii "Ifi." Even Mr. liryan. who, omits no opportunity to d-clare ho.stihty to trusts, of. rs no legislative remedy other than through enr ---initional amendment. In his ad-ire before the Trust Conference in I'hic-i-o. on September IS. p:", nt said: "1 belie e we oo trht to have remedies, in re.-h K-ai an-1 nation, and tht there should be concurrent remedies. I i'-iieve in au iifion a S-ate remedy ' rnof-r o. s, Ke-:erai remedy, and X belie-ve Congress has, or should haver th- power to p.ace restriction fend limltrtiions. e-c-rt to the- p.jini of prohibition, upon any cc.rp.'.ratK.-n organized in one iriate that v.ar.ts to do busir;.-ss outsnle of the S-at. Congrefs ournt now to psss such a law. if It is ur.constituf ! nr. i so o aired by the Supreme Court I m in favor of an amendment t-: the . f t;s: 1-" a. ion that Will give xCor.t'ress power to destroy every trut in the cour.'rj'." Ye, in the face of tr.is .sseri i. -n. when lv Judiciary Corn-rni-'e .f the H ,cf r.f Representatives or. Jcrie 1. 2t-. brought before tha-t bKiy a j- ii.t resolution cr-'viding f-.-r a con-s-;t---ionai arriendiet.t which sh-u!d ive -.tigress joer to rejjaie tru-s, only five Demrrf rats vtd for it. wh.ie I racticaiiy every Rec.ubH-an In the House voted for li e measure, but a It required a t'o-thrd vote, the Democrats were ;rc-r.if io...igh to tefeat It. How b.atant a.ni jii.r.t are Mr. Bryan s words an-1 even those of ;r.e present I lerr.oiTatic plat f arm, fit iarsne or "an unceasing warfare in r-a.tton. dfate and city ai-ai-i?t private monopoly Jej every f'-rrti." to tne -oriir.e.-.ian t,i NV. York, who has felt tne j.rip of the Ice Trii.-i. now worid-fov.-u. At its h-ad is Aujr-" Van Wyek, the master rro: i who put into h .-. p-- tne Kansas City platform. The object of -,ls tnjj. it w apuv said recently to coin fever and thirst into dividends for iarr.many bossf-a." Tarn many bosses, wno made tie Kansas City p.atfonnt This patform was read to the Democratic convention by Senator J. K. jooea.

of Arkansas. Pr.tor Jone !$ a mem-t-r of in if . i CMinn!tf of h I 'nit.! States j5 naie, and took n In-flai-mm t-.tri h riii;i!i!j whitt i known a the- - SsiKcr Trux 1 i iff"- of l4 entor Jorcs !vxi ,-;:tl-ulihecl Mtuveif a f.if ol tl s- .susr Trs! a frw munth o. htn Us for'.. litt-ttn Kelif Mil was un.H-r .. i 1rtl.n It tho 8eliai. It was r. ;.t j u. u?' tr int.rAc-v' ot'l !''ti ds. .tu!u -! IV'tio Hl.-n pr.1in-t I'i -h li isl .. -T hrouisht int the Vnttl Stie f -r i -if bn, ft; nf ih.- tsUuJ Ttt --t strike Senator Jne (jvorilir n.li h ortVretl an amendment twovldin thai thw money ohtiui.i ttr rturn-d to ttios from horn it had been ciI!e.-t.t. If his inn1nieru lis ! leen a lorte.1 nearly twelve hundred thotMund dollar woui-.i h:ive be n iKl out of th National Treasury into the treasury of th s?tmr Trust Instead cf t ettu tetl for th bfcn-

The American people are not f .xled but once on subject, f ot once deceived, they never tollow the deceiver a second time. Msi. McKinley to Trsvelers' Republican Club, Sept. 2b, nt of Porto Rico. Hut the Republican nuts did not adopt the amendment . ottered by Senator Jones, who was one of the frannrs of the Kansas City Platlorm. and is the Chuirnian of the Uryan National Campaign Committee. Representative Kichardson. permanent Chairman of the Khiim) City Convention, and Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campatgu Committee, also featured himself in the last session of Congress by his altitude to "trusts and mbnoii'.ics." He offered a series of joint resolutions aimed against them. One provided for the Hbo.ition of duties on suKar and moiasss produced in Cuba and 1'orto Ktco and brought Into the I iiited Slates. After consideration by the Ways and Means Committee it was moved that the resolution be reported b;tck to the House wit h an adverse recommendation. On this motion Mr. Richardson voted In the negtive. From the adverse report of the Committee it appears that if the Joint resolution should become law the sugar consumers! of the United Si-ites would derive no benefit whatever Irum it, but that the Sugar irust would be better off by the sum of fourteen million dollars a year more, and that suijur growers of the United States would be deprived of a large measure of the protection necessary to the maintenance and growth of that Important domestic industry. From time to time each of the "great leaders" who manufacture stuffed trusts to throw mud at. and worse legislation to curb the real monopolistic combination, har shown his hand. Yet they cover up their tracks by ignoring' history and attempting to place the blame upon the Republican party, which has a long record of work in the Interest ot the luborer and against monopolies. Effsoti of Combination. That all combination of capital are harmful to the workinirman la a disputed fact. That is the reason the Hepublican party has declared against a constitutional prohibition of the concentration of capital. The United States Department of Labor made public July, 1100, the result of a careful Investigation of forty-one trusts and Industrial combination. The report was prepared by Professor J. W. Jenks, of Cornell University, the trust expert of the United States Industrial Commission, and the material was collected by special agents and exptrts oC the United States Department of Labor. As far as statistics were available the report shows in general a greater number of itwrsuna roployed and higher wages , paid In the same establishment after the combination than before. Of fourteen establishments grtvln returns nine show an Increase In th average wages of superintendent ami foremen, four show a decrease, and In one there has been no change. Out or these fourteen companies ten were formed the years Is' and 1W9, so that comparison of conditions before and after is a very direct one. In seven cases out of the fourteen the wages of traveling salesmen increase I. In two thev decreased, and in one they remained the fame. In two cases no traveling salesmen had been employed by the companies entering in the combination, whereas after the combination was made such men were put to work. In one case In which traveling salesmen had been employed by the separate companies heir services were dispensed with after the combination. ..,.. The average annual wages of skilled, laborers have increased in ten cases and decreased in two. The average annual wages of unskilled laborers have Increased in ten cases, decreased In on and remained the same in one. after the combination. Taking the employees as a whole, the results show that put of twelve eases rejiorting there had been an increase of wages in nine cases and a decrease in three. Taking all employees collectively In each of the thirteen combinations reporting, there have been but two trases of a decrease In the number of employees and but one case of a decrease In the totai annual wages paid. That there are combinations that antagonize the interests of the workiiwma.il and even the entire nation the Republican parti- has always contended, and these It has always strived to suppress. In no country upon the globe does th welfare of the workingman receive aa much attention as it does In the United Slates. Iirs to better the condition of the laborer have been passed from time to time, so that it may be said that aa far as legislation can effect that end the toiler Is protected a great deal more in the United States than in any other country. To whom honor for this Is due la shown in the following resume; The Oooley Trade Prohibited This law was passed February 11. l-2; amended February 8, ' lhj- and further amended Free trade is the yoke cf interest and selnshness in principle; protection is the voice of intelligent labor and development. Hon. W. McKinley, in House of Representatives, April 6, 1832. March 3. 1VTS. President Orant, In hia message of December 7, 174. laid before Congress a recommendation for the enforcement of the law. The legislation on thete fteverai acts wa accomplished by the Republicans in ,2, In the Thirty-sevens!) Congress, and In lVw. In tha Fortieth Congress. Peonage Abolished This act was passed in the Thirty-ninth Co-igress. wUrn both Iloues were Republican by a large majority, March 'i. IvTi. inspection of Steam Vessels Passed during the Fortieth Congress, when the R-puo!ican were in power In both House. Protection of fceamen Passed during; the forty -second Congress, when bota Hou-m-s a ere tinder control of the Republicans. It ii9 amended durug the Forty-third Congress, when the Republicans ere in control of both Houses Involuntary Servitude of Foreigners Abrogated Pajese.i during the Fortythird CongresK. when both Houses were, under the control of the Republicans. Alien Contract Labor Contra? labor law passed the Hous March i. 15. A4 the votes against tite ijs.I wtrt Democratic:. Irccrporatjon of National Trades Unions Passed the Striate June . Lss4, without division. pased lb House June 11. lar. w bout division. Paymer.t of Pn-r Diem Kmployeea for Hoii-ays Passed without dinsion in th Forty-ninth Congress, second seeslon. Labor of Unite I States Convicts Contract Sytm prohibited Passed tha House March 9. Paased the Senate Februsry i - IV". Ail the votes against the bin were DemocraticBoard of Arbitration Passed tha House on April J, ltw4. with thirty votes against the bill, ail being Democratic Hours of Labor. Letter Carriers law limiting letter carriers to eight hours a day. Passed In the Senate without divls IonDepartment of Labor Passed tha House. April 13. ;s-A. Passed the Senata May Zt. IV. Ail votes cast against the biii were Democratic. Alien Contract Labor Passed tha House during the Fifty-first CoPfres wttnoux rmTSion August W, Passed ine ftiai sua verba Sejtemrr T, UXi.

-irrn ., i isms