Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-10-16
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4 tFrom the Wheeling Register.l =
| Sometime since Mr.. James A. Campbell. of
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saio "nuo" olass IAsss <>sSoSss''so.a, ~ liee
4 q public charge that Representatives Wilson,
| of West iViryinia and Bynuiu of Indiana hnd
told him that :. as a month Was s,ooa WAGES,
1 s''e 1 N''.' 400 80 utS1sa was soeu Wssess
for worSinssman, At that time the Register
denied the statement, in behalf of Mr.. Wilson,
ana also Publishing his card aeneuncinp IL as
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iaisehooo. Sannpoeh repuec, reatnuiihs nus
charge and making affidavit thereto. The
| ReJisfe,- Immediately mailed sopies of the afli
ua,,s W '.essts, :" .ison anu osnuln' anu mas
received the foiiowing replies Ihe delay IN
| their publication Is due 10 the fact, that both
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arc 'ne parry on tne nus
s"ss "uu eousiuetaoie-oi -oiiucui'y was eSpe-
| rienced in reaching them.
WASHINGTON. ID. c. September a7
~, N x,t;,,. "a a.. a.s.,.,. 80
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nave just re'su I0E lhe nrst time, IN the
cilpping lou sent me, the aihdavit OF James
Samp6el, as 10 an alleged conversation with
Mr.. Bynum and myself, in the Ways and
Means Committee room. about the LIST of last
MarSh, IN which ne says; 81. -. % -.
- In talking of workingmen's wages" Che is
referring to glassworkers9 = | made the state
tHsent that SIo month was the rate of wages
paid IN Europe on certain work. Mr.. Bynum
and Wilson both spoke up and said that SIS
month was good wages for workingmen.-
When asked how men could raise family
and educate their children, they then said IL
man had his own home and garden patch
it would answer. They were then asked how
workingman was going to get home and
patch OF ground working for SIS, There was
more passed between US, but the above Is
correct statement of tho case regarding the
SIS per month. 80,
j have distinct recollection of the CONVEX
sation between Mr.. Bynum and myself and
Mr.. Campbell. when he was introduced to us
in the committee, room last spring, protesting
to he n representative of a ClassworEers asso-
ciatiOn who wished TO talk about the tariff on
glass.
We both invited him. us we invited every
one else whom we supposed able 10 give us
any information. to proceed but instead of at
tempting anything of that kind he went of MT
once with some rather il-tempered and ran
dom assertions in favor of protection and
threatened that the workincnien would rcmeu-
ber who were their friends in this matter
After some remarks of this kind he said that
every reduction of the tariff on ,.iass wouid re-
duce its price. and that would fall ON labor
We contested this statement telling him that
such reduction might diminish undue profits
or imposc on cInpIOvcrs better business meth
Ods and economies, bHt would not affect the
wngcs of labor. and remarked. :. Take farm
products as an example :. the price of farm
staples has been declining for wears but the
wages of the farm IuborCr art, about ns pood
with wheat at 90 cents us they were when n
wns 81 so" He nj once flew the argnment
aud said that farm hands got SIS a month.
and asked how n man could live ON such wa,
scs We told him he was rniestatinO farm
wages that a farm hand in addition To hiR-
money wages usually received HIS hoard mud
sometimes had a house and garden patch for
his family. No opinion was 'expresseS Or
caiiedfor from rs as 70 the snfiieiency ofthese-
wage or any aliusipn made 10 SO month
except in the eonnecfien above stated Then
took down me Senrns Report on WAGES. by
Jos, -, W eehs' Niin whpn ne professed 10 be
act''nln,sni anu l,san'.,n go out 20 MIN that oar
ne s ~, ~ tne Plgp1s.sn a,s PM not Only COW