Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-27
CURRENT AFFAIRS.
rYE "HIGH TARIFF DiARYo

The New York Press recently took oc-
casion to remind the Evening Post Of that
city that it had for some weeks discontinu
ed, for some unexplained reason, its thigh
tariff diary" or in other words, its catalogue
Of strikes and failures that have taken place
since the November election. This inven
ton of the Post was designed to delude the
readers of that paper into the belief that
every suspension, failure and lockout any
where in the country was due 10 the tariff
and accordingly every bit Of news of that
character was diligently CLEANED, and pa
raded and exaggerated in a manner which,
If the Post had any influence or reputation
for truth telling, would have been a great
injury to business confidence, But the Post
having suddenly ceased the publication Of
these items, for the reason, evidently, that
industrial movements Of a very different
kind were casting them into insgnifcance,
the Press suggested the following additions
TO the Posts diary
August Two hundred aud fifty cornice. makers
| succeed in their strike for higher wages, New
| York
August II to Il Resumption of pudding mill of
j. ". Friend Il Co., rittsburg, after two years Of
Painters & Sous mill, rittshurg, goes on double
| turn.
Increase of wages & to ~ per cent, by the Col
| umhia Iron company, Lancaster, Pa.
Ella Furnace, MiiiesrN, Pa, goes into blast.
| blair Iron and Coal company's furnaces llulli.
| day sburg, gu into blast
Cumberland Iron and Nail company's works,
Brig'ton, ohio, resume.
Rnnwoud and Belmont mills, Wheeling 90 on
! double turn
Connrls,illr coke operators sign new scale N
! increased wages.
Thirteen hundred iournrymen plast''rers Resume
| work at advanced wages after strike, New ork
! August ~ P,nnsy lvanin Iron works of lancas-
| ter resume operations at 10 per cent advance in
wages of puddrrs after five months " idlrness.
Srptrmb.r2 Rolling mill, plpr and tubs mills
and foundry ri the Reading lrou company. Read
| Ing Pa resume work after six months Of idlrness
Mcllvainr's rolling mill, Reading, resumes with
an advance of l3 per cent. IN puddlrrs' wages.
S,.yfrrts pudding mill Berks county, Pa, re-
Sumes at highest wages for puddrrs paid in thu
Schuylkill valley.
Puttstowu Iron company's puddlers, Pottstown,
| Pa. obtain an advance of per cent in wages.
Glasgow Iron company's puddrrs. Warwick,
| Pa, get an advance uf per cent.
September 3 Stewart Iron company, Sharon,
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|
After week Of meditation the calamity
editor" Of the Post recovered the use Of his
pen enough tn remark that these high
tariff organs have to draw their illustrations
of industrial prosperity almost entirely from
! Pennsylvania, whereupon the Press pre-
| srntad this additional list drawn from a
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Ne" Hampshire concord man Is "u'''"s
| w"plrn mn at frhac""k.
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Hno,l, island The Tylrrs have leased and will
ol'ert' the Washington mill estate, T." extend
'h''r pHn' Tor '"' manufacturers '"''N "'' W o'
y,rmon ,,mnan, will nund A new iron
foundry at Montpelier
Connecticut Clark's new siockinet factory at
Mah',''S'"r "rr'" ""' go ''t" ol'r"''on H'''u,
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