The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-30
FROM A X, OF L,
Some Valuable statlstioa for Laboring
Men TO Study Carefully, by a Practical
Lnboring Man.

| aNhbAAAh AMNAH
CANTON, o., Oct. "a, 1890
En-. NEws.D AaMcKinlcy aud
the high protective tariilites generally, all
through tho discussion Of the tariff have
claimed that so much higher wages are
paid In this country than IN England, ]
here give few figures taken from Carroll
| b. WriRht's Report Of Statistics, for 1886.
| Az Mr.. Wright is u very strong protective
| tariff Republican, no one will question
his figures. Aud ! only take the most
protected industries TO show the folly OF
Mckinley u Cot
Carpet printers come first, Great Brit
ain, 81 l8 per day; Massachusetts, Sl.0S,
Cotton goods, boamors. Great Britain,
10 cents Maryland, 10 contsi Virginia ~
cents,
Carlersi Great Britain, 80 cents Mary.
land, II conts.
Cloth room handsi Great Britain, 81, 20,
Maine, 0S cents; Georgia, 10 cents.
Metals aud metallic Roods--ontchers In
rolling mills; Great Britain, N,22i Vlr-
| giniu, Sl,2i.
'PuddIcrsi Great Britain, SEAS; vlr-
ginia, S2,B.
RoIlcrgi Great Britain, 8oi; Dcla.
ware, &A5.
Blast furnace keepers; Great Britain,
lltobt blllut NAtOlf hAuI9 lNHht AUVt
Blast furnace keepers hell ors: Great
Britain, Si,2Si Maryland, Sl,25.
Woolcn goods, dyers, Great Britain, 0S
cents; North Carollna, 70 centa.
Blnishers: Great Britain, s1 cents New
Jersey, 7b cents.
Loom ilxers, Great Britain, Si.33; Com
nectcut, Si.85 North Carolina, 80 cents.
Wool sortersi Great Britain, Sl,20; New
Jersey, 30 cents,
This list might be continued but this Is
enough and may add that Ia every COM
parison made there are other States lower
than England than the ones given but II
would bo taking up space and not accom-
pligh any more. In the great protected
pig iron industry we find but one or two
States in which higher wages are paid 10
blast furnace keepers than In England,
Whom all testimony over given shows
TO three and four times more work In the
day than those OF England the fallacy OF
the 80 called protection TO American labor
becomes more glaring.
While on this subject cannot resist the
temptation 10 give "A fow figures on coal
mining, aud as there nro several thous-
and miners In this district, II may be OF
interest 20 them. In the Bureau of Labor
stntlstics OF Ohio for 1885, find a com.
pnrlson OF wages between the miners OF
Ohio and those OF Victoria, Australia, for
that year. Tho average weekly wages In
Ohio, according TO the miners returns,
was Si.1t. According TO the coal opera
tors, returns, $3.50. The lowest weekly
wages In Australia was S5073i the highest
Sld.b9, and eight hours constituted a days
work, while ten hours ruled In Ohio and
Ponnsylynnia, where tho average weekly
wages OF miners for 1886 was B6L
In England tho wages OF minera have
Increased AZ per cent. In the last two
yenrs, while the miners OF Indiana and
illinols had TO accept o reduction from 10
TO 20 per cont.
last, find tho following from John d.
prinple, of the star Of that paper, who
was In England at the time, As he was a
miner before going into journalism, no
writes with knowledge Of the subjects:
"Tbo southern section OF Northumbcr.
land, Eng, Is almost entirely made up OF
conl miners, and thatcoal region Is known
~ be one Of the foremost in tho world. !
think / will be able TO show that ia oil