The Russellville Democrat., 1890-12-18
HOW M'KINLEYISM WORKS.
A Comparison Showing the Effects of R'
 publican Legislation.

A Comparison Showing the Effects Of Re-
 publican Legislation.
 Though McKinleyism has been routed horse and foot it's evil effects will be felt for months to come in lower wages, higher prices tor neeessaries of life especially clothing, and in straitened times generally. In the matter of wages, Republicans were assured by Reed and Mckinley, and even by Ben Harrison, that protection meant more work and higher remuneration and cheapness was sneered at as the peculiar bane of American life. Now, however the workman finds that there is less work, lower wages and higher prices for the necessaries of life.
 Of the truth of this assertion most iaborers are unfortunately painfully aware and those who, owing to special ly favorable conditions, have not yet felt the evil effects of the ill-considered and dishonest measure known as the Mckinley bill, have only to turn to the news and editorial columns of Repub- llcan papers to find abundant confirma- tion of the unwisdom of the chief measure of Republican legislation. Thus the Chicago Tribune, which lacked the courage of it's con victions or convictions for it's courage, and thus gave it's usual half hearted support to the Mckinley bill, the other day had half a column of news headed developments of the last few days" Some reductions of wages under the Mckinley bill" From the dispatches given we learn that: 0) The spoolers in the Merrimac mills have had their pay reduced 15 cents per day, the wages of the drawing-in girls reduced, and there is apprehen- sion of ''a general cut down. in wages. (2) The armature winders of the Thom- son Houston Electric Company, at Lynn, Mass, have struck to resist re- du ction of wages. (S) Seventy girls at A shland, Pa, have quit on account of a reduction of wages. (4) The Cleveland malleable iron works reduced wages last week. (5) There are strikes in the iron mines of Michigan.
 This is quite a respectable list and could be indefinitely increased by cull- ings from other Republican sources. On the other hand, from the same sources, we learn: t1) That the stock holders of the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany have voted to increase the capital stock from S3. GOO, 900 to S, 000, 900; that the last six months have been the most profitable in the com panys history, and that the profits for last year were over 30 per cent @ That the datna Iron Com pany has increased its capital stock to s5O0,0 and declared q dividend of SIPS 900. (3l That the Bethlehem Iron Company has voted to increase the cap ital stock from 8. 900, 900 to s, 900, 900 and made 9 per cent. profit last year. (4) That the Thomas Iron Company has declared dividend of 25 per cent
 The comparison between the results to the laborer and the manufacturer as shown in the above ought to be suffi- cient to convince even the most pur- blind high tarifiit te how McKinleyism works. Protect manufacturers from all foreign ompetition and then by means of trusts and combines the manufact- urers can easily protect" themselves against American workmen and labor CTS, and the gathering of taxes from sixty-three millions of peo- pie will go merrily on to the music of McKinleyism-or would have gone on, so far as the Chicago Tribune is concerned, had not the American peo- pie uttered a protest that has frightened the tariff robbers into something resem- bling political honesty, For the first time in many years Republicans after an election are learning some whole some truths in their own papers, and the political infallibility that has hereto fore invested its leaders is departing, let us hope, never again to appear Chicago Herald.