Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-29

No: we only get ~ Genus NO 90 o
cents if it's pick work, and as little as 80
cents for machine work. Now, what
would it cost to mine that coal In Eng,
land? "a voice, Fifty cents ana
cries of That's right. y Well, allow
that they pay 70 cents here. There s ~
cents difference in wages. Now. wnat
that 70 cents duty for? Applause
They make us. in the name OF protec-
ton to You, pay the coal barons hvc
cents per ton more than the total cost OF
their labor.
EFFECT OF PROTECTION.
At Glouster the Governor spoke from
n platform on the village street TO q
crowd of thousand men, many of them
miners with grimy faces Just ont OF the
nits. The speech was much the same
rs the previous one and was received
with cheers and approving cries. AT
Nelsonville 1000 people cheered as the
train came in and then trooped TO the
biggest hall in the place, where the
Governor talked on the effect OF protec-
tion on the farmer and the wage-earner.
At Straltsvilie the meeting was gotten
mn on two hours notice, but 1000 peo-
ME met the Governor at the station.
the crowd was the most enthusiastic OF
the day. From Straltsyille the Cover
nor drove across the mountains to
Shawnee. Special trains brought thou
sands OF people down every little valley
into the dingy town. The meeting was
TO have been held in a hall, but the
crowd was. so great that platform was
hastily erected out Of doors.
News received to-day from Akron Is
that the meeting there last night has had
remarkable effect upon sentiment IN
the town. Many worhlngmen, hereto
fore Republicans, have come out for
Cam pbell. and the Peoples party,
which had much strength there, has
gone 10 pieces. Governor Campbell has
alleged that the increased tariff on ost-
meal has resulted in the formation OF a
trust. the raislng of prices, and the re-
ductiop OF the pay OF the workingmen.
Major Mckinley has alleged that oat,
meal has gone down instead OF up, and
that Campbell was reckless IN his state
men,s. Last night President Schu-
maker. Of the Oatmeal trust, attended
the meeting, and when the Governor
said oatmeal had gone up III price he de-
MED it. Oatmeal, he said, had gone
down s. per Dushcl.
THn OATMEAL INCIDENT.
Tho Governor promptly pulled out q
package Of bills of Mr.. Schumacher 5
own mills. for oatmeal furnished at in
teryals during the past eighteen months,
and showed that. while oatmeal was )
lower than the highest price it had at
tanned since the Mckinley bill passed.
il was still nearly 81 higher than before
the Mckinley bill WAS reported, while
the average price had been much higher
since the bill than before it. Mr.. Schu-
Inacicr had to admit that the bills were
correct. but declared it was all on &C.
count OF oats gong up, and not the
tariff.
You'll have to settle that with tie
Major" said the Governor. "He says
oatmeal is lover and you admit it is
higher. Before the Major calls me reck-
less nc uhu DcllcI uDiu u iuiNt bSDntC
with yon on the subject of the price of
oatmeal" The crowd howled with de-
hght.
Later in the meeting, when the Gov
ernor asked how many shops in Akron
had cut wages since the Mckinley bill
passed, a hundred voices cried. "All
of them" and there WAS a Babel
of voices calling out the names
of firms who had reduced wages.
When the Governor asked for the
name of a man whose wages had been
been raised by the Mckinley bill, a
man said, 81 know one man. Mr..
Schumacher was made president OF the
Oatmeal Trust and he had his wages
raised" In the storm Of applause
which followed Mr.. Schumacher was
seen trying to talk. The Governor Sc
cured him hearing and he said that
his salary was the same as it had been
for eight years.
a. Mr. Schumacher, said the Cover
nor, "says that my informant is mis-
taken. Not even his wages have been
raised by the Mckinley bill" 1t was
five minutes before the audience cooled
down after this.
FREiGHT CARS JUMP THE TRACK.