New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-07-13
Atkinson's Admissions

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When Mr.. Edward Atkinson treats
any subject but the tariff he is very apt
to make statements of fact which are In.
point blank contradiction of the calamity
talk of his fellow partisans He did
this last year when, in discussing the sill
yer question, he said that, sNotwith-
standing the excessive taxation in our
cities, Americans are as "a whole less
taxed than any other people called civil
lied" Now he has done it again, and
repeatedly, in his article in favor Of .un-
restricted immigration in the May num-
Der Of the Forum. For example he says :
Wages have advanced steadily. In 1880
they were higher than even during the
paper money period or the period Of the
excessive demands Of the war; General
wages were higher in 1890 than they
were IN 1880 by from ten to forty per
cent, according to the grade of the work.
man.
And again In spite of the relatively
high cost of the mills and works due to
the difference in the cost of materials as
compared with our competitors such
has been the magnitude of the demand,
in part induced by the influx of immi-
grants who have established themselves
in our country under favorable condition
and who have become consumers Of our
merchandise and manufactured products
as well as producers Of others that
there has been during the twenty seven
years since 1865, subject to temporary
variations and fuctuation, steady adj
vance in the rates Of wages, a steady re-
duction in the cost of labor per unit of
product, and corresponding reduction
in the price of goods of almost every
kind to the consumer. In fact there has
never been period in the history of this
or any other country when the general
f1C1CCsOI % w d. DIS as IL rs HON,
or the prices of goods relatively to the
wages as low as they are to-day. nor a
period when the workman, in the strict
sense Of the word, has SO fully secured
to his own use and enjoyment such a
steadily and progressively increasing
proportion of a constantly increasing
product.
"a young student at. Ann Arbor Univer-
sity was arrested this week for forging
checks in order to secure enough money
to attend the Christian EndeaVor conven-
ton in New y rk. s551
"a Gov. Pattison Of Pennsy lvaliais either
a coward or tool with which the Demo-
rats Of Pennsy lyania tried: to make
capital out of the HON estead strike. Had
he done his duty at the the start instead
lsof delaying until Saturday, no battle
would have been fought and all distur-
bance would have been averted. Asiit is,
the motive seems plain and the effect is
just the opposite Of the intent.
Il is announced on what is considered
to be good authority that the Carnegie
Steel company has begun prosecution
against the leaders Of the Homestead riot
for conspiracy and murder. The COM
pany is said to have retained several Of
the criminal lawyers Of Western Penn
lsylyania, and instructed them to institute
proceedings at once.
A flash light camera is said to have
been used from the tower Of the Carnegie
mill during the riot, and the pictures 81
the men thus obtained are to be used as
evidence. The arrests are expected to be
made as soon as the national guards go
Lon duty at Homestead.