The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-08
Class OF Employees.

!. HamC OF
City or town.
3. No. and
T. Trnde..,,.
s. subdivision OF
G. Total amount paid for rent during the year
ending August 81, 1880,
!. Total amount paid for insurance during
s. Total amount paid for fuel during the year
ending August 81, 1891
o. Total amount paid for light during the year
ending Angus; 81 1880 ;Si
used during year ending August 81, 1890 s..,.....
H. Total value Of manufactured materials dur
ing year ending August 81. 1890. s,:"...........;.
Z, How many days was your mill, shop or tac'
tory in operation during tho year ending Au'
gust ii,
10. How many-iI any-tiines did you increase
the rate Of wages OF your employees during the
year ending August 81
T. Die, you grant such increase as tho result OF
ndemand on tho part Of your empIoyes'..m".".
an previous years" continued Mr..
Peck, i've had collected statistics on
different labor saving devices, contract
labor, child labor and so on, but these
last two years the object OF the returns
were to ascertain tho effect of the tariff
OH wages and production, as the tariff
had recently undergone change"
"Why did you send out the first
blanks in December and the second in
September"
Because the first year l had not de-
tctmincd or the investigation and De-
ccmbor was the soonest / could start
As ! have said, did not thOn have the
slightest idea OF who tho nominee OF
my party for President would be."
Ibid the result Of your returns come
out as you Cxpectedp
~ am frank to say it did not, I cE-
pee: different result. One industry
iid-the silk trade agreed with my OK.
psctatIonS, but whom ] camo to add up
tho totals Of the l,l2l trades covered, |
found they did no: bare ont my precon-
te!ved theory. As a sworn officer, /
could not alter or suppress tho facts,
however"
did you know anything OF tho
roliticA Q! thoGe 10 whom you sent the
blanks"
81 cannot say that did in single
Gaze. 1t was an industrial ccnsus and
tho blanks were sent everywhere"
SHORT SKETCH OF Mr.. rrcK.
Charles f., Peck has administered tho
Labor Bureau since 1853. He was born
at NundA, Livingston county, N. Y.
July %, 1915. At tho age OF sixteen no
was ti:ted Tor college, but entered in
stead The counting room Of n wholesale
dry goods importing house in Phi!Rdcl.
ph!a.
Tho bnsiDosA not being 70 his taste he
returned to New YORK state aud became
Il practical printer, establishing in 1867
tho Avon Syringe Journal. He after set
the type and ran oil the editions OF his
papers on an old Washington press. Mt
times being compelled to ink tho roller
and perform all tho work himself. In
1860 he purchased tho Livingston Demo
crot and a!terwa.d tho JIornellsville
l'ribuns.
II was from tho time that no became
editor OF tho Ho;nellsville Tribune that
Mr. Peess acquaintance with ex.Gov-
eraor Hill dated. Senator Hill was thon
stato committeeman for that district.
aeadmir"t Mr., peck's fearless editorials
very much, and the two became great
friends, /. was Mr. Peck who wrote
the first editorial putting Mr.. Hills
lano forward as a gubernatorial candi-
date. Mr.. Peek's appointment by
Grover Cleveland to his present office
was Rrcat surprise 10 him. Ho has