The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-26
PEGk'S FIGURES
Upheld by Autograph Letters from
Manufacturers.
THE DEMOCRATIC CRY FOR NAMES
Answcred.-Employcrs in New York
Whose Employees Wages Have
Been Raised Since tho Mckinley
Bill Passed--TheIr Business Has
Largely Increased.


ating in a remarkable way the accuracy
OF commissioner Peck's report showing
that wages and production have in
creased since the Mckinley tariff law
went into effect. The Democrats have
been clamoring ever since the publica-
ton OF Mr.. Pock's report for names"
OF manufacturers who would give testi-
mony of the truth Of his facts and fig
ures. "Give us the Names" they said,
"and we will admit there is truth in
Mr.. Peck's statistics. These "names"
have been secured and turned over TO
tho Republican national committee,
which publishes them to the extent OF
100 or more. That number is only
small portion OF the entire collection
which the committee has in keeping,
and if the Democratic railers of MIR.
Peck and his work are not satisfied
with the explicit character OF these re-
turns as shown by the tables, they
may, upon application, see for them
selves the autograph letters OF the man
uiacturers.
The National Manufacturers League,
Thomas @. Plat, chairman OF the exec
utive committee, James S. Clarkson,
secretary, undertook TO supply the
''names," and did so by means OF a cir.
eular letter sent out, it is understood, to
the manufacturers who had been adj
dressed bv Mr.. Peck. Questions as to
the manufacturers attitude on the poll
CIV OF protection, il he allowed docu-
ments to be distributed among his en-
ployes, and the like, and also the fol-
lowing questions were sent:
/, How many people do you employ?
2. What doyou manufacture?
8. Has your business increased under
the Mckinley tariff law2
A. II SO, what is the percentage OF the
increase in the amount paid for wages
in the nine months OF 1892, ending
with September 80, over the amounts
paid for the corresponding periods OF
1890 and 1891?
In response there began to roll in the
evidence, now recorded and preserved
by the league, for the benefit OF doubt
ing Democratic voters OF the truthful
ness OF Mr. Peck's report.
The inquiries cover New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut embrace every
variety OF manufactures, and the results
which have been tabulated, and dupli-
Gates OF which, in tabular form, have
been handed over TO the national COM
mittee, ought to satisfy the curiosity OF
Roger O. Mills himself There are
some cases in the large number gath
cred in which the respondents have
answered mo" to the question, "Has
your business increased under the Nc
Kinley tariff law" A notable one OF
these is the firm OF w. S. Peck 4 Co.,
wholesale manufacturers of clothing,
who employ AGO hands. Mr.. Peck an
swered mo" To the question follow.
ing, as to the difference in payment for
labor for nine months ending Septem.
Der 80, 1892, compared with 1880 and
1901, he owned to an increase OF l6S
per cent. Why was this? Mr.. Peck
answers in his comments upon the cir
cular, Paying higher prices for work. "
The Ludlow valve works, OF Troy,
manufacturers of water works supplies,
was another firm that said "no;" but
they had an increase OF per cent in
payment for labor. Why7 The COM
pany answered: because there is more
demand for labor"
S. Fitch Sons & Co., OF Rockville,
Conn, makers of knit goods, have Ito
hands They said the Mckinley tariff
had not increased their business; but,
though they declined to furnish per-
centage OF increase OF money paid in
..,a,,a, Nhn,,- n1p,fktal that H,auan hoH
been increased.
Those negative replies and the re-
marks accompanying them should prove
as good reading for the laboring men as
for the Democratic committee.
Now. as to some OF the alternatives:
The Rome Steel Knitting Mills. OF
Rome, n. Y. make gauze underwear.
They employ $500 hands. The McKin-
ley tariff has made difference of 10
per cent in the money they pay for
wages, The circular asks why. The
Knitting Company answers: Because
we are making styles now that We could
not compete with formerly" Following
aresome OF the others:
j. H. Derker; Johnstown, gloves, 400
hands, 20 per cent increase in wages.
Titus Sheard Mills, Little Falls, knit
underwear, 800 hands, per cent. j.
D. Parkhurst, Millburn, N. j., binders
and trunk boards, fifty hands, 10 per
cent. i. w. Bliss & Co., Limited,
Brooklyn, machinery, 5SS hands, in
crease paid in wages, 30 per cent; in
crease in business, Is per cent. Daniel
X. Brown, Brooklyn, roofing materials,
1G5 hands, increase paid in wages, 80
per cent; increase in business, 100 per
cent. Joseph Richards, Port Oran, N.
j., mining iron ore, 400 hands, 10 per
cent increase paid for labor; % per cent
increase in business James Gillies &
Sons, cut stone for building, sixty
hands, per cent increase for labor,
Canastota cutlery works, OF Canastota,
N. Y, makers OF pocket knives, have
sixty hands. Their expenditure in
wages increased 80 per cent ana their
business 80 per cent. Hanan 4 Co., OF
New York, the famous shoe lnanufac-
turers, have $50 hands at work, and in
creased their pay for labor per cent.
Huyck & Argersinger, OF Albany,
making oifeltings and machine clothes,
1888 employees, paid 80 per cent more Tor
labor, and their business increased 60
per cent, while the price OF goods were
reduced 10 per cent. +. Berg & Co., of
Orange Valley, N. j., soft fur felt hats,
1875 hands, SS1 per cent increase paid
for labor. The Malleable iron works, Of
Trenton, N. j., which make malleable
iron castings, have 100 employees they
pay 200 per cent more for labor underth
Mckinley act, and have increased their
capacity 800 per cent l. l.. Allen
Rrothers. Rochester, N. Y, rue tlanneIs.