The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-10-29

that tie wages as given remained the
same throughout 1915 anl for. five years
thereafter.
1t shows that under the Democratic tar
III the average pay per day for ali hands,
including the CTerseerS. Was 81 b-l1 cents
tor fourteen hours. or on the present ten
hours basis, 80 t-i6 cents day.
his was Well-manaG nd mill, and the
wages were the same rs those paid in most
Slmllaf mills throughout New England.
The wages remained substantially the
same down TO 1866 There was no appre-
ciabc advance in all those years to which
the Democratic orators and newspapers
50 often refer as The golden period Of
New EnglandtS prosperity
Just before the war the Morrill, tariff was
enacted, and business and wages began to
advance. The article gives summary of
the payroll n one of the hosiery mills OF
Tacoma for Apiii, 1869, four years after
the war. which shows average wages per
day Of 81 Ii f-lD though there was Slight
premium on gold then which should be de-
ducted III comparing the wages with those
ot 1913 and 1892
since them says the article, there has
been steady advance III wages in all the
mills, III the size of the mills. and the
amount Of business done.
Then it summarizes the pay-r0ll for
June, lS42, which III some lines IS paying
higher wages than IN lAaG, and this shows
the average rate per day OF ten hours in
Guiding 0NcrSeeIS, but not including book
keeper and clerk, as Sl.51.
Briefly stated, the comparison of wages
under the Democratic and Republican
tariffs is rs follows:
Walker tar.T, 1915. for ] hours. 5l.G cents
Walker tariff 1873. for 10 hours. :iG.7 cents
Mckinley tariff, 1872 for ~ hours 81
This is a fcrcihlc demonstration of the
fact that a tariff which promotes industry
I ha S.,Ib e
that during the same time wages have ad-
Vanced III England under free trade: so
they have, but they are not Vet one-half
what they are here. The advance there
has been dae in large part to extensive
sales of English goods IN America there
by dlSplaclnG Just SO many American
goods; and now that the American market
is beng reserved for oar own producers,
the English mills are reducing wages.
1t Will also hG SAID. falsely, that the
purchasing power OF wages III England is
as great as il is hcre-that is. that a day $
pay there will buy as much OF the com
forts Of life as Il day. pay Will here.
There is not a particle of proof Of this and
thcre IS any amount of IT to The contrary.
Mutnail, the greatest English StatStl"lan,
says that food, which comes To more than
Gnc-half the cost OF living, costs the
American WagC-parncr 353 per cent. Of his
wages, and the English wage-earncr Is
per cent. OF his
In view of all these facts, if any work
ingman chooses to vote i'll November for
the British tariff system. declared for by
the Democratic platform. or for the Walk
er tariff of 1916, or the tariff of 1874.
which are now praised by the Democrats
who are running away from their plat
form, 1t must be because his loyalty Ia
party is greater than his loyalty to self
and family, or because he is determined
not to believe the truth Wien he sees It.
Thanks. however. to til" growing intclli-
gencc Of American artisans, there Is al
most a landslide of such voters towards
the Republican column. 1t is occurring
III all quarters. We hear and read of il
every day. 1t is seen with CONSERVATION
that many of them are now hoping for IS
to hold their party together for Il new trial
on other issues in 1896.