Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-05-12
HOW PROTECTION HELPS THE
WORKINGMAN.

Is there any protection for the work.
man OF this country? Is there anyth: g
that stands between the social, d
"pauper" labor Of Europe or Canada, ex.
cept the price of a steerage ticket or a
trip across the border?
If there is any laborer who honestly
believes that the manufacturers Of this
country are paying any more for their
labor than they are absolutely compelled
to do. simply because protection puts
money in the manufacturers pocket, let
him read some of the following reports,
taken from time to time from the press
dispatches:
Yesterday the reduction in the wages
of tine employees of the Brooke Iron COM
pany at Birdsboro, this county, an
nounced some time ago. took effect, and
all the puddlers, heaters, and other EN-.
ployes continued at work, excepting some
OF the nail feeders. The firm employs
nearly 4)J hands. philadelphia Ledger
Jan. 81, 1892.
The wages OF the puddlers in the en-.
ploy Of the Chesapeake Nail Works al
Harrisburg. Penn, have been reduced
from "a per dav to $3.50 per day, taking
effect OH the 10th inst.-The Iron Age,
Feb. 10, 1892.
On the same day reduction in wages
J irwin 10 o1o o,,t
went into effect at the Contra, Iron works
Harrisburg, Penn.-rhe Iron Age, Feb
IS. 1892.
The pudding department of the Cen
trail Iron works at Harrisburg, Penn.
! shut down saturday night, throwing be.
tween 200 anu 800 men out Of employ.
ment. The men would not accept the re.
Standardization Commercial Bulletin
Feb. 81, 1892.
Cofrode & oaylor OF the Reading Roll.
ing mill, at Reading, Penn, on Thursday
night notified heir employees OF ten pei
cent reducti' n Of wages to take effect
next week. The firm employs about $50
hands The Iron Age, Feb. rs, 1892.
Early last week the Jefferson Iron
works Of Steubenville, Ohio, notified Their
nailers of reduction in wages amount.
ing to twenty-five percent.-(This was
afterwards with drawn.]-The Iron Age
Feb. Is, 1892.
The Columbia Iron and Steel company
of Pittsburg, whose plant is located al
Uniontown, Penn, have made demand
for a reduction OF rs per cent in the wages
Of their employees Iron Age, Feb
rs, 1892.
| The Pottsville (Penn.) Iron and Steel
company will reduce the wages of its 6OC
employees at Pottsvlle ten per cent.-Bos
ton Commercial Bulletin, Feb. 20, 1892
Following e disch rye of the puddlers
from all the furnaces at j. Painters Sons
mills last week came the dismissal of zoe
puddlers on Saturday by Jones & Laugh
lin. There is but one thing to do and
that will be to reduce the wages Of pud
dlers.-Special dispatch to the Chicago
Inter Ocean, Feb. 20, 1892.
A cut in the wool sorters' wages at the
Arlington mills goes into effect to-day
1t is said that l2,OOO,O 900 pounds Of wool
are used yearly at the mill and that the
price list now going into effect will reduce
the wages of the men in the aggregate
twenty per cent.-Special dispatch in the
Boston Herald, March 2, 1892.
A reduction of wages Of about ten pei
cent took place yesterday in most Of the
piece-work departments OF the Singer
Sewing Machine works.-Associated
Press, March 2, 1892.
1t has been definitely decided by the
tinplate manufacturers that wages or
black plates must be reduced.-Specia
dispatch from Pittsburg to the Philadel
phia Press, March 2, 1892.
We can state that all the nail factories
in the Pittsburg district are being oper
ated under private arrangement witt
their men as regards wages to be paid fol
cutting nails. While it is true reductions
have recently taken place at one or more
mills, the men have no recourse in the
matter.-The Iron Age, March 3, 1892.
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