New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-31
Effect OF TIL. NklNLEY LAW on WAGES
Az INCREASE or FROM - TO % PER CENT l.
ruILApIIpIII>- FIGURES FROM SIXTY.
six ESTABLISHMENTS

Mn l.>lAfI'iNHN' NO.
r,i,,d. piia oct 3o.-Thc Inl,n League Of TITS
,ty cm racing 800 ariivc business men, rs i>Snrd
I An oidrc-, t. the p.hli'. saying In pnri
In oder I , determine hey ond all po>:iiitv ~
o,c .t,ou the ri,cc, Of The Mckinley TariH law upon
,us,ne., and wage, we have obtained tr I'm large
number Of mills and manufactone, au exact star,
men, Of the increase within the last Two year"
| The inquire. addressed to them wer" these:
81 TIA, ,orr Lu,.ne., decreased under the Me
Uinlcy Tariff law
-. II so. whit 1, tia percentage OF Increase III
the er,-s nMunt pail for wages 1T IN" line M 'hh'
Of 1 80. ending september 10 over the amount pa'd
for ~ CORES pondinc periods ~ l10l nnd loN
1.-The nclhcd nd opted that Of personal vista
ton and examination. Our representative went W
the mills, and either saw the myrollS or look inc
sntemcuts from tic owners. with permission 10 use
names and figure. II WI, imp'-"'bi" 10 visit All
Establishments. bu u sufficient number wer" visited
I, furnish n fair criterion Of all Sixty'~ix different
c,taJls' nrnt. are rrcore1. TIE percentages OF Ill
crca.r In the OF wages paid for the first nine
months of ls02 over the corrsp 'hdIhg l"rion VI
1900 ranges from j! per cent to 10 pr cent. TAX
N,c all these mills together the average incrras" IS
J3 Is per cent
"Whnt Is true Of the mills reported l. substantially
true OF all They include large and Inall at random
and mr.. fairly representative" OF the general In
| du.rial Interests. The avrrag" for III" part may
tu,iy he taken for the Of the whole bit 10
bc sure 20 undersnir the case rather than 10 incur
thc risk Of any Of exagReraioi. we may sni"y
nut the average at - per cent. tn" establishments
r,portcd are chiefly IN the textile industries. Ac-
cordnc TO the census OF 1890 the aggregate amount
N, wnrcs Maid y I'll OF the establishments engaged In
the textile lnd,,sre, In Philadelphia was %2 '1i
An increase of - per cent Is an actual aggregate
increase OF Sj,5J6.Si6 which Is the amount TINT
the textile workers OF Philadelphia receiving In
wages for the ycnr 1902 under the Mckinley Tariff
Inv over and above what they received for the
yeur 1900 before the Mckinley law went into ehect
THE number OF operatives In the textile industries
NJ Philadelphia IN 1900 was 7.4l:. and the average
| annual wages were &43s An increase OF $j.330s4O
in the Aggregate amount OF wages shown above.
| equivalent 10 the wages OF 12G41 operatives. As
matter OF fact this increased amount, due 10 greater
,usIne,s arises both from an increase In the number
| Of persons employed, and from the steadier EN-
ployment and consequently greater earnings OF the
former operatives. , - 49,, -
! r.r,onaly known to US. But Philadelphia Is moi
SIcentional We submit to our countrymen that what
is true here Is In greater or less degree OF al
industrial centres md activities. And the prosperity
of iii the people Is interviewer and bound up with tue
nrosperity of these broad Industrial interests and the
Continued active employment OF this great body o.
workers TO threaten the unparalleled industrial and
tssiness progress with change would create dstrus
disturbance and disaster. To strike deliberately al
| the economic policy which has built It up wOald
| hring general financial convulsion."