St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
United States, since the first day of Oc-
tober, 1899. where
Wages Have Been ReduceE

tOOSI, 1919 WIeIc
Wares Hsys Been Reduced,
when they promised that these wages
should be Increased. Applause
l have rot heard of but on3 Case where
wages have been Increased. And see
ing on one of the banners in your line
of procession this evening reward of
$500 offered for information of any case
where wages had been increased. l
thought might put in an application
ito draw that fund. Down in Illinois a
out all over the state where he spoke
for Some one to raise his hand, and tell
him a case where labor had, in single
instance, had it's wages increased since
the Mckinley bill was passed. Finally
oneshand rose in the audience. and the
.sman'whOSe hand was raised was Ques-
toned by the candidate, and he
said that in his establishment
he had raised the wages of his
working people on an average Of 5 per
cent. The governor asked him: ''How
many persons do yoa emplOy?" "About
500. How many persons have par
ticipated in the Increase of wages?" He
says: THAT is none of your business;
that is my private business; but say
to you that have increased the wages
OF my Worklnen on all average of 5 per
cent" The governor made an examina-
tioninto the subject the next morning,
and he found out that in this establish
ment there was a bookkeeper who was
getting $1,000 and a superintendent who
was getting $1,000 year. They had
been employed in the establishment
long enough to know all about,its bust
ness. and to know that it was making
money very rapidly, and SO the
nd 10
ment to set out upon their own
hook and make some money for
themselves. In order to buy them off
their wages were doubled. The man
who got $1,000 was given ten;
the man who got $1,000 was
given six. and then they ran the average
of the whole through that, and these
two fellows were the only ones that got
money: the other wOrkmen got none.
Applause. This is the only establish
ment | know Of in the United States
where wages of workmen have been in
creased under the Mckinley tariff law.
Now, my friends, the issue is squarely
joined between the two great parties of
this country. one for cheaper products,
one. for higher wages one for more
employment, one for more extended
commerce and open markets to the
world for the sale of the products of
American labor, and the other for
higher taxes and lower wages and less
employment. Applause. You can
choose between you, my friends, which
OF these two you will follow. If you
want greater prosperity; If you want to
see the wealth of this country distrib-
uted among the labor that makes it; if
you want 10 see it in the homes of the
poor who earn it; if you want to see
equality preserved according to the
fundamental principle of association
among tree people. vote the Demo-
cratic ticket from Grover Cleveland
down. Great applause. Vote for
Democratic president to sign the bill.
Vote for Democratic vice president; it
may be possible that. as with Mr.. Dallas
i'll 1916, lie may be required to give The
casting vote to make it law. Vote for
the Democratic candidate for congress
from this district [great applause] to
help to pass the law through congress.
Vote for Democrats to the legislature
OF your state to vote for Democratic
United States senator to help to pass
the law [applausel. Vote for the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor of your
state to put the state of
Minnesota in Line
with, the Democratic procession that is
marching on to victory applausel. Ii
this be the desire of the good people
OF the United States: if they wish to
bring back the government to the old
principles of their fathers; if they want
to have government that responds to
the public will: government that adj
ministers its laws in order to promote
the happiness of all the people and pre-
serve this grand system of free govern
ment which our fathers founded, and
transmit it unimpaired to our children
from generation 10 generation, fall back
into, the old Democratic column and
march with us to victory on the Sth day
of November neXt.
At the conclusion of Senator Mills
speech the crowd began TO shout for
LAWYER again. He was wanted and
wanted badly by his many enthusiastic
admirers. He advanced to the front of
the platform and asked TO be excused.
He was too hoarSe, he said, to make
himself heard, and besides, he was
very tired. His heart was with the
crowd and their sentiments were his.
The crowd good naturally gave up de-
handing another speech. and the meet
ing broke up. 1t was not the work of a
few moments, however, to clear the
hall, for so densely packed was the
crowd that it was all effort for people to
eXtrlcate themselves from their seats.
1t took half all hour for the audience to
get ous of the building.
Although the speech-mading on the
interior of the building was over. it was
not 81 on the exterior, where several
thousand people were gathered to pick
up the fragments. as it were, of Demo-
cratic truths. These people had been
unable to effect an entrance into the
hall and were enjoying themselves by
listening to SDePchpS delivered from the
Paul and Minneapolis orators. When
the speeches were over the crowd
marched back to the city and the big
rally was over.