Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-02

see" sou mWitoU " 0auy WpAr0t0 cstou
.iishments throughout the State, and OF this
number 600, or IS rsr cent. wsre returned
fully and correctly answersd.
From the tables It sppsars that there was a
net Increase IN wages Of &C. 81. 935.09 In the
year 1891, 40 CON pared with the amount paid
in 1880. and y net Increase Of production oil
sSi. si5. lso.G GU In the year 1891 over that o.
1880. A simple analysis Of this table further
dem onstratss the Interesting fac. that OF the
|sixty-seven Industries covered n per rent. oI
them show an Increase either OF the wages OF
product, or both. and that there we're no less
than Sv,7l7 instances Of individual increases OF
wages during tho same year.
"While the : industries' are but CT In mum
bel. the total 'tradss' represented amount to
i.l2l, ana give en- pioymsns to 2s5. 900 working.
mon and women. OF the 81 industries included,
10 per sent. Of thcm show an increased aver.
age yearly earnipE In the year 1891. while the
total average increase Of yearly earnings OF the
.2s5.OO employees WAS s2all. Tho average
increase OF yearly earnings u tho employees IN
tho 81 trades showing an increase was
$as.96 10 1891. as compared with 1899.
STRIKES FEWER.
'ln addition to the investigation OF this spe.
cial subject, the bureau has continued it's an.
nusa Investigation OF Nil labor disturbances
occurring in the State during the past 70 n.
The total number o; strikes reported for the
year 1891 was 4,519, NJ against 6.258~ occurring
In tbs year 1880, . decrease OF l,7S9. OF the
total number. 4.5l9, 2,375. or SO per cent. Of
them. were In the building trades, a fact tina,
seems to follow 10 natural ssqusocs the results
In the special Investigation OF the Of.
feet OF the tariff on labor and wages."
The report closed - follows: at has been
my experience, as. I doubt not, It has been
that OF every statistician, more or less. that
one often hnds himself tempted, UNCONSCIOUS.
~, perhaps. to pursue an Investigation with q
view to establish q preconoeivei theory. How
often failure and positive discomature follow I
can safely leave TO those who have engaged in
the fascinating study Of statistics.
ITO the true statistician, however, unir.
husnced BY social or political considerations
the profession Is an envisbls one, aud sarries
with It duties and responsibilities Of the high
est order. To him theories are Us nothing
without facts to support Thorn they be-
come misleading, and. therefore, worthless.
Facts and truth are what he seeks, and nav
Ing possessed him self OF them he p.aces them
hard and cold a. they oftentimes ara, b ,fore
the public, satisfied that he has done but biz
duty, and thereby attained his hughes,
These are facts reported-not BY a sensa-
newspaper or prejudiced Congress-
men-but by the economist and .tatis,ioia ns
OF Worldwide lame whose names are men
toned. by a committee OF United States
Senators. including two prominent leaders OF
the Free Trade reform" crusads-Senator
Carlisle OF Kentucky and Senator Harris OF
Tsnnessee-and ~ a Democratic Labor Bureau
OF . State administered and controlled b.
Democrats exclusively.
So Free Trade "rsformers' might Just as
well recognize first as last that any dsmaeogic
OF alleged facts which they can
make, no matter how conspicuously head
lined or sudaciously blazoned forth. will no,
IN the least the integrity or value Of the
unimpsachabls official reports here cited.