The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-06-10

whAv M'KINLEv MUST FACE.
Strikes. Loskouts. Wage Reductions ana
Trusts fiiinE Up Against Him.
The fathers OF the Mckinley bill
promised Ms new industries. more work
Ut higher wages. fewer trusts. lower
prices and general prosperity. Not
withstanding the fact that Providence
has since smiled on us as never before
and frowned as seldom before on Europe
and Asia. we can not but feel disap-
pointed At the kind Of prosperity we are
now enjoying. Thousands Of laborers
are on a strike. thousands are working
nj reduced wages, and still other
thousands are tnrown entirely out Of
employment, because Of dullness in
business, or Of mills held idle 10 reduce
production and raise prices and increase
the profits Of trusts, organized and con-
Quoted In open defiance of our laws.
Amongst the hundreds Of items on the
debit side Of the Mckinley account for
the last two weeks. we notice the fol-
lowing:
May = To Tho report that the law wall paper
trust sill have t-OO0,O Of capital. and that IL
viii save tHUstV II year u( fHruNlut Out OF en-
poyment so drummers The old pool which
went 10 pieces IN 1857 made profits Of 20 per
cent BY selling az a. cents per roll wall paper
now sold for 2 cents. Wall paper manufacture
ers have not forgotten those golden days, and
viii make an EFFORT TO get back 10 them by adj
vAncing prices reducing expenses, etc
May 10 To the report that seven packing
companies have combined into the Information.
nj Packing & Provision CO.. with capital Of
sd5p1,vpJ Ohiccs will be In Chicago and Lon
don.
May 10 To the report that the safe trust. as
complete contains i've big firms and has a
capital o. s33OOD)
May H. To the report that the naval stores
operators OF Georgia. Florida. South Carolina
and Alahrma have formed the Turpcntine OPP
| orators General association The objects Of
this trust to reduce the price Of labor and to
! regulate the supply and prices OF their wares.
II controls more than 80 per cent Of the world :
| supplies OF naval stores
| May 4. 10 he report from Norrstown. Pa
I accepted reduction from a 10 t3.5p per ton
4 after strike Of several months. during which
! time The mill has stood idle.
| Nav ~. To the report from Fall River that
| the Narragansett fnn.c spinners are on a strike
because q q scarcity Of bick-Doys and dofiers,
| resulting from q reduction of wages
! May y To the report that the Union SILK mill
| At Catasavqua. Pa, has closed because ifty
| weaycrs are on strike. One hundred and scyent,
employees are affected,
May y To the report that Maine has lost hcl
smelling industry. The katahdn iron works
which suspended in 1870 has now removed Il
| pictou. Nova Scotia.
May ~ TO the report in the Iron Age thai
the manufacturers Of the Mahoncy and Shen
| ango valleys have agreed upon a scale OF wage
which they will present 10 the Amalgamates
association OF iron and steel workers In June
and that m T. understood that thorough re
arrangement OF prices has been made, and tina
quite material reduction In the price Of pud
ding has been demanded \
May y To the report IN the Iron Age that thu
weekly capacity Of blast furnaces has been re
duced 1870 tons since April I.
May ~ To the report that the first move o
the perfected sugar trust after getting contro
OF Spreckcs' Philadelphia refinery was 10 OF
fer the sugar planters In Cuba. Porto Rico an:
other West India islands q rate for raw suga
that will hardly pay expenses OF production
The poor planters. now having only one narke
and one set Of buyers. must accept The con
sodation has also had freights cut from u 70
cents per hundred pounds from Cuba 10 Phila
delphin-
May Il. To IN advance OF 5 cents per .
pounds in the price OF shot A previous advanc
was made July 1. 1921. The shot trust wa
formed in 1890. and contains ten OF our lcAdln.
shot manufactures
May II To the report in the Iron Age tina
the price OF binder Irvine which recently wa
~ cents. has been advanced 70 " cents Pc
pound The American Cordagc Co has not los
its grip on the market. and does not fear tina
its friends In the senate will desert II and pas
the free binder Irvine bill
May u. To the report III the Iron Age thu
New York and Boston importers o. Frcnc
glass have advanced prices, and that ''better
prices for American glass are likely 10 ruiz
a.. huf An hlS l.nu
aiming at By closing furnaces 70 decrease pr'
duction.
May is To the report that all the tanners
the United States have signed an agreement
curtail production 80 per cent for the rext foi
months BY shutting down all tannerics for ~
| months.
May II. TO the report that Carnegie. PhipI
| 4 Co. and Carnegie Bros. 4 co. will consol
date July l. and that these viii absorb the Ike
stone Bridge Co. The aggregate capital OF IN
new corporation--"Thc Carnegie Steel 20 "
will be slo.7oo.oD 1t win he the chief OF m
great iron and steel concerns and will be
great assistance in sustaining the 30 per cen
| duty on steel rails
May 10 To a report in the Iron Age that d
| attempt Il being made al Pittsburgh 20 form
new trust Of all the plate glass factories
America
May ~. To notices in the Journal Of n
knights Of Labor advising laborers 70 81
| AWAY rom f~iutNliit. n.y. utrAu>t tlf Hiut
| there are on lockout against q reduction
wages: from Lacrosse. Wis. because d serio
lockout in the saw mills has thrown hundre
out OF employment; from wardncr. Idaho, b
cause OF . strike al the Cnur d'Alcne silver al
lead mines against q reduction 81 wages fro
Tarlxio. Mo. because wages have been great
reduced: from little Rock and Argenta, All
| because the cotton mills are shutting down ~
| the railroads are laying on men. Sixteen 9th
| similar notices appear In this same journal
: May q. To the report from Detroit, Micl
that $50 girls employed in the Pearl button II
: tory there are on strike against q reduction
| wages. The factory was started soon after I
| passage OF the Mckinley bill. and was visit
| BY Gov Mckinley 1T the time OF the Michig
club banquet on February ia last The Tll
{ who were making ~ 81 week win now only
/ able "a make ~ Instead OF striking these ps
I girls should petition congress 20 raise the
: per cent duty on pearl buttons 70 above ~
. per cent. because. Ms Mckinley says, high q
iIs make high wages.
? THE DUTY ON REFINED SuGA
= An Aid 60 the sugar Trust. hut . Curse
the People.