The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-29
In New York Alone, Wages Increased S6.377,-
e25 in 1890, and the valne Of Manuuiac-
lures Was $3l .3l5, $50 More than in 1890.
Nearly Ninety Thousand Instances Of
Individual Increases of Wages
Righteous Protest Of German Americans
Against ihe Effort of the Democracy 10 Drive
Them Out Of the Republican Party.
PROJECTIONS MAGIC WAND.

Wonderful Results of the Mckinley Law q.
One Year In New York State
Special to the indianapolis Journal
ALBANY. N. Y, Aug. 2s.- Charles f. Peck,
Commissioner of Labor for New Yorh
State issued his annual report tonight
A large portion is devoted to figures of in.
terest in relation to the tariff. In order to
prove whether protection" as advocated
by one political party, or tariff for rev.
enue only" would prove of advantage
statistics have been gathered to show in
every industry In the State the increase
or decrease of production and comparative
increase or decrease in wages. The period
covered by the investigation includes the
year Immediately prior to the enactmento Of
what is termed the Mckinley bill" and
tho year Immediately following it's becom.
ing law. That is, the data upon which the
report has been made WAS for the year
commencing Sept. ]. 1850. no to and includ.
ing the S1st of August, 1890. and the year
commencing Sept l. 1889. up to and includ-
ing the 31st of August, 1891. The methods
employed to secure the necessary data were
almost entirely those Of the blank system.
1t was not the riginal purpose. nor 10 10
now pretended that the data and statistics
presented present any but purely Wholesale
manufacturing establishments. To have
undertaken to cover the retail and custom
manufacturing establishments of the State
would have been q physical and financial
impossibility. Some 5000 blanks were sd-
dressed and mailed to as many separate
establishments throughout the State. and
of this number 5000, or 75 per cent, were
returned fully and correctly answered.
From the tables it appears that there was
q net increase in wages of S6.377, 297.06 In
the year 1891. as compared with the amount
paid in 1890. and net increase of produo-
tion of s31. .Sl5, 1909 in the year 1891 over
that of 1890. A simple analysis of this ta-
BILE further demonstrates the interesting
fact that of the sixty-fve industries COW
cred, q Ier cent. of them show an increase
in either wages or product. or both, and
that there were no less than 81, ,s97 instances
of individual increases of wages during
the same year. While the industries are
but sixty seven in number the total trades
represented amount to 1.121. and give en-
ployment to 2S5,000 workmen and work.
women. OF the sixty seven industries in
cluded IS per cent. of them show an In
creased average of yearly earnings in the
year 1891. while the total average increase
of yearly earnings of the 2S5. 900 employees
was s23.i1. The average increase of yearly
earnings of the employees in the fifty-one
trades showing an increase was S43.eS in
1891, as compared with 1890.
In addition to the investigation of this
special subject the bureau has continued
It's annual investi CATION of all labor dis
turbances occurring III the State during
the past year. The total number of strikes
reported for the year 1891 was 4.5l9. a.
against CESS occurring in the year 1890. .
decrease of 1.739. OF the total number In
1891, 2370 or so per cent. of them. were In
the building trades"
Another Result Of the Mckinley Law.
LONDON, Aug. 28.-Several Welsh tin.
plate manufacturers closed theix works on
Saturday. Sixty works are now closed
and ten thousand hands are idle. Many
sailed on Saturday to lind employment in
America