The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-23
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Notwithstanding II is a well-known
fact that wages for labor have been in
creased in mnny plaoes siloe the Me-
Kiniey tariff went into operation. the
Democratic papers still keep asking
where tho man 10 who has had his
wages incrnassds Only last evening
the Every Evening came out again
with the following misleading para
graph, only intended to throw dust
into the eyes Of the workingmen:
'.rhs search for the workingman
who has had his wages raised by tho
Mckinley tariff was still in progress at
asttepoits, There are few men out In
Homestead who have had their wages
reduced by IL, but. then, they were
earning entirely too much money
more than combination capitalized
atonly els COG, 600 could afford to pay
or course nearly anybody could at
any time, had they seen proper and
haye taken the time to do it, produced
numbers OF men and women both,
whose wages were Increased by the
operation OF the Mckinley tariff. Here
Is ono instance anyhow which We will
give out OF many thnt might be- given
OF rise In wages aud which we sin
cerely hope will put on end to tho
Every Evenings seDseless twaddls:
''FnA River, Muss.. July l3.-At a
mcetiDg OF tho Cotton IanuIactursrs'
Association to-day II was voted to pay
all day help employed in tho mills
the same wages for iifty-eigitt hours
work that were heretofore paid for
sixty houts' work. Az the operatives
employed on piece work vera adj
vanced 10 per cent. on their present
wages. The prices hereafter to 10.
paid for weaving pIint.elotLs will be
1893 ccnie piece. The new list will
go into effect from July II. This ac.
ton OF tho manufacturers WAS a com
plete surprise TO the operatives and
was unsolicited. All mills are now
running under tue fifty eigh. hour
inw.H ..
But hero is counterpoise which II
It does not interest our neighbor. may
interest many OF its readers.
o.Iondor. July 81. "A crisis Is threat
=. ed in the Lancashire cotton t:ude
The Federation OF Master Cotton Spin.
ners rceonpnends that 10 per cent,
reduction lie made in tile wages Of
operatives and that the mills lie run
on short time. It Is said that the
Amnlgamated Association of Opera
tive CottSn SpinneIs will rsfuss To ae-
eept reduction of wages and that q
strike or lockout will follow. IL was
only shUIt time ago that a general
lockout waa settled in the Lancashire
cotton mile"
The above lis on the reduction scale.
As the wages of the labor increase in
tho United States under protection,
they decrease in England under free.
trade. but the readers of the Every
Evening do not got to know that
through the columns of that paper
We believe we have never seen u G
above extracts published In the Ever,
Evening.
Equally senseless and misleading |,
the allnsion to cutting down IT,,
wages at Homestead. True, in tE
making up OF another sliding scale Il
Homestead, the wages of about one
out Of ten OF the workmen were no
duoed, but these only applied to meI
who al the end Of II three years sli,iins
seals were getting nearly al miicl
wnges as when the scule Commences
IN 1879. and with which they were per
fectly satisfied. Even the wages offer
oil in the second scale. which the mel
refused, were much higher than the
were when the old scale commenced
and were the highest wages paid by
any country In the world The Every
Evening could havo told II 1t would
that no attempt was made to cut dow
the wages Of the common laNorers, tn
lowest Of whom got sI.40 cents day
We will venture the assertion thu
our own neighbor has never yet hear
that tho workmen whose wages wer
&c be reduced, met aud denounced
reduction OF the Mckinley tariff us tn
cause Of such reduction