The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-13
THE CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION AND
Mr.. PECK.

The report of Labor Commissioner
! Peck of New York is still causing no end
of disturbance in Democratic circles. 1t
will be remembered that Mr.. Peck COM
menced the compilation of the report
soon after the Mckinley bill became a
law and as he said with view to verify
the predictions of Democrats that wages
would be reduced and manufacturing
would not be encouraged by this
measure. The investigation was to cover
the year Immediately preceding and the
year Immediately following the McKin-
| ley tariff. The Democrats had asserted
that not man had his wages increased
| by the Mckinley tariff and that wages
on the contrary had been reduced IN
| New York. The New York World bold
! ly called for single instance in which
wages had been increased. Mr.. Peck's
report gives 80, 600 individual Instances.
| The total amount of increased wages is
S., 900, 00C in round numbers. The report
was conclusive demonstration of the
falsity of the Democratic pred lotions as
to the general result of the
Mckinley tariff on manufacturing
and wages. The manufactured product
has increased and SO has wages. Demo-
Gratis apparently staked their campaign
of education on the bad effect the Nc
Kinley bill would have on all manufac-
turing, except the favored few, and in
the wage earners wages and have lost.
The last ten days the Democratic
papers have been full of the most ridic-
ulous and inconsistent statements. At
| first they were inclined to grant the cor
rectness of Peck's report and content
themselves with abusing Peck for allow
ing the report to appear at this particu-
| lar time. The st. Louis Post-Dispatch
said, but granting all that Peck claims
| that in some protected industries wages
have increased and few thousand men
make a few dollars more a year does
hat justify a protection tariff? Is it
right that millions of people should be
! taxed because a few manufacturers give
| q part of the taxation swag to their
workingmen: Does a division of the
swag justify robbery This is the situa-
ton with the southern press. II all went
to the laborer and none to the profit of
the manufacturer they would hate it all
| the same and call it "swag to working
men," But N New York it would never
| do to admit the truth of Peck's report.
At first the national committee proposed
to investigate this report, but now deem
it unnecessary in view of the fact" as
they claim, THAT it was discredited by
Peck himself in advance Of its publica-
| ton
Why should Mr. Peck, Democrat, an
officeholder heretofore enjoying the con-
! fidence, trust and respect of his party,
wish to discredit and defeat his own
party by a fraudulent official report from
| his bureau? Is this a sample of Demo
cratic honesty and efficiency that a man
| in this office of tIust would falsify facts
to defeat his own party because he could
not get his particular favcrite, Mr.. Hill,
nominated for the presidency? If that
| is true, then Mr.. Peck's case must be
warning that would make an honest
Democrat, though q bourbon, hesitate
! before voting Democrat into office.
Mr. Peck is Hill Democrat. and could
hardly feel worse over Hills defeat
at Chicago than Mr.. Hill him.
! self. Ii Mr.. Peck is using his
bureau to defeat Cleveland in
New York it is with Hills consent and
/ instigation and it is needless to say VIII
succeed. Mr.. Hi can beat Mr. Cleve-
| land easier in New York than Mr. Cleve-
land beat Mr.. Hill in Chicago, which
was pretty easy.
/ The Democrats in New York are still
/ hunting for the man with his wages in
creased. Indeed. Peck's report shows
| $4,000. Is that not enough for starter?
The fact is as Mr. Peck states it in the
report making some allowance for &C.
casional inaccuracies that will here ard
there be found with the most accurate
statisticianS. The report was made
honestly and is correct. The general
conclusion no one can honestly doubt
that Sc far as New York is concerned
the Mckinley bin has improved manu-
featuring snd wages. Why not admit
this: Il would cost them New York.
Connecticut and probably New Jersey.
The tin plate liar will deny that any Tin
plate IS made in this country. and the
Democracy in general will deny the
accuracy OF Peck's report till after the
I November election. This is - campaign
Of education
There IS bat one Question. and that