The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-10-19

unions. In this list figure the cigar
makers, 5000 of whom are obliged to
be idle. The World says that "the
great army of the unemployed is in
creasing by the thousand every day."
A year ago this same New York
World was daily appealing to the
workingmen of the country to vote the
Democratic ticket on the ground that it
was for their interest to do so. At
every Democratic rally was heard
campaign song to the effect that the
election of ''Grover" would mean "four
more years in clover" After a six
months trial and test of the experiment
The World rises to announce the result.
Will President Cleveland and Congress
heed the lesson? IT is in the power Of
that body to stop this appalling paraly-
sis of labor. As Governor Mckinley. .
says, "They can set every factory to
work any day by the simple declaration
and why don't they do il" If the more
sensible Democrats will join with the
Republicans in removing all apprehen-
sion of any serious disturbance of the
tariff the good times will come again,
the industries will recover, employment
will be abundant and prosperity will
again visit every home.
Bad as is the situation in New York,
it is perhaps even worse in Philadelphia,
and what is true of these manufactur-
ing centers is true of every city of the
country. There are thousands of un-
employed men everywhere all on ac-
count Of the ''object lesson" which
President Cleveland said last March he
"intended to give the country" In the
mill district of Philadelphia, according
to very recent canvass made By The
Press, over "a 900 idle employees are re.
ported, which is but another way OF
saying that 100000 unfortunate, deserv.
ing people are practically out of food.
The Press says:
A mill to mill canvass in the textile
districts of Kensington, Frankford,
Fairmourt, Manayunk and German
town has been made, in all about 14(
mills being visited. These are about
one-sixth of the total number of textile
mills in Philadelphia. 1t was found
that of the total of nearly 10000 nor
mally employed in the 14O mills only Q
few more than 5000 are at work. In &C
mills of Kensington 12,762 are unem.
ployed, while 1870 are working on from
full time down to half time. Counting
the average weekly earnings per man 81,
| SS9,334 is kept from circulation each
week through the idleness of these 49,,
| 672 men. In II Fairmount mills 3,58t
are unemployed and 1888 working on
full or part time. The wage loss there
is put at $50, $50 In 26 Manayunk mills
1914 are idle and 1886 report for duty.
The estimated loss there is S21, 900 q
week. In the Germantown mills 1,84s
men were laid off, while 667 have EN-.
| ployment. The decrease in pay rolls is
| Sl4,7O0. Of 1900 Frankford employees
800 only are at work. The money loss
in pay alone is put at $9,100. This
makes the loss in the district named
$165,So4 every week.
The situation is just as bad in Ohio
Recent reports from Cleveland, Spring
field, Akron, Youngstown, Canton anG
the great manufacturing towns show
that the condition is deplorable one t.
begin the winter with. There is NOR,
distress in October than there usually
is in February. The Democratic part,
is solely responsible, and criminally re
sponsible, for this suffering, distress
and dismal outlook. It is simply ex
perimenting with free trade, you know
while industrious American working
men are starving. What one of then
in Ohio will still continue to encourag
Cleveland by voting the Democrati
ticketf We can't believe there is one