Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
WILMINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPT :.



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We Give This a Free Advertisement.
THE GAZETTE is in receipt of a |
document issued by The American Pro-
tective Tariff League, dated New York,
August 26th, and reading as follows;
Circular No. 9-Industrial Census.
DEAR SrB: The American Protective
Tariff League is preparing its Industrial
Census for the purpose OF comparing ousi-
ness conditions as they existed the week
before the election of Mr.. Cleveland with
the week ending September I'd, 1888, or
ten months after the election.
All information received upon the en-
closed cards will be regarded as strictly cont
,fdential, the data to be published in tabu-
lated form by states or industries.
Perhaps you cannot conveniently give
answer to some of the questions asked. In
that case please reply To all that you can,
and omit reply TO those which you cannot
give.
Please do not mention this undertaking
until The work is completed, beyond kindly
handing the extra cards enclosed to some
person or company that will give reliable
reports. Yours Very Truly,
w. II. WAKEMAN, General Secretary.
Accompanying this circular are three
IF the cards referred to, containing
blanks for the State, post-office, name
and business of the addressee; the num-
Der of hands employed, average daily
wages and total weekly wages paid for
the weeks ending November 9Th, 1892,
and September I'd, 1898; the nature and
quality of weekly output; reason for
employing more or less hands than in
1892; reason for paying more or less
wages than in 1892. Other questions
follow, thus:
Why is your output more or less than
1922
Taking 100 to represent full condition
of business for week ending November
5th 1892, what per cent represents the
present condition in Your county for week
ending September ID, 1882
What effect will a reduction of tariff
upon foreign goods similar to those yot
grow, manufacture or produce have upoi
your business?
To what do you attribute the presen
dull condition of trade, if any exists IL
your county?
What are the prospects for business?
Remarks.
Then follow additional blanks for sig
nature and address, and the card wind
up with this cautionary note:
SIR: Please exercise great care in pref
aration Of this report in order that our II
dustrial Census may command confidenc
throughout the country.
Yours very truly.
AMERICAN Protective TARIFF LEAGUE,
New York.
1t will be seen that this proposed iii
dustrial census" is to be gotten up, fl
some mysterious reason, strictly on Il
quiet. The recipient Of this circular
particularly requested mot to mentio
this undertaking until the work is con
pleted." Now, it strikes us that in I'll
preparation of such an industrial Gel
sus as "may command confiden
throughout the country" the Americi
Protective Tariff League would
better to give the undertaking all Il
publicity possible, and it is in I
furtherance of this good work The G
BETTE bestows upon it the aid of IL
gratuitous advertisement. Otherwi
there might be danger Of the inquiri
of the league failing to reach SOL
workiugman who has had his waG
raised through the operation of I
Mckinley Tariff act, as we'll as so
lack Of completeness in the informant
as to how uuch the business Of I
country has been enlarged and enhanC
under this legislation within the past
months.
We are aware that during the ]
Presidential campaign considerable ii
and labor were expended in vain sea
for workingmen whose wages had d
been raised by the increased "protectiC
of the Mckinley bill, and that til
was also some trouble at Homestead
the early summer of 1892, over the {
ployment, by beneficiaries of this +
lection, of Pinkerton rihemen to as
in readjusting the wage scale DOWN.;
but that was in 1892, and Mr.. McKir
himself had asked the American pee
to give his bill time to get into G
working order before they criticize
too harshly. Hence it would be reas
able to look for better showing n
provided the inquiries propounded
the American Protective Tariff Lea
be placed before the country in S
shape as to reach the masses eyerywl
--instead of being SO quietly condu
as to restrict or curtail the informs
received. Therefore THE GAZE
hastens to do its part in circulating
inquiries. Certainly the Mckinley
has now been on trial long enous
warrant our people in judging how
have been benefited thereby, and, !
specifically, in stating how 1t has
creased their business, augmented
profits and raised their wages dr
the ten months ending September
1898.
The Philadelphia Ledger cites the
Of Tuesday week, where an italian
hold of broken telephone wire to
it out of his way and dropped de,
the spot, as text for demanding
the authorities shall require all ell