Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-23
"IoolEF. DAY COUNTY. SOUTH DAKOTA. NOVEMBER 90, 1898
Con 6 Democratic"


Oh mills and factories III Massachu-
sets, and confirms the inyesrlga
lions made by the American Pro.
t~ectlve Tariff League that have
been published in the form OF an
industrial census by the American
Economist. Their report is as fol
lows:
III was found that of the lO2 mills
from Whlcl reports nave thus far
oeeh received, Il are running Oh
lall Time, Il on partial time and 43
aro SMUT down. It was also found
thai the Total number of looms III
operation Is 1900 aud that the to
tai num0er Of looms idle is 5.64l.
Inc number of hands employed Is
5000, DIS against 23,443 employed
November |, 1892. But the most
important fact revealed is that re-
satlng 20 the production of goods.
Tor IL Is shown that these l02 mills
produced between June l and Nov
ember l, 1893 Give months), 10, 173,
7l5 yards of mems wear wor.teds
ana woolens, as against II, 0S5, O69
yards Tor the same period IN 1892.
These latter figures carry with them
much Significance. revealing as they
DO IA shortage of SOL, 354 yards of
goods. Returns from 76 mills III
the New England States. which are
included III the preceding total,
show the total yardage OF mems wear
goods produced between June | and
November |, 1893, to have been g.,
558, l16, as against 10,269, 1872 yards
for the same period during 1892.
1t is also found that Z mills out of
IA total OF rs are running full, AZ
are running on part time and SO are
shut down completely.
Accepting as reliable the stats
tics Of our contemporary, though
there is nothing to show III what
manner they have been procured,
it will be seen from the foregoing
that the Industrial Census pub
lished in the American Economist
did not really represent the com.
plete depression of the country to
it's full extent. 1t will also be seen
how this report confirms that of
the American Economist, each
showing a s~hrinkage of 60 per cent.
in the labor employed.
1t is also pointed out in the fore
going how large has been the short
age in the production of the mills,
and 1T is Indicated that "There is
sure to be "a famine in goods
THIS by NO means follows. A lack
of employment to consumers has
curtailed their purchasing power.
Their actual loss III wages means an
actual loss in the output OF the
factories. Such q loss cannot be
made up subsequently. The fear
of Free Trade, advocated by the
American Wool and Cotton Repor-
ter, has thrown the people out OF
work and has deprived them of the
means of buying goods. 1t has
compelled them to study economy
and to exc out, as best they can,
with the old worsteds and woolens
which they had last season.
Not only has it caused an actual
irreparable destruction of trade and
general distress this season, but 1t
has made the people, once so pros
nervous and inclined, perhaps, to
Iberulity, or wen extravaganza ia
their purchases, to stady "a system
of economy that has been forced
ppon them and which they are apt
to remember in the future. Having
now learned from bitter experience
what they mustdo without and how
tbev a shift in order to do with
out. they are apt to be more careful
!, their future expenditures, and
thus the object lesson OF Free Trade
NAV have an effect upon sne future
condition of business, even under
the more prosperous times OF Pro-
,.ct;on. The work of destruction
i onick and immediate, that OF
building up can only be brought
about by alonger and more gradual
aUocess--AmerIcan Economist.
Mr. Moore, the postmaster At Brad
,.aw Va. after reading an advertise-
80, of Chamberlain's Cole, Cholera
nni Diarrhoea Remedy, ~concludedto try
LITTLE az il He saws: II used a In Two
a,ses for collie and three for diarrhoea
With perfect satisfaction have hanh'eo