The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-07
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Hardship For Dolssviiie. h
The twenty.ilfth annual reunion of
the Dolgeville employees to henr tn
result OF the years work and to re-
ceive their share of the profits on the
co operative plan was held few even
ings 0go.
II has been Mr.. Dolge's custom to
invite his employees to n banquet af-
ter the annual Inventory in January.
The cCst OF these banquets has usually
been $500. This year owing to tue
closing OF the mills and the hard times
that prevail i'll Dolgeville. Mr.. Dodge
decided Insteud OF giving q banquet, to
present his check for $500.
He invited Ills employees to meet
him in the ehoe factory. The en-
ployees provided musical and lit
erary entertainment, which cost moth
ing. and then Mr.. Dodge said. I
81 welcome you to our twenty-iifth
reunion. The rarity now in power,
true tc it's old-time hatred OF industry
and thrift. has inaugurated policy So
antaRonistlc to the welfare of both
wage earners aud manufacturers that
conditions have been created which,
iinpel me not to spend any money this,
year for its festivities, or even Tor our,
customary dinner. Therefore. / in,
vlte you to sit with me round these
empty tables and ask you t0Saccept
my check for $500. with the hIgges-
ton TINT. you intrust it to coufmittee
OF three from your plumber. VINO shall
use 1t to hssist such of our ou-workers
rs may need aid during the winter.
In reviewing our business for the
years 1891 aud 1892 was able to re-
port to you that they were the most
successful years We have had. Each
year l could announce to you rise in
wages. They will be known In the his
tory OF our country as the two years
OF sound economical policy embodied
In the Mckinley tariff law). by which
the purchasing power of tho masses
was increased to such an extent that
all the factories throughout the land
were busy every working day in the
year. Although we did not enjoy the
much lauded privilege OF supplying
the Kaffirs of Zulu land, tho Bush
wackers of Australia. the Hindous OF
East India or the Coolies OF China,
with the products OF our factories, our
home markets consumed all that
America could make.
And now all this is reversed. ami /
at this, our twenty.tifth reunion, am
compelled to offer aid to men who
have worked with US, who can and are /
willing 10 work, and yet ore forced to /
the level of mendicants merely be. I
cause supreme ignorance and concelt !
reign In Washington.
For the first time In twenty-five
years our factories are closed for want
OF orders; for tile fret time In twenty,
five years l stand before you to state
what you all know, that in spite of
our earnest eliorts. in spite of our
many advantages, in splte OF our ac-
position as leaders in our ,
lines Of business, in spite of all this !
and more. We have not made any
progress during 1898.
True. we have been more fortu-
nate than many others. Dolgevllle
knows as yet nothing OF soup houses. ,
has not. like many other
towns, had occasion
TO appeal to the outside world Tor aid
TO feed and clothe starving and suffer.
ng wage earners, because, as stated
before. we have managed to keep our
factories going ana our men employed
II some work or other.
Most OF you own your homes, and
when the factories closed you had
saved enough to carry you through
he winter without asking aims of
Unfortunately. some OF
you who earn s2.25 per day in the fac.
.ory have been compelled to work
Dart OF The yoar shoyeling dirt for =
sl.25 per day. l fenr that the majori-
y OF our felt makers will henceforth {
AVE to work In the factory for the
'ame wages. The Wilson bill will
compel IL. 4
Nothing could 10 credited to en-
lowment account this year. The un-
state Of business prevent
I'd any one from producing more than r
10 was paid In wages. You will re- .
n lar that fnr tho
vas credited to your endowment ao-
counts, and for 1899 (the last OF the
years. s4,256.l5. In other
words, besides your losses on wages.
you have lost about $4,000 In uddl-
ion. ?
ut has been said that the working
men voted for the change. The state
nsnt Is true; the workingmeu voted
or IL; even the majority of you here
q. night voted for It; but you are not
ssponslble for it, and 1t Is cruel to
misery which this change
las brought upon them and the whole
n
The chonge came, and we find as d
ir. Cleveland's Christmas present to p
he American people over forty per v
'ent. OF our railroads bankrupt aud {,
n the hands OF receivers; a shrinkage "
II value unknown In history; stop
,age OF mills, factories and mines
bankruptcy staring the N
'oung manufacturer In the face who Az
'entured TO start in business, bellev-
nR that protection would prevail;l
tarvation the fate OF the working. a
nan and his family; wreckage, ruin q,
nd destruction wherever we turn, ID
nd no hope for relief, because the h
Government Ia in tho hands of men v
Tho are controlled by the Tres trade
cement. =
1T is true that you must accept u
over wages, and you have foretaste o
ow OF steady employment which you =
ill enjoy when Europe can dump Its
urplus products upon our markets.
nat nave we TO expect now, you'll.
lay ask? No one can tell. The Will. "
oil bill means retroRresslon, because
ne pur chasing power OF the masses
ill be curtalled, and therefore the
of articles of use, comfort E
nd even the necessities of life must v
e curtalled. Values will be destroyed.
eLts become lower, because the I'M nj
workingman or clerks can Sc
OF afford 10 live in comfortable re
ONES any longer and must seek al
heaper quarters. With the falling of
ants real estate values will shrink,
nd many poor man who saved al
NV hundred dollars from his wages
D buy home will lo6a his equity and
Q driven from his home.
But let us not borrow trouble; we
ave all that we can tight now; and lot
5 not .lose faith In the good, hard :
ON on eense of the American people
hey have been fooled, but as Lincoln
aid: All the people cannot be fooled
II the time.'
Truth Will prevail. and when op.
ortnnity Offers the people OF the Unit.
States will demonstrate that they N
lean to prooeed In their onward ~
iarch to higher purposes. higher Gull
are and greater freedom in spite of
10 men who now. Us autocratic rulers.
Tempt to turn backward the wheel
progress" T
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