The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-06-23

down the complaints of the people against
4 lhe Dem"CratIC party that was to bring
/ III the golden age of labor 10y paralyzing
sIch industries a. this. because the men
/ VINO control them are ''fObber barOuS, y
! pay iiG good wages bcCauSc OF protection.
ne Mckinley law placed higher
IHIF on print paper. and even tempted
,!l' great SAINT of tariff reform. Grover
'leF"land. and his friends into the Fox
/ river valley to take advantage Of Me
NliI''NISm. W lSConSin water power and
+ i-t"hSlH spruce. 10 lay uD treasures in
WOOD rHlp. It was just about the time
me hrNlllcy bill was framed and while
''IoNrf cleveland was denoumciug il rs
ne greatest crime OF the age that the
MahutacturIn@ Investment company Of
+ New nrE was organized with William
=. IutH"E as president. and Dan La
,h"iit' Don Dickinson and Grover ClCvc-
ilhd among the stockholders. to manu-
iactIrc Sulphitc pulp here at Appleton.
hrIr capital was S1OO.OOO. and they were
ready 10 take advantage of the tariff of
- a ton which the Mckinley bill placed
on hlrachcd chemical wood pulp They
were IKE that other apostle of free trade,
ON l.. johnson. of Cleveland. O. who
would not allow his antagonism To Nc
i\ihlrElSIn prevent him from enjoying the
i''h"ijS ana adding to his Surpluc 10y tax
ing lhr best possible position under the
1olIS OF the flag of protection.
ifotccjlon, water power. spruce for
tSlS, and the secret of wood pulp have
planted NlO,uOo,OO0 in paper and pulp
lhIilN along the five miles of this mill
race called the Fox river, which is sup
l,Ird ana regulated by the biz mill pond,
- mics long and II miles wide, called
" NNlhncba-O lake. This combination has
also planted S3,0OO,OHp il paper and
pulp mills on the Wisconsin river. max
M total Of S1b.0OO. 900 invested in
TINS industry in the Eighth Congressional
district of Wisconsin. These mills have
turned out about - tons of paper and
800 tons of pulp every twcnty-four hours,
ami the product of each day Is valued at
nearly N'h,UOD. In all the work incident
ip making of Il ton of paper or pulp 1t
Is estimated that there Is employment
Tor twenty men, so that the paper ana
pulp industry of this section of WiScon-
sin has given labor to more than tWW
men, ~ tn" forest cutting the spruce. ~
tn" rafting ana on the railroads. III the
mills. and in handling the product.
"liut Iitti" matter of employment Tor
l'.ooD men. tn" Investment oi Sli,'n"''-
oH), product valued ut S1O,O'p day,
and HOO miles of paper to supply IN"
printing presses every day IS mSighih-
cant to Congressman Barnes AMI the
Democratic party. which Is arrayrd
against intelligence.
All these mills have been running
night and day the wear round. paying
good wages and keeping the miles OF
white paper constantly rolling out. with
out being able to supply the demand.
Last Year they did not suffer. because the
W urld'S fair made an extra demand Tor
print paper. but this year they have llad
10 cut wages. and they are sending thrll
samples to Europe and trying 10 compete
with til" English and German paper
manufacturers Just because they cannot
find a ready market for all their paper AT
home. They can keep the mills running
all the time easier than half the time anu
they can afford to sell paper in Europ" ii
= sacrifice to secure tn" trade and io get
rid of the surplus But the properties
have dcprcciHtcd in value. and one old
paper manufacturer said that those mills
would not today sell for one-halt what
they cost. or would have sold for in 1872.
simply because the determined warfare
of the Democratic party on the manutac-
turcr> of the country has destroyed the
confidence of til" people III this business
as well aS every other.
u Wo years ago George Conrad. one of
the largest German paper manufacturers
at Rr,SIau, visited the Fox River Paper
mills to study the American improve
mcutS and while here he made Il com
pari>un of wages paid by German paper
makers and American papcr-makcrS. He
furnished the figures that represented
wages paid lay himself. and Peter Thorn
furnished the figures paid in the Nimbcr-
j. X Clark company mills. of which he is
superintendent These figures were aS fol
lows: