West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-10-04
WAGES GOING UP.

lhan Tor Four iears-A % Per Cent
Wage Advance.
These are bad times, very bad
, times. for political wool growers and
calamity howlers. Not only do
prices OF domestic woods remain
firm, ut an advance Of about 10 per
cent. above the Mckinley prices of
two months ago. but there IS un
usual activity in the WOODEN and
cotton mills.
The Wool ant C0ttoD EcJorieJ. de.
totes plge every week to "Bul
Eetin of New Enterprise" which
however. includes mills shutting
down. There used TO be more mills
shutting down than starting up
but since the passage of ''the free
tra,te Wilson bill" which was to
"anhihIlato" the WOODEN industry.
che record has been remarkable
one-better than for any two weeks
during the four years of Mckinley
ism.
For the week ending September
8, the Peporter mentions five new
mills, one OF which is a cotton mill.
to cost $3.50, 600, twenty eight en-
Judgements and improvements, and
twenty mills started mp, one of
which has been closed nine months
and another five years.
Rawitzer RIOS, of Stafford
Springs, are mentlened as having
settled with thcir dissatisfied weay-
ers, giving them Il % per cent. adj
vance in wages. This wage advance
is more than the American E'cono-
mist could find in any protected in.
dustry during the first two years of
McKinleyism.
The record is good one, but
that for the week ending September
-, is better. During this week
there were fifteen items under the
column headed "New Mills" One
OF the mills mentioned is to have
As, 900 fpindles, and to be the larg.
est cotton mill in the South.
Another, for making cotton. wool
and worsted yarn, is to occupy a
building 40 by 200 feet. which
structure alone is to cost $50, 600.
"The plans for the new plant"
says the Reporter, "haye been ready
for some time, but it is said the con
struc;ion Of the mill depended upon
the settlement Of the tariff cues
ton" 1t is located at Philadcl-
phia.
Another cotton mill, with 25. 900
spIndles, is to be built at Ganney.
). Z with a capital Of $3.50. 900.
Another cotton mill. with 800 -
oO) capital, is proposed for Bath,
3. Z. Two hundred thousand dol.
lars haYc already been subscribed.
The other new mills arc for The
manufacture Of woo!cn, cotton, knit
hosiery, and silk goods.
Under the column Enlarge.
monts and improvements there arc
eighteen mentioned Under tho col.
Hmn Starring Up and Shutting
Down" twenty mills are mentioned
% having started OF abont 10 start
up. Que Of these has been closed
since April las., another over q
year and athirl for lwo years. All
three arc WOODEN mile. ONLY foui
are mentioned as shutting down
one 10 make repairs, another for
two weeks another bccausc Of q
death, and the last i3 rauninq ON
short time on account OF low water.
Ifthis sort u bo5ocss goes on
until November Tho result of the
election may not BE- 81, s.f mc,or,
to The Republican s lhoY baye been
anticipating They must either
manage 20 keep 'hs mills closed or
TO Nerp thc btckwoods voters from
knowug that more wheels are torn
lng than ever before Can thcy
stHye of prosperity until after cleo
tionI Ifthe drouth bad only la.t.
ed two months longer Republican
prospects would bo brighter