New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-17

tina; hearings might be had II Senator McPaer-
that he Claimed n his Interview with !he working
he ought to be aOle 10 sway the noa ,i,n
his views il is reported b. one who vas present
during the interview that after listening 70 "a
brief explanation from the representatives, oi .ne
wage elrners the Senator exclaimed: Now you
workingmen. you cannot presume to tel me any,
thing | do not know because ! know more tnam
any other in the world about this matter,
All the delegates were awed. not to say stunhel'
covered. and with "a touch OF the brogue asked:
answer is not reported. but the question brought
visible relief TO the questioners awe-strlcken COM
senator Smith. Of New-Jersey gave the working
men more comfort, even II he ga ntt profess to
hat Embellishments 4 the people OF the
United states till the soil fer living, ard there
undc- legislation enact for the benefit Of the farm
the latter were right in Insisting that tney' tne
manufacturea gods where they could get them mosi
cheapy c and that b ned t1 But Senator SMITH
confessed thai he had not been deep STUDENT ot ue
III legislation and ne thought that hearings should be
granted workin gmen and others who are opposed 70
- it, The We rkingmen retired. feeling assured that
he would vote for motion to recomm me nlll WIN
instructions to grant the hearings TOT ""ch '"e'e j.
~ loud and universal demand . .o,,h,, ..a,o
tn. committee Of wage earners then sought t,eha-
tor Hill of New York assured them that ne
would do all in his power 70 help them and that II
motio.l should be made T. reccmnit the bill ne would
give il his strongest support. Like assurances were
received from Senator MurpAy ana ne pl
noon that a motion to recommt wcuH be carried ana
hearings granted. ,.- u.ror,ar,
member Of the committee said: we are under the
deepest obligations to C3ngressmen q be bav i lone
everything In their power to further the OBJECT OF
bv their personal efforts We represent more than
nftv thousand persons employed in the several
branches of industry mentioned In our letter 10
senator Voorhees, and each of these persons repre-
SCENTS on the average four other persons dependent
half the men are working half-time; Wages nave
already been reduced 10 per cent and II me Mlsom
bill should become law the manufacturers say
that "A further reduction OF % to 20 per cent woun
Ge r9@petton WITH the Cheaper labor Of Ireland
England. Scotland and Italy. The expenses OF our
cent Subscriptions among the workingmen in the
various branches of industry We represent. We
claim and know that the rates Of duty mpose1 by
/ the Mckinley law are barely sufficient ana INA
We could not support ourselves and our famiies
W nGer we rqceiyed last year. which averaged twice
high the wages paid IN Great BTtan ana ,hT in
,lustries We cannot believe that the senate OF the
onet Stns sr VIII bIrh we can i've # should
fuse We VIII try to get Il hearing next November at
The membership of the committee is az follows:
Mcssrs. Thurston. Davies, Scott. wilson and Ing,
gins. Of Kearny y j.. Alien Reed and stevens, OF
Paterson. y j.. clark White and Carse; OF New,
York. AshwOrh and Mclean. or BrooKyn, anu
who are Democrats were among the woriinsmen
who worked with such zeal and energy and so ef-
gross in the XIvth and XVIII New-York districts
at the recent special election. 1hey are also frhl-
beers ~ the Workingmen's Protective Tarin League
900 members OF which" as one OF them sald TO-
dav worked for Mr.. Quigg all day at the polls IN
the XVIII District without asking a zine Tor
booze.' and viii continue 10 work against Demo
cratic candidates for Congress who are In favor
| Of cutting down the wages of workingmen or or
throwing them out Of employment ~, ..o
Senator Mills Of Texas. who Is member OF me
subcommittee that is engaged In revising the VII
bill received a visit today from deiesa,noh
OF Philadelphia textile workers. which appeared
under the escort of Representative Harmer The
visitors did not receive "A very hearty welcome
/ from the Sage Of COrscana. who Is supposed 10
hold the future % American Industries IN the hollow
| ~ his hand but they persevered until they sue
coedcd In giving him considerable Information ana
forttIres There Is no doubt that the information
was new and the object lesson valuable but II IL
doubtful whether very deep impression was made
rpon the Texas statesman who IL presumed 10
know nearly as much about the tariff Sena tor
Mcpherson says he knows.