New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-26
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Just before Mr. Carnegi" bloSSomed oui in his
Frce.Tradc letter. which was just before Dem
ocraic Administration consented tu compromise
the nrlnor- plate, frauds the enormous CARNEGIE
works led the way In cutting down wages Of
hands according 10 statement tclcgraphrd ~
the time from - to A. per cent III" knew very
well what would have 10 be- done In order 10
keep business under Democratic tariff The
reduction recently accepted 10y the iron workers
Is about 20 per cent on Tie whole. by The glass
workers 22l, per cent and In m" tcXtIl" mills
reductions Of % TO - per cent have been com
mon.
II is In The face Of these facts that The Demo
cratic party hopes 10 carry Ncwlork New
Jersey and Connecticut aud puts up candidates
on frccsilvcr platform in Ohio Then Demo
cratic Journals sobcrly announce that wages
have been reduced about 10 per cent Oh the
whole. while the cost of living has been reduced
fully as much, and It is apparently the exp"cta-
ton that the dear people will believe the state
mcnt and rejoice Ia get off So we'll. Indeed. they
might rejoice il the statement Were even, ap-
proxlmatcly true In In" great manufacturing
Industries the reduction Of wages has averaged
more than twice 10 per cent. As was recently
shown the reduction In cost ~ living has been
certainly somewhat less than 10 per cent But
the amazing incapacity Of the Democratic party
was never more conspicuous than In the notion
that the voters would accept a Democratic news
paper campaign story more trustworthy than
their own experience.
The voters know inst what they earn and
what il costs them 10 live. Each man knows for
himself If he has been AZ work half time dur
ing the last few months. or not M ALL If he gets
the same wages he received two years ago or
lower wages; II he pays as much a. he then paid
Tor rent bread. meats. vegetables. fish, little
less for clothes and a little more for sugar.
liouors and tobacco. he knows II. Nobody can
enllghten a man about his personal expenditures.
and nobody can deceive him about the wages he
IS getting IL the Democratic party could so
arrange things rs 10 have all the voters informed
ONLY by Democratic newspapers what wages
tbcv receive. and what they paving for
household necessities. the campaign Of falsihca-
ton might be as successful rs II was In
1890
II IL altogether slperfluous for the Republicans
10 exaggerate either as 10 the wages Of labor or
as to the cost of living. Nothing will count this
year except the personal experience Of the
voters Every voter will act according to his
displays In Democratic newspapers about the
prosperity Of the country and the magnificent
revival Of business will only make the man
angry If his individual experience is not pros
peruus This year it will BE- an utter waste Of
time 10 tell any voter that his unfortunate con-
dition Is exceptional. or that 1t ought To be at
tributcd to any political cause. He bargained
with the Democratic party TO give him greater
prosperity than h. enjoyed in the year 1892. I'M
der a Republican tariff. and If he has been
cheated he knows H. Neither will it be- Of any
use whatever 10 tell him that the country Is still
suffering from the influence Of Republican laws
He gave the Democratic party power. and II
promised 10 remedy all that. II the Democrats
have sold ont TO the monopolies. or have proved
so incompetent that they could not do any Of the
things they solcmly promiscd-in either ease the
voter has his remedy II the ballot-box in No
vembcr We may be sure that neither news
paper stories nor arguments on the stump
will convince him against the testimony Of his
own daily experience. and we may he equally
sure that the voter will hold the Democratic