The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-06
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STRIKE STATISTICS

STRIKE STATISTICS.
| Marysville Appeal: The strike statts-
| ties prepared by Labor Commissioner
| Carroll D. Wright are trustworthy, ana
deserve the attention OF all VINO are
| interested in the subject OF labor.
| Brooklyn may be taken as an example,
having had some very serious strikes
! during the last six years, the period
! covered by Colonel Wright's latest re-
port Since 1889 Brooklyn has had Gal
| strikes. affecting 1,271 establishments,
and throwing out of employment 81
| CTS workmen. The amount of wages
| lost was $914,045. and employers SUI
fered to the extent of $532, $50, these
| figures being exclusive Of the great
| street railway strike, which entailed
! loss of millions. Only two strikes were
successful, those of the boot and shoe
makers and the coatmakers, for the
! recognition of their unions. Among
| those who failed, some of them after
| struggle of six months, were the ma
| chine operators. furnace molders, dock
| labOrers. furriers, cOmpoSitorS, press
men, stereotyperS and stone yard
| men An almost unbroken succession
| of failures are recorded in the report,
and those who believe in strikes as an
aid to labor will have their faith shaken
after looking over the document.
PROTECTION
Puyallup Commerce.: Protectionists
| do not claim that a high tariff drives
no wages in this or any other country.
| What they do claim is this: Wages are
| higher in the United States than in
! any other country on the face of the
| globe They are higher on account of
| cur higher civilization. Now tariff on
! goods made by the cheap labor of the
| Old World will enable our people to
| make such goods and pay the high
wages that are already established in
| this country and give us control of our
/ CWr markets. Germany pays much less
| Cor labor than is being paid in Eng
! land, and to-day Germany is flooding
| England with goods which should be
made by her own artisans.
In the United States we have to COM
pete not only with the cheap labor of
Great Britain but with the still cheaper
labor of the Continent and the very very
cheapest labor of India and Japan.
1t is against such cheap labor that the
| true protectionist asks to be defended.
| He does not assert that proper tariff
laws viii increase the wages long since
esta blished in this country, but that
such laws will prevent the necessity of
! lowering wages below the standard re-
| quired by the higher civilization we'll
| known to exist among the working peo-
| pie of this country when compared with
| that of other nations.
| THE NAVAL OUTLOOK.
Carson Appeal: After the next big
war it is quite likely that the navy, as
| career, will not be quite as popular MS
it has been The ordinarily constituted
man does not avoid a fair stand-up
! fight where there is anything like an
! even chance of victory; but only q
small proportion banker after contest
where both participants are likely TO
| lose The naval battles between the
japanese and Chinese were one-sided
affairs because the Chinese, though
| they fought well, had neither the am
nunitiOn, weapons or skill Of their OPP
ponents. When European fleets meet
each fleet is quite likely to sink the
other We suppose it is quite likely that
the fleet that sinks last is supposed to
! win the battle.
HIT THE NAIL.
| Butte County Pendulum: At a meet
ing on the 10Th at Sacramento of the
Wagv-earners of that city, they protest.
| ed in strong terms against the % per
! cent reduction in freight rates. They
hit the nail square on the head when
| they said that if the proposed reduction
prevailed they (the wage-earners)
would be the ones to lose it, not the rail
| road company. There should be some
| justice done to the railroad as well as to
! the people.
THE RAISIN SITUATION.
Fresno Expositor: There is a tenden-
cy toward improvement in the raisin
situation from the fact that there has
| been a great falling off in the ship
ments from this point during the last
three weeks. After early orders were
| filed and the time expired in which all
raisins offered would be taken at adj
! vertised prices, there was q lull in the
! rush for market, which has now become
| comparatively quiet.
! The tendency of this holding back of
the crop must be in favor of the grower
and Of all others concerned in the raisin
| industry, If those who have it yet in
| their power to improve the situation
| act with prudence and a fair degree
| of harmony in their movements to
market that portion Of the crop that is
! not yet sold.
! 1t is evident that the note of warning
and advice that the EXpOsitor gave
| about three weeks ago had a salutary
| effect on the conditions then threaten
| ing to obtain. Both growers and pack
eT5 have shown a disposition to ease
! the market and let prices rise. The i'm
| proved financial condition of the coun-
| try has enabled them to hold the crop,
| and there is no good reason why the
| raisin market may not be held up so
| that everybody this year may realize
| something more than the cost of pro-
| duction.
POLITICAL TRAINING.
Stockton Mail There are no less than
| six constitutional amendments to be
! submitted at the next general election
| to the people of California. One ex
| tends the right of suffrage to women;
! one refers to the liability of stock
! holders; one defines taxable property;
| fCr n q nf Inl
elections; one relates to cities, counties
| and towns and one to municipal cOrpo-
| rations. Tinkering the Constitution is
rather a serious business, though the
| mischief which may be done is not al
ways apparent at the time, and is
cctea very slow in development. Here
are six changes proposed, and the
! chances are that not one voter out of
hundred can tell you anything about
! half of them In view of the fact that
| the women of the State have begun
| their campaign of education in the in
! terest Of their fight for the suffrage, 1t
| is likely that a few people have just
slight impression that there is to be
popular vote on that question. But in
regard to the other five propositions the
people of darkest Africa are about as
wise as the people of enlightened Cal
ifOrnia. This is a deplorable truth, but
/ il is the truth all the same.
CONDITION OF FEATHER RIVER.
Marysville Democrat: Our neighbors
az Oroville continue to talk of an APP
81 .pria ion by Congress to open
Feather River to navigation between
that place and MarysvilIe. We have
endeavored to prove to them that their
first duty in that direction is to join in
the effort 10 obtain means with which
to open the river to navigation be-
tween Sacramento and this city. Very
little can be saved to the people of Oro-
vile by navigating the stream above