Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-18
tNTRENCHED TO DECEIVE.

ing industry and great and protracted
advance in wages since the going into
effect of of the new tariff. Free trade
clubs have compiled statistics of the
number of men employed and the per
gent. advance, sending the compila-
tiGns broadcast over the country.
Papers of the Democratic faith have
published the tables thus compiled
with glaringhead-lines attached to call
ttention of the public to them. OF
curse these publications naturally
reused the interest of the staticians,
nd it was not long before investi-
cations We're made. These inves-
legations demonstrated the most rank
frauds on the part of the free
trade clubs. 1t was discovered that
the number of employees had been
doubled in many cases, and in others
trebied and quadrupled.
For instance, take the Carnegie
works. The compilation showed that
$4,000 nen had their wages increased,
and then goes on and gives the men in
the Carnegie mills, located at various
places, who were given an advance.
This made 10000 men whose wages
were increased, when, as a matter of
fact, there Were only $1,000 employed.
The way this was done was by putting
In the list $1,000, then naming the nine
establishments, giving the number EN-
ployed in each establishment, which
gave altogether $1,000 more. Thus
they counted the same men over twice,
doubling the number, making it APP
pear that there wore 10000, when there
tualy only $4,000
Consolidated Wire Nail COM
is given, with works in Allen
wn, Pittsburg, Joliet, Lockport, Hi
OILS, and st. Louis, aggregating $3.50
lands, and then the Allentown Pitts
,urg, Joliet, lockport and st. Louis
works are given separately, thus
ooDn.is de number, making $500
ands where there actually were only
100, as above stated. 1t would ex.
nd this comment to unreasonable
,gth II each establishment were to
.iven with the number as given by
ee-trade clubs. But just the same
is found in the cases of the
Coal and Iron Company, of Ten
:; the Bethlehem Works; the
lbia Works, of Lancaster; the
nal Tube Works, Of New Bruins
the Conschohoehen Works, Of
lie place; the American Works,
lgstown; Lebanon Bolt Works;
res OF others, both East and
ident object of the free-trade
to make it appear to the
1T the going into effect of the
i'll produced more employ
advanced wages. Tho way
the free-trade tables were
showed about 100000 men
affected, when the number
lily 336, $40, making differ
,rlyone-half. In other words,
was a falsehoOd of nearly 50 per
ut 1t is true there were advances in
,eS but the advance was not due to
new tariff 1t was rather due to
act Of Democratic defeat last fall.
theincrease did not take place for
i've months after the Wilson bill
into effect, and after the Demo-
congress had adjourned and gone
hen the manufacturers saw
loom of Democracy was at
the rise Of RepublicanIsm
nent, they felt justified in
wages and promising en-
1t is rs plain rs day that
4 bill had nothing to do
must be said of the fraud
by the ffee-traders upon
They went to work and
juggled figures i'm order to
people, and bolster free
ley wanted to make it APP
he Democratic tariff was
""'ses made in the cam
,ut they We're caught
heir fraud was nipped
,ther vacancy in the poet
England, and Lord Sal
make the appointment.