The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-09-19

~ TRADE FALsEHooDs OF THE
81 fpnruoCRATIC PRESS REFUTED.
day last week the New York
OBJ, Which bears the unfortunate repu-
1orlu' # being the most INSCRIPTIONS
tl'p nrelable of the great newspapers of
d u 'npfry, published conspicuously an
= eD .are statement which purported to
'p'' Fiat wages in several important
eS ,fsctuling concerns had been reduced
1 o." fhe Mckinley act and advanced
Gs' he present German Wilson tariff.
&C. ,i,s of the reputation of the source
~ Which this statement originated, it
~ ,romptly copied by our Democratic
itbn. the Boston Herald, under the
H. headlines Good Wages
~ While Prices Go Down Beneticent
. Y Of the Wilson Striking Com
, YIN With Mckinley Rule"
/ III day following the publication of
= Alleged facts by the World and
sld The New York Press presented
and conclusive answer from a major
N ne manufacturing concerns whose
,ss were mentioned. Mr.. c. Petit
!, the manager of the great Illinois
4 company, whose concern was de-
ssa as having reduced wages under
gepublican and increased them under
n5mocratic tariff, declared that not
# tAe assertions of the World and
Nj was true. s'The whole CT the
sneuts are bold les he said, and
,aowledge Of the affairs of his com
cab scarcely be questioned. Mr..
Miliken, Treasurer of the Poland
# company of Mechanic Falls, Me-,
. III j similarly effective way with the
ldear tariff reform mendacity. He
I'VE did not lower the wages while
g1Ninley law was in operation. Under
u Ninley law wages were higher. and
tmand for merchandise better.''
PENNSYLVANIA Steel Company, where
= Nlse reduced four years ago, has
in tiiA hands of Receivers, who have
AVe t. grant the men a small in
\ lUt the manager says that he is
eta attribute it to the Wilson tariff.
4 t housewife, Secretary of the
M manufacturing Association of Fall
,nlws that the World and Herald's
ments, that the wages of Fall River
AFFAIRS were reduced in 1891 is utterly
Nh reductions were made in that
NaateVer. On the contrary, wages
iucleased i'll the latter part of 1892,
vese not reduced until September,
aiter Democratic President had
uaugurated. They We're reduced
"a April 20, 1894. while Demo-
4 tariff Congress was in session, and
fia testoration was granted in April,
7iiHI that Congress had adjourned
N.Y. sweeping Republican victories
giyen assurance that there would he
I'VE Tariff smashing.
William NJ. Wood. Treasurer Of
Washington Mills Company of Law
!, aails another falsehood-that his
lr lad closed in December, 1890.
slH down did not come until the
If SOB. and it was followed by
.tirn Of wages. "With the renewed
4Aee, writes Mr.. Wood, ''undoubt-
established by the termination of
li,t congress. the mills are more
i employed, but at exceedingly close
i, lue to the presence of foreign
After the adjournment Of
ne lade Congress, the Washington
8oluntarily increased the wages Of
operatives, being s'the first wooden
,galion in the country to do So
he present rate is not so high as it
L lS!t-. The same statement is made
Il, y. X. Bayne, President of the
ton lotteries Company. These CON
are really paying fully 25 per cent.
wages than in the last year of the
son administration. The $50 to 40
sAt. increase, which the Democratic
IS reported, is wholly fictitious.
les 4 Laughlir of Pittstield also state
ley have been astonishingly misrep-
ted. ''We made no reductions in
} at our works, they say, (which
in any way brought about by the
aley law They add that 1--WE
the Mckinley law was the best tariff
ule ever in force in this country. and
VI general benefit to all branches Of
ess.'' The year 1892 in their trade
nted ideal conditions, ''but.r they
nqe, this condition was suddenly
5ed Immediately after the election OF
lnbei, 1892. when the demand began
'liae. aud the stagnation eliminated
panic Of 1893, showing the effect of
IS qf confidence and fear of the
VI promised legislation adverse to
nanaIacturing interests of the ma
ise replies cover, as we have said,
lplltY OF the concerns which We're
aned in this audacious free trade
iation. There is no reason to be-
flat the assertions which were put
I regarding the others were any
Use than those regarding them. The
affair is an extraordinary instance
shonorable partisan journalism, and
-e part which the Herald has borne
n copying and promulgating the in
aaS of a notorious trickster, our
9'r owes its readers an abject
~. Its offence is intensified by the
that several of the manufacturing
Ashments which it has helped to
present are New England corpora
The proven dishonesty of the
7 REFORM organs is calculated to
-alhounism more forlorm cause
ever in the New England States.
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