The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-24

1nHu<(rtAi Disturbances and business Fnn-
by the fear of a democratic tariff,
and by the new tariff which lessons
but by no means removes apprehended
injury, all the industries and business
OF the country were plunged into new
conditions The wages of the panic
period are not such as ought 70 be pro-
|ionged for American workers one hour
longer than they are absolutely un-
|avoidable. But ID Is yet impossible TO
know. In many important branches Of
Industry, what wages can be paid
hereafter under the new conditions.
Even II business Is not affected d.
fectly by any duties on imports, Il
pay yet be affected TO almost any ex-
fnt by the inability OF other In terests,
fhich are directly reached by the
qriff, 70 provide materials. To work up
Products OF to find sufficient consum-
iig demand in the face Of foreign
cimpetition. No one can yet deter
nine what the effects OF new condi-
t4ns will be upon many entire
punches OF industry, or upon part of
Up works in industries which as a
Whole may not be seriously affected.
he interdependence of industries Is
commonly overlooked. Here is a coal
milc far in the interior, where duties
onPituminous coal have no direct in
nupce. Most of its products wero
usei by tin plate mill in different
county, which may now be idle or may
haY TO stop any day because of for
eigr competition. the duties on plates
having been reduced. Thus II becomes
a qfstion whether the coal NINE can
WORT The iron used in the plates
comf from n Michigan mine, and
whe1 the mills stop the mine may be
unade TO raise wages or may have to
stop. The workers in mills and mines
buy qrpets, when at work with fair
waget but stoppage or low wages at
mills hnd mines must cut down the
sale Of carpets and without large sale
carRt mill may not be able to pay
good wages and yet compete with for
eign carpet makers at reduced duties.
The mhers and the mill workers buy
clothing when they have work and
wages,put If trouble comes to them
the salf OF clothing are reduced, and
thus tip makers of clothing cannot
tell how they will fare until they know |
whethei the consuming ability of min
ers and nill workers is to be increased |
or diminished.
On TIL face of things. IL will need /
much patience and mutual considera-
ton TO adjust all industries and the |
wages mall to the new conditions 1t
IS taslSthat cannot be finished right
" and salely in an hour. Many weeks,
md In sohc cases many months, must
hlapse unler the new conditions before
anyone IAN know definitely what
wages eau be paid. tits trying thing
FOR mineB to see that coke has adj
Fanced ffy per cent in selling price.
md the wages of colSe-worlers arc
'aised; thdt pig iron has risen four
dollars and fifty cents per ton at Pitts
ourgh, or more than forty-five per
'ent., andthc wages OF furnace men
ire raised; that nails have been hoisted
Dya combination much more than one
hundred pet cent, and that wages of
ahor in many iron and steel concerns
lave been faised; and yet the miners
10 bot get their share of benefit. 1t Is
% N every other branch of industry.
The prosperity of which tho workers
lear so much has not yet reached n
-reit manylo them. and strikes are
Iotnnnatural But all this disorgan-
eaton of industries, with unfair and
ver cruel results to many, is part of
he lruit OF democratic legislation, and
eitler employers not men can yet
orn the least idea how wages can be
naly adjusted, or how many estab-
can Withstand the new con- /,
itiops, or how much strife and suffer
ng viii be involved before the work ,
RS AID employers in various industries
an ind out what is now possible OF
asst. The harvest OF democratic sue
ess 4 trial and suffering even now, as
wa before recovery in business be-
an In " Trihuna