The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-02
THE SALT LAKE HERALD1 THURSDAY. MAY 2, 1895.

pleasure in furnishing a bill of particu-
lars. Among other advances recently
made are the following. which arc
taken from that paper:
H. C. Frick & Co. and other firms In
the western Pennsylvania coke district.
Is per cent, affecting $1,000 employees;
M. r. Stevens & Co., three wooden fac.
tories in Newhampshire; Thomas
Dolan & Co., manufacturers of woolens
in Philadelphia; Globe Iron works,
Cleveland, Ohio; Wholfender, Shore &
Co., Cardington, Penn; Washington
mills, Lawrence, Mass. 1000 employees,
goods, Fall River, Mass, 1880 en-
ployees; American Linen Mills, Fall
River, Mass: Worumbo Mills. Lisbon
Falls, Me: Willimantic Linen com.
pany, Willimantic, Conn; Bedding
Brothers & Co., silk mills, Rockville,
Conn; Grosvenordale Cotton company.
North Grosvenordale, Conn, 1000 en-
turers of woolens, Chapinville, Mass.
United States Bunting. company.
Lowell, Mass; Lakeside Manufacture
ing company, Leicester, Mass; United
States Cotton company, Central Falls,
r. I.
The Times predicted that these would
be followed by other advances. 1t was
right. On April 16 there was a meeting
of the Cotton Manufacturers associa-
ton of Fall River, and in six minutes
an order was passed restoring the rate
of wages paid before the reduction of
August 20, 1894. The increase. which
takes effect today, is 121s per cent, and
1t affects $4,000 employees.
This action was followed the next
day by a general restoration of the
wages paid before last August by the
cotton manufacturers of New-Bedford,
and here, it is reported, $4,000 opera
tives are affected by the advance, and
subsequently other firms and mills fol-
lowed these examples such as these:
ALI the cotton factories in Fall River.
Mass, following the example set by
Mr.. Borden, on April Is ordered an in
crease of 1872 per cent. restoring the
rate prevailing before August 20. 1894,
the change to take effect on April %.
More than $4,000 employees are af-
fected, and the wage payments will be
increased. 1t is stated, by $4,000 per
week.
All the cotton factories in New-Bed-
ford, Mass; restoration Of the rate
paid before August 90. 1894. was
about per cent, affecting about 25.-
900 opera tives.
The Quinebaug and Danielsonville
Manufacturing companies posted no.
tees on the 18th in their mills a,
Danielsonville, Williamsville, and
Wauergan, Conn, announcing an in
crease Of wages to take effect on April
affected by the advance.
B.. S. Stevens. manufacturer of
woolens al Quinebaug, Conn, on the
18th increased the wages of his 200 en-
ployees by Is per cent, restoring the
rate paid in 1893.
The Slater Wooden company of
WaIbster, Mass, gave notice on the
goth inst. that the wages of its en-
ployees would be increased on May \.
An increase has been ordered by the
same company in its cambria mills at
East Webster. for May l. The rate
paid before the reduction of last year
is to be restored. In both mills 800
employees are benefited.
John Chase & Sons, manufacturers
Of cassimeres at Webster Mass. have
increased the wages of their 300 opera !
tives by 10 per cent.
Vassalborough Wooden mills, near
Augusta, Me-; increase of 10 per cent.
Burke HoH company. Rowley. Mass.
increase of 10 per cent, restoring ole
rate
Weybosset Wooden Mills. olneyvlle
R. l.. wages increased in certain de-
partmentS on the 18th inst.
Dyerville Manufacturing company.
Dyerville. r. l.. increase of 5 per cent
on the 18th inst.
Now, no matter how much orr Re
publican contemporaries may kick at
the comparison. it is a fact that the
depression, bankruptcies. labor troubles
and all the evils of the panic of 1873
occurred under the full operations of
Republican laws and notably of the
Mckinley abomination. Also that the
revival has come under the operation
of Democratic tariff legislation and a
Democratic administration. of public
affairs.
Observe. we do not trace all the
effects above named to either of these
causes alone. We merely draw atten-
ton to absolute facts, and they are
sufficient to show that the financial
and trade troubles that fell upon the
country were not as the Republicans
claimed, the result of a change of adj
ministration. and also that their pre-
dictions of disaster as the consequence
of Democratic legislation were false
prophecies and have fallen to ths
ground. Good times are coming and
are at hand.