The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-23

difference between High Tartn anc Low
parifY- Wage deductions Under High. AN"
NM. Advances Under Low. Rates

difference lsetween High Tartn anc Low
Iarin Mage Reductions Under hssh'"""
was. Advance. Under Low. Rates
The Mckinley bill was to bc "A wage
advanccr. mill -pener and prosperity
producer so So ia the pro,ection'sis in
$500. Instead 4 was wage reducer,
a mill closer and panic producer, al
| though il had the help ~ other
| legislation To produce the panic 81
| 1898 The whole Mckinley period was
| one OF wage reductions, strikes ana
riots. Wages were reduced once. twice
! or three times in thousands of mills.
With one exception (the Fall River cot
| ton mills, which advanced wages less
than 10 ner cent?, there was not. in
the whole four years. a wage advance
worth mentioning in protected indus
try. Wage reductions began promptly
and continued with increasing rapidity
to the end OF the period. Not week
went by without its list OF reductions
| During the first two years the wage
earners made desperate efforts TO re-
sist the whole sale reductions, and at
one time the militia was ont in four
different states trying to suppress la
! Dor riots During the last two years
the wage earners offered less resist
ance, although wage reductions came
thicker and faster The protectionists
claim that the shadow Of the Wilson
bill' was responsible for the trouble of
/ ls93 and 1894. but the Reform club in
ls92 compiled list of wage reductions
in over 900 protected mills in 1901 and
ls92--bcfo the people had voted TO
turn the republicans out Hence, TO
be entirely fair. we will compare some
of the results of high tariff in is90-9l-
o. with the results of low tariff since
4 last August. Here are few of the pro-
tected manufacturers who reduced
wages or closed their mills during the
/ first two years of Mckinleyism, but
who have increased wages during the
first ten months OF low tariff both OF
these acts being contrary TO their pre-
dictions and promises:
BETHLEHEM iRpN CO.. BETHLEHEM. PA.
Dec. q. 1894 works May 30. 1885. wages
\ closed: lOO) men ou, advanced II per cen. !;
Jan -. s9i. wages 1000 men affected.
reduced ~ per cent June 10. 1929. per
after February l. cent. to 10 per cent.
second increase.
WASHINGTON WOODEN MILLS LAWRENCE. MASS
Dec. 10. 1879. mills April :, 1925. wages
closed OF 400 men advanced.
Acrsuxrr MILLS. SYw BnpsoRp MASS.
Dec 10 l-s). spin Jan. T. 1926. wages
ner> and back boys increased
struck because wages
had been reduced.
joins CHASE SONS. WEBSTER. MASS
Dec a5 isyD mill April 1895. wages OF
runninr on three a0D men advanced 10
quarters time per cent
CARNEGIE STEEL WORKS, HOMk-
Tan 1891 wages
reduced Q u.,r cant
Feb. n. 1921. 400
men OUT.
aprii . 1901 wages
reduced : per cent
Aur Il. 1891. open May r. 1895 WAGES
haarh s.nar.man, advanced 10 her cent
closed aop men out
Julyt lees. 2scl men
,.,.,. ,..5,,r,iona sew
rai ,ra.,,s ~ ~, ana
hloodshea
uttx.rs erFFf. WORKS. CHICAGO. III.
"a, i.ai work
exren, hast furnaces
cinsaa. l Il, mon ou,
March y l.si so
men idle Fl refuse 10
accep, reduction June 20. 1875. wage,
Juiy y 800. reduce OF 900 men increased
tom ~ As per cent 10 per recent
,.ira man, shu,
aown
Aug 2 f-Qs men ac-
cont a cut 81 g Der
ron,
s,xrr,Ry wAsr urt,. rRYxrox. 81
Ian 10 i-el. r.duc-
t,on IN IA nor cent
nronosed
Anrn al 1871 nreS.-
erS reduced - per June 10 1895. 10 TO y
cent: men on strike per cent. increase
many weeks
, MAY a. isei re-
, duced PEI cent
LArGHLIS Co, PfTTsBrEcH. PA.
Jan. u. 1891. Eliza
furnace closed down.
, Jan. H.. 1891. an April 1895. incrcas
, other furnace closed. Of ~ to - cents pc
MAY ~. 1891. day.
stack idle
BELLAlRE NAIL 3 STEEL CO. bfiiAiRL' ~
June. $50 wages
!. LOU men Increased
Jan l.. 1871 Idle per cent.
several months June -. ~ per cent
n Increase