The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-10-10
LOWER UNION Mills, prrrspuRo.


JAMES n. wINCHELL COMPANY, HAvERHILL,
Aug: 8, 81, closed March 10, '96, wages
probably for three Of 700 men increased
months; 600 men out. cents per case.
LAoKAwANNA IRON AND STEEL COMPANY,
| SCRANTON, PA
Aug. 90, 81, lower June, 'e5, wages Of
mill shut down, 1000 men increased 10
| per cent
COTTON MASUFAcTURIEa ASSOCIATION, FALL
! RIVER, MASS
! Sept 8, 'ol, wages re- April 20, '95, reduc.
duced 10 per cent. ton of 'el restored.
OLIVER IRON AND STEEL COMPANY PIITsBURG.
Sept 8, 'ol, plant
closed until iron busi April, 'e5, wages in
ness improves. creased to 81 per ton.
March 10, w, $50 fur. July l, second In.
Aug. i, ,92, 10 per amounting; to ~ is per per
| cent reduction in An cent
ishing department &C.
cepted.
ROWLAND PAPER COMPANY, MECHANICS FALLS,
| ME.
Oct 8, e1, closed part April, o5 wages in.
OF the time. creased l2l5 per cent.
BEAVER AND EoLIPsE MILLS, NORTH ADAMS,
| MASS.
Oct. 10. 81, cotton April, '95, wages in
mill closed. creased IL per cent
UNION MILLS, PAsCoAa, r. 1.
| Nov. IL, '9l, running June, 'e5, wages In.
on short time creased per cent,
JONES LAUGHLIN, PITTsBURo, PA.
Nov. l2, 81, reduced
wages 10 per cent; 500
men are affected.
Feb. 20, 's2, 200 pud- May 10, 'o5, 1000 men
dlers dismissed. receive nm increase Of
March D, ~, % pud. 3 to 10 per cent.
ding furnaces closed;
200 men out.
Aug. IS, 'S2, closed;
1000 men out
MoREHEAD BROS. 4 CO., PITTsBURo, PA
March IL, 92 pud- May l3, '95, $50 men
dlers wages reduced receive an increase Of
from $3.50 to So per ton. 10 per cent.
STEWART IRON co, SHARON, PA.
April Z, '92, furnace May, '95 wages in.
No. out Of blast. creased.
IRON FURNACES, NEW CASTLE, PA.
April 10, '92, notices May 2, '05, wages OF
of reduction in all fur. 800 men increased 80
naceS. per cent.
NATIONAL TUBE WORKS, MKEEsPoRT, PA.
idle some months.
!, Aug, Il, '92, reduo' May 8, 'e5, wages, Of
tton Of 10 per cent in 1000 men increased 10
accepted.
SLIGO IRON WORKS, PITTsBURo, PA.
April 20, 92 mill May, e5 wages in
closed 800 men idle. creased 40 cents per
PENN. BOLT NUT WORKS, LEBANON, PA
May 8, 90, lOinch June, '95, 1000 mon
mill idle receive 10 per cent in.
crease,
KNOXVILLE IRON CO., KNOXVILLE, TENN.
May, 10, '92, idle June IL, e5 wages
some time. increased 10 per cent.
CALUMET b HECLA MIN. CO., CALUMET, MICH
July Is, '92, three, May "a, 'o5, wages Of
and possibly i've 2,50O mon Increased 10
smelling furnaces per cent.
closed
TILDEN IRON MINES, GoGEBIc RANGE, WIS.
Aug. 3, 'o2, all mines.
save the Ashland
mine, under control June /, 'e5, 700 men
Of Wisconsin Central receive old rates.
Railroad Co, closed;
1900 mon out.
CARNEGIE STEEL WORKS, BEAVER FALLS, PA
Aug. II, '92, reduc. May IA, 95, wages
tion Of 10 per cent nc increased 10 per cent
cepted.
Aug. II, '92, reduc- June 8, 'e6, wages of
tion Of 10 per cent in 900 men increased 10
finishing department per cent.
accepted
SALEM WIRE NAIL CO., FINDLAY,o o.
Aug. %, '92, closed; May ls, 'e5, several
~ Aug ~ o2 Bellairo an increase 0a Of rHSIeT 10 peT
(O.) furnace banked cent.
down; steel works
closed.
What a complete and crushing an
swer this is to Governor McKinley's |
absurd and ridiculous calamity howl. |
The above facts are historical. They
bhONi III III iot Jlub ICuuCcu
wages, closed mills, strikes, lockouts,
riots and final panic followed the Nc
Kinley tariff pill Of 1890. They show
in the second column that the Demo. |
cratic tariff bill of 1898 is being followed |
by increased wages everywhere, re-
sumption of work in the factories which |
closed almost Immediately after the
passage Of the Mckinley bill, an end |
of strikes, lockouts and labor troubles,
and renewed national prosperity.
Does any intelligent wage-ear and |
breadwinner want the disastrous Nc.
Kinlev bill re-enacted in any form?
these figures and comparisons are in |
deed striking and significant, and the
more closely they are studied the more
striking they appear. All these in
crHases in wages were purely voluntary !
There must be some good cause for
them. They are not mere accidents and
eccentricities. The cause, or reason, i.
plain enough 1t is the direct result of |
the repeal of the Mckinley bill and the !
substitution of the present enlightened
tariff policy. In less than single year
it has added the enormous sum of $3.50
OOObVOV w lhc tuIuluBS VI american
wage earnefs, And yet the Republican
leaders here in Ohio insist that we shall
go back to the old conditions.
The Campbells are not only coming,
but the George Coxes are going.
In speaking of Governor Foraber's
declaration in favor Of the odious Nc
Kinley bill the Cincinnati Enquirer
says that probably no public measure
was ever more violently repudiated by
the American people than was the Nc
Kinley law of 1892. 1t was the statute
which was chiefly responsible, in SO far
as any act of legislation or administra-
ton can be held accountable for the
panic and distress from which the coun-
try is just emerging, 1t was also at the
root of the trouble Of the United States
treaTury. 1t was a failure as revenue
raiser, and it was shock TO projections
lists who believe in protection for pro-
tection's sake, and satisfactory only 10
those who demand that the tariff shall
be regulated to promote the fortunes of
the few