The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
THE WAGE SCALE.
A LABORING MAN WANTS TO
MAKE COMPARISONS.
Wants TO See Whether Mrs .Dusber's
Mckinley Organ is Telling the
Truth About Matters Hasn'tRe
ceived Bens At He Voted For.

Wants TO See Whether Mr. Dueber's
Mckinley Organ IL Telling tue
Truth About Matters-Hasn'tRe-
ceived Bens fit He Voted For.
Editor Ne VS. Dem ocrat II have read a
good deal Of late in the Repository about
dollar wheat and prosperity for the lab
oring man, all on account Of the new
tariff lsw-oalled the Dineley bill.
have made considerable inquiry among
my fellow laborers of Canton, and have
failed to find single man or woman
who has had any benefit or who has re-
ceived any incre ,se in wages correspond
ing with the increased price of florr,
sugar, boots and shoes and all the neoes-
saries of life. SO far as I can see the
situation 1t is thus: We have now the
highest tariff ever known and we have
the lowest wages ever known. I have
read many of President Mckinley g
speeches on the tariff and he has always
claimed that the high tariff WAS made for
the elevation and protection Of the Ameri-
can laborer. AS am an American
laborer 1 ought to get some benefit, es-
pecially as voted for It. There may
be few more men at work In Canton
than there was year ago, and i think
there is, but all or nearly oil are working
at less than living deoeut wages. And
nearly all are working for less than the
panic wages of a yeLr ago. Hence 1t
makes my blood boil, when read in the
Repository Of the great prosperity the
laboring man is now enjoying under The
Dingley bill, while plenty of men-good
men too-are working right be e in Can
ton at 80 cents a day-men who have
wives and little STRIVING children to sup.
port Last week had to buy sack Of
-four and 1t cost me s1.6O. / bought
the same kind Of s,ok 80 days ago for
S1,3o, and ny wages are just the same,
having been cut twice since the panic Of
1898, aud no hope If a raise.
wish some of our leading manufac.
turers would publish tie scale Of wages
|
which seem to loss sight Of the wants of
laboring men--would have chance to
compare it with the scale of living wages
paid in Canton, say in 1883 when Grover
Cleveland was president. AS Mr.. Dueoer
is our leAdlng and largest manufacturer
and is large owner in President Nc
| Eiu1 y'c houa pau-cnanar orgap tba 20
pository, let Mr.. Dueber print his scale Of
wages for men and girls and boys, al
skilled work, and the number he now
employs, and then we can make co.n
psrison with the wages paid in 1888 and
1899. If the scale is what the Reposi
tory claims it will te great argument
for the cause of our president.
1t wouli also be an excellent idea tC
get the wage scale paid at the steel works
another very highly protected Cantor
factory. As farming is now SO good
with dollar wheat, why can't the mer
who make plows for the farmers e.
plow f.r wheat pay som sthing Letter
than starvation wages to their workmen
am one of the workmen who has beer
doing little thinking on my own ac
count lately and there are others. StoI
this lying about prosperity and protec
ton wages, and publish the scale. We has
enough fraud and deception and hum
bug last year to last a hundred years lie
us now have the facts. Laboring mel
mostly will vote on the facts this year.
A WEST ENDER.