Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-09-07
INDUSTRIAL CENSUS.
Conditions in March, 1906, and
March, 1903, Contrasted.
Gains OF 5i-G5 Per Cent I'm Number
of Hands Employed. ft.05 Per
Cent. I'm wages Paid. and 1856
Per Cent. I'm Rate OF Wages
Per Capita.

INST eOUiDAtlt0 ~ AuG 1fO-
tective Tariff league. and the accom-
panying comparisons and comments
bv Congressman Robert W. Tayler. OF
OHIO. which appears in the current is
su. Of the American Economist. will
not fail 20 attract universal attention
or 10 excite profound interest whs--
ever read and digested. The process
OF reading and digestion is greatly
facilitated by the clear and luminous
manner in which Mr.. Tayler has pre-
sented his facts and conclusions. The
resort should he read entire. and
douotless will be by many millions OF
peopie. * il will be at once issued by
the tariff league in defender document
form. bearing the serial number sc.
aud made available for wide distribu-
ton in connection with the campaign
OF 1895.
No Industrial census OF equal ac-
curacy and scope has ever been oh.
tanned outside OF governmental.opera-
tions Returns are received from
2.22o Industrial establishments in A.
states and territories embracing al
most every known line of industrial
activity. Two years ago the leagues
census contained the figures 81 but
little more than half he number OF Us
adjustments which have reported this
year. In 1896 the comparison en-
bodied the conditions prevailing in
that year under the Wilson law and
THOSE prevailing in 1892 under The Me
K.uley law. The showing then was
one of tremendous shrinkage and de-
preston. In the 1.3sS establishments
reporting there was monthly loss in
wages OF Sl.60i .204. or at the rate of
Si9,2i4.44s a year; a decrease OF nearly
30 per cent. in the employment OF ia
Dor, and a decrease of 26% per cent. in
wages paid.
Now mark the contrast. In 1895 the
2,229 establishments reporting show a
wonderful revival from the paralysis
which fell upon them as the result OF
hostile tariff legislation. These re-
ports give information as 10 the mum
her of hands employed and the gross
Iull Of wages paid in March, 1895. and
in March, 1895. the object of the in
curry being to bring into iuxtaposition
the conditions prevailing at an APP
proXimately equal length of time after
the enactment of the tariff laws OF
August %, 1894, and July "a, ls07-the
Wilson and Dingley laws, respectively.
1t is found that in March II sos. seven
months after the Wilson law became
effective, the 2.229 establishments re-
porting in response TO the tariff
leagues inquiries employed 2O4. $50
hands. and paid these hands in wages
SGO79,323.
IN March, 1895. after eight months of
steady revival under the Dingley law.
these same 2.229 establishments en-
pioyed 209.S29 hands, and paid them
in wages SiO19s.13G
Gain for IS0S, under the DIngIey
i"w' In hands employed, 3I.G5 per
cent.
Gain for 1SOS. under the DinRIey
law, in wages paid. 49.O5 per cent.
Gain for ISOS. under the DingIey
law, In average OF wages paid per
capita. i1.56 per cent.
Taking the month OF March as n
fairly representative month in the
matter Of industrial activity, Con-
gresham Tayler finds that at the
same rate Of gain throughout the year
the 2.229 establishments reporting will
employ $4,000 more men than were
employed in the year which embraced
the returns of 1895 and will pay wages
tNcee ling by more than S37. 0O0. 900 the
sum paid during the Wilson law pc
rod named
The figures of the Tariff leagues in
6ustrial census tally so closely in per
centage with figures obtained by par
Ties who investigated separate indus
'rles independently of the league as
10 Justify Mr.. Tayler's conclusion that
the comparisons and percentages
given above represent with exception
81 accuracy the industrial conditions
prevailing very generally throughout
the United States.
ne reports, geographically consid-
eFed present some interesting facts.
In Colorado 60 concerns employed i'm
1913 4.75s hands. and in 1898 G.632
hands, wages paid, 5000, AS and s31s.-
ia. respectively
IN Connecticut IS concerns reported
l@,s5o and 1876 as the number OF
hands employed in Che two periods.
end f50s,956 and SG05. 3Gs as the wnges
paid.
south Carolina gave reports from IS
concerns. which Iva 1895 employed ais
hFnds, and in 1sgs employed 3 500. and
lLe wages paid increased from sG2 500
10 1905 so si74.GiO three years later-a
cain Of more than 100 per cent. in
hands employed. OF more than $50 pcr
cent in total amount % wages pale
and Of nearly 20 per cent. IN average
rate ~ wages
From The state Of Washington the
exhibit is equally remarkable. This
fiate sent les reports. showing the en-
H'oyment IN 1905 Of 3o46 hands and
'.'90 in 1898, while the wages paid in.
creased from S1ss $50 in 1895 TO s43O.-
as 100 1898.
Equally interesting details pertain
ing 70 all the states and territories
ana to all the Industries represented
are given IN the tabulated statements
embodied in the census summary and
capituiation. The student of eco
noomic and political questions cannot
n"ord TO skip any portion Of this re-
N"Fkahiy interesting document By
every fair and open mind the sum
'ns up in the closing paragraph ~
pc report win be accepted AZ coeent.
l"iF md obviously truthful Congress
"an layler snys in conclusions