Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-12
Effect Of Dingiey Tariff Upon Labor.

Wars are temporary conditions which
come and 60 at longer or shorter in
~tervals, but the creation, development
and protection of native industries, and
raising revenue incidentally therefrom
are always present and must be con
stantly attended to. With the destruc-
tive results of the Democratic Wilson
tariff, yet fresh in memory, it is almost
incredible that any party or person
could be 50 lacking in good sense as to
desire ii repetition of such a measure.
And yet the free trade Democracy stands
ready to rc-enact it with all it's ruinouS
tendencies, utterly regardless of conse-
quences. TO the wool growers of New
Mexico, who, after seeing their product
an unsuitable drug on the market under
the Wilson law, and now see it com
handing a high price, under the present
Republican tariff law, it should not be
necessary to make any argument, the
bare facts being amply sufficient to con-
vince any reasoning man of the bad ten
denotes of the former and the %beneficent
| results of the latter. Still with the facts
staring them in the face there are men
| who will continue to vote the Democratic
ticket with the certainty of bringing
about the miserable consequences from
which they have just escaped. In this
connection attention is called to an able
and elaborate report on the Wilson and
Dingley tariff laws and their effects on
the industries of the country atJarge.
The report was prepared by ono of the
ablest statisticians in the country. the
Hon. R. w. Tayler, of the Lisbon dis.
trict in Ohio. Returns were received by
the Protective Tariff League from A.
states and territories, from upwards of
1000 different concerns engaged in 300
different kinds of production. The fol-
lowing quotations give the satisfactory
results in a nut shell. Only the most
stupid or the most prejudiced can fail to
be convinced of their truth and sig
%niticance:
''In March, 1895, when the Wilson tar
If law was in full tide of successful
operation, 2,229 establishments employed
204, $50 hands and paid them 7 1879, 323.-
"a in wages.
''In March, 1898, the same 2,229 estab-
| lish M a n 70 arn,1nynI DRO 900 hand, n~I
paid them $40, 1893, 1876. a."
SIN the 2,292 establishments from
which reports were received, "a, TAO
more hands We're employed in March
1898 than in March 1895. Is there no
significance in this? Can it be explained
by any other fact or facts than the
change in tariff conditions?
$50 much for the general result of the
investigation. Let us look at it a little
more in detail. How does it look geo.
graphically?
"From Colorado there are reports
from 60 concerns which employed 4,75s
hands in 1895 and 6,632 in 1898. The
wages paid in 1895 were 5000, AIS. 81; in
1898, $31s, 1856. "a. Here was an increase
of 40 per cent in the number of hands
employed; but each man received near
ly Is per cent more wages than those
employed in 1896 received.
"From Connecticut there are reports
from IS concerns which employed 49,
500 hands in March, 1895, and Is, 576 in
March, 1898. The wages paid in 1895
were $50s, 967. 30; in 1898, $605, 36s. 20.
The relative increase in the number of
hands is not as great as in Colorado,
nor is the increase in the average rate
paid as great; yet we find 16 per cent
more hands employed in 1898 than in
1895 and the average rate of wages is 10
per cent higher.
From South Carolina there are Is
reports from concerns which employed
ais hands in March, 1895, and $500
in March, 1898. The wages paid these
hands in March, 1895, were $62, sO4. IS;
in March, 1898, STA ,61O.74. Here it
will be noticed that more than twice as
many hands were employed in March,
1898, and the average rate of wages in
creased nearly 20 per cent.
"From Missouri there are 206 reports
from concerns which employed 5.O57
hands in 1895, and 1866 in 1898. The
wages paid in March, 1895, were $780,
473.S "a; in 1898 they amounted to S247,-
905. "a. The increase in hands employed
was SO per cent, but there was I'm in
crease in the average wages paid of 10
per cent.
From Ohio there were SO reports
from concerns employing 1858 hands