Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-06-08
A SPLENDID SHOWING
Effect of the Dingiey Tariff OF Ore
CONS Industries.
Increase of i35 Per Cent. in the NUM-
Der OF Hands Employed and IA
Per Cent. in Amount OF
Wages Paid.

Iuf> udnt 10 It's pOltcN Tor SeNefai
years past the American Protective Tar
in league has undertaken n poll of the
industrial establishments of the United
States with view TO obtaining trust
worthy information Is to the condition
of American labor after eight months OF
protection as contrasted with its condi
ton during the corresponding period
following the enactment OF the Wilson
German low-tErifr and no-tarifT law of
1894. Accordingly the request for in
formation has included these two
points:
Average number OF hands employed
daring the month OF March. ISo5 md
ISoS.
Amount OF pay roll during the
month of March. iso5 and Iso>.
In order TO insure the utmost free
dom in the matter of replies. and hence
the utmost accuracy of information. the
league has in every case given the fol-
lowing pledge;
The Information asked will be held as
strictly confidential. and In no case Will the
amount OF wages be divulged In connection
with your Arm.
The returns thus far submitted show
some extraordinary results. The first
y
doing business in the state of Oregon.
and in response there have been re-
ceived iO2 reports representing b diff.
ferent classes of industry. \ summary
of the reports from the state of Oregon
is as follows:
HANDS EMPLOYED
Number 0f establishments reporting. 10.
Number of hands employed during
sa zee
Number OF hands employed during
M9rch, 1879 ..-................-.... NJ
Gain for ISoS In number or
hands empioycd. ............ LOAF
Pcrccntagc OF gain. I25. ~
WAGES PAID.
Number OF establishments report
Amount q wages paid during.
Amount OF wages paid during
March. 1895 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. n.504 8
Gain for SOS i'm wages paid S5S, 5iS. %.
percentage of gain 1i1.Oi
Average vases per capita, month
OF NafCils lNHN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SIS %
OF March, 1895 .....,'..,... -. 40 g,
Gain I'm wages per capita. per
month. tS0S ..... ......... S.s.I.
Percentage OF gain s.Oi
This is an unparalleled showing
gain of 1873 per cent. in the number OF
hands employed under Dingley protec.
ton as compared with Wilson q orman
free trade; gain of 141,04 per cent. in
the amount of wages paid and gain OF
7.O4 per cent. in The rate of wages paid
The latest authentic and accurate re-
turns as to the manufacturing indus.
tries of Oregon arc those of the eleventh
census of 1890. At that time .523 es.
Establishments reported, with a total cap
ital Of $32,122,O51; number of EN-
ployes, ls,79s. The eight years that
have elapsed since 1890 have been years
of splendid progress and development
for Oregon, barring the four years OF
depression and industrial paralysis that
followed the free trade folly of 1s93-97
There has been large increase in popu-
lation and industrial activity wherewith
TO measure the enormous benefits that
have followed the restoration of the
American policy OF protection TO Amer
lean labor and industries.
In 1890 a vastly different showing was
made by Oregon in the investigation
then made by the American Protective
Tariff league covering the conditions
existing in July of that year. after two
years of Wilson-Gormanism. as com
pared with July of 1892. under the Nc
kinley tariff. II was then found that
by the 16 establishments reporting
there were employed in 1892 52I hands.
and in 1896 this number had fallen 10
240 hands employed, decrease of more
than 80 per cent.
If to the great gain in wages and in
dustrial protection shown for Oregon
by the contrast between March. 1so5.
under low tariff and no tariff and
March, 1898. under the Dinglev tariff.
he added the advance in value of farm
products and farm property and the
general advance in values throughout
That hourishing state. the showing for
protection in Oregon would have TO be
reckoned by tens of millions of dollars
On the first Monday in June of this
year Oregon elects two Representatives
IN the United States congress. This viii
afford the people Cf that state the on
pcrtunity for an expression OF their
views concerning federal policv that
has wrought the splendid results in.
cheated in the returns summarized
above. The friends Of protection
throughout the United States will be
interested in hearing from Oregon on