The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-03-15
Democratic Doctors Dissent.

Democratic Doctors Dissent.
1t is true that people were led to
believe that the return of the republican
party to power in the nation and re-
Inauguration of its policy of protection
to American industries and American
labor, would bring renewed prosperity to
the country.
1t is true hatrepublicans claimed that
the policy of protection had always been
productive ofprosperity and they pointed
triumphantly to past history as proof of
their claims and were abundantly justi-
fed thereby.
1t is true that republicans expected
and their populistic opponents feared
that history would repeat itself as it had
so often done before.
And republicans believe, notwithstand-
ing the dissent of those who fall down
and worship at the feet of the silver god
dess, that their predictions have been
amply justified.
AS quoted in these columns last week,
r. @. Dun a. Co., the greatest CONNER
cial agency in the United States, said:
In all the gears Of a0eebly commercial
reporting, there has been no other meek
in aohich the reports from all parts OF the
country haze been, on The 1OhOte, so good
as this Ueeb. Moreover, during the past
week there has been a general advance
in wages, immediate or prospective.
One week later, March IL, the same
agency said:
By far the best assurance of good
business in the future is found in the
general rise of wages. The general adj
vancein earnings of cotton mill operatives,
in most cases 10 per cent, of iron and
steel workers generally 10 per cent, and
tin plate and sheet workers from to 10
per cent and of coal miners, in some large
districts, about as much, has set pace
which most establishments will follow
which have reduced wages in the past
years of depression. The volume of
business shows no signs of decrease and
for the first full week of March has been
about 51.7 per cent greater than in the
same week of last year, and 500 per cent
greater than in 1892.
The following are few of the business
enterprises in different localities where
the wages of operatives have been volun-
tarily advanced, and all since the first
day of the present month:
Commencing March II, a 10 per cent
increase of wages went into effect at
every department of the Riverside Iron
& Steel plant at Wheeling, w. Va.
Ahout 2 ONO men are affected
The wages of all day laborers in the tin
plate plants of the Newcastle district, Pa,
have been advanced from B. to 10 per
cent. The advance will affect between
1000 and 1900 men.
The Reese Hammond Brick Manufac-
turing Co., at Jeanette, Pa. has adj
5vanced the wages of its $50 employees
from to 20 per cent and the Williams
port Nail Co, has made a 10 per cent
advance.
The Baker Chain Co. of Pittsburg, Pa,
advanced the wages of all employees from
to 10 per cent. The increase affects
300 men.
The Bethlehem, Pa, Iron Co. has an
nounced raise in wages of 10 per cent,
affecting the common laborers, of whom
more than 500 are on the pay roll.
Notices have been posted at Kimberly s
rolling mills, Greenville, Pa, announcing
an increase of 10 per cent in wages in all
departments except tonnage men, whose
wages are controlled by the Amalaga-
mated Association. Twenty furnaces
are in operation and more will be put on
in few days.
These advances in cotton mill wages
have been announced: Cabot Cotton
Mills Brunswick, Me-, 1000 hands, res
toration to schedule in effect before
January, 1898; York Corporation, Saco,
Me-, 1900 hands, increase not stated
Paul Within Manufacturing Co., Rock
dale and North Bridge, Mass, 600 hands,
10 per cent.
The Vulcan Iron Works, Tamaqua, Pa,
which are controlled by Wilkesbarre
capitalists, and have been idle more than
year, will shortly resume operations
with contracts on hand that will require
years time to complete.
The puddlers employed in the Portage
iron works at Duncanville, Pa, have been
granted an increase of % cents per ton.
All other employees are allowed a 10 per
cent increase in wages. This affects 500
men.
The Syracuse, N. Y, Tube CO., which
employs 300 workmen, has posted a
notice that the wages of all employees of
the company will be advanced 10 per
cent, taking effect on Saturday.
The management of the Manchester,
n H., Cotton mills has decided 10 raise
I prices for weaving in number one mill 10
per cent, to take effect April 1.
Congressman Cannon, of the appro-
priations committee says:
During the whole OF the four years
covered by Mr.. Cleveland's second ad