Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY.
Democratic Hard Times Bnnished by
Republican Policies.
Sd. Louis Qlobe. Democrat.

ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
A piece Of work which ought to have oeea
done by some person or persons has been
done well by the American Protective Tarih
league. That body has compiled table
showing the changes which have been
brought about in the condition OF the wage
eamers CT the country in the pact few years.
BY canvass which 1t has made among 1'95i
business establishments OF various eorts II
has found that the number of workers en-
ployed by them in March, 1895, was 19l,7S2
which has been increased to 267,4S6 by
March, 1899 Tho was a gain of 80 56 per
cent in the four years. The wages paid by
these establishments in March, 1880 was
$C,39S, ,044.53, which had grown to $780,
2S0.3s in March of this year. The increase
in this case wac "a 90 per cent. There was
a gain in wages in March, 1899, as comraIed
with that month in 1895, of 1919 per cent
per person.
The significance of this great increase In
tho wages of workers will appeal to every
intelligent person. At the time for which
the fret set of figures are compiled, March,
1896, the Wilson German tariff was In opera
tion. The second set Of figures are for
time nearly two years after the Dingley tarif
went into effect. A great war had been
waged in the interval and, In one OF It's
manifestations, that conflict may be eaid to
be still in operation, yet there has been a
sweeping gain all along the line in the num-
ber of persons employed and in the wages
paid to each. Such an increase as this has
hardly ever taken place before In the United
States in the same length of time. Every
person who wants work has it or can get 1t,
and almost everybody who has 1t is getting
ha ha rpcniyad four
One OF the great causes of this immense i'm
provement in the condition of the country
is the change of tariff, a republican act
which is intelligently protective to all
branches OF industry that need any protec-
tion, having replaced democratic law which
exposed the American producer to the
ruinous competition of foreign low priced
labor.
Republican prosperity has taken the place
OF democratic adversely. The entire country
feels the effect OF the change in control OF
/ the government and the wise legislation
which the change has brought The party
of calamity has been superseded by the
party of good times, happy homes and gen
eral progress. The reports Of the great
gains in the output OF the iron and steel
mills and the textile industries, the vast in
crease in the bank clearances and the i'm
menae expansion in the railroad transporta-
tion are here explained The wage workers
of the country are buster than they ever
were before and they are getting more money
| for their labor. AS the masses receive more
money than they did before they spend more
and thus a new impetus is given to the
| wheels of industry in all fields. The in
| telligent wage-earner, when asking the cause
OF the great improvement in his condition,
| Immediately finds the correct answer. 1t is
| all due to the overthrow of the democratic
| party in 1896. Here is one Of the reasons
why the prospects for the republican party
| in 1900 are so bright.