The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-09-27
AN ATTORNEY COMPUTED.

If the Salt Lake Tribune has the
shadow of desire to lift the stain
which lies upon its integrity before
all the people of the Northwest, LEI
it explain this:
A matter of two years ago,it said
The purpose was solely that the creditor
class OF the world could. with the gold of
the world. hold property and business,
the hopes and hearts of men in an iron
grasp, and to keep the poor. working for
generation after generation. We
see conspiracy which had in its inten.
tic n determination TO nfict upon the
working hosts of this world more suffer
ing than thousand wars could bring.
And following upon that, it now
excuses itself from the circle of op-
ponenrs to the gold standard, and
does so upon this plea:
The reasons for the restoration of sill
yer no longer exist = Labor is fully
employed at better wages and shorter
hours than ever before.
Following this comes the sad vail
of the down trodden in the Penn
sylvania coal regions. In their app
peal to the public, which appeared in
the Tribune's own columns the other
day, they make this statement:
The smallness of their earnings. to-
gether with, the great cost of living, has
compelled them to take their children
from school before they have reached the
age prescribed by law. and place them at
work In the breakers in order to keep the
family from starvation.
Which does this heart-groan of the
hopeless harmonic with, the Tri-
bune's untrammelled words of '98 or
its attorney plea of 1900? Then
only last Saturday the Tribune threw
this at the jury
The strangest feature Of the whole sea
son is that men who work with their
hands, especially foreign-born men. are
less contented when they are drawing
more wages on short hours than when
they are drawing poor wages and work
ing twelve hours day
Placing the Pennsylvania witne S.
es again on the stand we find this
That the world may know that we have
done all that honorable men can do 10
avoid the conflict, we herewith submit
a few facts for careful consideration:
Ihe average of the anthracite miner for
many years has been less than $3.50
*-**
+ The laws Of the state Of Pennsylvania
make 2400 pounds ton of anthracite
coal. yet anthracite coal miners are COM |
PEELED TO mine from 270O to 1000 pounds |
for q ton and, In addition to that, thew
ire docked exorbitant amounts, often IL |
per cent of their daily earnings, for any
impurities which may be sent out with |
heir coal
> They were paid by the car instead of
being required TO furnish well-rounded
reap on the car at the breakers. as was
agreed to, but they have grad
ially been compelled to increase the
amount of coal in each Car by building
he same perpendicularly from to Is
inches above the edge.
OF course being forced to dig
louble amount of coal, is not
EXACTLY the same thing as long
+ hours and less pay, so in direct
to the Tribunes state
nent 1t might be well to ask how it
1eets the starting up of some con
ems which, ostensibly restoring men
old wages, forced longer hours
pom them The tin mills at New
astle have started up at the request
campaign managers to give employ
tent to six thousand men who had
cen idle over two months, The
eel mills of Cincinnati resumed
presumably for the same compaign
asons)last Monday and put to work
yty thousand men who had been
lie since June because of Disagree
ent over the wage scale. Do you
low of the reduction of wages at
licago by the wire trust? Mass
husetts and Pennsylvania statistics
ow that less wages are received for
ore days in a year than in 1892.