The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-11-02

method has been adopted in Missouri and
what Is true of Missouri is probably true
elsewhere. Gov. Stephens a short time
ago gave to the public a statement from
the official record at Jefferson City, based
upon the reports received by the labor
bureau.
LABOR HAS TO WORK FOR ALL IT
EARNS.
IS Of the leading industries, wherein were
employed emp 5OM persons: The first re
workers averaged aged SO Gays n Of u emplos
skilled males was .S.ss. and their yearly
aged slH and received 1865 for their
years work. Skilled females averaged
$Sl and received 1888 for the year; I'M
year. For the year 1898 reports were re-
ceived from S93 manufacturers, embrac-
ing 40 industries, 81. 1865 employees. The
to 21O and while there was no material
change in the average daily wages the
@ Snd sar ,nnp' Of skilled ms .ss fell to
females, $3.50. and unskilled females to
s2n. Thus from the year 1897 to 1898 there
Missouri of 30 days. To the skilled male
!aborer this meant a net loss of sec. 90
for the year as compared with the pre-
Der of days work was only 267. which
would make net loss to the skilled male
laborer for 1899, as against 1897 for the
year SS5s and so all classes of workers
AS these skilled workmen lost in these
two years $14O.4s. the question suggests
until they would lose the entire wage
which they were earning in 1897? Fore
be an important one in the campaign of
1900, the trust employers of labor have
been careful to reduce the earnings Of
their laborers without appearing to re-
duce the wage. Thus by working them
smaller number Of days during the year
and by heaping upon them additional
tasks, as has been done in railway SER
vice. mines and elsewhere. While the
wage Garner has thus undoubtedly real
formerly, owing to the power to increase
the prices of commodities. the cost of
his living, especially during the last two
years. has been greatly increased. and
during the last year it has been increased
to the extent of about one-third
COST OF LIVING i HAS BEEN AID
VANCED.
1t needs no proof however, to con-
vince the people that they are paying
every one knows by experience. When we
consider that the prices of farm COM
modities have upon the average, fallen
decreased, and that the cost of living has
been greatly enhanced, the sabsurdity Of
the cry of prosperity is apparent. But
the vast economic despotism under whose
enormous weight it is now Keeling and
staggering. The republican party has
er received at their hands. The present
administration is a trust administration.
since:it has come into power the number
true prosperity and the happiness of the
country has been trebled Every criminal
combination in the land is supporting Nc
kinIQE Roosevelt asthma
that the enormous sum of $500 1000 will
be raised to be put into the campaign
but one hope for the laborers and pro-
ducers of this land and that hope is in the
success of the democratic party. If the
ing incubus of that coarse, sinister, ne
farious commercialism which is now sap
ping the life of the nation, it must be
in no way allied with the trusts. The
friends of the trusts must be put out of
power and the friends of the people put
In power. The republicans claim there
Is no power in the general government
to deal with the question and that a con-
stitutional amendment is necessary be-
fore anything can be done. At the same
time they argue that the trusts are not
for the most part bad in any sense. That
good which the trusts upon the whole do
is so great that 1t would be a misfortune
to the country to assail them When In
connection with all these facts it is re-
membered that the power of the general
government under the constitution is
now ample to deal with these gigantic
criminals, that congress has full and ex-
elusive control over the United States
mail, over interstate railway transporta-
ton, over interstate express. over inter-
is fully empowered to make any law
which it may deem proper denying the
use of any of the facilities to the trusts,
in addition to placing upon them heavy
penalties for the violation of such law,
as we'll as for organizing and doing bus
mess in violation of law. when, 1 say,
we remember all this in connection with
the republican party for these unlawful
and criminal institutions. the motive of
that party in setting up the claim that
a constitutional amendment is necessary
is revealed The real truth being that the
republican party has no desire, purpose
or intention to interfere with the trusts
in any particular whatever.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLEDGED TO
REMEDY THESE EVILS.
On the other hand the democratic party
is pledged in its national platform to
compel publicity of the affairs of all the
trusts SO that all people may know ex-
actly what they are doing and how they
are doing it. 1t is further pledged to
take the tarin off any article which may
be handled by and made a subject of
a trust. 1t is further pledged to exercise
the whole constitutional power of con-
gress over interstate commerce. the mails
and all modes of interstate communfca-
ton. In other words. the democratic
party stands pledged to act. to act de-
cisively and heroically. and is under no
obligations whatever to the trusts and
has every reason to keep it's pledge