The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-10-03
Republican Factions Affect to
Love, but Both Fear Rose.
1904 IS PRESIDENTIAL YEAR
Every Republican Would Deplore
Democratic Neutrality-suspicious.
in Wisconsin's Clothing
Industries.

good bodily condition. He goes to the
West Baden Springs, or somewhere
for the final TEST before making his
Wisconsin speeches, but already he ap-
pears we'll That old nervousness and
a bit of irritability which mark him
when under the heel of hard work,
worry and especially pressure of office
seekers, is lifted, and his smile and
laugh make his office ring these days.
He has offices on one of our main
streets and succession of callers, who
are iudiciously entertained by Mr..
Reed, his private secretary while wait
ing their turn. ."..::.> 81
Wheels of Organization Start.
The senator will make a list Of
speeches, probably beginning in Mil
waukee. Both he and Senator Quarles
will likely discuss chiefly national is
sues, ss.e tiag4i.l II -, n ii'."
General George E. Bryant and the
state committee are pulling themselves
together, Governor LaFOllettes open
ing speech will soon be before the state
and talk of harmony" is being circu-
lated from Republican headquarters to
quiet many Sp0oner men who seem to
think that devotion to the senator re-
quires the liberal use of the broad
Ak on everything that bears the LaFol-
lette trademark. This, Of course, is
not so. The disposition is to overlook
the past, if not to forget it, and to Ia
Dor together for party success. The
national Republican managers have
Wisconsin on their list, at least three
of the congressional districts being
considered in peril.
The Sp0oner men have little or no
fear that there will be enough Repub-
iicans In the next legislature to elect
Ii United States senator, and that they
will be Spooner men. While the
Kronhage book matter will not be
urged longer by anti-LaFOllette Re
publcans-indeed the most favorable
construction will be put upon tit is
likely Governor IaFOllette has his
hands full without further pushing the
anti-Spooner propaganda. His prestige
has been seriously impaired by this
matter, so much so that some of his
veteran antagonists maintain his ca
reer is ended. The fear now is-from
his standpoint-that his lieutenantS
over the state, those who want fut-
ure for themSelveS-will slacken in
their ardOr of personal devotion and
begin to throw out lines of utilization
with the other faction. However, if
the governors opening speech makes a
good impression it will put him in bet
ter shape and we will all try to forget
the past
go Wool Manufacture in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin ranks high in wool card
ing and the recent census bulletin on
that subject indicates progress.
Whereas there We're but five establish
ments engaged in wool carding in 1890,
there are now fifteen. There are seven
ty-four such establishments in the
United States, twenty-siX in Pennsyl-
vania and thirty-three in Tennessee. In
Tennessee SurpasseS US, 1890
against $69,511. But these are small
concerns, generally operating the sim
pleSt kind of carding machine, usu-
ally twenty-four inches in width. On
this machine are made wool rolls for
use III the household spinning industry
from wool brought to the card by farm
ers III the neighborhood.
When we come to wool manufacture
Excluding hosiery and knit goods we
find in Wisconsin thirty-siX establish
ments, with S2,40O,0OO capital and l..
066 employees. In hosiery and kit goods
this state has twenty-seven establish
ments with $4,000, 900 capital, employ
ing 300 people.
Manufacture of Clothing.
Wisconsin is rich in diversified in
dustries, and the census bureau Oh
manufacture of clothing shows tina
this state has eighty-nine concerns, a!
against twenty-seven ten years ago
making mems clothing. There is So,
100000 capital engaged, and $500 wag
earners, three-fourths of them women
Nine of these concerns are large, EN-
ploying over 100 people. The output i
worth $4,400.000. The capital inveSte,
has shrunk nearly half million dol
lars, though there are three times a
many concerns as in 1889. This de
crease is accounted for, in part a
least, by changes in business methods
Formerly the manufacturers carrie
large stocks of clothing and material
ON hand; now the goods are made u
as fast as the orders come in, and onl
small quantities are kept in stock. Th
unreasonably long credits which use