Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-20
Democrats Present False State
ments About Labor Com
missioner's Speech
TAaIFF NOT MENTIONED At ALL
Their Claim That Henderson Took
oifense 10 unfounded; He Didn't
Even Read the speech-Holder Dwelt
on Statistics of Labor's Share Of
BIackhawk County Production.
Special to es-Republican.

Des N1oines, Oct. 2O.-But for the ef-
fort OF the democratic state committee
to revive interest in the matter the Hem
derson resignation incident would hard
~ have been recalled in this political
campaign in Iowa, but the democratic
committee has caused to be published
in a number of newspapers in the state
letter which undertakes to convey a
wrong impression regarding one con-
spicuous phase of the Henderson with
drawal, and this fetter presents some
to all parties, to be allowed to go with
out correction. The statement is made
that at the republican conference OF
candidates just before Henderson an
nounced his withdrawal he called att
tention to two speeches delivered on
Labor day, one by Labor Commissioner
Brigham at keokuk and the other by
Deputy Commissioner Holder at Wa
terloo, which addresses it was stated
related to the tariff, and that Col.
Henderson thrust a copy of Waterloo
paper containing Holders address up
on the attention of the conference, and
that ''he felt aggrieved that an address
of this character should have been
made in his congressional district by
an appointee of Governor. Cummins."
The impression sought to be conveyed
is that Henderson felt that Cummins
had deliberately planned to embarrass
him in his own district and that this
was one of the causes of his resigna-
ton. The writer for the democratic
committee possessed some facts, but
not all, and evidently was aelittle con-
fused about some of the matters refer
red to. The writer was present at the
conference and heard Speaker Hender-
sons speech. He did not thrust upon
the conference any copy of the address
referred to, nor did he directly refer to
it. So far as anything he said at the
conference would indicate he had not
read the speech The statement of the
democratic committee that the address
was copied into a Waterloo paper from
an OelWein paper isalso untrue. The adj
dress of Mr.. Holder. president of the
State Federation of Labor, on Labor
day, at Waterloo, was in fact printed in
both of the Waterloo papers within a
few hours after its delivery, almost in
full. They asked for manuscript copies
OF it and printed it.
This was the first Labor day celebra-
ton Waterloo had ever had. A num-
ber of new unions had been formed
there and they Joined with Oelwein in a
celebration of the day. The address was
a thoughtful and careful one. and the
president of the state federation, who is
one of the most advanced students of
sociological questions in the state,
spoke plainly so that not one of his
hearers could misunderstood. But he
didn't say word on the tariff. He did
talk about the trusts, but more than
anything else he discussed the prob
lem of distribution and the division of
profits between employer and employe.
Turning to matters about which the
people of Waterloo We're familiar he
quoted from the industrial statistics of
Blackhawk county sompiled in 1900
and analyzed them. Here is what he
said:
1--WE find that 274 establishments
We're engaged in various manufactures.
The total capital invested was s2.104,-
$40. divided as follows: Land. s29S,214;
building $366,196; machinery and tools.
$524,334; cash, $915.79S. These invest
ments exhibit remarkable earning ca
pacity. as the total value of the product
equaled S4.071,S21, at a total expense
of S3.517.6S2, leaving a total net profit
of $554.139. an averate net profit for
each establishment of $2.022.40, or an
average dividend of 26.33 per cent on
the total capital invested. An analy-
sis accompanying these handsome div
idends is more interesting still. First
we find the total value of material used
was $2,641,551, 64.SS per cent of the
product The miscellaneous expenses |
such as rent of works, municipal and
state taxes, office. rents and interest, |
equaled $144.504, or $50 per cent on the t
product. Official clerks, ETC., to the
number of 152 received in salaries
S105,97S or $50 per cent of the product. |
Wage earners. comprising 1910 men
over 16 years of age, received as wages
1854, ,649: women over 16 numbering
1876 received S36710: and 90 children
under 16 received s4,241, a total of
S625.649 in wages, or the equivalent of
1886 per cent of total product of the
pa manufactures which was the share
obtained by the 1,435 wage earners.
Against this. 1851 per cent of the tota-
product is shown. after all expenses I
are allowed to be the share of the
product taken by the capitalists.
I'm order to explain this more clearly /
a simple table shows that for every SloO
worth of the product of BlackhaWk
county manufacturers S64.SS was con-
sumed for material: 1856 for miscel-
laneous expenses; s15.36 for wages;
$3.50 for salaries, and sl3.61 as profit.
The wage earner's share when carried
out to yearly and weekly averages.
shows that the men received s4ao.99 |
year, or sS.3s per week; the women OBJ
tanned s1S7.29 per year. or $3.50 per
week, and the children $l46.24 per year.
or s2.s1 per week, making 1t evident
that if one man, one woman and one
child in a family were employed, the
total income of the family would be
$14.79 per week.
Th,a was NIL that Arthur q. Holder, !