The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-07-24


no share IN the existing prosperity,
is the main hope and reliance Of the
Democratic party and their assist.
ants. Unless those who work for
wages can be persuaded shat they
have grave cause for complaint.
against existing conditions. the par
~ that is out has no chance on earth
to get IN. So we find the Demo-
cratic newspapers and their assist
ants vigorously d,sputing the facts
Of prosperity as related to those
who are dependent upon manual
labor for the support Of themselves
and their families.
These papers continually insist
that wages have actually decreased
during the pas, decade as shown by
the census reports. forgetting.
whether Intentionally or not we do
not know, that during the past ten
years we had four years of as hard
times as this country every knew
under the tariff of "psridy and dis.
honor" known as the Wilson-G or-
man law.
But is NOT necessary to go to the
census or any other statistics to see
whether their CLAIMS are true or not.
Our own community Will give the
facts and our cwn city tell the truth
of the matter. Everybody in Rich
Hill hat has taken the trouble 20
observe public events at all, knows
that in ISo4-5-6 the coal miners Of
this region mined coal for as and
40 cents per ION and bad less work
at that wage lban they 90 SOW when
they get 90 and IS cents per ton
for the same work. Likewise, men
who worked at our smelters then,
got sI.oS and were lucky if they got
work at that rate, and finally the
bottom fell out Of the business and
they got no work at all, while the
same work now gets them $I.5c
and work day and night, and al
the time, While clothing costs nc
more now than it did then and the
prices of all manufactured articles
have a tendency downward. Bee.
and pork are high just now because
of the drouth last year and the bee.
trust, but this is only temporary, a
the government is after the bee
trust and it will soon squat and Civ,
up its gun. But no other food pro
duct is, on the average, more costly
now than it has been save for tn
drouth, and that is now a thing o
the past. Every observing persoI
in Rich Hill knows these things ar
true, and as a rule, what you fn'
q to be true in your own community
is very likely to be true. under tn
same circumstances, in every othe
a community throughout the country
That a tremendous increase ii
. wages and in the number of mel
employed has taken place, no SAN
lperson can successfully dispute
Not alone has the individual rate o
wages increased. but the sun tots
of wages paid now is probabl
double what 1t was six years ag
under the Wilson'S orman tart
law. But for that unfortunate sli
IN of the people under the Leadership
of constituencies demagoges tn
average of wages would have bee
a very decided increase for tie pa
of decade. Proof OF the increase {
n wages is found in the fact that say
a. ings bank deposits have doulle led, an
II 30 has life insurance among n
c. wage earning classes. To endea,
nj or 10 ineite discomfort among III
wage eamer in the face OF sue
facts and conditions, is a dirty piee
n. of business and the newspapers en-
he gaged in II should be ashamed {
=, themselves. Such tactics won
!, win. To suppose thai /, will IS I
= insult the Intelligence Of 10000.
- 600 men who work Tor wages
: They know that never in the hisior
= Of tins country was employment 5
N plentiful and wages 50 good, as 4
the present time and ever since Ii
Dmgley tariff law wss passed
n They know this TO be The fact an
they know the reason why. 70
% may fool part Of the people (mosil
!, Democrats) all the time you ma
10 fool ak the people part of the Tins
-, but you can't TOOL all the people a
40 the time when a majority OF thel
III.