The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-05
Another Glaring Instance Of
Democratic Juggling with
Government Statistics.
LABOR BULLETIN IGNORED
In Order to Make Political Capital and
Also to Misrepresent Conditions
and Deceive V0ters-Cam-
paign Textbook Trickery.


IN examination Of tAe Mes OF the
boh!2'Tatlc newspapers Tor the past rev
W'fh' ann of the recently issued Demo-
cratic Campaign Text Look dlscloses
disposition on the pat OF the managers
OF tAe Democratic campaign 10 d!Scredlt
the report On wages and cost OF hylns
mace ~ the bnr'au OF Labor IN ITS July
hnt''''h 40. ''@'' In view OF tne rGpu-
eaton oil 'pnm!S%oAer " rl%ht LOT aoSo-
'"'e I''r''eHH III the 'n'''r''o" ana pres
eh'A'i'h OF statistics 1t us OF some In
!'r,Tl u, tl'S t'Nte 10 rH'!e" MS report
III tue HShl OF the indignant cFlticlSiis
""''i II mas Drought ip't"' anu IL may
ne ""lu az tAe outset 'nat " caTeiul eS-
"'''"''ioh Oh tle report Fe'e"'S Tue Sonie-
"I"l 'eh!"i"Ao'e .i"t' 'h'l PF''l'caly
every cr,i'rlSA maze E"@ ueeh answered.
,I,,.,.t o,r.,r ,h,, IVA ,.,r,nilars Of thu
Trvt Honi, n:,r,rr Jid mot mokn rse az
the Rul'rfin mr. had no drsire to he con-
,,inceJ Of tho trr,h of ne Grures pub-
Iisbal tharni, and th.,t ,hr:r irsiIu,-
tions aud clumsy miss.,tn,ncuts of fact
,ycra m,,Ia for thn rr,.,,,sr of mislead-
inc th. rul,,ic MIND Iat us proceed
a. tbn ,n,s, .,nrif, nr fine somewhat
VAGINA ,.I,r,os th,t ,ra made
II is frs, ,.h,rrnl that The rannrt NH.
rshal in tho Tmun,ir was (nuo-ing the
Tevt H,nl, ..rr,n,.al osteusfbly AS an
,.r.i,l d,,n,,,,,,. L,,t in rn,r;t- II see,os.
far tho sna,.inl nso of tbn Rcnuhlican
,,r,,,i,,,, r,,,,,;t,oo" rho "yralI-nieh
roncinsivo" o,.ilonro submitted in SIM
MORT of th;s ,h,r,,o CONSISTS or n state.
t,,,,+ -, S,.,.,.,. Sl,,,. Il, luna l,et
that such a report wolld be published.
.hs 4 matter of fact, it had been known
to the public for several years that the
Bureau Of Labor was engaged in collect
iuG data for such a report and the pOr-
tiom Of the report relating to cost of liv-
Ing was actually published in Bulletin
10 rs early as November, lJO3-nearly
eight months previous to Secretary
SLaw's Statement.
Ne VITA. no. wo,+od
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ter of 1905 1901 and that they were
not cooked up for the occasion as
charged. bat it is not to be expected
that this absurd charge will be with
drawn. although rs a matter of fact the
figures as to wages and cost of living
referred to have been curroborated by in
dependent investigations which have been
concluded by the State bureaus of sew
cral important States.
1t is charged also that 10y giving equal
weight to unimportant articles of con-
sumption ANA articles of prime neces-
S.ty an unduly small increase in cost Of
living is secured. 1t is :raycly asserted
that nutmegs. pepper. alum etc. are
given equal weight with such important
articles as lard, beef, ca.gs, -four. etc.
This charge might, indeed he convinc-