Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-11-05
LABOR PROSPERITY.
Tang gibie Results That Arc TraceabIe
TO Republican Policies.

Tangible Results That Arc TraceabIe
TO Republican Policies.
The Democrats are ssieat as 20 the
allegei benefits their party has brought
to American warAmrn: this silence -
sornefaiag workm.n should seriously con-
slieF. turning the matter over and over
ia their minds before they cast their
ballots.
In SAYING benefits the word is meant
to cover the most substantial good OBJ
iaiuable as a result for labor--;he best
wages and the fewes; hours Of work.
Such results are not within the power OF
fbe President 10 directly produce. bat
they do come from wise IeSisiation--the
conception and enactment of national
laws that are TO bring prosperity.
Democras are mum" because what
they might show would be 50 Inuch to
their diseredit as TO at once furn all
classes OF Ia aborers away from the Dem
ocrailc party. The most they venture TO
ssy Is Ia their national platform; and
that uttsrance is 10 suggest the epsct-
meRf of impartial laws for both labor
anJ capital. bat the Republican platform
j. wider, longer, stronger aud more com
prehensiye. Neither OF those documents
promises the laborer higher wage< or that
PIG may NBIh 10 ~Ek turIs-
But what the Republicans do promise in
PLATFORM. and speech. and documents.
showing how il viii be done. backing IL
with forty years of jncontestsble proofs,
Is the maintenance Of the government on
such economic foundations as experience
has given assurance are for the prosper
ity OF the country; that promise is for
legislation first aud administration next
taat shall lie wise and comprehensive as
70 public Interest. The Republicans have
established themselves As a power eapa-
be Of producing and maintaining a con
tuOn 10 national affairs OF the greatest
tFueht 10 the working classes, but in
showing this is also demon strated the
fact that the Democrats have hurt Ia Dor
Ia all its varioa. lines by laws created
sni conditions established that have
brought disasters for which there was
neither sroidance nor remedy under their
mana cement Of federal affairs.
Since the Cleveland administration Of
1898 to 1897 the Republicans have
changed labor matters wonderfully for
the better. Take the wages of 1896. the
last year Of his term. for a basis. Last
year tsttii. as a result Of Republican
finances and laws. blacksmith got over
l. per cent more wages per hour and
worked per cent less hours per week
than in is:s5; carpenters received over
81 per cent Increase per hour aud worked
over per cent less hours per week:
painters wages increased nearly ~ per
cent. per hour. and their hours Of labor
were reduced nearly o per cent. of the
hours per week; brieklayers were gamers
by an increase of 70 per Gent. in wages
per hour and by reduction of per
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labor weat up u per cent. per hour. with
a gain also ia the reduction of almost .
per cent in the number Of hours OF work
per week. Other oeeupsti0ns-iron mold
crs. maehinlsts. masoas, stone cutters.
etc.-aIl have had their wages per hour
increased and their time for the week
decreased as among the appredabie hap
py results OF Republicans In power at
Washington. Another feature of this
labor condition for the period mentioned
vas In the Increase in the number OF
workers The Republican prosperity
following Mr.. cieveland's administration
Was sgeA that. Ia 1903 as against 1896,
there Was over - per cent more black
smiths. - per cent. more briekiayers.
n per e-st more carpenters. 20 per cent
more iabprers. and 10 per cent more
painters. Everywhere more work. more
men. higher wages and fewer hours Of
Ia Dor.
Does pot that show that Republican
administration of the government stands
for labor prosneFifyf Such an admins
tration had hrst 10 get the country ou-
of the quieksands OF Democratic ineni-
cheney. which teos more than one year.
After that the possibilities for getting
work snd the was-s FOR doing il were In
creased for working people. until now the
United States Is the golden land for the
rest Of the world. II the Republicans
have accomplished this great good for
labor. and ti- Democrats have made n
botch Of the atts,nRt whenever they had
a chance. common sense and the pocket
book should kcep the werkinsmen with
the Republicans. who have put up the
proofs of well-doins.