Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-03
LABOR PROSPERITY.
Tangible Results That Are TraccabIe
to kepnb lean Polio

Tangible Results That Are TraceabIe
to Repub lean Policies.
The Democrats are silent as TO tha
alleged benefits their party has brought
to American workmen; this silence is
something workmen should seriously con
slider. turning the matter over and ove-
in their minds before they "a t their
ballots.
In saying benefits" the word is mean;
10 cover the most substantial good OBJ
taina5le as result for llbor-the best
wages and the fewest hours OF work.
Such results are not within the power of
the President to directly produce, but
they do come from wise legiSlation-the
conception md enactment of national
laws shat are to b..4s Prosperity.
Democrats are mum because what
they might show would be so much to
their discred!t rs to Mt once turn all
classes of laborers away from the DEM
Ocratic party. Tie most they venture Ia
say is in ttc;r rational PLATFORM; and
that utterance is to suggest the enact
ment OF impartial laws for both labor
and capital; bat the Republican pla tforai
Is Wider, longer, stronger and mere c0m-
preherSiyc. Neither OF those documents
promises thu labOrer higher wages or that
he may work fewer hours to get them.
But what the Republicans do promise n
platfor:n. and speech, and documents,
show.9s how it will be done, backing il
with forty years OF inconteStahle proofs,
is the maintenance of the government on
such economic foundations as expori22ce
has piVap a.n P,r cha .,,f,,.-
ity of the country; that promise is fo.'
legislation first and administration next
that shall be wise and comprehensive rs
to public interest. The Republicans have
established themselves rs a power capa-
Bile of producing and maintaining a CON
dition i'll national affairs of the greatest
benefit to the working classes; but in
showing this is also demonstrated the
fact that the Democrats have hurt labor
i'll all its various lines by laws created
and conditions established that have
brought disasters for which there was
neither avoidance nor remedy under their
management 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 (l9U3, as Il result Of Republican
finances and laws, a blacksmith got over
L. per cent. more wages per hour and
worked 3 per cent. less hours per week
than in 1896; carpenters received over
81 per cent. increase per hour and worke ID
over 8 per cent. less hours per week
painters wages increased nearly 26 per
cent. per hour. and their hours of labor
were reduced nearly per cent. of the
hours per week; bricklayers were gamers
by an increase of Pc per cent. in wages
per hour and by a reduction of per
cent. per hour for labor time; unskilled
la bor went UP Is per cent. per hour, with
a gain also in the reduction of almost )
per cent. in the number of hours of work
per week. Other Occupations-iron mold
ers, machinists, masons, stone cutters,
etc-all have had their wages per hour
increased and their time for the week
decreased as among the appreciabe hap
py results of Republicans in power at
Washington. Another feature of this
labor condition for the period mentioned
was in the in..t .aSe in the number of
workers. The Republican prosperity
following Mr.. Cieveland's administration
WAS such that. in 1903 as against 1896,
there was over 40 per cent more black
smiths, 26 per cent more bricklayers,
81 per cent more carpenters, 20 per cent
more laborers, and 10 per cent. more
painters. Everywhere more work, more
men, higher wages and fewer hours of
la Dor.
Does not that show that Republican
administration OF the government stands
for labor prosperity: Such an admins
tration had first to get the country on.
of the quicksands OF Democratic ineffi-
cheney, which took more than one year.
After that the possibilities for getting
work and the wages for doing it were in
creased for working people, until now tn.
United States ID the golden land for the
rest of the world. IL the Republicans
have accomplished this great good for
Ia Dor, and the Democrats have made a
botch Of the attempt whenever they had
q chance, common sense and the pocket
book should keep the workingmen with
the Republicans, who have put up the
proofs OF well-doing.
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