Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-27

neither.
In the year 1896 over in Canton,
Ohio there lived man by the <6ame of
Mckinley, who was nominated and
elected president Of this nation. Con-
gress and the senate was OF his kind.
Notwithstanding the vituperation and
SANDER that was heaped upon that
man, he was elected by large ma
jority, and called his congress together
and soon the democratic tariff bill was
repealed and the republican (Dingley)
bill was put in its stead. And today
| do not know OF q working man or a
business man who Is sorry that Nc
Kinley and company took hold Of the
affairs OF the country
Cites Wages Then and Now.
CAS- I have already stated there is
but one question in this campaign and
that is the comparison between the
Legislation OF the democratic party
and that OF the republican party. AS
L have told you wages were reduced
and millions Of men thrown out Of
employment from 1893 to 1897. After
the passage Of the Dingley law which
was a protective tariff law, labor was
called back to the mill and the mine,
the shop and the factory and the rail-
road. And in addition to the labor on
the market at that time, 100000
have come to us from free trade coun-
ties. and they seem to enjoy 1t too, as
very few Of them express a desire to
return to their native land. Now as
a working man. must now cite the
difference in the wages paid under
these two diffenent parties. In the
wear 1892 and up to July 1893 for max
ing iron In the mills under the juris-
dictton of the A. A. OF l. and 8. w. the
wages paid was $3.50 per ton. After
the induction of the democratic party
in power, we were reduced year after
year until 1895 down to 81. That is
not the worst of 1t. Under 81 a ton,
could make per day $315. We were
put on two days week, which would
net me $500 week or $500 per
month. You see the promised benef-
icent results we're resulting, and that
is what got for my share Of the fool
ishness Of the people in entrusting
power to the democratic party. II l
was working at the same business to-
day as was then would be receiv-
ing $6.121s a ton, which would make
fifty-thfee per cent OF an advance. For
twenty-five days work at $6.12h per
ton, the total amount of my furnace
for the month would amount to
3168.3O One third and FIVE per cent
to the helper would leave me $106.6O
and the helper $61.7O. Allowing us
to work twenty-five days at the demo
cratic price, 81, would be only $11O.
Tho Wages Then and Now.
No doubt this audience cares very
little for what happens in the iron re-
gions, but one thing you must not lose
sight OF and that is your market. What
is the market for the coal miner? 1t is
the mills and furnices, shops and res
licences. To vote for free trade and
have the industries stop as they did in
1896, 1t would cut off your market. and
you and /, although we have never
seen one another until the present time,
have been in partnership, l burning
the coal and you mining it, but when
YOU by your vote. stop the place of
consumption for your coal, the place
Of production. which is the mine, will
cease also The man working in the
packing house. might ask also why
have to trouble myself about the
mines and the mills? When the mines
and the mills stop and no money Is
coming In, the ability OF all men to
buy meats stops. A man might be
just as hungry when he is idle or broke
but he is not as good customer for
the packer.
'tThe men running our railroads
might say what has he to do with the
mines and mills and the packing
houses. but loses sight of the fact that
when the mines and mills stop and
there is no raw material to be hauled
to the mills and the hauling OF the
finished product to the place OF con-
sumption, it means the sidetracking OF
cars and the housing of locomotives in
the roundhouses,
"As have told you, the only issue
is the comparison Of the two parties
and the result Of the law Of 1897 and
1909. This can not be found in period
icals and in papers, but in the busy
mills, mines. shops factories and
farms all over the land. Never in our
history were more men at work, never
in our history were wages higher, and
instead of reductions. in all industris
and railroads, where men find employ
ment. wages are on the rise and not
withstanding the high cost of living or
living high there is scarcely a tramp to
be found and not o soup house in the
land. Let me say it the democratic
party lie disturbed by high prices and
nigh wages OF n1gn living, 1 as one at
least would like to know what is the
remedy they propose to give us and
can they reduce the cost without re-
ducing wages?
Congressman Kendall
you have in this district gentle
man who has been your representative
in congress for the last two years. He
is a republican and stands for protec-
tive tariff. that wise legislation that
base kept the mines and the mills and
business generally amidst the great
est prosperity ever known. He has
proved himself the greatest friend OF
the miner that has ever represented
this district. He is an advocate Of the
eight hour law, the employers liability
law. and also the workman's compen-
sation law He is also an advocate Of
the establishment of a bureau Of mines
which is not merely for the purpose of
finding out the casualties, but for the
purpose Of prevention. Let it be said to
his credit that his efforts in behalf of
labor has received the greatest en-
dorsement ever given man from the
sixth district. He. has been endorsed by
Arthur E. Holder, of the legislative