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Show HOW DEMOCRATS DO THINGS v Dreamed They Fathered National Irrigation, but Facts Show It Was Only a Dream. TRUE HISTORY OF REPUBLICAN MEASURE untold and countless million whe win In the year and la the generation to earn Inhabit those lauds and He la the hamao which will be there muled. wlU ewe tba great bona which will be them t the fhtr ("nowo elgfated eaurage and ludeslldUty af Frssldeiit Iteuwvalt. Jt I sot possible be ooder-etso-d la eipiala lo such a wey s t with evriT by aoyeuo not familiar detail a( the stiuatloo how mech the friends owo to of the national Irrigatlwi mureineiit Presides I Kauserelt fur kla eld in bringing Mil about the ameudmeuts to the Irrlgattou bio lo this eeaslDS of f'eagres. Without tntereat and frieudly Ulerreoirieu It Jo doubtful whethor the ameadmeuts of tho bill eeuld have hueu uvauplhlnd Had not bees fur the Pnsljut, the friend of atand tha aatlooal Irrigattea aaevemest who for heme anting as against nd sMcuia-tlewould hava hod to tint ind defeat thee be the earn premise rommlttsa Idil end and gin all aver again, gather thrtr fon-e-. As tosh a oew start lu tlw seat Cviign-aoH la oew, the work of the hud three be bees preserved by the actloo ef tbo 1 Tret dent and tba Mil Is new la sorb sbapo coo test ersty friend of tbo heartily support it. Fl Federal Aid to Irrigation Originated with a Republican Administration Fifteen Years Ago Roosevelt's rer- sonal Triumph. Democratic party would have tha abiitiatad behsv that It la rsepousibis to could aot (or all good things. within a b successfully contradicted ivaa thus, it aronld ant kaaitata to rlaiia tba croitit (or tba Damlucu, tba Christina era. tba discovery of America, tha liaclaratiou of Iiidrimiilouca, tba rationa of XXaebiugtoa and tba eonatrnctiuu of tha Paulina canal, or. la fact, any old thing. Tha Itnuorratic press noar baa tba hardihood to opmily aaxrrt tbut the party f i. (a lion and dimity ia raaimoailila la (or tbo National Irrigation Act. beeping with tbo trailitioual ro.alationi af ita notorioua "hindsight" it baa that thia aim National lrriga-tio- a Act of Fraaidant Roosevelt' la calculated to add a now industrial empire to tha United Bute. It would fala gira tbia tba "mo-tooaccent, but It ia tun lata. What art tha taoordad facta 1 terioc should ho empowered to withdraw from entry all lamia proposed to bo irrigated, instead of only tboea required for reservoirs and ditches aa provided in tba bill; that no water should be sold or doll re rad eicept to bona Ada settlers, actually living on tha .and to which tba water waa applied which waa aot in tba Nawland bill aud that tha word: but State aud territory law shall govern and control the appropriation, uao and distribution of tlia waters rendered available nndrrthis act," should be stricken out an virtually subjecting tho coutrol of Federal work to Mtato Legislatures, some af which he doubtless believed, but did not nay no, to be unfit to eiemaa ueb a trust, and ae certiiuly exposing tha arttlers to tba danger of oiidleo and ruinous litigation. At tba Irasi-dentaapraa requirement tha bill waa amended in these resiecu aud became tbe law aa R staude Lai Hlatorr apeak. Dnprecodentel Fore. Thera had bean attempt for many yaaro to get the government to go into lha irrigation business, but all failed until Fraaidaut Roosevelt took hold of the project. In hie first annual mesa sea to Tki .t Ida-col- a, " Tha (rut move on tha part of tba govern meat to reclaim tba arid Waat began aa far hark aa 1880, coder Prssi-daHarriaon'a Republican admluistrt-tlon- . whaa a bill waa paaaad by Congraae authurlalng aa invaatigatloa of tblo subject with a alow of aacaruinlng to wbat eitaot tha arid raglooo of tha I'ultod fttataa raa bo bonoflted by irrigatinu. Thia bill appropriated 1 100,000 for topographical aurveya for the flaral year end-laJana SO. 1889. The money wna to bo aaad amlar tha dirartinn of Major rowall, tha then head of tha geological enreay. a Tha wort waa placed andar tba af tha Secretary of tha Intnrior, aad Major Fowall waa direct ail to make hia report aa early ae possible. Upon hie report and the rarnmiuendntioiia of tha Bocretary of tha Interior, the $100,-00- 0 wea eupplemented by aa additional appropriation of 13,000 by tbo paoaogo of an net for tbo further investigation of tbo arid reglona. A (Miuniittee af Senator waa appointed to riait tha arid regiona of tbo different W eat era States and tecritoriea, daring tha aummar of 1801k It completed ita work of InvMtl-gatlo- a and mail Ho report after haring tro valod 12,000 milao and having boon on the road Any days. Kepahtlrnns Load tba Way Tba KrpuMiran aalional (invention held la I'bilailelphia la June, 1900, te Irrigation in tbo national aa fnlluwe: "la further purauaurc af tba couataiit pulley of tbo Republican parly to pmvbla free homoa on tbo public domain wo recommend adequate National leglalatinn to roclaim tha arid IrtHila of tha (lulled Btatea, preaervlng tha control of the distribution of water for Irrigation to the reaimctivo Bute Tbo itoniocrst. of and tarritnri. course, Innlating and following tha lead f tba Uepulilican party In all matter af progress, adopted lb following plank la their platform at Kanaaa City in July. 1900: "XV farwr an Intalllgcnt system af improving tbo arid laud of tba Went, aloriug tlio watera fur tba purpose or Irrigation and Ilia huldlug of ouch laud (or octnal settler. Koooavall Frlmo Havon la hi nieeaagt lo lha Fiftyxeeenth Oengrem Freaideut Kooeevelt clanrly and Vigorously urged the ouactmeut of la aid of development by irrigation af tha greet arid portiuua of our counKum ura ged by tbo Freeident'a try. oarueat aud vigornuu recommendatiou. tiie memliera of both hranclice of Btatea frmu tha arid and aemi-ariMet in the early daya of the amrion, appointed a committee of one from each of Che Mid Btatea and territorial, with Ben-te- r Warren nf XV) owing, a Republican, aa chairman. for the purpoee of drafting aa irrigation measure. Thia coiuiniil labored caraaatly and faithfully, and Anally promoted to the fall repreamitatiuu from tba XV eat a bill which waa arreted by them, iutroduceil la the Bruate by Bcunter Ilan.brongh, a Itepulikican, end in tba House by Ncwlanria, which bill, with ouliaeqncut amendraeuta, waa tha foundation fur tbo preaeut national irrigation ct. On May 14, 1902, in preoenting tha bill to the ilonae Newlanda to President Ruoarvalt'a message on irrigntlon and quoted the eame in ita entirety, Itiua admitting that Ilia iulliii'ni-for ilia meaaura waa the atrougeat at that time. fad-or- g aupar-viaio- plat-far- legie-lalin- o LVm-gre- d 'a in 1!K)1 ho railed attention to tho uocoosity of providing weler for the arid laud and Mid: "The object of tbo government ia to diapoao of tbo land to settler who will build hnniee upon it. To aecompliah thia object water must bo brought within their reach. Tho natioual goveruuisut'o policy, he pointed out, aboiild bo to aid irrigation in tho ooveral Btatea ami territories in such a manuer as will enabla tl people o in tha local communities to help and ae will stimulate needed reforms la tha Btate laws and regulation n likewise regoverning irrigatinu. minded tho East, which was against this pulley at tha time, that tha reclamation and settlement of the arid lands will enrich every portion of oar country Jnet a tha aettlement of tha Ohio and Miaals-aipaalleya brought prosperity to tba C'ongreoo tbeiu-eelve- Atlantia State. Flaal Personal Triumph. With hia eeenatomed vigor and Intelligence President IfatoMvelt exerted Influence In this direct ioa on Congress, won the timid and tha vacillating over to hia side, aad tba National Irrigation Law waa enacted on June 17. 11102. That law, be it remembered, grew out of hio meaaogo waa auacted by a Republican Congress, ably coached by Mr. Roone-velThe measure became a law with hia signature. Tha Republican National Irrigation Art of 1902, signed by President Roosevelt, waa a fittlug aud natnml to tha Republican Free supplement llomau Law or 1802, signed by President IJncola. To President Roosevelt, therefore, and to hia alone, 1a due tha fact that them waa any National Irrigation at all ia that Cou gross, and that tha law, aa enacted, alowilutely protect tba poor man aud render any largo honuuga of national forevwr. Irrigated land Impoasihl And thia la how tho Democrats arc "responsible" for national Irrigation. of 1901, t. Keeolwtlawa by Fast bom Man. At tho ninth annual convention of the National Association nf Agricnltnral Implement and Vehicle Manufacturer, held at Minneapolis Oct 1.1 to 17. 1902, the committeo on moluliuni reported ae follow: Resolved. That we esnantnlete the reunify an tbe paasiige of tbe National Irrigation Act and exim-our profound appreciation nf the aid and re operation of president Koum-reland all friend of that In the Praato and llnnao of Rep. rmeutatlvro. la aocoriug the passage of that act. We liellcve llila lir (angresa aiarked tbe foiirrillun of mi of the greatest projects ever uudertakrn ly auy and that It liiauguralra new rra la the prnarem of this nnllim and tha uf lu luterual trade and oa-eraud tlie enlargement uf the homa market fur all our uiniiufurtnira; that tbe Irrtgalile erld lands, which are eatliuatnl to comprise an are of ever lMai.ouu acres. ran and shnuld be reclaimed Just as rapidly as m illers will lab them and repay the coal to the ginrrrnmeut of Irriaa-tleworks liullt tor their reclamation. t, c JaallM Has Nat Moan Haas Hefora. Tho West ha been for years insisting that some legislation should bo inaugurated by t'nngms kicking to tho of tlie arid public lan-l- owned by tho govemmeut and couetitnting in mini State ICi per rent of tho are. On lesson thin agitation baa progressed slowly ban been that the poniou of the counI'reaklant Alfaro Fill. Thia mraanre waa known aa tba try most Interested in tlie qneathm D e eel i led aud ha not tbe and became the lu national coniicile which numbers baaia apon a hu b the committee work wan done, but aa draflrd it never became give. Another reason wee that it waa diffia law. It waa diaruaaed by a committee of roprmrutativn cult for those living in humid Btatea to from all tha But., concerned, which met form any proper cunceptkm of tho Irriearly every day dnriug December and gation question, and tho eensturs and on Itec. 28 agreed upon tho form of the Representatives from Ht.iten baring no aecieed bill, which, after elill further dirert interest in thu question havo been chengaa by tbe Benete committee, peexe.l akiw to acquire tbe information necesthe Benato without vevieioa on March 2, sary to bring them to a full realisation 1UD2. of ils importance. It la not specially lint la the form In which It was rer- it ran re that mi many American citizen an wended Hr tbo general committeo or should bo unfamiliar with this subject. which Mr. Nawlaml. wea accretary, and It ia on that does not prevent itself in In which U paaaad tha Senate, tha bill a practical way In tbe portion of our waa nimeceptablo to Ireaident Roosevelt country which containa of aa affording speculators and largo land oar entira population. XX'hile tba arid owners Mpportunity to mouopoliza tha recina is of vast extent. It la but thinly heneAta of tho act. Mr. Roosevelt there- settled. It i estimated that nnder tbs by sent for Banator Ilnns'-rotixland National Irrigation Act the XVest will Repraaantativea Metcalf. Moody and bo capabia of sustaining 80.000.000 peoReeder, ail Republicana. wbo would hava ple. charge of the bill In tbe Mouse, and warnWell Meeltad Tribute. ed them that anle changed in certain Io o loading editorial in Maxwau'a respects be should he ronipelleJ to veto It. Talisman, lieorge 11. Maxwell, on of the best informed men on irrigation in Chech winteo the Kliarka. the United Bute say: Tbe specihe rbsngcs that he reqnirad And the nf this generation who will y Were. Biel, that the of tbe In- these benrdie aad advantages ami the Cniigi-eo'tue- Why n s Frosi-deut'- e influ-eur- nine-tent- Su.-eiar- y ea-le- beme-mak- Aa Idaut Amarlcan. What tbio cotrotry waoti now ia moo ut o faw of thorn, hot o muHRndo o vast majority ( her rttixen who oholl bo jort ouch aa Theodor RonoovoR, of strong and ragged physique, shirking po labor, however hard. ll ? t,SlT tbe (train of sturJy Intrgrity. gnidsd b1 high civic idoala. otomling iuflrxibl and iixurably for tha truth awl tbo right. Hi own words from bis address, The Btreunons lift, tuay be taken oa the very basis and foundation for a new source of phihmopby and ustioual policy dankick will guard sgaiiMt all gers if the poopla of this country will but heed them: In the lest analysis, a hrilthy stets can exist only when the men nwt women who uiske It up lead clean, healthy tnilm-that llvra; when the chlhlreu err Ibi-shall endeavor not to shirk difficultly lul In ovrmime them, not to ssk mss liut In know how to wrest triumph from toll aud risk. The men must be glsd to do s Bias's work, to dare eud ruilun and to aud in keep those lulmr, to keep hluiw-l- f Irprndent upou him. The wumse must lie I hr housewife, the helpmeet uf the homemaker, tha wise and aealuu mother ef uiany healthy children. Here id a remedy that gnee to tho foundation. Tho word or those of a leader and carry with thru a warning and an admonition. Theodor Roosevelt hae roinrd a word that w should take aa a national watchword and act It np ao a lieacoa light oa every hilltop throughout tho nation: "llomemakor. mi WAGES AND GOST OF LIVING Grotesque Attempt by Democrats to Twist Facts for Campaign Consumption. GROSSLY INACCURATE Country Is Not in Throes of a Disastrous Business Depression, and Workingmen Continue to Prosper What the Figures Show. Nothing con id hotter illustrate tho infinite capacity of tho Jemocrutie party for doing tbo wrong thing at tba right moment than ite attempt to outfoc acknowledged industrial eondhious with tho bald statement of its campaign text book that business depression of this year is greater than was that uf 1893 und 18! X4.1 Aa them nr aa many million American voters an there ara millions engaged fn imluatrial pursuits whoa experience span the decade, and who know this to bo most fortunately false, there 1 no need to waste time in refuting it. Th Democratic depression that prevailed from 1893 to 1897 paralysed Industry in every section of th United Btatea, aud its pinch waa felt in every homa. The "businoM depression of --..s year" ia ao largely n figment of Democratic imagination that it requires n magnifying glam to lx soon, and what thora la of It is rapidly fading from sight an th prospects of n groat Bepubllean victory boromo mors certain. But tba Democratic campaign book is not satisfied witk thia grotesqn generalisation, so It attempts to controvert the Republican claim of prosperous times in METHUSELAHANDTHESPHINX farm, office aud workshop with tha assertion that no on is better off by reason of increased income, beoassa tha Como all y Bryan Democrats, cost of Urlng has increased disproporlour peerleM leader alinks; tionately. Como all y utoated plntocrati, How utterly and Irrationally aboard is Forget your former kiiiki: Tba banner float for and yoa must tots tbio contention in proved Iff tho fort that If prices were advancing mor rapidly for than tbs earnings of tho groat mass of Mathueolah and tha aphlni. I tha people, the great mass of tbo people would soon lx irretrievably Insolvent or Coma all ya scattered Democrats their purchase wou. bo no cartailed That anlk Uke frightened minks, that th volnmo of bnainm would b So lean that wo can ae yonr alata, enormously reduced. Aa hungry aa tho lynx; Thors lo no possibility of making n Tho bauners flout for and pom Bast scientific comps r iaan of us rotative vote for ia wage and th coat of living. Methuselah and tha apbinx. IxcaaM they ara controlled hr different factors. Th rate of wage la coutrolled Coma all ys hopelesa Democrats, by Industrial conditions; the cost of livXX'hile Parker think ha thinks. Climb off tha ship Ilka frightened rate. ing in controlled by tha IndividnnL No man can fix hia Income at will; any man Before the old thing oinks; Lot condiTho bamiero float for and yon Biot can limit bin expenditures. tions provide sufficient wage to tb vote for workingman, and it rests with Mm to Methuselah and tha npMnx. say by what margin ha will live within Chicago Chrouiclo. hio Income. The larger that Inoom tho largar his possible snrplna. If batter Words of Choor far tho Democracy. wage breeds extravagance, tho result, It has been given out to tho forlorn in tho of Micawber, ii misery: end drooping Democrai-that XVilNo it they language with seonomy, the are II caret is loosening np"; that h ha result lo an expended accumulation of wealth and been induced to put In a few thousand to open headquarters for th National happiness. Cftuviscl.s Toitlasap Democratic Clubs. Tha hungry know Good times nnder Republican adminwell that this means that Meant nipiroe to ha a candidate agaiu, but they nr not istration ha provided tha bettor wages, and tho economy of tho American peoworrying about 11MJ8 now. Fonr years ago Ilearst wan presi- ple has piled np tha means of contentdent and footer of bills for th National ment and happiness, at is evidenced by Democratic Clubs. Ill member met, tlx following statement of tha number if memory serges aright, at Indianapolis, of depositor and deposits In the Mvings expecting to greet their president, lint lank of tho United Btatea for th eleven inclusive: be eeut one of his hired man to receive yearn from 1893 to Veer. No. Depositor. Deposits. th greetinge of his admirers. This MRS ll.TWi.foft.R.IT 4.KSltffin dampened the ardor of tha crowd, de- HM ,4.a7uin sist tha fact that their fare back homa 9M .fi.(stt.4n4 wae paid. Tha November election set- iron .fiffi.IJO tled the whole concern, but It seems that the N. D. C. I to he resurrected, what 18 .fi.M7.aia 1!S .10T.iaa tittle there Is left of ita ashes. PSll .fi.Sia.T23 vlgi-roii- y Ite, 4.m,r I1 DeMecratle Flwaaclal Maasoemeat. On th 1st of July, 1892, tho last year of tho Harrison administration, th total Imuded debt of the United Bute was, lu round numbers, L"8.'i.Ull),000. On th 1st of July, 1897, tba last year of tho second Cleveland administration, tbo total bonded debt won $S4:t.un0,000, an of (i'AOOO.OUO during fonr yonr of perfect peace. July 1, 1892, th 11001 m Interest charge on tho pnblle debt was $.893.-000- . July 1, 1897, It was 134.387,000. an increase of S1!.4!M.O)0 daring fonr years of Democratic administration. A party that cannot administer the government during n short period of fonr years without largely increaehig the public debt and tba nnuual interest -count I not fit to be oatruatad with the control of affairs. Two Judooo with Political Pasts. Democracy can always be depended u to bluuder. Tha nomination of Judge Parker was n blunder, because ho received hie early political training from IX. B. Hill, on of th most notorious and worker in dsvhms ways New York hat produced. The nomination of 1). Cady Herrick for Governor or New York, also was a blunder, because tie was Imiss" of the Democratic "machine" at Albany before bii election to th bench. The Albany "machine" hoe a reputation ae unenviable as Tammany's. wire-pulle- rs Th last few year of Republican ad- ministration have added untold millions to the agricultural wealth of th country by opening new markets for farm products at constantly improving prices. Th beauty of the Republican policy of protection is that it develop manufacturing and agricultural interest on parallel line. Wed aot have to aaeae at ewr i Ictloos, aad then correct tba s It smwi aapnfmlar. Tha prtaeli which we prafasa are thoea ia wl wa believe with heart sad Boat trepith. Mew may differ from bwt they raaaet across as ofehiftli or Insincerity. Rueere;iie h tier el eeptaaaw Accordieg to astronomers it la 25 trillions of mile, as the crow from the earth to Alpha Ceatauri, nearest fixed star. It is about th I distance from Esopue te the II XAnuse by th Democratic root. STATEMENTS $324 per fail' expand ttnro for food Ily, or 42.54 per cent, of tha averag expenditure for nil purpose. Thi date wm corroborated by other information in lees detail form, from 25,440 fa mi ties, and no la entitled to lx accepted aa representative, Tho moot cursory examination of tho abovs tabla reveals Che fact that the purchasing power of wage, maaaurod by retail prices of food, wae 5 per cent greater in 1908 than In 1893, and this in spite of tho fact that tba bourn par week had been reduced 3.7 par cent But more coudneiva to th wide of th prosperity than these proofs of tho increased pnrohaelog power of wag, is tha fact revealed in Che column gieing tha relative number of persons employed ia tbe eetebllshmsnts investigated. Between 1894 and 1903 th increase in the number of employes receiving these wages with increased purchasing power waa S4.3 per cent, while in th meantime tho population of tha United Btatea only increased 21 per cent wl Itemocracv'a Last Resort. DIefaeertened and disgusted with th wide distribution of prosperity in the homes, workshops and bank accounts of American wage earners, demonstrated hf these figures, the Democrats appeal to "railroad labor ns affording tha most occur ta barometer of wages." Haro, they My, "a largo proportion of lha employes ara union men, whona wsgss are comparatively steady." Than the compilers of tho Democratic campaign book begin to Jnggls with th very averages and percentage they affect te despise. They Institute comparisons between 1892, when railway wage were at high tide, aad 1991, whan they had scarcely recovered from Democratic recession of They suppreos th foot that tha atatistical avaraga of railway wagM was 1cm affected by the Democratic hard times than tha average of other ind nstries, for the obvione reason that force worn reduced in numbers tho proportion of high priced retained bocnoM of their experience was greater. They also eondado their comparisons with tha year anding Jana 80th, 1902, wall knowing that tha statistic of th Interstate Gommerca Commission for that year only reflect n month or two of the advance In railway wages of that calendar year, which did not reach flood tide until July, 1903. Not nntil the statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commiaaion for tho year 4 nr published next summer will it bo possible to nuke an nnthoritetivo comparison of the waxes of railway amploye and tha coat of living In tha year 1903. Bnt tha report of th Commission for th fleeal year 1903 in available, and it furnish the following date, which thrown light on tha rich nlico of prosperity which has fallen to tha share of railway employee: 1893-1891- 1903-190- jBT J"r- - and jpg: ,ih Number. 1- -1 ijiiiff 12S.47 J5 N9T Cemnenaatt iTT.va.. 405b6Ulgl InrrMM 410.001 $3U0.71t.S4 Increase per rest.. S0.4 Innease nf rempesMtleu relatively .AfifitXfiTS 1(04 ever number ....... 44(411 T.l 111 S That (hi relative increiM of compenThe liemocratic depression of 18! Cl and 1894, to which th campaign book sation, oompared with that in tha numdirect wa ber of railway employes, due not tell iuadvertently attention, marked by a falling off in deposit of the whole troth ia proved by tho followover (37,909.090 In on year. Between ing table: 1803 and 1903 the average due each depositor increnseJ from (3U0 to $417. KAIL WAT KM PLOT K FOR T Mor significant than tho Increase in 4118 KND'NO JUNK RJTII, It AM ia Ik In (elilo sixteenth rev the fact that 1903 there deposit of the elatlutles of railways assosl la tha mid were 2.474,029 absolutely new earing BUtea for 19(10, p. 43.) bank depositors in tha United 8tates, Dally Com pea- - I acre Mtlna marking an increase of nearly 60 per avrnga pi IfiOfi. MM. cei cent, during a period when tha total Kuxlnemea $3.fiS fi. $4 01 population only increased 24 per cent. Miemea 2.SS g.Ofl n. Conduct ora .M 10. gor Col. Wrlwht'a Other trainmen .1T l.m) 14. Turning now to tho direct comparison Beetloo foremen l.TO 1.7 4. of th advance in wages and coat of liv- Other trackmen 1.1 g. Lag ing during the period under review, the W'has tha Fiaaraa Trsva Democrats affect tlie greatest contempt It will ba observed that theis alx for the government statistic, classes' of railway employes, emwhich, nnder the able, conscientious and nn bracing almost half of all tho railway liiaaed direction of Carroll D. Wright, employe In tba United States (591,473 present the following instructive onm-uar- in 1903 against 803,593 ia 1897) were receiving an average daily compensation ............. ............. ..(.......T.lifii Naasns .... Conns ef employment, waxes, hen re ef labor, weekly Minings and retail 1 offoed, and puiehaiiuc power of weekly earnings relatively te pries ef fond (Relative aembers eompsted on bsals ( avenge for liwvisng-iwy).- ) Retell Pur. newi Mean per Employes Weekly prli-rweekly wi Relative week, relative earnings of food rel. pr Tver. Nnmlter suwlier relative. relative. of food. I1 . ..a......... MO.fi 101.2 KM 4 Ml s -- 1W4 04.1 UM1 ooaoa iiMiteirimiHH 00.7 o.a 00.X 00.7 00 1 100.0 MI go 113.fi fifi.7 04.1 ..,..,.110-- ...... .ldfi.fi 1U4 ooiaisisrtiiMiis ltluS oooosooooooooooonnoano 07.T 0fi.fi 100.1 Ml ln ....... ...... ........ lm.0 Ml ....... ............ ...... .imt it .IWX0 H90 1Kl. 0T0 Xtfi.4 00.0 Throe figure preaeut th rasnlto of an exieusiv investigation into the wages and hours of labor in th leading manufacturing and mechanical Industries of the United State during th period named. It has designed to cover thoroughly tha principal ilostiuctiva occupation e, and Mr. XVright, in aubmitting It (so Bulletin of tho Bureau of Labor, No. 53, July, 1904.) oays: "It ia believed that the data presented are mor comprehensive end representative ao fir ao th and mechanical industries are concerned than any that hava boon heretofore published." Th figures to income and expenditure are summarised from data gathered from 2.5ti7 families, ia 33 Bute, whose average income from all sources was $927 a year, whose avenge expenditure wis $701, and whoM overage maun-raeturin- 0d m 07 03.fi Ml KH.l fifi.7 fiO.fi 100.1 10S.1 112.fi 110.fi lufi.0 1M.S 110.0 ... e Yflar n4J JlMlIlH 1W (4eesitt(e)Mi 4eWteestlUMil lam laeteoe per rest... Hon at iaet w see truly rafiootad 5 offset ef th horiaontel rate ia th mull ef railway siuploya mods as ths rmn of tha widesptwsd labor sgitntiaa ia anmmor ef 1008. Th advsoN vorioasly estimated at tha lima 1 fall 12 to 15 par cant, aad any sutiiYiZ that foil to show R moot ba distottto fey tha Introd action of noma factor, no disproportion of low prie uw tending te rodac tbo nvorng. In onannetioa with tho shore praof of tha 10 par coat advance in railway wagM in out year, ft dhonld b bored that tha doclin in pries Ueu 7 tw id 1909 (OBtiBOM. If tha Damoerata ara willing t ! eopt th pay of railway taker 1 th moat accurate barometer of wsgss, th R. publican party can call to th witness stand 1,812,837 railway employ se teetify to th fact that, meaeurad hr what it will boy, their income of lflns is higher than it was in 1897, and user-!- y half s million of (ham ran truthful affirm that they received no to inpecs, tioa whatever in 1897 whore, according to th bore system of avers gs ooaipea. ration, they now divide some $275,uun. 000 among thorn, or a boat $508 piece, u KILKENNY HARMONY. That Is the Kind that Prevails Amaag Naw York Da as aerate. Not doc tho traditional cats of were hung acnxi a Una by their tails has there been such an seuinng harmony of subdued discord as ia hrard Kfl-ken- in Now York, now that Judge D. Cady Herrick has teen nominated by th Democrat fur governor. Judge Fsrkor warned Edward M. Shepard, or District Attorney Jeroma nominated fur gureraor in order to galvsniM hia campaiga into tho semblance of life. David B. Hill wanted John B. Btanch-fielbecause 8 1 noli field bent represented the organisation outside of New York City, to which Mr. Hill own hie ascendancy in tha Bute Democracy. Mr. Hill had no um for Herrick, who, ns Democratic boss of Albany County, has bees n thorn in his side for years. But, R ia Mid, ho accepted Herrick and pnt him in nomination on th principle of the Mleemnn who sold n coat marked $15 for $19, on doubtful credit, bscsuM ho would lose 1cm if the bill was never paid. Hill will kwo 1ms la Herrick's defMt than if he bad succeeded in Dominating his friend Btenchfioid. Senator Patrick H. McCarrsa, tho Brooklyn boss, to whom Judge Isrksr owm his nomination, wanted Comptroller Groat nominated, and for a time he bad Mr. Hilla oateaaibl support for Groat. Jndga Parker and Hill want back oa McGarron; the former te placets Charles V. Mnrphy and Tammany, nod tho tatter boraoM ho eonidnt help him-ool- f. Tammany soceptod Herrick berau R win willing to accept anybody who stood for tha discomfiture of Bom McOsnwa. Aa n tomahawk in (ha hands of CharRo F. Mnrphy with which to dispatch D. Cady Herrick would servo Tammany mock better than nithor Shepard or Jerome. Besides, did not Jndga Herricks career on tho bench present sterling claim oa tho admiration and nocoaoitiM of Trainany? His aboM of hio Judicial petition to th political cxiganciM ia Albany is along th lino of what Tammany considers tha higher walks of politics. Mora over, has he not practically pardoned an official blackmailer and protector of disorderly bouses by imposing a paltry fin of $1,000 on the notorious police Captain Diamond 1 a stroka of judicial leniency toward corruption in New York City attractive to Tammany. If x would se act se Jndga; wket prodlgRa af clemency to "good men" might k set perform an governor? So Tammany drop-poMayor Mcdcltan and swallowed Herrick and hio record with gen nine rah teh and noisy gusto. Not so, however, tha Democratic press of New York City. Tho WORLD tskss its madid no with evident atom; tha TIMES turns Herricks pictnra te tha wall and fixes ita gss on Judge Parker, with th reflection that non honorable nomination in fonr years to ao for ns tho Now York Democracy can ba expected to pandor to th somewhat blunted moral Tho oentimant of ft constituency. EVENING TOST openly repudiate Herrick, raying that a proper regard for ita own reputation forbid giving him tha negative support of silence. From this brief resume R map ho gathered that tha element for a harmonious Democratic campaign in Now York ara nil that could ba dtsirod from Republican point of view. d Parker Admission. Judge Parkers tatter of accoptssc stand pat on Republican achiavomoato. bnt coyly admit that its writer weald bo n snfsr man at the National throttle than President Roosevelt so long no n Republican Benato sits on tho safety vaivo. If tha protect!? tariff ia "robbery' ha to willing to torn sunk thief; if wo burglarized Tanam ho to willing te krap tbs stolon goods; if order Nn 71 lots down th ban for a pension scandal ha will revoke tho order, bnt tat th ban rsmsis down just the Mm. It to n vory pretty confession that tha Republican have sdminiotcrod tho governmert so wiMly, diligently and affectively that they deserve n vacation, while ho trim hia prontica hand at vanning it wRhoat reversing single lover. lu lu K omployM has iacres sod more thi, 10 cent, over tho year previous, while number of their employe has . practically stationary, os is suunrhr.I" following table: Number and eompeoMtlaa ef eight lepresMtstivs rallwayi:w,,, l during th year 1902-- 3 more than 10 per cent greeter than during tha year Moreover, It ia a notorious fact that them averages do not begin to represent tha increase in tbe earnings of railway employe daring th inmmer of 1903, when tho rate of pay of certain classes was raised from 10 to 15 par cent, la that year, too, there war 227,912 Fra too from a Democratic Mawopapass Tha Naw York Timas, 000 of th Democratic nowopapors which has beoa denouncing Prraidont Roooovolt's Philippine policy. Nccntly printed no editorial leader on the settlement of th Friars land question. Tha article eonclsdoa: "It in creditable both to tha Intelligence and the humanity of tho gortrumsot." mor persons employed in tho six classes If tho Times was Iom partisan R could named than in 1897, and according to tho truthfully My that every art of th Interstate Commerce Commission they Roosevelt administration in dealing with wer receiving tha increased daily aver- ths Philippi no question was oradi tabla age pay where they roceivod nothing in te tho United States. the year last named. "Thssnpoadltnrsn of the Nation haa Finally, returns gathered foom th aneon maaanod la a spirit of economy neal report for th year ending Jane for re mured from waste so from 30th, 1904. of eight representative raillanordliaooai aad In tha fatara ovary ways In different parts of th country, having a total mileage of 10.587 miles, affort will ba caatlaaad t secar aa oa Is consistent with indicate that tho eompooMtion of thoir nasmj aa strict Romevslf Isusref eaaspUxeA sfliclancr. 1890-189- |