Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1889-05-26 | Page 4 | A Humorous Millionaire

A HUMOROUS MILLIONAIRE ANUREW Cuxcaic the Pennsylvania millionaire iron manufacturer who made all his wealth by the aid of the high tariff laws seems to be a humorist as well as a money maker and Republican campaign boomer The other day the half starved and halfclothed employees at his Homestead Home-stead mill represented to him that their pay was so small they could not live decently not to say comfortably on what they were receiving and they therefore asked him for an increase of 30 per cent in their wages He took a little time to think the matter over and then sent his answer which was that beginning next month wages would be reduced 20 per cent The humor of the response was so excruciating that the men at once gave notice of a strike and it is un dirsxwd that the mill will be closed until Mr CARNEGIE can import some shiploads of the pauper latorers of Europe as he is in the habit of doing when he finds that workmen in this country require more pay than tie ignorant fellows ask who are found on the other side of the Atlantic Mr C IRNCGIE is one of the most earnest energetic and liberal of Republicans on election days He is a talker s worker and and a giver In the last Presidential cam paign > he spent much time and more money in convincing voters that a high lariif would insure high wages and good times for working people protecting them against the competition of