Show A verdict according to 10 pacts facts liko like a jury that sits to investigate feats not noi to lo express opinions of the ibo law or to influence proposed changes in ID it senators aldrich allison jones of nevada harris and carlisle went to work sixteen months ago to if I 1 vesti gato tho the course of wanes wages a and d prices following tho the cassago of 0 tho the me killoy bill four of them are steens and crotee lion lets two ol of them democrats democrat and free roo traders all of thorn them wanted to lo learn tho the facts without an any y color coloring iniz by partisan 0 or e economic m i op opinions I 1 n ro I 1 0 yo th they alfreod c 0 d f from ibo 0 s start tart to sah aly degli agree 1 g inso that Is thoro 0 r 0 we was to bo be no min bilty report made by tho sub lub committee I 1 or of tho the senate finance commit too tor for tho the majority agreed not to report any tact fact that was n not 0 t so clearly established a as a tact beet as to bo be conceded by the minority no expressions of opinion worn were to bo be made in tho the report concerning tho the economic or political bearings of the ilio facts found the ilio facts acas and nothing but the fact aero rero oro to be sought and presented and tor for this purpose tile the committee secured the operation cooperation co of such leading statisticians anti and professional investigators investigator a as labor commissioner carroll carrol D wright I 1 fx B I 1 su pert n tendon t of census francis IA A walker valker professor henry C adams prof 0 asor edmund J joules james edward athi william il grosvenor and dr roland 1 P Falk Falkno rot tile iho university n or I 1 pennsylvania who was appointed to be th the 0 statistician of the coin cent cittee tile the result Is a report of tile utmost value and ono aich anybody can call procure by addressing senator aldrich senator hiscock or any other no aber of the senate tho the dates of comparison chiefly used aro are juno june IS arid and september 1801 and the report of this jury drawn to sit mt on the iho mckinley law and render a verdict according to tho the facts show that in seventy evenly Si cities arti articles clos including all t tho h a necessaries aloof of life hivo have declined in average retail prices 64 1 1000 0 of 1 per r cent that tho the average wholesale arll prices fos have declined lood 3 1000 of I 1 per cent that agricultural prices advanced 1397 1367 per cent and that the average of wages has advanced 34 3 4 of 1 per con cent t look at tuesa cheso again average decline in prices per cent average advance in wages 0 75 per cent average rise in farm products product 1307 1367 per cent that there might be a mistake about the course of prices they were again as aln collected on may 1 1302 1802 in three cities for far apart and distinctly of the manufacturing commercial and I 1 agricultural consumers faill fr 11 river chicago Clil caRO and dubuque and they she showed lid that articles arti clos had declined an avor aver ugo of 4 per cent as compared with june juliand Jul yand august 1889 the articles of 0 which tho the retail prices were I 1 grouped wore were classI bod into food N clothes clo clobes hes find and clothing fiol and lighting metals and implements lumber and building materials drugs drills find chemicals I 1 house furnishing goods boils and miscellaneous necessaries tho the voin announced as the result of its computation the higher prices of farm products appod not clit ting much figure unit that the life cost of living of a family in ordinary circumstances was wa 44 of 1 per cent loss less on oil september 1 1601 1891 than on Sop 1 1889 in fifteen occupations selected by the com wages were found to bo be 0 per coot cent blither in september 1891 than junu june july aud and august lisas tile occupations selected I 1 were those of hven bi en blacksmiths bricklayers cabinet makers carpenters common laborers lAbor ors farm laborers nii ma masons iron molders mol dors painters plumbers sailors stonecutters aud and tinsmiths bagos in ili a number ol of other i industries were found to bo be 31 of I 1 I 1 percent per cent higher cato caio was also taken by tile the committee to 10 now arid and re rc statistics of wages and the llie cost of living in great britain it wits wai found that the cost of living in great britain had increased 19 per cent between june 1889 and september 1891 and that bakers bal cors blacksmiths cabinet makers chr carpenters penters laborers gunchin silts alts iron molders painters and plumbers rot got on an all average 77 per cent moro morn wages hero here than in great britain such auch ore aro tho the facts reported by six reputable floom bers of tho the united states senate democrats uniting with republicans I 1 lit in efforts to secure their correctness and indorse orso them as correct acir york press |