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Show RAISE Till: MAINE. The piopoiltion of the Spanish Minister Min-ister of Foreign Atlahs that his government gov-ernment should tako steps to lalse the Malnand iclloat her In Havana harbor har-bor Is one which can not fall to bo of tho deepest Intciest not alone to the United States but to civilization. The woild, shocked as It was by the destruction de-struction of the gallant ship, could look calmly upon the evidence that would be brought to the suiface with the Maine, and the question of the causes for tho explosion, the sinking and the terrific loss of life would bo In a fair wa) of settlement. Spain has persistently and earnestly repudiated, any and all lesponslbillty for the event. There are naval qxpeits In tho United States who have taken tho ground that tho explosion was Inter- P yW. WllllHM WWPMJIM ,.M IWHIBII. II '.,HJtH.' PM nal and not external, though the weight of the evidence and the undoubted un-doubted weight of belief In the United States Is that the explosion was duo to external forces and to Spaniards, If not to Spain. It Is certain that men of tho typo of Cervera would shrink with horror from even the mention of a proposition proposi-tion to destroy the Maine while lying at the anchorage assigned her by the harbor master of the port of Havana, but It Is otherwise as to Spaniards of the type of Wcylcr. Rut the Maine should be raised, and tho question determined de-termined to the utmost limits of determination. de-termination. It Is due to Spain, to civilization and to tho United States, and If Spain Is sincere In the proposition proposi-tion she should be aided and not hampered hamp-ered In the work. Bureaus Of labor Statistics. . By icars of past experience It has been pioven that tho Only way In which a correct Idea can be obtained of tho actual conditions of labor at any time, Is by the most careful anil impartial investigations. Tills fact was rccogniod by our Government when bureau of labor statistics were established. Before bureaus weie established a few jcars ago It was practically Impossible to secure coi-rect coi-rect infoimatlon regarding labor conditions con-ditions that was not open to criticism on account of partisanship or personal bias of the persons presenting the same. Under the labor bureaus that have been formed, careful scientific Investigations have taken the place of unreliable work by partial Investigators. Investiga-tors. During the past few jcars annual reports of tho different bureaus bu-reaus has been published, thereby making public the actual conditions of tho country pertaining to labor questions, among other things showing show-ing the number of persons employed, tho total and average wages paid cmplojes, the number of dajs that the working establishments weie In opciatlon during each, also the comparative com-parative value of all products lalsed. It is readily seen that such lepoits or statistics enables one to sec fiom j ear to year, the degico of prosperity or dcpiesslon In Industry, and their elTects upon the laboring classes. In making out these reports nothing but oillclal figures can be used. The fig-uics fig-uics in these reports show conclusively that during the admlnlstiatlons of I'icsldeiits McKlnley and Rooicvelt, there weie moie poisons employed, more money paid In wages to cmplo.ves; also that the average jearly earnings of the working man were higher, and that the leading factories were In opoiatlon a gicater number of dajs In each car than at any timo during Democratic rule. These statements arc made from tho showing of the statistics of various states, from which comparative data can be obtained. ob-tained. In this connection wo might publish exact tlgurcs verifying the above statements, which would however how-ever comsumo unnecessary time and space. Investigations of these reports would provo highly Instuictive and beneficial to those who desire to keep In touch with tho conditions of the country especially of that part that peitalns to the Industrial question. |
