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Show Facts of Business Bus-iness Depression A Mllwaukeo manufacturer of Unit gloves and mittens, referring to The Tariff Leagues Inquiry concerning payroll accounts In tho banks for corresponding weeks In June, 1913, and June, 1911, writes ns followo: Wo wish to state that ou" lino of business is practically ut a standstill and wo nro at present face to faco with a proposition of working shorter short-er hours and of closing down entirely entire-ly ono ot our plants, u condition not existing In our Hue slnco 1S90. In fact, up J.o tho present year It hns been almost impossible to nt any time take care ot all the business given giv-en to us. We have no doubt thtt tho enactment of the present tnrlff law has brought about this exceedingly exceeding-ly unsatisfactory condition In tho textile tex-tile glove and mitten business ot this country. It is from such plain, practical, truthful reports ns this that the facts, ot business depression aro gleaned. Wo wish that there could bo a hundred hun-dred thousand reports from Individual Individ-ual manufacturers setting forth actual ac-tual conditions, whether good, bnd or Indifferent. Tho truth will In time bo known, but It would bo for tho general good of tho country If It wore inndo known In extensive detail during dur-ing tho next three months. They aro not showing Democratic Freo Trado conditions in tho 5 cent movies now, but they are showing other horrors not so horrible. |