Show THE TARIFF AND WAGES WAGE S the mckenley measure reduced the duty on iron and steel forgings lorg forg inca ings of all sorts from byg to 2 3 10 cents a pound on structural steel or iron from 1 ly to 0 10 cents and on boiler and other plates of iron or steel from iya 1 to 5 10 cents these form the main output at homestead one of Cir carnegles I 1 employees plo burgee barges his or his desire to give a political twist to the situation by telling the congressional committee that he believed that the blight slight redaction reduction of the duty on steel billets that was made by the mckinley tariff wa was the cause of the decline in the price of billets in this country more than that be he believed the tho carnegie company bad had purposely caused this reduction of the thata tariff on steel billets in order to reduce the mar ket price and thus have an excuse for reducing wages if one thing was made more app ap arent than another during the congressional investigation it was that domestic comp altion and overproduction tion regu regulated latel the price of steel billets B bat at here is what McL told the corn coca cittee lie ile said be he thought there was a gigantic conspiracy somewhere where aided and abetted by legislation to deprive workingmen of their rights und erthe constitution of this govern government inen t that of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness mr taylor asked why he ile had formed such an opinion the witness said well after going gol n to work fully assured t that hat w we s had a sa safe te e basis u upon 0 which we could depend the mckenley 31 y b bill wl came carne in and reduced the tile ta tariff on that identical article upon which our compensation was based and raised the tariff on othe id 11 you speak ofa of a con conspiracy i ov said id mr boatner Is it yo your idea alt anat taa the e company after having your wages based on the price of billets had the we tariff reduced on that article th the e idea you think the tile less tariff the less the tile wages w queried mr taylor 1 I think so infer from what you say that carnegie and mckinley were parties to this con sp 1 r acy V I 1 by them reducing the price of billets ia our wages were reduced who do you think were in the conspiracy adira sp iracy ey T the h e union pacific railway and the Came camagies gies with H 0 frick at the bead head |