Show THE PENDING STRIKES they ar are of t no ue use so democrat campal Ma Ir trIaL ll after groping about blindly for something ome to take the plate place of 0 the dead 10 16 to 1 free silver issue of ishai and 1000 the democrats have bare apt gelled seized apon the unrest of labor as so indicated in numerous strikes in trio varlo is in parts of the country as a condition which can be charged to the republican party tola this in 1 merely mother another illustration a of f the tru tra it fatuity of democratic ilowite buu bull le tea lea a to monkey with a live wire when hen they are looking lor for something to win in votes stricken like the poor we have ha TO with us always it it unlike the poor they are not proof proofs of hard kilnes and misfortune ilore more often strikes are the ft gas gue and at tend ants of prosperous times in harl times wage earners hare have nothing to strike for or except against sharing la in the liwes losses which wait on in justry in good times such as we have been experiencing under republic can rule during the pt patt eight years strikes indicate the natural ambition of labor to secure an increased share in the profits of 0 their remunerative indus try under cleveland from wa to isak strikes signified the protest of labor against declining wages under and from to 1904 strikes have marked the strides by which labor hat has raised I 1 its to wa wages to a point never before known a in lit the history of the industrial worl I 1 no official statistics of strikes have been compiled later than for IWO 1000 but the figures tor for the sixteen years to and including that ear show the follow ing loss of wages to employed emp loyes dur during I 1 ng two republican and two democratic administrations waxes wages lout lost to employee emp loye I 1 y strikes tri krs ISM ini to ISM IPA cleveland S 1 41 1803 1893 to cleeland 71 r 6 total 9 8 years democratic adali aan I 1 FCO owl MI IQ to IS S as 4 K 4 lil ill l il 1897 to I 1 axt 11 chil ley cl 61 aw X 23 total 8 years republican administration thus than it w ill be seen that employees emp loye loyes lost nearly 9 less striking for an in creased share of the prosperity under harrison arrison II and Me Melvln lOnley ley than they did striking against a reduced share at 0 the dwindling profits under cleveland but more to the point are e the figures which show the proportion of strike succeeding in tb the respective respect iv periods as follows per cent ot of strikes inclusive Indus lve s IMIS to cleveland 1893 to isaa cleveland eight democratic years BI 84 IM to 1892 harrison 44 31 to mcfinley eight republican years 53 84 the banner year tor for strikes was IM 1894 which involved a loss lose of to employees emp loye loyes ia in wages it has ha been estimated that the stakes of 1003 lessened the purchasing power ot or the th american kmer ican people by fully 1000 and yet so universal was tle the increase in to pay of wage earners that the savings deposits of the country were increased by the enormous sam sum of 60 in one year this affords a striking contrast to the memorable year of or democratic adversity abw when more savings were ere withdrawn than were ere deposited there is a vast difference between the big anee of strikes in years of adver sity and years ot of prosperity le to the annual report of the Ilme merl ajL I 1 kede federation edera ration uon ot of labor the 2004 strikes of the organizations affiliated iBi hated with that body in III 1903 resulted in benefits to no ito less than or 77 per cent ot the members involved lu in 1494 the proportion of successful strikes wa was only 3 IM S clearly the present prevalence of por wie strikes will ill not serve th the demo crata as a campaign issue except as a it boomerang |