mL I PHANTOM SHIP
11
OR
'ft ' The Plying Dutchman.
10 .
U li -BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT.
CHAPTER XII. ( Continued. )
"There are twenty men on deck to
tell the story , " replied the captain
"and the olu Catholic priest , to boot
Vs for he stood by me the whole time I
m was on deck/ The men said that some
accident would happen ; and in the
morning watch , on sounding the well
we found four feet of water. We took
to the pumps , but it gained upon us
and we went down , as I have told you
The mate says that the vessel is well
"known it is called the Flying Dutch
man. "
Philip made no remarks at the time ,
buthc _ was .much pleased at what he
Tiad heard. "If , " thought he , "the
Phantom Ship of my poor father ap
pears to others as well as to me , and
they are sufferers , my being on board
can make no difference. I do but take
my chance of falling in with her , and
do not risk the livesof those who sail
in. the same vessel with me. Now my
mind is relieved , and I can prosecute
my search with a quiet conscience. "
The next day Philip took an oppor
tunity of making the acquaintance of
the Catholic priest , who spoke Dutch
and other languages as well as he did
Portuguese. He was a venerable old
man , apparently about sixty years of
age , with a white flowing beard , mild
in his demeanor , and very pleasant in
liis conversation.
When PliSlip kept his watch that
night , the old man walked with him ,
and it was then , after a long conversa
tion , that Philip confided to him that
lie was of the Catholic persuasion.
"Indeed , my son , that is unusual in
a Hollander. "
" 'It is so , " replied Philip ; "nor is it
known on board not that I am
ashamed of my religion , but I wish to
avoid discussion. "
"You are prudent , my son. Alas ! if
the reformed religion produces no bet
ter fruit than what I have witnessed in
the East , it is little better than idola
try. "
"Tell me , father , " said Philip "they
talk of a mysterious vision of a ship
not manned by mortal men. Did you
see it ? "
'I saw what others saw , " replied
the priest ; "and certainly , as far as my
senses would , enable me to judge , the
appearance was most unusual I may
say supernatural ; but I had heard of
this Phantom Ship before , and more
over that its appearance was the pre
cursor-of disaster. "
The Batavia waited a few days at
St. Helena , and then continued her
voyage. In six weeks Philip again
found himself at anchor in the Zuyder
Zee , and having the captain's permission
*
sion , he immediately set off for his
own home , taking with him the old
Portuguese priest Mathias , with whom
he had formed a great intimacy , and to
whom he had offered his protection for
the time he might wish to remain in
the Low Countries.
Again he was united to his dear
Amine.
" ' CHAPTER XIII.
About three months later Amine and
Philip were seated upon the mossy
bank which we have mentioned , and
which had become their favorite re
sort. Father Mathias had contracted a
great intimacy with Father Seysen ,
and the two priests were almost as
inseparable as were Philip and Amine.
Having determined to wait a summons
previous to Philip's again entering
upon his strange and fearful task , and ,
happy in the possession of each other ,
the subject was seldom revived.
Philip , who had , on his return , ex
pressed his wish to the directors of the
company 'for immediate employment ,
"had , since that period , taken no further
" 'steps , , nor had any communication
with Amsterdam.
All at once Philip felt something
touch his shoulder , and a sudden chill
.ran through his frame. In a moment
-"his ideas reverted to the probable
-cause ; he turned round his head , and ,
to his amazement , beheld the ( sup
posed to be drowned ) pilot of the Ter
Schilling.'the one-eyed Schriften , who
stood behind him with a letter in his
ihand. The sudden appearance of this
analignant wretch induced Philip to
uxclaim :
' Merciful Heavens ! is it possible ? "
Amine , who had turned her head
round at the exclamation of Philip ,
covered up her face , and burst into
tears. It was not fear that caused this
unusual emotion on her part , but the
conviction that her husband was never
I to be at rest but in the grave.
" 'Philip Vanderdecken , " said Schrif
ten , "he ! he ! I've a letter for you ; it
is from the company. "
"I thought , " said he , "that you were
drowned when "the ship was wrecked
ill False Bay. How did you escape ? "
"How did I escape ? " replied Schrif
ten. "Allow me to ask how did you
escape ? "
"I was thrown up by the waves , " re-
Tflled Philip ; "but- "
"But , " ' interrupted Schriften , "he !
' waves ought not to have
Tie' ! the
-.thrown me up. "
wliy not , pray ? I did not say
wish it had
" I you
"No ! but presume
the contrary I
been so ; but , on
. -scaped in the same way that you did-
I was thrown up by the waves ; he ! he !
but I can't wait here. I have done my
bidding. "
"Stop , " replied Philip ; "answer me
one question. Do you sail in the same
vessel with me this time ? "
"I'd rather be excused , " replied
Schriften ; "I am not looking for the
Phantom Ship , Mynheer Vander
decken ; " and with this reply , the lit
tle man turned round and went away
at a rapid pace.
"Is not this a summons , Amine ? "
said Philip , after a pause , still holding
the letter in his hand , with the seal
unbroken.
"I will not deny it , dearest Philip.
It is most surely so ; the hateful mes
senger appears to have risen from the
grave .that he might deliver it. For
give me , Philip ; but I was taken by
surprise. I will not again annoy you
with a woman's weakness. "
"My poor Amine , " replied Philip ,
mournfully. "Alas ! why did I not per
form my pilgrimage alone ? It was
selfish of me to link you with so much
wretchedness , and join you with me in
bearing the fardel of never-ending
anxiety and suspense. "
"And who should bear it with you ,
my dearest Philip , if it is not the wife
of your bosom ? You little know my
heart if you think I shrink from the
duty. No , Philip , it is a pleasure , even
in its most acute pangs ; for I consider
that I am , by partaking with , relieving
you of a portion of your sorrow , and
I feel proud that I am the wife of one
who has been selected to be so pe
culiarly tried. But , dearest , no more of
this. You must read the letter. "
Philip did not answer. He broke the
seal , and found that the letter in
timated to him that he was appointed
as first mate to the Vrow Katerina , a
vessel which sailed with the next fleet ;
and requesting he would join as quick
ly as possible , as she would soon be
ready to receive her cargo. The let
ter , which was from the secretary ,
further informed him that , after this
voyage , he might be certain of having
the command of a vessel as captain ,
upon conditions which would be ex
plained when he called upon the board.
"I thought , Philip , that you had re
quested the command of a vessel for
this voyage , " observed Amine mourn
fully.
"I did , " replied Philip , "but not hav
ing followed up my application , it ap
pears not to have been attended to. It
has been my own fault. "
"And now it is too late. "
"Yes , dearest , most assuredly so ; but
t matters not ; I would as willingly ,
perhaps rather , sail this voyage as first
mate. "
"Philip , I may as well speak now.
That I am disappointed , I must con
fess ; I fully expected that you would
lave had the command of a vessel , and
you may remember that I exacted a
promise from you on this very bank
ipon which we now sit. That promise
I shall still exact , and I now tell you
what I had intended to ask. It was ,
my dear Philip , permission to sail with
you. With you I care for nothing. I
can be happy under every privation or
danger ; but to be left alone for so long ,
brooding over my painful thoughts , de
voured by suspense , impatient , , restless
and incapable of applying to any one
hing that , dear Philip , is the height
of misery , and that is what I feel when
you are absent. Recollect , I have your
promise , Philip. As captain you have
the means of receiving your wife on
b'oard. I am bitterly disappointed in
being left this time ; do , therefore , to a
certain degree console me by promis-
ng that I shall sail with you next voy
age , if Heaven permit your return. "
"I promise it , Amine , since you are
so earnest. I can refuse you nothing ;
but I have a foreboding that yours and
my happiness will be wrecked for
ever. I am not a visionary , but it does
appear to me that strangely mixed up
as I am , at once with this world and
he next , some little portion of futurity
s opened to me. I have given my
promise , Amine , but from it I would
fain be released. "
"And if ill do come , Philip , it is our
destiny. Who can avert fate ? "
"Amine , we are free agents , and to a
certain extent are permitted to direct
our own destinies. "
"Ay , so would Father Seysen fain
have made me believe ; but what he
said in support of his assertion was to
me incomprehensible. And yet he said
that it was part of the Catholic faith.
t may be so I am unable to under
stand many other points. I wish your
faith were made more simple. As yet
he good man for good he really is
las only led me into doubt. "
"Passing through doubt , you will ar
rive at conviction , Amine. "
"Perhaps so , " replied Amine ; "but
t appears to me that I am as yet but
on the outset of my journey. But
come , Philip , let us returnyou * must.
go to Amsterdam , and I will go with
you. After your labors of the day , at
east until you sail , your Amine's
smiles must still enliven you. Is it not
SOY "
"Yes , dearest , I would have proposed
t. I-wonder much how Schriften
could come here.J I did not see his
) ody _ , It is certain ; but his escape Is to
me miraculous. Why didhe not ap-
pear when saved ? where could he
have been ? What think you , Amine ? "
"What I have long thought , Philip.
He Is a ghoul with an evil eye , permit
ted for some cause to walk the eartli
in human form , and Is certainly , in
some way , connected with your strange
destiny. If it requires anything tc
convince me of the truth of all" thai
has passed , it is his appearance the
wretched Afrit ! Oh , that I had my
mother's powers but I forget , It dis
pleases you , Philip , that I ever talk ol
such things , and I am silent. "
Philip replied not ; and , absorbed in
their own meditations , they walked
back in silence to the cottage. Al
though Philip had made up his own
mind , he immediately sent the Portu
guese priest to summon Father Sey
sen , that he might communicate with
them and take their opinion as to the
summons he had received. Having
entered into a fresh detail of the sup
posed death of Schriften , and his re
appearance as a messenger , he then left
the two priests to consult together ,
and went upstairs to Amine. It was
more than two hours before Philip was
called down , and Father Seysen ap
peared to be in a state of great per
plexity.
CHAPTER XIV.
"My son , " said he , "we are much
perplexed. We had hoped that our
ideas upon this strange communica
tion were correct , and that , allowing
all that you have obtained from your
mother and have seen yourself to have
been no deception , still that it was the
work of the Evil One , and , if so , .our
prayers and masses would have de
stroyed this power. We advised you
to wait another summons , and you
have received it. The letter Itself is
of course nothing , but the reappear
ance of the bearer of the letter is the
question to be considered. Tell me ,
Philip , what is your opinion on this
point ? It is possible he might have
been saved why not as well as your
self ? "
"I acknowledged the possibility ,
father , " replied Philip ; "he may have
been cast on shore and have wandered
in another direction. It is possible , al
though anything but probable ; but
since you ask me my opinion , I must
say candidly that I consider he is no
earthly messenger ; nay , I am sure of
it. That he is mysteriously connected
with ray destiny is certain. But who
he is and what he is , of couse I can
not , tell. "
"Then , my son , we have come to the
determination , in this instance , not to
advise. You must act now upon your
own responsibility and your own judg
ment. In what way soever you may
iecide , we shall not blame you. Our
prayers shall be that Heaven may still
liave you in its holy keeping/ '
"My decision , holy father , is to obey
the summons. "
"Be it so , my son ; something may
occur which may assist to work out
[ he mystery a mystery which I ac-
inowledge to be beyond"my compre-
lension , and of too painful a nature
"or me to dwell upon. " "
Philip said no more ; for heper -
: eived : that the priest was not at all in-
jlined to converse : Father Mathias
; ook thfs opportunity of thanking-
Philip for his hospitality and kindness ,
md stated his intention of returning-
: o Lisbon by the first opportunity- that
night offer.
offer.To
( To be continued. ) '
Strange Underground' Chapel ; .
Prayer meetings are often held in the-
inderground galleries of Great Brit-
tin's colliery districts , but there is
) robably only one mine where an
ipartment has been excavated and set
iside exclusively as a place of worship :
rhis strange sanctuary is to be found.
n the Myndd : Newydd Colliery , about
hree miles out of the town of Swan-
; ea _ The underground chapel dates.
lack for more than half a century , andl
ivery morning since its inauguration ;
he workers in the colliery have as-
iembled : together in. this remarkable
md novel edifice to worship God. The
ihapel is situated ! close to the bottom.
if the shaft so. that the miners , on de-
icending the pit , , can go to worship.
icfore thej : proceed to their various
tations. The apartment is strangely
acking in ornamentation and adorn-
nent. The pillars and the beams
vhich support the roof are of rough
vood , and a disused coal trolley turned
in end , does duty as a pulpit. The
mly light in the sanctuary is givea
> y a Davy safety lamp hung by ai
ope from the ceiling. The miners , sit
ipon rough wooden forms placed ;
icross the chapel from side to side , and !
he oldest workman ' at the colliery
) erforms the duties of pastorHe
eads a chapter from the Bible , and
hen offers up a prayer , asking God to.
) e with the men in their daily labors.
L'he service generally concludes with
; ome grand old Welsh hymn , sung
leartily by all the worshipers , with
mt instrumental aid. The Bible , from
vhich the daily portion is read , is kept
ispecially for chapel use , and is placed
luring the day in a covered box fixed
nside the upturned trolley.
Moaning at a Woddlns ; .
A mountain wedding took place near
3atesville , Va. , a few days ago , when
sliss Estelle Clemmons became Mrs.
3en Luthers. About 100 guests were
present. .rejected , suitor * jot . . Miss
] lemmons was among , the guests and
ie wore a broad band of crape on his
inn. During the ceremony the jilted
nan and his sympathizers expressed
heir sense of bereavement by low ,
iorrowful moaning. . .
It sometimes happens when a pretty
; irl poses before the mirror that she
> elieves she can never love another.
THE SHARE OF LABOB ,
PROSPERITY HAS REACHED THE
WORKING PEOPLE.
Industrial Establishments Announce In
creases of Wages That Will Affect
About 350.OOU Mechanics and Artisans
Other Advance * Sure to Folloir.
The advance of wages announced in
the current issue of the American
Economist is a natural development
of the conditions of returning pros
perity which set in directly upon the
inauguration of President McKinley
two years ago. Following the enact
ment of the Dingley tariff came a
marked revival of business activity ,
which at the close of 1898 had in
many ways passed the high-water
mark of 1892 , the year in which the
benefits of the McKinley tariff were at
their zenith. The first quarter of 1899
has witnessed a continuation and in
crease of "good times" Dingley tariff
times and a new set of the commer
cial records indicative of exceptional
prosperity have been established.
Now comes the wage-earner's period
of prosperity. He has not been with
out some share in the bettered condi
tion of things , for , even though , his
wages were not largely increased , he
was the gainer by increased and cer
tain employment. So long ago as
March , 1898 , as shown by the indus
trial census of the American Protective
Tariff league , a vast increase had
taken place in the gross sum of money
disbursed among work people , as
compared with the month of March ,
1895 , when the disastrous tariff tinker
ing of a free-trade administration had
begun its deadly work upon American
labor and industry. It will be recalled
that this census , reporting compara
tive conditions in nearly 2,500 labor-
employing establishments , showed for
March , 1898 , eight months after the
passage of the Dingley law , a gain
of 31.65 per cent in the number of
hands employed , a gain of 44.05 per
cent in the gross sum of wages paid
and a gain of 11.56 per cent in the
average wage rate per capita.
These gains , important and signifi
cant though they were , had not at
that time reached the more populous
centers of employment , the large av
erage being helped by exceptional in
creases in regions of smaller popula
tion. For example , phenomenal gains
were shown in the states of the Pa
cific coast , the far West , the middle
West , and the Northwest. Longer time
was needed to bring about a general
advance in the heavy producing dis
tricts of the middle and eastern states.
Enormous overstocks of foreign goods
brought in just prior to the higher du
ties of the Dingley tariff had depressed
home production in many important
lines , and until these stocks had been
absorbed by consumption the "lean"
period must perforce continue.
The advent of the "fat" period so
confidently anticipated as the natural
outcome of the policy of protection is
obviously at hand. The reports print
ed ; In the current issue of the Amer
ican Economist show a general ad
vance in earnings of cotton mill op
eratives of about 10 per cent , of iron
and steel workers generally 10 per
cent , , in tin plate- and sheet workers
from 5. to10) ) per cent , of coal miners
about 10 per cent , , and ! in several other
departments of labor fully 10 per cent.
The Reports thus far indicate that
ne.arly 250,000 workers fiave been affected
fectedby the- advance in wages. Other
establishments which were forced to
reduce wages in : timesof free-trade
tariff depressioa and which are now
experiencing the benefits of revived ac
tivity are certain to > join in the in
crease of wages.
There- ins the- situation , as it ex
ists today , and as it promises to develop
velop- from thistime - , a guarantee of
good business for the entire country.
As is well remarked ! by DmTs Review
of Manch. 11 :
"Traders and- manufacturers can
only sell when : wage-earners can buy ,
and ; in , proportion to : their baying pow
er ; . * ! * * Those who fail to com
prehend' what such ; a change may mean
have- only consider that a tenth increase
creaseto the wages of all labor would
put into , the markets a new buying
demandin amount about three-quar-
Lers of the entire value of exports to
all ; countries.1 *
Protection is keeping its word with
bhe American workingman. The Ding-
ley tariff is carrying out its- contract to
revive business and increase wages.
The "advance agent of prosperity"
proves to have been acting with knowl
edge and authority. The fulfillment is
in a fair way to make good the fore
cast , and more , too.
WHO WOULD WIN ?
Will Free Traders IXiro to Make the
Tariff an Issue In 100O ?
During the last presidential cam
paign , when so strong an effort was
made by many to make the currency
question the test issue of the cam
paign , we pointed out , without enterIng -
Ing into the merits of the currency
question in any way , that the real is
sue was still the old question of pror
tection or free trade , and we drew a.t-
tention to the fact that under the Mc
Kinley law and under the protective
tariff law in force previous to the en
actment of that law , our financial pal-
icy had been the same as that which
then existed in conjunction with the
free-trade Wilson-Gorman law. yet , ,
that the country had enjoyed itnmeas- '
urable prosperity. The present admin
istration has left our financial policy
untouched , but it has repealed the
odious industry-destroying Wilson-
Gorman law and substituted In its
place the Dingley law. which Is based
on the American policy of giving pro
tection to American industries and to
American labor.
Under this policy the country has
sprung bagk again to its old unrivaled
prosperity. There has been no lack of
money in the country ever since Amer
ican factories have been reopened and
American workmen have been again
employed at good wages. There have
been no bank failures because of an
"unelastic currency" since American
products have supplied the Amer
ican market and have gone out
to the markets of the world , thus roll
ing up a big balance of trade in our
favor. Surely it has been proved to
the satisfaction of all in the country
that a change in our financial system
was not a necessary preliminary to the
return of prosperity.
Whether or not any change in our
financial system is desirable , or , if
any , what change is desirable , we do
not attempt to say ; but we do hold
that it has been proved beyond1 the
shadow of a doubt that while pros
perity is possible without any change
in our financial system , prosperity is
impossible without a protective tariff.
AH Active Propaganda.
Referring to the recent bulletin of
the Massachusetts bureau of labor sta
tistics , which shows a marked advance
in the rate of wages for 1898 paid In
Boston and in twelve other cities of
the United States as compared with
the wage rate of 1870 , and which draws
a contrast between the American a &
British standard of living , the Des
Molnes Register remarks :
"Knowing all of these things , it is
strange how an American laborer can
be induced to vote for free trade. "
And yet the entire fraternity of free-
trade editors and writers were never
more insistent than now upon what
they characterize as the evils of pro
tection and the blessings of unrestrict
ed competition alike in labor , in the
products of labor , and in the kind of
money that labor shall be paid. If the
American laborer shall refuse to re
peat the horrible mistake of 1892 , it
will not be because the lessons of that
mistake remain fresh in his mind to
the exclusion of the senseless sophis
tries of free-trade advocates. It will
not be for lack of strenuous efforts on
the part of these false guides to lead
him into another political pitfall.
TweViexva - of the Same Subject.
# 7 urn
Free-traders are tickled because they
imagine that the abandonment of pro
tection was foreshadowed by President
McKinley in his Boston speech , when1
he said : "We have quit discussingthe ;
tariff and have turned our attention , to
getting trade wherever it can. be
found. "
Protectionists are pleased ! because-
they know precisely what President
McKinley meant when he said in his
Boston speech : "It will be a-long time
before any change can be had or any
change desired in our fiscal" policy , exr
cept to strengthen it. Tih'e differences
on .this question which existed have
disappeared. We have turned from
academic theories to trade conditions ,
and are seeking our share of the-
world's markets. "
Achievement of' Protection.
A prominent manufacturer in a recent -
cent speech said : "The- United States
Is no longer in the worlll's market the >
whole world is now. our salesroom- " '
Every one who has even glanced at
the figures of our-foreign trade for-133 $
and for the first month of 1899 , and1 who
has noticed , as- every one must have
noticed , the comparative extent of our
import and ; our export trade , must feel
the truth of this remark. And' ' recog
nizing1 its- truth , they must suivly ad
mit , if not blinded by prejudice , that
the protective tariff policy lUs been
justified : by its fruits. The- remark
quoted above puts in a mteshell the
achievements of protection. Through
itve have secured to the American
producer the American market , the
best market in the world ; we have
given employment to American labor ;
we have developed our home indus
tries and have cheapened the cost of
production until now we can. in a large
and constantly growing number of
cases , undersell all competitors and
are--in a fair way to capture the mar
kets of the world.
Investigation.
Whether the bounty system is the
best way to bring about the desirable
results of American shipbuilding ex
pansion is too deep a question to. be
answered right off. It is a subject that
will bear thoughtful investAgi\tiqn. t
NVU.minstop ( DeU Herald.
SAD AND COMICAL *
1ToeB of Tree Trade Aristocrats
Personal Baggage laws.
cause of the
One of the saddest sights ever wit
nessed in New England is that of the
fallen nether Jaw of the free trader as
he reads or listens to the reports of a
general raise of wages among the east
ern cotton mills , and especially when
times under the Dingley tariff are con
trasted with the awful depression un , I 'J
der that unalloyed swindle rightly
called the Robber Wilson bill , because
it robbed at least ono million wage-
earners of their jobs. The comical
side of the picture Is when the fallen
jaw begins to oscillate in the attempt
to say that , while It is true Dingley
protection has brought back the pros
perity which -the Wilson bill drove
away , we should kick out protection
which has accomplished this glorious
work , and usher in the wage-earner
and business man's enemy , free trade.
Again the free trader's nether jaw
sags pathetically when reminded of the
fact that under the Wilson tariff people
ple I6st faith in our government's
financial ability , and millions on mil
lions of greenbacks were rushed in and
gold demanded therefor , while under
protection people's confidence in Uncle
Sam is complete , and instead of de
manding gold , business men and banks
petition for greenbacks in lieu of gold.
But perhaps the most touching phase
of protection is the fact that under the
Dingley tairiff those men and women of
vast wealth who annually spend one
hundred million dollars -in Europe are
compelled' to" pay duty on the costly- (
fabrics they bring back from abroad ,
just as we common people. Including
wage-earners , are compelled to pay.
And the howls and wails of free trad
ers attain great altitudes ; ascending as
a testimony against the injustice of
treating millionaires precisely as we-
would wage earners. Tariffs , virtually7
pleads the free trader , should be form
ulated to furnish dudes , professors and :
the fat-salaried with cheap foreign , fab
rics , regardless of how many mills are-
shut down or how many wage earners-
are deprived of jobs.
We are pained to state , however , that
the unfortunate free trader receives
little sympathy among Americans-
1899. On the contrary , the people lack
interest in the revival of the carcass
of free trade , preferring its speedy
burial. And we fear that the mournful
obsequies would generate few tears
save from anti-Americans who. like the
managers of such papers as the New
York. Evening Post , oppose American
prosperity , which is but another name
Tor work for everybody and everybody
it work.
Erltsli Profits on American Products.
Lord Charles Beresford , in the course
sf an interview held with him during
tiia recent visit to this country , is
represented to have said :
"The trade or commerce of England
iffects the whole world. The extent is
rery hard to determine , because we
rade with and carry not only our own
nanufactures and the colonies' pred
icts , bnt those of other nations. For
txample. we buy your cotton and carry
t in our bottoms to China , where we
iell' it Our merchants make the prof-
Is , wltereas America counts the sales
n- her exports of cotton. "
While the facts will not bear Lord
Jeresford out in his easy assumption
hat the British shipowners make all
lie- profits on American export sales
hrougft their monopoly of the ocean
arry.ing trade , yet it is painfully evi-
ient that a large proportion of the
iroffts made on American export trade
Sbes go to the British shipowner ,
lord' Beresford's remark is full of sug-
; estioit to every American. It not only
auclres upon the humiliating position-
/hiclr this country occupies in being
bliged to depend on British ships for
ts carrying trade , but it also suggests-
tte' great financial loss which this ent
ails.
Under the system which was im
arcein this country in the earlier part
f the century , our carrying trade was ;
ot done by British ships , and we were
ossessed of an American merchant
: arine without calling upon the gov-
nnment for any outlay for its main-
jnanee.
Reads Like an Old Story. .
Reports received by the New York
tate factory inspector from his , depu
tes show that in the course of. 9.61)0 in-
pections made by them during ; the
lonths of December. 1S9S , and : Jan-
ary and February , 1899.tiiey found
Hat 373 new firms had gona into busi-
ess and that 100 old firms w.ltieh had
jrmerly closed up had ; resumed busi-
ess. It was .found also ; tfcat 1.119
rms had increased th.eaumber of
lieir employes. It. apytMtrs that the-
atal increase in tha > number of em-
loyes from all causeris. . 1S.352. The-
? ports show that 2.7 ; ftcms. are working
vertime and 20 wocking double time ,
nd that the exJxa number of hours-
orked were llit > &
This is pretty good testimony to the-
ibor-supulyiqg , Dualities of the Dlng- >
> y tariff law. . The report reads like-
' .lose to wh/fefc we grew accustomed
hen the M'iKinley law was in forces
nd it tells of an Industrial situation
trangely different from that which
revailed during the intervening years
f "Tariff Reform" and Clevelanttfsm.
Ha * Reached the Wage Karachi * .
The reports of advances in. wages
ame from all parts of the country and
xclude all important branches qf trade
-cotton mills , iron and $ teel mills ,
imber mills , coal mines , copper mines
nd skilled workers ofU kinds. Ono
f the most gratifying ; feiUures of the
It nation is that prosperity has
cached the wag j arniIC3AImHanapo -
s ( Ind. ) Jou.r\\a.lx
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