The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-12-23
HARD TIMES.

The cry of hard times and universal depression IN
business of all kinds affecting the laboring classes
reaches us from the people in every section OF the
country We take the following from the San Fran
cisco Call of the 10Th to the condition of affairs in
that city:
The acknowledged stringency in nearly every
branch of business this city appears daily to grow
tighter and tighter with our working men: MANY
skilled mechanics, we are informed, are WORKING lor
less than two dollars per days. and if any one VIII
take the trouble to remain short time near the Sue
of the new Mint building, he will see many hrst-cass
carpenters backsmths, and operatives In the ouid-
ing line generally, applying for PERMISSION 10 70 v:
work at laborers wages and hear them express their
Willingness to do anything for the sake OF eetuhe
Job The times that try mems souls are upon US;
and it is useless to shut our eyes to the iac WINE 80
many Of the Industrial classes are conpeleu " sare
the grim reality broadly in the face san FRANCISCO
is being rapidly cured of the financial bloat that USED
to annoy our interior friends SO much. Ns pFeseh'
condition approaches marasmus.
We have noticed similar statements in papers re-
ceived from all sections of the country, 1.-THE rch
becoming richer and the poor poorer The manu-
facturers millionares and monoposts still cry ior
cheaper labor, and like corporations which have no
souls they use every endeavor to grind out more
wealth from the sweat of the poor mans brow, re-
pardless alike of the claims of God humanity, 30
that they may continue to accumulate wealth
Cheap labor! In Gods name, who does cheap labor
beneft9 Certainly not the laborer? The greater
duction made in the price paid for labor enhances SO
much the more the profits OF the wealthy employer
at the expense OF the employed. The less wages
working receives the fewer comforts he can pro-
vide either for his family himself and yet Radi'
cal Congress- legislating in the interests OF capital
instead OF in the interests OF the aborng classes,
who constitute over three hfths OF our population.
are about throwing open the doors for the admission
OF a scething tide OF Asia,ic immigration. the most
degraded class and whose presence is curse to our
country in order 10 benefit the capitalists ty pro-
viding them with cheaper labor. They propose not
only to bring them competition with white labor
ing men-men OF our own race-but also 70 confer
on this brutal race Of raeating cclesals the right
of suffrage thereby placing them political and
social equality with our own people. 1t Is mono
maniacal species Il false philanthropy that has be-
come hobby with the dominant party. and under
the false plea OF liberty and rcpublcanisn they are
egislating the interests OF every inferior race oi
depraved beings the face OF the earth at the eA-
pense OF the white aboring men OF our own country
Do the people elect Legislators for the purpose Of
enacting laws entirely FOR the benefit Of alien 70
our institutions and our Language inferior IL every
r.spect foreign lAxarunl who come here for the
sole purpose OF accumula,ing money. b. driving on;
Of employment our own people. and then returning
10 their country with wealth 81 "hich they have
robbed the lAborin classes uf tins II such Is the
purpose We would BE- far better Of hal 10 GOV.
eminent at ALL except such communities and so
cicties would necessarily organize for selfproiecon
The Radical party has proven false "a all pledges
made ;o the people. The Chicago platform declared
people Of thu several States where 1t properly be
iuus,i. ard coming into power on tho strength Of
such pledge Radical Congress In ned c'y ID
through the resolution submitting the proposed fif
teenth Amendment. taking away such rigaI and BY
pursuing a systematic course Of fraud and viilainy
will probably succeed in accomplishing their nc1A
farious and reasonable designs.
| The people do no. as yet thoroughly understand
the practical workings Of the proposed Amendment
or have any accurate idea OF the evil results which
will necessarily ensue from iis adoption. They wil
discover their error aud appreciate the danger
later bu, the remedy for the evil will he beyond
their reach They may repent oi ;heir folly but THAR
repentance will come too lat" History Wiil b. bu;
repeating itself and like the ancient Republics aud
| Empires Of old. when the country mos; pros
perous and from outward appearances sign Of dir
conten, or tumult within. twill be but whstcd sep
ulchrc beautiful and imposing to contemplate with
out bnt oiled with rottcnncss and corruption within
| III fares the land 10 fastening ills prey.
Where wealth accumulates and men decay