New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-08

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" Robert ". Hume Of n ! as6shi that Tie end ana ann
Of all labor reforms we' secure to tho producer The
At the present .me there is agitation reforms Of
rious kinds evidence that reform Increasing In
the value aSor he said that those who do the labor
should x the value OF II rather than those who 90 not
the the World Were agreed
n"n. &c 80. 80. T:s "the freedom OF the land"
M remember re Bis that Sap mr. his add to the
humber OF producers and TO restrict the number OF ais
@SSts in nGPs sG SSI IN ns
that thing. We retain something for the fght OF pro
SSC 1a to tn dn St before thu esn be
complshed The first thing for workingmen 20 40 is W
organze-unite The Trade Unions are the nrst boVe-
men" He referred TO the strike OF the miners In Penn
syyana and said: Eve told that the capitalists nave
come of yctoous am mistaken u e peoPs OF OF . ONE
Of the great necessares OF life lProtracted appssej
Now let workngmen in this nation he ready 70 stahd
in line and 20 forward and capture Washington"
Parker Pillsbury was the first regular speaker; ne
said that TINS was MS rf npdpcrc or Labor reform
stage thought that the first and most lmpor'aho
thing this movement needed was interest IN IL ny Le
population generally He was eonvlnceu t nor those
primary requirement must ibe temperance among toso
who labor The division Of labor or instance the max
ING OF shoes where one workman did ono thing ana
other workmen othersl was weakness . IN soHn
women had TO h redrm 1n1 nnt You
give woman her full rights anghtefI ep1 Ia vas
lands, he said 81 AFRAID tnat III tne noo
made free there would not be anybody 10 t Ear
about it. 1t had been found on INVESTIGATION .nac
95 out every failed In business In the SAINT Po
portion as those who succeed IN ,s b,lors con
try over property s held and OF course tDe
troll the Government The truth Is the great majority OF
the peope do not know that anything is the matter
Now think that first something must be done 10 AWAKEN
an interest on the subject When that interest mas pee
awakened there will be time enough TO present the uher
ent methods OF reform. ,,..o,
that on every occasion when labor reform was publicly
agiated trotted ont the vices OF the WorhnS
Know that the habits of working people have not
been lust what they shOuld be- but all know quite as wen
that canse their poverty and suffering. Applause
n il was the habits OF the working peope-lf II was
that caused their poverty we might believe there was
something in Mr.. Greeley's theory But you Know ' t
working class can begin equal the nteInperance OF
the rich prolonged applause Does t1eir ynm En"w
lust as well as know, gentlemen hat some Oh our pysC
working men who tasted intoxicating liquor VINO
never touched tobacco, who were never 1ntenperde III
any sense Of the word died in the poorhouse perhaps
because their families had become sick, or some one "a
! them had met with accident or they lhensc'e' H
In tb course of her remarks Mrs Daniels was interro
| gated by some among the audience. ..
Gentlemen" she replied, III yon ask me many qYe,
tions you VIII dmn loves her home There she
the happest. II is only sense OF duty that npels ne
10 leave il TO appear do here tonight" Applausc
The Chairman Mr. Orvs favored general statute laws
under which all industrial ASSOCIATIONS couu pe orga
lied He wished it distinctly understood that TINS move
ment was not against capitalists personally Ot ttl
acts The stealing OF railroads he vigorously condemned
~ an absolute act OF robbery and unqualified out
rage do you believe" he inquired, III the crcila
ton of money war properly managed anybody need 90
barefoot - -
Mr. Haywood speaking in reply to Mr. Greeley, said
that when Mr. Greeley referrrd TO the workingmen ~
needing first To la drinking, II was not an nteh
tonal insult but IL great an insult to say that me
negro born 10 be slave " Here, here ne GonIlh
ned YOU manufacture thieves pdupers, and criminals
He then ntimaed that drunkenness would be found IN
editori,i chairs even He touched upon the skill of
Young laboring women, ana SAID: " know OF nothing
more sad than that wedressed wOman-especlalN me
weldressed workngwomen-in these large cities, are
leered AT by men under the suppOsitlOn that they Oh
tanned their clothes by vicious means lie sud tlat
Massachusetts had glOrously advocated emancipation
i'm the south now let IL advocate the emancipation OF
young from the improper system Of LABOR unuer
which they are suffering.