New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-27
THE LECTURE FIELD.
DEMAGoGUES AND woRKINGMEN.
LECTURE BIZ MISS pICKIysoN.

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gathered last evening in stonvav rar 20 neor Mia.
Anna +, Dickipson isotnr. ~ Ian " n0Si W.
ingmen." The address, which lasted for an hour and
hail. thOushttul argument against the nsgressOna
anu oAae@ns ue"naus VI IndeeUnions; against tho
assertions OF Wendell Phillips and Gen Butler, and
their follovera. that oanitaI "a nruaun rn -,
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arstooracy IN tns country, under which the
and like that OF the panper la6orer Of Great
Britain aSan,t the isyeipg theories about the neces
claim Of skilled artisans against professional men
and all Others, Of being the only workngmen in the
many other features, alike OF Trades0nions require
mfh ANA ac a1 Se sctFer aid WSethor We like O,
that there Is discomfort among tho "socaied" working
men socsed' Decanse the Wf0,rdnsnens Union So
who have spent four years in shop But there aro
other workngmen beside artisans ners the lecturer
man brickaycrs "up the river which lasted 20 weeks
They refused 9 Co. and would not pt less than - 20
the great West bat in great cverGOwn Eastern com
m mann y SSE Hr e one ns tho sa
his ambition and arrives at the age of 10 rich man
The other ns that d is nd ang n
heritance but the alms-house or the Jail. Any
who earns 20 day q ma ss is PG ss
hearers by complaining OF the tyranny Of capital and
the IMPRESSED Condition OF the lnborng men. No
questions the right OF any mar to put his own price
1is Wares But If purchaser should refuse TO buy,
Nylv HIM Inv cOmDcl him to DO
Tbs iInstra;ioD tY speaker Introduced with the view
of showing that combination of wOrdngmen had the
was legitimate for work performed She ne proceeded
TO show how tho 10000 miners Of Pennsylvania, who
OF The twelve. had earned at the lowest figure
s73 per month, the actual mean average being $3.50
viewed the working of tho Hat FlnIshrrs Association
ana showed how unjust il was TO exclude good snlmi
m hnnened nor "a 6e nnon man The rnes OF the
Association said man should be paid, soy as week.
i. was absurd 10 give q:unRen t t trc
same Stt sh.aS sSa ,nstanced ease in RoxSTry
M1ss where u,d tGs OSS S Oa Tn f tbeS
WORK besause one sat beside them who did MT belong to
the host o. hem This moor Vet sf mechanic had to
return TO his homo in Germaiy' being hounded down BY
1he yranhhy OF % a Srsf ot fnnr con-
seeuvc years in shop before he would be aGm ted
10 Lhe privneges VI se Oil ssod ' 1jn prUter
when he applied for job was instantly supplied with
case. while the needy and torn though perhaps more
sho reviewed percentage OF representatives Of the
various trades, professions &C.. IN the Pentenaries
from the ranks Of unskilled toll Speaking Of the APP
law she gave an 81 b n pT pS
Of apprenticeship, became, thief was sent 10
xxi R s,A'0 and Op again 1afHS was the pTH
eye OF working with union men Thus said tho speaker
from starvation to crime from cmeto th, p.ison-cel,
and when the prison officials were mercifu and tried to
out hands and condemn him to bell before he dies
Miss Dickinson laid great stress upon the wOrkngmens
falaciOus belief that Chinese labor is Injurious
to the workiagmen Of America 1t is eontended. she
said that Chinese labor il coOe labor that 1t Is SCJ
abor-because Chinese labOrcrs are assisted in their
efforts to emgrate by TO whom they give bonds for
the repayment Of the money advanced To them. But
OFT in Wisconsin there are large and Ourshng colonies
OF swedes, Germans, Danes, and Norweglans all OF
whom had been here at tho expense of others They
have had their passage paid from their own land to this
country and from here ~ their distant homes In the
West, and they have had money advanced to them
to start them on their farms for every cent of which
they have owen bonds which must he redeemed by the
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