The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-11-16
myAGo. DETROIT NpcINcINNArL
REMOVAL
CooLIE VS.. CHEAP LABOR No. VII

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Who has the ability u know the names IL
the office or pluudcriug agency. W. hout
attempting L. understand accurately its
character ana functions.
Il has nov therefore become \ necessity
fur the tailoring man t. attempt to fa.hom
this government and business L,byrinth.
1,uL il i'll solution DR. ID SNOW some If
thr reasons wby laboreyS l. rot ,-er any,
thin III, 4 fair i,rot,1rti. If tbai,. ..,..,,
,gruiu..s r., s,,nn e,t.,t .,,,,..,,.g fr.,,
what we have already vrirta, En., that
MYTH X, attendant r,nseopeucas MN ~
trt,r La mar. AIN. ,,,trl,.I Y. ula,. ,,..-,-
sjl,,,- tn. 6rst r.srI, ..- .I.;s .+,..I ,,,d
bond .,-,ts,p f.. that t1,r..,.r, tl,.. ,,..,..r,-
il.Ift taNiu.. aiJ IN. r,iIr,a5s L,,,Ls anJ
either corporations have III their uwn hands.
not only au unlimited power Of taxation,
Which power IS uot s.aring.y used, but
they have al The IruH', 7. Apuuse. thc nee
y,sary data iumi,uy., ny the government
Ia the shape Of statistical information. to
rnahlr them t" reach the desired result,
and I" iidr the wr.ut hy its yuormity.
TaA" IuI Instance tie railroads. if the actu-
al capital employed he one billion. IT Is
easy to represent that billion by three
paper billions q stock. Ii the earnings If
thu roads ~ SGOU, 900. 900 Ter anmin. ard
their expenses SloO,UoJ UOO. it is inst as
easy under the railroad accounting system
to make the expenses S3O0. OG1. Goa. ana to
pocket thu surplus. aud tins WI LtJ. tha
st,al j, und the possibility ~ j ras,,rrac-
ttou ru the knowledge If either srockb.lJ-
,rs MT # the community. If the peoulr
"h1 arc thus Unfortunately robbed. ia
,.sgu.a.r anguish seek to We relieved ~ LENS
ON So aid-their cry for helm i, drowned
the mule piteous moan of the d,tl,ted
"rAhuleI- complaint. that Lis n..,,,.r built
''e r"1l. While the people get the bene-
hts, hr has nothing t. show for his invest
meht but useless rag-a stock certificate.
Tint behind the curtain sits ,uthruued the
VIII secured bond-holier, Who laughs at
thc toll, If his victims. The same line of
ar-tmcu. may be Justly anplied to eyarv
other class of m,nar,olists whether liz ,,,,,.
eminent ~ IF a private character. II il
under 5hls cover tn.t of government
stocks. hnuds and currrn,r four billions
umt If every seven \. annually an,,ro,,,;-
atvd tu the uon-labor clsss The effect III
this system is, Ia build up enormously
large cities two or three times as large as
th'y would +" under such an honest gov
' mental amt hhanclai system as would
I..."' exchanges q i"'r and Just transaction
t'"' OF neui- as at present mere game
Fl. fraud, lying and sSlndliug. Another
I- ult y, that this fraudulent inducemrnt
gam Of which MT one out Of hundred
81 nus the least chance OF success, induces
nmcty-nme so-callcd business men, to
'rt useful callings to try their hands at
ninety ninth part 81 chance and thus