The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-12-06
LABOR MASS MEETING IN NEW
YORK.

From circular sent TO us We learn that
= monster mass meeting OF the working
men Of New York City will be held at
Cooper Institute, on Thursday evening,
Dec. IL, for the purpose Of counselins to-
gether, aud taking action in regard to the
best means of relieving the temporary
needs Of the unemployed, and to devise
some permanent measures to restore the
industry and prosperity of the whole peO-
pie. The announcement says:
Our call is broad enough to embrace every
man or woman who lives by tho labor Of hand
OF brain.
The questions for consid GRAFTON will be as
follows:
What has caused this sudden stoppage Of
the industries of our nation.
Is there any less real wealth in the country
now than when the monte tables Of Wall
street turned against those who were 90 reck-
lessly gambling in The Peoples High,coys
our common railroads.
What can be done for the one hundred
Thousand idle men and women Of our city,
and the tens Of thousands all Through the
land, stricken down BY the causeless panic.
What shall be done to relieve the necessi
ties of the ten Thousand homeless and hungry
men and women of our city, whose urgent
appeals have been apparently dfsregarded by
our public servants?
IL it the duty Of any man or woman who
has led the life Of good industrious citizen
and toiler. to starve and freeze amid all the
plenty and wealth of this great city, and is
the government that permits and comPels it
the government to live under!
IL it employment and pay that the work
ing people should demand, or the grudgingly
given and debasing bread of charity:
10 the centralizing of enormous wealth,
earned by the masses, into the Golfers of the
few, the system that should obtain in Re-
public, while the common people are steadily
going down to want and helpless dependence?
Is the present system OF taxation Just and
equitable, and would not the system be rad
cally improved by taxing largely the surplus
and boarded wealth of the individual, and
thus lift the burden from The shoulders of
those who now bear them. i. e.. the common
people.
Should there not be some proper limit placed
upon the dr0rice Of man IN the requirement Of
speculative tcealth, 30 that after he had reached
that limit he would begin to use his increase
to help and bless his less fortunate fellow
beings?
II the Government is 30 willing to open its
depleted Golfers, after an exhausting war, to
commence another, against . sister republic
just born, would it not be far wiser to direct
the energies Of thousands, who would be
compelled to enlist to save themselves from
starvation, into channels of usefulness, in
colonizing them upon our public lands, or
furnishing them such Government employ
ment a. would make their labor profitable
and enrich the whole country!
These are among the questions that we pro-
pose to answer at our meeting in thunder
tones, which should be felt by our City, State,
and General Governments.
". b. Politicians ami Dem1gOgues please
take notice, HANDS Off This lie . peo-
pies gathering, and they are entirely compe-
tent to conduct its interests in behalf Of the
whole people. Policy Is dead, come and At
tend its funeral.
A Word Of Cheer" It's darkest Just be-
fore morning" Keep up courage, men. q
brighter day is daTning for the patient, suf-
fering, toiliug masses. Right shall triumph
over might" "Wait little longer
keep yourself unengaged for Thursday
Evening, December Ii, 8 O'Clock sharp, and
spread this call.
Competent speakers and true men and wo-
men will address you. Arrangements will be
made for outside meetings, so that all may,
for the first time hear truths spoken that
shall IRE the Nations heart. By order OF the
Committee of Arrangements.
Attached to the call are the signatures
of number Of leading trades unionists Of
New York. We wish it every success.