, 1873-09-19
JOSEPH ARCH.
An fntcrviesv with tlac Champion OF
tho English Agricultural I.nborcrs.


poor. man. His faco boars tho scars of tho
smallpox scourgo. Tho man with tho dinner.
pail who pasHoH your door early every morning
dresBca ls we'll as Joseph Arch. Tomorrow,
beauty, nor high birth to commend him, viii
dino with Lord Dufferin, Governor Ganorol ot
tho Canadian Dominion.
Joseph Arch, tho poor and plnin Driton, whose
political influence in England Mt this hour that
blds fair torevolutionizo the Government OF that
country. Tho laborng mon of England have
unbonndod faith IN him, Thoy call him "ons
winner, whose home is tho low matched cottage
in WHICH he was born, ho comes to America, at
tho bidding Of his fsllow-laborcrs, in Hoarch OF
that land Of promiao wllero labor is no longer
aorfdom. Josoph Arch has Just finished telling
your reporter tie story Of his life, aud this ia bis
homely Hketch
JOSEPH ARCH, LAnonEn.
MY father was workingman, and the Bura-
erows from tho grain-1elds. used to mind the
birda til tho wheat got up. and thon, ut harvest,
I'd help tho wagonor home. I fancy was not
very cssvor as young un, but tho years wont
Then drove . tidy toam, md began to think
myself bit o T. man. worked from light till
dark. Fathor Was no scholar, and night-times
had triae o toachin' from mo mother. In sun-
herds, ran errands, aud growed up good-for-
nothing like. Whom wns not quito one-a,lt-
twenty found good lass for 'wife. Mother
was dead, and wife and mndo o good home
| 4 httlo girl wnb burn, and thou u boy.
but all could earn wns Hhillin's. Well ID
time, with coalB, candles, medicine md rent, the
ssst could ,n Dc Tas ~, Gny to better tha1
time to kocp together and Quo night Hho broke
| out: doc, man, I'm trad a. ttliA. We'ro stery-
III the children and killin' ouraa1reH. / don't
blanc yon, man. but TIL needs go back to service
ffn fnH
couldn't stand this, aud packod my tools and
wont to look for higher wage. I tried holgo.
draining, aud fer mauy mouth stood in watel
| up to my knees sichnoss came presently,
tho smallpox. Aye, those wero sad tinos;
that carrtoa tho scars, commenced tho struggle
onco moro 10 keep tho home 1oogethor. That
6-shillin' bit I can call my own. I min at work.
for the laborin' men Of England, on tho pay ol
a laboror, md tho shillin'a I receive 60 to me
family at homo al 40 much weekly Waeo.
IA simple agricultural laboror in England, !
came to America to state somc facts mud got al
some .ruths nth not speaker, but 1 havo q
country before return. 1ahonld 30 glad to toll
mako verbal slips; but, when tho American poo-
plo fully understand tic object Of my inission
bo9iovo thoy, will hear mo with kindly pa
tionee. In America You hayo no conception
OF what farm-laborcrB havo to endure. Tho AZ"
rioultural Laborers' Uuioa, Of which ! am a
| momber, has suucenlea in increasing tho v9gcB
some, but thore nro many districts where tho
man Of family tolls ton and tHvolye houis day
for Bhillings per week. Through this Union
tho laborers are boing brought into coao Byn,-
pathy. Tho Union lads number 100 900, and, for
tho first timo in tho history Of England, tho
labor'ng mon arc beginning to know aud under,
stand one another. Tlcy aro realizing that vital
rights havo been donod them, and arc learning
how to effectively unite i'll tho struggle for q
common freedom: l an told that tho Impression
prevails III Amorica that tho English farnl-ln-
this erroneous vlow, I shall fail in one OF tho
main objects of my visit. assert that tho long
Jug Of The farm-hand for homo in tho Now
Worid grows out Of the injustice Of tho English
rulers, and anl horo to provo TINT nBsertlou
true. am here, in the toeth Of the nrintocrncy
OF England, to show that eristocratc logisatior
for Tho laborer ia cri1ninally. unjust. hayo o
little patch Of land down in Warwlckshiro-only
an olshth OF All cro,--thnt III leased mo to farm.
Wife and children grow tho cabbaHcB, and caui-
flower, mud Brussels sprouta. I can't got to
that little Gartsen-spot without passing tho pre-
serves of tue gentry. md, when tho rabbits and
the hsroB destroy my garden. ! hayo no rodrers.
| II kill tho fOur-egged ponchorH, I MN fined
or aaut to Jail. Tho employer can discharge
the lAboror ut moments notico, aud the poor lad
has no redress. But If tho laborer leaves his
omployor, he can be summoned before tho Court
mud obliged to pay tte or Huffor imprisonment.
Tho rural police have powor to stop o poor nau
and search his poclsets, and: If tho insultod iab.
,oror socks rodroas, tho of1icor acroe1a himhclf
| By declaring that tic prisoner was ueop coming
from prcsorvo. can't so to my homo i'll Bar
ford, Warwickshire. without coming from pre-
sorye az tho laud just out Of the town III all 3D.
crcd to tho HquroH aud tho nobility"
Reporter" Parliament promises to Eivo the
EnGliah laborer tho ballot at tho next election.
What will be the effect Of auch franchise T"
Mr, Arch The power which the latls will OK
ert with the ballot is uncertain yet. It is only
niO ff,n Aeyrtr1 furn J.1h
formed that farm-handB know that thoy lad a
right to organize FOR mutual improvement: Our
laOorer has boon only machine, and it ia but
yoakort!ay that lie as been leu to h5re for cloYl-
ton into tho freedom Of manllool."
Reporter" Is tho 1nBire for emigration gen
oral among English agricultural lahorors?"
Mr. Arch" Yes. As President OF tho Ma
members in IN Emigration Fund, to which the
lads contribute Bllillin or sixpence, Rs thoS
eau afford. If u man with 4 family wants to &c
to Amorica, We first got tho certificate OF Ink
Secretary Of tho Branch to which ho belongs
no give him It for himself, u slllilln't
for tue wife. aud & Bhl)lingA: for oyery child:
II wo could only increase this fund, wo would
: Kwoll emigration to wonderful o1tcnt Lei
the Eugliuh iaboror b. aasistod in rcnchilg
America, and convinced that Ao can improve
hiA condition Aore, anl he will engage passage
On tho very tEst steamship TINT sails lI,. fren m
all aero Of ground to TILL 1Io III nsredulonii
whon he in told he can buy hundreds uf scref
, OF virgin soil III Amorics for II fow ulliin'S {,
acre.
! And this brings mo to mention another
= ohioct whlch tho Union hal in giving NJ,
1noueY to como to AmoricH. I mn horo. Il
I loarn Tho truth about tho Emigration question
l Ny duty IL to tho toers OF England.
, did not come in tho intoreat Of a',.
, speculative cmigeetion-scone. I did no
0 You have broad lands in AMoroa. English firm
0 laborors will muko desirable cltszonB. lie'I
: thom to get hero. Glyo tho oliCrant goo'i lard
l and ask ct him paymont in easy instnllmol:t
You may have to lend lttlo governmental Et
until tho first crop Ia harvested but after that ~
0 is independent t,-rcady to repay tho money yc'
: hayo alvancou."
: Tomorrow Mr. Arch ana his companion, Mr
: Arthur Oloydon, will dino with tho Governor
1 at tho Citadel They received an Invitation IL, u
afternoon aud DISCUSS tho Labor quention frcel.
and informally. Tho Governor: 0oneral Ee
!: been an Irish landlord md tho interview hc
L | twecn Earl Dufforin and Julonh Arch will be OH