, 1873-12-28

tho amount of tholr wages 1t would tako to
support lfe. Relying on tho Information tloy
linvo gathorcd from tloao SOURCES, they como to
thia country With tlo iden that they cur 1.-Two as
choaply as In their owr lnnds, and, consequently,
can Bavo tho grcator part Of thoir wages, which
will, In fow yoarB, gtyo thom competency, II
1t will not mako tllom rich. But, nlas thoy
no sooner Bot foot In this country than they fall
into tito haulH Of thieves and robbers, who mako
1t their business to prey upon cusigrants; ami
the Polish gontlonan no loubt spoke from OK
porienco wnon he Haid, "1hoy fall into tic
hands Of brigandH.' To tho homer OF our colrl-
try be 1t said TINT tho Government lnB looked
into this thing, and ta1son steps to provont the
robbery Of tho poor omigrauts.
1t might pettinontly be asked, Why do foreign
worlsing.non engago In tho work of tho labor~ro-
form, whi1o
OUR OWN NATIVE OPERATIVES
appear to 10 perfectly satisfied with tloir eondi-
ton, md arc tho very last to engage IN 1t /?
When appealod to upon tho question, tho atl-
over is, - yoe. know It is 20 but whHt aro wo
going to do about it !? Capital has got the up
per Iand, mid capital will rule. What's tho uHo
e making fuss about iii "o can novor make
They hsyo imbbed the ilea TINT this ia d free
country, with o Republican form Of government.
tho host that tho world has over aeon that evcry
sasss %sa III hs voto T'0 o 'n las because Aana ha
lin making tie lawa' Of tho 1and,-con-
ton.ing himself with the falacy thnt tho laws
arc OF hia own mixing TINT thoro aro some
things Of which tho law takca no cognizanco,
come Within the seono Of tho law,-prortng tho
truth OF tho speakers assertion Tho work"
iugmen make their living with their ten fingers,
while tho aristocrat earns millions by Lis witt"
tho aristocrat having wit enough to use tho
power which the workingmen's rotes hayo put
into his hands to croato gigantic monopoltos,
while tho vote1B n their contento1 ignorance,
SOY, " We ca1lnot help It,"
THE FOREIGNER
who comes to our shores is 4 man who has wit
enough to 10 dissatisfied with the condition Of
afrara in hiB own land, And boiovoB TINT thero is
q country in which every man il froe, wlloro no
man is tho alaro Of another, and where nll can
partake Of the luxrries Of lifo. IIo is also
havo loft Ills home, which has beon surrounded
for generations with tic same old memories aud
associations, to Hcek his fortune in now mud un.
tried scouos. Ho lands OIL our shores full of hope
for the future. aud at onco soehs place to work
but some'mes eyon @ bosot0 tas 10 ands iada en-, n;
Poland, that Eo has mado al M aad mistako" h 10
has loft u certainty tor myth. Flo finds that,
although his wages are much higher thau IN Ills
The purchasing powor OF lis wages ia less than
at home He soon discovers that it takes moro
days labor to buy his clothing moro days' labor
to pay his rent, more days labor to purchase his
fuol, besides tile extremes Of cltnnte Which he
has to guard ugalnst; and. in summing up and
balancing the advantages agninst the dlsadvau-
tages, be finds that his condition
II MUCH WORSE
than it was In his own native land. A physician,
Ia hia report OH 1unatic-nsylmns Gays: "Ttle
MI mi inHnrnf11n nf ira1ntV Wtrl,
hive come under NY notice arc Foreigners who
hare como to this country. aud used up all their
mems to bring them here, who have nothing loft
to talIo tl,om back again, and havc no prospect
homstchness. thelr longing for tLeir native land,
has rendered them hopclcBsly insnne."
so 1t Reems that, III their own country, they
make enough to bling them hoIp; but, once
here, they cannot make enough to talie thom
home aga!n. Here, thou, is tue aolution Of tho
problem why the foreigner Is 80 much moro for
ward in tho lnbor-roform than tho American.
Ho had tho neceasnry energy to make tho ut
tempt to better his condition By leaving his OWL
country and coming to tho supposed Eldorado
Of the laboring man; but, after being hore
awhile he finds that his condition is no better,
but infinitely worse that,all tue freedom he has
hero ho had ut home, with tho exception Of the
ballot; aud l1e makes tho discovery, in time,
that he would be
DETER OFF WITHOUT TuAT,
for the repyon that tho American workiuGHan,
with the ballot in his hand, il continually sink-
ing lower and lowor, aud becoming the slave OF
tho monopollos hia ballot has holpGd to osoaio.
Theae foreign laborors possessed, by the same
energy and courage that fmpellod thcm 70 seeE
better condition Of things amid the boasted FREQ
dom of the Unitod States, aud failing in the ut
tempt. now turn those qualities i'll the direction
Of labor reform In tho land Of their adoption.
So fur, every attempt has proved failures which
war too painfully evident IN the assembling
Of Thousands Of starving workingmen on lust
Sunday evening; and tho speaker, whoae TO
marks we have under consideration, stated tho
reasou why they had 30 slgnally failed. IN one
short sentence :" The workingmnn worked for
lis duly bread with his ten 11ugcra, while the
aristocrat ehrned millions by hla Wit. Judging
from that speech, 1t iB wit that makes tho money.
while fingers merely earn living Ii thofo
really any mntorial difference between an ntisto-
crat and . workingman ? Have not the matonsy
OF our soc ocalled aristocrats come from the ranks
Of tho workingmen7
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE
is simply this J.: tho one las cultivated hls
fingers, while tho other has cultivated his wit.
Put tue nriatocrat ut tho aa.uo work as the work.
ingman, and he would be utterly unable to por-
form it, because his fingers have not been
trained to that kind Of labor. just ao in the
worltingman unable to perform tho work Of ths
aristoolat, because his wit has not beou trained
ho could not aulass wealth, for tho aoio reason
TINT ho has never cxerciaod his money making
faculties,-haH never looked about him for tllt
kAt1AtlGa tAAk i4o A}aAH 4oAAA ufCA5 hAt&o IL tHt
vast extont OF country for making money. HI
has never given lis attoutiou to the laws, which
from Ills own neglect, operate in favor Of tht
rich TO the detriment Of THO poor.
Under a Government like ours, when fep
men amaHs colossal fortunes in q Hhort time
whtlo the ma jority have barcly enough to sup
port life, and, at tie npproach OF my particu]a
criss like tho prcsont, thousands arc reduced t,
natarving condition, there is
sCMET1iINH WRONG
fh6f FarHrnfnarf frhc ha 1A,lrNF
for iu tho Constitution Of the country, in tl'
fundamental law Of the land, or ln tho moi
elected to enact particular laws, who hav'
used tho law-lnakingu prarogative for their, owl
special purposes. II 1t IL not tho fault O
the Constitution or fundamental law. then th'
voters who by their votes elected these mon tt
Office who enacted those particular laws, mus
bear the blame and as the worlsingmeu ar.
largely in tho majority, thoy will havo to eubmi
to Che results Of tnor own misdoiug in the op
prossiyo laws undor which thoy now groan. Ro
a!stanoe TO the present existing laws would no
benefit tue laboror in tho least; it would on1.
plunge Tho country into ciyu var, which woul'
and In tho