, 1874-01-11

Il call 1t the puddlers' strike.-decreel tha
coal-mining
wAs TO Re MONOPOLY.
No man now dare dig buslel Of coal wi:hou
permission Of the Monopohsts; and this is tht
subsoi1 Monopoly with which your Oranges have
to contend They will need to "plov deer
while Bluggards Sleep if they break it mp; bu
the railroad Monopoles are built on it, sad ' hun
| dfea8 OF others.
It almost seems a. II Mono poles, In our rail-
| road system. sle as close as the wooden ties
Welsh aud English miners have q Monopoly oil
| mining the coal used to manufacture the rails
Every class Of workmen engaged in that mann.
| facture has Monopoly Of that work. Every
| separate trade required to construct road is q
| Separate Monopoly. Every one engaged in max
lug the rolling stock in Atonopol-. Tho differ
eut classes Of men occupied in operating the
! road are SO many Il aren't classes OF Alonopo-
lists; and the men wuo serve ~ connecting links
| in this long chain Of Monopolics-the etockhold-
ers-nro Monopolists, Of course, Judging by the
company in which they ara found.
| Another great Monopoly with which the
Grangers propose to contend is that of
| TIE IRoS-MAsTERs,-
aset OF sporting gentlemen who play for large
| stakes. have often thought that this business
! ought to be suppressed in Pennsylvania under
the law against lotteries. It certainly is not
Legitimate business; and. il it had not been for
The spirit of gambling kept alive in that State BY
chutch-festivals and charity fairs, it might hare
loug since been Put down by the stroug baud of
law. 1t il ilegitma:o from the fact that no
human foresight Cali guess the result and, when
man engages init, lie can outy ia reasonably
certain Of one OF two things: u fortune or tiEan-
cial ruin. Fog him there il no safe, steady. louc
pull up tho hill to SUCCESS. Lie either goes to
tho top Of the craS BY dying leap, OF the bot
tom OF the chasm by a hopeless crash. After he
las successfully threaded his winding war
through the rnaza OF Monopoes which erect his
works. LIE iB lace 10 face with the darker and
donser maze that is to run them. Ha makes
contracts with these, that are never reduced to
writing, because they would not bo worth paper
Relying on these. he makes other contracts,
which he aud his hackers bind themselves to
fulfill. He docs this with Ills eyes open,-does
It knowing that the contracts on which he relies
for filing the others are a5
WORTHLESS As ROPES OF SAND;
knowing that the two or tlree million dollars,
worth OF rails he is TO furnish in given time
are likely to be left in any possible stage Of in
completeness by strike Of any one OF tho Mo-
nopolies OH which he stands as on bed Of quick
sand. Mon co not risk money aod time, thought
and labor, on such ventures without nssurauce
OF large gains II they win. So, your ircn-znaster
demaud ds heavy tariff to insure large profits in
winning sanao; aud the probability Of change
breadth aud depth Of the quicksaud foundation
un which he and his business stand To keep
the tariff all right ho must lobby extensively;
and this costs like light from burning city. II
Ae ~ eHRfp auQ uuscIupu1ou5, no 9etS acquainted
with the man
VINO ''nuv" TIE 1AnoR-aoSoroL1Es,-
The Presidents. Secretaries, aud other worthy
leaders OF Trades-U s-Unions,-men whose honest
patriotic hearts ache for the wrongs Of the
work,ngmen. He 'sees" them, and, through
their friendly offices, keeps his foundres At work
to their utmost capacity. until his coutracts are
atl filled and his warehouses all groan, when
strike is regularly arranged, and comes of ac-
cortl1ng to contract II l. comes at time when
his more plodlIug business neighbor has q
p,geon-hole full OF uufulhlled agreements to
furnish goods III Ills line it is bad for the p1od
ding neignbor, but water on his mill. The op-
pressed workmeu have nice time drinking,
loafng, and standing guard to prevent other
men finishing up A1r. Ploddcrs contracts aud
iujuriug the market Of his sharp peighbor.
About the time his warehouses ere empty, the
Presidents and Secretaries OF the Societies con-
clude that the men had better SO to work at the
old prices.
do not hint that all iron-masteys zee Con-
gressmen about the tariff, and Secretaries about |
the strikers OF that all Congressman and Sec |
retaries are to be seen. There arc honorable
Congressman, aightforward iron-maste1s, and /
{lonest Secretaries; but there nre varieties in |
these as III other classes and the diahonorable, |
crooked-backward, dishonest varieties are |
NOT SO SCARCE
as we could wish.
Well seeing CongTessmen and Secretaries costs |
money, and tile business must furnish this. The I
general loss OF caEi;al in skilled labor raises the
price directly - tho peculiar article produced By
it. aud indirectly that OF any article given in
change. There is one peculiarly OF the IRON
masters Monopoly, and this ia open doors.
They have no combination to prevent any man
from becoming one OF them. Every man may
build foundry in his yard, and welcome. The
chance OF competition il as open as that OF get
ting gold dollar IN boz Of prlze candy; but,
for all the nctual cost, all the risk, the consumer
must pay. Railroad corporations, being the
largest consumers, pay most. Farmers, being
tue largest shippers, must refund most, and
thoseswho use their produce must foot the
bill " at last To single out the railroad Monop-
oily, OF stockholders or officers, and attack it
alone, seems to me like fighting: the sails Of
windmill. To stop them you must get at the
power which sets them in motion Labor~No-
DoFoGes
AEE At THE FoUNDAT1oT
If I'll other Monopolies, in this country, at this
lime; and, to kill the Upas-tree, you must get at
he roots. When the United States has secured
@ every man his natural right to learn and pur-
ue any honest tra4lo OF avocaticn lie may choose, |
t Will be m easy matter to attend to the old
Railroad Ring, and all .other selfish potentates
sho play shadow to those despotisms which lock
lp the capital OF the country in beer-saloons, in
,yery exigcncy when it is most needed for tho
development: of our uatioual wealth.
JANE Grey Sw1ssHELm.
A Method OF Giving Isclicf.
To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune,
SIR: The writer's who have contributed to
'our columns 1espectinc tho suffering poor OF