, 1875-03-01

Tic following is m abstract from con-
versation held with one Of tho Cominunistic
leaders during the excitement OF last week,
rs reported in ono Of tho city papers:
Tho President {KnAKMEn} went on: ava ars
abused; We aro called bad names; there II no lan~
guaRo too had to 10 appled to us, Yct what do Nc ask
for Wo ask for work. Ne want no idleness, no
means to live on other people, but must Tire. II
work Ii given U.s. wo hRye done, and we rolf up our
slteycs aud take to 1t. There is something wrong in
Goye-nu,cnt with ouf mountains full Of Iron An
orr land full Of trees wc, who might turn them Into
richos for the nation, should not bo hore crying for
work aud for bread" Tho reporter suggested that tbs
polls the places to correct these evils, mud cited
the political thieves Of the local Government. whose
stealluga come out Of tho workingman'a labor. Int
KnAEMxn shook his head ahatractedy and puned At
his pipe. AWll.t do you ask" wa1 questioned, sof
tho manufacturer His warehouse is full OF goods,
hs capital is laid out, ho must wait for lnaskot.
ETen II 10 was anxious to gtvo work lie could not DO
N.n KnAEMER replied that It wus truo that he could
not aud then Ae acknowledged tint tho labor question
verJ mixed one. II not educated " he aail,
"and 1t takes ono nho has nehoollng to net tAess
thiugs right. Scholars hava nothing to do with liz;
hey look out for themselves. We know thare u
Thing wrong somewhere"
KnAEMEn has unsuspectingly touched tho
keynote Of all tho actual sutferinEs OF the
working classes in this country. We do not
now refer to tho loafcrs, blackgunrds, and
"levelers who congregate in third-claas
iquor.aaloons and incite each other to in
cenliary acts with bad whisky md worse
larangues this class would romain the same
In good times r9d bad, d,-wlether work was
plenty or scarce they would be lazy, restless,
md dangerous. hut KRAEs1gn Is right in hia
opinion that sfthcro must bs something
wrong somewhere " in new and prosperous
country, with mountains full Of iron and land
full OF timber, q country teeming with lid
den wealth, when the factories are closed,
the blast-furnaces blown out, tho ware-
houses full Of goods for which thero liz
little or no market, tho workingmcn
thrown out OF employment, and
their families suffering. Where il
tho root Of this trouble, this "something
wrong somewhere It is not chiefly on nc
count Of "strikes," for thero have been few
organized attempts Of Into to increase wages,
| or svon to prevent them from falling 6onsi-
| bio men havo been content to work at any
ratio that will enable them to live. What iB it
| then? We think that bIr. KRAEMER must
look among his own class for ths explanation.
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