The daily gazette., 1877-08-15
workilfgrnan.

ED % - w hh'n suo aeos iON
mere has Deen II great deal said aud
mon the subject oftlsbor. Much
miyht have been expected, comes
em ,pogues, who care for nothing
n own advancement. Many MIS-
nts. erroneous declarations, aid up-
clusions have also bsen set forth by
interpretations, which are unfounded
and unpolitic in their deductions
tauces, II by bad management the
ms income OF a rail road company
tal, off twenty five par cent. should
adv meagre income Of the emptDyee
Ed. several times, ten and fifteen
while he Is rendering more than
Ia tor all that he gets? He 10 giving
!, his labor, his genius, all that he
has for a compensation which at
brds him but "scanty living sIs
bpoilic thus to degrade hun ? We
ktr that question better by asking
First, VINO are The working men
country? We say first, they are
n Intelligence If not, where are the
boosted OF benefits ,ofTour pabiic
for as a rule tney 90 fresh from the
70 the work shops. Bat from an
bee OF forty>five years among them
F. bops, | know that they are intel
nd lhat they are as class the equal
lhe class OF men ia THE city. Sec
h invent, bpIid ,Simprove and per-
lhai is worth having. They invent,
nd build the locomotive; and snoul Id
therefore have living from its
with the steam ship. its desigu,
t mechanism, and huge proportions
eu brought forth from the working -
. hahn. But il he Is TO be denied The
nt Of tue results of bis own h,b II
has hbJred IN vain. and tue usi,iR
ldnght lamp iu working out, his
i has been to him curse Instead OF
Y, he had better have sad pSpnl
prelse,"
be rolling stock of q rail road That
"a. :Toss expansive plains, under and
a. punans, and dashes across broad
bud with the noise aud speed OF a
thunder bot rolls on tts way, con-
lhe interests and utilizing the pros
~ the most distant patt of a couti-
pd the steamship that moves with
pdlty across the great ocean. famil>
the people OF all lands are but as
the ocean of his genus, when com
Tith the perfection in our more
'rs p aces OF industry IN our man
Is where we fiad the greatest per.
pf machinery, In our cotton, wooden
per manufactures where We find
y complex machinery adapted to
pTpose, and all working like things
end II We inquire from whose genius
vi these great necessities the almost
answer will be, from tue working
,. Space will only allow me to
most superficial glance at his pros
But II Is enough 10 aid your in-
rtAders IN finding out who the
men are, aud to convince every
pan that be Is entitled TO q liberal
from The outgrowth of his own
lat the working people are degraded
T pressed, we must ali admit but of
y causes which lead TO tie results.
~ mention two. The first is found
aVorlclousness and greed of our
ana the second is in the willingness
orklng people to suffer themselves s
ne degraded. II this Is true, 1t be-
eee'5ary to put the Interests of n
rty' which will sympa,hize alike
n' or with neither, but shall rather
ue general good. This can BE- done
'ie means ola bureau of i'm migra-
O'e business it sh all be to become
ply acquainted with the wants OF
employee and the employed but
Y win The demands tor labor, with
luer congressional enactments, to
Immigration to the absolute wants
INDUSTRIAL interests OF the country.
u not then have hundreds of Lho1s-
Wing upon our shores seeking employ
nen one nth Of our w2rkmgpeopIe
rnu starving. II Is OF equal injury
lsrant and our home population.
'nu cause OF the degradation of the
psoPle Is, as above stated, found
"i,'hShess 10 become SO. They
'ose 'heir self re'psct, and as a
nnVe not that dignity which ia
absolutely necessary to shield
m ar 1S.ul-mpl, ". which is always the
- ro,,, VI anu accuse to OPPRESSION. -...
y Iopecleo' they must first respect
% ! 'hey must be mere cbaste In
h., ,oi''on mot that they are more
~ %, u,.ectIon a,,on than others, but tney
1ta at w. stake they m ast appear more
A No, oI 'ne streets they must not
%o' h'hop without fl st "washinR
ar o ahu lace and changing their
must not leave the shop with
a ,hoir' ou' OF clothes that have been
'"e.' @ WORKS Tor months II not years
"a'n'ng'" The above Is their D ,rt;
~ VI the employer Is to provide
s ,l III Tue way OF water and time to
Tue ABOVE. A man can wash. and
u i' no., atess In six minutes, which
,vo o"' small matter for the employ
tha, once a day. Cat noon). In the
6a, 'lh work up to the time OF
o ou. oe that as II may, the rule
~ NJ enforced under a penalty fcr its
inc penalty 10 be used IN clse OF
or disability.
p,9. NJ Just mere ask again who is the
& $s.a uai : lie is the law maker ; if he
Il 4, ~ and respected So will be the
hon, ue makes but if he is degraded
Uu' respect, so will be the laws OF
p we Can not gather figs off
uA ,h 'he above conclusions are found
cs.. ."e ID VS. OF cause and effect, and
asalnIy ss follow each other as hgnt
" 'u'l or heat from combustion.
ana 1ow occupied more space than l
IN ~ o WIN ieave the subj ect tor both
op,t U consider, for it (the subjecr) is
4 no 'ny ny oi serious contemplation. 14
nn NV personal fault to fiud / rem lin
'"' 8. W. ID.
\ lh'ip h"'itpuDllcan Assembly !, District
Ilioh ~ at Pittston Pa, yesterday
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