The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-08-02

who p.ys ,hal rent tis me of Cours. he simply |
takes II from me after urn II and hand about \
216 persent Of IL to the City and the Gvernme. |
and th% Is Plenty of houses In this City that !
will pay more than that But that Is what Pay. |
and my Land Lord has his "a per cent. after he
/ pays his tax mean after pay u. My Employ
got very angry when I told him that Payed
his taxes. and while we wsre talking u over n
fellow workman wOs standing by vino wos for
tunate Enough to BE a single man well Mr..
Capitnlist wanted to know what taxes he payed
the young man had Chew Of Tobacco about a.
Big as my ink stand i'm his mouth. told him
TO open his mouth and he did. and Mr. Capitol
took a tumble he payed the R-venuee on that
Tobacco. Nov Mr. Editor as you nerer Let any
problem pas unsolvd. Give fare Cound.
must man Work at starving wages II not
what will he Do say the working man is rite
still DO not sanction the works of the at the
strikers in Burning the property of thare En-
ploys But say strike aud max them Com TO
tau Demand Living wages and get IL
LEW. JACKSON
We refer our friend jackson to our re-
ply to Mr. Turner. and will also refer to
few questions raised by him (Mr. Jack
son
IL a man cannot support family in
the city on 90 cents, let him go TO the
country, where he can support family
very decently on half that amount. Less
than n year ago, Secretary Bristow con
graduated the people Of Cincinnati on
the fact that they paid every year, ten
million dollars taxes on tobacco, beer,
and other strong drink.
This was the tax alone. Add the cost
Of production, and you city folks pay
perhaps twenty five million dollars each
and every year for these pernicious poi
sons. No wonder that you have no
money left to buy bread and butter
A man can always talk to best purpose
when he understands the subject about
= which he talks; hence ou. friend illus.
trates his point by giving an account OF
his house rent. Let US illustrate in the
same way. We wanted to publish a
newspaper. In order to do so success
: fully, we must have type, presses, and
other material. Now let US 60 back a
little. Many years ago we could do no
. better than cut cord wood at twenty FIVE
cents per cord. We did not spend any
= Of our hard earnings to Gil our mouth
with chunks Of tobacco as big as an ink.
: stand, but we bought y spelling book and
I Murray's Grammar, and in the shanty. at
J night. read and studied, so that we could
speak, read and write the English Ian.
guage with some degree of propriety
j Then we obtained a certificate and taught
school at twelve dollars per month.
During this period we borrowed books
u and read law, some thirty to fifty pages
, in the morning, before break fast After
five years of this study, at the age Of 81
years, we were admitted as an attorney
c At the age Of As, we will say we had
saved 81 600. and now about starting thai
? paper. We have all the material. worth
y $1,000, and it is paid for. But il is use
u less without rooms to put it in, and suit
e able rooms will cost $1,000 more, and WI
Y have no money left But here are two
y corporations. Star Furnace Company anC
the First National Bank. that have ex
actly such rooms as we need. and als'
" nice convenient rooms adjoining, for
. residence. These corporations say to us
d substantially, this: "You have 5000
g worth Of type and presses, which are un
u productive, as you have no rooms to pu
u them in. We have just the rooms yor
20 need, and they are empty and unproduC
e tive. Let us enter into partnership
u You put in your $1,000 in material, an,
we will put in our rooms, which cost u
r 1000. We do not understand this bus
= - l.
~ the risks. Pay US $500 per year for ou
u half OF the investment, and make all yo
N Gao on the whole $4,000 invested in th
as concern. you make 81 900 we will b
'e pleased. If you only make enough t
pay our share, and make nothing on you
re part OF the investment, we will regret il
but you must take the risk"
Is Now we have a fne office, and a mos
&c convenient residence. and have bee
le reasonably sussessful Without the al
y of these capitalists, or some others. W
re could not have carried on this business
oi Why should we object TO paying rent I
" these corporations7 These rooms ar
- part of the savings Of their labor. w
20 knew most of the owners of the stock {
!" these companies when they were as poo
: in this worlds goods as we were. Some {
p them were neighbor boys who went I
z school to us. They saved part OF the prC
y ceeds OF their labor when they were youn
- and able to work, to aid them in the d.
w cline Of life, when labor is a burden. w
"' have no feelings of envy towards thes
men. They have been our true and res
~ :. friends.
=" A large portion OF the foregoing
= founded on fact, but part of it is fct
- ~ tious, only used to illustrate the positio
" we take.
20 Our friends theory is a most perniciou
and dangerous one. The good Lincoln
:, in that last great State paper said it di
:, seem strange that people desired to ca
the bread wrung from the sweat OF othe
= mems faces. A great many men, lik
:; our Cincinnati friend, not only want 9th
:. er men 10 earn their bread, but also t
furnish them houses in which to reside
We do not know who Mr.. Lew jackson
is, but if he is an able bodied man. ant
" not a cripple. ne ought to be ashamed q
a" want another man to furnish him hous
80 to live in, rent free. If the labor, an
savings of other men are to furnish u
bread and butter, and house, why no
20 seize enough Of their earnings to furnis
" US tobacco, beer, a carriage and horses