The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-09
Workingmen's Homes.

he following. taken from tie Iron
Noutiers Joarnai. contains subject for
serious consideration by every lover of
his country or race. - BE it ever so
lowly. there's no place like home So
sang the poet; and no doubt the chsrac-
ter of HON. TO which be referred WAS
the true home. around which cluster
memories Of childhood. the loving
smiles of grandparents and parents. a
portion Of Gods footstool upon which
WAS erected . dwelling from which no
so called Ian ilord could drive the loved
ones The word home implies owner-
ship. Mt . mere place Of residence.
The home should be the true man $
castle. Ia bc defended at the risk OF life
itself--a saHctuary. as OF old. into
which ,h. mlnons Of the law dare not
enter.
When the earth WAS given TO man.
and the fullaess thereof, surely homes
were thought of BY tho mnipotent ::
but. alas. tae greed and rspacity Of
the few have rendered such homes but
the drdsm Of the poet. = rhapsody Of
Utopia. The Old Homestead" ike
"The Old Oaken Bucket" is . thing
of the past. and instead We find the
landlord and tenant. We find laws on
our statute books which render the
word home . null,ty The vast major
ity of the people have no roof to cover
their heads except ut the will Of an
other The man who is u tenant can
never say he has q home. such home
Id
Of our life" In what is it sacred
Once in each month AL owner or agent
demands Adn,itiance v hich cannot lie
denied him once ia each month must
the hoardings from scanty earnings be
turned over t. such owner ii II is not.
then the folly Of calling such an abode
home will become apparent the con-
stable, armed with the full power Of
the law. will destroy every vestige of
home by depositing in the street your
household gods. your wife. your children,
aud perhaps her who gave you birth,
To assert belief that man under such
conditions can love his home. that to
him 1t is the one place on he earth, is
such a mockery Is 10 the love Of country
in the traitcrous outlaw. Working
mems homes. where are theyf The
vlllcin had home. hs belonged to the
soil the slave had . home. he belong
ed tn his master To both . home was
foreSoGe conclusion. as it WAS TO the
masters interest tba. they should have
homo but free workingmen. wage
laborcrs. who is interested in their
homes: Go into the coal mining re.
gion of any State, and sea the so called
homes of mipers. Clsp-bosrd sheds,
built ON tres,les. painted with the
storms and dust Of years. fences un-
known. floors uucarreted, windows
without shutters and withou, curtains.
children un,sush,, and the husband
and father taking his life into his own
hands. going several hundred feet
into the bowels of the earth. tolls
wearily for ten hcurs for the bare ne
cesssries of life, bread snd meat. and
the mesnest of clothing. and yet the
place where this existencs continues is
human.sed with the maine of home. II
the miner, or his family, despite their
surroundings, should in any manner
make more attractive their place Of
abode. should succeed in giving the
boards that sarrouni them q coat Of
paint, should ty starving their bodies
add the comforts of curtains aud car
pets 10 their indoor life. week or a
month thereafter may find them with
All imperative order to vseate the prem
,se.. their SO called home.
In eur cities wor kingihen homes are
even worse than those Of the miners
Rents are outrageous. 10 commence with
| As weeks hard labor will M, pay
+ the req, of the poorest accommodations
/ tor q month For workin2men. tens-
mtnt houses Az their so-cAllei homes,
/ one roof covers the homes os f,on four
Ia twenty families. IT from twenty 10
i one hundred pc. sons. built on narrow
streets and ,ow,rsug up 20 the height o'
four 90 five s:.Wiss. ~s,h from ten &
thirty rocns, . family. IN many cases
in every room. working. eating and
sleeping ia the same atmosphere; ths
room. dark and lily ventilated. no pEi-
vsey. the dirt, slops and gsrl.se send
ing forth ,her foul o,iors from every
psssAge~ay. sickness and death svrl
present, and ~ this thousands Of me
chanic. return day after dav. after ten
hours weary labor This is hotnr -
long ss they have health ani work
and promptly pay their ren., but ths
very dAy their rens is due and unpaid