The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-04
LABORlNG MEMS REASONS.
GoTERNMENT AID INTOKED TO HELP
UNEMPLOYED PERSONS.
New Plans mad Suggestions Before Mr.. uew-
ne. Committee A Woman's strong Pien for
woman suffrngc-The Co cooperative System.


yesterday rs he was detained Mt home by ILL
moss. The session WAS made lively by the con
nicting opinions OF the speakers and the enjoy
mcnt Of the one side when the other received n
pulling question from tho committed There
was less OF cross questioning OF the speakers
than when Mr. Hewitt was present. but an evil
dent disposition to rcpress mere defamation
and con1ne the speakers TO succinct statements
Of the causes OF ,ae present depression Of bust
ness and industry.
Mr. w. A. A. Carscy, Secretary OF the National
Greenback and Labor Party. said he was n
bricklayer. but. as he could not get work enough
at that trade. he was also an editor. He wanted
to have the Government regulate the use Of
capital. run all the railroads and teleRraphs.
aud manage all the machinery in the interest Of
the people He predicted that. unless Congress
should do something Cor the unemployed work
men next winter. there would be u repetition Of
the recent railroad riots.
Mr.. Osborne Ward. who represented the So
ciallstic Labor Party OF Brooklyn. explained
the benefits OF the cooperative system MS con-
trastcd with the competitive system He attrib-
uted the distress among the working classes to
the production OF machinery. by which ono
tenth only Of the men are required to do tho
work. He believed that the poor are worse oil.
relatively than they were fifty years ago; that
the cooperative system than under competition.
" You would have everybody Just as well of
as everybody else?'
Yes"
Il" You would have man work for society
rather than his family ?"
" His family are the integers Of society"
You would not have his family better off
than other families ~
" No sir because in that respect you would
encourage competition. Examples Of co0pera;
other communities In this State"
49,, =, Why don't YOU form. such associations.
/ What ~ there 10 prevent 2
" have been at work upon 1t. and II possible
/ | would MAKE the United States an association
Suppose the molority Of the people 10 not
We would convince them by argument"
Would you have all people ot the United
! States governed by the same rules Z:
Dress alike? How would you provide for a
case Ike that Of Mr.. Kcc, who wants 10 wear
expansive clothes Laughter
-. " We should always provide for diyersities.
Individual tastes OF. wants We DO not retog-
me- any ~ relision IN our p party all rellsi9ns
ing TO their services in socialis;ic money
Suppos" one man did not SEQ III to spend all
this money then yon VII have e ,p italstst
got beyond that and secured perfect coopera-
Mr G W, MADDOX spoke on behalf Of the Con.
gress OF Humanity. He read a letter to the
Committee containing a scheme for the employ
| mcnt of loo 600 families by means Of Govern.
ment aid OF money to be- lent them to settle upon
/ Government lands. The money, he said. could
be printed and when returned il could be- de-
stroyed He gave. as an instance OF such
operation by Government. the building Oi
market in the Island " Guernsey. labout 100
Mr. Rico asked how the Government was to
get the money back without giving an equiya:
lent 10 those who got 1t Ia the way OF trade aud
how this equivalent Was 10 be produced. The
explanation was that the profits Of the invest-
ynJ what ,6a 6s iV s anIIn eon h reT
all the unemployed by simply printing all
the money that l. needed and lending IT 70
them. and BY giving them empi uyment On public
works He denied that prices would nutuat'
disastrously in consequence ~ the use OF -
much paper money but believed that II would
be- at premium abroad II guaranteed by the
Government The Ynly reason the Continental
promised t., pay II IN Spanish dollars which
Mr.. ThOmpson asked: Do you not underrato
the Intelligence Of the people Of the country
when you describe them as only I'll for scayen-
sers Are there any hnorers hs Wei slAd, In
teliieent. AZ well fed and well educated as the
Nj. MADDOX said he did know that II 5o00o
soldiers were wanted 10 Kill one another for
eli amOnth they could De- got. He further rec.
ommepdrd the refercndum, the reduction Of
the salaries Oi the officers % Government. IN
reply 10 question as 10 his means Of llyeli-
hood. he said he had boon In the rea, cstate
living On iag ends. and done nothing that
would really produce a livelihood.
Mrs. :. MYra Hall. The next 81 'aker. said she
represented about 2O.UOUU 700 slaves who have
never yet been admitted 10 the elective fran
ehise. She said that the questions u finance
and labor cannot be settled until the ballot Is
given % women. Thai she considered to be the
FIRST question. and the present condition u the
Wien Mrs. Hal had ti eoenlGiei. Sir. Rice said
Well. Mrs. Hall. We Will take that as a new
suggestion. That Is one that We have not had
Mr. J. j. o Donneli a machinst the next wit
ness. was one Of the most original and enter
timing VET he fDrA q 90 90 He
pudiated the financial heresy that the Govern
merely ,stampineit. He was particularly severe
upon DR.. DoHai. whom he styled Jersey
sd s paep laws 81 as rsS as
ing monopolies. He said the Singer sowing
om the WorEns oe cassss o az EarSps and
patents by the G9vInmen, Tor the USE Of the
lnent. He believed that the working classes
have not been injured by machinery, but by
strated their belief in free trade by electing a
asahs S m Sna altered thu
tuition and created another branch 9f the Gov:
sErnmsnt and by that means The the arst wish Of
his place. In. like manner Fraud WAS
Imposed upon England, BY, a sort Of ,EIeet9raI
their m Chi and said. This man is a usurper,"
ne Was III uluf monliS. ne
further argued in favor OF Government aiding
the poor against the Eight Hour law. against
mistaking coercion Tor cooperation. He Was
asked:
De you believe in restricting the hours Of
II God has endowed me with power to con.
strut locomotive in six months while n theo-
rctical BOBBY would take eighteen months. |
oco o In conesiohp h. ' saiH SEas sS
the tariff by the grinding Of Gods best mills.
but grind II you like. little faster Laugh
ter
Mr.. Bruner a tailor spoke In favor Of man >
right 10 labor against the capitalstic mode VI
prnduguon, and advocated the referendum.
Mr. Patrick Logan spoke in favor OF the Gov
eminent sending $500 each to rs many Of the
500 900 unemployed n need II TO 30 West
Mr.. Robert W. Hume. on behalf OF the Labor
League spoke against interest on money the
enforcement OF bills of credit by legislation the
oppressive employment Of women at low wages
and the reduction OF the time Of labor to four
hours a day.
Mrs.. }. X. Cieaver's Death.
The wife OF the Rev. Joseph Bradford Cleaver
the daughter OF Mr. Ehjah Bliss Brooklyn died yc.tcr
day Mr. Cicayer formerly pastor the sixth Ave