The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-07
Subjects FOR LAWMAKERS.
WEN dND THEORISTS GIVE
me COMMITTEE POINTS.
T,ihtna FOR rive Hour. on the Causes Of the
Drrrcssion and Its Remedies Questions for
Ir,pio,crs Throughout the Country Ono
sn.rkcr Received with Gronns and Kisses.

rmrio,cr. throughout the Country Ono
speaker Received with Gronn' and Kisses
Tho seventeen speakers who addressed |
A., ,t..,,.. com, ,,i,t,o Yesterday ON the causos
,r....,, Jcnrcssion and ua remedies
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tald uW iu"chlh'IS h"7 "'S'"''i~'"
faster than now emio5m'nls are troNlu'u'
,"t Ivrr IT, an ,,'' nr ,','. Sy pring rid Of
Whlch can "h) W. p''''"''" ~ N,","~ 49,
thc wages s}st'n' that reduction IN the hours
81 t.f.,r ia. MT ,plv a national Int nm iut,r-
OF M.'r ~ n'' '''' 'i.'''''' "u1 ''' ,',
h"N""" "."'''' h''"- W" 9',, ~
on how hr he would have the Gov
cruwout ~ to logi-latn the Eight hour
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h" "' "'.'"i'.' 'l"' ne ""s III ,''oi 'l ""N,"e
nil contracts with tho Government provide That
thsy nrktnsu .mrloved in CARRYING them out
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should Toe empi"ycd only 'lght hours per uhS'
Mr.. Hewitt presented some dln 'utios. bat he
answered. them 10y saving mat ne ohlS N"hu''
Hewoull have the cight-hour principle rerog-
nigcd in the granting If tntnnts lie compnfu-
ell ih"i mon OF culture d" hut suH'l'h'y "d-
dress their thoughts to the want, ofthe working
eNs7 80,
Nj Hewitt cited the nam"sof Thornton. Fred
crick Harrison. Thos. Hughes Mundca. and
othcr,us az ileue, flint men of culture do may
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MIR. Mcneil thought tina, they were few in
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reply L. a question by Mr. Rice whether the
waite arrangements. such as cooperation. rather
than by legislation. Mr. Mcneil insisted that
,n,, a,,,i,I,, ,r.. ei',h,.t ham. sys,cr, T., ,,r.
Jaws applying th' eiShi -l"Vr system 20 con-
tracts ~ pNont7 .eu'i u' n'n. h'ial ur'a9se
d4 work.
W. II "~'u SoniiG haNr ''S,hffu tlW .l;h en-.
n"ulS W! "t ,Mpu,d n' rs, lI1 ~ 'INc 80 WI
MIR. Men 'il-NO. sir
Alex. T. Peck OF Danhury. Conn. with short
gray hair. full beard. and wide arm st
mouth swung his arms with such vgor that ne
soon cleared wide space around him. :
plan was to have the Government loan money
without interest on real property. and for TINS
ho argued with ychemen'e th.U was in uu Wise
alta. by SERIES OF questions 10y Mr.. Hewitt,
to whom be- finally reph'd. You answer my
qU' siun and Wat Will answer yours ah-h IA.
you don ~ nae there. and retired, amid a
roar Of mushter
Mr. SeihcS, a ulln-hodicd, sunkcn. checked
young man. with black hair and sandy nous
the floor. HIS Ian was To abolish the Federal
= mate restrict TIE powers oi the Ir'sid ent AMI
III" ii louise, establish labor bureaus. destroy
STATE sovereignty. create "A legal-tcnder paper
currency Of as per capita. allow no person who
dos Mt labor daily 10 employ others, elect
labor bureau directors from every trade and
Iroirss.on and pay all the same wages from
tho President down. ALLOW no hOalthy person TO
reualn idle. and deyot, only siX hours To labor.
SIR licnrS Kemp a produce broker. had a
strong Irish accent, a Peter Cooper beard. short
gray hair. strong voice. and a g. rtcutous pile
ol inuuu- 'rlpt. He undrrtuoN 10 show that a
higu protective tdrir lowers thu wages ~ lui or.
and that free trade IA i-,H wages. Tie produced
another document winch hccuel "a summary
aud procccdcdto read IT, HIS remedies we're