The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-20

work out their riRhte with the ballot You nccd
TO use the ballot TO elect mon who will be under
thoy are under obligations to; for my expert
them.
But what do we SEQ now2 Laboring mon and
NATIONAL men crying about organization, and
whoshall bechairman OF ward caucus, Laugh
teri Let every man understand that lie also
serves who only stands md waits God has
first shall he last"
the workingmen OF this country come together
and take the country into their hands. They
have rs much right To IL rs any other set OF mon
Let them do 1t calmly, iudiciousy fQrcibly. for
there IL as much brain Mt the bench rs at tho
dcsk. lAppNusel Let them calmly change tho
whole plan OF legislation In favor OF labor
giving Il is fair share Of division. lAppleuse.l
Why" yo.u may say TO me. docs not labor
God has been exceedingly good to this country.
in giving us not only irutfulness but the peo-
pie ,he Inventive genius, Ike that which in
years ago the young mon and women Of the
country were engaged in producing that by
housed. and they had to work ton hours day
on the average. and some worked longer. |
can remembe whom parties In my city worked
fourtccn hours per day. An day work
averaged ten hours. Agricultursts could not
work longer A man with his phough and four
quarters Of an acre day. Now he can plough
seven acres. He moved three quarters of an
acre; now he mows seven with machine. He
sowcd with u sack on his back about three
| quarters OF an acre; now child with n ma
| chine scattcrs the seed over seven acres q day.
| Girls had To- spin and weave. and they had
| their stint 10y the day and they had no
| trolics until they got through their stints.
1w RR S r sPPI IN s snny N w spq m3Ts
why the girls have to flock to tho city for work.
and that is Why the young men come here too.
| what was cnlled DEVILS tail press. and
! struck on a few quires an hour hut now hero
| Is a press running nine miles an hour. There
| fore. by the ulI Uf luVt utlNr machinery. man
| produces ten times rs much. Tho production
| Of machinery has more than kept pace with the
In the mean ,imo. for this feeding there ha.
| been no digcsting machine. Men and women
wear very little moro. Therefore. this ma.
| chlnery produces ten times as much as We used
per day what we used TO make in ten. and We
| ought TO work but one hour per day. II there
has been q fair division az round. lGrea, ap-
| plause.l But there has not been fair division
| This great producing force should tighten the
| labor OF the working man in proportion as II
| is called q hereto when he says perhaps the
hours OF labor could lie we'll shortened.
Some OF the men that are against shortening
ton" Well. make 1t five hours per day and
there will hc less oyerpr9dnction Everybody
| should have better food better clothing. and d
better house. Houses can now be built by The
Cen. Bntler further said thatt tho man who in.
vented the fast printing press got only about
seventeen years protection. while ne would u,
cheated out % that II be had not a rich corpora
tion 70 back him. He had talked To them plainly
u- he would wish them to talk 10 him II they
changed places. lie had not intended 60 maxi
them a speech, llo urged them 20 stand TO-
crther ~ work nemen. and to take u lessor
from the churches hy harmOnizinE uheir differ
onces and working together for essentials 50
that the whole body OF workingmcn could ris,
up and settle their troubles 10y legal, poaccable
| and proper means.
lie said further: Throw aside MS your enemy
| any man that speaks OF tho destruction o
property. because such destruction Is the de
strurtion Of the results OF labor and woul,
have to be- replaced By So many hands it woul,
all have 60 be- produced over again-with swca
and toll; but don't send any more men to Con
gress or the Legislature who shall vote that th'
man with capital doing nothing Tor the good o
his kind shall have better pay In society thnI
man that works eight or ten hours day a
useful employment lAppause.l Settle tina
| question II II OF no @ "Qu"ncr who the MAJ
l. that YOU elect II he stands 10y you. There ar
| few instances OF men who are elected goinl
back ON the party that elected them. That eN
pertinent. wherever II has been tried, has no
been 50 successful ~ to have many imitator
. hereafter. Applause.l
Gen. Butler concluded with another apolog
| for his unrN pectedly long speech. and grace
| fully acknowledged the applause with whic
! he was greeted. Brief addresses followed
: | Frank Walters. q sturdy workman from tn
!. | folding room. predicting that the General woul
: | be the next Governor Of Massachusetts,.