Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-03
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kessi'. Of tho Labor Committee.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2I.-The Con-
gressional Committee on the labor
question resumed its session this
morning. Hewitt presided. Bar
tholmey, Chairman of the Social
Democratic party, resumed his
testimony. He said that times are
worse now than in 1870. The nom
producer now receives eight times
as much as the producer. He was
a piano maker aud in inflated times
his wages did not go up but after
the panic fell 20 per cent. He
urged the establishment of labor
bureau similar to that in Massa-
chusetts and that no politician
should be allowed to have any
have no accumulation of capital in
private hands, but uuder the con-
troll the Government for the benz
eft of the people. In this State of
society there would be no desire
among workipgmen to accumulate,
as they would be sure of constant
EN- ployment. Still he would not
pay one man az much wages as an
other, but give each salary or
wages equivalent to the amount
and perfection of his work.
The committee questioned Bar
tholmey on the practical working
of his system of cooperative soci-
eties, but being unable to answer
he was prevailed upon to retire.
Isaac Bennett, "a cigar maker,
advocated the regulation Of the use
of machinery, not its destruction.
He wanted machinery regulated to
such an extent that it would not
cause the enforced idleness of
worlmen. Bennett also advocated
cooperative societies. but said the
cigar makers would not go into
this cooperative system at present
because they did not have the
means.
Hewitt asked-Then you do want
capital?
The answer was, in part, that the
reduction of the hours of labor to
eight hours per day, would increase
wages.
Boyd, of Ilinois-rhen would
not reduction of the days labor
to six hours still further increase
wages?
To this there was no reply.
Adolph Douai, of the Socialistic
Labor party, next appeared and
discussed the land laws of England
of an ancient date. He maintained
that the government ought to pro-
vide land for every man and
woman in the United States. He
claimed that the government
should enact law to prevent men
from being forced to labor longer
than eight hours day.
At the afternoon session James
Connolly, representing the Nation
al Greenback party, ascribed the
depression in labor to the bond sys.
tenn, saying the people take their
money out of manufactures and
invest it in bonds on which they
obtain interest. He denounced
railroad land grants and thought
the government should have built
its own railroads. The gseat
means, he declared, to relieve dis
tress among laboring classes was
for the government to assist them
to settle on the public lands and in
sure them support until they
reaped harvest.
The Jersey CiGy Murder.
New YORK, August 2d.-A great
num- ber of people to-day looked at
the house in Jersey City wherein
Richard Harrison Smith, police.
man, was brutally murdered
Wednesday night. Three arrests
have been made, that of the wife
CT the man killed, Covert Bennett
and Della Garfield, who is said to
have borne improper relations
towards Smith. Thomas Cottenan,
the contractor who is building, q
sewer in Van Horn street, was til ere
very early Thursday morning look
ing after his property and says,
"between half-past one and three
O'Clock, a coupe whirled around the
corner of Pacific avenue, the horse
going at full gallop and dashed up
Johnson street towards where I
was sitting on a pile of dirt and
stones. AS the vehicle drew near
the driver exclaimed, why don't
you have your ID light burn
ingY 1 seized light and ran out
into the street to give him an OPP
portunity to see where to drive and,
as he dashed past, heard voice
inside the coupe say, go on, driver,
go on; for Gods sake, go on.'" This
coupe was seen by others waiting
on Pacific avenue and it is said the
police have found the driver and
lpon information given them by
him, they arrested Bennett.