The New York herald., 1878-12-14
SOCIALISTS.

THE CUSTOMARY HARANGUE ON EQUAL TfIHrs-
TIMES WILL NEVER GROW BETTER OF THEM
SELVES.
meeting Of the socalistic labor party held at
No. 1913 Bowery last evening" where nearly hundred
'.sons OF toll" were assembled Samuel Schinkowitz
called the gathering to order and stated that the
Organization having heretofore met at the corner Of
Chrystie and Stanton streets. the object OF the
meeting then in the Bowery was to give
the English speaking people of the section oppor
tunity Of knowing who and what the socialists
John @. Shook having been duly elected chairman,
called upon Bennett who said 1T has been pro-
claimed by the press that there is socalistc labor
party in this city but anxious that It should
be understood by the people what that party il and
what are and intentions OF the
In few years we have made great progress and now
have many thousands or members and numerous
syfnpathizers but still tho objects OF the society
not suficiently known to the people because the
party has been backmaed by the public press to
such an extent that 4 man Is heard speaking in fa-
throat and q scoundrel. II there were any
cutthroats in our party we would not hold
people all the world do to-day. Capital is
afraid of and in Europe they are resortng to all
sbr's be Of the aSorne cSsses it aims
at educating the workingmen, 80 that they may
know how. they stand e. regards capital.
to be slaves any longer. The aboring classes to-day
know that starvation staring them in the face but
they content themselves in the belief that better
time will come soon. That better time will not come
but on the contrary, the laboring man and woman
will continue to grow poorer and poorer
sa.4s..s THINGS MADE. EQUAL.
The socialists hated by the capitalists because
their doctrine is one Of equality. They believe that
one man In NJ good another, the hod carrier
rood as the nilonDerc. and has equally much
right to enjoy life. We will have neither
mllnonDares nor paupers. They say our intentions
to destroy. ana say that society, ~ IL Is
to-day, il founded corruption and ras-
caty and 1t should be destroyed. There
IA no chance OF the times getting better.
You will be ground down worse than You arc now
unless you organize 10 win your emancipation
Unite with and strike blow for yonr rights, for
IL you don't do it you will be crushed SO low
that you will be forced to strike with the bayones
and the bullet
The next speaker was Samuel SchiDkowitz who
urged those present who had not already joined
the socisistic labor party TO do so ~ once ha
compared the condition of the poor IN Paris with
those Of this city, and, having alluded 10 the misery
thaty was almost within earshut OF the Iu1ieries,
said ssIIere in Bowery all Y Life and gayety o ia
Chry site street and see the people starving. In
concluding he said, II arm nothing but slave.
I work to-day and cannot get enough 20 live on, and
II / quit work will starvs. ! um growing poorer
every day and have no other prospect than to ba
buried IN the Potter Field. Don't look for better
time II viii never come. Organize to-day. for II
Won don't IL mag be too late tomorrow"
The meeting was also addressed In the German lan
rt,aqo by other speakers, including Alexander Sches-
ienper. an exiled SOCIALIST from Germany.