The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-09-11
The Notions Of Mr.. VIM. NJ. EYarts. ]

1hc NOtlOHS VI ME- WHis ms EhI tSs; I
The'volume of 42s pages, just pub
lished from the State Department, un-
der the title of aThe State of Labor in
Europe; fs7e, !" and consisting of letters
on the subject received from Hayes
Consuls, opens with letter of Mr.. Ey-
arts, which covers one-tenth of the re-
port and processes to generalize the
facts which it sets forth. The greater
part of the Consular letters to be found
in the report are brazen illustrations of
the stupidity, Ignorance and incapacity
of the men sent abroad upon official
duty by Mr.. VIM. M. Evarts; and the
spirit that runs through the report, from
first to last, is far from being candid or
being justified by experience. The toll
er is told by these officials, sitting in
their easy chairs and drawing large sal
aries for signing their names, that his
condition is of the very worst; that it
cannot be bettered, and that the only
thing for him to do is to accept it re-
signedly, and to make the most of the
wages he is able to get. Some apology
may be made for the Consular cores
pondence, but there is none possible
for Mr.. VIM. M. Evarts when he joins
In the hue and cry against the working
classes of Europe, and actually traces
the wrongs and evils under which they
suffer to their struggles for industrial
and social improvement.
MIR. VIM. NJ. Evarts tells the work
ingmen of the United States:
Under no consideration must we have
strikes; under no consideration must our fac
tories lie idle. II our manufacturers cannot
run their establishments proftably and pay the
prevailing wages, our working people mus
help them to make profit by consenting to
reduction of wages.
American workingmeg are admon-
ished by Mr.. VIM. M. Evarts to prepare
for reduction of wages to the basis of
the European mechanic and laborer.
Here are his very words:
In the near future the workingmau Of New
York cannot expect twice or thrice the wages Of
his fellow-worker in Europe, while all other
things-food, rent, clothing, etc.-sre on an
equality; nor can the coal miner Of Pennsyl-
vania expect twice the wages of the Northum-
berland miner, while coal from the Northum-
berland mines can be landed in New York at
less than the price of Pennsylvania coal.
Aga,n Mr.. VIM. M. Evarts says:
The first great truth to be learned by the
manufacturers and workingmen is that the
days of sudden fortunes and double wages are
| gone
Again Mr.. VIM. M. Evarts says:
Let the workingman feel, as he should feel,
that the man who employs him, who enables
him to feed and cothe his wife and children, is
his friend as we'll as his employer, and that
all within and about the workshop are things
to be protected, even with life if necessary, in
stead of being destroyed.
Mr.. VIM. M. Evarts is said to be an
aspirant for the nomination for Gov
ernor of this State, and for the Presi-
dency also. These are his sentiments
and opinions concerning the life and
labor of the great body of the American
people, the men who earn their bread
by the sweat of their brow. They are
the notions, too, of other Republican
leaders. The whole policy of the Re.
publican party is to degrade and impov-
erish labor; to create aristocratic classes
to snnoble wealth; and to plant deeply
in this soil the tastes, habits and iDsti.
tutions of the monarchical system
NelU York Sat71.