, 1879-07-30

Kill, why did not tho Nnt1onR! ,Anka idfh'bh
Il 40 they had unlimited poWor to 40 sol
oura ACC in busincsa at all II ho hal Ind s5.0;N.-
tx)O diirtng tiW last few ycars he wo,lh lock It
.,p ard A. mon Il: In hs opnon =! t,e M cou.rse
depression Of buafness. The orr eanta In
France nf money in circulation wB about e55,
white In ths country II VIA probably from sl2
to 80. There wna not prooaby more ttIau ionr
balance being hoar.led o. locked no Ii Tic
banka. The passage Of tho Resumption nct
alarmed The people, and they gavo awny their
propctt{. M tile banks failed, and = pan!c ensuel
there might nut haYo been nuy disastrous re-.
SUIT. lie thought tllc 4 per cent hond8 would
ultimately c0lnc Into circulation Il, snno extent,
~ ~; nc used n exe'lni,ge for property but ho
did not consider this d Legitimate currency such
as The people ought To have.
I'M. .. n. srnxErEH,
printer, and Prealdent Of tho Trade and
Labor Union Of Chicago representing
twrhty-sevcn societies., appeared before The
Co,nl"tttee Con-! anl read q written state
mcnt me-: embracing the etaslstlcs eontauet! In
lllc last report 10 the Trade md Labor Union
BY the various societies embraced in II, showing
The avcratsc weekly earnings when steadily en-.
ployed. Time lost duflnx Tie year. reduction VI
wages .snce 1877, average rent per month. cslu.
tl,e sanitary condition Of workBhops.
The general average OF the cost OF living Of
all these soe.ettes ID summarized as follows:
urocerics, $If.25 per Hnn4m; clothing. slft6t;
cducatlon. $l1.t4: total expenses, si45,5o.
Average cxress Of expenditure over average
enrnsngs, $7v. The above statement OF The cost
Of living divided hv tic numbsr Of living days
In TIC yes3 ;s5 days, aud also, divided By the
eaci! person per day for subsistence ID ccnts,
clothing y cents, fuel 4-h ctnts, rent 4
CENTS, recreation 14lU cent. education u cent;
total expenditure per day, 33 cents.
MIR. Strectcr stated that tile condition OF labor
tn this city was dep1urabe, but not as bad rs in
thc winter. lie knew lliAt people ia Chicago
actually died Of starvation, and the circum-
9ned IN he siy Ire
were In tint respect deplorable. Mr.
Strectcr thought that tic rccent improvements
N 'esFy s Mss an m msafy cbef to cvsa wSrkns
tho present condition OF things In Chicago
was the hc1rtlessncss OF the ariBtucratc classes,
who did not give the laborIng classes rs much
thought as they DID the heatl,en In India. They
comfurt. The newspapers catered to tho
wealthy classes, who nlycrttsed, and were op-
posed to the working classes. Tho way to pre-
vent machinery from 1niur'ng the wolking'nnn
would be to haze the Government own II, aud
opcrnte 1t, and cmnlog and par the nsn. Thus
tllr nlrn would have tho proiIts carnet! by tlIu
machine. Anotner remedy was eight hours'
Iabor Tor days work, compulsory EDUCATION, a
strikes. and other remedies suggested in the
platform OF the Socialist barty scriatfm.
r. II. M'LoGAN
next took the stand. Mr.. McLogan Ia printer
by trade. He statc1 that the wages of llIs crait
linu bcrn reduced at least 60 ncr cent from what
BE- v1ected BY enforcing tho cight-hour system.
"Would you have the employers pny you ten
hours pay for eight hours work'" asked MF.
Nj. Mclocan said IL was his op,nton md thc
opIalol., ho thought, Of ali Of lis class t!lt tic
worktnEMcn should receive clght hUurs' pAy for
eight hours work. rhe abolition Of prison
labor was opc OF evils which the |nbor
sail tho market was oycrstorked with labor,
and that the progress OF tnarhiucry during tnu
last twenty Years had been sucil t,lnt tnany inep
llad been thrown upon tlie market. 10 had
never heard the yosd "tra,npn used in: this
Homestead law and Ia favor OF the Government
furnishing tile ctfzcu the means Of going to
work. atr. McLogan thought II tic currency Of
the country was inflated the condition OF tho
work!ngmcn would be much improved.
MI. c. M'AuLlrP,
printer, made q statement to the Committee
In which he claimed tlMt machinery was al
prcsent curse to the worktngmeu. The time
would come when 1t would Gc blessing to
mankind. W1cn q machine became monopoly
It was an Injury to tho poor t,at1.
Z. r. KEltn1dAN
wss the representative Of the xhocmakers.
There was ut !caRt 80 per cent Of the sI,oeakcrs
out OF employment, niid there wns 10 prospect
Of atl Improvement. New machinery WAS being
constantly INTRODUCED, and men were be .;
prisons ut Joliet, ILL.,, Waapun, Wis, Michigan
City, Iul., and Jefferson City, No., were niso
doliig much to takc awag the work Of thu shUe-
mixer. The contFact system OF convict labor
workinglnau. Skilled aud unsklcd labor was
much depressed.
oKoRoH ROGERS,
m tron.moldcr, said the people In bis lins had
been reduced u per cent In their wages elucu
mulders wcro busy, but in the winter there was
a falling oil. Tile average of the raw material
consumed fl Ills business bad been reduced In
price fully 20O per cent, md tho wages were re.
refused drink OF watcr when Ee was looking
for labor to support hts wife and children. The
word "tramph had never been heard In
this country prior to 1872. There wero
mant honsst aaNIa. men f.a g9ns thr9ugh ".
TINT ho could not make an honest living at his
trade, he abandoned 1t and wen. at something
else. He did not believe In tho cooperative
systom Of running all industrial md mechanical
ployes in the foat-Oflico Department ot the
United statcs who ara supposed to bo in1ll.
cnrcd to vote tho Republican ttckct. II tle
tcacgraphs railroads, Rteamboats, ETC.. belonged
10 the Government, too, the employees OF those
institution wonld be owned By tho party IN
power, and practically deprived Of tho right Of
franchise.
'l1lc. Committee then adjourned 10 meet Mt II
o'clock to-tluy.
FUNDING DEBTS.
70 the Editor ~ The Tribune,
Y.,t,, Il