, 1879-07-31

alto made statement. Mr. schtl!!nz stated
tl.at he was cooper l,J trnt.o and had long been
a resident of Chicago. lie said tho fyatenl
Of sayory hsd not !st been abolished: ,.l. Theirs
had not been bencflctah lie did not think thas
mn incruaae Of tho currency would ho Of auT nd
vantage to the neop'e The only cifect. that n
EEcehback monopoly could havo would be t1
develop tho agricultural Industries OF the co,1n-
~ 10 tic DISADVANTAGES ot The snall farmer.
The Average wages were e1.03 Dor day. Com
munlsu, did moi Interfere with the personal
1ibaEty Of nny Que, Unless personal liberty
at will.
nBxsANss s1nLsY,
2 soea1fst. Ct Chicago, gave his yisws to tho
fls was q photographer, and, his business being
TO furnish n luxury, It afforded something Of an
Index to The general condition Of the city; a.
70 !i,e general depression Of ihe laboslng cssses
le did not know how far It wa. proper to Fo IN
his statements. ne attributed the depression
of labor to lack OF cirtzatior-.whfth Was
fEnoranco-ani Of material wraItlh They hadn't
fong a. wea aud tbe a,'ss Ss
posscssed was thnueht and labor. Tho
fundamental priueIple. as ren M
ss 2se =; ..sseo Na st KoxasEzs asz r s vss ns
tic feundatson ot s of Civilization, vas she product
of thought. Co-operaton, assistance, n1M ex-
Change Of isbor was the only thing Of Ysluc
which man had. 1le nou1d. promote the ends
which l!r snnght b. tle esiaolIshment Of an IN;
duk,stal Republic, which should be- controlled
By the who1c peonfc for the good Of the whoIe
peopte. It might not be rossiblo under our
Constitution 10 elect theso obtccts: bus as sooa
M majority Of the ncopfo. or OF tho Repre-.
his subject tho difficulty would % re-
moved. The Organization. Of Socialists had
ony about COO member, hui, many followed
thesn nni votet with them. lie should Judge
from 10 to 20 per cent of the Soctattsttc eympa-
time. The ASPECT OF afIairs vas not improv.
ina. lie had btcn connected with the photo
graphic trade Of Chicago for the last sEz years,
nnd the demand for plctures was on tho decline.
The meetings Of the Socialists were not secrnt,
and therr were no ranka or grades in the or
rsni1ation. The GcEnans predontnated With
llohemiane. Scandiuayians, and Irish. About
rs 10 10 per cont Of the y0ters were Irish. MOI
uver 10 per cent Of thu organisation were native
born Americans. Mr.. elhle5'a statement was
brief. the Quantities apparently noipg anxious
to cut OF all euper1uuus remarks.
aoHN M'AuLIrFK
catno next. He testified that he was station
nry engineer autl had fired hero ABOUT ak years.
'lhc tact Of raucs and dlstress made It evident
the s systcn @ of disIbasin The pro'c,. q jabor
! ha present systom was known as the competi-
tive system, according to which every mans
hand Was against his brother. The wagc'work-
era, being the largest class In the community,
labor. There wus no complaint to-day about
esea fs not that s hets snsues Should 81 ss'tess mets
produced, while the Socialists chained that
their clnim on tie relations OF production
to consumption. The competitive srstem WAS
to bin,nc for the prcsent oppression Of the
wage.workcrs, mud In its place should be aubstl-
tutcl tho cooperative syatcln. There wero
pracsicai application Of liz law Of eminent 10.
ma.l, the abolition Of the right o! tuheel taJce
u,i the taking Of tho public lands for diarlbu.
tion atnonE the poor: Congress might he men-
tally ab!e to grasp this question, but they are
capttaistic class. Instead ot the ancient ktnrly
t1llo, there was In this country ru!o OF wealth.
Money WAS kns. The revolt must como IN
Congress against the monoootstic c!ass, and II
pcpplc, anil The Congressman would b deposcd.
OnlY revolt could break the grusp OF tfe
inunopoltsts upon The throat Of Industry ard
labor.
What Congress should first DO was to create Il
Labor Bureau, hiltl the people be Instructed 60
slAt When the revolt came they would know
what they wero lighting for. The people needed
intelligence mud, bong poor, thar Intelligence
could come onlr from tlic Goyernment, and by
It's It's ala. What WI most needed IN ttts country
much Of that element even IN Congress, and
honce hia greatest hopes lay In appealing to tho
peoplc- The present movement was II struggle
for the prtvllege of voting according TO The die
.voscd wrong" il New York be-.
fore ho carie here, aud lost an
$1.SC0 position By 1t. Thousands were similarly
bulldozed here, and they had The right to revolt
ngatnst their owners, In conclusion, llo rci,cr.
Rfc1 wlat were, In hts opinion. the three ways
OF overcoming thu present depression Ut the
taboring clnsscs, vfz: q practical application Of
The iaw hf eminent domnsn: tho abolition Of
the law Ut inheritance, III which casc property
would revert to the interests Of the people;
public revolt, alnl tho tnkfug OF property away
from tho Scotts and the Vanlcrbilts, or whoever
might uwn 1t, for individual interests would re-
ce!ve nn consideration whatever in the sctt!s.
IN the South ia, the lats Var. inside of tltc
text three or four years. ho believed this couil-
try would witness thu revolution Ut all the ages.
Noue OF tho depscss! !on.anal alyzcra, Ind my
questions for John, and he was allowed to
JAMES M'AnruuR,
IN iron manufacturer uni a coal miner, came
next. lu attributed tic depression III labor
and stug,,ntion IN business to three things
First. ii the contraction Of tnrelgn debt, md
the Elnppnge Of bringing eapltRl hcro. II there
had bevn no other cause Tint would haye had
however. deem that MI Important factor, Sec
onA, lle thought tho RESUMPTION act pusscd IL,
1875, whereby 1t wns lerrced tint tho money In
usc-.he measure Of value4-shuu'd he enhanced
In value, was Preat evil; the yarti.attck was
increased III length Mt least oih,-cIehth. The
third and last en'!se TO which no a..
tion OF silver. That touk ula7e In 1874,
but It's effects wero uot felt Until i576. In ls15,
he thought It wab conceded TINT We lad u,u
largest yolumo ot moncy wo hud ever lind Mt
my t,mc.-lhe largest per capita, From 1908
To 1878 on M average, there was q fall In pr!cat
The iotuonntizat!ot, of silver in Germany
changed the relative value Of silver and gold.
There haA been, hu said, no depression III tho
value ot silver and gold. An ounce Ut silver
would buy AZ much NOW as at any tine. Tue
rc!aijse ynlne OF gold and silver changed. One
1uoic Of payu'E dcbsa was taken away without
the general knowledge ot tho country by tic
demonstration uf silver. Tho vnl-
no Of gold had appreciated un.
I'll, according to lhs London keoaon'st,
the purchasing power Of cold had been Increased
about Is pcr cont. Nv the brnEl.h; OF our paper
money TO The present ya!ue of cosi'. thut alanc
was equivalent To approclattnE our standard "
DER cent. iio Thought that tito avrrcctattor u