Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-13
THE WORKINGMEN.
Address to Thorn from tho Father Mathew
Temperance Society.

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Mathew Temperance society of st. Paul to
tia vorkino noa,, ~ tho c;tv ia uorth, +ho
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no' u - 'no cls''S 70
whom 1t 10 addressed:
BRorHERs: We, the members of the Father
Mathew Total Abstinence society, of st. Paul.
and your fellow-workmen, address you on
subject of great importance to laboring men,
individually and as class.
The depression OF business throughout the
country, for the last few years, has overcrowd-
ed the labor market. thrown tens of thousands
ont of employment, and reduced the wages Of
those employed almost below living rates.
So alarmingly evident has all this become
that many th;nkin0 men reoard the nnest;on IF
labor reform. al the preaent DIV al one IF vital
interest, and it F. discussed. verv renerallv.
both by speakers maj writer's. without how.
aver any rroot;c.I rI.n - raH.f ha;,o 80.
gested or any definite conclusions arrived At.
Brothers reform must commence with onr
selves, from ourselves in ourselves. He is the
best reformer who reforms himself; he who re-
spects himself. is respected bv Others and ia in
q position to assert his rights.
There is reform, blessed, substantial one,
which We can begin right here and now.
Our wages, as mechanics and laboring men,
are low, too low to give any portion of them to
support saloon keeners.
Ere-, oaot - - s.. h.,,..,,
necessary ~ The s,n,,ort IF h;r,..if "a ~
f.n.;I, e =. - eP1 49, - 40
that = 40 nA' ono' snu ''su' plncnins a.
Do not think that government or narties
or philauthropi,ts can do anv pooul for the man
Who oives ten ar twentv ner Cant of ths noo-
WY stsge 'en VI eWenty pel cent. OF tne poor
pittance ne tn9s earns TO enable saloon keepers
70 70 buggy tloihg.
we are not ADDRESSING the unfortunate drunk
arg wac mas acquired !nat 1atal appetite for
9r Ia wnlcn leads 70 misery, oegradatlon and
deatn; oo9 alone, IN ms lnnnlte mercy, can
s s.ay nus e uownxaiu steps, nor nave we many
s eJJn.sa;ra .haae ~ Jn!iss thass tse
Saa- tha sny.0 VIZ t us sluusu Jug
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W ato auuressins you VINO oonsluer your
e eoase 'o"pola'o llon VINO '1Ae anu s'ano
'l1s.. .,,.. az
a new nulidlng Is commenced. Come, boys,
send for the beer.
10 you reanze wnat TINS means! 1t means,
come Doys, let us mortgage the wages we nave
not YET earned, to the saloon keeper.
piece OF the WORK 10 zone. ZONE, boys,
eeno 1o 1 tne peer, an adoltaon TO, 20 the mort
gage. Inc Work Is 8, nnl 1 come. poys'
send TOE Inc peer. Inc mortgage Is fore
cioeeu. Fay up. Inc saloon keeper wants 10
Duy neM nasny oress 1or ms wl1e.
1our vile, tne woman VINO mas lain next TO
your nears those many years, wants dress
TOO, out you cannot give 1t to her now, though
OF nas noC zone one zap OF me work-lt was
your sM ~ tnas ml4eo WIN tne Drlc1 ana NOR
'el u tne val OF me arr OF tne gs:deo street.
On, Dut you say mat we are MAKING grea,
auo aueuI lew olmes ePent ZOE tne Deer.
Les, re" dimes yesterday, q rev dimes to-day
few dimes tomorrow.
You have never calculated what your share
of those dimes would come to in year, mol
have you added to this sum the Mondays you
LOAF through me sunday beer, nor the days
you were, docked, not being able to DO tul
days work on account OF little spree you had
with friend the night before. :,
Nd you calculate all these small sums W
and look at the total, you would be both sur
prlsed ana panied.
You would see that 1t would be quite SUI
nclent 70 69y good dress Tor your wife, warn
under clotnlng 1or tne family 1or the winter,
nice warm cloak for kittie to go to school in, I
new pair OF D0ots fOr tommy, yes, ana pall
of patent club skates for him too, so that b.
would not have to stand shivering on the banl
of the river, watching the saloon keepers boy
| cut the figure of eight on the ice.
If you were young, single man, you would
see that this total would make quite nice
little sum to lay by as beginning for a saving
fund, and the very possession of it would in
duce you to try and add to 1t, until in q few
years you woald have solved the labor prob
lem, 80 far as you as an individual are con
ceEned, by becoming independent;
There are, we know, q great many persons
among the working men who do not like THU
system Of compulsory treating-it is nothing
e's7-but they have to go IN withIthe rest SO
long a. 1t IS known that they are not teetotal
ers; otherwise they are deemed mean and mig
gardly, ana they shrink from being thought
so; but let man be . pledged teetOtaler anC
he gets rid of oil this difficulty.
He says to those who ask him to drink, II an
q teetotaler," and the answer will bring hin
respect from his employer and brother work
men Eyes, from the very men who invite hin
to the saloon, for the more mau frequents "a
looms the more thoroughly he knows, in hi