The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-09-12
The >e,Iess u Mr. WIN. NJ. Evart..

ltas volume OF as Pages, just pub.
lished frem the State Department, mn.
der the title III "The Mate ri Labor In
Europe. 1874 and consisting Of letters
on the subject received from Hayes
Consnl., opens with letter ri nv. Ev.
arts, which covers onc.tensh ri the re-.
port and Processes 10 gencralisc The
facts which |, sets forth. The greater
part If tho Consular letters 10 bc found
In the report arc bra.en illustrations of
the stnpility, ignorance and incapncisy
cf The men sent abroad upon Official
duty liz MIR. VIM. nj. EvArts. and the
spirit that runs through the report, from
first 10 last, II far from being candid or
being justified by experience. The toll
or is told by these officials, sitting ia
their easy chairs and drawing large sal
aries for signing their names, that his
condition II ri the very worst: that II
cannot hr Bothered, and TINT the only
thing for him 10 do IL 10 accept II rc
signcdly. and 10 make tho most III the
wages he II able 10 got. Some apology
may We made for tho Consular cores.
pondence, hut there Ii none possible
for Mr.. VIM. M. Evarta when hc joins
In the hue and CRY against the working
clnsses of Europe. and actually traces
thu wrongs and evils under which they
suffer ~ their struggles for industrial
AN, social improvement.
Mr.. VIM. nj. Evarts tells Tho work.
inRmen of tho United States.
fFestae "a t.~
strikes; under no consideration m,isl our fac
soricr liz Idle IN our manufacturers cannot
| run their establishments probably aud pay tho
| rrssAiliii. Magrs, our working people mus
help lhem % make prof. by consen.ng " =
reduction VI wages,
American workingmcg arc admon.
isliel by Mr.. Vim. NJ. Evnrts 10 prepare
for reduction ri wages 10 tho basis oi
the European mechanic aud lalorcr.
Here are his very words;
In the near future the Mafkinaman NJ New
1 York sahnui expect twicn or thrice tho waRcs "
| his fellow worker In Europe, willie ALI other
thiugs--fonl. r,nt, clothing, etc, Nro ~ M
4 equality. nof can thu coal miner VI rennsyl-
! vNnla expect twice the wages vi the N1rthuIn.
heflasa mihef, While coal from The Narihnm
bertrand miaes can be landed In NeW York 1T
lee. than tie pri.. 81 I.nn..isaniA coal
Again Mr.. VIM. NJ. Evarts say~
4
manufacturers aud wulkngnrn h That thu
DAYS Ut sudden fortunes anti io,,tl wages Are
gona
Again Mr.. VIM. M. Evarts says:
1t tho workingmSn fowl, ~ he should feel.
that tho man who employs him, WIN enables
him IL feed and co,hn lila Wifi and children, II
his friend ~ well ~ Ills employer and ,l,at
Ill within aud about tho Workshop ARE things
to 10 protected, even with life II necessary. In.
stead nj heinz DESTROYED
Mr.. VIM. nj. Esarts II said To be NJ
aspirant for tho nomination for Noy.
crnor Of this State, and for tho prcsi.
lency MISC. These arr his sentiments
and opinions concerning the lifc and
labor Of the great body 81 tho 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 oi tho Ne
publican party IL 10 degrade and impov-
crisl, labor 10 create Aristocratic classcs
to cnnoblc wealth; md 10 plant deeply
In this soil tho tastes. habits and ipHli.
tutions I'll tho monarchical systcm. =.
Ner York Sun.