, 1879-02-25

kentcl Mt tile cttzcns' meeting Rt Maskc Hull.
Friday evening, previous to being sent hcfosc
| the Stnto Legislature at Springfield for notion
| thereon, Is ono fnr tho abolition Of cOnvtct-
lubor. Although, every bill presented md In
turscl ut sntI meeting Is Of vital importance 10
! the working classes OF this community, there Is
none more SO than this particular ole, uiltl
there IL, perhaps, no place In the country where
thc present convct-lnbor SYSTEM Is more felt or
! ltas u moro Gcuorullztng Influence Oil honest
| labor thnn in Chicago This system has n more
pcrnseio,1s elect upon The industry of the costl-
try than auy one who Inns not rycn tho matter
proper consideration, or who hits sot anllyzesi II
| thoroughly. can inaglne.
It hns n Ee,lernl effect, because every branch
which Is thrown ntD direct contact with It eut-
frra 10 All extent t1lenculabe trOHt the u.l1,at-
nral @ competition wficI, It creatcs. il tirows
manufactured goo.ls upnn t!t market ut prices
which niafe no proylsiuu 1or tlt lhbor cnuoycd
III their production. The ressilt Is tint outside
manufacturers arc brought to tlle sntne level,
n1ld tu order to coinpcse successfully they aru
| Obliged to fo1lDw the sumo steps ind almost
entirely, tgnpre labor. l1cnce labor Is always
s'st a%iinys IT, %0sctigs psn ~ thsse
which manufacturers can fpecufnto TO any greut
uxtent. Reductions In The prices Ut labor foltow
closely ,tuoD cnct other. Individual resistance
u useless; thorp 8 alternative but Gt,tnblNcu
effort on the pnrt OF the work1ngmcn to stay
these agerrssEu,iB upon their rights. Tle result
Of this IL seen iu tic strikes, luck.pl,ts, ctc.
when VIC sec around It's every day.
| 1t ts omly necessary to give low facts rcla-
tive to its effects upon ihe boot nnd slloG ulnnu-
faGturlng, which holds, or SHOULD hold. a very
promInent position III la,c Industries of thIa city.
Chicago has at the present ttsne the cOtWlcls Ut
fyc different Stu.c Prisons directly n,a1uiact-
ur,nE hoots md shoes tur It's n.uskrt. Or. in
| other words. ,sicro arc 1lyc Ehlrayo manu-
facturcrs who hnyo contrartetl for the labor Ut
States,
Sclz leads tho list with 5oo, or tlereabo,,ts,
In lie Juliet Prison, ii. b. Wills with about 80j
In Wnuttin. WIS, Z, Ii, Fargo y Co. with nbout
I'll, In iuwn and Michigan. Fratt wjtl, auItu Il
nutnter in Michigan civ. ind. md (;pt,llnan.
wno ii few days ago touk at,o.ller nj Jcrersu1i-
v,llu, Ind Ii tic ,,,n,lia for prisons among the
| Chynyu manufacturers continues, II, n short
tjino there viii not bo enough In
lilo United Statcs TO supply the
demand. ]lera nre not less t,,au
Iii, mrn mnklug boots and shoes ior Chicago
"a c % Iirect ] cxclsiou % Of n" c"rrsspopas ] m n,,.,.
| hrr of hunest tnpclluufcs. Whit IA ,br rcsltlt4
il ts That these louust workmon aro Obliged to
70 uncmployci tur abuui half thu ycnr, uni
Work for starvation WAGES tic utlcr nulf' Xii
| lint ia left for them in do IN what the thieves
md martlcrcrs oi it,u COUNTY cannut do
Nov there is no cxagsrrnttuy il. suyfug tat
II these 1,a0O convtrts were not employed III
this work there IL not a mnu working o,, boots
md sI,ues In thts y1fy who could not nav thr
amount t,uma,ltlytl per man ,or eayt day ty tIc
.liIcrel,t STATED uud hnyu tnuro !cft than ia re-
| trIyrs ,n.tlay. Earn n,ut, ia brurInr ni,nIit IN
his shoulders d fuII-ero{yi, convict woutI
"sI. ia Il mnrs ,ust ,l,u,, ttu Stntn shouId ne.
sun,e ts responsibility. ,,1,.l duysu some ,,,cas
Whereby tb,s Iuoor ro.,f,l bu utilized without i,l
tivrir fnw iniivltnoIa sIInnji hear thp whnl,
% Inr,cnt -" '''"''''A1'o 'o"'N '-N' '''0 "''''
And another rofnt, IL It not lust that l,,e
Wild, prseus wsrc Instituted. sl.o,,Id nut h.
mn,in ia nav fur tia sunuurt md ,nniutenat,cc
Of s irsS n;t,IutIous, I'M s "'''' ''''e''a"e'