, 1879-07-10
Mon In China and Women in America
Cheaper than Horses and
Machinery.
Darbaric Labor Pulls 10 It's Own PEI
ouaiary LeTel That which Is
Civilized.
The Universal Brotharl1ood Of Man
the Ranaoen for AL Labor
EvilR.
Equal Wages the World Over
the Dispersion OF the
Capitalists.


rrr.,aant ri he Yo.ton E;rht.IIour League.
enota lo.t even}nr In Tarwrit f1a1i IN tho .ub-
jec. u,tb which hi. mama has Of late become
n-,rctn.,1r identified. ar. stewnra,s first nh
na.rnrco M a lahor agltRtor In Chicago wn, On
fha oc.oaton # thu etrht.ho,tr characterization at
nns.,,,. a,,vo or tho Fourth Al t1c firms on,l
Oeuene uosu ~" NV. ,s a. VIZ r,,.u
piace "esc not thsn iaVot1p1c " MI eAte""eu
Treatment Of tho ciEht-hour question, ht'd a8
there were many hero Who desired to hear him
t,.for. he lift tf,c c,tv. in mare tforotcf, and
ue'ee ;,I.,,,.:.,,, ~ tht. nov freo,,cr,.
COMPREHENSIVE aiscueo1'a VI 'ut' ~" 4's'l"e"s
lT-llscusad topic, Alr' Steward "ne pseSanea
upon to Bpenk on tho subject last evening
at Farwell Hall. Tho meeting was under the
nusnfces of the Trade and Labor Council, mud,
for = warm. su1try evening, tl,o audience which
Eot toaettef was ses' Aa'' 1no.s" wv att
one. A1a1go part OF IL was matte up OF WORK
lnerncn, nnd the meeting was naturally late In
getting under way. Il was chilled to order
sne,,, h,,t.nost O'clock hy Samuel golduatcr.
y. nuons ~ i'4.A t ~ C.sn ~. .t.tn, ,,,,t -.
President OF thc Coune'i' VINO s'a,s0 ."a.' w. "
great daai had been snid about tue cEht-hour
question OF late. the frado md Labor Council
md Invited AIR. StewartI--a gentleman who had
mo ny. w. ... r71t ~ hts ;f IN tbe .crriro
spent tne Rteh1er pa1t " '.s "le ~ "'o eo'
Of tho vorksngmen-to audress inc mcc1'hg
Mr. Steward was received with evident favor.
~" -. ~ t.+r.v1rc,tor IN tho cn,,r.,
nIcs a's~ w1sue ",p, " ~ tbo tmnort @ Of ,c
orssour Sso a' QUESTION QUESTION =, matter Of political
economy, aud it's Wortf1tncss Of fair treatment,
s,o,h IN ;1,scy,.on md criticism. Mr., Steward
w." ,oa ~ y; it, 1.c,,,e which waa ns foIows.
In The production OF wealth there is king,
fact or law, that rules ~ osneFs Wn.em .naJ os
called ii!c Noreh etar III Po!at.eat een,,oy y,, PLY
It is this: That cheaper ways OF doing VIII at.
WAYS succeed against deaser wnss;
every other puwcF tint exists IN human affairs.
1t Is infinitely etron9er thnn ice!s'atoit OF
armlca. custom OF naplt, pt t'e i'ost nneuIu'a
deaposiein. l1te9a " noLiunE put tne ueslauc .
tton OF the wholc human race @lsut can prevent
tue cheapest products Or ths lo"cst-pala prt,-
tl,tccrs from, lnd0rse!l!nE those fhat arc sui
tlricntsy costly. ;.
'fLrro Is hut one power that can ever prevail
nralpst lic chcapncts lint tl0W untlcr6ells nn,l
rules everything, an1 Tint Is tho superior power
vi n cheaper chcanncss. -...
, Tho most OF mankind will naturally pnv the
feistst tol19rs and cc,ts necessary to supply
ibtr dennnils. Very few buyers over ask
.whc.,er Tie, wny Of proll,cn. the products
sley cpuRutna Il PHEASANT Or Unpleasant, easy OF
dane.
II tho Quality, quantity, md appearance Of un
nrtirlo art satisfactory. they are sntlscu 10 buy
M those who sell chcnpest:
II these who soil Or prod ucc could choose be.
tween tho hardest nn.l tht easiest Ways
of creating wcnlth, they wuuA prefer
tho easter, without regard t1 chcanness
or, expotfsc. But tue enatcst war
for producers would be tho hardest way fur
consumers, II It costs the most money. Corr
sumcss or buvcrs would find Il harder to earn
Tho extra money necessary to pay high pricc8
than to pay low oncs.
Az those who sell nre ruled by those who
buy, n,.t tho bnrcrs are' ruled by the lowest
prices, the nntdcst ways Of pscslrsclns must pre-:
vail, until they can he nude the dearest, Mntt
driven out o{ TIC market by lie power OF liz
cheapest.
Tie hardest and most uisagreeahfo anu tho
slowest methods can bc driven nut Of tho mar
let md out OF thc world ns soon rs they aro
made sufficiently EXPENSIVE
IN other words, the easiest a1sl most agrcca-
bic weYs ts11 only prevail when they tndersal
eyory other way.
pntont-pf1 arc full OF Ingenious rontriy-
apccs for saving hard md tliearrccab1e lnlor
And thousands Of patents fall becansa tue re-
suits produced cannot uulcrscil more laborioas
methods, a mechanical s,1cyess wifi fafi unless
it succeeds commercially.
II mankind ever learn t,ow TO produce tic
most a6unduJt ,wustl, tlcy vii, do il In Obcll,
cnco to tic mower OF The cleapest over ti,e dear.