The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-23


for 800 The workingman who pur-
chased the machine paid out $75 more,
than the wOrkingman who made the ma
chine received. At $3.50 per day, which
- about the average wages in the cOun-
try, it would require the man purchasing
, the machine to give all he could earn in
two months into the hand of the man
who did no work See how labor is
| robbed. And this is the case with all !
Inventions large and small, and one OF |
the reasons why labor does not benefit |
! 2N labor saving machinery. What is the |
remedy? Abolish the patent right law,
and as an inducement to the inventive I
mind, let the government buy inVen- |
! tions, giving premiums ranging from $1O,- |
coo to 100000, according to the estimated
| value Of the invention. Let the govern
ment, after buying it, throw it to the
public, giving every man the right to-
make it and sell it as cheap as he can,
and therebylet the whole people enjoy
the benefits and blessings Of labor saw
ing machinery.
refer to the land swindle, the railroad
| SWinlle, uslry swindle and patent right
swindls only as Illustrations of the thou
sand swindleS by which labor is robbed
! 10y laws.
shall not be surprised if some of my
brothers present may think unfavorably
Of the ideas Of justice which have
tried III this article to advocate, because,
as | said in the start, we have hereditary
ignorance Of our rights to combat. ad-
init that the remedies prescribe may be
somewhat crude | am willing to con-
slider any remedy which any brother
may otIer. But one thing is certain d
revolution is needed, and is coming. 1t
, is revolution, first, Of ideas. We will
, have the educated snObS to deal with,
and legal. They VIII call us socialists,
cOmm'1niSts and nihihstS, who want to
conjisrate the property OF respectable
, people. But brothers, / tell you, that
Wnun the revolution comes. when the
, people stop to think. all the assertions,
miSrepr and caumnieS will
avail not-NiIl be as chatf in the wind
when the lords of creation, the men who
create everything that is called wealth.
when they look upon the man who ac-
IrumuateS Il million dollars year and
consider how he got it, they will say,
{" Had 1000 Of us worked every day
III the year, and had we saved all we re-
.ceived for our labor, We would not now
have half as much as that man. Law
=, has enabled that man to accumulate the
labor Of our hands. That law we will
wipe out. ,Iusire must be done, BROTH
ers. What can be more unjust than the
contract Of mxury and want?
Some may say make propositions
that are un. Iat. Will you talk Of inius-
tice when men must beg leave to work
in mud and rain at $l50 per day
When women must choose between
want and worse? When children are
growing up under conditions that con-
denim tnem to lives of ignorance and
vice, Justice demands this revolution;
a justice that cannot be put otl'-a justice
that with the scales carries the sword.
And it is coming The glow Of the dawn
is in tie sky, Whether through the
ballot box or the roll Of the var-drum,
1t vii; come The standard is raised. It
may be TORN by prejudice and bIackened
oF ca| any l. may move forward and
again be forced back but once unfurled
# IAN never again be furled Self
ishness and ignorance will try to beat
Town and cover upthc truth, but think
the times are ripe for reform. The
r)"nd is pio" ed the oeed is sown: the
! GOOD lrec will -roW and develop, and in
1 rjnr The weary shall find rest beneath its
ShHIp. Justice shall be established
AID the child shall see plainly that i'm
lii. st wealth can be obtained only by
,,Iterv, and that under just systems it is
I inn oSsib,c for the toiIer to~be without
plenty or to fear want; and when people |
! see justice it will be as Byron said, were
sthinys but only called by their right |
name Caesar himself would be ashamed |
Of fame
EXterninutinS the Sandwich.
From PcckS Sun.
l. Bob Burdette. Of the BnrlingtOn