Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1883-03-17

common lust Co, ana are now ana Will
continue to be, if not rebuked, the
suTpliant tools of the capitalisiic
! rings which they have created. The
complete subjsc ion OF our Legislators
o the moueve' power has never been
more clearly demonstrated than ty
the recent tariff Legislation of the
Forty seventh Congress which threat
ems to result in immediate and dis
tressng reduction OF wages in many
f the great manufacturing establish
nent4 of the country. The attempt
will naturally lead to strikes and con-
equent misery and want. Possibly
rot and disorder will ensue, and the
blame will be sought as usual to be
attached to the poor workingmsn, in
,tead of the gay and festive" liars,
hypocrites, jngglers and public plum
ierers who basely abuse the powers
reposed in them by condding peo-
pie. The Psalmist said, AL men Of
high degree are liars" and if he lived
in Washington to-day he would repeat
the assertion with our supplementary
attachment. Their conduct should
arouse the indignation of every
American citizen who claims to ha We
i spark of manhood in his compost
ton.
1.-THE highest official authority esti-
mates that there are no less than 100
men in the United States whose aver
age income is over 81 100000 year
there are about 1000 men whose an
nual income is $4,000; there are
100000 men hose income is stated at
$4,000 a year; there are 100000
whose income is stated at ST. 900 q
year, while there are IA 100000 wage
workers who toll daily for the support
of their families and whose average
income is less than $500 year. I'm
der revenue system derived through
taxes upon the consumption Of the
necessaries of life it is certainly true
that the IA ,000,0 workers. who are
barely feeding and clothing their fam
lilies, pay fourteen f fl eenths, o + nearly
ii thu interest on the public debt, the
extravagant support of the army and
navy, the aristocratic civil list, the
pension list ard the high-salaried d.
plomatic corps out Of their scanty
wages, while The few thousands of
wealthy men whose incomes reach
over $50. 900 year pay little or moth
lEg, yet the entire expenditu is ma
nlpulated in their interest.
The wor king classes ofthe country
produce annually enough to make
every man, woman and child in the
land comfortable ii their production
were fairly and honestly distributed
but under the prevailing system Of
laws, corruptly or ignorantly made,
the drones get the en- ire profits, waile
the industrious laborer maintains a
constant struggle with abjsct poverty.
What reasonable man will maintain
that this III just system is right, which
absolutely enthralls the patient toilers
to the interruptions and vicious
classes of the community What pub
lie man, cleo. ed to offiee by the whole
people, will aver that he is doing bis
duty to his constituents by enacting
laws so palpably unfair ? He should
be notified to resign, and make place
for statesman who will confer the
greatest good on the greatest number.
"Ali human affairs have been left
by the Lord God Almighty to the
control of human agencies. Human
agencies have undoubte dly devised
the schemes ty which the few have
enslaved the many, and human be-
ings must rectify the wong. We
should not continue to lock into the
clouds Of heaven, like ignorant ours,
for deIiverauce from Our oppressors,
but to one another. Federated drones
must be countervailed by federated
laborers, demanding as with one voice
immediate reform. Whatever we do,
However, should be done peacaably if
possible, and in accordance with law.
We lave in the United States. thanks
TO our patriotic foreIathers. form of
government in which, the people are
the sovereiens aud the tficers are the
public servants. The law-making
branch o. our govern ment has all the
power ne ;essiry to remedy the evils
under which the people are suffering.
The Oh eff executive offic has the
authority to convene the Congress by
reclamation in executive session.