The Labor enquirer., 1883-04-21
OUR EXCHANGES.

This paper is, as stated above, a jour-
nal for thep poor. 1t is. the voice of the
slave crying in the desert. There is
nothing we dare notprint that is written
to benefit the lowly and humble. Every
man who wears a chain can clank it in
these columns. Every victim Of law,
every martyr to wealth and greed, every
cur stoned by a mob, every moan Of an
guish from brute or brutal man, every
thought that revolts at darkness and
strives upwards into light, has a claim
upon my attention. 1t is this united
voice of the disinherited of the world
that is the voice of Truth.-San Fran
cisco Truth.
Most people were under the impress
sion that the taxation of Americans for
the support of the British government
ceased with therevolutionary war. This
seems to be a mistake, as the police and
militia Of the cities where Lorne visits
are used to do honor to him and protect
his sacred skin from the dynamite fend.
Why not allow him to import battalion
of the "Queen's own" for the purpose .
St. Louis Union.
With beef at IS cents, and house rent
at $40 and SIS per month, how the devil
and Tom Walker is a poor person with a
large family to live on 81 and $40 per
week? That has been about the average
of cigarmakers' in this city during the
past winter-and even now some Of the
shops don't run full time. And yet some
of the manufacturers are mean enough
to want all the rebate.-Dayton Gazette.
Take the poor, tender children out of
the workshops and place them in school
and give the fathers chance to secure
decent support for them. If they don't
do so, then compel them.-PeOpIe's Ad-
yOcate.
Politicians will find that the people
are not in a humor to trife with them.
There is a demand for the abolition of
the contract system in prisons, and the
people propose to have it wiped OUT
Labor World.
The labor agitation has come to that
point when practical work not only
should be the order Of the day, but when
it must be the order of the day. To
remove those wrongs which have grown
up through centuries and to rear a fit
ting structure in their stead is a work
requiring years of time and patient
thought and action. That work, so far
as its practical bearing is concerned, is
yet to be inaugurated. We submit, is it
not high time to begin ?-Irish World.
Union, as principle, however faith
fully carried out, means very little, if
anything, unless the measures we unite
upon are Of a much more radical nature
than have thus far been advocated.
Rally, rally, rally, To what? To the
republican caucus or to the democratic
caucus? Yes, if some of us don't know
any better But let all who do know
better, attend their caucus which indeed
is theirS-the progressive trade union
meeting? Now is the appointed time
Let us call together all the members be-
longing to our various trades into Bepa-
rate caucuses for political action. BURY
the hatchet" Forget old and foolish
grudge8, personalities and prejudiceS.
Let. there be no delay. The two old
machines" wish to continue in power
as parties, between whom there is dis
tinction which is no difference, and
whose separate l?) existence is as plain
as that of the Siamese twins.-Foice Of
the People.
Men of advanced years are exceedingly
slow to change their opinions, which
have become so firmly rooted that they
have become part of their very existence.
The great majority Of our public officials
are men of age. We can expect no pro-
gre8s from them. Young men are nov
being employed to take charge Of all
important positions in the. business
world, where accuracy and unerring skill
are needed. Why? Simply because
they are better qualified and more
expert.-CIeveland Messenger.
The experience of prison and labor
reformerS of the New York legislature is
very similar to that of anti-monopoIi8ts
in the California legislature. Both show
that no reform can be reached through
partisan nominations or by any means