The Labor enquirer., 1883-05-26

see this the better Public intalE sn' 70
should fx the responsibility whass snce
rightfally belongs. Without some insn
cause or proyocation, workingmen JUS o
npt going to band themselves toaa.p e
in resistance of law. A strike ouabt ~
disgrace the management Of an inJ+s.s W
in the eyes of the world" We ara s''s s
pFised and delighted to hear the moa. ooa
venerable railroad president in IndiaOa
and one Of the most successful in 49,
country, talk in this man nner-enumor
ate truths that all reasonable peonl.
know to be true, but which passing fav
have sufficient courage to declare-Ev.
change. III
If the cigarmakers continue to work
th e same number Of hours as they did
during the last summer and fall, scare.
ity of employment will be the result
during the coming winter. It's idle tn
say that revenue agitations caused stag
nation in the trade during last winter
because no smoker will deprive himself
of a cigar on account of change I'M the
revenue laws. Tho fact is, that the mar.
ket was glutted, and the same causes
will produce the same results, unless we
reduce the hours of labor to nine Der
day.-Cigarmakers' Journal.
Would it not be a soul-stirring specta-
Gle for the inhabitants of this land of
the free and home of the brave" who
assemble to witness the formal opening
of the great east river bridge to have
their ears regaled with the patriotic
strains of "God Save the Queen ?" We
imagine, though, that it would raise the
ghosts of some of our heroes who died
fighting against the tyranny of England
in open warfare, or against her duplicity
in hiring Hessians and Indians to do
her battles.-Dayton Gazette
We are now assured from Washington
that the English government will not
demand the extradition of Sheridan,
Walsh and lyman, as it "fully conlpre-
hends the delicacy of dealing with such
a vast Irish-American population as is
in the United States" 1t is also said
that certain other considerations have
been brought to the notice of the British
authorities, and it is believed they ap-
preciate the inadvisability on their own
account of agitating the Irish element
in the United States more than necessa-
ry." What becomes of the howlings of
the miserahly few toadies and funkies
who tried to palm off their sycophantic
drivel as American public opinion?"-
St. Louis Union.
Why is it that SO many able pens are
enlisted in the service of capital while
labor has so few efficient champions
1t is because capital makes liberal com
pensation to its literary servitors, while
labor leaves its advocates to starve 1t
may be said that capital is able to pay,
while labor is not but this is not the
truth, for laborers make up in numbers
what they lack individually in length Of
purse and if they supported papers ad-
vocating their principles instead of those
opposing them, there would be no lack
of employment for able writer's in the
advocacy of labor's rights and interests.
Washington Independent.
Reader, would you have paper in
your midst that would give free express
sion as to the rights of workingmen and
workingwomen? Would YOU have
paper whose columns are open to you
free of charge, wherein you may call
public attention to any attempt at impo-
stion upon your rights as a workingman,
as q free citizen of this republic?
Would you support journal that has
neither sectarian nor political bias, one
that is published solely in the interest
of YOUR welfare, and dares to say SO? If
YOU answer in the affirmative, 60 to
work with will in the interest of that
paper which you now hold in your
hands-Labor Free Press.
The question in the iron fields IS: HOW
to get men to work cheaper? Will some
one start the question: How to make
rents, food, clothing, etc., cheaper
When this question is answered, lower
wages may be thought of, but not be-
fore.-Labor Herald.
Warming Land owners, look out.
There are breakers ahead This is tD
new law governing the price of land
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