Daily Republican., 1883-12-26

THIRD EDITION,
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II HssRs. EDIroRs. In your editorial Of D.
sember 18th, 1858. y0u hsvs devoted quite an
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the REPUBLICAH 70 aid him In his enterprise
by giving publicity 70 his deinks - an In
migrant oo6missi0nsr, bat the RBPuBLIcAn
proposes " volusteer TO aid him 10 hts enter.
prise 20 tar - II oen, and 70 which w. pre-
sune MI. Dsaa will have no QUESTIONS" Not
in the least. II any good has 70 be accom-
plished in bringing Immigrants over Tor our
people. Ne no reason Why . Newspaper
should not ~ we'll devote some Of IT. time,
space, labor and money 70 the enterprise ~
what the con missioner snonld %. when
wrote 70 Every Evening put foot,note 70
It ~ fellows. 1bichl suppose was overlooked,
IN the following language: Any other papefs
in the STATE who sol like giving helping
hand can give this an insertion In thoiH
solcnn e.: ssS y = doing will confer favor
ala not wisS 70 treat with contempt any
journal 10 the State, but that was 10 bs
expeoted to write the article for every paper
In the State. would entail upon me lust
little TO much work. an willing TO Dc
my share Of the public work. Delaware will
be- lust what DelAwareans choose to make 1t.
l have, in my intercourse with some Of the
prominent citisens Cf cur State, found out
that they are wonderfully active In any
enterprise where they can seethe xreenbacks
coming In straight line into their own
pockets; otherwise they display about -
enterprise A. did the lodger at the hotel
when he WAS aroused by the cry Of IRE, and
found fault with the person who by hts cries
had disturbed him, for when be put out his
hand and felt the wall was not hot, again
went " sleep. This is about as much interest
g is dispiays by the mass Of Deiawareans
when the Object 10 the good OF the whole
people. Now in regard 10 III yjletters telling OF
the condition Of English workmsn. The
mass Of those with whom came In contact
were factory hands, and again reiterate It
that these with whom stopped wers COM
Portable in their homes and had plenty to eat,
but not In such variety as do the Amer can
work people, but Of healthy, life sustaining
character. Now. ~ commissioner Of In
migration, have mad severa, applications
made 10 me for farm help. but the prices offered
are such that I never can asS the poorest per-
son whom came In contact with while In
England to accept such an offer The prices
offered vary from from 90 10 10 cents per day
for labOring farm hard. and house rent
found In addition. Now, what Is man 10 do
or how 10 he to live who has four or five small
children TO keep on such pay.an then halfa
dollarR week must b. tak'u from II to sy
back the passage money. Az comm s,oner
l could not for moment think Of send.
ing for anT person to come 10 WORK for such
wages VIC 'hout first writing them what they
might EXPECT to receive. II Is true IN New
Castle Couaty, paYtic llsrly in the Northern
part oft. no such wages are paid that aM
aware q. except few dozen persons who
work at aixng iron ore on Iron lilil But
then iron Is one Of the articles that is highly
protected. and therefore II Is one OF the
that the employers can make big SHOWING.
No, MIR. editor, have not yet got so low
down as TO send to England for any Of the
persons named In my article In Every Even
Ing, to bring here to make their condition
worse than what II If tod y. know that rs
q rule the Republican new spapers from one
end Of our country TO the other have hnwled
the cry Of ~ auper labor OF Europe" until the
mass OF OF the American people besiu to
believe, at least that PORTION who put their
faith In Republican papers, that every
working man In Europe is pauper, and
grand mistake. did not, when In England,
and was asked the question, which ! was
asked hundreds Of times, would you adv Use
me to 20 to America" My answer WAS l
mus first know how y0u are situated here.
Are you In employment II 80, ara you max.
ing comfortable living, putting something
by for old age and have pleasan: relations
and surroundings. Then l say, you cannot
get more than that in America, and my
advice 10 do not break up your associations.
On the other hand, II | found stout,
hearty young man out OF work. and there are
many such over there. as their country is
much more thickly populated than ours and
situations are more dif1cut to get, always
advised them to 60 to America by the f1rst
opportunity that offered, for ifyOu cannot
get work At one thing, you can at another,
and, therefore, my advice Is: II II is Work
you want, 70. for there IL plenty of 10 d
But oever 10 To Americs to work on farm;
that IL one OF the businesses that has 10 work
early and late through " ct and dry. through
hot and cold, to earn not only their own liv.
ing, but also N keep up u herd OF people
who, either from want Of energy or intelli-
gence, are pretending 70 follow some bust
ness which they are not competent to DO,
unless by the assistance Of large portion
Of the hard earnings Ofthe American farmers
products, being taken from them without
value. being given under the garb Of law,
and that II what lie called protection to the
American working man. Fit IL what 1t Is no
commonly called, why don't 1t protect them
to-day? Have we not as much protection
now az We ever had lfso, why Is 1t that we
see long lists OF accounts OF strikes lockout,
stopping II furnaces, shutting down all the
nail factories for couple OF months, without
once consulting the operatives or asking
them can they stand II.
II is now mdwinter, and this 10 the proper
time for the great manufacturing monopolics
To put the wages down, for they know very
we'll that n working nine rAseF out OF
ten. who Ia industrious and economical,
would rather work for 10 or 20 per cent. less
wages than he idle. This liz one OF the ways
by which these fellows who are continually
bowling for more protection Tor their INFANT
Industries not for Themselves but simply In
behalf OF their wOrsingmen, they don't want
to see them reduced to the condition OF the
pauper labor OF Europe and all the time
thew are taking advantage OF the situ alton.
and doing all in their power TO yet the work
VII oh they require to have done at the lowest
possible price, AMI this class Of men would
not hesitate to discharge every person in
their employ without notice. provided they
were satisfied that they could fill their places
with foreign labor, who would do the work
for 10 or 20 per cent less wages.
No. Mr.. editor. l do not propose TO cheat
swindle, or In any way mislead my fellow
man 10 In any way make his condition
worse than what it at present may he. Asa
Com issi0ner Of INN grafton ! took the ap.
pointment knowing there was no pay In IT,,
yet am trying to do the best possibly can
for the people OF my state and my fellow
man throughout the world. If am expected
TO make misstatements to get people to come
here or To, in any way, make their condition
worse than what 1t now Ia, then AIN ready
to give up and let some more Intelligent and
better quail person take the place. Yet,
while I fill the position, viii do all In my
power 70 I'll the place ! occupy, looking
nj n tho " al IA "a n mankind