The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-10

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tjeos that the contract syseesn Il
psieoes = vieioos aDd IN Opposition
b The intsessts q hossst hbaeinl
0sa. IL = taken foe granted thal
sas hundred eonvjees psecjpilatei
upeo TIE lAboe maSkss necessarily
0ePsives that number Il honeet labor
- a ths opportunity b work. Al
well might It b arged that every
naa eooing to Montana divides up
~ lAboe 70 b done, and that there.
ibss the Legislature should plaec IN
embargo upon i0migsatjoo.
Il = . peoposition that cannot b
epsGzovested that, II The criminal
slasss ~ not selfsspposting. they
moss scsss>asily b . sax o. hesest
lsbsc: Thsie keeping in eon6ns0est
nust - paid for from some sourcs.
ltaoss not sse,u jast that hosest men.
Who lsbos diligently and az never
any burdea % thsie fellow mea By
reasoa q hwlsss sets, should b.
Eob6ed Il . psst Of The fruits " their
laboe to ssppost Aw-bgeakers In idle
Dsss. Labor y neither punkhment
~ daagEaes to honest men, but b
beth to Tie majority Of eoavlc,s. It
eas b a % advantage to society Of
b labor % have csovic4s dig holes
and 1u them up again, az chop wood
with Tie beck AZ an AZ, Or break
steoes, OF do any other Improbable
and 1eossnsjcsl wosk By way of
ponishmont. II b punlshment 10
them 10 eonpel them for some part
q their lives to earn BY work The
beoad they eat. that honest labor may
b relieved OF the tax for their sup
pat. Under the di.tribution theory
a taxatioa, which IL now accepted
- he true one BY tAe best thinkers,
TIE tax 1oe The support of csiminals
hlb direc>ly upon labor.
The elanof for the abolition q the
eo0tsaot system for convict laber b
styDed By the eastern press - belong
Ing % The wosst phase q demagog-
IN. It cannot be defended on any
iste)ligs0t grounds. It h ofs part Of
Tie ChineDe kind Of slaaes,nsnship
which shuts out foeei9a pro-
doels and foreign inter.
eourse under an insane de-
Lesion that sseh . policy b giving
Chisese hands more to do. The in
wages for which . China
man works IN his own country afford
. conclusive reply to such intoleraLls
nonssnse. Il cannot b any aid to
lsbos 10 throw burdens upon It. The
oily-tongued dsmagqgue who apperls
20 The bsead-and-butter instincts Of
men VITO laboe, BY the sophistry that
every other man entesin9 the labor
6e3d b rubbing hin, Of 50 much Of bis
besad and butter, b . fool or knave.
Let any sensible man consider that,
NJ ID any particular locality the ave-
nues Soe employment were abundant |
Md the wages high, such conditions
Do0d long remain while men In other |
localities were unevpIoyed and un-
for their labor. The
|aws q trade tend to IN equilibrium |
everywhere, and no one section can
|oag remain inoetlinately prusperousL
The attempt 10 build . Chinese
VAN about labor, by any such puerile
)s0agqgjssn - advocates the hold
~ Of eonvjcts In jdleness, h in .
lirect line Of policy to make China
nen Of free Americas. What labor
mast needs b liberty and relief fton,
b bssdens that are placed upon It
I'd the restrictions that stand In
b way. The fruitful fields ~ the
asth spread out before It. aud the /!
eaten paths Of commerce invite 1t to
navel In the way o. comfort aud
'ealth. It has within its gasp all
b artificial contrivances Of science.
I'd esn apply intelligence, expert
DO and energy 70 it. work, aud It
- not need TO staud chatteaiu4
ID mucnbltn4 nonsense sb,llt the
anger 0f convict labor.
The new postal I'LL molines the
osGal money order system % - to
uthoFise postmasters q money |
'der ealces under the authority Of
~ Poot0a9teF- General to issue
install notes 10 Determinations Ut Is
ID under. THIS b an important
III, and viii greatly facilitate busj-
~ 10 small sums through the
alb. It authorizes the Issue of !
leeey orden without corresponding
lvtcss q 8 and len, to he on en-. {
'sved paper and known ~ postal
'tes. payable to bearer; such notes to