The Labor enquirer., 1883-04-28
OUR EXCHANGES

cuse or another. The stereotyped orv
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ed in mul ltitude of variations Tbpv
point to this or that place which is na}
ing less, until they reach the lowest1 1evo,
located somewhere. in PENNSYLVANIA q -
Clgar-makers Journal
We are informed by cable that tbo
American Land League is Distributing
printed copies Of the American DecJa ara-
ton of independence throughout Ire
land. This is highly reasonable doc
unent, as THE Irish are told in it that
"all men are born free and equal and
it knocks the BOTTOM out of the "divtne
right" theory that the many are born
with saddles on their backs, prepared
for the few who are born already booted
and spurre6 to ride them-St. Louis
Union
Organization has given power to rail-
road magnates to WELD the great trunk
lines as monbpolias. We the work peo-
pie, the great conservative masses of the
world, must organize or go down in the
battle Of life. Labor unions constitute
the power THAT protects you and your
family. They make it possible for you
to have home, for your children to
have a school, for yourself, your wife
and family to enjoy the blessings that
have been placed in this world for us all,
but which the workingman0 may not
have from these powerful monopoIies
unless he unite with his fellow-work4rs
in the demand Of his just rights,-Day-
ton Gazette.
The great majority Of any given trade
imagine that if their monthly dues and
assessments are promptly paid, and that
their acts have been within their res
pective constitutions, they have dome
their whole duty. 1t never appears to
strike them that the difficulties and trials
Of toiIers in other lines nave amy
bearing upon their means of earning a
livelihood that it is their duty to help
them in the battle of life; to advise the
Wayward, to demonstrate with the head
strong, and to succor the weak and
doWn-trodden. A neglect Of these things
is not to be attributed to lack ofthe nat
ural feelings requisite in these direc-
tions, but rather to want of thought and
neglect of opportunity to read what
would tend to breadth both of thought
and action. They never appear to rea-
son that their particular trade is but
simply a limb Of the general body and
that injury or injustice to any part of it
detrimeptaIIy affects the whole-Wage-
worker.
Tie moneyed oligarchy Of this country
has for years been growing in size, and,
like the soap bubble, grows thinner and
thinner with its expansion, and as it
comes in contact with some substances
goes to pieces. So win these money
kings, when too late, see the effects of
their work upon an oppressed people;
and the consequences may be Of such a
nature as to cause a '|reign of terror. ~
Messenger.
American labor must learn how to
strike at the roots of the epidemic of
strikes. 40 surface remedy will answer.
Child labor, convict labor, are robberies
and honest, intelligent labor must learn
how to root them out 1t will take ev-
cry effort they can use. Can We arouse
the Indifferent to action? What is your
answer? Do you care? Unless labor
acts, works, thinks, combines, argues,
and leads others to think and act, the
epidemics of strikes and the evils of con.
vict and child labor will grow until the
danger assumes an aggravated and dan
gerous form.-LabOr World.
Do not forget that the great Anti-Ch-
ne8e battle is yet to be fought out The
Ten Year Act is mere temporary meas
ure. Remember thahthe leading poIiti-
clans Of the country are as much under
the control Of the railroad kings, mo-
nopolist8 and rnoney-mongers as ever
they were, and that the people must de-
pend upon themselves and their ballots
for safety, and not upon platforms or
promises. Tfit were safe to do so, the
law excluding Chinese Iaborers would
be repealed within a year.-HayeS Val
lev Advertiser,
WouIdnr it be a decent thing for the
Thugs in Ireland, if anything could be