The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-08-28
WEEKLY BAZOO.
-FDALI MO.
TUESDAY AUGUST % 1888.


testimony before Senator Blair's SUBJ
committee in New York is one George
G. Block, who appeared as repre-
sentative Of the journeyman bakers.
Mr.. Block told some few things about
the bakers,---the hours they were
compelled to work, their wsges, etc.,
and then pr eeeded to make start
ling statement respecting the beer
singers of our commercial and stock
jobbing metropolis. He is reported
rs saying that "of the walters employ
ed in lager-beer saloons many are
Prussian army officers. German noble
men and Russian princes, who came
to this country expecting to make a
fortune, but who found this the only
means to gain a living"
1t is little strange that Mr. Block,
who, according to his own testimony.
is a baker, compelled to toll from 8
O'clock p. N. until 4, 5. 6, or 8 o'clock
q. NJ. should happen to know SO
much about the employment of Euro.
pean army officers, mobiles and princes
in the city of Gotham. But as bis
statements do not seem to have been
calledin question by the committee Of
grave senators, they must be accepted
for what they are worth until we have
some evidence that they are erroneous.
Assuming that they are true, they
present a state Of facts calling for
prompt and energetic action on the
part of our paternal government. as
Bill Nye and Truthful James were
ruined by Chinese cheap labor" So
it appears are our aristocratic native,
or imported American laborers in the
New York beer saloons subjected L"
a degrading and ruinous competition
with German noblemen and Russi. n
princes. 1t would not be 30 bad ii
there was only here and there one Of
these pauper competitors in the noble
work of passing around the booze, but
the witness declares that "many" f
the beer-shop sons Of toll belong to
the pauper classes named.
Mr. Blairs subcommittee will 10
doubt present Mr.. Blocks evidence
on this subject, accompanied by
powerful argument for the protectio
of American workingmen against the
competition in question. and report
bill suspending the coming of Prussia
army .ficers, German noblemen, and
Russian princes to America for a Pc
riod of ten years. Meantime action
can be taken under existing laws, a.
has been done in the case of the assist
ed pauper Irish emigrants. These
laws, however, do not quite cover the
case, since they provide for sending
back only those who are incapable of
self support and who are not to be
supported by relatives and friends al
ready here. and itappears that thesr
pauper invaders are capable of self
support by laboring in the beer ga
looms
Following the precedent made by
the Chinese act, the numerous army
officers, noblemen, aud princes al
ready here must be permitted to re-
main, and something should be done
to protect the American beer laborer
against their ruinous competition.
This can be accomplished in either of
two ways In the first place, as every |
body knows, the revenues of the ma
ionsl treasury are: 90 large that our
statesmen are at their wits end to
know what to do with the surplus,
while at the same time the tariff |
taxes are too low, if anything, and
can by no means be reduced without
damaging the dignity of American |
labor. Under these circumstances, a |
very natural thing to do would be to
appropriate few millions to be dis
tributed among our alien army officers