The Labor enquirer., 1884-04-26
and Madeira noses for your land and for

ana their hungry families, s
| "Further!" The duke of York ha
$4,000 per year; duke of Cambridge
e12,OO0 duchess of Mecklenburg, $4,000
duchess of Cambridge, $4,000: Princ'
Leopold (deeeased) had el5 900 duke o
Connaught, 100000; Princess Louise
e6,OOO; duke of Edinburgh, e25,OOO
Princess Alice, 10000 crown princes
of Germany, es,Ooo; princess Of Wales
10000; prince of Wales. 16l09,000-
s545, 900! Think of it! The queen ha'
,6460,OOO per annum $4,000, O,OOO-fol
whatP Tennyson sings:
Slowly comes a hungry people,
AS Lion, creeping higher,
+, Glares'at one that mods and winks
Behind slowly dying fire."
And thus it is in Ge ermany, in Italy, il
Russia, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Hol
land and Belgium, in Spain and Portu
gal, in Turkey. Persia and China, in al
countries OF, ancient despotism. And sc
it rapidly is becoming in France and ir
the United States of America. Men are
apes OF, the worst kind and the snobs O.
republic are beginning nay, have begun
long ago-to ape the notions and extrav
agant vagaries of the old country nobil'
ity. Millions are squandered to corpora
tions; millions are wasted with jobs and
through political cliques and pools
Millions are housed up and salted down
for no other purpose but to enrich the
rich and enable the new aristocracy oi
the republic to become the inevitable
taskmasters of the people. Whv is ii
that the trade balance is in favor oi
Europe to-day? Land is sold by the
United States government to individuals
and corporations by the thousands, aye
millions of acres, when the only doctrine
of republican safety lies in the one
axiom, to-wit: "That no individual or
corporation should be allowed to own
over 1000 acres of land" Great tracts
of government land are out of the mar,
ket, out of cultivation, out of production,
which should be in the hands of poor
men, gaining livelihood for all. Such
conditions as our agrarian interests are
drifting into will be the causes of. the
downfall of our great republic and the
establishment of several monarchies
upon its ruins.
America is fast repeating the history
o. Rome. indict the mighty, powerful
and rich as committing robbery and
grand larceny in the first degree? What
say you mankind of the jury ? Guilty
or not guilty? Can the defendants off
set these charges ? The finger of retri'
button Is plainly visible. 1t points al
ready to poor Ireland Look Why can
Irishmen obtain competency everywhere
else but in Ireland? Look A patch o,
ground, a hevel, but rent enough to eat
ground, hovel and all up in no time
"Why," the defendants say, "the Irish
are impr evident, they are quarrelsome
they work not, they are lazy, they are
not industrious" Lie, damn you, lie
When man feels easy; when man has
enough to live upon when he feels indie
pendent of hunger and want, his good
nature will out; he will be good humorec
and energetic-he feels that he IS accom-
plishing something he becomes better
man forthwith. Give him chance by
giving him Justice Give him a show by
giving him his own. Give him a foot
hold and you will see his foot stand solio
proudly upon his achievements. Rot
him of all this, and he becomes a beast
as he should. He becomes ferocious
being, who will devour you, defendants
in time, hair, bones and all. Mark these
words:
Slowly comes hungry people,
AS lion, creeping higher,
| Angry swinging high their sickle,
| Moving swathes up high and higher
Until Judgment day has come.
Divide your profits, ye bloodhounds o
corporations! Pay the work men 90 pc
cent of your earnings and you will earl
more; you will earn better, you will
have kings for your laborers; you will
be carried upon the shoulders of friend
and fellow-men. You will enjoy you
part with more zest and satisfaction, an
your vorkmen will surround you with
halo of gratitude, kindness and fila
love. Continue to rob and devour, an
vour bones will bleach upon the ruins
your iIl-gotton wealth
The Vandals and Goths, the Hume
and Allans are not dead yet! They ar
coming, proud Romans, to wrest fror
YOU YOUR ill-gotton empire! Th
hungry poor are creeping higher ! higher
w. x
SEND 81 to the Relief Fund" and g
q chance in the $250-pair of lots.