The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-28
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p COLUMBUS, O., Oct. o7.-Tho iollowin,
punsent letter addressed to prominen
! citizen Of this city will appear in til,
STATE Journal OF tomorrow, and sl.oult
DO read by every workingman In Ohio:
SouTlt BEND, lHp., Oct. o5, 1884. (,
DEAR SiR:--iours OF the olst inclosino
an editorial from the Daily Times. oiyon,
city, published on the o3st, entitled Gin.
ported Foreign Labor" Is at hand and
noted. The statement Is madc In hi.
article tlat:y Lg l''t{ 5.,'l@liiIT.'",u '' -"
"A few years ago the wagon-makinr
iirm Of Studebaker Brothers got into 4
misunderstanding with their employees as
to wages, and the great wagon firm I'm.
ported at ono time hundreds OF foreign
laborers, and put them 10 work at prices
ranging from sixtv.tlve cents Der day for
ordinary labor to s. day for the mos,
skilled. The native American labor wus
!urheu INTO The street, and tho foreign
labor put to work at starvation rates.
This statement is made deliberately and
without qualification, and us sucl We
nnndit as a ialsehood, every word, every
line. and syllable. We have. never had
any misunderstanding with our men, ney.
or had an orsanized strike in our works
have never, imported hundreds OF foreign
laborers, nor one foreign laborer, nor had
others procure tho importation OF foreign
iaOor Tor tls; not 4 man; and we have
never employed adult labor for sixty-iiye
cents n day, or for any sum approximate
70 that figure, or obtained our best skilled
labor at s. day. The author Of these rs.
scrtions alleges base untruti, in each and
every one OF them. During the panic,
some years ago, when manufacturing in
dustries OF all kinds were prac.
tlcally n stand still, rather than close our
works until the storm blew over, a course
which would have been money in our
pockets, We kept them running, but there
was no general reduction OF wages. Even
then, and neither then nor since has
therc been at any time any unusual falling
Oh OF the working force, voluntary or
otherwise. We challenge the country to
show large factory whose workncn have
been more constantly employed than ours,
whose workmen'l,ave been more literally
or promptly paid, orwhosc employees have
exhibited less discomfort.
81 AS 4 a,matter Of fact large per cent oil
our workmen are American born, but VIC
want it distinctly understood that VIC Inv
no stress on this particular. When We
want workman We do not stop to INQUIRE
what his nationality or religious or politi-
cal creed is. We make no apology for en-
ploylng polandcrs, or Germans, or
SWedes, or lrislItncn. Such discrimina-
ton isCot American. il it were, and had
been Put in practice, this continent would
be ncop!ed oaly by the North American
Indian. We should not bc here, and for
that, matter our malicner on the Times
would himself be'one OF those foreigners
who it is evident he heartily despises.
These desperate lies about manufacturers
and wages are, OF course, being told
for purpose 10 bring the protective policy
into dispute. The Times says: "The crv
OF tariff and protection actually divide the
workingmen." We think differently.
Workingmcn read, reasnn and Judge for
themselves, and what their conclusions
are in Ohio may be pretty definitely gath
cred frops the singing rcbuke given to
free trade theories III the retirement OF
Mr.. Hurd. The Times may: insult Ameri-
can workmen by, sneerns at their intclli-
gence, but III our opinion neither brow
heatlng nor wheediing will enlist them
under the rauperizing banner of Tree
trade. Very truly, yours.
t.5.ss GLEN SruDEBAEEe,
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