The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-19
GENERAL BUTLER.
He Discourses on Pauper Labor and
Tickles the Workingmen.

NEWARK, n. J., September 1s.-At
least $1,000 persons were to-day on the
fair grounds of the New Jersey State
Agricultural Society, at Waverly. Every
portion of New Jersey was represented
Governor Leon Abbott arrived early.
at $50 pm. After paying his respects
TO ex-Congressman Clark, president of
the society, General Butler spoke for ten
minutes to large crowd; He said he
had never thought of talking politics at
a fair, and devoted mostof his speech to
advising farmers to raise sorghum and
produce it, and leave the cultivation of
grain to the grain States of the west.
His speech was warmly cheered.
In the evening, at the Military
Square, Newark. a restless crowd of
10000 people assembled to hear General
Butler, and their noise made the speech
of the char nan inaudible. General
Butler quoted the assembly somewhat
by some very vigorous measures, and
insisting on having the stand clear.
When quiet was restored General But
Ter said: If every man will hold his
own tongue and keep quiet, shall have
no difficulty about addressing you"
Labor, the General held, is not suffi-
GENTLY protected in this country, and
asked, How can you laboring men
pauper labor Of the south com
ing into direct competition with
you? TheH old slave masters held
their workers with a rod of iron, and
they have their labor for one-half what
you do. They come in direct competi-
ton with you. This is a question of
labor. You don't want the pauper over
here from Europe to compete with you,
and yet we have in this country 4,000,-
600 laboring men and women in the
south who are working for half the
price you are, and the southerners
boast they can produce manu-
featured goods cheaper than you
can. So they can, when they do not
pay their men anything. Those men
have votes, as you have votes, but it is
no use for them to put them in the bal
lot box. They are not counted fairly,
and every man in this country knows
it. want you to reflect on this. 1t is
a serious thing. If thousands of mas
ters of slaves can manage their negroes,
as they call them still, and have them
work for one-half what you do, then
your wages must come down,
and what is the use of q tariff
in your favor if this is to
go on? That is one of the reasons why
l wanted them to put plank of pro
lection in the Democratic platform. "
Speaking of the, strikes. and the tribunal
OF arbitration General Butler continued /:
when l brought this question up, a
gentleman from the south said to me,
would this tribunal apply to our mig
gers? | said to him, your niggers
Have you got any niggers? l thought
that 1 marched down with some
OF my old soldiers some time ago to set
tie that question. Great applause.) If
didn't, we will march again; we are a
little older, but / guess we could dc
some fighting yet. (Renewed applause
l said, yes, that this tribunal would ap,
ply to the workingmen of the south as
well as of the north, but after 1 made
that declaration, could have no more
hope Jor getting that plank through the
Of so Seng Rra aG[@ 'f to hea aay5
as Elijah was" Great applause
and laughter.) General Butler closed
closed by an appeal to the laboring
people to vote for themselves. "An6
you are" he said, ''to vote for your
principles, which will enable the poor
down-trodden laborer of the south tc
come up and command wages equal tc
yours; SO that he will not be in compe
ttion with you any longer. (Great
applause,) You see what a great
I cause you have: the cause of your wife
and children, and of your country, anC
1t is in your hands. BE true to your
selves" Great applause)
AT the conclusion of his speech Gen
eral Butler was given three hearty
cheers. He then proceeded to the Ac
ademy of Music, where he succeeded
Senator Grady in brief speech to {
crowded audience.