The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-01-18

i4<fll< for that n1TI<. Tor next YEAR Inc |
call " addressed ~. ITO the kfpub- |
iran electors II the several States"
ma ~. ITO All other votcrs without
rerari - past political differences"
Mo 49, n favor III several PROPOSE
tion<. which are expressed IN Language
- follows: ..Elcvating and dixnifying
American labor sextcnding and pro-
secf;n~ home Industry -giying free
popnlsr education 20 The masses II the
neoole:~ ..>ccnrnx free suffrage and an
honest counting 81 ballots" = effect
uallv protecting human rights In
every section q our common country
;. promoting friendly feeling and per-
msncnt HARMONY throughout the land.
An ~ these expressions commit what
sydney smith regarded Is . serious
oiienss. They oycrwork the par
t;ciple.r Some of them ara too gem
erai Tor praise or assault
What Is meant by 4. clevating and
di0nifving American labor" By the
marty which Is on record for the UNI
versal importation Of Chinese laborersS
Will any action by any party. IN Ma
tional convention. have any relation -
the law 81 supply and demand In work.
VIII II affect wages. hours Or work N
nny wave A. good old DR.. Johnson used
% say: '.Genilemcn. clear your minds
a humbug." The most pitiahIe faI-
lacy Is the humbug Of snpposing that
You can humbug Others The men who
work with hands. with tools or with
brain. in this land. know tina: that kind
IL talk IN the call Is humbug: that 4 -
uttered by men who take them 70 be
fools. Sobriety. industry skill. honesty
and courage enable men 70 hold their
! own Al breadwinninS. unless hordcS
Of heather are brought IN. 10 crowd
1 them out. or thousands Of convlcts are
| put AZ work which completes with the
/ vocation and arts Of law-sbiding citi-
. zenS. The party Of cheap Chinese labor.
| and the party whose Legislators are
| charged bv every Republican paper 70
/ defy and disregard the great demand
! for the abolition Of the present method
/ OF convict labor. talks about ''elcvating
and dirnifving American labor II Is
| the same party. whose leaders in ls1V
forced the policy Of threatening thou.
sands Of workingmen with diSm'ssal y
they dared % vote as they pleased. me
ma ority Of the names signed 70 this cal
are those Of men who never did "a hon
ct days w0r< in their lives. those mt
gorrci with monopoly gains. made ~
robbcr law are political tr1mps, glues
u the Treasury. and kent from jail ~
exile by the fact that they .'rrescrvct
the grand old party" by frauds worth,
~ the rallows or the prison. in thu
South.
Extending and protecting home in
du<rry~ means the increase of high tar
III duties. Already They make ever
man who ha- 70 buy the ncce-~aries o
life pay more than price and > half 70
them. They close the markets q III
world 10 the manufactured products Q
America They have wiped out Amer
lean commerce and destroyed American
ship-bn:ldinr. They have caused
large portion of our factories 10 sto
and larre portion a our foundries 9
; hut up-becan-c they arc gorgcd wit
overproiuctions that can not be sen
abroad and are not needed At homo
where there Il : glut- stopping q
shortening upon work means ihe Or
rot of bankruptcy % the manufacture
Y and the quick distress of enforced i,il'
ness 70 the wcrkingmen- 4 pronioit'o
tariff i constipation ~ commerce. pA
!. abyss 70 manufacturing. starvation
labor. and coniiscation % the money
producers and communicable oecau
= more stun y made than can q solo
home. and high duties cnt on 2 ma
ket abroad The stun rots unsoid
d the store-hcuscs The workmen
idle in the streets, 70 md hunger ~
~ hopcle<<ness ~ home Inc none<t ma