The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-18

dcnouncc. In tho strongest terms TINT am
able to command, that system OF laws. State
and national. by the manipulation OF which
few men can rob the whole people Of their
EARNINGS, and apptppfia'e them 70 themselves.
tbat system Of laws which makes this country
lave more rich men than any cotntry on tha
face Of the earth: that system Jf laws which
makes. tho rich richer and the poor poorer.
For. while we hayc more rich men than any
other country In iiic wotlJ, and men who arc
richer than In any other countrt In the world.
we have In this country men who are AZ po0v
AZ any men In any country IN tho world, how
ever cnslaved. Fer no man can be poorer than
starvation AMI there are starving men and
"oincn IN this country. with wheat at eighty
cents bnshel iApplausc.l Let ~ get rid
| OF these laws = abroratc them. Let us
make all thu public servants atiienable 70 law.
and say to any III n who buys up large qnanti
profit, You are u criminal, doing great injury
to yonr fellow citizens" huying cheap Of the
farmer and selling dear TO tile producer, max
Ing whitt Il called q corner on wheat To my
mind there Il no greater criminal on earth than
that man. tApplause.l Yet IL Is done every day
with YOU and your production. And there =
not vet power enough i'll the Legislatures Of the
States. Illinois, for instance, where 1t IL done To
n greater extent than anywhere else under Re-
publican rule, tu brink the man to justice who
IL guilty of II. The common law OF England
calls such man recarder and Furnishes him
by fine and Imprisonment. u cannot be done
IN England There has not been corner on
Wtttdh Ill i0T int IASt SGHfN ffHAfy
hear!" because. while IN some RESPECTS Fng1
| land II bad In hef government, .slc has sense
| enough, and her governing class has sense
enough, not to let Gods people DC eaten up
like bread, for the bcreft or the few. fAp-
plansel
Hring down everything that looks like mon
opoly. fAnplaase, and voice, That II right.
What do YOU m an by monopoly Do not make
any mistake about that. ANY privilege given
to a man by law. or got by any contrivanee or
conspiracy or combination OF men by which he
IN get lant fair hn ~
others. that IL the man call q monopolist, and
! am against him whatever hr may br Zap
plansel or wherever he may be- and want YOU
to stand up with me in that cause because II is
this species of monopoly. which have had time
only to hint at which makes til. rich richer and
the poor poorer in this country very poor
man Il III Il degree a curse to the country. A
very rich man, who gets his wealth and does
nothing with II hut spend it abroad and dodge
his taxes here at home, Is many. many times a
greater curse to the country, for he is imposcr-
ishiug the country in two ways.
Now. these are solemn truths. which desire
you all 10 think OF, and then without passion,
without feeling. except the feeling that You will
not submit 10 wrongs any longer. with stea "
American perseverance, with deep, true AmCri-
| can thought. as yonr fathers did In the reyolu-
tion, stand up against these great wrongs.
And to men Of property, men who have enter
prises in which their PROPERTY is Invested, |
| have word to say. The people Of this country
are patient, long suffering, SLOW to anger, little
moved, or they would not have been quiet 50
| long. A spark, 4 touch. may bring on an cx-
plo>ion which will render life valueless perhaps.
| For great wrongs and expressions, when the OPP
| losition to them bursts out, do great harm and
injustice. Let me but instance one case. Some
/ ten years a.o the Pennsylvania Railroad refused
| to give their engine drivers ana conductors and
i brakem II sufficient wages upon which they
could live They petitioned, they asked, they
/ implorcd They were told that tho railroad
would mind its own bttSiness aud they could
/ theirs. and Ii they did not want 10 work on thu
railroad. they could 20 somewhere else. That war
| the answer gi,ca. What happened? The pa
tienee of those men broke down. very spccious
reason was given against them The railroad
| President said Why, We pay these men si3i Z
| day. ten. Butler what do You pay your mcns
\ dollar and twenty-five cents. Why should
i pay eight cents more than You dos" could no,
| answer him for while, tor did not know: hut
| went to the brakeman and went TO the conduc-
| tor and said. hat does this mean Don't you
get si.asa Jay" Yes. Then why is not 'hs,
enough. Because have To go on a train, lcav-
iny my home in Philadelphia and running out
| M miles. leave my family after my break.
| fast. take my ,linner pail in my hand. At tn,
| end Of my route ! have 70 stay over night. get
my supper, Iay Tor my lodging. ret my break
| fast. pay tor nv dinner. and come home the
| next day. IN a.ds. What Is left for the family
To live on | cannot live that way. would
/ rather work FOR you for ninety cents, and stay a,
| home with nv Hie: and won't work any long
| er. inquired OF quite number nf them. viii
| the same result. and had almost mind TO turn
| back and 20 To Mr. Scott and say tn him, Look
out, for those men in earnest. There will bt
very great trouble very soon" But did not 81,
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at Pittsburgh. which Resulted in the destruc: ion
| OF thirty millions Of dollars worth of property
| All that might have leen saved with hiteen
i minutes of careful. honest examination. Now
i ii these men Of property know what Is for their
i interest, they will think ot this. This may hap
i zen again any day and will happen II Justice is
i not done. IA voice: That's what's the mat
| terri Never MAS wrong allowed always to ~
| unchecked.
Invent before the Democratic convention with
another proposition | said To them: Every
however small in this country, has a tribunal tu
determine II, IL settle IL, adjust il, and right
done Now put in your platform u promise that
yon will pass laws establishing tribunal 70
settl. the great questions ut issue between labor
and capital. between the employer AMI the cnl-
i ploscd. questions which have now to he settled
BY brute force The emrlosc strikes That
4 works ruin to the capitalist. The employe
| stafves until he il driven back. in too many in
stances. TO work nj the wages against which ht
| struck. aud there i rum To both. SAID ], III ke
| tribunal. like u railroad commission to settle
questions betw1oo railroads, which shall settle
| these aucstion6o md in nine cases out OF ten
| they can be sctteed by cool, calm men, when
there can be full ami fair understanding
| When said that every southern man prlcked
| up his ears "oh. You want to have some more
| law down IN our country TO make me pay the
| Niger what h. ought to have. do yous" said
| they. We can't have that SO they voted me
| out with seorn, and away Invent Nobody would
have ANYTHING et that sort done. The Demo
| cratic uarty claim TO he the democracy. the
| government of the people: yet they would moi
| promise even, much more would not do II. The,
| would not promise law I, settle controversies
between tue lahorer aud the EMPLOYER, which
| sooner or later. ii not settled leaceably and I,
| a proper tribunal. must break out into fryola
| tion and iiot. a. the riots are now going OF
| down in Ohio. Think OF Ii, men OF property.
| do not say. think OF it, lahoring men. Aon hay,
| thought OF Ii enough. But the men OF property
| whom | hope to reach, II not with my No,cs
through the busy lens Of the reporters, think y
| il. Ii interests you. 1t interests Your children
| and those who will come after you Men say :,
me: why ao you, Gen. Butter, an employee
and capitalist, as they say, why do yo,
trouble yourself about these things. How car
YOU be a friend Of the laboring MANI" Why.
happ,nss l want to leave my country I,
my children and my ehildren's children
a. | received IL from my father. fire.
and happy country, with stable govern
| ment. with liberty and equality of righ
to all men in 1t: because l hope to see tina
this country. setting the example that peopl
can govern themselves better than they can b
| governed by any form OF government ON earth
| shall he a missionary country. 10 spread til
doctrine of equality of right and equality u
| power ameng men. have some property. l d
| not want To see II 20 down In ruin and anarchy
| which must surely cumc unless Justice is don
to the people Applause And therefore am
| here. II can make no difference to me for th
| short time am To Inc on earth. IL prohabl
| may. hope Justice will come. for God knows
| hope my closing eyes viii not look upon dis
| tractei and divided and ruined country. l
| would add new terrnr 10 death but 10 You, 4
| your children and Your chiidrens children, ay,
To the world Il. large. IN IL question, above al
| other questions which should interest and com
| mani the attention and guide the action OF I'm
| teiligrnt. Christian men and women of thi
. country. into whose keeping tod has given tn
| rights aud privileges Of mankind. ETremendou
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