The Labor enquirer., 1884-01-26
EDFNyBR COLORADO SATURDAY JANUARY

tion And pe find the poos ase surfeits'
and worn ont With labor and misery
and their lives made almost intolerabl
from : hack Of healthy recreation an,
pleasure.
We find the rich living in maenifcen
palaces surrounded BY beautiful garden
filed with beautifhl trees and flowers
and fragrant With sweetest odols. AK
I've hnd the poor existing in damp cellar,
or small rooms, with blank walls ans
foul odors around them.
We find the rich monopolising the de
sirsble and healthfhl places at living
the hillides and broad streets. with purs
air and beautiful landscapes to give then
health and pleasure. And ws find thu
poor hoveling in the valleys and alleys
exposed to foul air and disease.
We find the rich ENJOYING the wises'
and best doctors 10 guard their health
and cure their maladies. And We find
the poor compelled to go to the dull and
inexperienced, the quacks and cure-alls
at the risk Of their lives.
We find tho rich employing the
shrewdest and ablest lawyers TO guard
their rights and further their ends; while
the poor arc compelled to intr,lst their
little all" to the care Of cheap and in
competent ones.
We find the children Of the rich edu-
Gated at the best schools and colleges;
while those Of the poor must be content
with the public schools, ands are often
deprived Of the benefit of those, because
the wages of the father are so small as to
require that they. too, should devote
their time to work to help support the
family.
We find the rich occupying the best
pews in the churches, and all the pews
in the best churches, thus excluding the
poor, and depriving them Of the oppor-
tunity for the moral lesson which is
certainly greatly needed to make them,
charitable enough to tolerate the naughty
rich.
We find the rich riding in elegant
carriages, drawn by blooded and richly
horses, driven by liyeried
coachmen and attended by liyeried foot
men. We find that the poor oftentimes
cannot afford even the crowded street
cars, and are compelled to walk perhaps
long distances, in stormy weather, at
early hours to the place of unremitting
toll, and at late hours to miserable
habitation.
We find that the rich monopolize the
best amusements, the whole house at an
opera, and the best seats at the drama,
because they will pay more than the
others can pay while the poor, if they
be amused at all, must climb to the dis
tant, crowded and uncomfortable gal
lery.
We find the rich clad in the most ele-
gait and beautiful clothing, soft and
warm and comfortable; while the
clothes of the poor, what little they
have, are ugly and coarse, worn and
patched.
We find the rich travelling inluxurious
cars, provided with cushioned chairs
and soft couches; sometimes one family,
or even one person, exclusively occupy
ing whole car. While if the poor
travel, they are compelled to 60 in over
low-roofed small-windowed, ILL
ventilated cars, with bare wooden seats.
We find the homes Of the rich pro-
yided with every comfort and luxury ];
while the poor scarcely have the tneces-
sary utensils of housekeeping,
We find the tables of the rich loaded
with every variety of food, prepared in
the most palatable manner while in the
huts of the poor, few crumbs in one
hand and a cup of water in the other
must often suffice.
We look upon the palaces Of the rich,
and then upon the huts of the poor. We
see rotund plenty in one. and gaunt des-
titution in the other. We see rosy health
in one, and pallid disease in the other.
We see in the one, gay and festive joy,
and in the other grim and CHASTITY mis-
cry. Fir,
! We see the pride and arrogance of the
rich; we see them Haunting their extrav-
gance and luxury in the faces Of the
poor. We see the poor gradually de-
graded, until they become the mere tools,
servants and menials of the rich. We
see them lose their dignity and self-re-
spect, and become coarse in their man
ners and tastes, and cross, unsociable and
disagreeable. We find the land full OF
discontentment and agitation. We find
complaint upon one hand, and recrimi-
nation on the other. s. ! .5...'. /
4 We find the affairs ofgovernment neg
Ilected, because the masses are engaged
in struggle for actual existence. We
find the masses becoming reckless. We
find that saloons flourish, that drunken
ness increases, that men grow british.
Compelled to live like brutes, they ac-
ouire the natures and attributes of brutes'
We find that crime increases murders,
the most brutal, are committed; burg
ilaries, robberies and theft are frequent
wives are cruelty beaten women are
outraged houses are burned trusts are
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