The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-02
employing the labor Of mon and women, that II


whnse skill md brains did thu work obtained hut
comparatively ANAL remuneration thereafter,
were made nnd patented, and tho monopoly
ROYALTIES md rhartea were At once placed
upon the right 10 makH such machines
from four to ctnht times the, cost Of
iaN upan every man, woman. aud child In tho
United States who wore a garment or u shoe,
more than double tile actual cost VI making M.
The oppressive burden thus placed upon tho
mon and women who used sewing .iItuchMrs to
AssiHt IN their labura viii III appreciated, and
tho fuinens somretltinn of foreign labor IN tho
price ut their wages Will he seen, when tho fact
Il considered that the same sowing machines
which east the labarer In this country from t7a
to slui apiece because OF these nlonopolifinr
royalties. male mere, were a,nt To England and
sold IT, III uaea In the making NJ OF clothing
Tor sla There hring no monopoly of the machine
there. which II the same price NJ which tho ma.
women suffering this expressing having passed
away aud tho monopoly come tn an end The
mnnapesta IN sewing maehines made untold
MIllinnn thereby, ninoatrnths af which were
simply IN eSeusa OF any talf rrsnunef ration or
just profits VI the invention.
Lct me instance but another, Petroleum, the
~ the consumer over what the producer oh
tAins The munitlt cncea OF Providence POUR
but The oil front thu bowels nj tho earth, tho
standard I'll Company takes II, ltiid willie VIA
capital Stuck ri that company has increased
from ShA,ntN, by the profits III this monopoly In
few Wars nntil the company IL worth quite
10 the Stockholders ot TIM company year by
year, While the petroleum iieht, witch ought To
" almost ~ free NJ sunlight, has become the
means ol tmpns thu raor and cnriehing
Jew men wla are ~ slransl. .ntrenuhed In tho
power Of their wealth that uae ~ the Richest
anu strongest stases, lSnnsslsania. has ioand
its judicial, Legislative AMI executive power
wholly nnahle 10 cope with that corporation
This absorption u the rfahts Ut production by
capitalists AMI mnnnpnlists Will account fura
fact, which las hvcn the nnsxleo political ceoa~
umiAtS, MNN The lmnltyNmruI pt tho condition
Ut tho producer and lahafor has not In any can-
AID, rahe aesree Key, raee With the Increase OF
production.
A hundred, sears ago everything produced ny
mechanical ii farm labor war substantially by
hand Ut man, aaasststea saw nv tho ruttcst poaa
sthe tools aud inrlrmen,s the rlow, the hat-
row. the Shovel. the hoe, the mandrake. and the
srythe We're NIL the imrl, men,s. the farmer then
had with which to till the soil and gather its
FRUITS The han i.saw, the plane, the anger, and
the az IN its various forms, and tho chisel, were
substantially the tools III the mechanic, Tho
hands.ara. the arnnse wheel, and handloom
We're The implements OF the producers ot cloth
iNg; Transportation wa Nv wheeled vehicles
drawn BY animal power, anl such Mattishosrs
freight ~ could h. carried IN sailing vessels
over the seas ami lakes, or Heated in flats down
swift running rivers, with the channels Ia the
state vi nature, mll of distractions, cdaies, aud
shadows, Without gwen slack water naviga,ian,
Wtth these appliances, and hs the labor Of their
hands, the farmer produced sufficient food
70 supply the wants 81 the people, the Mti-
San produced the either necessities Of lite.
Products were mterchanesd FAR ~ they
might hf, and NTH them all The producers oh~
tanned sufficient, and, hi the gseas maicsits cf
eases, comfortable subsistence tur them
selves and family Extreme starvation anu
poverty We're mnknawn, No her,tes Of lahoting
men, women. aud children were crowded To.
gether III unhealthy, dehasins, and immoral
tenement houses, There M.n no cities which
upon the hedv polite" The body of producers
iahored substantially 10 more hour. then than
now, aas had no, been ins.nt.at the petroleum
ltgh, had not heca found. which nralong tho
hours of labor now late iata the night
Since our fathers lay The inventive genius Of
tho American people has aidea the labor ot man,
through the STEAM engine, by the addition ef
tho power Ut many million horses, Increasing
the production IN cscay department of industry
more than ono hnnareaield, even in proportion
boat and railroad ear have made transportation
easier aud more expeditions. and have extends
ell II many huadtvtlsola, hut hardls at cheaper
rates Machine cards, the spinning jenny, aud the
power loom produce MANY ,hoasandiola moro
clothing las the people, AT less than onc~tenth
the cot ~ lana rfustacs,cn Improved imrle~
ments aud the Opening q! fertile lands because
vi the rarid Interpretation of froisht and rer-
sons hS steam, the steam iiew. tho horse rake,
tho reaper, and the thresher, have aided tho
farmer in his production many hundred fold,
Ry these means Wealth has been accumulated
tn such an enormous extent that this country oi
ours l. The richest country On earth, although an
fnt4ns In length III lite, ~ compared With The
Iii, nj Other ia ions, Tut with all this lavish
pouring out ut the sau,l gilt~ ut the Almighty
upon the people. the producer anu tho lahortns
man afe substantially but little better on than
when everything MAS produced hs hand, Ger
tain II l. that the lehartns men and Mosaea work
no less hours nov than They lid then, To ret
onlN the substantial cumtosts and ntcessatles
Of life, anu many III them iii the lowest possible
degrees aud IL N stlll iMaSe certain that wase
iahor n XII tntleNihlc rule. II paid only that sum
OF moaeN which Will maintain the worker and
his family III the lowest desree nj comfort.
Where, tAen, has all this Immense wealth. thus
proaaeea ny the aid ei steam power. Improved
Ssxkts
with equal iastiee there should not he this ass
"A poor man in this country Who il able and
willing IL MorS-that II, man who has not
every substantial comfort nj life Tor himself
| and little ones
Hut the division has not been just AMI fair.
| AMI What Is the consequence
Although this country II new ~ compared
With TIC older orssni I'D nations, We have richer
/ saen and more Of them IN proportion IL our
population than In any country on earth,
| althoaSh in most u these countries, by their
social systems ana LAWS. accumulated wealth
and lands are kept Together tram generation To
| gcav,alten aud transmitted sram father 10 sen,
| so that there have s"ilcd M enormous masses
| OF itenests IN the hands OF the few In THIS
county, by the theory OF our institutions,
/ wealth i supposed To he distributed NJ the
/ death ~ its passcSScr,
| fathers abolished the laws al prsmaScnitarc and
vntasl, believing thai thereby they had nse"
vented the asstssaliea 81 large MASSES Of rtels~
| erly In any one hind, Witness the fact that the
/ twa ahlest and richest mea IN their seNvral
/ walks as life Who died III lsssa George Washing
ten, ri Virginia, The rich planter, aud 4, Haskell
| hvFhs. III Massachusetts, the rich merchant
1 IN. estates, the oMe rising Ssas.1sss ana the
/ other AL estate RISING ssssssNe only.
| cur fathers never tssanaea that any man IN =
| single geae1ailsa IN America could accumulate
| SlessNaha anu that nuaeesr III men, Who
| could lac rvsaaaea hy haaaesSss, II hot hN ,aoa-
/ SAINTS. could accumulate IN single lifetime by
| ANY eNsGiion II their aMa, ST hS amy maninala~
tlaa u business under the Ian at their country.
1 mare than SiA3ss'sn each, ami nanny III them
/ Very much lager saal~
/ In these saNS il MAS not deemed respectable
| fen man Mat To- have sotac regular and honest
| enplosmeNts hawcyef WEALTHY hc might he, he
directed his own business, however large in ex~
tent Nor did il enter into the whites, i,aaslas.
| tloas al tho Trainers III our Coast tuition that
/ there sstr eanla grow ap IN the Republic which
| they wgpe founding, al equal rights and equal
| rrNslesss u all under The Law, generation III
/ men aud wnmca whose sale business, ~ the
| "aruNe> III society" would he To live IN slaih
and ldlone>s, having no emf loSMcnt of essas
| nation. SAVE Ia eApena The earnings ei others
IN wandering to their oMn selfish in'l0lsenves,
on ia fostering their own Vices with ample
| lei~ats IL Il stSs Ways ami means To eScane even
! the rasmeat III their inst ~harrs os the public
| lnia AMI throw the su~t ul on Others Tor
nrnyislaa pselecttan Vt taear property and the
| safety III their persons hs avoiding even equal
| taxation thereafter
II our republican Gathers sanld have iarsset
| this desenesay ot their sons into such a social
condition, anaeasst al and 81 antasaai>tic II
the principles ~ Democratic equality, which
| tana fnF which thsN taagh'. nlcstsias 10 them
| their lives. their fortunes, ant sacred homer.
- eungtats Ia tkv cqual slss&is AMI equal wi
fara of al citizens, ~ aanvtg uus IN the euaatfs
ANA - destructive u the neotale, would they mol
have fosfisi against tho~e ills hy positive Gu
actmCnts III their frame al governments even n
| th,N ahoishe the laws ai nfimogcnitnre aau
! eatail to- a ike pNtlsa~cs
| Ne $50. therefore, bow all these good gifts ol
| ,t,a hnse hen s9rlvI iey lie lew, to the I'M
| loyCfi~lam III ai th- Haaas, W have partly seet
tire ia aa~ i.S A. hiCA all this hs~ been done.
/ am NJ now er,s 4, ieius TIC acts of men who
taking advantage III tue laws as They are enact
ed, aud tie possibilities eisen tscm hy Thus
laws. hy the r enterprise anf energy have acen
mulasetl ta4Tly ana h. re~tiv theSt vast ameaat'
III NJ. att, but What shell lie said ~ the law
themselves which i'm h republic have enables
| SUCH things 70 hr possible to hc dones Nha
shall le said ~ the l.,si slatats ) which have eTs
sie,l tlae nsumorolics aha sanctioned the inesn
Tor the enormous SCcnfaulai ans hy tic iea q
| tue earnings the many. eSFssially ii that leg
islation las b en pare a~e1 at tie price iaia Ii
| the legislator. ana Is it NOT olen secret, or
rather. nn secret at all. that Legislatures ant
| Ii 1ielafHF~. 10th state nj NATIONAL, h&s9 b.ei
| IA sn Ia purchase ana have Nctn purchased II
enact laws which gaze aat anly the property u