The Labor enquirer., 1884-07-26
ms EKITyIEBs

IN n ~ 49, q the l16or questions OF the
~. 6tnf 1ll6ns saN4ys WoDccme.
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ms LHETEh
fi1f G1ilslisy tho quissude Of this
net eoqulsy was disturbed and the,
slumbsr ring public electrified by apower-
iul and original doeamsnt known 81
Blsins,s letter Of acceptance. As Is
ctssonSasy, tho paper was excrucistingiy
lsnsthy and contained the usual ground
ldn partisan boastne and conventional
lyine rsumisea It il not nv desire to
harsss the readers Of THE EkouIRER with
any w lengthy extracts from the
weiahty document, but I wish to call
attention toa few features it contains,
and ask question Or (Which the
Blaine organs are respectfully requested
to answer
aAfter 1850 the businessof the coun-
try waa encouraged apd developed (nnder
republican party rule). At the end OF
twenty years the total properly of the
United States, as returned by the census
of 1880, amounted to the enormous aggre-
gate Of $4,000, ,0oo, 900, Inl1seo it was
$I4, 900, 600, ,000). This great result WAS
attained notwithstanding the fact that
countless millions had in the interval
been wasted in the progress of q bloody
war. 1t thus appears that while our
population between 1850 and 1880 in
creased 90 per cent, the aggregate prop
erty Of the country increased 2A per
cent, showing vastly enhanced wealth
per capita among the people. Thirty
thousand millions Of dollars had been
added during these twenty years to the
permanent wealth Of the nation"
Mr.. Blaine does not show that out Of
the 2l, l,0OO, 900 Of increase in population
only few thousand have acquired this
enormous increase in wealth. He does
not tell us that there are in the United
States to-day about 200 men, out Of the
81 100000 gain in population, who own
and control 15 per cent of the increased
. wealth. He says "the wealth per capita
has been vastly enhanced among the
people, Does he not know that the
people, in 1850 were better conditioned
than they are to-day, notwithstanding
i. the enhancing" business Of course
he knows it, and he knew he was lying
when he used the words quoted above in
a manner intended to mislead the public
"It is impossible to point to a single
monopoly in the United States that has
: been created or fostered by the indus
trial system which is upheld by the
republican party.
Was the man drunk or crazy when he
wrote that sentence? There isn't a
despohc manufacturing, distributing or
banking monopoly in the United States
to-day but what owes its existence and
continuance to the republican party,
which has subsidized railroads with
millions of acres. of the peoples lands,
and the banks with billions of the
peoples credit, in the shape of money,
during the twenty-four years of its power,
The simple fact that these gigantic mo-,
nopelies exist to-day Is proof of the
falseness of the above statement. A
fool would know that. It would have
been the same if the democratic party
had been in power. No matter what
the party name, if dishonest, men get
into power through its supremacy, the
people are robbed. ,...4.
labor is indispensable TO the creation
and profitable use of capital, and capital
increases the efficiency and value Of
labor"
THE ENQUIRER will freely admit the
truthfullness of this statement, but not as
Mr.. Blaine means it. By capital he
means the profits stolen from labor and
accumulated, in the shape of money, by
the so-called capitalists. The ENQUIRER
means the resources of nature and the
productive inventions of man, to which
labor is applied ard produces wealth.
If this is too much for Mr.. Blaine and
his ignorant followers, they can get
satisfaction at this office.
'The republican party aims to elevate
and dignity labor, not to degrade it." /
Yes,I have noticed that all parties
"aim" just about that way for a few
/, months before election, but when the
time comes for firing they shoot very
wide of the mark. The republican party
has been aiming Just SO for couple of
decades, and the most notable "eleva-
ton labor has had during that time,
has been through paupers' graves to
land beyond the skies And the dignity
Of the laborer under republican rule
must be something too grand for con-
ception- at least We can't see it.
There's no use adding more on this
subject. The republican workingman4
who allows the chief of gang of politi..
cal robbers to cram such stuff pa is con-
tanned in Blaine's letter down him, is a
numbskull. If Yoa want to vote for
president, do it, butwith an understand
ing. Stop this living a lie, and say that
you now fully realize your relations to
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