The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-02
A Carefully Prepared Speech
Delivered by Labor's Cham
pion Aug, 80,
How the Producer Is Robbed,
and Who the Rob.
bers Are.
An American Policy Instead Of m
English Policy for Amer.
leans


>thftHtf the lullnNinp speech ui tim.
Butler, delivered u, Masonic Temple Hall,
Aug ~ because II wis carefully pfe.
pared speech, intended ny surt Of
supplement- to his previous address IL the
people. 1t ism notable fact that Gcn. hut.
lcr, acting III perfect accord With tn effort
OF the Grveuhtekers aamg the last eight
years, i forcing the old lalteS upon Il new
line OF debate, VA, upon Those eronnmis
questions upon Witch depend his wtlfaie
Of our country. the prosperity Of labor, tho
stability Of commercial enterprises, md the
glory Of the republic.
Men Of Enterprise. business, and Producers OF
the city OF New York.
Nonr attendance here In this vast nssemhlage,
the cordtality aud kindness with witch san
ns s.ss, =, me- h ~. placed T. NJ a every
have underworld to do IN the pact, IN hehalt OF
tie cause yau have at heart. sanr courtesy Hnl
appreciation touch every sensihllits, ana tail
forth tsefs emotion ut gratitude
10 hoi know that Gun Ito ANYTHING more or
better III what may LAY On this occasion Tor
the instruction OF the people than to make n
clear as MAY the results III misdir,ction el the
LEGISLATION and administration of the ,sesern.
mcnt. ~ il has wandered away nom tho great
fundamental principles nIan which Ii WAS
founded, have reecnt1s spoken quite smtls
ulon some small pur'tons Of these topics and
lear lest The meaning IT Whit haze sua anu
am ahoa, - sat ia regard To the relations "a
labor and capital, and the disastrous effects at
monoroiies, may have been misunderstood ~
Som, s n,s,. men y know 1t has
fear have not intended 10 meet fairly my
utteranecs upon these matters. ] leg leave,
thereiere, NJ the eNpenssesenoi perhaps weary
Ing Won, To direct Your thoughts To som. aefni-
tons proper to a clear understanding ot The
economic ideas because oi which onr present
POLITICAL position h taken and the Peoples
party founded.
mud that some portions OF my address to the
people have not been eomnrehendcd by certain
newspaper critics, who seem To misundefstana
H. notably the New York Tones, which IL van.
trotled by III Engl~hrian VIII ought II know
the English language in the matter III definite
comprehension u the distinction between labor
and ,alsital ard imported lahar, In its issue oil
the .ld of August, II says that Buffers theories
are all included IN the man>trons statement
that The great Noes OF our country como be"
4 Mess Rutlcr means that this would have
been happier count than 1t l. II Columbus
had never discovered It, he means nothing
whatever, Its woes are those nt increasing
pornla Ion and PROGRESSING civilization, aud IL
would he interesting To know at what point Hut
Ter would have drawn the line aud .nreh,etsea
1t il evident tina, Rutler's letter is carefully
devised fool trap" he 1t 80, II has certainly
/ viii enaeavor to keep ",he line" plain to the
meanest capacity.
Ry imported labor mean that lahnr which il
brought here from abroad hs contract, as i'll the
case Of the coolies and Chinese, Or that cum
Wet and naarer labor which is sent here hy
government To yet rid at the rauper. rs III the
case of the European deportation Of consiets
and paupers by the authority Of England ana
some other countries ur the negroes who wrre
captured In war or seized by tnhachery and suia
here ~ slaves. Win the Ifsas& or anybody else
say that the great wees" at the COUNTRY have
not come from these sources, especially the lat~
ter
CLASSES of imported labor aud the boring IN II
and wun.em Mho animated by a desire To hett.r
their condition, aud melted hN the love ot our
afa3FK "A
sion III their own eonntst y, have brought them-
selves and their families here by their own en-
ergies and Lay their own means, and have he
come OF ns and rart oi Us 1t Is the thsers ot
sour institutions 10 welcome all sttch neaile ~
hone of our hone and flesh of our flesh" Haye
male this distinction pain
Again, tho Englishman saS~: To Butler, The
man who has anything, WHO owns house AMI
lot. IL not Morklngfnan. hAt manalalssi.
The man who, when ialef san he made psoeue'~
I've, and who employs labor IN productive en-
ternrises, from the farmer who lures u hand al
harvest upward. Is no, iahoser, but 'eani-
talist,
Now. l have said and mean no such thing. aud
laequi, the man who wrote that paragraph
nom the charge 0t Mlliiul instrumentation
only he ,aase n charity aimit his want u COM
rrehension. ks capitalist mean man Who.
having Inherited or acquired large wealth. lives
ON the interest oil it, OF dividends or lraits ae~
efuInS trom it, use, Maaoae sotnG ans tMlns
himself Ia use II IN production.
As an example ut the latter class | include n
man who has invested his Inherited wealth in n
u
neither controls nor direets nor takes part in.
waters the stock to treble thu apparent eost ot
| the enterprise, and thus feNeises enormous II.
turns tor his money, While he himself il engaged
| in driving fast horses In this country or
| racing them abroad. or passes his time Ahead
spending the earnings II iahar IN forei-a eanns
| tries, and THUS imnuvefi~htns his owa. lie il a
| capitalist. nnre and simple, rs ! have Defined
| the word, anu every one ei like hnd WIN - Uses
his wealth without employing II, or dlrssttng l9s
employment, l. an ah~arhes III other men \ earn
4 without being "A ArnttNgsf
ducthn,
lie sometimes permits his CAPITAL to all in
production. hut never unless he means IN ah-
! sorb the largest portion Ut the profits thereof
| for his own selfish purposes.
The yerest tsro in political economy ought 10
know that "ih. house and lot which l. fh,'
mans Homestead II neither caiisal nor wealth.
! hut only means and liace III living, Whether
| IL is lar-e small the owner must deprive HIM
| self Of the ownership II II, either hS moftSase
| or sale, before II becomes capital An English
| man who never had house and lot ii his
| own In his own land max he excused for not
| nowin. tat.
Again, class the men Who. having mere or
I less capital. pat II into salne honest industry
anu carry on a business, VI whatever .aesefin-
tion, In producing that which il at use IL man
kind, or which shalt aid others IN such lroaae.
tion, or doing something which Viii heneht their
fellow men, direetins such .ate'irise tasmsslse,
! a men Of enterprise locking upon their capital
so engaged. in whatever depaitmcM If The
| worlds honest business, ~ an adjunct only Of
| enterprise.
Ut TINS class IL the fafalitI, n3MNtaSsMlsf. ifaF
transporter Of freight and nassen.erS, the trader
! who husles himself In etieal,enlay the eN,hange
OF the products of Others. the artist, the nhss'
ieiaa, the lawyer, the inventor, the clergyman
and perhaps even the newspaper edtos. The,
not capitalists, Tut elsss III men Ia h. eunA-
menaed upheld ensNnfasei, entitled 10 III,
| just reward I'll their lahat, whether with heads
or hands, in contributing to ihe .usntost, hanrie
ness, prosperity, security, anu weaita as ths
I people.
! IN lahoriag men aud wonen, To aeSlgnat,
! which Tor hrvvity, used the term labor,
mean all people Who work Tor wages, nj stipn'
lated price Tor stipulated ntac OF service II
production. whether I'll tile faFsn, IN the manu-
iactors. az ia the mine. the printing oaies. 1T
the railroad, ur with u'ncr instruments al trans
portatlon, and many Other enslluyncni>,
III. man. whether capitalist 90 mAn II enter
prise. WHO controls some muasars Of production
of what il useful To mankind. 80 guarded h,
Law of hedsed VA by e.rragt ogntrv sneas tha
j there il no possibility fof u he men 1T utter,
I prise successfully TT eates tHta euafAaA hon Nil
him. % - he A. the rice of such ltaaEettgns Al
Just lesel. and who l. III fehs enabled ~ faes
the price 1T NhateNe. h. produces a1sass ah.
I value of fair and lust remuneration To- his t4ho
anl capital, and thus rssarats AMI snhANee 1H'
p.iec If the att hes Ia which he lc1l~ se rHsfaf,
rs Ia put unjust burdens unon TIA VII sc people
and obtain large wealth through such means
which ean only hc hal lsN IT, wicked lmlsasefasa
mpRt af othcrS, aud rohhn- them ~ thu ia
reward ni their laitat. noia ~ ~ sAaao1st
list Who N making the rich richer AMI tie l'tsa
laafcr. thereby ESTABLISHING class ut VERY rtcl
MEN aud very POOR Ia IA III the kenublle. nuGs
stability ot our institutions, aud u se rep esse
snd punished hs laa with as much or mar
sternness al penalty than any other criminal
As ali eAamnl" et this class at capitalists WI
are such monapolist~, sill instance 4 batls @
m.A who obtain charter flam the lestssafht
hy which they ret the whole munal 0ilsfia ean
troll Ut the public streets at a great city TOR I'll
astensIile purpose III building a railroad iar Ia
cheap transportation Of the men OF eAtarIIi-
. aud business and MaTknsaga and Melaen
anu frnm their places II lapur. aud fof that lsui
pose have the right hy Law Ia cAatge a tale 4
toll sufficient ian amount fof justly and reason
ails literal compensation far the ea4atEA Ia
vested In the enterprise. tAereHpNn hntil Ill
road hs issuing mortgage bond MON tie fran
ehi>e thus obtain ii for puddle nse, la hire !
tour times the amount Of thu cost ~ tie shol
structure and it, apieadagss, and, III atdittul
issue corporate stock ossf and above suea AssF
gaze ami large alsitlsnas an srrh stock. ali
attef.ari ~ manipulate tie legislative aud 90
eeutlse POWER at the state. under the ela4m tAs
thss hAAe vested tight thus IN r8b the ltas
nIe. which even tho IuNtr aE the N'ate saans
fatsFtere With, a. to make good fhat eIattl
aud thus continue their robbery sanst toned 4
Law
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