National Republican., 1885-12-23
A WARNING CRY FROM WOMEN.


The woman's National Industrial League,
headed by It's president, Mrs. Charlotte Smith,
will parade to-day. They will incidentally
distribute 10000 circulars addressed TO states.
men, Legislators, and lawmakers; to corpora
tious and monopolists; N 0utoorats and poll
tioians." The opening paragraphs, printed in
large type, read rs follows:
Take Heed IN TimO-The Wagc.women De-
mand Work-Bread We Must and VIII Have
With Millions OF the Peoples Money Lying
Idle in theNaults oftheU United states Treasury,
No Man or Woman Should bo Idle and Al.
lowed to starve at the Capital of the NatiOu
This Christmas eve of 1895 witnesses women
with starving little ones soldiers widows cry
Ing, for bread, while monopolies aud Chinamen
and Jelicrsonian economy have taken bread
from the young and old.
We are not and will not bo paupcrs while
you, the servants of the people, live on the fat
OF the land, and deny us honest employment.
Instances of hardship arc cited as samples
Of the applicants who daily come to the
WOmans National Industrial League with their
tales Of sorrow and distress, and in the natae
Of Justice and common humanity the Woman's
League demands that Chinese monopolios must
go That the wnge.womNn shall have lair
chance In the battle for bread That this gov
eminent Of the whole people shall not dis
criminatc against the soldiers widows-the
nations wards-at the washtub, in favor OF the
lepIous heather ,Chinamen and his laundry;
and your stately danes, who have all the good
Of this worlds goods, and every pleasure graft
fed for you and yours, and u through ticket to
Paradise furnished by iashlOnable Cnurches
should remember that tho same God who made
you also created the wago.womnn. and through
no crime OF hers she hears the plaintive cry Of
her offspring for bread, which she cannot give
them. They arc rs dear to her as the children
OF the Nanderbilts, Goulds, and Sharons and
other millionaires. Death comesto the Crmsus
as well as the poor, and shrouds have no
pockets, and Gods curse will fall upon nation
Of money worshipers and wealth ldolators"
The warning concludes MS follows: est ntes-
men and Lawmakers should remember Rome,
brates through the halls Of the capitol, and
sends mutterlng echo from the rotunda 10
disturb the attitude OF the Goddess OF Liberty
looking down upon our fair city. IT'S the half
hushcd sound OF a volcano that will burst ere
long from the starving thousands who have
fasted and waited for many Il weary night for
the morning OF relief TO dawn. Let them re-
member France, when tho populace traversed
the streets OF Paris and demolished the Bastile
and desecrated the gardens OF the Tuileres by
the rude tread OF coarse shoes and coarser yells,
because the ruler had forgotten tho people In
the day Of their power, ease. and nilluence.
"The cry for bread Is the forerunncr of blood.
The cry for work 10 bring bread Is faint now,
like tho howl of the prairie wolf when he
scents his victim. and prepares 10 gather and
marshal his horde. The cry for bread will rise
monop0lists, the millionaire on his easy couch,
and tend Ia. .engulf our country In vortex of
untold woe"
The route will include the white house,
where delegation will distribute the hand
bills as also In the Treasury and Interior Dc
pertments and at the capitol. II was expected
when the movement was inaugurated that
Congress would be In session, but another visit
will be paid when the holiday recess has ex-