The Labor enquirer., 1885-03-21
Cattle Kings Can Have all the
Land They Desire, Not So
the Poor Man.
oklahoma Settlers Driven. AWAY
AT At. the Point Of the Bayonet
BY Uncle Sans Soldiers.
Railroads So Thoroughly Organized
That They Can Kill Cities by "a.
9'h" Their Discrimination. n.

Mrs Chairman and Brother Workmen:I tsls;
Inat there is something radically
| ment all seem to agree, but when we ask
what is the best remedy then there is a
division where we most need unity.
One class claims the present system
needs reforming and recommend about
as many plans of reform as there are
people, while still another class of pro-
ducers claim that the present system is
all wrong, and needs revolutionizing =;
1 and this class again recommends null
tiplicity of plans for the common good
of all. Now, each of these persons who
take interest enough in the great labor
1 problem to think have some good points
in their arguments, some hobby, if you
please. which he firmly believes will of
itself cure the existing evils. Now, gen.
tlemen, let each of US, whether reformer
or revolutionlst, ride our hobby into the
arena of our organizations there to cross
arms ina friendly and intelligent discus
cusson with other hobby riders. In this
way where one man has made deep
and special study of certain subject. we
may all get the benefit without the hard
study.
tell YOU, gentlemen, it is high time
the producers, the very strength of
the nation, took an interest in these
matters and instead of voting for
party vote for themselves. When
London banker is appointed secretary
of the national treasury, one of the most
responsible positions at the disposal of
the president, every true American
should resent the act as direct insult
to both himself and his country. Is
there not in all this mighty land single
man worthy this high position2 Is our
there not one among us competent of
filling the Office we have created? Is
own brave, toillng, liberty, loving people
so ,undeserving of this great trust that
President Arthur should give 10 1Ur-
eigner the honor to which our own
people are rightfully entitled? Only
think of it, the wrong, the injustice, and
the great debt that is heaped upon us
! through Hugh Mccullough, the famous
fnancier, the modern Shylock Under
his peculiar management the national
debt, instead of decreasing at the rate of
$21 900 per day, as formerly, Is actually
increasing at:the rate of $4,000 per day.
When an English cattle king wants
portion of government land he is sold at
merely nominal prices the choicest parts
and allowed to monopolize and fence in
the public domain to the exclusion of
every one else. In some parts poor citi-
zens are obliged to get passes from Eng
lishmen before they can cross these
tracts. But if poor wretch who has
been driven west by the stagnatlon IN
IN eastern manufacturing districts, yes,
actually starved out by organized capi-
tai. | say, if he asks the privilege of
tilllng the virgin soil to procure that
which is necessary to sustain the life of
himself and his family, when he only
asks for one acre where cattle kings ask
and receive thousands, the government
with its customary disregard for the
rights of the poor says no, this is Indian
land and must be vacated at once, and
and Immediately orders General Hatch
with a detachmento of United States troops
to force the poor settlers off the lands
that are coveted by cattle kings. Now
and then poor man may be found who
has been fortunate enough to secure a
little homestead for himself, but no
sooner does he take possession than the
law forces him to give forty-fiye feet of
land from the sides of his farm, that is,
five acres from 100, to be used as roads.
In this way the people would have roads
each way and only one mile apart. But
are great cattle kings compelled to OBJ
serve these laws? Oh no, they are
wealthy idlers, therefore are allowed to
fence up these most fertile tracts of land
into pastures of from twenty to fifty
Thousand miles square. And this is the
case of the poor Oklahoma settlers IT'S
no wonder they refuse to be driven from
their lands when such bitter injustice is
practiced in their very midst. But they
have finally been starved out by the
United States troops, and four of their
number arrested for conspiracy, their
only fault being the resolutions they
had passed to set before the people the
true state of affairs. Poor, prosecuted
settlers! All they wish is to earn for
themselves a living, and this right is
denied them. They surely deserve the
respect and sympathy of all, and for
one would be glad to see every organiza-
ton pass resolutions to that effect con-
demning Arthur's conduct, and copy
of the same be published in the papers.
The coal miners Of Pennsylvania were
forced to cease mining on the plea of
over-production, yet starving for the very
corn that is being burned as fuel in Kan
sas and Nebraska. Is it over-productior
that causes thousands of armed men to
parade the streets of Chicago crying for
bread or bloodP Give men plenty Of
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