The Labor enquirer., 1885-02-21
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A1y. Go001BUta0n8 always Woicomos
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IN commenting upon the bin before
congress prohibiting the importation Of
foreign labor under contract the Times
Of ths ciV displays : brillianW which
L not equsled BY an electric light. It
evidently does not know the object Of
the bill, for it belchee forth in denun-
citation of all foreign labor.
It fears for "our institutions" because
the riff-raff" which comes here from
Europe laughs at the American Sab
bath and forms Socialist conspiracies.
The thousands of men who will take
part in the labor demonstration to-mor-
row are ariff.raff," who laugh at the
American Sabbath p and the honest
thinking men who would avert the cal
amity and bloodshed of a violent over
throw Of "our institutions by educat-
ing the people in the true science, are
conspirators." The editor Of the Times
is fool.
The passengers aboard the Mayfower
were arifraf" who were tired of the
the tyranny of European governments,
yet the editor of the Times would stretch
the truth till it was black in the face, so
to speak, to convince you that his direct
ancestors were on board that celebrated
vessel.
All this stuff about that bad thing or
this good thing coming from Europe is
sprung from narrow minds. Europe,
Asia, Africa and America all have their
bad men and their "riff-raf," and in
each country they spring from the same
hellish system Of spoliation; the system
of master and slave; the system of rob-
berry and ignorance. A man is man,
and he is one of Gods creatures. no mat
ter whether he is a European or Ameri-
can "rff.raff;" and if the Times editor
was real Christian and not SO much an
american Sabbath" hypocrite, he would
know that in God-like humanity the
Atlantic ocean is not wider than the 4
line that divides one Of opr states from
another.
The Times doubtless thinks it is en-
titled to praise for defending the "re-
friction of pauper labor" bill when it
really deserves the censure of every
humane person for its assault upon the
poor and oppressed Of foreign lands and
its insults to the intelligent industrious
of our country.
have no faith in the bill before con-
gress, but / think those who speak or
write about it should understand it.
The bill is not aimed at the, -'pauper
labor of Europe I it was it ought to
be killed and SO ought the member who
would defend it. On the contrary the
bill is directed agalnNt the raiders in hu- |
man flesh in this country the men who
usually have SO much to say of the "riff-
raft" of Europe. 1t IS intended as a law
to punish the capitallstic scoundrels who
deal in human beings who send their
agents into the poverty stricken dis
tricts of Europe, there to purchase by
lies aud Misrepresentation the ignorant
poor, and bring them to tlGis country to
take the places of our mere economic
ally intelligent workmer. They are
brought here under contract, and the
"lawn is invoked to force a compliance
with the devillsh b3nd. They are COM
pelled to work for less then Americans
were receiving, and the great American
laborer is turned out to starve; it is he
that becomes the ''conspirator"- made
by the law which is supheld by the good
" American Sabbath" Journalists and
other ignoramuses and thieves,
By this beautiful piece of capitalistic
knayery both the ''homep and foreign
labor are injured, and all that the money
sharks, the employing clais may add to
their already large store OF stolen labor.
It ia not the ariff-raffn OF Europe that
needs enjoining. but the greedy fends in
America who are trading in human be-
ings; and unless they are checked there
is going to be trouble, and tnat before
long.
Our beautiful profit system is creating
quite large crop Of American ''riff.raff,n
and it is rather diffcult thing now to
tell the native fromlthe imported article
apd while such shallow -pated dudes as
the editor of the Tlmet' are sweating
over the preparation of articles upon the
dangerous increase of thu foreign ele-
ment" in our country, tho 'riffraffn are
wiping out national boundaries and race
lines, and are beginning to realize that
the workers of all lands are brothers and
must unite for theit emancipation.
Let the good work goen.
A sABBA1H FANATIC.
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