St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-30
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Reply TO Addresses Made at The
State Fair Grounds.

Reply TO Addresses Made at The
State Fair Grounds.
My heart aches when think of the great
evil that exists in this, Gods country, and
the opportunities lost in such an assembly
of /, 500 of our hard working people who,
as it were. spill their very blood upon the
earth, all because they are not properly in
Structed. My brothers, the laboring men. /
would that you would open your eyes and
ears and inform yourselves on the question
of the day; hear all sides Of the question
discussed. Do not, because you are a Dem
ocrat be content TO hear only the Demo-
cratic side, nor because you are an anti-mO-
nOpolist, be content to hear only that side.
Study, read and search for the truth and
you will become victors, kings and priests
in your noble profession.
Before going any further / will give you
the keynote of my address Temperance is
the watchword, and in my feeble effort L
will try and explain how this is related to
overproduction, poor wages, long hours and
idleness. At one of the great labor conven-
tons held in Chicago last winter it was
stated that there was great suffering among
the brickmakers and tanners. They We're
all thrown out of employment with no
money to supply their daily wants.
1lilOu5n blidN SSAllNiiCliNs l. hltNNlSltAAiNs
there are saloons on every corner; the men
spend their money freely at the bar while
at work, when out of work they are
trusted until they get work. These mOnop
olists give
LESS FOR THE MONEY
than any other profession. Is there any
cause to wonder that there is an over pro-
duction of boots, shoes, dry goods, clothing.
furniture, etc, while the poor working
mems families are cold. naked and suffer
ing for want of those things which are
needful and give employment TO thousands
of men otherwise idle?
The trouble is not overprOductiOn while
there are millions in our own land in need
of those things. True. as one of the speak
ers said, there is lack of consumption.
and there are men. women and chill
dren dying for the want of
those things. Shall they have them? You
sober, industrious workingmen, it is i'm
your power to bring about such change as
will cause the wants of these suffering poor
TO be supplied, when there will be rejoicing
from the East to the West, from the North
to the South. You sober. industrious work
ingmen, you are working for mighty
giant, for the greatest monopoly on the
face of the earth. How lCng will you
submit to these things? Have you
ever seen a poor merchant? Yes many
of them. Have you ever seen a poor me-
chaGic? Yes, many of them. Have you
ever seen a poor brewer or distiller? No,
70, from every side of the house. They
are the ones who can buy lands. build
blocks of houses, drive fast horses, draw
the finest of carriages through your streets.
And all because you will not deny your
selves that one glass of beer, and give your
influence against these monOpoliStS. VIII
you not for once raise that mighty arm of
yours and strike the blow which shall set
the captive slaves free from slavery which
is worse than the slavery before the war
ever dared to be? DO you not see that that
would set the mighty
WHEELS OF THIS UNIVERSE
in motion and give work and bread to all?
This is the reason why | have become a
total abstainer and third party man. that
might reach down in this dark world to lift
men out of the miry clay of dependency
and suicide. Do you not see that all mo-
nopolistS are interested in this liquor traffic?
for what helps the one helps the other.
Oh, no. these monOpolistS are very sane
titled They do not tolerate drunkenness,
they would not have drunken man in a
responsible position. They cannot use a
drunken man either behind the bar
or on the road to sell liquors. They are
also very charitable, as they Say-setting a
free lunch for the ''poOr devil" as they cali
him when his money is almost gone. and
when he has no money and is drunk kick
him out at the door.
Ye knights does not this make your blood
boil? Will you not come to arms and de-
liver your brethren as Moses did in deliver
ing the children of Israel out of their bond
age? Agitate, organize. educate. Let this
be your motto. Yes, true. the founders of
this country, our forefatherS, declared this
country for free men-nOt to be bound down
to King Alcohol. If l have failed
to convince you that overproducSons is not
the result of the liquor traffic, then hope
you will not cease TO investigate, read and
study many temperance papers that are
scattered all over the country. listen TO
those who have reformed and they will tell
you the sad story, how they have been
robbed of the daily necessities which would
give work to all. Liquor is produced by
very little labor, but require many hours of
your labor to pay for it.
THE GARMENTS YOU WEAR
require weeks and months of toll to pro-
duce them, and give employment to thou
sands. Water and minerals are cqeap. cost
ing the brewer nothing. The speaker said
he would not advocate third party that it
would attract an element they would not
like. Suppose we had not started the Re-
publican party for the same reasons, where
would the slaves have been to-day? Just
where they were before the war.
Ye knights. We know this is too thin
whitewash, it does not cover. Reform does
not exist in either party. Republican or
Democratic. We must shake of those
mOnopolists and support party with
prohibition plank in it. l have not time or
space to show you that prohibition is a sue
cess, but refer you to our Temperance
papers, which will convince you that tenn
peIance is the key note to all our troubles.
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