Telegram-herald., 1886-05-14
HORR TALKSON LABOR
Views OF the Elk Congressman
from the Saginaw Valley
lRlIAI LOVE FOR lHE l0lllRS
Employers Should be More Nind 10
Their rlreo Men-The Aoo-
ienCe Tass 6zck ga
Abie Address.

A good sized audience vas present a.
Powers last evening o. listen 80 Hon k8s-
we'll q. Horr Of Easi saginaw speak on the
suojecl oi Capital su& Its Relations 10 la
oor. The speaker was Introduced by Col.
Tnaddeus Fooie witsrut any superfa0us
words, and stepping o. the froat Mr horr
said
-FelloS citizens Before entering on my
lecture this evening il j. n0 more than JUS
lioe 90 myself. LA view of the statements
have seen Published IA the daily press 0i
ti8ts cits torssass- tssss-t sease hess ls sisss
interests OF no particular political par
~, 40 association OF men OF
capitalists have been impOrluned on
many occasions, bat have persistenuy re
fused 20 deliver my lecture before any ssso-
citation. for ] promise only 10 speak 20 you
of ms own views on the matter and give YOU
my besi thoughts, not those Of Others. The
thought may be wrong. and II ind out IL
Is 50 ! viii change my opinion tomorrow,
for a 'uan who can't change his mind when
convinced that he Is wrong, Is not a safe
leader for any one 20 follow Ny address
this evening has much 10 do with questions
Of political economy, capital and labor aud
their relations 10 society. IL IL difficult
one TO handle in one night. l have studied
a.
authors diiier. 50 depend on plain, every
day view from a business point, for the
conclusions | arrive at and on which /
build. ! shall deal in my address with every
day life. While have gwen the thought
time and study have found no rule which
IL applied wOuld benefit all. have an idea
that as long as t8e world exists famine will
bring hunger aud on the same principle
nothing can be found - bring ab )ut au i'm
lfaf.. nil l.
way for man 10 live except
by work even IL did ] don't know as
would give il away. ! would keep IL all for
my self Nature intended that We should
all work and tbe human family j. better of
than il they Did nothing. i make the bold
assertion that We Are now enjoy ng the
highest type Of civilization ever known IN
my Judgment whcn t'ie human family first
appeared or the earia land va, abundant
and people iew. riie human family first
lived on animals -. iHe Jrest aud the
growth OF the soil Everything belonged
TO everybody. When man
went out and killed an animal
which was everybody IL became his by
work By labor every person got their
property. Early IN the history Of the coun-
Try some man tanned an animal. and while
il belonged ID even body II became his by
work Now what do YOU suppose the
a
Congressman. " No. dog u help bin catch
more animals A far back as history goes
man owned tiOcks and herds Early ia the
history of the race labor became skilled.
don't know what the artisan followed bat
guess he was an arrow maker. lie
made better arrows than his fellows,
and they kept him IN his tent
making arrows for them 10 use and they
supplied him with meat IN exchange Tor
his work. He could secure more meat 10y
making arrows and they We're willing TO
make the exchange. Since that time skilled
labor has been paid for.
philosophers claim that the amount OF
physical labor performed by man should
determine the wages he should receive. i
don't think So. Up in the Saginaw Valley
W. pay a sawyer I'm the mills 3 30 day
ami a slab piIer 81 30 yet no one viii deay
that that the latter individual has the hard
est work 10 do We pay a man according TO
what he j. worth. Its aqueston of knowl
edge. 4 good sawyer can make money for
his employer. and although the work Is not
80 hard he should be reeOmpenset therefor.
| If there was no difference IN the pay re-
ceived there would B." no incentive for
skilled labor or for people 20 improve, and
fi~ svs~, r-rviR h- 8ade up of bunglers
| Early history shDgs us that some men
| owned more thaa .ther. from the origin Of
mat 10 has been so. notice ~ some Of
our good looking sbor papers that tbev
| end fault with the talk on political
economy. When I spoke al East Saginaw
recently. the sfU contained long
| editorial saving the labOrng men
hai lrown tired of having economy con
tinualiy dlnged into their ears. Why, con
unued the writer a man with i've or six
children earning : - day must naturally
practice economy. and its wearisome
| There IS such a thing a iruEaiity and yoH
can bring down vOur expenses II you will
We will take two young men Just started in
| ife. il YOU please both book keepers. One
works on a salary Of 800 he thinks u ~
| necessary 70 smoke always three. most gen
| orally FIVE and usually eight cigars a
dav He must drink little. 80
| ne takes bis tnddv regularly, he must take
| his girl ont riIing every two weeks. and t
ali cosis money, so. a. the eud u the year.
| ne finds himself In debt for his last month =
| board. owes . little on bis clothes and per
haps his livery biil is unpaid. The other
| vsung fellow saves his money. and az The
end Of the year bee has hundred dollars
laid bv He invests this saves another
| hundred. and in thirty years 700 Hnd him
| one Of the wealthy men while the other
| fellow T. poor and wants bim - divide
| The nan who earns and saves
| bv frugaiuy and economy has a right f0 DO
~ he sees st With his money sn8 property
But says 'te iabo1ug mao society u
! - formed fhsl the poor msn has no chance
| ~ the world You hear it stated every
! dsv thsi the rich are getting richer and the
| and The poor poorer H.ury George ip his
| work on lsnor 81 that Ehen y0B lf uf
/ che rich The same lever sfgeezcs fhs cav
| lights ont of fhf poar. ! read thls ~ork
| through and p.n3ered over the problem
and thought t wss hard ore baf ! ind