Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-10
THE LABOR QUESTION.
Address of Hon. Chas. q. Lite Imam At
Granite Hall.
A Large and Attentive Audience In A..
tendance.

OF en- andress on the labor question which 10
to day attracting such widespread attention
from Bill classes. Mr.. Litchman came here
under the auspices Of the local assembly of
the Knights of Labor. and il is safe to saw
they could not have procured more inteIli-
gent or instructive speaker Mr. Litrhman
thoroughly reviewed the great question of
labor and presented very strong argument
in favor of the Knights of Labor and the
work which they are doing tie is a gentle.
nan Of very pleasing address and occupied
about an hour and half Mr. Thomas
Murphy called the meeting to order and
Mayor Macomber presided and intr Jdnced
the speaker who said
There nave beer three great epochs down
to the present time which have characterized
the remarkable progress of this great coun.
try. The fret was that Of the revolution
when our fOreiathrrs in ba tie and death de-
cided that America should be free The
next important epoch vas in 1912 when the
United States declared her right 10 take A
place on An equal With the great nations of
the earth. The third great period in the
history of this country was in 1861. Tn to
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srblrament of the sword came, the fields OF
the sunny South were deluged with tile best
blood Of the land, aud after four wear, OF
agbny liberty triumphed; and after the smoke
had cleared away America was free Now
We are brought fac to lace with what is the
fourth mighty epoch of thi. country What
is the condition OF labor in America at this
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may oe ne "iu9' ""'a'n '"eSe' there are
'h's way !" winch nc eau ge' .ieni' ne
va" o'e VI ''e",' 'u' usual. I've too
prouu ID 'ee anu ~ hohes. as not u steai.
ne can earn t"eih II ne IS gwen an hone't gay
pay LOT d" hones' uaF iaoor are we Always
10 receive ho'hiH OUT pare iFine' are
'he rlch 10 cp".inue aA"ssihs wealth "hlie
the poor si"h ueepef ihto poverty. announcer
one oi Tue great propiehs "hicn iaoor reform
mas 70 deal WIN Is now can the laoorlhg man
Ret WHAT ne must nave what ne ought 10
to nave ana what he might nave. AT the
present time II do's not seem ilKFiY that ne
VIII ever get within telescope distance OF the
iuxurl'N 81 ht". ii must be admitted thst
thtre l. Hir'h ''' ir'' ~ wages gwen "hlch
VIII 'uthi'h vac = o.. win 'he pare nee
esSltes Oh ne. "" You 20 oelow that the
WORKING man ih"-' d come either pauper
or thltt
Mt Lltchman treated the question OF pro-
ducuon anu consumption. he held that II
was better To ma market here Tor our pro-
ducts than u carry them across the water
'nouSahu' OF hl"'s 20 oul'h up nome
msrNet 'here sh'u'i D" an a'uaHce OF "Sges.
1he speaker sad ina; WITHIN the last few
d'y' 1t had been found out that the working
man could sight sion2 the barrel OF WIN
Ne "ouid hot advocate Ei"'ehce anu uared
any OF MA most severe critlcS TO cite one IN
STANCE "nere ne w aaVlseu Iofce. IN Ger
many under the iron rule al blsmarck force
might be advisable but mere the ballot should
o. the freeman weapon II tue "erkihg'hah
would out strip the yoke OF party Allegiance
on MS neck ana vote Tor HIS own interests he
might triumph.
lhere Is tue question Oh ireeuoh OF con-
tract corporations ask 'he question: >ha.i
NOT 90 what IKE win what Is my own!
thought 'hat question had oeen tought out
t"eh's years ago II was uec'ueu lneh that
the owners Oh piach Saves might not 90 AS
they iikeo "un their own bu' "heh the
war was ended tne shacHle' or the olacK man
OF me Houth were put upon tue "hl'e man Oh
the Nortn' auu Tue hhlehts oi bsoor are now
ag'tating Tor ,reeu"n, Tor al men oiaek ana
Whlte. uo INTO Tue factories o, many OF our
Ne" England states anu you ma slavery
tuilV rs uegrauing anu gazing as ever existed
III the SOUTH the ohiy uin'rehce oeihg that
the whi'e men, women ana ch'lureh are NOT
SOFA ov one manuiacturer 10 another lhey
nave more rehhea cruelty lhev chun IN
win their neish 'ors 10 oiack MS, them. our
oruer says that men shsl De he,u IN higher
esteem tnah collars ana cents IL says lhat
men shai hot 40 as 'ne! i'se WIN mna' S
.heir own ~hen II oesr"ues 'he'' FELLOWS u