The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-21

press poor workingmen and women during the
| last few months it is surprising not that only
one manufacturer refused to employ them but
| that hundreds or thousands did not also refuse.
-Philadelphia Telegraph.
| III the Knights of Labor wish to bring their
cause to utter ruin. they can do it by putting
Irons in position where he extend his pol
icy of causeless and costly conflict to the entire
CONTEMPLATING Dispatch.
AS between Terence v Powderly ard Martin
Irons public opinion has already decided so far
that it will Judge the Knights Of Labor by not
ing which they place at the head of their
organization. Philadelphia Inquirer
THE government now requires every brewery
to make sworn statement as to the ingredi
ents of its beer. There is just as much reason
ia similar requirement as to the ingredients of
imitation buffers. Milwaukee Sentinel
WE certainly would advise workingmen to
give up their connection with the Knights of
Labor, unless that organization distinctly dis
avows the unlawful boycott, but not for any
other special reason-Philadelphia Telegraph.
ANARCHISTS, communists and like 'smiscre-
ants we do not want at all any more than want
paupers and convicts. There is law for Sc nding
the latter back whence they came. There ought
to be law for getting rid of the former. -Brook-
lyn Eagle.
MEN of the Martin Irons pattern. who change
one section of the Lords Prayer as to make it
read, 'Give US this day our daily strike" are
not as popular with the workingmen of the
country as they were a couple Of months ago.
st. Louis Globe Democrat
WHEN the organizations by each party to
labor troubles shall have become more complete,
it is inevitable that we shall have greater in
dustrial peace Most of the troubles we suffer
now are the troubles incident to imperfect or
ganization. Union.
ORGANIZED labor and organized capital are
but another designation for more corporations.
Between them they will make the path steep for
| unorganized labor and unorganized capital.
Luckily the men who are unorganized will al
ways be in the majority. -Philadelphia Record.
IF there is concurrence of the civil power in
its multipleX branches in depressing violence.
the Anarchist and the boycotter will sink away,
but otherwise the troubles already experienced
will be light as compared with what may be
reasonably expected in the near future.-Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
IT is slowly dawnng on the West that the
'long and short-haul clause" of the Senate inter-
state commerce bill will be more likely to fire
from the breech than from the muzzle. Through
rates on local freight is good thing but local
rates on through freight is quite another thing
st. Louis Republican.
THE protection idea is growing in the South.
While it does not 90 to the extreme of the Penn
sylvania protection for projections own sake
idea, there is a wide growth of desire to main
tain the protective system just so far as 1t may
We advantageous and promotive of progress in
the South Memphis Avalanche.
AN ounce of arbitration Is worth two of boy
| cotting and the Knights of Labor would be wise
| to their own welfare if they were to discourage
| any and everything which did not have the sane
| tion not only of law, but Of equity or good con-
science Doing that, they would have no failures
| to record-Philadelphia Inquirer.
| MIR. BEEcHER says he believes In letting An
| archsts, Socialists, Cinnamon, Poles, cattle of
n N rnfr vUif az w
| hndrance. 1t is a great pity that this benev0
| lent gentleman cannot be made to work for
| sixty-fve cents day few months. He might
in that case be able to see the protective side of
| the labor and morality questlops.-New York
| Graphic.
| Do the Democrats in the House think that
| they are making any easier the task of getting
| Democratic majority in the next House! Do
they think that violation after violation, in small
| things and in great, Of the principles and the
promises Of the Democratic party by the repre-.
| sentatives of that party in the House will gain
votes for them next fall2 If they do, we fear
| they are mistaken.-New York Sun.
| IT is worthy Of notice that whereas nearly all
the petitions sent to Congress urging the tax Of
ten cents pound on oleomargarine come from
| farmers and representatives of dairy interests
| nearly all those opposing it are from boards of
| trade. prCdnce exchanges and other purely COM
| merical organizations If Republican Congress
| had to deal with the question the farmers would
| find nothing to complain Of In the result-Phila-
/ delphia Press.
| THE cost of the Mexican bill and the Blair bill
cannot possibly be figured at less than 125 mill
/ ions year, and as the average earnings of la
| Dor in the United States are but ST. per day, the
| two bills mean the confiscation by Congress Of
| 10 million days work per annum! The tax to
| pay these wrongful bounties must come out Of
| the hard earnings of labor, and its imposition
means simply that the industries of the country
will be to the extent of $l25 900 900 less able to
| furnish emplOvment. and nav wages to the work
| ing classes. -Chicago Tribune.
| The free schools must be stronehods Of Amer
| icanism and seminaries for the propagation of
an earnest. fervent patriotism It is not suffi-
cert for the schools to entertain the pupils with
| the dry bones of ancient history tedious les
| sons in regard to the structure of the govern
| ment. but they should teach living American
| patriotism suited to the demands Of the times
| Alien practices-Anarchsm. Socialism and se.
| cessionism-should be held mp to adherence and
every effort made to instill love for sound
American principles Tribune.
In is now capable of demonstration that if as
| many as one-twentieth of all the wage-earners
| in the United States are organized at all, less
! than half of those who are organized have asked
for eight hours This is the result in spite of all
the efforts of trades unions to unite the workers
| throughout the country in this movement Their
| constant appeal now continued for years. has
| been met by refusal not only by majority OF all
| workers. not only by more than nineteen
| twentieths of all workers. but by majority of
| the members of trades unions themselves. This
| is exceedingly significant York Tribune.
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