Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-09


with aproper administration No art
able b meet with my emergency, w,
have such : variety Of circumstances
TO be reached, and new ones ase con
stantly springing up that many dit6
culties arise which require some. timnti
to be adjusted. q.
The relation Of capital and labor il
of the least imp portsr,ce at ths presen11
time. There isA tendency for the rict
g :srov riehsr|. .sIi ths poor to grow
poorer. The cane ia almost self evi'
dent. The wealthy arein . condition
to take advantage of every circum.
stance The poor IN tie other hand
are in condition to be tshen advan.
tage of in near " every circumstance
The poor are compelled to use the
wealth Of the rich and pay for it's use
The poor are constantly paying inter.
est and the wealthy are receivine
interest; constant death on the pooi
to augment the wealth of the wealthy
We turn our attention to Great Brit
on and say beware Of a nation with 8
tew thousand property holders o,
landlords and its many millions o1
peasantry. x. ~. :.
!. Across the channel, on the continent
.is the same condition. Of things. But
my friends we are. fast marching on j ii Il
the same direction. ssNif we do not put ii. on i
the check We will continually find III
poor people of the country in the sane
deplorable condition thatthe poor people
Of Europe are in today. Our surround
ings DO not yet permit Of SUCH a state ol
things.
The public domain is rapidly decreas
Ing, and free henes will Be offered only
afew years longer; when tie poor are nc
longer offered the means Of: providing
themselves homes there will be increased
danger. Within the last few months We
have seen great complications and
difficulties grow out of the differences
existing between the Iaboring classes
and their employers, even assuming such
an aggravated state Of excitement as te
have caused, in certain instances. blood
shed. There is nothing In these however
80 grave as to remove the foundation o1
the government. .The government is moi
so feebly founded e. tha. it will ,remblt
under these disturbances. But they have
been Of sufficient magnitude to be o1
national importance and will, in the
future. more than they haye in the past
figure in political matters.
The difficulties thus far have beer
confined principally to the larger cities
to the more ignorant classes there. Th<
means thus far used by the strikers II
gain their demands have defeated thar
aided them IS no question but that tht
strikers have been misused. They have
rights which their. employers did no
concede them, but the means they usec
to command their rights were :wreng
and partly in the nature, of revenge 70,
the wrongs which they had been subject
Cd, The public has been set to thinking
and now more than ever an element i!
growing ia favor Of the honest laborinf
classes. They must however, depend
principally upon dii,t tzk1
their own part, tie wealthy are no
going to open their Golfers and extend t,
the poor an invitation to help themselve
to their wealth. Tie confusion woult
soon be doably great. Poverty ant
hardships ale not alone confined to th'
servant of the wealthy corporation ane
manufacturing companies.
1fthere Is one class Of people will
whom the entire public should he i,
sympathy more than any other, it is tn
farming community, for on the product,
Of the soil the entire public is dependen,
In the West the farmer has create
reasons for con, nla,ntihan even the do,
,laborer. Circumstances have beel
brought to- plress. heavily. upon. q lare,
percentase Of tie. farming communit,
that their financial condition il t.vp,
more deplorable th,n*s,ha ordinary, -,
lahorx~ Tho dals.,,.bc,s- ~ 'i.-.,,
cities !, ,zyinp; I for 81 Sk;rne, va,e. ~,
Two bours ner Az ,eaass sorr !. ,rhs f.rr,
er Is co,mpe,leeto heoS I'm. 1s,or y ,,,;t, ,,;t,
The f,rst .n,,e,.,,,.,.,I ~, p; =, e.. no =.
awa,ts h,s
ed several honIr,,.. n mn ~ -. ail,
The dav ,.horer = ~ 4 l,v;n n,,4,.s :, q, ,
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