Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-23
3nnhaey Register
QUESTION or THE HOUR.
A Pointed Address to the Pres.
ident.
Delivered by the Chairman Of the Psnnsyl-
yauia Greenback Labor COnVen-
tion---Gsneral Labor Notes,

Of CONCENTRATION that the chleA e4eeuti'
bss seen it to address the Senate on Ii
srbiect The condition Of the country
yrowing worse; the great meetings held
s3opt thea eight.hour system are but a
,ampts to try to relieve the great burden {
;dsaess By its distribution, and show tina
,bis burden OF idleness IS bearing heayil.
On the workiugmsn. Voluntary arbitra
ton hiss utterly failed to msst the problem
and compulsory arbitration cannot be en-
forced. Ia Pennsylvania, where the Wa
lace arbitration law (the most perfect las
o. its kiud) is on the statute books, it is I
dead letter, in fact, because neither part,
can be compelled to accep: = decision o
the arbitration board, and there are to d.
mo,eImeu "ou strike" 50 callsd, than AZ suy
previous period. More than $4,000 mer
are nov on strike in Peunsylyanis, Mary
and and West Virginia IN the single busi
ness of mining bituminious coal, and the
manufacturing and transportation business
OF the country Is thus greatly contracted
"a the sesirus ietrimsnt of manufacturers,
,rsnsporters, merchants and lsborers.
The condition is not disputed nyShere;
l., n, INQUIRE as 10 cause. | believe that
bi.,ory vii not reveal 8 case where the Ia
J,-srs Of a couutry-the real producers Of
al Wsslth. and ultimate defenders OF law
- ,-dsr-bsys bssG tbar any such con-
3riou OF unrest ever existed as row stsres
NJ. IN the iac- fccm every quarter Of the
country. When the ls0oser IS living com
5-ts5ly, giving bis family respectable
cforbi1g and good food and sees before
him rhz proso-c, OF owniGg home for his
IA aye h. is ever contented, and readily
rs.p5uds 10 ever duty OF good citizenship
That ,oud,tiOn-GCes not now gree1the ma
NE or naturahzed Workingman OF the
pitsd Slat-s. He sees tee partly paid
o,. homestead taken by mortgage for the
5sIancs due Of toe dollars which be cannot
., and Il told as he ID turned out that
Sbs.a dollars which la cannot exchange
hi. labor for are the best in the world. de
SIS me railroad corporations, over whose
ro,ts he comet get the dollars 20 travel
r,.-s-gd Of the ,reater portion OF Nhe once
pl3ll lauds Celd a. II price cannot pay.
And Is told II il NECESSARY 10 give these
lands with franchises. bonds and interest.
ito these corporations 70 develop tbs West.
a. aces the barbariaus OF the East add the
sp,su OF ssusuallry aud crime aud de5pot'
81 conditions OF Europe thrO ~ against him
brIsr servile contracts, he sees from one
n two millions Of :,4lr laborars created by
"a economic conditions, and these idle
bagglny tramp,ug. starving men, created
f1- rnls purpose by aggressive incorporated
PAINTED held a. "a reserve 10 take his piass
b he dares even 10 Pro'est against further
snslsyament bv whs, yOa have 80 we'll de-
Er-l-l as the grssping aud needless eN-
acuous OF employers, and the alleged dls-
efninq.inrIn foo Of C. ,pl,Sl "a M ooJect
l, .....-,ll-aral arl-uiIOn, and he knows
Ab,f -y.ry lsU on M subject OF finance or
A,rff from ..- M.t'ulioch contraction po-
fcy OF 500 until 70 dAy Nexcap'irg only
aC-5.II.ol SIS 20 remOueuZs silver aud pre-
ssat rhr farther Destruction OF greendscks),
has been m the inierss' OF capital snd az
bins the interest Of labor.
With these facts before him, and appeal
iry 10 bis s-use Of manhood, is It any won-
h. yhA,. as ys. tied 70 partisan Idols, aud
hor nlly c1mp-ehsndIny that politics 10
b. science OF government he protests oy
#oc,Il4I s.riEiug against his present sud
Increasing misery.
An Of these arbitration measures are out
Dread and water poulr:cas on a cancer seat
Ii in roe blood M OF them would but
bid another Set Of officials to be paid out
ct the scanty earnings Ct lab)r-and there
Is no other source OF revenue
What then An sHO-t - the ClGse OF the
enrest Of labor? Tgo words will answer
}, viz:
INADEQ~ATE COMPENSATION.
And Is Ia order to inquire what will
klre this dlqcerJus condition, which threat
eas our peace. and IS unfortunately famlt
iarluny the American hoOrour with the
News and means OF me AusrChIsis and
E,hlHs,s. VINO have nearly taken posses
boa OF some OF our lsNiing clnes. Inc
answer can BE- gwen in JSo wJvd':
ADE.-Arg Cpur ENsArIoY'
VIA, n-aslrrs wtll bring about this I'D
ells:e couprra,r,0a1 Add the reply Is:
Gas cl,cllalou %. aa aruy!s volume OF
nlaeg among yl' yrp Ole.
AN aware tla, Ij IL claimed that there
= enough money in tae counrry. Neither
ng party nor nVse,i believe there -, and
D, ., gurs certain that not over oGe-hah OF
Lr|Ht - N AT
sn0ag Ia people
The ailyd SArss has but So per cApits
Normally, and gu, $40 or $l2 (if 50 much)
really In elective circulation She has
more than fifty centres where il is necess-
s,y 10 hold a reserve. Her long distances
ot transport, her better manner OF hVlRg,
her grester education aud greater educa-
nOnal facilities, and her msuy money Geo
tsrs require a greater per capita than any
other country. and Yet we sre trying to get
Siong with less Iasn oUs-hali the mOne'ary
c;-lA''on WHICH Francs, uSss-;hs coUn-
VIZ RhD.e citizens d. not emigrste-- and q
u1ca smaller quantity than England OF
Germany.
France could DO put in the state Of Tex
"a WITH her ~ coo 900 OF people She has
Tour E0may-ad ogner5 to one III the ulted
States Her craftsmanship has secured
tor her S0n producer Of the precious
metals the jaryss; amount OF gold and sit
yer mon-y OF any yoTut-y "a Jh9 world.
She bas two dollars In gold per capita tor
oAe ~ possess, and mocs tasu fifteen dol
lar7 OF SILVER per capita TO our - 90 per
CAPITA
1.-THE United States had q per capita
Circulation OF silver equal TO ths; in France
y 'aOaIi have $4,000 600 instead OF
he oeEgariy sum OF $2ca. coo, 60 ons-third
o. "nieu - acid Ia the L ui,ed States Treas
u'7 10 co4rrayen'iou OF the legal intent
psse4 an1 prosperity Of he people OF the
United S,aes
>''ha condi ion Of sFl;rs as now Eek
81 90 tl's country for one or two million:
q workers is enforced id aness) would no
~ 1ntvrai tgenty. iour hours IN France
@n4 a,ra asSet; that the only measure o
legislation Vet offered ~ Congress which
E9es 70 the root Of this trouble is Mr.
PAID o,. for the free coinage Of silver
We se7e 10 coin the totsilproduct of tn
'1e SILVER mines Of the nited States TO