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The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20
PREPARING.

1t is noticeable and significant fact
that within the last year there has been
unusual activity manifested in strength
ening the militia IN the various states.
New government posts are to be estab
lished, notably one at Denver, and in
other localities where large bodies OF
workingmen are engaged.
That the militia of the country are to
be put upon war footing is evidenced
bY more than one significant fact. A
late associated press dispatch says that
the general government is going to take
the militia in hand and train them. at
is suggested" says the dispatch, that
the war department should detail Off
GERS to report to the govern 1rs of the
various states to be assigned to duty as
instructors"
The regulation army rife is to be re-
placed by the latest improved repeating
magazine gun. Target practice and
street evolutions" are to be encouraged,
and accredited visitors and inspectors
are TO be appointed whose duty it shall
be to take notes and report upon matters
of interest to the militia" A note in a
New York City paper was to the effect
that one ofthe gun manufactures had
received orders within the last veal for
gatling guns from over twenty of the
larger cities.
Those various little items indicate
that the money power expects to main
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20
THE U. 9. HIS COUNTRY.
SUrlR6.
things.

. LEADvILLE, Colo. II.
Editor Labor Enquirer.
In your announcement of Henry
George for president in 1888 yon say ''of
the United Sta es' This is little uH-
usual Why do you put it in that way ?
Count on me as a Henry George man.
Yours truly, A. W. G.
The question is natural one, and |
cheerfully answer. 1t has been the Gus.
tom of the politicians in announcing
their candidate for president to say,
"Clevel and, of New York" BLAINE, OF
Maine, "etc. Men have been nominated
because it was thought they could
carry for their party some doubtful To-
calitv, and not because they were par
ticularlv fitted for the high Office. 1t
has become almost settled thing with
one Of the old parties that its candidate
for the presidency must be New York
man, and it is generally required that
he must have been governor of that
state.
Now, as the president is the chief ex-
ecutive of the United States, l am op-
posed to toadying to any particular cor
ner of the country in his selection; and
l emphatically object to the candidate
of the producers, the people, being
branded as the product or property of
anv special locality of this great land.
Henry George is a citizen of the
United States and as such is eligible to
become president of the same. The
producers of the whole country are call
ing upon him to be their standard
bearer against monopoly in 1888, and if
he is elected it will be through the
united efforts of the citizens of this re-
public from Maine to California, from
the lah es to the gulf.
Hurrah for Henry George, the peo-
ple's leader, the representative of the
honest people of the whole United
States; the tool of no party or ring !;
who is not the cats-paw for raking out
of the fire any partv's state" chestnut.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
r,oneludeti nom first paxe.l

Where was the guilt in Chicago :
Was it with those eight brave men. who
with dauntless mein and cleaning eyes.
for their convictions of right, stared
death in the face? Or was it not more
over, In those who sat upon their judg-
ment and he who spoke their death
sentencef
Jerusalem. Chicago. The same trag-
,edy, the same acts, the perversion Of
Justice; with only this distinction, that
in modern Chicago this high handed
outrage is accomplished with more bru-
tality than that of ancient Jerusalem.
The defenders of the laws in Jerusalem,
made at least sham fight against the
clamor of public opinion" But in Chi
cago popular opinion" spoke out of the
mouth of the Judge and jury and passed
the "crucify him" in their verdict. In
Jerusalem the masses were conscious of
their responsibility His blood will
rest upon ours and our children's
heads" cried the entire multitude. But
the church HE archy and the paid
henchmen of the money aristocracy of
America place this judicial murder upon
the back of their dual scapegoat-God
and the state.
But the history of Rome and that of
Judas shows and teaches us that as long
as injustice triumphs, just so long will
the history of the world repeat itself.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20
How Much.

II have made $1,000 during the last
three mouths" said a saloon keeper
boastfulIy to crowd of his townsmen
"You have made more than that"
quietly remarked listener.
"What Is that ?"
"You have made wretcbed bomas-
women and children poor and sick and
weary of life. You have made NV two
sons drunkards," continued the speaker
with trembling earnestness. "You
made the younger CT the two 80 drunk
that he fell and injured himself for life.
You have made their mother broken
hearted woman. Oh, yes, you have
made much--more than I can reckon up
but you'll get the full amount some
day; you'll get it some day."-Ex.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20

!
erty and equality Of mankind 1t is one
lofour nstional colors. and as our society
emblem, should send thrill of pleasure
through our soul as we realize its signii-
canoe. The capitalists here have set up
q terrible howl and assert that Anarch-
ism and Socialism must be suppressed
at once. and are making terrible fuss.
Our chief of police. John Mckay, has
been getting fresh lately and tried to stop
some comrades from distributing So
cialistic literature on the streets. but
the pamphlets we're distributed and no
arrests made.
We had school election to-day, and
several prominent republican ladies and
gentlemen asserted that those ignorant
people should not be allowed to vote,
their ballots be DESTROYED aud the po.
lice should drive them away from the
polls, Don't know who they meant,
unless it was Cinnamon, and did not see
any around: and all this fuss about two
red flags. what fools these mortals
be-" especially republicans, capitalists
and horny-handed bankers.
II h. W. CHRISTIE.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20
Standing by Comrades.

The following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted last Sunday at a Joint
meeting of the assemblies attached to
district assembly No. SO, Knights of
Labor
Whereas, Seven men in Chicago have
been guilty of crime they were entirely
innocent of, bv subsidized jury, and
sentenced to be hanged by preiudiced
court, at an early date; and
Whereas, They are being thus perse-
cuted for no other reason than that they
have been prominent in the labor nova
ment in the success of which every organ
lied man and woman is equally inter-
ested and
Whereas, We see in the sentence and
execution of these men an organized
cold-blooded attempt on the part of the
powers that be to crush the labor move
ment by victimlzlng the leaders; and
Whereas, We consider Judge Gary's
ruling in reference to each member of
any organization being responsible for
the wild acts of each member of thai
organization as very dangerous to the
rights of American citizens in general,
and organized men in particular there
fore, be it
Resolved, That the Knights of Labor
of D. A. SO, of Denyer, Colorado, in joint
assembly, do unhesitatiugly condemn
the action of the subsidized jury and
prejudiced courts in finding these men
guilty and sentencing them, in the ab-
sence of the proof of their guilt, and for
refusing them new trial in which they
might esta ,lish their innocence and,
therefore, be it further
Resolved, That we pronounce the rul.
ing of Judge Gary as pernicious, arbi-
trary, uncalled- for, unconstitutional, and
not in accord with the inalienable rights
guaranteed each American citizen; and
be it further
Resolved, That we, the Knights of
Denver, would respectfully ask executive
clemency in behalf of the Chicago An
archists now under sentence of death, of
the governor of Illinois and be it fur
ther
Resolved. That copies of these resolu-
L
tlons be furnished the press of Denver
and Chicago for publication, also copy
sent to the governor of Illinois.
These resolutions were unanimously
adopted. G. W. Eye
District Recording Secretary.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20
BOR AND TARIFF.

Among all the old worm eaten chest
nuts kept on hand by the capitalistic
press to be spread out now and occa-
sionallv for the delectatlon of the work
ingmen, there is none more mustY or
worthless than the tariff chestnut. As
the mouthpieces of their companion
tools of the money power, the repubh-
can and democratic parties, it is the
business of these papers to make the
workingmen think there are grounds of
difference between the two parties,
since the intelligent producer has begun
to think recently that, 30 far as he is
concerned, it is all the same which party
is in power, because combined capital,
monopoly, holds the strings in any case.
Look at the discussion(?) by the party
organs on the tariff question. The re-
publican papers accuse the democratic
party of being the party of free trade ;"
some Of the democratic journals deny
this, and the impression is created that
there is division in the party on the
question. This is all fol de rol. Nine
out of ten of the editors of this country
know llttle or nothing of the merits of
the tariff question, and very few of
them discuss it with honest purposes.
The poor, dear workingman's interest
is all that is sought in 6xing the tariff
American labor must be protected !"
shouts the political organ of protection.
The necessities of life must be cheap
enedP', whlnes its free trade ally and
between them thev hope to keep the
workingman muddled as to the real is
sues before him-and the tariff question
is not one of them.
Progressive thinkers are expected to
have an opinion upon all questions, and
it is not singular that political econo-
mists have ideas concerning the tariff;
neither is it strange that they honestly
differ upon many of the details of bet
ter economic system.
1t is right into the hand of the repub-
hcan party organs now to set up howl
about Henry Georges free trade ideas !;
he is likely to make things shaky for the
money-bags in a few short months. If
the tariff question is the paramount issue
before the people and the monster wall
between the republican and democratic
parties, how is it that the organs of the
latter party do not come to the defense
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20
The Usual.

DENVER MERCHANT Say, John, 1
can't see how you can support Henry
George, with his teachings"
DENVER WoRK1NGMAN-"Wel Mr.. g.,
what are his teachings?"
D. M.-"Confound him, 1 don't know
anything about such cranks; l never
waste my time in reading their slush."
"Surplus Values" and "Unpaid Labor"
For the Enquirer.
"At the basis of all human questions
lies the question of surplus values and
unpaid labor" SAYS in substance the
great English Socialist, DR.. AveIing. It
is true. And it is the reason that no
genuine Socialist ever figures promi-
nentlY in movements which become
popular by their euphonious names and
apparently noble objects.
The society which, in my opinion, is
most closely allied to Socialism, is the
one which demands perfect freedom in
religious beliefs, complete separation of
church and state and breaking down
of superstitions and priestcraft because
people WEo believe this world is but q
probationary state, are not apt to be in
terested il making it good pc rmanent
dwelling place. Yet Socialist cannot
be an enthusiastic llberalist merely
for he knows that under proper economic
conditions, the church, the ministers
and creeds will fall into their proper
places and possess no power whatever
to shackle either the minds or bodies of
men that under the present terrible
conditions of the masses it is better per-
haps to allow the poor robbed wretches
to console themselves with the hope of
butter beyond the clouds" as long as
we cannot keep the cream from being
stolen from them here. But a mere
"liberalist" or "fres-thinker" who sees
no necessity for improving societary
conditions is more useless than sincere
Christian. There are few such. There
are men and women who delight in at
tacking Bible Gods and beliefs, but can
not bear to hear the labor question dis
cussed. Such people certainly have no
answer to the question, What shall we
put in Its place ?" and have freed their
minds to verv little purpose indeed.
And Socialist cannot devote himself
very eagerly to "woman's rights" ques-
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20
THE EIGHT-HoUR sTRIKE.

s The strike of the Chicago meat pack
ers seems to be at an end at this writing,
though the news of the past week has
been very conflicting, and each days
reports have reversed the situation as
reported on the previous day and there
is no positive Information as to the real
status of.the affair at hand. However,
everything points to a defeat OF the
strikers: although some may be san
guine enough to read victory between
the lines. ,l #,-
1t seems to have been the same old
story of bungling. conflict of authority
and lack of unity and back bone. THE
ENQUIRER could notsee how it was pos
sible for the strikers to lose one point in
their demands. so just we're they and so
thorough was the response to the call
for cessation of work but there can be
but one result when authority conflicts,
as did that Of the general master work
man with the district master workman
IN this case.
1t seems that Barry and Carlton were
with Powderly when his first order fol
the men to return to work was received,
and against the will of the strikers: But
now it appears that Barry counsels the
men to refuse to agree to the bosses
terms and to stay out, which they are
not doing. Well, 1t certainly does look
like complete surrender of all man
hood for the men to sign the docu ment
required by the employers before allow
ing return to work.
If there is time when the district as
sembly should have supreme authority
it is in case like the pack 9rs' strike al
Chicago. The men who strike are tht
chief sufferers and it is their right tt
say when they shall end the strike l
looks anything but right that those wht
are opposed to the eight-hour movemen
should take such positive ground in
strike for shorter hours, especially whel
the stand taken is IN opposition to tht
strike. But the world is full of strang
things
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE.

havo been told that the iriee charged
for THE ENQUIRER- per year-was q
drawback to its circulation that while
4 cents q week is not great deal OF
money, YET, in the present i'm poverished
condition of the workers, every penny
counts -It-has been argued that a great
many labor papers in the east charge
only 81 per year. That is so; but,
reader, do you know it costs about twice
as much to print fHE ENQUIRER in Colo.
RADIO as it woud if set up and printed
"down east2" Well, such is the fact.
But, notwithstanding that fact l have
decided to make reduction in the price !;
I will split the difference, so to speak,
and, beginning with January l, 1887,
The ENoU1RER will be sent. postpaid, to
any address in the United States or Can
ada for S1.5O per annum, or six months
for rs cents.
More than that, the paper will be
sent FREE from now until January l to
every subscriber who sends in $l.50 for
the year 1887, whether he be a new or
an old subscriber.
More than that, I will send ten copies
Ito separate addresses. if desired.) until
January l, 1888, upon receipt of $3.50
from one person, together with the
names and addresses of the members OF
the club.
More than that, I will give to the
assembly of Knights of Labor sending
me ten names and SIS in cash. ten copies
of the paper Ito separate addresses, if de,
sired and a copy of handsome en-
craving Gin frame) of the founders of the
order.
To anyone sending me club of five
or more subscribers, with the cash fol
one year, 81 so, will send either two Of
the following works, that may be Sc
lected: Henry Georges Progress and
POVERTY" Georges Social Problems,
Gronlund's "Co-Operative Common
wealth"
Although l make this reduction and
these special offers, the quality Of THE
ENQUIRER's contents will steadily i'm,
prove In the future, a1 it has in the past,
sndithas long been conceded first place.
by the readers, thinkers and writers on
social problems in this country. The
matter which goes into its columns will
. be, as here ofore, fresh and written spe.
cially for it, and will all be "set up at
home"-no cock and bull "plate stories
Now, here's your chance to get good
labor paper, one which is fearless in its
advocacy of the rights of the producers
and here's the chance for those who
very sensibly believe in the need Of ed
ucation upon the labor question to
spread the light by working up clubs
and getting THE ERQUIBER into the
hands of those who sorely need it. Let
me hear from you.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20
sEAmEN, TAKE Sor1cEl

The Coast Seamen's Union is the
Backbone of the Pacific Coast Labor
Movement. Capital has subscribed
large sums to break it up and threatens
TO Import men from the east and abroad.
/ here are on the Pacific Coast now three
men for every place. Winter is coming
On and soon thousands will be out of work.
Therefore keep away from San Fran
cisco. THE COAST SEAMKN's UNION,
July l, 1885. $500 strong.
BURNETT q. HASKELL, Chairman Advis-
ory Committee, 5l33 East Street, San
Francisco. California.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20
Liquid HtIarttV.

For the ENQUIRER.
The Chicago Tribune bames Dr. AVG
ling for .neglecting to point out the evil
of strong drink, instead of which he
dwelt on surplus value" which means
that part of the product of labor which
the laborer does not get. The Tribune
no doubt believes in the common theory
of wages which makes the portion of
the labJrer depend upon the number of
laborers offering their services. If. all
the producers of liquor were thrown out
of their employment, their competition
with other producers must reduce
wages to about the amount which now
remains after the liquor bill is paid.
Therefore temperance would avail the
laborer nothing, 80 far as money is con-
cerned. although his stomach and brain
would be healthier. But admitting the
right of the laborer to drink what he
likes, what would Dr. Aveling's Social
ism do for him? H. would get his bev-
erage at COST The best grape wine costs
less than 20 cents per gallon to produce.
Whisky costs about the same or less
The laborer's family would fare much
better if good drunk could be had by
the lord and master for 10 cents instead
of a weeks wages. Now, drunkenness
is very degrading thing, an abomin2ble
vice, but Socialism would save the family
of the drunkard from want. Bv the
glass. liquor costs nearly $40 per gallon.
A quart or two will cause a season of
most brilliant oblivion. The evil lies
in charging in revenue and profit, $5 in
stead of cents for tais luxury for the
difference means the bread of a family,
taken by capital as profit and by the
state as revenue. Yet the drunkard
himself i5 olame ed for starving his fam.
lily. II is absurd f)r the Trbun9 to rec
ognize liquor as an article of commerce
and then blame men for using it. 1t
OuRuI W UO IootIlCICu llho SbIC CuulueI
by the Tribune school. The Tribune
believes in the the nv of a wage fund.
Now If half of the laborers should agree
to support the other half in idleness, the
wages of the employed half would be
twice the sum it would be if all were
working, because the Wage fund is the
same. 1t Is precisely the same whether
this idle half remains idle or makes
liquor, the liquor not being necessary
for subsistence. This proves that the
stoppage of fliquor-making is no remedy
for industrial troubles; for if liquor pro-
ducers become idle, other producers
must support them or suffer a reduction
of wages from their competition. 1t is
natural law, or political economy, which
is the same thing, according TO the Tn
bune. The remedy is CO operation, by
the liquor drinkers, in the production
of liquor, and the abolition of the pres
ent mode of retailing it. The iaborer
will then take his 10 cents worth of
beverage to the attic and lie drunk from
Saturday night until Monday morning,
previously giving the wife all the rest
of his wages to pay bills. Or if he wants
to treat" he will gathor in his fellow
co-operators in the production of liquid
hilarity and have high time for 40
cents. The difference in the cost will
buy good, soft carpet for those who fall
under the table from too much local
option. ZENo.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20

tions, if these questions stand apart from
human rights. While | believe 1t very
presumptiousin man to deny women
any rights he claims himself, 4 know his
denial lies deep-rooted in the fact of her
economic dependence and can never be
changed until all mankind are free in
dustrially.
It is .straining at gnat and swallow
ing camelY to clamor for votes, when
all the way between the woman and the
ballot lies a gulf Of unsatisfed needs and
drudeing, soul-destroying toll, which
the average ''sufragist'' never mentions.
I Idespise the man who deems woman
ruined" for dsing what he thinks is
asmartn in himself. Yet I know that
when society is so organized that there
shall be no unpaid labor" free and in
dependent woman will be fully able to
protect herself, and it will be impossible
for any brutalized man to ruin" her.
Isympathize with those who would
elevate parent-hood and purify the race
through the mothers and fathers of it.
Yet the best information on these sub
jects that could be obtained could not
benefit the wage.slave mother who must
toll as long as she can stand, to keep the
children already born, from starvation.
She may understand that she needs
pleasant surroundings, leisure, good food,
kind works, etc., that her unborn child
may be an excellent human being, but
she also knows she cannot get them, un-
der present economic condition. If she
even learned to starve her mother
nature and live her unleye' and lonely
life to the end, the capitalist only would
be benefited, as he soon finds the child
less man or woman can and will work
for less wages.
Temperance people. charitable and
philanthropic sentimentalists generally,
wonder why Socialists do not content
themselves working in their lines. and
cease being so shocking and disagreea-
BILE. Alas, these people only deal in the
shallowest manner with the effects.
Bowls of soup and bundles OF old clothes
judiciously administered do not prevent
the miserable applicants from lncreas-
ing year by year. Nor does a raid on
saloon keepers, or dime museum sort
of trip with reformed drunkard and
gambler for the principal attraction. re-
duce the necessity for stimulants which
the wretched and slave like condition OF
the workers fastens upon them. Civili-
zation, distorted and terrible as it is,
carries to the citizen, the aboriginal, and
the foreign heathen alike, bibles,
creeds, slavery and whisky.
Artificial and wrong methods of life
create artificial and wrong appetites
They invariably go together; and if the
wronged and degraded people do not
get alcohol they will resort to something
worse. To preach about effects is use
less. The foundation must be reached
The one question which underlies all
other wrongs and is common to all peo-
pie of all countries and ages Is the ques-
ton of surplus values and unpaid labor.
LIZZIE M. SwANK.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20

{
of their idea and its ''personifcati on. !"
Henry George?
Any thinking man can find the cor
rect answer to this query without much
trouble. When it comes to a question OF
obtaining a high office Henry George is
not so much of 'free-trader" as he is
an anti-monopolist, an opponent OF gold.
bug rule, champion of the peoples
rights and SO both of the old party rob-
bers and tricksters will join hands to
down him. So far as differences be-
tween the old parties are concerned the
cry froa now on will be. damn the
tariff question anything to beat Henry
Georgep
Well, we shall see what we shall see
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20

AT the large meeting held by Henry
Georges supporters after the election,
one of the speakeIs, the Rev. DR.. Kramer
said: why is 1t that in this campaign
80 many clergymen lave not only given
in their adherence but have taken an
earnest, active part? 1t is because that,
for the first time since the war, moral
and religious principle has come into
politics.