The Labor enquirer., 1888-01-28

warres's Dancing Academy The
Scene u . Successful
Mestlng.

The socialists moved again
into new hall" This time il L
Warren's academy. which. by the
way. is one Of the neatest and
most cheerful it the city.
Notwithstanding that it was ad-
vertised only in one paper 1.-THE
ENouIRER) a splendid audience,
filling nearly every chair. assem-
bled on Sunday night.
Comrade Nc Carthy called the
meeting to order; Mrs. Wood and
Mr.. Emmons furnished music on
the piano and trombone.
After song BY the choir CON-
rades Keifer and Emmons read
lesson one of the catechism.
Comrade Leahy' took up and
commented on the most salient
points in the lesson. Human be-
ings must of necessity work to
produce the necessaries of life.
Men can produce more of the nee
essaries of life than they can use.
1t may seem paradoxical. when
this is the case. that some. the
greater part, Of the people Of the
world are hardly able to keep
body and soul together. This is
the result of allowing one class to
live off the result of the toll and
endeavor Of another class. One
third of the people Of Denver are
living off the fruits Of the sweat Of
their fellow beings faces. Those
who build the magnificent Denver
mansions live in the miserable
cabins of the bottoms" or in
the other clover class quarters
of the city. The man who lives
in the mansion does not one act
10 make the world better or hap
pier. He only sits in his bankers
or brokers' Office and manipulates
the result of the toll of the COM
mon herd. The common herd
know nothing but work, work.
work like cattle from years begin
ming to years ending that they
mayi get fodder enough to keep
themNable to continue the eternal
grind that commences at the
cradle and ends only at the grave.
II society were so arranged that
the scheming scoundrels who now
gather in the harvest which comes
from others sowing, then no one
need work in the treadmill Of a
life of drudgery.
The demoralizing effect of i'm,
mense piles Of congested wealth
is seen on every hand. Men be-
come demons in the mad scramble
for the almighty dollar.
The rich are not satisfied with
having all the good things pro-
yided for them by the working
cattle. They must pile up million
on million that they cannot use
while the poor human brutes who
made il all starvc in their dens
after the boss stops them from
working for even few days. We
all know that a weeks enforced
idlencss brings the average laborer
to the hunger line unless he is
able to mortgage the labor of the
future for a little grub" for the
present.
The rich robbers are continu-
ally telling their victims to be
economical. save your money,
don't drink etc, etc; while one OF
the "blowouts" at one OF the
mansions on Capitol Hill will cost
Tor flowers alone more money
than an ordinary workingman
earns in year. The wines and
liquors drank in one OF those
mansions in the course OF a year
cost more than the combined to-
tai wages of twenty of the work
ing cattle.
A rich Capitol hill parasite will
ht,ois s:oy 81 900 on supper tor
his oyerfed fellow robbers while
within a stones throw of his man.
sion fellow being may. with his
wife and little ones, be suffering
for bread. These are some OF the
trademarks OF our civilization.
How long must these inequalities
which are caused by robbery last ?
When the workingman begins
a, ,h;,l IGNORANCE will disappcar.