The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-18
PiUPER IAPnR.

Ii these days We lear so much
about I,auper labor. anI its produr-
tio,is, nui tie importation Of these
productions into TIL United States.
ti4at G,.a would iilmo,- believe that
tie only way tie e,iu, - ii and indie
pendent workingmen o? the country
could come in contact with or be III
iureI ~ their less favored brethren
In Europe II through tEn ;..trodurt
ion into this country 1T the goods
they make. But no one cause has
contributed III nu'ciI to he degrade
| tioa Of labor IN this country as the
unrestricted importation, ua..ar law.
OF pauper lahrr.r.s. ih.- .aH 49,
| passed in 81 when fne party tl,at now
poses in Ifs a.is ocacv q. ii high tatis.
rs the worhingInan's friend. was in
| ful. power. AID |, almost eontempor-
| anauu~ with the pr"-eni robherfariff.
| The two objects sought TO be attained
| by these twin acts were: prohibit the
European products of cheap labor
from being imported into this country
to compete with home productions.
| bit allow orr manufacturers to i'm
| port the very lowest grade Of this la
| Dor TO compete with the home work
man. The law provided that the Wa
.es of any ia'4orer imported under
contract should beiog,. t. tire import
in party for Il period Of IL months,
and the contract. when recorded III
the county. should be lien on any
Tea! estate the party might acquire.
We believe ii is tie fest and only time
that 4 system Of scrfdo.n was ever in
>ti.atsi ~ law in Il civilized country.
and "tl,i, WIS don" by the party that
arro-ateS III. credit OF having freed
tlie slave: Of tie >outh;" don. for the
purpose Of giving our capitalists adj
santaGa 81 the cheapest labor in the
world 10 compete with ami degrade
ta@ labor 81 or own operatives. Up
To- tAls tine tie Europeans vino had
come 10 this country had been intelli-
.ens in4ni grants, seeking anew home
to batter their condition. but under
ibis contract system the very scum of
the most ignorant and degraded coun-
tries of the old world was emptied in
to our mines and workshops, and our
own miners and mechanics driven out
of employment. Very few have any
idea vi the extent to which this law
has been taken advantage Of or the
number of Italians, Hungarians and
| Poles, who crushed 10 earth by the
| high tariff III their own countries
have been imported under the pro-
| lection oil law I'd dispiace our native
and adopted citizens. Two of the
| largest manufacturing establishments
are run by this imported serf labor
the Oliver plow Works and the Stud
ebake Wagon WORKS. and these two
firms are among our loudest advocates
Of high tariff for the benefit OF
American workingmen." Cheap la-
Dor ana dear goods is their motto.
ana the way to accomplish both is to
allow a free importation Of the most
degraded OF lie tax ridden States Oh
Europe ou, .A....>>.4 what they manu.
facture ut home. The Mccormick
Reaper Mandatory at Chicago is
another example of d workingnan' s
friend who advocates Il high tariff on
the productions Of labor but imports
its laborers In the anthracite Goa
mines 5000 out Of total of loo, O0t
giish. and have no intention Of max.
ins their homes with Us. In the
schuyiaiii region 5000 of the 2000t
are Hun-asians. Italians and Poles
And so it Is Ill! over the country, in
mines and factories. They are flood
t! with the mos, ignorant and crilni
nal and degraded nations Of the old
world, brought here at 10 to 60 cent
II day under contracts that make
them slaves. And yet we have thcu>
ands of intelligent workingman in this
coi.u.rg who believe that men who
Import AID employ this alien paupeI
labor are tie workingnian's best
friends, and the proper ones from
whom the iaborer can bes: learn how
to vote SO ;.s 10 conserve his own in
terests. Vote for Cleveland and
Tn nrlnan aai stop this internal bust
ne>s.-+0 Country.
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