The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-01
LABOR SPEAKS.


The Republican party processes
great consideration and deep sympathy
for American labor" It assumes to
love the American workingman with a
degree of affection seldom equaled aud
never excelled. For him it wants "pro-
tection." In its platform it expresses
feeling for him. On the stump its
orators gush for the poor laborsr.
Republican editors are full of affection
for the American man of toll. Indeed,
never before in its history, has the G.
o. p. confessed and professed
so much love for. the laborer.
But somehow the American work
ingmen do not seem to swallow all
the tafy with which the Republicans
are trying to feed them.
1t is fact that With remarkably few
exceptions the labor newspapers all
over the country repudi&te the Chicago
platform and ticket, this .sentiment of
hostility being very pronounced in
many instances. The workingmen take
no stock in the protection to American
labor" professions, knowing they are
ialse, and put forth before the election
with the view to deceiving the ignorant
and rhought.ess voters. The American
laborer, as rule, is capable of reason
ing. He can observe, and draw deduc-
tio1s from his observations. He can
see that, the laborer must necessarily
suffer most from tariff monopolies and
trusts, and that while Republicans are
processing love for him they are trying
| TO pass laws which make him the slave
of the protected" employer.
Asillustrating the feeling among the
labor element, we reproduce below ex-
tracts from couple of workingmen's
organs. They are. fair samples of the
expressions found in the labor newspa-
peFs everywhere. General Harrison and
bis party will fad little in them that
is encouraging. This is from the
| United Labor Age:
| Harrison and Morton.
| Benjamin and Levi.
| They are daisies.
| How the poor, protected-from-paupe
| iabor-of-Europe-wor gmen. will rejoice.
How the railroad oppressed granger will
cheer
How the national bank encountered
farmer wiIlenthuse.
bow the Independent voter will vote
Protection to American labor-by taxa
ton
Encouragement to American industry by
free whi,ky
The building up of honestly the Chi
nese.
-Ike reward Of patriotism = b. pension
sharks.
lhe increase of comfort aud happiness
for the mOnOpOlieJ.
| And this is from the Workman, Of
Cleveland, Ohio:
Harrison and protection" will be the
| slogan of another set of labor fools old
enough to have cut their eye teeth. Pro-
lection for what? why, American labor
through the mud with his torch and cape
Yes, we're fatnilisr with that protection.
Chisholm, Carnegie, Steve Elkins and
other Republican saints have taught US how
that works. The general 10 per cent. re-
ductioD Just ordered by the iron bosses; the
sait works strike at Natrons for Wages less
TRAN is paid in England for like work ;
Hungarian serfs working the Pennsylvania
coal mines under the rifles OF PtnSerton
| guards aud for wages barely enough 70 sup
pot animal life, much less to minister to
the needs of q human soul All tnese
| things have taught US what the hepu african
monopoiists mean when they ta!k about
projection of American labor" HARRISON
and protectionW Ban Tell tnat 10 the
| marines