The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-01
PRACTICAL ADVICE TO LADoRINd
MEN.

Some Good and Valid Reasons Why Nom
bors Of the Labor Union Party Should
Vote for TOrin Reform,
EDITOR NEWS. DEMoCRAT;-.I have
one more appeal to make before the
election TO Union Labor men, need
not tell them there is something wrong;
they know that rs well as do. But TO
locate Just the cause Of that wrong or
60 unite on some intelligent plan Of ac.
ton to right that wrong, seems to be
the difficulty.
! have studied the economic question
for the last two years as few men have,
and am now satisfied that can To-.
cate the causes that tproduce the wrongs
that are worrying us, Labor Is being
ground, as II were, between two mill.
stones, both Of which have been pro.
duced by legislation In violation Of nat
ural law The lower stone is private
ownership OF land, and the monopolies
produced by that cause are the teeth
which grind labor from the under
side. The upper stone Is the
tariff and the mOn0polies aud trusts
produced by that cause, are the teeth of
the upper stone that grind labor from
The upper side, and just In proportion
as the tariff is heavy or light II weighs
on labor,
In England under free trade, the up.
per stone Is removed but instead, land
monopoly is Intense, on account Of the
increased value Of land Then, instead
Of tariff they have standing army
and an army Of titled nobility TO be
supported by the labor Of England
which forces labor down into the teeth
Of the lower stone,
All the other nations Of Europe eX.
cept switzerland and Denmark have
the tariff m addition to their titled
classes, And Is not the condition OF
labor In England, Swit2erlandan and Den
mark an Improvement over the C0ndi
ton OF the laborers Of the nations Of
Europe that have tariff Ia II not a
well known fact that most of our Eu.
ropean pauper labor comes from such
nations us are most highly protected,
while very few come from either Eng
land, Switzerland or Denmark.
Now II the better condition Of labor
In England and Switzerland Is not due
to free trade, will some ole tell me why.
And IL IL Is, Is IL not fair TO conclude
that tariff Is the cause of the worse cop-
dition OF labor In the protected nations
of Europe. TO compare the condition
OF labor IN the United States With any
of the nations of Europe and then claim
IL Is due TO protection is fraud. 1t is
not q practical case. Europe, with q
population Of some 200 to Che square
mile to be supported from the land they
have, while we having only about 20 TO
the square mile; and with all our re-
sources labor has more opportunities TO
90 west and employ itself on the nat.
ural resources Of nature.
Then, having free trade between sis.
ter States and no standing army TO sup.
port our case Is quite different but we
will get there Eli, IL we keep on AL.
ready IN the eastern States where the
population Is more dense labor Is per.
ceptibly much more aN the mercy OF
monop0listtN than In thewest and tariff
does not sNve them, IL only doubles
the cost of their living. Now this be-
ing clear, Is II not the part Of wisdom
for men WHO wish to improve the con
dition Of labor, to vote with the only
party that proposes to remove any part
OF tile cause That enslnves labor.
The Union Labor Party does notpro
posN 10 remove either of these twC
cpties itsimply proposes TO fight mon
opoly and trusts by Legislation, apt