Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-19

called, and we unite in asking the paper
which gave publicity to those false state
ments TO insert this protest from the
leboring men.
~ hea,cs thrt tnose charges wase
made for political effect. aud as truo inen.
/ rcsenting beth political parties, large
| majority OF US being Democrats, we feel
that we should do our employer an injUs.
tice and ourselves a greater Injustice and
wrong did we not denounce them as false
campaign lies put forth TO injure a man
for political purposes This statement It's
made by us voluntarily, without the
knowledge of Mr.. Treat and in hisabsence
from home.
First Mr. Treats order system is
perfectly satisfactory to us. as through
~ we receive our pay regularly every week
and by IL as many of us as have wished
have been able to furnish our homes on
the installment plan and that without a
cent additional for the credit given Part
of our pay is received in cash and part i'm
orders on the store, but there is not a
man among us who has not received
of Mr.. Treat cash ON his orders when he
has requested IT, AS q matter OF fact
there are those among us who have left
other employment, notably the railroad
for Mr.. Treats factory, because
under his system it has been TO
the advantage Of such to do So
Second-We say that the claim that
more is charged employees for goods than
ia charged other people is false and the
clerks in his store testify TO the baseness
of that declaration by signing TINS pro
test
Third-This charge IS a base unmiti
gated lie, ike the others. We have known
Mr. Treat when disappointed in receiving
an Invoice of expected and needed goods
70 so TO the other merchants in town and
purchase Of them Id order to accommodate
his employees and other customers.
Fourth-Ihe tenor OF this charge is
absolutely false Mr. Treats orders are
never offered in this town upon such
terms, and only man who will pawn has
coat or shoes to finish "a glorious drunk
will discount Mr.. Treats orders in any
such way.
Fifth. The reply to the Fourth is
/ full answer to this.
/ Sixth-lt is false that Mr.. Treat has d..
charged for political reasons workman
lately in his employ. This workman was
not employed by Mr. Treat but by one
/ his foremen on contract work. and this
/ same workman has to our knowledge de
| clared ms intention TO leave the factory
several times and has done SO recently,
looking for job elsewhere. and, more.
/ over, he is understood To have been a
very inefficient workman in his position.
Seventh-This charge is, if possible.
more base than the others. Instead OF
the workman referred TO above as being
| discharged because he persisted in voting
the Democratic ticket, we understood
that said workman had declared his
intention of voting for Mr. Treat The
charge that Mr.. Treat has personally
solicited US TO vote for him is basely false.
lie has not spoken one word to us about
political matters or voting foG or against
any man.
Eighth-The only foreigners" Mr.
Treat has in his employ are American
citizens, possessed of the right Of sui
frage. The only men in the factory guilty
Of the high crime Of having been born
outside this country and consequently
dubbed Foreigners are and have beer
Democratic voters. 1t * false. basely so
that any persons ever employed in these
factories came directly from Castl,
Garden.
Ninth-We understand the ladies' OF
the Benevolent Society have completed,
and satisfactorily answered the hasesi
charge Of all, and their just Indignation
should put "a laboring man" TO shame
A. B. Banghart, Edwin Balfour, o. S
feathers, G. w. Coffin, John II. Lath
bury, William r. Murphy, George L
Magee, John O. Hudson, w. w. Simpler
John 7. Calhoun, Frank Kitchens, Il II
Pride, D. j. Mitchell f. NJ Foreaker
James A. Tunnel. Willard s. Abbott
Joseph f. Isaacs. John c. Short. Hiram
Ellingsworth, Charles Bethards, Edwar,
Carpenter, George Kitchens, Philip b. Can
non, John Clark, L. H. Heinzer. William
Toomey, p. G. Mcdonald. William Tyre
Robert Reynolds, j H. Mitchell, II. c
Hutchens 3. W. Lynch, Jim Ed McCrea
George Franklin. John Willis, Georg,
Mitchell, William Vcllers, Alfred Haynes
II. NJ. Swami, w. n. S Wiley Henry I
Mumford, David j. Enell. Samue
II. Marshall, A. $. Gibson. B
C. Robbins, J. b. Hickman
James Griffin, p. g. Cookson, William
Quigley, John H. Grant. John C. Green
Borden Timmons Ezekiel Magee. Eugen,
Watson, Samuel Cookson. Samuel A
Swoyer, George Green, ~ L. Robinson
/ r. w Carmine, Frank Tyre. w. 3 Wat
son. James Ross. l.. H. Derrickson.