The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-01
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The ManitOWOC Pilot.
TO WORKINGMEN.

tanning false statements ana the grOSSeSt
MISREPRESENTATION IN regard to the tariff
and aims of the democratic party. These
pamphlets are printed in every language
spoken by persons from foreign countries
who have made their homes In this free
Republic In addition to that, the repub-
lican managers have hired men OF various
nationalties, to go amongst their country
men and speak to them in their native
tongue and tell them the same ialSehoods
and misrepresentation OF facts which the
republican party have made in their pam
phlets. These men sent to you are hired
TO mislead you and to urge you away from
your true interests.
Do not be deceived by these hired
agents ofthe republican party. They are
not working for your interests but for the
interests of the monopolies, whose money
pay for their services.
The entire history of the democratic
party shows that it has always been the
true and earnest friend of the working
men, The party is made up chiefly OF
poor people.
The democratic party has always been,
and now is, opposed by every oppressor
of the poor, every monopoly and trust IN
this country are lavlsh1ng their money to
defeat Grover Cleveland. Would the
workngmen have chosen the agents, at
torneys and officers OF the great monopo-
lies to select a candidate for President OF
the United States2 The agents, officers
and attorneys of the great trusts and
monopolies. in whose establishments were
over 90 per cent of all the strikes and
A. l, III laCt
eight years, forced the nomination of Har-
rison and Morton. Harrison himself has
been for more than ten years, and is now,
the paid attorney OF the New York Cen
trail and other railroads,
Every one of those establishments which
have imported Hungarlans. Cinnamon and
other foreigners under contracts to drive
out their old employees, are opposing the
election of Grover Cleveland.
No agent, attorney or officer of a mono
poly or trust took part IN the nomination
of the democratic candidate. No one will
DENY these statements. Ought you not
then be cautious and stop and reflect when
their paid agents are amongst you, trying
to draw you away from the only party you
can RELY upon for fair treatment and for
justice.
Did not Harrison himself lead COM
pany of MALTA TO suppress strikes IN In
diana few years ago, when worklngmen
were struggling for just aud fair wages;
and he is charged upon affidavit with
saving that "One dollar day was enough
for anv workingman. These atfidavlts
are signed by workingmen who claim that
they heard him say 1t.
1t is a fact that Harrison when a sena-
tor voted fourteen times against measures
presented in various ways tending to les
sen or prevent the importation OF Chinese
labor. These Cinnamon have driven from
the Pacific Cost nearly all classes OF white
Workingmen. Cinnamon now I'LL the
shops. factories, stores and the home with
cheap labor. They are moving east, and
already they are found in great numbers
east OF the Rocky Mountains in all kinds
of employment.
Who opposed this overflow of heather
and idolatrous race upon this country?
They were nearly all prominent democrats,
led by the courageous old Roman, Allen
@. Thurman. who IS now the democratic
candidate for Vice President. 1t was the
agents of monopolies, such as Benjamin
Harrison. republican candidate for PreSi-
dent, who have opposed restrictions upon
the importation OF cheap foreign laborers
such as Cinnamon and Hungarians. These
monopoles have been most industrious in
the work of bringing to this country these
laborers who never become American
citizens. They are also now furnishing
fabulous amounts of money to the repub
lican managers to defeat the democratic
party.
Workingmen, are they doing this be-
canse they love you so fondly'
THE TARIFF.
These republican monopolistS and their
agents tell you that the democrats party
favor free trade and that if you vote for
Cleveland that your wages will be reduced
to the same as they are IN Europe. They
tell an Englishman or Scotchman or
Irishman that if they vote the democratic
ticket their wages will be the same here
as they are in England, Scotland or Ire
land To a German they say their wages
will be reduced TO the same that they are
in Germany. To Frenchman they say
their wages will be the same as they are
in France or IN Canada. To an Italian
they say Your wages will be the same
as they are in Italy If the free trade views
of the democratic party are adopted by
the election of Grover Cleveland.
They don't address themselves TO the
Cinnamon upon the question of wages. for
they know that every Chinaman that can
vote and everyone that has dollar to
contribute will give it, to aid the election
OF Harrison. on the ground that he was
their special champion and friend when
he was senator.
Workingmen, you should ask yourselves
the serious quesuon-are these statements
true or can they become true? Again.
you ought not forget the class of men
who tell these stories. Look at the facts
England is free trade country-ltaly,
Germany and France are all highly pro-
teCted countries. They tariffs of these
last named countries are from 20 TO 40
per cent. higher than in the United States.
Italy has a higher tariff than France
or Germany, but every Italian and everyone
else knows that wages in Italy are more
than 90 per cent. lower than in France
or Germany, and more than zoo per cent,
lower than in free trade England. In
Germany with higher tariff than France
wages are lower by considerable than in
France, and about 100 per cent. lower