Telegram-herald., 1888-10-17
THe LABOR oeMoNsTRATloN."
McGr.th and Robisson Address . Small
Aadisnce st HArtmaR's Hall.

NoGr.th and Robisson Address . Small
Aadisnce .t HArtmaa's Hall.
Hartnan's Hall vas about half filled last
evening at toe meeting watch had been sx
tensiyely advertised as a labor demOns.rs-
ton and was Addressed bY john W.
AcGrath aud II. A. Robinson. The
sudisncs. what there was OF II, vss fairly
enthusiastic and chssred the speakers
whenever . point was scored.
Mr.. NcGrat IN was the first speaker. lie
said that last December ons man had set
50 0oc. 900 people 10 thinking upon single
subject. The man was Cleveland; the sub
Jet Was the tarie, and the people were me
Ansrican nation. Mr.. Blaine speaks often
OF the increase Of wealth in this country
amounting 10 tAirty thousand millions OF
dollars. II q man has q wife ami three
children, as every lsoorinz man ought, his
share Of that increase Is s., 500. Have you
got your shsrs' No, N0,l Then some
thing Is wro1g. | went To Wyandotte =
while sgs. Out OF eighty chimnsys only
two were smoking. Two hundred men
worked two days out OF the week IN
mill With capacity OF seven or
eight hundred. The men were IN debt.
They had not received their share
Of that great increase. The Jackson
mine IN the Upper Peninsula, for
twenty years has paid dividends OF from 30
20 lS5 per cent, the average being S7t per
cent. per annum. For ten years. OWING 10
the watering of the stock. the man VINO
pat in 800 has drawn out annually $40.
Il seemed 70 ms that the milk in this pro.
tectsd eocesnut vas pretty we'll exhausted
before Il got TO the laeoring interests in
Wyandotts. Nearly every strike Ia the
country mas been among the protected lu-
dussries IL Is the agitation Dy the la0OriBg
men which has brought about the discus.
sion of the tariff question. The only party
which mas done anything toward reduction
is the Democratic party. The Republicans
have prom sed to. bnt have never done it.
The Republicans refused 10 repeal the law
permitting tse importation Of labor, and
voted against the restriction of Chinese
labor. The Democratic party has restored
the public lands: the Republicans restored
tls tsrid.
Contnzing. the speaker spoke of ms con-
necfion With the labor Aureau, the great IN
crease Of p.upsrism and the piling up of
great wealth IN lew hands. A million
are is usually the prOduct Of advantage.
Il would taks . thousand years working
20 days year. to earn n million dollars al
s. DAY but capitalists and corporations
gain these immense sghs By putting
schemes through the legislature and by
combinations of capital trusts s0d similar
methods which PM labor At a disadvantage
snd are fssisred by tss tarid
The sisteUent OF protectionisis tnat wages
ars higher acre than IN England is an
susrsd hy ths fact that they are higher IN
free trade Eng and than in protec si Ger
many and France. WsEes are higher here
| because LABOR = in better demand and more
prod activs Ia soEss portions Of oar coun-
Try there Is only oas mao 70 I 90 acres
While IA Europe ,hs-s is dense popuis
I ton. A long IS Ne have isad 20 give
away wages rill be aizhsr tsan slsswhers.
n a. Roblnsoa
| NJ. Robinson said th.t thss ia ths f-,t
/ tine ss ever stood on Democratic pat
/ form or pleaded for tas success of peno-
4 craur ticket he ~ss laoor nan from The
top Of rs bead . the sole Of the fast. For
i IS vssrs there sas little difer.scs between
/ the two par ties. Neither sao~sd ~ their
act. sny friendship for the lsooring man
/ Ruf this year unser Grover Clsvsiant The
/ Democracy are fxhting moaopoY LABOR
/ IA xrowi1r poorer and poorer evsrv resr
tecsuss uonopoly - growins TwentY
| vssrs ago tie Republican psrsv won M
/ heart sscsus~ it ~ss the party Of freedom
4 Raf when Il hsd performed - nsissi0n if
eecsrrs tse party OF usoaopolT Tsra is
/ roaosrT. not pr0tsction. The kepuh icsus
/ ssvs ONES IN vita vulturss ~hosr- pluck
1 ing re honest isou-srs - tbs country snd
I srs STRIVING % perpetuats a speciss - slar-
I srv. + thsak t-od mat Grover Cleveland
wrote that rus~saes snd sef tae score 20
I thinkinx Oar forsfstsars came here 90 -
I ssslsh fresioru a. ths errner store -
tae aatsa. The Blsinss ana osrnsE-es 49,
/ irving - pull thst corner sto1e 9ut Ths
I lssorinz nso psT soo maea sstsntiao to q
4 sb~l .ut not esoara - th- an1sriT Tiax
/ rrfncicles. care nst conhnentsi FOR 81.
i Democratic. Or aaT cfasr rsrtF Al ess Is
ssp< 90 NJ music. N1r shouie rnu. Ssvs
he sho-sr 7 cant trust tss Isnocrs ic
as~tr hsva asd this msftsr n q, 50
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4 trs~an 81 donnt sui s0scicicn. Iet ~ trr
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+ cn tf Nou. isborirE mer, sEEhf % SD
4 Fori sscxFn ConErs@S. tet us ncf 80 5ln
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4 Thsr ca sias az 1ncr0~as1 rag 81
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