The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-09-13
THE PAUPnR LABOR QUESTION

, Query.-Would Pauper immigration In.
iure the American LaboreT, Under a
Correct sooial hyatem'-iteply 10 Letoh.
man, Late Secretary OF Tho Knighta Of
Labor.
En-, NEws'DEMoCRAT;-The present
condition Of the laborerS Of Europe has
been brought about by the social sys'
TENS of Europe and not by the politics
of Europe, Now / propose to show
that the same social system would
reduce American labor TO the same
level, In time, In spite Of protection or
labor organizations,
When God created this universe and
Ilaced man thereon, he gave 70 man
every thing that was necessary from
which, by adding his labor he might
produce for himself and others the
necessarles and comforts Of life. Thus
making nature lObors employer or
rather making labor lts own employer
Now rs the population Of the world In.
oreases, the social growth of society
naturally adds q value 10 these necee.
sary opportunities Of nature, And a
correct social system must recognize
the equal rights Of all men TO use these
natural gifts. Now the social system
which the world has been labOripg un.
der for centuries, has enabled such as
have the means to N G0pOll2e these
natural opportunities aud 20 approprI.
ate TO themselves their entire value,
thus reversing the order Of nature,
making c0yital labor's employer and
making labor capitals slave.
For illustration: Two shipg land In
New York HORROR; one has one thou.
sand pauper laD0rers, the other has one
thousand milllonaires. Under our so.
clal system the millionaires would be
considered n boon TO American labor
while the pauper laborers would be con.
sidered u curse, Under correct social
system the reverse would be true. The
laborers would Immediately become
workers In the country's beehive, and
rs their wealth would increase, their
wants would increase, and they would
purchase the products OF Others labor,
while the millionaires would be drones
that must live on what Others produce,
and the more drones there are In the
worlds beehive the worse II is for the
workers. care not how much money
they have to employ labor, or how
much they pay for that labor labor Is
benefited only by what II can keep of
what II produces.
Two men cannot eat the same crust.
Under our social system, IL there Is but
one crust, the millionaire eats Il, and
labor must lick It's chops. Under
u correct social system II there is only
one crust, the laborer that produced Il |
eats It., and the millionaire must lick
his chops and count his money,
We have been educated TO the idea |
that q laborer gets well paid IN money
for his time, no matter how many |
drones he has TO support While the |
fact Is, the more drones, the more his
wages are drawn from him, without
beneGtting him.
The opportunity that labor has to
employ itself on the gifts that nature
for that purpose, regulates
labors chances, and the price labor
must pay for the use Of these natural
gifts regulates labors wages, This is
true the world over. TMsis why wages
are lower In Europe than In America;
lower in the East than In the West,
where land Is cheaper.
The increase of population increases
the price of land and the laborers wages
is the amount he has left after paying
for the use of natures opportunities.
Protection can effect labor, only by
adding to the cost of his living, without
his opportunities or lncreas.
ng his wages. True, the wages of
a6or is regulated by supply and de-
nand. HUI as the population increases,
Under our social system, the surplus
supply Of labor increases.
Al KNIT