Daily Republican., 1888-10-08


take the trouble to write again, and
TINS lime In reference to your leader In
the paper issued on the Fad. You say !
y FepudiAte the ldsA that the poorhouse ID
the ultimate destination Of the working
olAea, and so 1 do, fer know It 10 be
false, and you also say that IL is not
! probable ME-, Obsrles intended TO con-
vert the tdea that all poor people went
20 end their days In that place, but
that II was more general than exoep.
eionAl. mean 10 say that It Is more
exceptional than general. You also
sAy In the statistics you give
that $f0,31s6f1 30 was divided
anenR $4,000 persons needing re.
lief IN the year 1888. That leaves
| ,4D2s 36i peSsons out OF the 20 OO0, 900
VINO support themselves and their fanni-
lies respectfully, and besides tbs we
must allow for IrAmps and men Who
would rather spend their time lounRInR
around beer saloons than work, and
who oaunos be olAsBed ~ vorkin Rnen,
You = so say that II se7, $50 persons are
being fed BY poor rates, 1t may be In.
ferred that A.milli0n more are marching
on who see nothing bat the poorhouss
o=fore them. i cannot myself see the
basis on which you reason. The year
4 Az" WaA4 , = N8A Au WhAbu y HEotb many
strikes took place In EnRlAnd, ard I
have rot the slightest doubt that the
poor people relieved that year would be
greater thAn usual.
IlAkIGRATION.
You say, L tell Mr.. Charles that
workinamsa In B0k land are 9 pros.
porous and happy GLASS; OF people, and
o so that keBles OF them own property
70 the amount OF from u, 600 70 SlS 90.
When ssId soJres L meant thaE in
Individually knew SCORES OF such men. 1
have no doRtt there are thousands OF
men Who are worth that amount, and
may Do more, Tor IL ID no uncommon
thiag In Lancashire, which country is
she principal country In EoRlAnd, to
see workisRnaen owning the home they
live In, and psrhAps several besides
EmiRrAntsfrom England are, according
to your statistiosp coming TO this
lper year, WE'LL. L do not at all
doubt that, for every inducement
is offered to them by suoh papers as
yours, which are continually blowing
about the rate Of wages paid here IN
America and those paid In Hngland,
and which occasionally get In the
pAperB in EnRlAna and are read By
them Bat here comes the question.
Yen say, II EoRlAnd IL clear of nlonopo-
lies, why come here 10 De crushed by
the Standard OIL Company and rail-
road oompAnioe9 AM not aware that
/ spoke in my letter Of E0RlAud being
oleAt OF mOnopolies, nor did say that
tie working olass in general were so
] we'll oAAs. they are here. What l Wibh-
cd TO DO was 70 contTAdioT the state.
ments made, TO the effect that the
8oFkmen of England could afford 10
live respectfully and to have the neoes.
Faaritaof LIE = and which yet think ID q
bh>a insinuAtlon on the part OF any one
t. make, for It 10 entirely fAlse, and l
Ordinary intelliRsnce would make such
=. statement / am not taxing the
I country asst vas atty years ago, bat rs
4. now II, and l con safely say, without
fear OF contradiction either by facts or
u figures, shat muze than two It'll Ids Of
the Inhabitants Of England and Wales
I are not able, not only TO live com 10, to.
bly, and bring up families, bat to save
money 1 do not attempt to deny that
they could saws money quickes here in
America than there, but say THE jusI
to- show that Nc. Charles must have
\ gone beyond the bounds OF reality. You
l say II bad Travelled 1 shonld have
found what Mr.. CHARLES said was true.
Allow me 30 tell you that have trAv-
elsd bo.h In EpglApd and Wales, and
have NOT found snoh rs he sAys TO be
tEHa.