Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-28
SCORED BY POWDERLY
The American W0rkingman'S Friend
DenounceS the Importation of
Cheap Hungarian Labor.
The Huns, He Says. AmaSS a Compe-
petence. Then Go Home and Be
come ShylockS.

PEuADELPEIA.- General Master Work
man Powderly Is preparing an tx ended
article on the question of I'M ported labor,
IN which he will give the results of some
OF his personal lnyestis atlons among ths
nalonalIsies which have largely predom
mated among those brought 10 this coun-
Fry under contract. Couce rnIng his ties
tlmony bsioce the congressional com
mlttee IL New York last spring. Mir.
Pud~erly say;
"On Angus 20 | was summoned before
the congres al i'm mig ration committee
TO glee testimony IL relation 10 he effect
of I'M DOTTED cheap labor on the native
aud naturaliZed workman. The papers
of the 2lSt gave pretty accurate account =
OF what l SAID, bus sumo Of them made
me say soule hard thiass about he Poles
aud Muravians. OF the former l SAID
very htile, AID thar was not to their dis
credit, for Poles, as rule, assimlla5e
very readily Wi t others who M Ike up cur
American people. They are not slow to
I-arn the value of their labor, aud on
that account are not so desirable in the
%ay OF an imported article as The EN-
ployers OF labor could wish The name
Moravian did not escape my lips waile ON
the stand, unless i was IN answer tn An
inquiry. II has been Haser~ ed that THE
scenes that ! described while IN the
staId could not possibly be witnessed III
he Uni ed States, and that drew upon
my Imagination IN painting the picture
10 verify the statements made on the
witness stand l determined to make an
investigation in the city aud country in
which | live. On Sunday, September 8, |
began the Investigation by going 10 a
tenement on Scranton street, in the city
or Scranton, and here a few words con
cernlng the lands from which these IN
fortunates came will DE in order. Soft
hearted seRtimentelists claim that we
should interpose no barrier to obstruct
the free and uninterrupted immigration
of all classes, for the reason that we have
land enough IN this country to supply
THE WANTS OF ALL.
L grant that we have the land, but that
these poor people will ever become till
ers OF the soil or that they will ever be
cnythlng more than slaves to those Who
CONTROL the land, is not true. They are
too ignorant 90 do so. Their intention
III coming here is not to go upon the
land or 20 have anything to do with it.
They come TO amass fortune, which for
one Of them runs all the way from $500
to s. 900. Statistics show that the aver
age earnings of the Hungarian at home
Is about 10 RUldsns month. A gulden
IS equal to fraction over forty cents in
this country, At this rate of pay the
laborer received 81 month in Hungary
man who can live on the sum will find
20 sum on reaching the end of life's slen-
der span. On the amount which he takes
back from the United States with him
say that he taxes back $300-on that sum
he can live in idleness for over six wears.
On returning 80 his native land he in
vests his money IL land, or loans it, for
he is not 50 ignorant of the ways of that
country as he of this. No matter how
dumb he may appear while here, he soon
deyelopes INTO veritable Shylock after
he crosses the big pond again. While
here he Will work for 70 cents and from
that up to $1.25 day. Very few ever
receive the latter sum. The Hungarian
can live on 81 week. How he does it
will be explained in paper l am pre-
pairing. Say that the daily wages are 81,
with an average of twenty five working
days in the month. That would make
the earnings Of the Hungarian S25 a
month. Take IS for the cost Of living
out, and ne has ST. left after his month
1y expenses are paid. At the end of a
year he has accumulated $204; at the end
of the second year ne has $4OS, and if he
remains for three years he has forwarded
to his home S612. "When a Hungarian
draws his pay be does not deposit it in
the bank or allow any cashier to spend it
in Canada. He at once
SENDS IT HOME TO FRIENDs
who either invest it, Or else place it to
his credit in some secure institution.
There is no attempt to invest in land
here, and we need not wondear that, for
Hungary presents as good field for that
purpose as this country does. Hungary
contains $1,000 miles of territory. 1t is
estimated that she has $4,000 600 acres of
land under tillage, with 100000 used as
pasture land.
so much for Hungary. Italy is de-
scribed Us veritable garden, where no
man need hunger for the good things of
earth because the soil is not productive.
The Almighty created the soil of Italy so
rich and deep that on hey Ill, 14O square
miles of territory her population of 80,
100000 could live and grow fat on very
little labor. The soil yields its richest
tIStSITSS d4GICsb LOT lno asking. Inc
climate of that country is delightful.
The mineral wealth has been the wonder
of ages. Surely it is not for want of
land that her people leave their homes TO
become slaves in a land of liberty. Not
that alone, but to endanger the liberties
of others through their willingness to ap-
peaso the demand for cheap goods by Civ
ing their labor for little or nothing.
at is not land that these people want
and, while we import ignorance under
contract by the hundred thousand, those
who would In this land free our soil from
tie burden of landlordism and monopoly
will have their hands full
COMPETING WITH CHEAP MEN;
men who are Indifferent to their surround
inEs and men Who are content to live for
81 per day and who are content 10 live as
dogs live, on the very offsl that should be
buried for fear of creating a plague"