The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-02


not merely those who demand ten cents
more on days wages; but q body OF
men and women who intelligently study
and discuss the great social problems Of
the day, and who today understand why
they should own themselves and the land
upon which they stand"
CASTLE GARDEN INSTRUCTIONS.
Mr.. Powderly then gave his experience
during recent visit 10 Castle Garden TO
make a few observations, the result OF
which led him to the belief that three
emigrants came to this country for every
one wanted. He graphically depicted the
scene which met his gaze from an obser-
walton gallery--the continuous stream of
able-bodied men walking beside the
women with cooking utensils on their
arms and bedticks balanced upon their
heads They were being inspected, he
said, to ascertsin If they were being
brought here free of duty. In one mo-
ment 1t was expected the Inspector would
know all. though he couldn't understand
a word the semigrant said. He merely
smelt them, and the man who sesworn
duty 1t was TO inspect, and who day after
day takes down the proceedings of the
commission, did not even go down to
take smell. TO my mind 1t was all q
farce. In 1873, through our efforts, Con-
qress passed a law known as the Anti
Foreign Contract Labor Law. One of the
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emigrant should have one-half the fne for
giving information as to how be was
hired. Four representatives struck this
feature from the bill. Wherever go, in
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana
and the Northwest, l find three men TO
every one wanted. The two must stand
idle, who fight for shorter hours and
better pay. This must be stopped. You
may call Know Nothingism The truth is
we know too much. The Inmau Steam
ship company alone has 8. 500 active agents
securing Europe to bring men over to take
your places. You can not find a town in
Europe in which there is not an
know some of our very best citizens
have come through the portals of Castle
Garden. But time has come to call a
halt. II you have brother on the other
side, Tor Gods sake tell him to stay there.
Do not let him be outrageously dragged
from one land of poverty to one of worse
poverty. Only short while ago I saw in
my own native town a band of intelligent
Welshmen about to return to their
native mines, and with them young men
brought up under the Stars and Stripes,
fleeing from the land of liberty to better
their social conditions. At Castle Gar
den saw three groups, of twenty three,
nineteen and twenty-four-men who had
fed from liberty. My heart sank within
me, These men did not come to better
their condition. 1t was the greed of cor
porations that brought them here. and
like dogs in the bitches, provided wages
fall.
IN BATTLE ARRAY.
Eve ara ghting battle,n continued
Mr.. Powderly; not with Calling guns
and bayonets- although we can do thatif
necessary-bu we hope to solve this prob
lem without the aid of these
Mr. pautIqr1u naxf fnucbad 11nOn the
subject of local politics.
"lf you den0unce man who takes an
others place for lower wages, what would
you call the man who takes seat in the
Legislature to which another man is
elected2 II every man feels as | do,
would hang on the nearest lamp-post to-
morrow. That's not anarchy. I could
face my God willing and say:-'You
ought to let me into Heaven for this, if
for nothing else. Death to the man who
makes farce OF the elective franchise
The applause which greeted this utter
ance was something which has never be-
fore been heard in the Tabernacle. The
reiteration of cheers, the stamping of feet
and ciappinG Of hands actually made the
table rock upon which the reporters were
writing.
giving you ballot reform at the present
session will call all the orators of the
Knights of Labor throughout this broad
land aud Canada into this State and will
bury the traitors in political grave so
deep they'll never be resurrected. Loud
the nation. Laughter.l We'H bring it
in. Tremendous applause.l II there is
any logic in argument you'll get it in the
next campaign"
A few anecdotes to illustrate the evils
of western lands in the hands of foreign
capitalists and the speaker passed on to
perroration.
THE LAND FOR CITIZENS ONLY.
"We must demand of Congress- he
said, ..the passage of law that not an
alien shall hold handful of american
soil till he expresses his intention OF be-
coming citizen, and capitalists who own
our land who are native born and live
abroad must let go OF it. Let eternal
justice be none the people of this nation.
Americans must and shall rule this soil.
This is not anarchy; it is not cummun-
iStic."
Mr. Powderly was about to sit down,
when loud cries of $50 on; go .onl" Were
heard from all over the building. The
speaker continued.
He struck upon the single tax chord.
s'You have land speculators in this city,
presume. In the newspapers and on
posters | observe advertisements of lots
In the suburbs for $50 and up-p particular
~ up. llltuSllcr.l L ue spodkeI uc-
tailed his experience in purchasing a lot
in Scranton, for which he was taxed Sc. 80
for city purposes. The owners OF larger
lots on each side were taxed S1.50. The
City Collector told him that vas because
they were taxed as farms. He wished he
had bought farm. He built house
and Otherwise improved his properly.
Immediately he noticed sign on lots of
the same size on each side of him an
nouncing these lots would be sold for
81, 200 each. They finally sold for 81, 500
apiece. MY taxes increased wonderful
ly," said the speaker, because improved
my property, and the old man who never
planted a spade in the way of improving
his property cleared $500 lot on the
strength of the work | had performed.
Yet his taxes were not increased. A large
corporation owned land near by. 1t was
taxed 4,400; if it had been improved in
the same ratio for which was taxed,
$56,00O would have been due the city
treasury"
SEEING By EXPERIENCE.
"a man once received litter of pup
pies. They had justlanded. TOO. Laugh
ter. Their eyes were shut. They didn't
open them the next day nor the next.
Finally he concluded he had no use for
blind puppies. He caught them by the
tails and dashed out their brains. Pass
ing the spot next day he observed the
dead puppies and opened their eyes.
Ana, he said. you had to have your
brains knocked out to get your eyes
open' | confess it took me some time to
get my eyes open on this matter OF taxa
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