Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-12-11
ANNAPOLIS News.

snow.
Annapolis can boast of new jeweler
shop.
j. ;. Benson is building two small houses.
Gus. Funk has returned from abroad. and
by the way, instead of being away on bust
ness as reported last week, had gone TO see
bis wife who YVES injured in runaway sew
| eral weeks ago and has not entirely reeoy-
cred.
! F.P. Hillburn's henroost was attacked BIZ
a professional chicken litter about O'Clock
this morning. Hilburn says he did not catch
| the thief but he was so close to him that 4
had to leave without meat, although he had
killed two chickens, one of which was still
Kicking. Result: Hilburn's eat their own
chickens this time.
| Jessie McGlalhlin has returned from May
| berry and John Towle will take his place for
few days.
Jake" of the Ironton Truth, is doing
| business at the old stand. 1t seems that he
| imbibed an overdose Of family disturbance
one day last week and delivered lecture Oh
| the duties of a t0nsorial artist, discharged
| his barber, etc, but, at las. report, was do
| ing well. Jake" says in last weeks 7rath
"MIchv Doolan" is working four men at
| 81. 10, v ich is the smallest wages paid in
this part Of he country, but being all Dem
ocrats, il is considered fair wages. Now, as
| | hate a liar, anu don't like to believe that
Jake lied knowingly / shall just assume
that Jake" is ignorant of the fact that one
Of his Republican friends is paying 81. % per
day for eleven hours work, which is less than
one half cent per hour more than"Doolan's"
mea receive. These men are also Demo-
Gratis Another OF "Jake's" Republican
friends Is working men at ten cents per
hour. These iaborerS are also Democrats.
Another of "Jake's" Republican friends is
working men 81 per day for eleven hours
work. being Just fraction over nine cents
per hour. These laborers are not Demo-
Gratis a. you might suppose, but are good
solid Republicans, Protection, Milet-Seed
and all. When | started writing to the REG
ISTER | assumed the name of 'Doolan" not
Oh account Of cowardice, but ! thought a.
almost all great writers hide behind some
false cognomen it would sound aristocratie
don't YOU know. But since "Jake" has I'M
masked me / suppose l may as well fall
back on my real name, Murphy" ''Jaken
says he is not acquainted with salty nor de-
feat. In that case ! shall assume that he is
like one of his other Republican friends who
would not read the papers after the election
because there was no good news in them for
Republicans. l have never heard of anyone
speaking about rot in politics but you,
Jake" and some of your ilk. l heard an
ex candidate complain about Republicans
being allowed to vote in the Democratic
primary. By the way, "Jake, WI hat became
of those Republican votes that were cast in
the primary at Annapolis. Those lies about
rot in politics were invented by your side Of
the house TO give your people an excuse TO
break their pledges. Republican ticket
in the field was all the excuse needed and
those rotten lies were uncalled for.
jake says Mr.. Byrns will have at least
twenty five private secretaries from Annap- /
oils. Had M. kinsey been re- elected there |
would have been only one-"Jake." Thus, by |
the election of Byrns, twenty four men re- /
ceive employment at light work and good |
wages. Surely that would be benefit 10
the poor. | knew you were pretty sore over !
the defeat of Mr.. kiusev, but | thought that !
the wound had healed sufficiently to bear i
little friendly chatting. II had known that |
your wound was SO sore l should have taken |
no notice OF your former letter, As | only .
started in to answer T. Callahan's unwanted /
attack on dead heroes. "Now, "Jake,"
when that cold in the head that invariably
attacks you when smelling for rot in your
own party gets little better, insert that
fungus growth on YOUR face into the vicinity
of one of the officers of your club. Swell
EIt
the air passes through your nostrils, detect,
if you can. any putresent eff1uVIa arising
from the fact that he raised the wages Of his
helper 10 pay the said helper for joining the
Republican Club at Annapolis. Now,
"Jake," when you write again to the Truth,
cut out the name of that paper and keep II
where you can see it. Wrap it around your
pen, and let it flow off at the point. Tell
the truth-that Murphy, while he employs
four men, pays none, as he is only Foreman,
and doesn't regulate wages. Tell the truth
that those four men handle more cash than
any four laborers in Annapolis. You might
also tell the wages of your hostler, since
you seem to be so soIicitous for the Welt re
OF the laborers.
All this talk about mustard seed diet and
six cents per day wages, as well as protec-
ton for American labor, is ali bOsh. Any
man with spoonful of brains, who has
studied the question, knows that until the
millennium comes employers will not raise
the wages of labor until compelled to do so by
scarcity of laborers. 4 large increase in the
currency Will cause a retiFai OF business
and bring about this result, with out regard
to the tariff, which does nothing hnt increase
the price of articles on which it is placed,
thus raising the cost of living.
1t gives the manufacturing corporations
chance to raise the price OF their goods, and
1t also puts 1t in their power 10 raise the
wages Of labor, but doesn't make them do
itj and they, like all other corporations, are
soulless. As long as the American lsborcF
fills the pockets Of the CarneG as by protec-
ton, and then gets down on his knees and
humbly begs them to divide with their en-
ployees, he Will get left with big l.. Pass
law compelling the tender-hearted manu-
facturer TO pay TO the government sum
equal to the tariff tax on every article sold
by him in the country, TO be divided among
the poor whom he loves so we'll just before
elections, or to pay pensions, or 10 help sup
poit the Government, and the way he would
kici, would make a mule sick with envy.
MURPHY.
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