Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-17

In 1889 more than 10000 Italians
were registered at Castle Garden.
More than 30,0 are expected to land
this year. Secretary Jackson of the
State Board of Emigration, of New
York City, in speaking of this influx
OF Italians says: ''They have got the
science of living down to even finer
point than the Slavs, and they will
surely drive them from the mining
regions as the economical Slavonians
ousted the more free living miners of
England, ireland and Wales" La
boring men, you vote the Grand Old
Party ticket-because what Well,
just before the election, the corpora
ton and monopoly tools tell you that
if you don't vote the Republican ticket
everything will go to the demnition
bow-woes-vote the Republican ticket
and everything will be lovely and the
goose will hang high Peace, plenty,
prosperity Plenty of work, big
wages, well-flled dinner-pails and
everything booming. Haven't for
gotten this, have you? Haven't for
gotten the last Presidential campaign.
You carried a banner on which was
inscribed, "Down with Free Trade;"
your brother carried another banner
upon which was inscribed, "Protection
to American Labor;" your father car
ried another banner upon which was
painted in big letters, "Protection,
and Home Market" another near
relative of yours carried a banner
which bore upon it, "Vote for Pro
lection and well-filled dinner pals.
Don't deny this, we We're there and
saw you all. 1t is a fact that those
who howl the loudest for Protection
to American labor do the most to this
pauper labor to come here. Thous-
ands and thousands come on contract.
True, we have law prohibiting this;
but prior to Cleveland's administra-
tion no one ever heard of any of these
not being allowed to land. During
Cleveland's administration several
ship loads were sent back. Since the
present administration came into
power we hear of none not being al
lowed to land. 1t wouldn't do, you
know! Certainly not These fellows
who import or encourage this class of
people to come and underbid labor
already here, are the fellows who cry
for protection Gn their robbery of
the entire people, and who constitute
the most 'fat" for the purpose of buy
ing Dudley's patent blocks of fves.
And Mr. Workingman, nothwithstand-
ing this importation Of foreign pauper
labor, which competes with you for
employment at your very door, you
are foolish enough to believe that pro.
lection protects-that protection in
sures you plenty of work, big wages
and lots of food and raiment. You
horny handed son of toll, get that
brain OF yours in motion and think
Just little. 1t hardly seems possible
that you have thought much in a
coons age. 1t does seem that if Won
would exercise that brain of yours
even just little bit that YOU
would realize that protection does
not protects delusion, a snare, a
cheat aye, an internal robbery of the
masses by the very few. Your wages
are not cent higher by reason of
protection, and yet by reason of it
you are compelled to pay two prices
for about all that you buy. But as
true as you are alive, if you are an
American workingman seeking for
employment at common labor, such
as these pauper laborers can do, you
must accept the same wages they do,
and to do that, you must live as they
do. otis rough, It's true and It's
true, tbs rough"