The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-17

Wnel Invention nas male u poSSlOie Tor tuS
workers to produce SO much more than in
the days gone by
The WANTS OF MANKIND.
THE wants of mankind have more than
doubled in the 100 years that have flown.
aid il we worked by hand to-day we could
not begin 20 supply these wants, so that
machinery is an absolute necessity now.
We must have machinery, hut
those who invent 1t should
have a reduction in their hours
Of labor, so that they may have more time
for study. more time for re5t, mere time for
social intercourse and everything that goes
| TO make up the sum Of human happiness.
am not an enemy 90 machinery. want 90
see it used fer the benefit Of mankind, and
not to pile up lniliioEs for the few"
AN ENTHUSIAST FOR EIGHT HOURS.
Mr.. Powierly said he is heartily in favor
| of an eight-hour law. The opponents
claim" he sad, that if the hours Of the
! working people were shortened they would
spend the time in barrooms instead Of going
| home. That may be true of few, but it is
| not true of the great majority" The gen
| eral master workman read portion OF the
| laws OF the Knights OF Labor which forbids
any one who deals in liquor in any manner
| or whose family deals in it to become a
member of the order.
In speaking Of temperance Mr.. Powderly
was very earnest. It seemed to be bis
favorite topic He drew pictures OF the
| terrible effects Of intemperance on working
men, and as he depicted the scenes OF a once
| happy home wrecked by the demon drink,
some Of the ladies in the audience were
almost moved TO tears People pronounced
1t one Of the finest temperance lectures they
ever listened 70.
Neither did he spare the en-
ployer in this respect 1.-THE poor
man drinks in the barroom," said DIR.
Powderly, "but the rich invite few
friends TO their houses, and as the night
grows late closed carriages are ordered and
the frieads are sent to their homes intoxi-
Gated, while the host himself tumbles into
his bed in drunken stupor.
MATTER OF COST.
1.-THE employer drinks champagne, the
poor man beer; the ono costs SIS, the other
10 cents. Maybe you simply think
it is matter of taste. mol
The poor man makes the sl5 for the en-
ployer to drink wine, and gets himself Is
cents fer beer"
Mr.. Powdsrly caused considerable amuse-
ment by advising the working zen, if they
were determined TO drink, 20 drink the
champagne and wine and lot the employer
drink the beer; FOR" he said, II under
stand that champagne drunk is the best
kind, and lasts longer than the other kind,
and If it's q drunk you want, by all
means drink the champagne" He said
that people called hin crank ON temper
ance, and maybe he is, but he is proud of it,
nevertheless.
He spoke of the efforts Of the Knights
of Labor to have a law passed pre-
venting the employment of children I'M
der Is years of age. He drew a picture of
some of the. scenes which be witnessed in
the northern factories, where children are
employed who were only large enough and
old enough to go to school.
OPPOSED TO ALIEN OWNERSHIP
Mr.. Powderly is opposed to the alien
ownership of land. Ovsr 1900, 600 acres
of land, BIO said, are held by men who never
set foot in the country. IL is owned by
earls. dukes, counts, princes and barons on
the ether side. A senator who sits in the
United States Senate by the grace
of God and the votes of the
Illinois legislature owns 100000 acree
in Texas and Kansas. He asked if any one
supposed that that senator could farm that
amount of land.
Mr. Powderly is strongly In favor Of sin
gle tax, and he gave some very interesting
statistics. One enecdote he told was about
his buying q lot for 5000 and impro wing it.
and the man who owned the balance OF the
tract raised the price of los to 81 200 because
he said that as Mr.. PowderIy had started to
improve and had a national reputation, he
WoQlu atVTdcO OUneT buyers.
"rhis man was charging other people
$500 more than was right because l had i'm
proved lot. although be had not done one
stroke OF the work, not even contributing
gray hair out of his head TO go in the plaster,
but although that man Increased the price
| of lots yet his taxes were rot increased one
| cent?
WORD FOR SAVANNAH.
! Mr.. Powderiy paid q glowing tribute to
| Savannah, which, he said, is a growing city,
| and puts him in mind of the thriving cities
of the west In Savannah he sees a great
field for spectators, and alao
Justly entitled to GA have WV homes.
He appealed 20 the people to so arrange
taxation that spectators will have to pay
increased taxes for holding their property
for other people to improve by their labor,
aid tie said il Savannah will do this she
will become the peer of any city in America.
Mr. Powderly also advocated government
control of all telegraph, railroad lines,
etc., which he said is the only way in which
the people win get fair treatment.
THE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT
In speaking of the third party move
ment, Mr.. Powderly said that the leaders of
the different industrial organizations will
meet at an early day and promulgate
platform, and if any of the
OLD parties Will accept IL, that party will
secure the support of the working people
otherwise they will fight their own political
battles. II think" eaid he. "that the old
parties can SEQ the handwriting on tbs
) WALL
Mr.. Powderly closed his address by
thanking the audience for its attention, and
explaining the motto of the Knights of
Labor, which, he said, is ''do to your
. neighbors as you would be done by,n al
though the prevailing sentiment in America
to-day is do your neighbor before he gets
, a chance to do you" This sally set the
crowd into roars Of laughter.
Mr.. Powderly's entire speech was punctu
ated with witticisms, which kept the audi.
ence in good humor, and at it's close he held
a reception on the stage, and shook hands
, with several hundred people.
Mr.. PowDERLY ENTERTAINED.
} After the lecture Mr.. Powderly was es.
corted to a carriage, and was driven to the
} residence of Mr.. solomon Krousk fl, on
i Drayton street, opposite the park extension
where q banquet was served and speeches
were indulged in until after II o'clock.
$ Mr.. Powderly sat at the mead Of the table
and the host at the other eud. On the righ
: of the general master Workman was
, Lemuel c. Downs, and on the left Mayor
: Schwarz. The following occupied seats Oh
either slda of board: Alderman r r Har