Telegram-herald., 1890-03-31

whSt : b. Tor them. II laoor v .nt
70 W0Tk bnl snt houIs dSyi "a II
3 free CIVILIZED ana sQaal peop.e 0sagAt
to seEE 4 tae matter. iDe en- bt-4s4fs
day ~ be better Isf a.
because II vii be better Tor
Norklngmen. Making them tettef
men, 4 NJ make them more product
lYe. Tae st4ustlclans easily prove tnAt
tne eight hours day vii lu1ure every
one. "Meltemlch said Napoleon, IS
good dip omAtst. lie hts ~eil.
j cures NIL not lg, but liars Vii figure.
The dredicuOn % disaster made about
the elght hours day vii be tsls ned. IL
VII give work 10 tie unemployed The
supply OF their increased wants Tor
TODD, fuel and clothing will give fresh
prosperity 10 farmers, manufacturers,
merchants ana railroads. The leisure
gwen the men now ~ work VIII raise
their standard OF living, increase their
wants, and so call for more and more
revolutions OF all the busy wheels OF
trade, industry and finance, not for
fever. The eight hours cay Viii give
Us more wealth. not less, and Will give
as better distribution OF
Work AND wKALrH.
Wages will rise, and profits viii rise,
and morals Will rise, and man
kind once again will learn the
oft-tsugnt lesson that nothing Is SO good
an investment a. justice. The present
home and conditions OF labor render
real family lie, as Cardinal Manning
has lately SAID, impossible. They make
II impossible for the workingman 10
prepare himself for the fit discharge of
t.r.. L.
ditlOn of the preservation Of liberty Is
that YOU must use II or lose It. IL the
workingmen can not use their Liberties
and political rights they will lose them,
and when they lose their liberties, all
OF Us wlll lose them. America must be
ALL SLAVES OR ALL FREE.
Il work twelve hours a day" says
Business to Labor, why should not
YOUR Business works too long. Ii
would be better for itself, better, GER
taiuly, for Labor if itslackened is pace.
You remember SANKEY'S answer when
some one asked him how he liked tiger
hunting. 81 find;" he said, at makes
all the difference IN the world whether
you hunt the tiger or the tiger hunts
you" As Ia how you like working II
hours a day it makes I'll the difference
in the world whether you are working
somebody else or somebody else Is
working you.
The eignt-hours day has been tried
IN the present as well as IN the distant
Golden Age of Labor, and with equal
success. 1t is practically
UNIVERSAL IN AUSTRALIA.
In his new book, Problems of Greater
Britain, Sir Charles Dixie declares that
It operates TO every ones satisfaction.
The improvement II has created in the
condition of workingmen has, he says,
put an end 10 any possibility of the
spread of IDEAS of revolutionary reform
among them. The government of Lon
don has recently reduced the hours of
la Dor of some of its men 10 u a day,
with no decrease of pay. Thisthe work
ingmen got because they elected work
ingmen like John Barns TO the council.
Several of the English trades, like
the Durham miners, have an eight |
hours day. As in the Golden Age of |
labor the eight-hours' day came IN with
OTHER GREAT REFORMS.
So today Australia, where it |
has been most widely introduced, |
IS the only country where the |
workIngmen can really exercise |
a full and free and unterrorlzed |
right of suffrage. Australia besides the |
ballot has settled the rail-
road question. 1t owns the railroads |
instead of being owned by them. All |
these are pretty good fruits for mon
system. The Republic ought
to do as Well-aud better"