Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-21

he, lit is this, that the laws and rights
of this country were made in England.
and they were shipped over here on two
different ships and the one with the laws
got here, but the one with the rights
sank, and we have had all laws and no
rights ever since"
AS is usually the case when two story
tellers get together, had to tell story
to offset that of the old gentleman. l in
formed him that his story reminded me
Of one that oftened told myself. 1t was
as follows: Upon one occasion an Eng
lish Lord came over to Dublin, in Ireland
and upon landing he hired an Irshman to
drive him around the city in jaunting
car. In the course of the drive thew
CHANGED to pass the court house. On the
top OF the building was the dome, and on
top OF that was a statue of the Goddess OF
Justice. In her hands were the scales Of
justice. Just as they arrived in front OF
this building the lord patted the driver on
the shoulder and pointed up to the statue
and inquired of him what that was. and
the lrishman replied: "Well, your honor
they tell me that that is Truth Mercy
and Justice" When the lord replied.
What is it doing out there?" Pat turned
to him with sarcastic smile, ..Welf.
your honor, they tell me there is no room
Tor IT inside the building" Now nv
friends, we as Knights of Labor, are yerv
often asked the question. why do YOU
deny lawyers into your organization?
1t is for the following reasons: Nv
friends, lawyers in the legislative halls Of
state and nation have framed the laws
with legal technicalities so that no man
need apply for justice in the court houses
Q! our land. There is not room for him
inside the building. There are others we
do not allow inside of our organization.
we do not allow a speculator who puts
hour up two dollars a barrel the way thew
done Two years ago, we don't allow a
banker who livef off from usury extorted
from the public. We don't allow \ man
who deals in intoxicating liquors inside
of our order
Now our enemies from the outside ac-
cuse us OF discriminating against these
Individuals. That is not SO. We do not
discriminate against the individuals.
They do not look at it right. Let me-
tell you how we look at it. sg AS a mater
. sy AE.FI X
q Illustration, y you may take q bed bug
and place y under . very powerful mag
nifying glass that will magnify Ave nun.
dred times a is not y ] very bad looking
ou here are re 9 great many other bugs
that look great deal worse than the bed
bug. It is not the bug thatwe object to.
1t is the cursed business that he is en-
gagged in. 4.
Article vi. is as follows; a
The adoption of measures PROVIDING
Tor the health and safety of those enear-
ed in mining, manufacturing and build
ing industries, and for indemnification to
those engaged therein for injuries receiy-
ed through lack Of necessary safeguards. "
We mean by this section this: II
Some three months ago went through
one OF your New England woolen mills.
| noticed that the machinery was very
close together. commented on that
fact to one of the forenleu, a,r7 ,o :n-
formed me that the ',,i'l was !, iour-set
mill, and that they i.l six sets,; mach
lnery in it. Now We E.v;. l., !. .ause
that when greedy mill oW ,,,ra-
tlons put six sets of machinery where
they ought to have only four, and one of
these little Children, in performing it's
daily toll, gets caught in the machinery
ana thereby looses an arm, we expect that
the mill owner shall pay for the loss of
that arm. We believe that if a building
contractor in this city hires a carpenter to
build scaffold on the side of a five-story
building, and gives the carpenter rotten
timber to build the scaffold with. in
structs him to carry up several punches
OF shingles, and when he gets up there
the scaffold comes down with the carpen-
ter underneath the shingles, and his neck
broken, we expect the contractor shall
pay the cost of the neck. We believe
that when mining company in Ohio,
Pennsylvania or Virginia, fails to furnish
the necessary material to prop up the
roof OF mine so that it caves in, and we
have Nanticote disaster that makes
three hundred widows and orphans we
expect that the mining company will pay
| for the loss of the husbands and fathorc
10 be Continued.
STATE ALLIANCE MEETING.