The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-02-27


hat We raise the standard OF discomfort.
mar the relationship between capital and
abor and bndangef the pubic peace ny
.ur exposure OF conditions. Wendell
phillips uncc snid: III Q viii convince
he. people that q wrong exists they VIII
their WI remedy" the people VIII
Certainly lind no remedy Tor q wrong OF
which they know not. a physician can
lot treat a disease until someone COM
>lains OF illness. The people are the
physicians OF society,", and are licensed by
to treat every social and
disease, and through b ballot
>oS they apply the srt0f surgery to civil
,Bdes Until the last yirulent IN Is re-
moved. But until through organization,
9ucat'on anu wei a,iecsea e'iotss .n9
AlceIS 'na.e ae 49, w ,hia.s ~, ~ .am
squa'tly MIo eApussa w. p aoaS w" Wv
,liciI ea.s n.a naala ~ rem'o ~ i, aSi.
loiiss u 'h' peop'' -
pi, m, ,o, h,oa,, ,,a
~ :Apusuio W IN 1T. tsan nf
poss wv" ~ ~ sa"l
ITS W.. s".S hsS =" I,tn
lI!ls 'uiei si.M. pu.ssu .ho soS'", Ia s" vt
.ieiS VI un"..o, niaua :, ~, .ttalhnoS
itsltlins .a,ne's ~ ny ~ .I,.
oeen op:iaeu - pua y n,;,,ins ,ona
a"eht HARRISON alu ! l.,.i'ls, ahu !" ,ons
lihe !, osnei pi..ai tpa VIZ - ,.oo-
tne.l 'i1es u .onra as ~ - tho
uon, o.a,.el $500 ~" 4. .,.,s sdr
heieh1o " i's slols ,o.u"y. ~ on sn
cail eVer coiho ~ unAho"n "lonss "n
uhcSposea cono'.lons, alu 9nose wiz ase
the press VI tne loseiutn ~ .ouu0en. :.
gah,zea .of l1s onpla,nes y U.s.
the cry Oh ia'sehooo aaa slthuel =
actual conultions are eaposeu' pug
salns paiT ~ NY ~ ~ ri aran.nad +I,a
ileeu u nv. IN si.o IT, ~ Iii. - ~ ar;as ~
solce -. lat .hsno ,,hnn , mt, tho mona.
I.ea. s, i.;. ~ fr.aSn,n for their cx-
easois : .ho ' ID 800
posture VI en"'.e S'"'s.
The cause OF poverty IS iouha III VIZ
inonoposization OF natural hounties. pr
vate control OF rai!E5aas, cohtracslon .
the currency ana the unonst apEsrsioh-
ment of burdens ana rewards M iae-
tory girl may IN a single DAY SIN nie
shirts TO the material wealth. OF .he
world. u INC 40 rents pala 'oI 10. ,aoo.
mea.s pu'srts NH .,, i san on u ~ ,tesi,h IN
~. .taoo' 800. day rot !. h,r star,es.
a na.iu" ~ ust, nf onnnrtnn.
Nv y ~ aoannI;+n W rer,ar5e 20
.,c !" -, Iii ~ ~ tahar;na MAN ;s
%heLS w e g.. 49, so1 viii
NV pvoi = ~ +" M;.h ~ mnara, an5 or.
n".ss -, 80 ,r,sh M h fart
ua,aSauto az ILL., Na , ha,f nov
WI .Im'a'us ia. y aan,tnnta hIa l,,p,a
ual w. : H. ',Hj,d.er ~ I'm teller
Nv h.asn AZ .harLols NJ
neniS>I -. 's.s ,Hno ,;strihntinn. IN.
s'eeu' Si"a;.sos -. 10 hor ond
oieaso ,n' oppoi " 80, nortoiu
lnah.t l =. ia 'i
ana lht tei"eus 10 app'i,u'
AccoId'ns 10 tne seae. CENSUS 'h1 ~
eraee yearly earnings "a f1i1oi 'eea iaooi
decreased from d HUI uioic tnai' T'eoo
1870 TO a niue more 'han @ooo III loso,
yet Inc wealth. 81 inc hation increased
during mat perlon more tnah n Union
dollars per year. IN leoo the Ie'iheFs W
this nation owned thrce-nltns ol .ts
III leeo tney owhea ou' o'ic-'ui'u
OF ITS wealth ana To-Day inc own uut
about One-hftn OF us wealth. !et tne
farmers are SUI paying the elBnty per
u lakes patu ny thchl III Aeoo'
in 1860 there were but few children
nnder is years Of age in our factoties, in
1870 there were 739, l63, in 1880 there
were lis, 1856, and 1t is generally con-
cedcd that the number will now far ex-
coed 1000. 900. Not alone has civiliza-
tion been outraged by the introduction
OF infant slavery in numbers nearly
equal to the chattel slaves uf thirty
wears ago, but the low wages paid them
associated with other degrading methods.
has reduced the average earnings of all
labor. skilled and unskilled, to less than
q dollar per day, and consumption Of
products thereby reduced until even the
farmers Of proud Iowa, have sold their
| prod ucts at a loss since 1850, except when
| other western states suffered universal
failure, and the mortgage indebtedness
on the homes OF Iowa now aggregate
nearly three hundred million dollars. But
labor is told that the blessings of oul
Creator and the industrial habits Of mar
have become q national calamity. aud i
the Lord had made the coal beds deeper
the minerals scarcer, the rocks harder
the soil less productive and endowed tn
human mind with less Inventive genius
labor would be In greater demand ant
poverty less. Such argument is com
parable with the cutie fish that rolls tn
water to conceal its identity when hotl,
pursued and driven TO extremities. lie
us review the other side.
A few years ago the Vanderbilts bega
operating in railroads with 4 Yer
limited capital and their wealth is no,
computed at two hundred million dollars
This enormous sum is beyond the con
p%rehension of the human mind exccp
by illustration. 1t is said the Lor
placed Adam In the Garden OF Eden 81
Thousand years ago. If 1t that tim
I Adam had been placed on a salary {