Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-27

the average rate OF wages WAs seventy
seven per cent mole than IN England
that the coat Of living IN Massachusetts
Was but seventeen per cent mofs than
| Ia Eng aud. and be states further that
this extra cost Of living in Aassaeaa-
setts came almost entirely IN the Item
| OF rent. Some Of you undoubtedly
have visited, ana perhaps some OF you
| were born n England, and you know
F, sonnet hing OF the condition OF The cot
ssges IN the great manufacturing cities;
aud some OF you have been through
Massachusetts, and ! appeal 10 you to-
night fellow citizens, II YOU have ever
seen this you know perfectly we'll that
| the Americans IN Massachusetts, as
| they are ali over this country OF ours,
are far better housed. far better clothed
| and far better led than they are Ia
Eagland. Loud applause aud efies "
you bet
Now. fellow citizens, 1 stated, and !
dislike TO ailude 10 my own personal
lite, but stated that l occn-
pied an Official position IN
the great city OF Berlin for four years.
Ii became, - = part OF my ofheial
duties, to make an investigation INTO
the question OF wages ~ II did o. The
manner OF living. la 1858 l Gas fur
nisned by the government OF the city
| OF Berlin . statement ln regard 10 the
average rate OF wages paying different
| industries in that great city. They
were mostly OF common latorers aud
mechanics. And now let me give you
| little illustration. Without board per
week-all these figures are per week
| without board, remember--tne lock
smilh. Si.2S per week; this Was the
average rate OF those eagaged ia that
industry. The journeyman mason.
| S5.35 per week; the carpenter, saa9 per
week; painters, si.9s per week; house
painters, 1851 per wee; payers, $3.50
| per week; toremen OF the PAYERS.
| s7.s7 per week; the lsborer Oh the
street, common labor, 1921 per week;
the journeynian tailor, S4.2s per week
harness maker, $500 per week.
..ne city Of Berlin mas population
of million and half vi people, about
the sac OF the great city of New York.
Your city here nas, perhaps, severity
i've or hundred Thousand. WHAT Is
the rate Of wages here among these dif-
ierent branches OF industry 1 nave
mentioneuy Why, how - II, you AK,
Uan these people lave taerc' any, Tel
!ow-c.tiz-ns, they live because they
must exist, and every toy and girl, AS
soon as they become able 10 earn wages,
become wage earners IN com
petition with their parents. 10
with me IL the great German empire
today, ami AS you pass through that
country you will see more women en-
gagged In the fields OF labor than you
will of men. Go w.tn me To the city OF
Berlin. You will witness what ! wit
messed upon many occasions rs l saw
the German women, two women and
one man, go with load after Load Of
coal, to deliver 1t and carry IT upon
their backs, up one, two, three and
four fights OF stairs, and deliver IL 10
CONSUMERS. Now, fellow citizens, do
not know what you think over here IN
Grand Rapids, but thank God as an
American citizen that American women
have not got to be beasts OF burden.
lApplause.]
At this point Mr.. Brewer demon
strated the attitude OF England Oh the
tariff question, showing that fifty
years ago that country WAS high
protect.onist assert here tonight"
said he, that not one single prophecy
made by any democratic organs in the
campaign OF 1890 has since been full
filled, while on the contrary, rs l sh; IL
show, every single pi ophecy AMI pie & (,
made by the republican party, its
leaders and press, has come TO pass
as shown by the practical workings
OF the Mckinley BILL" Mr.. Brewer
gave an exhaustive review OF the his
tory OF the Mckinley bill and the in
cidents attending its passage in the
house He also referred 10 the var
.ous schedules with which the readers
OF this paper are familiar. refuting
the alleged arguments OF the gentle
men who spoke in Hartman's Han
Saturday night.
You hear these gentlemen talk about
the poverty Of the people; you hear
them talk of the calamity that is
spreading over this great country, and
why do they talk it? Why, fellow citi-
zcns, for thirty years the democrat
party rested its hopes upon the mis-
fortunes of the American people. Let
me 60 back in history and see if this
statement IS true. In 1864 you remem-
Der the great conflict that was waging
in this country; when the hearts OF the
American peaplc were sad At the loss OF
their fathers and sons. You remember
IN that year. when it seemed ~ If the
fate of battle hung in the balance, that
the democratic party by representatives
met IN convention IN the great city of
Chicago, and there, fellow citizens, they
proclaimed to the patriotic American
people: 1.-THE war for the preservation
of the Union is a failure, hand nomi-
mated George Il. Mcclellan. 49,
You know how the patriotic hearts
OF the American people beat at that
time. You know that YOU felt, thou.
sands OF you, AS felt Tor o few weeks,
that there was liability and perhaps a
probability OF the defeat OF him who
, became our martyred president after
wards, 1t seemed as II the democratic
! party .as to prevail IN the contest upon
that issue, but, thank God, only q few
days and we heard the glad news Of the
gallant farrsgut chained 10 the nissl
az he entered the harbor of Mobile
and then came, as II upon the
Wings of the Wind, Atlanta has fallen.
Atlanta hss falleBl' aud from that mo.
ment every loyal heart knew that Abra.
ham Lincoln was 10 be reelected and
the democratic party was 10 be defeated.
loud and prolonged applause.l
In 1872 they placed Horace Greeley
upon their ticket, who had not the
remotest sympAihy with them, think
ing they could swing into power under
has leadership. You ell know that with
our heroic Grant We swept the country
from one end To the other. lApplause
The next year We heard the news OF
the fall OF Jay Cooke; il ca me from tlss
north~est-and the great enterpriss
that he was Engaged in-and Il came
like one OF The Billiards from The pa