St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-08
AT THE PARK.
Mayor Winston, S. NJ. Owen and
o. Il. Erickson the Speakers.

Mayor WINSTON, -. NJ. owen ana
o. Il. Erickson the Speakers.
The grand stand at the ball park was
not crowded as the labor procession
wheeled into the Enclosure, but there
was fair crowd present, land an earnest
one too. They always applauded when
the sentiments uttered by the speakers
conceded with their own views.
the speakers of the occasion. They,
with y. T. Erickson, the president of
The trades and labor assembly, and the
LABOR quartette took seats on tempo
rary platform, erected on wagon.
After some music by various bands and
a couple or songs by the quartette, the
president opened ]he ball with little
address on organized labor, its meaning
and its objects. First he explained
some of the things which labor unions
are not for. They not for the discus
sion of dead issues.
1.-THE question that we discuss" said he, sis
not who freed the black man, but what will
lead the white slave out of bondage"
He told how the organization of labor
helps the laboring man TO better wages.
The case OF the bricklayerS was cited.
Before they established their union they
received but little more thar the hod
carriers. Now they receive $500 a day.
1t costs them but 80 cents a month to
support the union.
Another thing we do in our unions" Mr.
Erickson said. sis to study social science.
Some of the political faults that we complain
of are no doubt the result of our own indif-
ference. But the study of political science
teaches us to look after the politician after
election as well as before. When an alder
man votes to give away a franchise for
nothing we do not ascribe his action to
Divine Providence; we open all account
with that alderman right away. We watch
and pray; pray for day of deliverance, and
watch for chance to dig that mans politi-
cal grave"
Then he commented upon the injus-
tice of sending man to Jail for six
months for throwing a brickbat at an
other man who has taken his job while
the man who has wrecked a railroad or
forced the wife and children of q miner
to Starve is sentenced to six years in the
United States senate.
The Mayors Greeting.
Mayor Winston was introduced after
the band and the quartette had been
given another chance to show what they
could do. The mayor, after few brief
Introductory remarks, said:
"Never was a cause more just and rights
more sacred Your cause is the nations
cause; and upon your prosperity and suc-
cess does tine welfare and perpetuity of the
nation rest. Organization is everything; it
is all-powerful; nothing can withstand the
power of consistent and thorough organiza-
ton. 1t will be dark day when any one
shall undertake to throttle the justice Of the
cause of labor, and violate any of the rights
of the laborer. The reciprocity that will do
good in this world is an equitable reciprocity
between the employer and the employed;
more real good will be attained by placing
the employer and employed upon friendly
terms than in any other way; and the sooner
capitalists come TO understand that the la
borer of America is free man, free-born the
peer of any prince or potentate upo the face of
the earth, the better il will be for them. There
is no projection for capital in reality, except
as it is guarded and protected in the security
of labor. And the capitalist who does not
recognize this principle stands in his own
| light. and the corporation that refuses to ac-
] knowledge 1t should have VA rlaAA--- -AA--4-