The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-04

to appeal to my fellow men to spare. for
Gods sake, our children. Applause.
Though some may say that it does not exist
in our beautiful Colorado. 1t NAV exist.
Wherever the Industries become more con-
centrated it brings with il the horrors of
child labor. Since there is still little inter-
est at stake in your state see while there
is still time, that law is passed prevent
lug the employment of children under four
teen years of age. [Applause.l l know
there are some who say that they must
make cheap goods, but to sheol with cheap
goods II the lives OF children must be sac
rlhced. Applause.
See to it that your territorial legislature
passes law that will prevent the employ
OF children until they are fourteen years of
age. 49,
The business man says that business is
uull and gives as reason that there is no
money. He didn't mean that there was no
money, but that the people didn't have
enough money. The man says, Now. boys,
III have to reduce your wages. If you're
not fools you'll take it, The people haven't
enough money to buy goods, so they solve
1t In this way. Reduce the wages 80 the
people can buy more money. There is no
more successful or prosperous community
as when the people are we'll situated.
therefore, we say that the way out of this
industrial darkest Africa is to give the peo-
FL uoio wages, give tnem more Glme TO
cuItlVate higher tastes and morals
urge upon the men who hold the destin-
les OF the people in their hands. consider
tnese things. Don't antagonize US as you
nave In the past, or you will turn US so
thoroughly against you that the words of
the Bible will read to us, "Whithersoever
thou gosst l will not go; whittier thou
lodgest l will not lodge. Thy people are
not my people. Thy God is not our God"
Il oc tn n.rr yir
men. You find in our demands the crystal
llzed wants OF the workingmen. In dealing
with.ns as united order you are dealing
with the crystalized laboring men.
But II you antsgonize US and break up
the organization you will have to deal with
dlsorganlzed wolves and wild animals,
their hopes and aspirations blasted So /
ask you, friends, meet US as men. Don't
ask US TO crouch on our knees before you,
Tor we have learned to stand up and look
you squarely in the eye.
EQUAL RIGHTS.
Among the things we advocate is that the
women should have equal suffrage with
men. Within four weeks $4,000 trade
unlonists signed petition for an amend
ment to the constitution of the United
States permitting women to vote We not
only work for equality of suffrage, but
work and fight to obtain equal wages for
her.
Last year we concentrated our efforts on
the carpenters and joiners, and now we
have selected the coal miners to make the
demand on next May that eight hours
shall constitute days work, and no:
minute longer. Applause l am travel
ing now over the country preparing the
people for the struggle, and hope in the
coming conference of the coal miners with
the coal mine owners that can get them to
concede the eight hour day without a strug-
gle or bad blood. But if they refuse, we
will show them the strength of organized
labor May you all come to look upon the
trades union question in its proper light and
not antagonize it any more.
The American Federation determined to
strike for eight hours day.
A voice in the rear of the hall cried out,
snake it sixp'
''No, not six, but eight said the speaker
with emphasis. One thing at time. We
do not want to be carried away by enthusi-
asts. Eight hours to day and less to-mor-
row is what we want
: You may beat us. in battle, but we will
rise up again defeated, but not conquered.
We used to have upon our banners,
Eight hours for work, eight hours for
rest and eight hours for mental and moral
Improvement" Our opponents would
always say it is all right Tor sleep and rest,
but as for eight hours for mental and moral
Improvement, they only said you'll get
drunk" Laughter
After this we inscribed on our banner,
Eight hours for labor, eight hours for
rest and eight hours for what we willn
THE MODERN HYPoCRITE
does not get drunk in the neighboring
saloon but in his parlor, or some other
mans parlor. [Sensation.l When he
re crorr hn -,
and usually gets it. More sensation I
hurl it in the vile threats of them that
charge the laboring men with less labor the
more DRINKS The amount of drink con-
sumed by laboring men has diminished
with the hours of labor, and if there is any
increase in drinking it is on the other side.
Applause. You will seldom find that the
men who work eleven or twelve hours
have dinner hour. The men who work
eight or nine hours enjoy that luxury The
men who work twelve hours goes to sleep
thinking of work, dreams of work, awakes
to work, eats to work and lives to work,
instead of working to live
If you want to improve the condition of
laborers permanently you must improve
their habits and customs
You will find in every country that labor
gets just enough pay to buy the kind of
fare IL gets. If the Americans would re-
solve to'wear blue jeans, eat red herring
aud crackers that they would get Just
enough wages to buy that kind of fare
You ask the men who work twelve or
thirteen hours day who is President of
the United States; ask them the name Of
the governor OF your territory, you may
laugh, but just ask them and see. Ask
them what the name of your mayor is
they may know this, as they may have
been compelled to go to him for a license.
Their minds are
DARK PAGE.
Their life is blank.
Take man who works eight hours
day; you can't buy his vote; he knows
what IL has brought him.
There are some who say if you work
more you'll get more pay. The very oppo-
site is the truth. The country in which the
people work the longest number of hours,
the wages are lowest: wherever the wages
are highest. the hours are shortest
You will find that the workmen who go
into any factory earliest in the morning
and leave it the latest. get the least wages,
while those who arrive latest in the morn
ing and leave earliest in the afternoon, get
the highest.
To state it crudely, the reason is that
those who work the fewest hours can not
afford to work cheap-they must sell their
services high. Fewer hours means less
hood, nobler manhood. The whole civilized
world asks of your legislators to enforce
the eight-hour law. If long hours make
great nations, China should be at the head
Show me the country where the people
work long, and will show you a country
where there is
IGNORANCE DARKNESS AND POVERTY.
There is no time wasted. If Inventor
Watts had not had time to watch the lid of
the tea kettle dance by the power of steam
you might not have the steam engine. II
our Franklin had not had time to fly his
kite you might not have the electric cars
which hear running over your streets.
ORGANIZATION NECESSARY.