Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-23

ne BUYS a Monument I'm the
City Of Jackson
BECAUSE IT IS MUCH CHEAPER
TIE M4Ibi- Merchants q Tbs City "a
plain How They Were DsnIsi
Chance 70 Compets.

David Moseau. the well known d.
vlsiOG street monument deAiefs Was
busily engaged ia placing the marble
slabs n position for s~etland's Mort1n
house oyster counter yesterday morn
lng. Approached ~ a representative
of fHE HERkLD - Gh reference 10 the
rumOT that sheriff Mcslueen has pur-
chased a monument Of aekson.
Mich. ) dealer whose work was done
by PRISON contract labor. he sad
.sY0u may say that / understand that
sherH Mcqueen d.d purchase a
monument Of Clark ". Mills OF
Jackson, mau who EMPLOYS prison
labor. i understand that Mcqueen
does not deny =
ur MORGAN states his Position.
% far IS an related 10 the trsnsac-
t.oa, can simply say that / solicited
basnes oil the sheriff and was told by
han tnat be Was not A. mat time ready
10 purchase, bat that be contemplated
Obtaining a monument for his son In
tns near future. tie told me that be-
fore making purchase he would look
through nay stock. That Was the last
business was concerned.
Meoas.n Break, His word
81 nexg heard that DC had bought
monument a. Jackson, snd Afterwards
saw lI at Caledonia. / understand
that be pad between i've and AK nun
dret dollars for :.
II nnd no fault" said Mr.. MOreau,
seriously. with Mr.. Mcqueen Tor not
buvtng of me, nor TOR his breaking hl-
word bv not looking through my stock,
but zoe point | make IS thus: No man
who wliully employs convict labor TO
do hts work, or employs man VINO
employs convict labor, has right TO
ask honest, independent laboring men
70 vote for nim.
aenaeea Fsvors Convict Labor.
"Laborlng men and labor organiza-
ticns generally regard convict labor as
Their most offensive competitor, and
rixntly 50. Now, DO not Dslleye that
they want 10 vote for man VINO pat
rOnZes that kind Of labor. aud do not
believe they will do II II they know 1t.
MIR. Mcqueen went TO Jackson with
ma patronage Tor no other purpose than
10 deal with Mr.. Hills, who employed
cheap convict labor. Otherwise he
could have purchased at home. We
have MANY men and larger dealers
here than are TO be found III Jackson,
and Mr.. Mcqueen knew IT. But he
also knew that convict LABOR was paid
only about So cents per day and that
we fellows here at home were paying
from $3.50 TO $500 per day, and for
tins reason be saw MT TO patronlze the
PRISON contractor.
Mcqueen DemagOgue.
When u comes TO votes Mcqueen
poses as a friend OF laboring men, but
when ne IS elected be goes to prison
contractor for his goods. All care
about q 3 tins: Mcqueen patronZed
al employer e contract labor TO build
han monument. and lie does not
deny q. Now, for myself. l believe
that the laborIng men of this city have
right 20 know the facts. IL they
wansti vote for man who refuses 20
give them employment, and who gives
PRISON workmea employment instead,
they may do so; but do not believe
they want TO do 10.
"He IS running upon platform
which denounces prison contract labor
and yet he wifully patronized that kind
OF labor aud went ont of the city TO do
It. lie does not deserve the recognl-
ton OF honest labOring men. He IS en-
titled 10 the vote Of the convIcts Of
Jackson bat not Of the free and intel
hgeut lAborng mep OF this city,"
what schmidt Bros. say
Mr. Charles Schmidt, of the firm OF
Schmidt Bros. Cana street., was buslly
engaged at his place Of business yes
tsrdsy morning. His attention being
called 10 the Mcqueen convict labor
matter he SAID: 81 called upon Mr..
McQueen at one TIME TO solicit bust
ness OF hIm and was told that he was
not then ready tO purchase anything
IN my line. but that when be was he
would give me call. / think, though
I am not sure. that Mr.. Mcqueen did
cal aud look over my stock. lie did
n0t purchase OK me. however. but
rather bought ot man by the name
OF Hits, OF Jackson an employer OF
PRISON contract labor / am ihfOrmed
that be purchased a monument for
wh,Cn be pad about 500"
statesman John Marphy.
John Murphy. a salesman IN the en-
pl0y OF schmidt Bros. said OF the tran
sscton; "f believe Mcqueen came
mere snd looked over tbs stock, but
he made no purchase. When 10 came
60 DONG business % preferred 20 pat
rouiEe pr son labor contractor To
go IL he not only vent olt of town and
left our own merchants behind. bat ne
went back on honest labor and patron
ir-d convict labor lie does not de-
serve the votes of honest working
men"
Sixth Ward Republicans.