Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-27
FARMER AND ARTISAN.

Congressman Jerry Simpson was one
Of the speakers at the Labor Day cclc-
bration OF the Chicago Building Trades
council The meeting was held IN Sharp
shooters park. and the Attendance was
more than 10000. Following aro some
extracts from Mr.. simpsons address.
1t affords me pleasure to extend to tho
labnring men, aye. und 10 the women.
the right hand OF fellowship OF the farm
era Of the northwest | can assure you
that the farmers Of the United States,
although In the past pagans in politics
and slow In economic reforms. are today
ready TO grasp hands with tho laboriug
men 20 secure our rights When | say
rights" ! moan TO get part Of the great
wealth that we produce In this respect
the man Of the workshop Is ~ much Of u
farmer % he who holds the plow.
We have been going on Tor the last
thirty years producing wealth, It is u
statistical fact that for every hour re-.
corded In u day we produce quarter Of a
million dollars In wealth. Now the ques.
ton comes mp. who receives this wealth.
The man who produces It or tho monop-
olisti The answer is not hard TO nnd.
jefferson laid down the principle that
every man Is born to certain inalienable
rights, and It Is TO procure these rights
that farmers and laboring men have
banded together II Is evident TO mo
that we are on the eve Of "a great poliii-
cal revolution Tho crrth Is the great
storehouse Of wealth. Labor is the fac.
tor which produces this wealth. Couse-
quontly labor must have access 10 That
storehousc.
In this connection Mr.. Simpson spoke
Of his present extensive tour through tho
country. and showed how the coal In
Pennsylvania and the iron In Michigan
passed rapidly into tho possession of the
few. while the farmer IN Kansas had TO
bun corn for fuel aud while the people
all over the land had 10 pay heavy tolls
to the railroad corporations.
It every man should leave this country
iron and coal would have no value. Con.
scqucntly, IL Is labor that produces
values. mud we intend TO tax 1, back to
tho people Transportation should bc
one Of the functions Of the government.
aud ii should be the governments duty
to deal directly with the people In tho
matter OF money instead oi dclcgaiiny
this function 90 the national banks. The
same holds good IN the matter of tele-
graphs
Now. the question il. how 20 abolish
the evils that have crcpt Ia You can't
do II alone, the farmers emit do It alone.
II Is only by united action that we can
succeed We farmers have been "a long
time ON the road. but whatever road va
did travel we have reached yous,t last
and today 100000 people nre enrolled
under our banner aud have the faith
that they win never stop until they
reach the goal, This goal can finally be
won only through the ballot.
lilo moved IN this connection how the
different systems Of robbery"-the feu
dal bar1ns, the church aud legislature
corrupted by monopolsts- succeeded
In lcvying tribute spon farmers and
| lnhoring men IN this connection th,
press came IN Tor hard hit.
Thuy my 20 NJ. you fellows talk IN
favor of Glaze legislation. why don't yor
lcgislite Cor tho brain workers. sal
/ there are 40 few Of the brain worker
that they can readily move about II 4
does not suit them In one place. A min
| lister Of the gospel can readily turn to ~
u street car conductor should he be q
failure rs u preacher, n he fails a. :.
conductor he may be III 10 be prusiden
Of u college Or he may become poll
tician aud subsequently United State
senator, Then. II there should be to,a
unhucss for any Of these ayocations h,
may settle Ia some town aud bccoin
editor Of u great paper, hat IN the cas-
Of the muscular work of laborer and
farmer the struggle has become 80 tierc
aud so general that there Is no othc
remedy buta political revolution.
Il is for these clients, the muscula
workers, that we have to talk. gentle
men OF the brain Ny clients are tho,
that have TO go down into the coal field.
deep below the surface OF the earth. an,
risk their lives every minute for mor
pit,ance; my clients are IN, men an,
women In the factories at the spindle.
the men who exc ont u miserable exi-
tence on farms. working from twelve (
twenty hours a day. They have AZ
pealed to us for protection and RELIEF
which we cannot give unless We ban
together.
What Expresses us today ia our ignc
rance; not corporations, not aristocracy
but ignorance With the help Of Go
and the votes Of YOU, good people, W
will bring this government back to th
people, The French revolution change
the entire existence Of things IN Franc
and created ~ true brotherhood Of mei
but the whole monarchical power Q
Europe fought against and squelched Il
However, hope remained. and hope I
live to see the day whom wo can Z
down to Washington and inaugurato 70
president man who Is toiler, u ma
who helped TO create wealth.
Certainly u Had Record.
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