The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-11
Monkeys.

There aro two new and ominous facts
about our estimable contemporaries, the
monkeys. Tho first fact-if we arc to Boz
lieve report which Is sent out from
Goshen-is that monkeys hnvc entered
tho field OF labor as competitors with
men. and arc now, in violation Of tho
spirit OF our Anti-Contract Labor law. i'm
ported to this country rs lnborers, without
tho knowledge or consent Of their human
rivals. Tho othor fact Is that Prof. GARNER.
who has mndo somo progress In learning
tho monkey language, has just sailed from
this port bound for Western Africa. where
no will take up his abode among tho
monkeys. in order to prosecute his study OF
tho laws OF their chatter. and in tho hope Of
discovering q method Of establishing in
telligent communication between humans
kind Ind monkcydom.
The possible bearing OF these two facts
upon tho industrial and social interests OF
our country Is Of kind to scare tho Farm
ers' Alliance and tho Knights Of Labor.
Tho story from Goshen is that II cherry
raising farmer up there named AARON
HowELLs. having found 1t hard to pay the
wages demanded by cherry pickcrs. and
having learned that monkeys aro ON
ploycd in fruit picking In Siam. imported
couple Of them. big. strong follows. We are
told that no has set them to work in
his cherry fields with truly remarkable
results. They do more work. better work.
and cheaper work thnn human 'cherry
plclcrs. They run up tho trees with bags
In their hands. fill tho bugs. jump down
with them. scizo more bugs. fill thcm
also, jump down again, and keep up
this sort OF thing right along. Farmer
HowELLs Is sald to be delighted with them.
They do not usk any wages. but work
for their grub. Thoy do not stand for
the eght-hour principle: they do not strike
under any provocation; they domcan them
selves like good monkeys. Their ancestors
toled rs fruit plckers In Siam. whore they
came from, and thcy are content with their
occupation. never troubled by walking del
cgates Farmer HowELLs alleges that he
saves n dollar n day by tho two Of them;
and. as there are plenty moro Of their kind
In Siam. why. then. what are the prospects
Of labor In this country? Besides. II they
can pick cherries better than we. they
must DO able to do other kinds OF skilled
labor: JULIUS CESAR! what n prospect!
Now comes this scientific linsust. Prof.
GARNER. who, within the past year. has
mado friends OF the few monkeys in tho
Central Park monkey house. and who has
almost got on speaking terms with them.
He has got so far as to know how they voice
some Of their desires md emotions. and he
believes that he will soon be able to classify
the vocal sounds by which they express
their real inwardness. SO that no can
ascertain their views OF things Mt
large as well as in the particular. The
chief obstacle to the further nrosecu-
ton OF his interesting researches here has
been the fcwncss OF tho monkeys who dwell
among us. In order to GeneraliZo with in
telligence upon the language Of monkey
dom. he must have plenty OF monkeys and
no must live among them. So he has left
New York to go to that part OF Africa in
which thGy abound. to the region that lies
far up tho Ogobi River. just under tho
equator; and there he intends to stay
until he has accomplished the purpose OF his
mission. He firmly believes. from what he
has already learned in our little New York
monkey house that when he gets settled in
the African nonkcyland he will DO able to
obtain full comprehension Of what we
prctentious creatures call monkey chat
l'I, uiltl IiliiJ luuS liz may Ill ll!nC
spiritual intercourse with tho monkeys. or
even. perhaps. get them to understand his
own speech. which. we should think. must
seem to them very ridiculous.
Now. suppose thut Prof. GARNER should
be successful. and should find out how
to converse with our cstmnblc monkey
contemporaries. and should go so far as to
exchange opinions with them. and should
give them to understand how things are In
this pleasant country OF ours. and should
tell them, for example. abou. the attractions
OF cherry picking in Goshen. n. ". and
should lot thcm know Of tho many openings
for honest industry hero. and should then
ship them to this country und"r contract to
labor: what. oh what would become OF the
Peoples party. and whero would Con.
WEAVER. St".klcss SIMPSON. and Longobard
PEFFER look for IL place OF rest:
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