The advocate., 1892-02-03
A GOOD EXHIBIT FOR THE COLUMBIAN
EYP0STTION
To the Editor OF THE ADVOCATE:

ance Union,a to endorse 1t most heart
ily. 1t states the position of our so-called
prohibitionists and temperance advocates
90 truthfully as to leave no room for ad-
dltional facts to show the hypocrisy of
the persons referred to. Your position on
the liquor question will do very well for
the Peoples party until they have the
opportunity of adopting the Ohio plan,
or something better.
hope you will publish a protest
against Congress loaning or giving any
more money to the Columbian exposition,
as it goes into the pockets of q few
high-toned aristOcrsts, at the expense of
tax payers, great majority Of whom will
never be able to even visit the fair. AS
the scheme is paid for by public money
mainly, l would suggest thorough ex-
hibit Of the social and financial condi-
tiOns of the great army Of toilers whose
labor has created all the marvellous works
Of art and industry there displayed. Let
the hoVel in which our so-called Ameri-
can citizen, engaged In the tariff protect
ed industry of mining coal, iron, silver
and gold, manages to exist, be exhibited
alongside the products Of his labor. Let
1t be furnished with the miserable furni-
ture they generally afford. The miner
and his family clothed in the rags q ma
jority habltually wear from necessity.
Tell the visitor there the plttance the
miner and his family are able to earn,
the number Of hours they work, the
food they eat, the cost at the company
store of all they buy, the rent they are
compelled to pay for the privilege of
being housed In the hovel called house.
Let the statement be published and ex-
hiblted to the public of the amount of
tariff duty protection Is granted by a
republic to the product of this miner
labor, together with the amount of pro-
lection granted the man himself against
the "pauper labor of the Old World"
Let the miner or serf explain why he
consents live in his miserable hovel,
and accept such starvation wages. Let
each corporation or person having an
exhibit at the big show publish an Of
fetal statement showing the financial |
and social conditions Of the persons who |
manufactured or produced the articles
exhibited.
Each large city should publish an Of |
fetal statement, showing wages paid me-
chanics, and all unskllled laborers-m
women and children-in all the factories,
shops or mills Of the city, street rail-
ways, etc., number Of hours per day,
prices Of different kinds of piece work,
such as clothing, shirts, etc.; cost Of liv-
ing, including rents, fuel and provisions;
ages of children compelled to labor, and
number of hours per day and wages re-
ceived; how many unemployed Of each
sex and all ages; their condition socially
and morally; what provision for aiding
such unfortunates does the city possess,
If any? Also, the financial condition
whether generally improving, or grow
ing worse-of merchants, mechanics,
lawyers, bankers, brokers, money lenders,
commission men and preachers. Let
each county and agricultural society rep
resented prepare statements for diStrl-
button, showing actual financial and go
cial conditions of the people of their
county; the cost Of the production Of
grains. frnita. YApafahlAa live atoclr etc |