Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-23
TARIFF AND LABOR
The Comet that Scattered Rocks on the
Earil. and Struck st. Louis in
February.
A MIDDLE About tie Tariff and Its Ell
tircts Upon the Rights of All
LaborerS.
Our Honest Retorlncr IIonored with a
New Suit of Clothes and the
Title of Major.

To the Edatcr: 1t waz crly and chilly
cavning in May. waz ritn my naim in
the register of a tavurn in Blinxvillc. ooh
yes" Scd the landlord. "herd of youoftcn
Glad to hay you with u.s." There waz a
rivlc tavnrn neer by.
81 spoze the committy has pcrvidcd for
my lodjing," was my proodcnt remark.
"Wcll-no-not yet, sed he, "but-oh,
yeS-you hav bagadgc." lie didn't seem
so glad. He moo the committyl
sat down by the stove. A wei drcst
gentleman, whose black eys devidcd their
time between Il creme buk and my Ease.
roze and walked the fore. sdled up to the
register. red the last rcckord. walked sum
more and spent more time on me, as if |
had sumtimc borrodc his mileage bulk
Then he Tux chare necr me and red
awhile. Then he asst me. did you ever
reed about a kommit that drawd its tralc
over the cr,h, left the boldcrs on the crth
and then went off wandering sumwharc?"
Never red Of it," scd l. but WHARF
did it go?"
ION a hunt for the verge of ruin 1t
never cum Lack til its thin, vapery trale
struck the ST. Lewis convcnshun and left
thare a base so dim that sliscs of bacon
seemed TO obskure the pajes of Shakspcer
in that quarter" He didn't smile.
Nor did L. How that man moo that
waz to spcck that mite on the Crate Deco
rashnn is puze. Ii made me ncrvus.
TUX my turn at walking the fore.
had a fine awjence. i had never
spoke there before. In it wu2 that we'll
drest rcder. The president introducing me
as one of the distinguished upifterS of
mankind. sed. "llc prcfurs to change his
subjeck but the Speach vii call the saim
that is, jest the saim TO us
I dashed ill., After doc coarse of fresh
instruxun on opprcshun, shark. morgajcs,
unjust diets, ushury, woze, wales, ralerode
cgsaSun, and sutch rare themes, I run on
the Universal Rites of all Labrers in the
world. wich ! wanted to prczcnt to the
Columbian Fare.
The poor pawpcrs of Urope.' scd ],
has as mulch rite to be induStrius and
hapy as we hav, who is in the saim soshal
condishuns of deSparc. This fraze wins
the ere. They have the saim in,reSts,
the saim needs. the sam fife with grim
'Shylock'S oppressive heel which leaves
its deep imbcddcd prints in every land,
the saim muthers and wives and the sainl
deer Children. who we Iced as little Han-
beS TO fredums alter TO sware at the IT,
runts of welth. Crate app!awz, with sum
size and tcers.)
But they don't have the saim wales. OF
the saim cloze. nor the saim equipments
of hoam life. Why SO? The Indus Mi
Kcnly tariff shuts up their .factrics wich
shood send us there perdGxuns f,c and
chepe. with no pintch of middle men on
thare bulk, nor no spot CT pcrtexun on
thare bewty. That's what opreses them
waje workers. In the paim of uniyerse
humanity let them hav more wales and
we hav more cheep goods (Sum APP
plawz. and Wots he onto ncw?)
Further: That pawpcr Iaber of Urope
is cumming here. II cant stay tharc long
under the Soshul condiShuns. of that Mi.
Kenly bill. The Mills bill wood not hay
been mulch better. Pawperd laber is on
the moov. heer its tramp on the oshen
1t nocks at our factries to git work 1,
cuts down wales. 1t drives out our Mites
of Laber and all sutch, SO that men of oul
order is passing rezolushuns against tina,
pawper labcr of Urope. I didn't say as a,
Bangup, for that wei drest redels eys was
sot on me. Hav | seen him at or neel
Pixey?]
''Do you want it to rush in onto us? (No
ncvcr.) DO you want wales reduced in
this crate land where employers don't pay
hat enuf now? (No. Iii cnuf for US who
pays. No; let EN- alone.) l want hoan
laber perfected.
'Thcn down with that tariff that drives
the pawper laber here. Send EN- back;
let EN- make goods thare for us witch shood
cum here under fire traid, and cut down
home manyfacters and then won't you hav
big wales and chcpe goods? Wont you
work less and live better? (No, yes, no
yes. 70, mes, sno; the shoe will be or
luther foot: the foot Will be in luther
shOo.)
"Wel-ahem-yc see" l, to rctrccv my
gain, ''wot I'm after is the equalizashur
of universal labcr and wales evrywharc
Then there vii be no more pawper aber
All the workers of the world vii have
equal wales, no matter what they do OF
how they do it. (Yes; no. Don't see it.
Don't want it. Cant do it. Don't kno wot
We meen.)
''Let me borrow thot. CAS- l didn't
want to borrow emmy thing else there waz
no brake from the scool house. ut is this:
We want to remedy our soshul condish-
uns. We must hav brou ijecs. We must
talk In the lahnrinp world Let lis moi