The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-27
PROGRESS CLUB TALK.
Judge Baldwin's Size.Up of Questions Re-
latiDg 10 Wages includes Some Yagaries

Previous to Judge Bald wins remarks be-
fore the Progress Club yesterday after
noon Mr.. Hugh Campbell appropriately re-
cited the famous poem by Robert Burns.
For a. That and a. That" and two OF
three selections on the piano were contrib
uted by local musicians. Judge Baldwin
announced his subject as High Wages,
and How to Make Them Higher" He be-
gan by pointing out tive distinct reasons
why wages are higher in America than In
any other country, and compared
the superior workmanship of the
American TO that of the pauper
labor of Europe. The speaker thought
that @ heap labor is the worst labor; as an
illustration. he said, put q fifty-cent girl In
your kitchen and mark the miserable care
of that portion of your household while
under the cheap girls charge. as compared
to the three OF tve-dollar domestic. Dear
labor is cheap il it IS effective. South OF
the Ohio river there 10 colored labor; il is
cheap aud inferior. Hire men cheap and
they are not worth their salt; hence the
man that charges q good price for his work
and does 1t well is the cheapest In the end.
Another cause of high wages Is
the organization of labor. Napoleon
said: God is on the side of strong
battalions" Judge Baldwin is of the opin-
ION that God is also on the side of organized
labor. and against disorganized labor.
Thirty years ago the workman asked what
plOyer asks what the workman will work
for. Labor is in the ascendency when the
employer asks that question. The first
step to take in order to make wages higher
il to make the standard of comfort higher.
The just complaint of the laborIDg man is
that he is compelled to live in death traps
breathe bad air. and exist in back
alleys. So long as he taxes back
sss' sDt ,he T take N.n,. ni irSss
wages he must insist on bet
ter houses. better clothes and better
social opportunities. 1t is pity that there
are so many empty benches In our churches
that should be occupied by laborinR men.
marks of Cain. The niemb ers Fave not done
their duty, but il is because they do not
know how. Social advantages will come
if you insist on them. He spoke particu-
larry to the ladies. Woman's wages are ad.
vancing Ten years ago the only thing
girl could do was TO make clothes. get mar
ried and teach school. Marriage was spelled
with q big M" but to-day it is spelled
with small one. because our girls are in
dependent of the boys. She is wage
Garner. She ought to have among other
chances q monopoly on the manufacture
and sale of jewelry, for she Is able to handle
the industry In a way that man cannot do.
Another factor. he said, in the pro blem
IS that our dollars are not effective enough,
We need q dollar that will pay more rent
buy more goods etc. A dollar in England
will do the work of dollar and forty cents
in this country. THIS with unjust tax
alton, Is working the ruin of American in
dustry.
In conclusion. Judge Bald win said: I'VE
are hoping that O week from to-day Will
be the beginning of the end of unfair tax
alton. l believe that no man should be al
lowed to inherit more than half million
dollars. All over that should be turned TO
the State. the elm ting. statesman is the
man that will know that God Almig hty
made coal for the whole human family in
stead of the Reading railroad. He will
sh"n,d e" nad me tha nnhlin IN tSs
language of Mr.. Jasper, the world do
move aud all that is necessary for men
and women is to do their duty and wait.
Where the vanguard rests to-day the rear
shall rest tomorrow"