The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-14


"WEDNESDAY, JUNE IA. 1888.
How TO step Strikes.
Melville q. Landon, more generally
known by the cognomen OF ELI Per-
n1nRs has lately bean around the
worlc. and on returning he gave
summing up Of the indu strial situa-
ZION to P1ttsburg newspaper man,
and his views. which bear with pecu-
liar force upon strikes, that We are
sure they will DO read with the deepest
1ntsrest.
He says in starting OF that he found
americans twenty times as progress
6ive as any people on the earth, and
evsn the poor are twenty times richer
1han the poor in any other part OF tho
world. He found 1900. 600. 900 people
nut OF the $4,000, 100000 toiling
Tor something to eat. II 2OO.-
600 900 Indians Tin Asia) and AGO.
sOo0. 900 Cinnamon can get three bushels
sof barley year to keep them from
starving. they are satisfied.
Mr.. Landon being asked II he heard
scr any strikes In the Orient replied:
II should say not. They are too poor
and too busy earning money to keep
ifrom starving to strike. There isn't
Abor enough to be done in those
countries. They are glad to do any
thing at any price.
MIR. Landon was then asked; "What
makes strikes here in American" To
/. which the answer was. "why, pros
perity.a "But Mr.. Landon, what is
the remedy for these strlkes?"
why. stop the prosperity. Reduce
the wages."
But how can that be done?"
To which Mr.. Landon, who has beer
o Democrat. replied: ..
why. we Democrats can do it. We
will lower the Tariff and make our
fellows work for the same wages
they get on the other side, plus the
freight. 1t Is this miserable Mclkin'
ley bill that has made the high wages
and high wages make intemperance
dissatisfaction and strikes. 1t Is only
an over-fed horse that kicks, So we
Democrats will take off this miserable
Thrift. We will have our potters make
pottery as cheap Us they do In japan
and China; have our tailors sew az
cheap as they do In Vienna; make oIi
iron men work as cheap as they do In
Birmingham, and make our tin and
glass men work as cheap as they do In
Wales and Belgium. The Republicans
poured out 800, 900. 600 for pensions
ITO the old soldiers. Well step tina,
and hoard the money In Washington.
WAftl atom fhaaa ftnaa
stop these Yankee manufactures; ship
from Europe and bring the working
man on Ills knees, where he won't be
able to strike. where he won't have
time to strike"
Then you think, Mr.. Landon "tha'
the Mckinley bill has caused the trou
lble9"
"Of course. 1t has given the manu-
facturers Protection and they have di-
vided with the men. The manufactur
nrs gets SO per cent. Protection anC
pay their men 200 per cent. more
wages than anywhere on earth. So W.
Democrats 3 Ill make the manufacture
ers poor, OF make them stop theii
mills, and they will have to reduce
wages. Reduced wages make idle
mills, and that will stop strikes. Xii
this miserable Mckinley bill, and two
thirds of our mills will stop. Their,
will be three laborers to days work
Do you think they will strike then
No. The half-starved wretehes vii
hover around the mills as they do II
india, Austria and Germany and be,
dor work to keep them from starving.
In japan, said Mr.. Landon, a loco
motive engineer gets 30 cents day
The same engineer gets sl.5o il
England, and from So to 90 here. Foo
In hnth nlQnAI n0GtQ than IL Hna