People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-01
LABOR NOTES..

The BRUSH royal commission on
labor says in recent report that the
annual rate of remuneration for farm
labor in the United States is Sss2, CON-
pared with $50 in Great Britain, sl25
in France. 500 in Holland, 500 in Ger
many, $50 in Ru STA, $50 in Italy and
$50 in India.
II is estimated that the shrinkage OF
property in the United States, during
the year just past, on account of
scarcity of money, is s2,50o,OOO, 200.
Nearly $4,000 emigrants arrived in
this country within the past year.
The nationalist hold their conven-
ton in Chicago Aug. 30.
Senator Martin OF Kansas talks ike
apopulist when he strikes the money
question.
1t is reported that Chairman Hack
ney of last year S republican conven-
ii r in Kansas, and Hon. d. Il. Well
man, republican speaker Of the North
Dakota house, have joined the popu-
lists
The national banks of this country
have only cleared 81, 200, 10000. Yes;
it is the finest system in the world
for the bankers.
All the mines of Montana are closed
down and crime of every nature is in
creasing due to lack of food and
money.
A report says farm mortgage indebt-
edness increased over sl,7OO,OOO in
Ne raska in lo9?. Getting rich very
fast.
10 ton Traveller has engaged Henry
X. Legate, the well-known eastern re-
former, to furnish peoples party news
we ky.
Workingmer in Massachusetts are
getting up petitions to demoneti1e gold
and silver Congressman U'Neill fayors
the idea.
Prominent lawyers in the south
think il profit were oLlit rat d from.
South Caro- ina liquor law the act
woul 1 surely stand.
There are now more than 1000 pop,
ulist pap RS banging away at the com
peti i've system and making lots OF
converts
Eastern papers state that great dis.
treSs is being felt in the manufacture
ing distri Is of New England. Many
thousands are out of work and without
food or money.
The mining trouble in Kansas il
creating sentiment in favor OF state
ownership of mines. Legisla ure will
probably take ONE action in the mat
ter at the coming session.
Congress man Sibley has added 1000
TO his original gift of $1,000 TO the
farmer and labor organizations of his
district, which is to be spent for edu-
cation and orga ization.
Western and southern citi are be-
coming fully aroused to the dangers
of eastern goldbugi,m, and resolutions
are eiug adopted everywhere de-
handing free silver coinage.
The late Justice Blatchford will be
best remem hered for his decision that
all trials involving personal liberty
must be by jury. Gov. Altge is try
ing to carry the decision iato effect,
and the plute press, knowing that The
wealthy are safe, says it would clog
the wheels of Justice"
Buffalo Courier: Every city ought
to own Its waterworks. An il water.
works why not gas and electric light
works, street cars and teleph mes"
And now comes Gov. Waite of Colo
RADIO and reduces taxation by disband-
ing the useless holiday militia. Pre-
pare to hear the plute press shrek.
Col. Conger of Akron, republican
politician and glass and tin plate
manufacturer, when tot that en-
ployes of his Kokomo, Ind, interests,
out of work for two months, were in a
starving condition, remarked, Let
them eat the roosteIs they wore on
their hats last November" Remem.
Der this very witty joker this fall
when he hunts around the state for
votes for his man Mckinley.
Milan, 1t ly, isso well satisfied with
its municipal lighting experiment
that it is now building a street rail-
way system. Oh, these ignorant
foreigners!
New York socialistic trades unions
have refused to parti ;ipate IN the
labor day parade arranged by the C.
l.. U. Of that city, because the p rade
is to be ma sbaled by union men &C.
cused of being republican and demo
cratic politicians
Ex-Gov. Boyd Of Nebraska makes
the startling announcement that the
populists were "coun ed out" in his
cfato net foil Ia. ~ n ., t-:.i.c2 -.