The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-14


(coMMuNIcATEp)
In reply to DIR. WEIGH and all Others
who are continually harping on the
workingman not getting his righLfu
share OF the products of his labor.
lot us diagnose the case. They cal
the milllonaires brlgaDds and revlle
them as II they were all Goulds, Sageq
ana Wall street gamblers. Let's turn
from them and tho suckers they have
plucked, or, II you like, look over the
names OF their vic'.ms In Canada, In
1nils and suicides graves and you will
ma the names OF no work men Amopl
them. Neither Will We cite the name,
OF DIR. Welch's ills. who got there sell
Ing patent medicines. and workinpmeI
are IN the majority of the ranks O
victims.
But we will turn to men OF might,
business Intellect and genius, and I'm
sure we must NIL pay homage to zen
'ius. Stewart built up n trade SO ri
gantlc that 1t died with him for wan
OF manager. Bennett, (ths elder,
built up newspaper that Ia crculat
Ing to-day without brains or manage
ment. The offspring OF Edisonls brair
are almost countless. The Carnegies
Armorrs and BaldwiRs with theil
shrewd business intellect lead all com
petitors in their respective lines, ant
they are legion. and yet they are call
ell hrigands. Cnn you stop geniu!
from rising2 IL can not be done. ant
1T don't naturally follow II man Is ,
millionaire he is brlgand.
And now about tho workingman
How Is IL YOU never find out YOU are
robbed until some fellow who has
never done days work In his If,
tells you so? You listen to doctors
lawyers and preachers who know nj orr
about your affairs than they do about
the laws OF God, nature and land. lot
never heard any OF them give eXper
testimony but they disregard nnt
made holy chow OF each other. They
know more about running a factory
than our Oldest firms, but they novel
put their money In ono and try II, bu
they keep on telling them how to rui
their work s and you that you are rob
bed.
The manufacturer Is getting all on
oil the workingman there Is In him a
the market price, but the workingmal
IL 10 blame. lie was offered piece wurl
and allowed nearly double his pay. II,
took the oiler and by his greed anr
selllshness, greed for money, AM
Iseliishness In proving he could d,
moro than his shopmate, brought tht
prices to as low figure as they coult
be brought and now he swears he |,
robbed. You don't squeal when yot
Lose at poker, keno or policy, bu
study how to beat the game, but ii
tho game Of your life you squenl ant
follow some fellows advice who nevel
played the game.
You will get caught again IL yoI
don't post yourself. When you tool
piece work and done rs much In on
week as you did before in two yoi
gave yourself away. You woro no
robbed. but you will believe the law
yers who will get you to periure
yourself to win their case, and the doe
tors who will purge you to get cas-
before you will listen to your owl
common sense. But you have hear,
your employers called robbers so oftel
and never raised your voice in protest
now you believe 1t.
I You hear trusts denounced and ou
OF n million dollar peach crop in Della
ware the producer came ous at tn
small end because thay, the growers
failed to form n pool or trust. Al
firms who form pool or trust are nd
dishonest by so doing; they reduc
expenses and stop unnecessary leak
and thereby make greater profits b
their own saving. But by having
: dinged IN your ears INCREASINGLY, an
you never Contradicting the saline, yol
have come to believe that you are
dupe. your employer robber, tn
millionaire Il briEand, the trust a
, that Is vile. tile tariff a tax, and Bilyo
/ il curse, and tho men who tell you thi
, live On their wits and oily tongue the
uelther spin nor SOW, nor put dulla
in any Industry.
TO show how consistent the work
inRman Is he wont vote TO change til
constitution OF his own State, SO ant
.quatnd 1t needs polishing UP, beaaus
he knows the men who would do til
Job and would rather have it as it Ii
But he'would turn around while pros
porous and happy and vote to chang
the policy OF tho whole country. know
ing the men who will make the chang
ana their past records.
It's discouraging, but brace up, mer
form trust of your own, do you
own thinking and managing, banis
selilshncss, lose sight OF self, weig
S all you hear. find out what is best Il
all, the whole working class, and whe
J you find out what you all want ask ft
I il and 1t viii be granted. Your en-
ployer has been traduCed, called 70
her and thief men are now plottir
his ruin in Washington, You hay
;, found out he Is \ our triond and ben
u tnctnr. Tor God sake raise your Vol
). in his behalf while got there Ia tim
:, Tor ii he goes down you 20 with hill
tho statemt ut OF politicians TO Il
: contrary Notwithstanding.
Il A NunElNuMAN.