Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-06-22

reports are true, stln has, designs upon
bne Of the high positions IN the gift Of
the people Of the United States. He
should nominate himself for the chief
taincy of tribe Of cannibals. Waive
the fact that 9 majority Of the men who
are .swarming by the wayside' are
honest men ont Of work, admit that ev-
cry s 'Coxeyite, z COMMONWEALTH and
.industrialist" is tramp Of the most
depraved order, can any good American
see occasion for 'pleasantries" in con-
dition which creates and fosters such
miserable wretches in our land, which
should be a heaven on earth? But let
Reid and his ilk smile while they may
Rags and tatters' will have their day.
The New York Tribune is little worse
than the other partisan newspapers Of
the country in their utterances upon
the, march upon Washington. To
man who reads as do the editorials in
score or more daily papers, some Re-
publican and others Democratic in poll
tics, the attempt to make political capi-
tai out Of the unrest of the unemployed
is either disgusting or mad ddening. The
Democratic paper says, 'McKinleyism
and Coxeyism are the same. = eek
President Harrison and Tom Reed
should be given their full share of the
shameless responsibilit The Repub-
lican editor tells his readers that the
attempts of the Democrats, under Cleve-
lands leadership, to strike down 'pro-
lection to the American laborer' is the
sole cause Of the ''commonweal armies. "
The editors (D who write such stuff
laugh in their sleeves over their cute
ness in turning trick against the en-
emy, and some Of them are glad that
there is starvation in the land that it
may be used for political capital. The
worst Of it is that many of the fools
who read the stuff believe it. That's
what is nladdening about it.
The News of Galveston blames the
labor organizations for drawing men
away from farm life to the towns and
| cities in search of work. It says:
The young man who lived contentedly at
! farm work at SIS per month 10 years ago learned
| from the papers and from the labor agita-
tors that men of his class in the cities were con-
! tending in organized and victorious armies for
| three or four times as much wages and eight
| hour days, instead of the long and dreary L.
| hour day of the hot farm. He was easily per-
| Buaded that he and others had q natural right
! to just such hours and wages as they might
! demand. He condemned as a ''traitor'' or
| 'scab'' any freeman who dared to apply for
work on his own scale. He took eagerly to the
| discipline which made it high crime for a
| carpenter to pick up a painters brush, and
| such influences at last made him an uncom.
| promising champion Of 'organized labor" He
| will never again be content to work on a farm
for what he is worth.
This is rather a new idea, and there
may be something in it, but I fail to
see that the labor agitators have any
thing to be ashamed of if they have
aroused a desire in the breast Of men
who We're working "12 hour days on the
hot farm for 1915 month"; to
change to an eight hour day and ''three
or four times as much wages OF
course there are other phases of this
question worth consideration, but tax
ing the bold statement as it is made by
the Galveston News say hurrah for
the agitators who have made men strive
to improve their condition.
! Jos. r. BUCHANAN.