Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-30
COxEYISM TIE CHILD OF pROTECTIONBM
CHICAGO Rsrald.


One OF the suggestive thinRs about
the numerous industrial armies" now
marching or getting ready TO march TO
Washington is that they seem to De
composed mostly of Americans from the
English or British stock. The names
Of most of the officers are unmlstakaoly
Of English stock. Such are Coxey,
Browne, Inman, Grayson, Shepherd,
Frye, Jones, Johnson, Speed, Randall
and others that might De named. True,
we find a Kelly, q Hogan and Beau
mont, but these are exceptional. Ac-
cording to reports received from the
different divisions. the men in the ranks
are also mainly Americans OF like ori-
gin, or who trace their ancestry back
for several generations on American
soil.
Another point upon which reports
are pretty well agreed is that the men
are for the most part worSlngmen, as
thew represent themselves 10 be. There
IS no doubt large contingent OF hOoOs
knights OF the road who are not dis
posed to work so long as they can get
sort of living by begging and pllisrlng.
But the general testimony Is tina; these
constitute but small portion OF the
armies" And the testimony Is prob
ably true. as the average tramp IS not
the sort of man TO submit 20 the disci-
pliRe and the hardships 10 which the
Coxeyites are subjected. he prefers 10
hunt with q "pard" or gang and
follow his own sweet INCLINATION, with
out any officer 10 dictate his move
mentS or dole out his ratiOns. The men
are mostly American mechanics, COM
mon labOrers and others who would
gladly DO earning their living II they
could find employment.
Another factinvitlng attention is that
the largest OF these armies" originates
In the far West At least 1,SOO men
have been recruited in California under
different commanders. When Kelly
reached Council Bluffs he had force OF
more than 1900. Shepherd recruited
$50 men in the State of Washington, aud
$50 marched under Hogan from Mon
tana. AT least 3, 400 out OF total OF
$500, as estimated two days ago, were
gathered from California, Colorado,
Washington and Montana, while only
about 2, 900 are from states east or the
Mississippi The Chicago army may
change the proportions materially, but
the fact remains that thus far the far
West has furnished NOR than three
fifthS OF the common veal" force,
These facts taken together point IN
mistakably 10 certain conclusions. For
more than thirty years we have had a
system under which the growth OF GER
tain industries has been unnaturally
stimulated and forced. This system
has given an unnatural and unhealthy
stimulOus TO immigration, directly and
Indirectly. Ii has held out delus.ve
promise OF high wages. 1t gave rise 10
the contract system under which thOus-
ands who knew little ABOUT American
wages, and less about the cost OF living
10 this country, were brought here TO
displace American labOrers. Except
during the civil war and for a few years
OF great depression after the disastrous
panic OF 1873, immigrants have been
pouring in al the rate OF half a million
year or more.
A very large proportion OF these new
corners remained in the eastern cities or
manufacturing towns either from choice
or in fuliilment OF contracts or because
Of lack Of means 10 reach the Western
States and Territories. There they
competed against American la6Orers,
lowering wages and the standard OF
living, and driving thousands upon
thousands westward 10 cultivate the
soil or swell the ranks OF wage-worksrs,
aud TO MAKE the West almost TO the
same extent as the East. the theatre OF
strikes and labor disturbances.
American workingmen have been
pushed across the continent from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific. They have
been driven westward prematurely,
preci pitately, as consequence OF the
Wanted policy of protection TO Amer
lean labor" They have reached the
extreme western limit. They can so
no farther They find themselves sub
jected 10 the same pressure there that
pushed them westward, and now we
see the advance frOth aud foam OF
refuent wave. And it appears al least
twenty wears sooner than il should as
necessary result OF the forcing process
born OF inOrdinate SelishneSs and
greed, and falsely called the policy OF
protection to American industry"
We are beginning 90 taste the bitter
fruit of this policy of folly and greed.
The Modern Girl and the Man of the
Moment.
North american Reyier.
From the modern girls point of view
the man OF the moment is not OF much
account The instinct of natural selec-
lion which inclined her first OF all 70
set him aside, for his fabbineSs, is
strengthened now by her knowledge Of
his character She knows him much
better than her parents do, aud in pro-
portion as she knows aim she finds less
and less reason 10 respect MIN. The
girls discuss him with each other aud
with the younger married women, and
out of their discussions is arising
strong distaSte for him. Ppm rot going
10 marry a man l can't respect, II
shan't marry dniesS l find man Of
honor with no hOrrid past, and Don't
offer me the mutilated remains OF
man" coupled with the names OF Tom
Jones and Roderick Random, are the
commonest expressions on it, And it is
in vain for the man Of the moment when
he marries 20 hope TO conceal the conse-
nnornos - f-nr, his hv