Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-15

WIN some one explain why It is that
rents are not reduced to correspond
with the reduction In wages2
This entire condition could be chang
ed in twcuty-fnur hours, as the above
authority states. and prosperity would
soon take the place OF adyersity.
Mr., Stead raised another breeze by
telling the people Of Philadelphia that
our government was more monurchical
than that of any other country, except
Russia,
oVerrun with trnmps, Chickens will
come home TO roost. They helped to
make the machine that turns out
tramps.
Dr. II. r. ELY, Phi. D., LII. D.. In his
new book, IAN Outline OF Economics, 4"
declares In favor Of government owner
ship OF railways. ana leans toward It's
ownership OF land, also.
The recent bond issue win in ten
yenrs, bring net profit TO the bond
holders Of over s5s,O00,O00, Just figure
II out and see And the dear people"
foot the bill in higher taxes
The New York World has opened its
columns 10 the discussion Of socialism.
and the Chicago Times has recently
thrown open its columns to the discuss
sion OF all social reform theories from
the single tax 10 nnarchism'
Plenty Of money IN the commercial
centcrs' says the Chicago Tribune.
NO need Of Increasing the volume
thereof Yes there may be plenty OF
water IN Lake Michigan and great
drouth In Illinois at the same time.
organized labor Is organized capi-
tai It is capital consisting OF brains
ana muscle" This IL Judge Caldwells
decision IN the Union Pacific wage con-
test, aud II Is grand victory for labor
rounded on the bedrock OF human
rights
a, list, Of purchasers OF the late issue
OF bonds hows that not a dollar was
taken by worltlngman, or anyone
VINO might be said to belong TO the
masses. Yet It was called "a popular
loan for the dear people" TO invest
their savings in.
The well posted labor reformer
laughs and pitiea the ignorance Of tho
man who says our financial distress Ia
produced entirely by the acts OK che
present administration. The causes that
nave brought II about have been In
active opcrauon for a generation,
The Frlck company IN the Connells-
vile coke region now gets dose OF its
own medicine. The strikers and riotl
ers are all foreigners. brought there a
few years ago by Frick 70 break the
power OF the Knights Of Labor, who
demanded living wages Imported.
cheap labor won the fight. but now re-
dueod TO the point OF starvation. these
genance upon this bittorest enemy OF
organized labor
Mr. Carnegie Is an Illustration Of
the truthfulness OF the text BE sure
your Sins will find you out" The
Homestead strike ana its fearful re-
suits removed him from the respect
and confidence OF laboringmen. And
now when the government fined him
SlfO'4Ss 9l for furnishing inferior prod
ucts he charges the fraud to d con.
spifacy among his workmen, IL this
Is true, 1t only proves that he has de.
sroyed tho confidence Of everybody
In him.
AZ the three principal iron ore mines
nj norwood, Mich, It appears that "
q total OF 6i47 employees. 1Oli were
SeandinaNiens. 1872 were IRISH SIS En-
gllsh, 7i2 Firms G2G Poles. 25i French.
1862 Germans and 25I Italians. The re-
mainder Included Dutch Scotch, Aus.
trnlians, Syrlans. Slavs Hungarians.
liohemlans and Welsh, but only sixty
three were native-born Americans Not
one IN eighty-siX We're natives FOR
whom we hear such piteous cries for
protection.
Here Is the whole financial question
In nutshell, the source and secret of
our present troubles, the cause OF the
growing indignation OF the people An
our money ia measured by the one
metal. gold, which, owing to the de-
mend for it, IS constantly increasing IN
value, As gold increases In value the
power OF the dollar. meas
lred In gold, Increases In purchasing
power. II ia moro profitable TO hoard
money than 10 lend it out az low rates
of interest-Atlanta Constitution,
Three ponderous volumes on indus
trial and economic questions have Just
appeared. one from Germany one from
fngland and one from America. all
taking the ground that hiGh wages |
liN more economical than low wages
Many prominent newspapers advocate |
he same idea. A republican form Of !
government cannot be maintained OK
'ept when based on an intelligent Ia
boring class. Such a class, to become |