The advocate., 1894-05-30

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dividend Of per cent. in these terribly de-
pressed times, they be OOntent with IL per
cent. and place che $114,OO0 representing
the other a per cent. 10 the credit Of Che
pay rollI
Again, why does NOT Mr.. Pullman, when
he demands q cut OF SS]$ per cent. and
more in the wages Of his employees, which,
on a careful investigation, he would have
found would reduce them TO severe hard
ship and many TO the verge Of starvation
why, say, did he mot also reduce the high
rents and water taxes levied upon these
same emplOyes3
Again, when he reduces the wages Of his
employees, why does he not reduce his own
salary and those Of all his higher officials,
the local management, and town officials,
heads of departments, fOremen and straw
bosses? And when he outs the price Of Ia
bSr in his great freight car shops from $14
q car, with one inspector, TO 81 q car and
three inspectors, why does he not get along
with two fewer inspectors and spread their
wages over his already reduced PAYROLL
Why does Mr.. Pullman, in the midst Of q
hard and vigorous winter, when the hours Of
work were few and the wages at their low
est ebb; when whole families we're In want;
when Che churches, buHdened with their
heavy rents, were seeking to relieve the
poor, and chat noble organization, the
WOmRn's union-whiCh we are mot allowed
to call the ''Relief" union for fear Of hurt
ing Mr.. Pullmsn's pride-waS doing all il
could 20 help the destitute; why was ii that
our CRY for help was unheeded, and no
large amount was given BY Mr.. Pullman or
by the company
Why did he permit one Of his officials to
publish q statement that there was no desti-
tuition In Pullman, and chat there could not
be as long as 10000 was deposited in bhe
bank TO the credit Of the lSboring men, a
statement which I have reason TO believe
was, in effect, false and misleadingP
Why does NOT Mr.. Pullman do something
for the moral and educational development
Of this placer Why does he sxtOrt such sx-
oEbitant rents from the churches Of This
community Why does he mot assist the
Young Mems Christian association just q
httle2 Why does he mot give US an emeFg-
ENJOY hospital, Of which we stand 30 much in
needp And last, not least, why, let me ask,
does he not, as q man Of flesh and blood
like ourselves, bring himself into q little
closer contact with the public life Of our
town, cheer his employees with his fGtherly
presence and allow the calloused hand Of
labor occasionally TO grasp che gentle hand
Of the man who processes to be so intensely
interested in our welfareS
Never until George M. Pullman CanSgive
q satisfactory answer to these questions viii
/ account him benefaCtor 10 his race, Q
lover OF his kind, philanthropiSt, or one
who has done anything for posteHity which
viii cause mankind, when his dust Slumberg
beneath che sod, to rise up and call him
blessed.
Thou eternal God, what poison has Orepb
into human nature and the spirit Of true
democratic simplicity shat can cause this
man who was once q poor mechanic Rt the
bench, but who is now q pampsred million
Sire, intrSnched behind his gold, 10 deny
these just requests Of those whose hands
have made him rich, and 10 heed not the
tears Of wives and children who have been
simply existing upon the crumbs which fall
from the rich mans tablet
lam told that che average wages paid By
the company is S1.H a day. I doubt IL
much. Il is claimed that the men are not
receiving starvation wages." ! know
many Of which this is true, but they are the
exception and not the rule. know q man
vyho haa had aRknp navi0O GA IN Yank Roy