Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-03

c. A. Pillsbury, the millionaire miller
and wheat Spectator, says his recent
experience with labor bodies gained IN
his capacity as arbitrator has given
him added respect for these unions.
In The current Forum DIR. Stanton
Colt claims that "the municipality ls
the only agent capable of coping WIN
the problem OF the unemployed, he
closes as follows: III all the cities OF
100000 inhabitants should start only
such public improvements as healtii,
comfort and education demand, u
would shorten by many months the al
readv terribly prolonged anxiety and
distress under which the people sun ne
prostrate."
r. II. Hegwer OF Denver. commander
Of the Coxey Home Reserves, has an
open letter to President Cleveland III
which he says ut Is unwise ana ue
moralizing to legislate the people out OF
employment and then conuehhh theh
for being idle"
At the time Fryes army was sald
to have been offered s1.5O day in st,
Louis for work there were over oVVV
unemployed in that city. The Chicago
Express denies positively that the oiier
was ever made In good faith, ana II II
was the Commonwealers VIII not uis-
place home labor anyhow.
ID. u. Tenny. In Freethinkers' Maya
zine. thinks labor would be much bene-
nted by a modification of our patent
laws. lie says the monopolist manu-
features mainly and not the inventors
are protected to the extent OF $1,000
600. 600 a year. all Of which labor is
forced 10 pay for the articles. Labor
bureaus should be organized by the
general government he thinks, and the
machinery set in motion by which
every one could be put to work at Nv
ing wages. The suffering among the
unemployed and crime thereby induced
would then be done away with
Samuel Gompers says the Coxey
movement Is becoming great eye
opener.
All the Commonwealers who accom-
pllshed the full march with CoNey from
Massllon to Washington were Ameri-
cans and had fair education.
Give the farmers chance for pros
perity and the unemployed problem
viii soon be solved
Il. V. Powderly has been suspended,
not expelled, as some papers have said,
from the knights of Labor until he
shall turn over 10 his successor all
books, papers and other property OF
the order.
Col A. c, F'lGlte. president Of the Pam
American Bi-metalic association. in his
call for a meeting says: "At the bidding
lllzation in all ages the law-making
and executive branches OF the govern
ment have burdened the peo-
pie with an Indebtedness Of $40, 900 OOO,-
600 Of debt, which It expects will be
paid with 100000 900 in gold, I. e., $50
OF debt with 81 in money" 1t has re-
duced the price Of farm products &C
per cent and taken from the debtors
the power to pay their debts.
The CONey Commonwealers Mt Wash
ington now consist of over forty tents
filled with men, and more are coming
every day.
Responding 10 the call of the Knights
of Labor a national conference of all
Industrial bodies will be held in st.
Louis, Mo, on June H. The purpose is
to solidlfy SO far as possible all pro-
ductive labor for political purposes.
All the gold In the world would pay
ony one-siNth Of the public debt OF
this country Then think OF the multi
Piled millions OF private debts besides.