St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-22


advantage of the excitement to work
mischief.
To-day another revolution stares
US in the face. Changed conditions
within the past thirty years have
brought to the surface problems
that must be solved. The curse Of
the workingman is the dram shop.
Take that kindly for what it is
worth. This is one of the questions
to be solved. There is the freedom
Of suffrage question, the silver aues-
ton and a dozen other cues
lions, but over and above them all is
the labor question. If there is not
freedom of discussion on this cues
ton between capitalist and laborer
a condition of affairs will result that
will be a thousand times worse than
anything we have seen in the past.
When I was born there were only
twenty-eight millionaires in New
York. l had a chance then to be
millionaire. Now there are LOO mil
lionaires in New York. 1 have no
chance of becoming one now. These
fortunes have been made out of
monopoly or the increased value of
real estate. Just think of one man
owning a farm of $4,000 acres. 1t is
{ wrong; radically wrong. Think of
the effrontery of this man Have
!. meyer, who confessed to having
used money to influence legislatures
Democrats in one state, Repub-
licans in another and Populists in
another-all used as his tools through
the power of his wealth. 1t is COM
ing to pass that. this government is
gradually falling under the control
of the multi-nillionaires- Pres
ident Cleveland called the 'corlmun-
ism of pelf'"
The speaker then quoted figures
compiled from the United States CEN
sus as to the exceedingly low stand
ard of wages for unSkilled labor, the
rate ranging from 40 cents to S1.5O
for the various classes, from sew
ing girls to coal miners. The only
reason mechanics wages were high
er was because of the existence of
trades unions. God bless the trades
unions with all their mistakes and
errors" he exclaimed. "They are
the safeguard Of the country, espe-
cially the working people Gap
plause.)
pullman represents class whose
creed is reverence for money and
contempt for men. Money is a good
thing, but it does not give enjoy
ment. 1t is of tri1ing value COM
pared with good health and robust
appetite. The spirit Of reverence
for wealth is seen in the church,
when thousands are spent for flowers,
while the poor sit all around. It is
seen in the church where more is
spent for the carpets on the floor
than goes to home and foreign mis-
sions in whole year.
The speakers recital of Burns
. "a Mans a Man for a. That was
greeted by a storm of applause.
- MIR. Carwardine next turned his
attention to the question of immi-
grafton. He disliked the habit of
people when they come to this coun-
thy calling themselves English, Irish,
Z Norwegians, Germans, French, etc.
1T was all right for them to remenl-
Der their native lands, but when they
passed Sandy Hook and Castle Gar
den they should be Americans, and
nothing more. Immigration that
brings us men who come to make a
home and get a living honorably is
all right, and all hail to all the peo-
pie it brings u.s." he went on. But
the immigration that brings US pau
pers and criminals is all wrong. A
railroad company out West here
brings to this country hundreds of
Hungarians to take the places of
men on a strike. Is that right?
Should it be permitted? No; it is
wrong.
''The conditions that prevailed at
Pullman were not conditions that
tended to reconcile classes. There
stood Pullman; here stood his men.
There was no bond of sympathy be-
tween them. Such conditions are
wrong"
The speaker condemned the black
list in the most unmeasured terms.
A little refined socialism was not to
be feared. 1t was good thing So
ciaism was not to be classed with
anarchy. If Christ were to come on
earth and inquire why the working
men do not attend the churches, he
would be answered: your min
listers do not sympathize with me in
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Mr.. Carwardine added: 81 believe
that the application of the doctrine
of Jesus Christ as set forth in the
golden rule would result in the level
ing up process necessary to bring
about justice to all. I believe in CO.
operation. I believe in profit shar-
ing. If Mr.. Pullman had applied a
little of that theory, things would be
all right. I believe it is time for the
government to take control of the
railroads, and the cities to take con-
troll of the street railways, gas and
water franchises, etc. Select good
leaders and stand by your unions
and then seek to bring about by
means of the ballot such remedies
as you desire. All the politicians
want is to get what they can out of
you, and then throw you aside like
a sucked orange. A little more po-
litical independence is what is need
/ ed. The grandest results that have
been achieved in this country have
been achieved through political indie
pendence. Esteem your ballot; it
tells a long story of the struggles it
has had, coming down to you
through centuries Of trial and blood
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