Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-05

sthii De nned one shilling md any hro,ho.
showing the same without giving the
,uIliest Information thereof to the com
nittte of management shall he nna1 tho
same" During the constr1ctinr 90 T. si.o
building In an English city "the brlej,Ia,s
crS laborers struck because tbev ,esy,.
desired 10 wheel bricks Instead Of cor,,.-
ing them on their shoulders in hods some
Ehgish unions divide the country nro,,n,;
them INTO districts and will not hermit tbo
products of the trades controlled by them
10 be used except within the distrin, a.,
which they have been fabricated ), ,ri,ra ~
Is Ian English labor union rule that AM
man found working beyond a regular
speed shall be fined 2 shillinps n,,,co
Tor the irst offense. shillings for no
second" and so on.
Again the English unions will not n,,ou
stone to be dressed at the quarry. ,bo,,,b
.no cutters AT the quarry can do this v orlt
s, as thty are familiar with It. aad
freshly quarried stone IA more easlly cut
In the State OF New York this Fnrilsn
ana purely selfish and cut-thront rule has
AFRO been made, hear. and many of tho
EhHnsh LABOR union rtgula' ions. excusnbIe
there only by the plea that the oo,ini,-y
Is overpopulated, the land held by tho
rieh ana inaccessible 20 workingmen, and
mat there Is not work enough for all
VINO want To work, have been from time
10 time brought over here. where ontti-
raHy they do not secure the sympathy
OF the great mass OF our wage-vorkars
because they do not apply to our situn-
ton ana needs, hut are cVotlc-not Ampri.
can but forelgn-not suitable TO this coun
Try, where land is accessible and CHEAP.
where employment, IL n man knows how
TO use his hands and has health, strength
and willing industry, is abundant. even I'm
these days OF Depression and where bad
laws made for specially favored corpora
tinns ana not restricted and overcrowlcd
labor market, have. by drawing men into
Few employments and those dependent and
oNersupplled. caused needless misery
The evils we suffer from can be remeled
by the repeal OF bad laws whenever the
wage workers desire It. for their votes
VIII secure this, The evils the wnge
workers In England and other European
states suffer from are to a very great
extent, lncurable, because they arise from
an overcrowded population, an exhausted
and impoverished soil and deficiency IN
natural resources. But reInar. that even
these English labor ORGANIZATIONS might
do well If they would pay some attention
TO large matters which vitality concern
them-to the fact, for Instance. that
parliament they help 10 elect spends sloi,-
100000 a year on ships and armies Of no
use and Importance to the wage workers,
and yet other millions on colonies and
new and distant territorial acquisitions.
Yet these missions thus annually wasted.
and which arc In tho end surely wrung
out Of the producing olasses-these many
annual millions and their misuse nro
really worth their attention.
NOT CROWDED HERE.
It is mistake of our labor leaders to
imagine that policies and rules which may
have the excuse Of necessity In country
like England can be successfully trans
forred to this country. where greatly DIFF
fercnt circumstances make them . alto
gcther inappllcahle. We OF the United
States are not lnsular; we are continental,
We are not ovorcrowded; we have an al
most boundless extent OF territory. yield
ing an almost boundless variety of valua-
BILE products For willing hands there f. n
welcome and fair pay oven now, not In
the great cities. but over a great part Of
the United States.
II the number Of unemployed Is great
II is because mon crowd into our great
cities; because our youth have been mis-
educated to dislike and avoid hand work
by which yet the great mass OF man
kind everywhere must I'VE; because evil
protectionlst laws. long continued. nave,
for the advantage OF specially favored
corporations. drawn the people into n
few employments, and these dependent on |
CORPORATIONS, and have lessened ana
weakened the spirit OF enterprise and In
dependence. the fertility OF resource ana |
courage, which were the natural and ad- |
mirable characteristics Of tho American |
before these evil laws worked their ef-
fects, and are yet. to great extent. But |
too many men look 10 the government TO
"makc" work TO help them, when they
have only to stretch out their hands ana
by their 6wn efforts nve.
England Is n badly ovcrcrowded coun- |
try. We OF the United States shall not |
begin to be crowded when we have thrice |
our present population. california. which !
has less than million and quarter of |
people. has room for ave millions to live |
in comfort and plenty-ir they will work; |
and there are abundant and cheap lands |
in every State and Territory.
have had my dream about the great |
and very Important work which TABOR |
organizations could do In our country |
where every man has vote. whore the |
system Of government makes all reforms |
of abuses possible, without lawlcssnoss, |
violence or revolution; where It Is the |
vital interest Of every wage worker TO |
maintain liberty--cons,itutional and law
full liberty But l must reserve this dream |
OF mine for another letter, and I mean |
first to speak in my next OF Labor Com
missioner vrlght's report on the Chicago |
strike in which have found some notable |
things. Charles Nordhon.