The evening times., 1896-09-07
DOESN'T AGREE WITH ROBINSON.
Charles T.. Miller. Printer, Talks Back
to the Tnion's Secretary.

Editor Times: Permit uie. lHTo1gh th'.
columns of your valuable paper. TO MAKE re-
ply to The interview OF c. NJ. Robinson, sec
retary Of Columbia Typographical Union,
No. l0l, which appeared in The Times of
recent date.
In the first place, deny the right Of Mr..
Robinson as secretary of the above union.
to he interviewed on political questions.
Columbia Typographical Union is "a nOn-
political organization. aud if II was not, Nr
Robinson world not now be its secretary, Is
he was elected by tile suffrage OF all our
membership. which represents every pol:ti-
cal faith.
Mr. Robinson says: ''Ihave been a wage
Garner all my life, and naturally view ques-
tionsnf public policy from the wa ge-eariRr's
standpoint
1t is probably true That Mr. Robinson has
been a wage-earner all hts life. but the
greater portion of it has been spent in the
service OF Uncle Sam in filling a lucrative
position in the proofroom of the Govern
ment Printing Office, from which place he
was removed by Mr.. Benedict. / do not
like to guess but it evidently would Seem
to o Isolated individual up in the top of a
high tree that Mr.. Robinson's views from
a wage-cirner's standpoint is purely sell
fish one and that~he Is ''for gold, protec-
rion and reciprocity" because that is the
doctrine preached by the party which kept
him. feeding at the public trough" and
which. if successful. will enable him to get
back again.
Again, Mr.. Robinson says: ''Granting
that it be possible for silver to so develop
our industries as to give cmplQymcnt to
some OF our idle,i it can be Of no advantage
| to those now employed" -.
This statement is about on q rar with
the recent and much talked OF assertion Of
! ex-President Harrison, made in his New
| York speech. -
| Its weli-settled economic fact that
/ when labor Is employed wages will rise -
| that when ten employers are seeking one
efnployc the latter will be enabled to make
his wage The condition. to-day needs no
expIauation, and Mr. Robinson must be
| aware. and III he is rot nc -eBght to be,
| that there is hardly "A labor organization in
the country that ibas not Eeen assessing
its working meGiers to keep starvation
| from the doors f/those who have been
forced out of crpfoyment ,s
| Mr. Robinson fs fearful that silver will
enhance the.cost of living. yet he says
| that he is for .:pTotection." or course a
! war tariff never Increased the price Of COM
modities TO the eopsunier!
| - My,frienti Rohii,sbn seems to be greatly
alarmed lest wSstipuid have a cheap cir.
I cnlating mediuniiaS money, and thar gold
| might become an Article OF commerce. /
1 am one of those Nxhp believe that this coun-
| try is big enough and strong enough to
! establish silverien parity with gold.
thereby giving MS ia cheaper circulating
medium and enabling our small capitalists
/ to employ laho1 irrespective of the trusts
aud combines tile sharks OF all street a nd
I The money barons lbf London.
when ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and commercial
nations of Europe.'' says Mr.. Robinson
I'.shall remoDetize and rehabilitate silver
hope the United States may be found il
the<front rank" This is standard golC
bug rot Every single standard advocate
iD this country and England. most of them
being money shylocks, have fought inter
national bimetallism Just as they are wag
1 ing war on silver in this country today. Let
us take the lead as a great commercial
nation and form other countries to our wa,
OF regulating monetary system.
! Protection to American labor. Tha.
delusion and snare is nauscating to me
Protection to American labor with ever,
| great manufacturing. every great coal pro
/ duciDg and every great iron producing
center in this couatry filled up with TIN
sIum of the earth: labor thathas been brOugh
here in bondage, and who i've like swine
taking the places of American working
men and forcing them 10 Join the grea
| army OF tramps. These same importer
of this kind Of labor are now heard clamor
ing for sound money and protection Il
the interest OF the wagc-earner''
CHARLES E. MILLER.