New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-26
Lind and
Towne.

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The "John Lind Club" has arranged
to tender Mr.. Lind public reception II
this city next Saturday evening. Every
citizen of New Ulm who would like tt
see MIR. Lind serve as the next governor
of this state is expected to be present
and arrangements have been made fol
excursion trains from both east and west
on the Northwestern and also on the
Minneapolis. New Vlm & Southwestern
Large delegations will also be in from
the country and from Madelia and ST.
James.
The reception will take place at Tur-
ner Hall from seven to eight and all who
: desire to meet the next governor will
have chance to do SO.
Hon. Chas. A. Towne, the gifted young
congressman from Duluth, will then ad-
dress the meeting on the issues of the
day. Mr.. Tovnc is undoubtedly one of
the best speakers on the financial ques-
ton in the country today and at the
same time an orator of unquestioned a.
Dility.
Hon. Frank A. Day, the candidate Of
the Democrats and Populists for Con-
gress, will also be here, as will other
prominent leaders of the movement from
all over the state.
The visitors will come in on the reg
ular trains so that they will be given a
chance to attend the Brown Co. Fair,
and return on specials after the exercises
in the evening.
ORGANIZED Labor and the Wage Problem.
Organized labor has accomplished
much, but in the face Of falling plices it
has not sufficed to bring prosperity to
the wage-earner. Indeed, nothing can
bring prosperity to the wage-earner save
I. competitive demand among employers
for his services, for then only can he find
ready employment and command good
wages. Sought after by employers, as
he ever is when the profits of industry
are large and employers are spurred on
by the incentive of greater profits to in
creased production, the wage learner
prospcrs, but when production is unre-
munerative, when employers have no in
centive to increased production, and
when the wageearner, consequent on
curtailed production and cessation of a
competitive demand among employers
for his services, is obliged to seek en-
ployment, then adversely must be his lot.
Seeking employment the wagc-earner is
perforcc much of the time in idleness.
and to obtain it in competition with his
fellow ageearners, he IS obliged to Of
fer to work cheaper, which must needs
result in cuts III wages for all.
SO it is that the wage Garner can only
prosper when the employer prospers, and
so it is that when the profits of industry
are largest, wages are highest, for the
more remunerative production becomes
the greater is the incentive to increased
production and the greater the demand
for the services Of wage earners on the
part of employers.
Moreover, falling prices eat into the
profits of industry, consequently lead to
curtalled production, falling off in the
demand for labor and the throwing of
some ge-earners out of work and sho1-
ter hours for others, which must newt
ably be followed by increased competi
lion among wage learners tor the dimin-
]shed chances for employment and con.
sequently lower wages for all. Thus i,
IS that falling prices prove disastrous tc
The wage Garner as we'll as the Lmployer
and that neither employer or wage earn.
er Can hope for better times until the
iail in prices is checked
On the adversely of the farmer the
'*rm laborer cannot prosper. On the
contrary, the fall in prices of farm pro.
ducts that has impoverished the farme,
means impoverishment for all. And So
too, the fall IN manufactured goods thai
has swept away the profits of manufac
turing industry has Injured, not to the
benefit of the wage. Garner, whether On
The farm or factory, but to the injury OF
the wage earne, equally with the manu-
facturer. True, Il fall in prices of man
l,factured goods such as destroys the pro
fits of industry may enable the wage
Garner to purchase such manufactured
goods as he has need of more cheaply