The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-10-30

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that u Is folly to suppose that any ems
I pioyer OF labor would promise not 20 reduce
wages IN the event OF AlctAinley's election. I
| he asserts that the suggestion that work
men secure = promise OF q nOn-Teducuon l
| In wages from their employers Is threat
and that It Is an invitation to bribery.
''Al Of which shows that Mark Hanna
has finally introduced into politics his
/ private methods Of Gubiugating labor.
/ And Mark Hanna Is the Official representa-
tive Of Mckinley and prosperity His
/ form OF prosperity seems 20 consist In
| general reduction Ia wages and the denial
| Of the right OF contract or Of humble petr
| ton.
'If this we're mere assertion instead Of
| statements contained in an official repuo-
lucan manifesto, no sensible man would
! accept its authenticity, But It is nesur-
III episode in Il campaign conducted from
/ London by way Of Wall street
'lGr HannR's 'sedidon circular Is pre-
ceded by e short but interesting history,
K It purports to be an answer TO a circular
| issued by Chairman Jones, Of the demo-
cratic national committee. II is nothing
of the kind. II Is manifesto launched
against a newspaper clipping. which is
part Of a daily service supplied 70 papers
/ BY the press bureau Of the democratic ma
tlonal committee. Here Is sketch OF
what led up to the Hanna 'sedition mani |
festo:
con october q an article was prepared
/ by the democratic press bureau and pub
! Eshed IN several papers throughout the
country, calling attention TO the Significant
/ fact that not an employer in the United
States had publicly or privately onered %
raise wages if Mr.. Mckinley was elected
The disDatch continued, with the following
r-rhfnh nnIIan forth rle HanUn
mauifestO.
They VIII not even promise 70 main
tain wages at their present scale, They
| know that It cannot be done They Know
/ that q gold standard makes a wage Teduo-
/ ton imperative, and they are anziously
/ awaiting the close OF the campaign so as 70 |
be able 70 put lower scale into efeet with
out endengering Mark Hanna's cause.
"If the WorKmen OF any great factory,
| or OF any great industry, are IN doubt as
/ TO the absolute accuracy OF this assertion,
| they can easily prove or disprove t. Let
them appoint a committee and authorizs
II to confer with the employers or en-
pIoyer. Let this committee ask for an
agreement IN writing, either that wages
shall be raised In the event OF the election
Of Mckinley, or that the present rate
of wages shall be maintained, or finally
demand an absolute guaranty that no
ont in wages shall follow the triumph OF /
the single gold standard. This viii settle,
the whole business. Do not take anyone's
word for it. Have a contract made and
signed, and let il specify at least TWO years
ia which there shall be 10 material wage
reduction.
This Is not an unreasonable demand. |
AIr, Mckinley IL announced as the I'D
vance agent Of prosperity" Employers
F,rFa nd fFTzHraH-
ing them-in an attempt 10 peTpetuRte the
gold standard, which thus far has been
a failure. II these factory owners and
business men have any confidence ~ their
political sRgacity, II they really believe the
gold standard is q good thing, they GER
family should be willing 10 agree not 70 cut
down wages lust the moment the people
have voted to have four more years OF
gold regime. Their confidence should 60
TO The extent of making legal contracts
with the men they are now urging TO vote
for Mckinley ana prosperity
80 'WOTkmen are advised 70 put their em-
movers 10 the test. 1t will cost them moth
ing and may settle disputed point
This Is what Mark Hanna terms 'sedi-
ton An inquiry as TO what kind OF pros
perity the WoTkmen may expect under a
continued gold standard is denounced as
an attempt 70 array the Industrial masses
OF the nation against their employers
IN order to comprehend the Hanna idea
/ OF the relations which should exist between
/ employer and Workmen a careful examina-
ton OF his proclamation is necessary. He
starts out by denOuncing the newspaper
! clipping as q seditious bulletin and
/ charges that men who connive TO destroy
/ the peaceful relations existing between
capital and labor are none too good to 60
even worse
'Mr. Hanna then gets sQusrely down 70
business and dashes OF the following Ia
answer TO & suggestion that Workmeh as
certain how much the Mckinley admins
| tration Will reduce their wages.
Here Mr.. Jones quotes u portion OF
Mr.. Hanna's bulletin. NF. Jones then
concludes thusly;
What DO the people Of the United States
| think OF that as political doctTine2 The
workman who asks his employer to guar
antee him against q further reduction Ia
| his Wages-in the event that the advance
agent Of prosperity Is elected president,
on the demand Of the employers-is guilty
/ Of soliciting @ bribe.' That is a step in
advance OF government by injunction.
/ Every republican paper and every repub-
/ lican orator IN the country Is proclaim
| ING that The triumph Of Mckinley and gold
/ means prosperity The railroad COM
Denies and the great corporations are de-
manding OF their men that they vote for
I Mckinley. They assure the men that good
/ times viii follow the triumph OF sound
money Their employees want good times,
mt they are suspicious OF Mr.. Mckinley.
Tbev voted TO pass the Mckinley tarin bill.
/ and as soon as i was enacted wages EeTs
reduced and strikes followed.
'Bsr. Hanna says a promise to maintain
the present wage scale would place TIE
employers IN a position no citizen should
| be compelled TO occupy.
ain making this statement Mr.. Henns
admits what every employer OF labor
Knows, viz, that under the gold standard
thers must be e reduction In wages. he
tacitly admits that no honest employer
with ordinary business s8gacity viii Ding
himself 10 pay the present scale Of wages
= tier election. lie knows that Wages must
fan, Hs knows that they would have been
reduced before this had not aE election
been pending.
sIt would be interesting to know Il Mr.
HanBa viii permit the Workmen OF the
| United States to ask Of their employers
/ contract that under the gold standard
wages shall net be reduced more tha1 =
per cent. in VieE Of the fact that most
/ forms % property and produce have de-
eHaedmore than Is per cent? such demand
might be construed as unfGiF. but Il does
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