The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11

proved machinery and immIgration--
which combine 20 lower the prices OF
products ana deprive the farmer OF his
market. and the crime OF 1873 has had
nothing 10 do with either one.
What remedy does the Chicago plat.
form offer for ttis condition Of Affairs
That IL recognizes such condition Is
trne. for IL contains a plank Calculated
TO lead the rrth.nking into the belief
that they would abolish one OF thes,
evils. IL reads, We hold that the mAst
efficient way of protecting American
labor Is to prevent the Importation OF
foreign paup,r labor 10 compete with
IL In the home market etc.
Had thu patriots who affect 10 talk In
the name OF labor been sincere. they
would have inserted immigration where
they faunt the word Importation. That
plank is a glittering generality. IL Jug
giles with words, and Is an insult TO
labor everywhere. for there is not now,
there never Nas been, and there never
will be, such thing as pauper labor,
either foreign or domestic. The man
who labors can earn his own living; while
ne labors he Is not mendicant, and does
not require the fostering care OF self
constituted guardians. who deal in p,ati-
tudes 10 tickle his ear. while advocating
theories, which, II carried into practice,
will empty his pockets and stomach.
They tell us that we lack money, that
there is not enough In circulation. and
that the mints should be started TO coin
silver in unlimited quantities for the
good OF labor. But just how the man whc
has no silver 90 be coined is TO be bene-
fitted has not been made clear TO US yet,
and believe II win do The country more
good 10 open our mines. mills and fac
tories TO the unemployed than TO open
our mints 10 the unrestricted coinage OF
silver at the ratio of l6 to ]. The coming
of the dollar for the silver owner is not
so important to the nation as the earn
ing OF the dollar by the laborer.
When II is asserted that our per
capita is not sufficient. IL must not be
forgotten that labor itself is in no small
share responsible for this state of af-
fairs. From the city OF Scranton alone,
our laboring men last year sent $40. .000
IN gold. or its equivalent, to foreign
lands, and scarcely a dollar OF 1t went TO
England. They sent this money TO their
friends in the homes OF the poor OF Eu-
rope. Every dollar sent abroad reduces
the per capita circulation Of our cur
rency."
Passing 10 the Chicago strike, Mr..
Powderly said the lawless element Of
the city. and hot the strikers. rloted. and
added: II do not approve OF govern
ment by any other power than the will
OF the American people; but If we will
have government by trucking, time
serving officials, who fear TO do their
sworn duty. then we invite government
by injunction. Honest labor, organized
or unorganized. does not approve of
violence, unlawful methods, the taking
OF human life or the destruction of that
which only it's hands create:
Mr.. Powderly then went into a lengthy
analysis Of free coinage, his argument
showing that the adoption OF the ratio
OF l6 to would drive gold from the coun.
try and enhance the value OF silver at
the expense OF the people. In closing.
he said THE proposition that the sill
yer dollar Is the poor mans dollar is
pure gush. The dollar OF the poor man
Is the dollar which he earns, and If free
coinage at the ratio of Is to / is estab-
lshed, the silver dollar which will then
drive all other dollars out of the market
will not only be the poor mans dollar
but the poorest dollar as we'll The
worlSingman is entitled 10 the best in the
market; the gold dollar is as much his
dollar as 1t is the dollar OF the million
o!re, and instead Of Joining In the shout
for a cheap collar, for free and unlimit-
ed coinage. ne should inscribe on his
hammer: THE best is none too good for
me-