New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-11
Colgate s. Co.'S


Ing American labor is to prevent the import aion OF
foreign pauper labor TO compete with 1t In the
home market etc
There il a sample of craftsmanship for YOU There
of the times | have frequently heard It said that
the national Democracy in each PfesldentltI c0n-
test campcd on the ground made vacant by the Re-
publicans of four years before, but in TINS pink
pitch their tents where the knights OF Labor eX-
tinguishcd their campiires twelve years ago ~ ~
foreign labor under contract-not pauper labor.
mark you-should be abolished and as the most ef-
nnssaee Of laws preventng it. Those laws were
passed in 1885, they are upon me statutes o, o,c
tion and to-day such thing rs the importation
of labor is hardly known.
THE MORE MONEY" CRY.
They tell us that We lack money that there is not
enough in circulation and that the minis should be
started TO coin silver in unlimited quantities FOR the
good of labor. But just how the man VINO mas "o
silver to be coined is to be benefited has nor Den
made clear TO us yet and believe II VIII 40 tha
country more good 10 open mines mills ana
factories the unemployed than to open our moio "
TO the unrestricted coinage Of silver al me rano VI
IL TO / The coming OF the dollar Tor the SILVER
owner is not important TO the Nation az n ,m,
earning OF the dollar by the laboror; and 10 KNOW
the wealth Of our working people you must look az
their title deeds and not judge OF tila' ton
That there is not enough money In circulation nas
be true but If it is because labor n;'s NOV J,
employed: it Is because We have been iinporiim r
ather than exporting. and not because the ho.di
of silver bullion have been permitted TO use tne
stamp Of the Government on me wnte ma ". ~
ther own advantaCa When II ia asserted That our
per capita is not sufficient it must not be iorgp,
for this state Of affairs IT, indeed. 1t be true. or
important II true. From one city IN the soii''o',
wealth of Pennsylvania the city OF scranton our ,
laboring men last year sent $4,000 in gold or ilS
cquivaent foreign lands and scarcely no'a ~
Of il went to England They sent TINS m9nuy ~
their friends in the homes of the poor OF fiur1pr
From every county in every state OF inc n,to
States the citizens of foreign nirth are S'ui',i
cold from their new homes in America 10 their or,
homes across the sea. and every dollar th.y semu
reduces the per capita circulation OF our ri,ts,
less term for it gives no man dollar. ah"s noi III
ing to the wealth of man or commonwealth ana III,
Guides in It's generality the millions of the raroad
king the thousands OF the merchant the una ,h
empty pockets of the poor frendless fori9rn tramp
TO whom one meal counts for more man 'rc,,Ia
rubies gold. Per capita circulation II c,, r,
ton which does not circulate ana no man can Ia!
fingers on dollar Of that per capita eToep, IN o
of two wayshonost or dishonest 10y iapor VI So.'o
kind or by theft Of some kind. If one man earns d
hundred dollars fifty dollars month he mas nor
Who cannot find employment and who does nor earn
a dollar For the man who Is uneinpoye md'o nee
whether the per capita circulation IL one dollar OF
fifty dollars The term Is meaningless US an ei"p'S
iingng sound which will not buy bread
The convention which met IN the city where , cn1
eral were sent two years ago 70 lind mon
in a disturbance following STRIKE lev u,'u i Of
TO express "A few complimentary words rs 4 soiu W
Balm to the wounded conceit OF me man w"o f me
almost directly responsible for the sendms oi 'n'
troops to Chicago Turn TO that platform anu W"
will find these words: .. j., t,.ler,I
authorities local affairs as violation 0 'iaS eainH
free institutions. and we especially ohJect 40 1or
eminent by injunction as new anu HshiS ""''1'
ou rh ao raroa5 strike o. 1894 whether wise or I'M
wise was begun by laboring men who DeiSSns'p ~
a lahcr organization, and who belieVeu tneH r i"u
q grievance No sooner was it In progress man
the Iawess element OF chicago ana rs LIS "nr NM
,ontnst the earnest and emphatic protest OF me
men engaged in the strike and thair 9i'Jg i and
min The men engaged In that strike. who DclonScu
10 the American Railway Union weie uiSn nmd thrv
soernestlv endeayored to put an end TO It, Ihey
rendered their services in aid OF law anu olu'
Mot the 1ovcrnment of city of Chicago and OF
me state OF Illinois been in the hahos ol i nn
str,cLen politicians not "A blow would nave pecn
strmcK. no, dollars worth of property would ha aye
been destroyed 1t was lack OF osinp Votes in
he future which prevented the Mayor OF tne CIV
and the Governor Of ths Stai n cbonkne Violence
The moment it began. do not approve 2n sovc,hta o
ment by other power tnnn awe vow SoVernmen.
hv trckling serving officials. who rear 10 10
their duty then we nvlie or
oas not approve of violence. unlawful mothoas, Lie
aEnr Of human life or the destruction OF ha,
uhh i only lis hands create Unfortunately the art
mi demaeogue deal labor It's ueiui s,,, ar,
While affectng friendship. 1t was eIatuitGus acs
The inactivity of me Mayor of Chicago anu III,
rv 81 illinois but having done 50. It's mefhne'S
eilUi Vi h minded that honest labor in no way
feels complimened 10y such d99p,i a,o he known
Government bv Injunction would never D. hro 'a -
~, ,ba i'ni,ed states had government by ihcohpe-
tency not preceded H.
ITS INSULT TO THE PRESIDENT
In order to deal another left-handed blow al res
dent Cleveland the Chicago CohVeh"o" "''P''
this resolutions: 49, -, chic
I'VE declare it to be the unwrilten law OF ONE
poruhlic established by custom ana usabc VI o'a
hundred wears and sanctioned by the eNain,iSS9 81
the greatest and wisest OF inose VINO NO man
should be- eligible for third term oil the i''''-
dental Office. 1870 oo,r,tor of the reauire-
r,nnts of the hour dictated that resolution lhsre
was no occasion for ii. Washington lau uoT WI t ae
;ncinla when he refused third term, ana ti' ~
p,hl,can National Convention Of 1870 emphasHeu
his act in refusing to nominate i0I t1Iu
si,id NOT accent and so great man as General
Grant could not get. will never be rendered 10 any
r. ia nIain 70 those who read and think that the
Chicago Convention regarded all interests as sun
srvient 10 that of silver coal iron steel ieau COP
-, III cher things must aside for silver
we demand the free and unlimited coinage, OF o.,
both gold and silver at the pressh, of any
to without waiting for the ala or consent VI an!
other nation. 49,, $500. an, ro,uirod
Of he Democratic candidate for President VINO "a
vored free trade The consent o, o, et and a
nation wavering between plfleta' S'', en- "
silver standard will be cheerfuy given to the pas
Of that resolution INTO Jaw ha ';nn
vention paved the way for the establishments OF ne
gold standard in every silver standard country ~
our minis are opened to the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver those nations need not ask our
consent to take their silver to us and carry our
gold away from Us. The cure-all for low prices Is
supposed to nc embodied In compliance with that
demand These low prices are charged To the
'crime OF 1873" but it seems to me that an unpre-
JUDGED impartial investigation VIII refut" me
charge for the decline in prices had made marked
progress long before that year. Those who have
ondeaVorcG prove that low prices were Que 10 the
decentralization OF silver I'm 1913 give gurcs showing
I'M. prices cotton. wheat and silver after that
time ! Will 20 back to the year 1852. when the war
was in progress And for twenty years Will trace the
prices of cotton wheat and silver. The figures
rive show the price of cotton pound. corn and
wheat by the bushei and the price of silver per
Year. Cotton. Corn. Wheat Silver
1862 .............l ~ - ~ iv''
Tssi ......f l.O5 % 1.S3 1903