The evening times., 1896-11-11

IDENTICAL INTERESTS.
We cannot afford TO shut OF the foun-
sain Of life to find grain OF sand, nor
Destroy Il mountain of good To lind pebble
Of evil. Furthermore, the mine owners can
have no more direct Interest," tuGn labor It
self. StatiStiCians tell us that for every
miner who goes to work in a silver mine
alne other working people are demanded in
other fields OF industry, one making tools
ana machinery, some producing food and
ItH=t >Gs IiaN 40: tl8s uiiIrt ua,. .ai> .I!lIly,
md Others are employed in stamping mills.
ImclterS. etc.
The labor organizations of Utah, less
than d month ago. reported that III twcIty-
seven towns in that State, where before
.he repeal Of the purchasing clause Of the
Sherman act there were employed 25,266
persons, there are no " empIO ycd only . 81
that wages have been reduced 10 per cent.
snd thar since 1892 Utah alone has sent
East 33dSS working people 10 compete
with their fellow-men III the struggle for
Dr"a;i III our already Uvercro wdcd cities,
pr Join The army Of enforced idicrs. What
Is true in Utah in this respect is true in
nearly every other State i'll the mountain
districts of the West.
The spontaneous influx of gold and re-
sumption Of manufacturing since the re-
sUnCluSively thai the gold barons and the
corporations locked up the money and
closed the factories of the country to Sc
cure the victory over the people by arbi-
trary force.
The demands Of the people for the neces-
sarIes of life were no greater after cleo
bon than before, and except the millions
laid out by the IN Oncy power t. COTrupt the
voters. the people had no more money
with which To buy the LeCcssaries OF life
after election than they had lefore it.
TRADE REVIVAL TENT ORARY.
No honest cause can he given for the un-
locking Of money and The revival of in
iuSirieS after the late election that did
not exist cforc the election occurred. Such
revival ui trade and industry can only be
temporary at hest, and proves that the IN
lnStrIll masses OF fms ClIItTE are AT fkp
mercy OF m oliGarChy of wealth, and
Combine of gold gamblers. who can .ock
Ip the money of the country. close oar
Industries and starve the people at VIII.
Tie knights OF Labor is the only labor
organization commanding the necessary ma
.hlnery to hold up a great reform move
ment during the interim between political
eampaignS. Therefore, l appeal to the dele
gates here assembled to place n demand
or the free coinage of silver at the present
cgai ratio in our preamble, and bare our
ports and clear our decks for action against
iie plutocratiC combine arrayed on the side
Of a single gold standard.
1t is not alone because of the merit con-
tanned in the question that make this APP
peal, but because OF the combines opposed
10 IL and The opportunity ii will afford us
10 reach tie public with other questions
vital to the interests and welfare OF the
working people.
The year aaSt since the washington ses-
sion of the SAncral assembly, has been one
uf low wages and enforced idlcncSs in con-
sequence Of which all labor organizations
nave suffered, ana some nave SHOWN
marked decline in membership.
STRUGGLED AGAINST ODDS.
Your general officers have struggled
against many embarrassIacnts, which the
membership n large VIII never know, and
mad not the grand principles on which this
order Is founded. and the Independence
and knowledge of its members made it Il
prominent factor in great struggle for
financial reform, we would not now COM
mand the respect Of the reform forces
of this and other countries
Let Us dispel all faCtiunal differences.
and invite all branches Of honorable toll
and invite all branches of honorable toll
to Join us in the general crusade against
the plutuCratiC classes, who under the
EuiSc uf honest money have combined to
rob the working people of the fruits Of
their toll, of their homes. and OF their
constitutional liberties.
\ 5 the chief officer of this order during
the past three years, ! have received every
aouOr. every assistance, and every kind
consideration which a loyal and patriotic
membership could bestow upon its chief
executive, and beg to express my graf
ltude for the generous support and kind
treatment evcrywh ere received, and ]
pledge to you, to my successor, and to the
great cause of knighthoOd my most loyal
tupport and my best endeavors in the
struggle TO alleviate. through the efforts OF
this order. the distreSses OF oppressed hu-
manity.
FIlternally yours.
j. K. SOVEREIGN,
General Master Workman.