The herald., 1897-02-28
Large Crowd at Central Park in
the Afternoon
A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR
Arranging for q Mass Meeting at haz.
ards Pavilion Wednesday Night
Ths Merchants and Manufacturers Assocl-
alton viii Raise q Fund
A Active Canvass Of the City Arranged for.
Soliciting Committees Appointed for
Every Branch Of Business.
Bond Proposition

pOu0 FIVPVStShVu
There was a considerable increase in
the ranks of unemployed that gathered
at the plaza yesterday morning over
those of the meeting on Thursday. Mr..
Morrison l.. Swift headed the process
sion, and the crowd marched to the va
cant lot in the rear Of the old Catholic
school on the corner of Marcy and Ala
media streets. ... ..
Here under the wideepreading
branches of a venerable rubber tree, a
table was placed for the speakers and
the meeting called to order by Mr..
Swift.
1--WE have met for our second meet
ing" he began, "and 1t must be very
clear to you that we have a great and
difficult task ON our hands. Different
people are trying to pull different ways,
to use money to their own advantage.
The whole success Of this movement de-
d ends on the unemployed themselves.
No divine providence will work for you.
If you stay at home you will be allowed
to starve; no food will be carried to you
Unless you come out and show a solid
determined front the deadlock in the city
council will keep up all summer. Some
people say the unemployed have lost
their nerve. If that Is true you better
get down and take some nerve food.
We have a project that leads up to
condition of things that will ultimately
do away with the unemployed. The
plan is, that you and I shall stand to-
in, ypitod IN GET
possession Of the legitimate sources Of
production. Just see what this would
mean to us. Take the sugar trust the
capital Of which is $7500O,0o0. About
10000, 900 of this is water. Havemeyer,
the president, said before the Lexow
committee that he would not be bothered
with a business that would not pay 15
or 20 per cent Twenty per cent on the
$50, 900 900 watered stock is 10000, 900.
All this the people of the country would
bear II the public owned the sugar
trust. Suppose we had this now. to en-
ploy the idle men of the nation. Now.
IL we owned all the great trusts, it would
entirely revolutionize the condition Of
the nation, and the curse Of unemploy-
ment would be utterly impossible That
Is the ultimate plan that we stand for.
We ought to have a great national or
ganization Of the unemployed. If your
coming out last Thursday stirred UP the
mayor and city council, what would 1t
be IL the thousands all over the country
turned out. You must nerve up your
hearts to come out and go to the city
hall in complete body and ask for what
you want"
DIR. STEVENS TALKS.
After some preliminary remarks on
organization, DR. Stevens presented the
matter from an ethical rather than
practical standpoint Whatever we
strive to accomplish" he said, must
be for the benefit Of all. We must not
aim to acquire or become masters of any
public enterprise to benefit few; that
would make conditions no better than
they are now. Vast wealth does not
bring happiness. The wealthy are not
happy; their children are no brighter
nor better than those OF the middle
class. At heart, we do not envy any man
his money, but he has no right to make
moro than he san use. For years we
have ignored the old saying. One for all
and all for EACH We know nature is
not selfish, and man is SO only because
of his ignorance If we should labor
three hours day under systematic con-
ditions, we would have such quantity
Of products, on hand that we could not
consume 1t. We must decide today to
do something permanent Lst us COM
IuCiCC ny scCQIlIB d IdTIft. IL yOll Cul4
see a ray of hope in this action, show
yourselves to the people; march on the
streets, orderly and quietly, carrying a
banner inscribed with the words: We
want loan to buy farm Don't allow
yourselves to do anything that is not
orderly and bro, o,heriy."
Mr.. Swift then asked the crowd how
many would be willing to meet on Mon
day and carry petition { , ths city coun-
ell. "They do not see the need Of it,"
continued the speaker, "hecause they dc
not know what 1t is to be hungry. They
could get your petition out of deadlock
todaytf they understood youi situation"
The following address to the mayor
was read by c. T. Fellows and unant-
mously irdorsed by the listeners:
THE ADDRESS.
To the Mayor of Los AngeIes--Sir:
While we 1rge first and foremost the
construction of good roads to supply
work at once. We would strenuously i'm
press upon you the necessity Of doing
something that will be permanent
we therefore advance these practical
That you foom a municipal commit
tee, and act as chairman thereof. COM
posed OF members Of the council and
citizens, some of whom shall be repre-
sentative workingmen
That this committee ascertain what
cultivable lands are now in the city's
possession. and. under proper manage
ment, parcel out this land and supply
tools to the men and suitable dwelling
accommodations.
That this land be dedicated to per-
ntanent use as municipal farm, or that
your committee take steps forthwith to
procure, by purchase Of ranches, land
FOR this purpose
Upon the point of raising the money,
we understand that the municipal treas
ury Is low. This should not hinder the
work, for surely there are numbers of
private citizens richly able TO contribute
plentiful funds.
We emphasize this point: The rich
will not otherwise be bearing their part
In these terrible times. Not that such
contributions will be their share, but
they will show good will. Thus far, the
poor have borne nearly the whole of the
crushing burden. 1t Is, therefore, but
small part of fairness that the wealthy
supply the funds to purchase land and
to sracf tharenn ti,e fartnrish We have