The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-17

me Misery % the Wa&e-Lafuera'
Cnlll quito recently the great hard
ahips suffered by the working people o.
this country received little or no at:en-
ton outside the labor press and iAe
lodge o. meeting room Of labor or
gAnizailon. But 4 change Il grndua1y
and surely coming over the scene. 4,
least We believe We are justified Ia IN
ierring % when that siaid old rock o.
conservatism. the Hartford Post. de-
lirefs Itself IN the manner folloNlne
which Il did Ia lts issue Of July -0ih
Hearken:
The cut Of wages At Brockton 3
convincing the wage-earnera that cone
petition IN business IL mercilesa Feg
care whether the under dog starvet
The only remedy Il TO secure higher
wages b. further combination. az
hands standing together. and traitors
20 The common cause being oatracisel
This l. . conclusion dlnlculi 10 De
brought about. although deeply 10 BE-
aealled. D. O. the same Uith the weak
employers. They are leinE driven lni
BY the great ones. Once 10 a while
comes great redistribution Of yocs.
lions. caused by such inventions o.. iha
locomotive. she loom TIE shoe ma.
.hlne. The telephone. the b't,c,c Ail
he woril suffers. and the wakes. ih-
most When uen arc treated iikc nia
chimes 4 = dlshcarienlng. Bur % gas
ever thus win Il always continue
Frank. hruially frank. bat probably
true. was the statement Of one OF ,hc
shoe factory proprieinrs at nrockfon.
when q man who had earned only tsls
during the year. although every day o.
bis bench. told him the fact. That l.
faiher small pay. the proprietor b. re-
ported 10 have answered. but I think
I can get the same amount OF work
lone for less II was the testimony Of
several that. taking the year as a
whole. the hnlshcrs' annual carnlnrs
were not more than slCo. This neurc
vas brought down my months OF en-
forced idlenesA Reckoning In the sane
manner. the average weekly wages 81
he edEe-trimmers and soie-fasteners 4
about 81, In Individual weeks. during
the busy season. they can cara ~ much
ne tls or 80. Some hnlshcrs Who IN
10 a fortnight ago have had steady
work for q year. had not been out VI
soFk ten days before their money ras
zone and their grocery and provision
bills SIN unpaid. II the remedy l. moi
IN better wage-wofkefs combination.
saere Il a. We sindder At the alter.
native"
The verdict Of the constituents Of he
Hartford Poe, among the uell-provlaa.l
hoe Manufacturers Of nrocklon. Lynn
and Fall River undoubtedly vas that
he above was an exceedingly frank !
brutality frank. confession from John
Addison Porter concerning condition,
with which he ID perfectly familiar bat
q which he would not SPEAK bat TIA,
b. believes forbearance has ceased Ia
BE- a virtue The misery that goes with
such low wages In a community llks
hat OF New England cannot De- over.
estimated. There are very few Or ma
opportunities for turning ones band
% something else when ones own tad,
L dull All trades are alike am and
alike ovefcrowded
Our esteemed contemporary Glove.
he extract quoted above with m,
luery II the remedy u not 10 bette.
Eage-workers' Combination. whcr. /.
~" We believe that better ana MOI.
thorough combinations 81 uorkmeu
would 90 much TO Improve the conal.
lions Of labor. We are Justified In III.
belief BY wha; has been accomplished
Ia the past Al the same time Il vii
BE- agreed that wage-vofkefs' comhln,
tons. a. such. eanno, accomplish
everything Hat they could and SHOULD
insist upon congre.~ aholhhine "a.
trusts and monopolles. and IN ne event
n failure 10 comply with the demand
then the labor organizations would b,
Justified IN considsflnr how bea, ID
abolish of restrict the power oi con.
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