The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-05

l tutoe pOuuuh TOE ~ cpntb. OuT Ai"'ufSt
farmers had TO sell them last year for
| cents 9 bushel. and found t1su
stores rtght therc In that country scllIn
at Is pounds for 25 cents, ami yet thGr
are people who wonder why the ctal min
ers are striking. I wonder what IN
Rend would do II he had to work for
cents day and buy tlinec pounds p.r.an
Grade Of coffee that we buy for 20 cent
r~sts tho r,ine~ from 70 10 az ccn.s
POUND. Dry nnlt meats that we buy 10
s cents costs him 12h cents pound. u
uOss ma c0nsuilsv any " your Juic, Ncakf
What little meat he docs have he tuys
OF the kind that he can use for both mea
and butter--all fat. He pays y7.6c
barrel for tho commonest kind Of flour tina
4 you can buy right hero at from $3.50 Il
$3.50. He pays $3.50 per keg FOR powder
that can DO bought elsewhere for VI 20
to si.35 Der keg. The lard oil Is used
bv miners on account Of there being less
smoke from 1t than from kerosene or
other Illuminating oils. They charge lin
80 cents Gallon for II and even then II
has been adulterated with cotton seed oil.
and YOU Texas people know better than |
whether that oil Ia worth 80 cents gallon
or not. These are only few OF the out
RACES perpetrated upon the miner. But
that is not all. He Is again robbed in
weights and measures. He digs coal. not
Scotcrman put II to mo In this way I'VE
| don't dig 81 be the ton We dig 1t be the
heap, and It's matty big heap fer "A
matty wee pay" A newspaper man IN
| the district measured one OF the coal cars
| used for which the miner Is allowed TWO
| tons and found that II contained two and
three quarters tons Those cars must not
only be filled. but the coal must be piled
uD so the coal viii strike a wire pllced ut
u certain height and ring bell IL 1t
don't 90 this the miner is locked.
These are some of the conditions that
have called the miners out on strike and
that call upon us as American citizens nc
meet them And | viii say tonight that
these conditions confront not only the
miners. they confront every American
workingman today. applause.
They ask me why am interested in the
miners strike. answer because I am
Interested IN the welfare and In the mis-
cry and tho suffering OF my fellow men.
Because | am interested In the future OF
my country because I am interested IN
the future Of my children. tApplauso)
i NAV never be reduced to the condition
OF the miners. but If don't raise a
protest my children will. applause and
cheers.l Tho workingmen OF this country
are called upon to meet and resist these
damnable outragcs that are more than un-
necessary ovid applause.) My friends
II Is the men who are employed today
who are standing above. that must reach
down to these demoralzed down troddcn
miners and pull them up To our own con-
dition, or they VIII pull us down to theirs.
{ Applausel
They tell us we are tn- American: that |
we go on unlawful scrikcs. and that sort OF |
stun that we are subservent to the whims |
u walking delegates. Has not organized |
labor tho same right TO have walking |
delegate as organized capital has? Has NOT |
1 union the same right to select man to
II as organized capital? CAP |
>lausc) The only difference is that their
representatives are lawyers who get from
'2b 900 TO $4,000 n year and our men are
yorkingmen who get $50 or $40 month
Appleuse) But I viii continue. my
riends, 10 be the slave OF walking dele
rate, or dcspot, or whatever they may call
lin, until walking delegate In the inter-
st Of labor has ruled the other fellow ont
II order. (Applause) met au old gentle
nan in Pennsylvania. who said to me: II
m surprised my young friend TO think
nat you would be mixed up In this labor
movement Don't you know this discomfort
VAS brought from across the water" Yes.
I did come from across tho water. The
prlt OF uhe labor movement and the spirit
hat pervades the minds OF organized lab
'rers did come across the water in the dis
ontented minds of foreign immigrants 1t |
anded on this continent in 1920 and the
isooniented immigrants were the pilgrlln
athers who came over In the Mayfower.
,ou can trace that same spirit on down to
Ub when that memorable document was
RATED giving TO American citizens the
irht to "hfe liberty and the pursuit OF
appptness"
We must aim higher than we have herr
lining In the past We must lnaugurate
ONE system that will alleviate the suffer
lgs OF over 100000 people, and as a pre-
minary move ! want to see every labor
lg man in this country d member of n
ihor organization, The people will have
solve these questions to the interest Of
ne people, The conditions OF the miners
ave shown to YOU the conditions OF the
zen who have neglected to look after their
wh interests. 1t Is only In organization ir-
lNpectlVe OF where we come from that we
an nope To adjust this great question. Tho
ondition of these miners threatens you
nd | and every other workingman in THIS
euntry and there is only one way In which
can be regulated that will bring results
your children and to mine. Won't you
r Gods sake. study little? Arc you not
WING for something more than yourself?
lave you not a wife and little children at
omeE have little boy who stands al /.
~ Knee and builds air castles for the fu-
IRE. IL mis- my eyes with tears when
&c his little eyes sparkle. telling me what
expects to do when he gets to be n
IAN, and think; Poor boy. II you have
} meet rte conditions which have met.
Cd knows what all YOU will have TO con
ma with And II nerves me to put forth
very ebert in the interest of my fellow
len and their children.
Did you ever stop TO think that the CON
lhntion Of the united States was made
y men who knew nothing about locomo
We engine and who never dreamed OF
aliroads honey-combing this ccntinente
len who never heard OF such a thing as
'ectrictty Men who never thought of or
anized labor. or OF sugar trust or Of
n oil trust. oh, II we do break the CON
tuition. we viii break /; TO make It bet
'r tApplause,l
We do not seek to destroy the palaces OF
lis land; II Is the novels that we want 10 |
Ut out OF existence
|
Thrown From ~ WAGON.
j. j.. Boothe wife and son. living at
Garland. We're thrown froE spring