The labor world., 1899-07-01
EAR
The Disturbln INES Of.
a Campaign Will = Soon
& Be Here.
BY 3 Petrie. I

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BY D.sA. Petre.
o.. 30.
~ NE year hence and another
Presidential year, s.hich canno:
- be less eyentful than those peri7
DDS during the last thirty years, al
read daWns upon the American peo-
pie. We can look back for ten years
and witness: the enormous advance
ment of American resources, the tre-
mendous gains in wealth (year by
year limited to comparative few
and still as a consequence, we are
forced to admit, that these wealthy
few have absorbed the belong ngings Of
the poorer many, by various tricks
Of trade and law. In 1896 the Demo-
cratic platform procl claimed against
trusts, and. advocated a freer system
Of compel etition, Which meant the abo-
Hilton of q asprotective traiff which has
tended to upbnfld the trust, and un-
l
protect the Wag earners, among all
CLASSES Of trad cons quently tthroW-
ing thousands of sidIers On the mar
ket, 70 comp for positions with
those in the. newly formed trusts,
(which comp etiti6n natural tends to
lower wages and ease the profits
Of the same trus III impossible to
get around this ,onclus lion, with any
arithmetic ar g1l1nelts, iitts IS the lawSof
natural conse equsHice that limited com
petition never raises value to the
worker, but ass tated, does null ply
the profits Of TIL en- Or manu-.
lfacturera the fen and will this ac-s
|compl lished we sare a to have re-
turned to- our erss 81 pros
enough sif t the law 81 general average
is to .sbe ignored and that the pros-
|perity of d favored few, protected 81
governmental Ian, is to be construed
to he prospect This was the con-
flition sin Great tain under the old
lkiingcraft yllen he owned all
his yassels; and. same result viii
nnder fnstersd
by q Dingley rift law, which has
bred trust into lions Of dollars and
|yet create d defici il Of inc come to the
general government. Under this pro
tectiVe tariff system who have con-
3ttributed towards the expenses Of the
government? Not the trust or large
capt. alists;; they have been the first
to ight taxa tion, especially the in
come tax law. No, the men Of small
means have done their duty, and paid
the taxes which the big concerns
shirk the worker earns say $1.5O a
day and makes $500 for the boss, and
ata the same time pays most Of the
bosses taxes, that is the way 1t works..
but SO long as the meriican people
like TO be Snumbug gged according to
BarnuIn they have themselves to
blame, So long as they will not think
for selves, but vote as they are
told to gdo, hey must bear the whole
avalanche on their own shoulders, and
that of their families, and $50 long as
they persist ia this way they must
Ibe con tent with the results of their
own foil ly and put sup vi with that much
lof prosperity which may be gathered
lin the crumbs which fall from the
miserly tables off dives.
History repeats It's pleasant and its
weary tales. Let the thinkers Of this
age study out for 8 themselves the
causes which under an age Of great
apparent advancement have enslaved
tens of thousands Of honest workmen;
let truth solve the question; MAJ its
reply be, that with unequal competi-
tion guided BY the headlight Of
Dingleyism and protection we have
had our vision so dimmed that;sin fol-
lowing the fire fly of Imagination we
have fallen a prey in a dismal swamp.