Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30

classes: Capitalists, who receive much
more than they produce, and the labor
ing class who receive much less than
they produce. "Republicanism," Mr..
Lloyd said, lis the party of the former
class, and democracy is the wall of the
disappearing middle class, while So
cialism advocates an ideal condition
that makes men as brothers"
Possession of Raw Material.
| Concerning the possession of raw
material the speaker said that geolo-
gists say that three valleys in Penn
| Sylvania contain sixteen billion
tons Of anthracite coal within space
| of, 356 square miles. Twenty corpo-
rations own it and say they have a
title just as far down into the earth
as they choose to go. They say to the
laborer, to the producer, to the man
that goes down in the darkness and
peril, We have the power to deter
mine conditions under which you may
work. They say 10 the consumer,
We fix the price They say to the
laboring man that they will figure out
how much they can afford to pay him
for his work and after figuring offer
him $1.15 Ser day. Capital" exclaim-
ed the speaker, Gowns Gods earth,
fixsa the price of the product ana de-
ter4.ines the conditions under which
they employees shall live. It's a love
ly Christian system, isn't it,"
No Equal Chance.
Touching the subject of one mans
chances being on an equality with
those of another in getting on in the
world, the speaker said he desired to
/
capitalist says" continued the speaker
that if young man is honest, uses
no tobacco, or intoxicants, and is fru-
gal and saving, he has an equal chance
of attaining what is called success.
Let me Illustrate:
Suppose 100000 men organize lot
Itery something after the plan of the
Louisiana lottery, each man contribut-
ling 81 and receiving in ex.
change ticket entitllng him
Ito a chance for the capital
prize of 100000. I'll admit that every
ons of those men have an equal chance
if the affair is conducted honestly. but
there is but one man who will get it;
the other 99,999 draw blanks. Could
anything be palmer. Who draws the
capital prize in the coal fields? There
are blanks for the many and prizes for
the few" Mr.. Lloyd also illustrated
his point by drawing comparison OF
the conditions surrounding the birth
of Vanderbilt baby few weeks age
with that of the baby of a switchmar
who is an employee of the Vanderbilt
system He said both babies have
the same chance. Both have eyes
nose, mouth and other organs human
beings usually have but the speaker
did not believe their chances of sue
ceeding were equal and said the
switchman's baby was born slave be
cause of conditions. Equal chance
for ALL" exclaimed Mr. Lloyd. What
rot. Probably chance to buy stumps
in the northern pineries."
Wage Slavery.
what is wage slavery?" asked the
speaker. ut is more destructive thar
that system which put shackles on the
slaves in southern states. | should
not make this statment if | were no
able to prove it. Let's see. TIE col
ored slave was the property of hi.
master and was worth in the neighbor
hood if $1,000. The master saw val
liable asset that must be taken care OF
The asset received three good meal!
per day, or in other words had a full
dinner pail. He had a physician tt
attend him when he became i'll. HI
had amusements and there was NJ
fear in his face for the morrow. TIL,
wage slave is not as sure of his job "a
was the colored man." said Mr.. Lloyd
"Under the cooperative system
what would each mans share be?
would be that which he produced. I'm
der the competitive capitalistic sys
tenn it is every man for himself ant
the devil for us all. The devil get.
ninety per cent of us. Capital see.
that competition is destructive
| and that cooperation is best. Al
that is needed for us to do is to follow
in the footsteps in these respects O
capital and benefits will accrue.
The Competitive System.
Under the competitive system
J man works all day and receives bu