The weekly intelligencer., 1900-09-29
Emil Dinner Pail.

publlcan administration SHOWN 10 Save
violated the conslisulioHP "a fnIl
dinner pail is deemed sufficient
answer.
When It is pointed out that il has
abandoned our distinctive policy IN
reference to fOreigu affairs, "the dia-
ner pail is full'' we are told.
When the steady march on toward
imperialism is exposed, ga full dinner
pail is offered to excuse il all.
when objections are made to the
spirit Of milIlarism thatprevails among
the leaders of that party, the warning
voice is drowned with the shout Of "a
full dinner pail"
The open sympathy and covert aid
given to all imperial government In It's
work Of subjugating sister republics
are sought to be eOndoned, IL not jus
tilted, with this fallacious cry, and
righiful criticism for forcing imperial
rule over 3 1000, 900 human beings who
are battling on their own nations soil
where they and their fathers have lived
for hundreds Of years, for the right to
govern themselves is attempted to be
turned aside BY the prolongaiion Of
this senseless shout.
To whom is this wonderful statement
addressedP
Evidently to workingmen, opera
tives and day laborers, and those who
make common cause with them.
What does it mesn3
1t means to say TO those workingmen
that they are having prosperous timei
and that they are indebted to the re-
publican party for it-they have plenty
TO eat and so long as this is the cas'
they have no concern about politica
affairs.
There could hardly be greatel
insult to the patriotism and intelligence
OF the workingmen than is embodied il
and implied by this same cry.
1t presumes upon their ignoranc'
and want Of patriotism. 1t might b.
shown TO be falIscious, bot We will TO
this purpose suppose il to be true.
Suppose that every dinner pail in th
land Is full Of good food at every mea
time.
Who put the food there?
From the way these gentlemen shou
one would suppose that every mornini
the workiDgmen Of the land marche'
up TO lhe back kitchen door OF Hann
4 Company and those whom the,
represent, and had their dinner pail
filled from out Of the overnowing pot
Of these gentleman; but what are tn
factsP
Is II not true that the pals Of th
workingmen are filled by the product
OF their own labor.
What has developed and created al
, Of the wealth In the land but produc
tive laborP
All that they eat and wear, all Of th
, accumulated wealth of the rich, tn
J mighty aggregations Of capital blende
: into trusts, the gorgeous palaces of th
manufacturers. the splendid steamer
J that ply our rivers and lakes and navi
: gate the oceans, the grand systems @
} raiirosds shAs checker the whole land
yea, the magnificent cities and town
that dot and spangle this map Of on
, country are all the product Of thi
labor. The fortunes Of the rich manu-
} facturers and operators are but III
accumulated "rake offs" from th
} labor Of their employees.
Instead Of the dinner pail bein,
filed at the kitchen door Of the rich
: the sumptuous repasts Of the palace
/. are supplied from the surplus labor 0
} the bearer Of The dinner pail.
We are not declaiming against tn
rich because they are rich. Far from
J it. Every man Of rs would like 10 ge
: rich, and it is an honorable ambition !
confined to the use Of hon 1rable mean
in It's accomplishment, and 1t used l.
be the boast Of our land that every MAJ
here had bis chance, and that boas
should be ours today.
What hInders II now but the trust
that are fast closing up every avenue o
individual enterprise, and what are tn
trusts but the children Of the one side,
class Legislation OF the repuolica
party. headed by the same gentlemeI
who are crying out the alleged fact tina
there is full dinner pail in the land
OF all the wealth that productiy
labor has developed and made in thl
, country 10 the last thirty years three
fOurtbs Of il has passed into the pos
session Of less than one two. .hundredt
OF the voting population.
Whatever fortunes men have mad
by superior sagacity, when the chance
are equal, the consensus Of the world
opinion Is they are. rightly entitled to
but when this gain has been made b
means Of uhequal laws or class legislI
ton, then it Is the prodoct Of oppreI
sion.
1t is so notorious as TO need no a
, gument, that much OF the great accV
mutation Of capital in the hands OF
: few IN our country has been gathere
j there BY means Of unequal Legislation
enacted BY these same gentlemen WI
J. are attempting to caiole the working
u men with the tale Of full dinner pal
. Whenever an honest worklngms
; has full dinner pail be knows that b
= own labor and nothing else has filed
u There never was n law made th
: put anything into it.
8 Laws may be made, and have be-
d made In our country continuously,
y the last thirty years by the republics
'' party, that have taken or kept nut
'e out Of II and put II 10 the pail,
r. l..L - ann,a nthar naeaon aud aa