The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-04
MIR. BRYAN's ADDRESS.


In the course of his speech at Electric
Park Mr.. Bryan said:
'Why should the man who eats at
well-supplied table forget the man whose
toll furnishes the food? Why should the
man who warns himself by the fire forget
the man whose labor in the forest in
the mine brings forth the fuel? Why
should the man clad in the best products
of the loom forget the man whose cal
loused hands make fine clothing possible?
Both the consumer and the producer are
necessary, but of the two the producing
comes first in point of time and in point
of Importance Shall the rosebud, bloom
ing in beauty and shedding its fragrance
on the air, despise the roots of the bush
because they come into actual contact
with the soil? Destroy the bud and leave
the roots and second bud will appear,
as beautiful and as fragrant as the first;
but destroy the roots, and bud and bush
will perish.
How can the wage-earner secure that
share of the earths bounties and the
governments protection which he de-
serves? The associations formed by work.
ingmen have been productive of much
good
it is the product of industrial conditions.
The individual found himself at a disad-
vantage when dealing with the corporate
employer, and the organization not only
enables him to contend for his rights on
terms more nearly equal, but it stmu-
lates him to study and understand the con-
dftiOnS which surround him.
THE labor organization has been fore
most in advocating the reforms which
have already been secured Several years
ago the secret ballot was demanded by
the wage-earners for their own protection.
That ballot has been obtained, and through
its operations those who toll for individuals
or corporations are able TO protect their
political rights and to use the ballot ac-
cording to their own judgments. This is a
long step in advance.
1.-THE labor organization has done much
to lessen the evils of child labor. No one
can visit the factories where children are
employed without contemplating the crime
which is being perpetrated on posterity.
If there Is any temporary economic adj
vantage in the employment of children of
tender age, 1T is Insignificant when meas
ured against the permanent injury done
10 present and future generations. To rob
a child of its school days is bad enough,
but to bend its back by load for which
only the adult is fitted is even worse.
1.-The blacklist. by means of which en-
rloyers combine 10 deprive the discharged
workman of unemployment, is one of the
more recent menaces TO the laboring
man. The independence of the wage
Garner decreases as the difficulty of OBJ
tanning employment increases. and the
skilled workman whose life has been spent
in acquiring efficiency In certain trade or
CT the employer If every opportunity to
make use of his experience is closed by
agreement between employers.
ORIENTAL. IMMIGRATION
1.-The laboring man is also interested in
legislation prohibiting Oriental immigra-
ton IL is unfair to the American work.
man. who is the foundation of the Ma
tons wealth in time of peace and its de-
tense in time of war. TO subject him TO the
danger of having his occupation given TO
an Oriental laborer. often brought by con-
tract who has no permanent interest I'm our
government. II the Asiatics come here,
work for few years. live on lower scale
and then carry home the net proceeds Of