The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-08
TO FILL PLACES OF STRIKERS.
try To Take the Places Of Coal
Miners aud Others.

A#f~ fAA ~ lNCAAts -
Pennsylvania. a protectionist leader In
congress, said:
"les, men are on tho free list. They
cost not even freight. . We pro-
mote free trade in men. and Ii is the
only kind Of free trade ! nm prepared
to promote"
This has always been the policy OF
the protectionists-that Is, of the re-
publican party. which has ever been
the home Of the protected manufacture
ers and the enemy of the laborer and
farmer. Observe now how beautifully
their system is working. j. p. Nor
gan and his coal, steel, railroad and
steamship pals encourage great
strikes, when their steamships are
dumping thousands of immigrants on
our shores every week. willing to work
for considerably less than the coaland
other strikers have been getting.
For the year ending June so, 1902.
Gas. TAB immigrants reached " shores;
457,7ll were from Italy. Austria-Hun-
gary and Russia. They were driven
out Of these countries partly by a sue
c~ession Of poor crops. but more espe-
cially by the very high tariff and in
ternal taxes which prevent the people
from obtaining foreign goods except
at prices almost prohibitive. Thus. III
lowest price for refined SUGARS II cents
in Italy. and ~ cents per pound in
Russia and Austria-Hungary. al
though the same sugar is sold in Eng
land for 2A cents per pound.
Undoubtedly. also. many immigrants
came over after reading the glowing
promises of high wages in America
made in the advertising pamphlets OF
Morgan's railroad and steamship lines.
Certain il is that hundreds of thou
sands Of them are here TO food the la
Dor market and keep wages down and
TO increase consumption Of goods and
thus enable the trusts to give prices
another lift. 1t Is a beautiful system
for the protected manufacturers, mine
operators and railroads. As Senator
John F. Miller. Of California, said, in
1882:
"rhe average manufacturer is in
terested generally in two things, name
~ the highest protective tariff and the
cheapest labor. The admis-
sion Of servile laborers into this coun-
try without limit. means high
prices forthe products Of manufacture
and low prices for the labor that pro-
duces them"
Is il any wonder that the coal oper-
ators refused 10 arbitrate and that
they are but little worried about the
outcome Of the strike? They are in
no hurry to begin to operate the mines
because they are getting from seven to
ten dollars per ton for the surplus coal
which they had stored up in anticipa-
ton Of the strike.
In the meantime. they are building
~stockades around the mines and put.
ting armor on ears so that when they
decide TO dump a few shiploads Of i'm
migrants into their mines. they can
with the assistance of Pinkertons
state militia and national guards, defy
labor unions. examiners and public sen
timent. About the only thing to worry
the operators is the fact that the public
Is getting "nosey" and asking why th'
operators do not work the mines ol
offer 10 arbitrate. and is suggesting
that II has some rights. thai the Goa
was not put there in the ground fol
the exclusive use of a few mine owners
and that the operators. by their out
rareous conduct. are taking the short
est cut TO state socialism and com
munism. The operators are replyin!
that the mines are their private prop
erty. and that il is nome Of the bushes
Of the public what they do with them.
+, Unuuesionably. the mine owner
(railroads) could. even in ordinar.
; times. sell anthracite coal at presen
; prices. But they are afraid OF tn
; public. They need an excuse Furnished
by a strike and a pretended shortag
) az coal. The longer the mines are LET
idle. the better the public will becom
accustomed to high prices Of coal an
the less reduction in prices will hav
J 10 be made when mining is resumed.
Protected Pennsylvania is the stat
Of great strikes. great riots, low wages
I s~eryile laborers. protected mills, tai
: iY-made millionaires and politica
I bosses OF the most obnoxious type. ]
is n great mill. into the hopper @
, which are poured ignorant foreigner
and out OF which runs q stream Q
4. tramps. A new and large crop Q
tramps will be supplied by the unfol
(, Inmates in the present strike, alread
doomed to failure.
, Should times gee better in Europ
and immigration from there stop. tn
protected manufacturers and mine OF
orators could draw on China's horde O
cheap laborers. The new Chinese g,
clusion act, passed al the urgent RI
nuest Of all the labor organizations q
the country. to take the place OF IN
expiring Gcary law. was punctured 5
full of holes in the senate that. in til
opinion OF able lawyers and the Amer
lean Federationist. II offers no opposl
ton to the importation Of Chinese u
borers. through our colonies. TIL
,obbies Of the steamship companies
headed by Mr.. schwerin, Of the Pacif
Mail company. were on hand in tn
senate and spent thousands Of dollar
10 make this bill look like the loop !
the circus after the acrobat ha
jumped through II, and the republican
!, nerformed the feat. and ~disregarde
/. the requests Of millions Of working
men.
The democratic party must pre-
tect the people against the persisten