The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-08-07
TO FILL PLACES OF STRIKERS.
GmmiErRnts CsnslsE late fhss Coun-
trE to Take the Places na Caal
tatnrrs nnd uthern.

In 1872 Hon. William D. Kelley, oi
PENNSYLVANIA, proteciloui-t leader In
congress, said:
yes, men are on the free li.t. They
cost not even freight. We pro.
mote free trade In men. and IL j. the
only kind Of free trade am prepared
10 promote"
This has always been the policy ~
the prntectionistF- that l., of the re-.
publican party, which has ever been
the home of The protected manufactur.
ers aud the enemy NJ the laborer and
farmer. Observe now how beautifully
their system b. working! !. T.. Nor
gan and bis coal. steel railroad and
steamship pals encourage great
strikes, when their steampEhips ore
dumping thousands Of immigrants or
eur shorrs efry wrek, willing "a work
for considerably less Than the coal and
other strikers have been getting.
Por the year ending june 30. 1909,
6ts.T4 immigrants reached our shores;
tS7,7ii were from Italy. Austria-luu.
gary aud Russia They were driven
out of these countries partly by a sue
cession of poor crops. but more rtpe-
clally by the very high iarid and In
tcrnsl taxes which prevent the people
from obtaining fogclgu goods except
at prices almost prohihltiyc. Thus, the
lowest price for refined sugar Is Il cents
IN Italy, and ~ cents per pound IN
Russia and Au,irih.Hnngary, al.
though the same sugar H. sold In Eng
land for 7is cents per pound.
Undoubtedly, also many immigrants
came over after reading the glowing
PROMISE uf high wages In America
made In the advertising pamphlets Of
Morgan railroad and steamship lines.
Certain u is that hundreds ~ thou
Fands ~ them are here To flood tho la
bor market and Keep wages down and
"a Increase consumption of goods and
thus enable the trusts % give prices
another lift. II ~ a beautiful system
for the protected manufacturers. mlnc
operators and railroads. ~ senator
John F. Miller, Of California, said. IN
1882:
"The average manufacturer Is In
tereFted generally IN two things, name.
ly the highest protective tariff aud the
cheapest labor The admis-
sion ~ srryile lnborrra into this cnun.
try withou; limit. means high
prices for the products of manufacture
and low prices for the labor that pro
duces them"
= u any wander that the coal opcr.
ators refused to arbirats and thut
they are but little worried about the
outcome ~ the strike? They are in
no hurry 10 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 anticipn-
tion of the strike
In the meantime. they are building
stockades around the mines and put.
ting armor On cars 30 that when they
decide Ca dump a few shiploads of i'm.
migrants into their mines. they can.
with the assistance 81 Piukrrt0ns,
state militia and national qua rds. def;
labor unions, cx.miuers and public SEN
timcnt. Abuu, the only thing 10 worry
the operators H. .he fact that the public
Is getting "nosey" and asking why thr
operators do not work the mines or
offer to arhitraie, and is suggesting
that II has some rights, that the coEl
was not put there In the ground FOR
the exclusive use uf e few mine owners.
and that the operators, by their out
Tageous conduct, are taking he short
est cut To state socialism and com
munlsm. The operators are reply Ing
that the mines are their private prop.
erty. and that Il 3. none 81 the business
of the public what they do with them.
Uuquesionably, the mine owners
(railrnads) could, even In ordinary
times. sell anthracite coal at present
prices. But they arc afraid Of the
public They need an excuse furnished
by a strike and pretended shortage
~ coal. The longer the mines are left
idle. the better the public will become
accustomed to high prices nf coal and
the less rednction in prices will have
TO be made when mining il resumed.
Protected reunsy lvauia Is the state
Of great strikes. great riots. low wages.
seryile laborers, protected mills, tar
iff-made miilionnires and political
bosses of the most obnoxious tyne, Il
Is great mill, into the hopper os
which are poured ignorant foreigners
and out Of which runs stream Of
iramps. 4 new and large crop of
tramps will he supplied by the unfor-
tunatcs II the present strike, already
doomed to failure.
Should times get better in Europe
and immigration from there stop, the
protected manufacturers and mine op-
orators could draw on China's horde oi
cheap laborcrs. The new Chinese ex.
rlusion act. passed AZ the urgent re.
ausEt uf alt the labor organizations Of
the country, TO take the place of the
expiring Geary law. was punctured 40
full uf holes IN the senate that. In the
opinion Of able lawyers and the Amer
lean FederatioHitt, Il offers no opposi-
slon to the importation of Chinese la
borers. through our colonies. The
lobbies of the steamship companies,
headed by Mr.. schwerin, Of the Pacific
Mail company, were on hand In the
senate and spent thousands of doliEis
TO make this bin look like the loop in
the circus after the acrobat had
jumped through II, and the republicans
performed the feat. and disreRaTded
the requests Of millions Of working.
men.
BYRoN W HOLT.
THE democratic party must pro-
tect the people against the persistent
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