The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-04-25
LABOR COLUMN.
Devoted to the Interests of the Laborer.
H. C. BRAGG, Editor.
RI. {. BRAGG, Editor.

wish ed to gain an avantage by
the conquest Of the other,
England wanted to hold posses
sion of these United States, so
that a few English capitalists
could compel us to turn over the
riches of this country into their
pockets They were defeated ID
holding us in subsection but were
smart enough to get ahead of us
in another way; they took their
immense capital and invested 1t
in our great industries and rail-
roads, and brought up large
amounts of our lands; SO, although
we owe them no allegiance, yet,
at the same time they collect from
the people Of this country fully as
much as if they owned us; for
everything we buy, for our con-
sumtion from the factories within
this nation, and every time we
pay for the privilege of using the
railroads; we are compelled to give
up to those English capitalists,
whatever profits are coming to
them from the immense interest
which they control.
The war of the rebellion was for
the purpose Of deciding whether
capitalism or feudalism should
rule in this country, and the work
ing men of both sides, slaughtered
one another, sometimes killing
| their own brothers, in order to de-
termine which set of tyrants they
were going to be ruled by. ,-
The in South Africa would
never have commenced, if the Eng.
lish capitalists had not wanted to
| get possession Of these riches,
which nature has hidden in the
1shape of gold and diamonds, And
who is going to get this wealth;
now that England has succeeded
in running that industrious race of
peoples! Not the English soldier,
who has borne the heat of that
tropical climate and has passed
through the hardships Of war; not
the widow, who mourns tn death
of husband; not the mother. who
has lost son; but it is the Capt.
alist who stayed in England, fan
away from every danger, that will
reap the riches that are TO be had
and the working man, who was
the soldier, will now be taxed tt
pay the cost of the war.
Our war with Spain, was the
same in results. The masses OF
the people of this country, al
though they wised to revenge
themselves for the obstruction O.
{ the "Maine'', yet, there is no doub
they wished to help the people O
, Cuba obtain their freedom from
J the cruel yoke of Spain. But thu
Capitalists saw in it great chanc'
to gam foreign markets to dlspos'
of their surplus goods. So,the frs
! thing we did, was to conquer tn
Q Spanish at Manila, and seize tn
: PHILIPPINES, and then, because tn
8 natives Of those islands could no
! see much difference between
: Spanish or American rule, thi
! government, after driving tn
g Spaniards ont, gave to them TWEEN
e ty million dollars of the tax-pay
ers money, in order to gam poss
t ession of lot of islands that tn
d Spaniards had never owned.
g 1t is really very funny, hoy
9 things are in this very funn.
e world--If ] should buy horse
Q that had been stolen from Mr.
n Jones, ] believe Mr.. Jones coul'
n claim the horse SO, why tn
e Philippines don't own those is
I lands, can only be accounted for
!, by assuming that the capitalist
of America, needed them for tn
r purpose of extending their trad
to Eastern markets, as Chaunse
Depeu admitted III the last reput
d llcan convention; and as the Capt
e alists own and control our govern
= lnent at Washington, they o
Q course could count on the assist
ance of themselves.
II We have seen how the employ
e ing classes are always at varianc
e With each other in every line 0
r business, only standing together