Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-21
HEPBURN ROASTED BROWN
Benny of New Jersey Supplies, t;.c
Fuel and Sti-s the Fire.

Fuel and Sti". tl.e Fire.
Congressman Hepburn of Iowa, the
political oracle of the Republican party
in the house. whose dignity and n,-
portallce will not tolerate a question
from any new member of that body,
was roasted to a turn on Dee. II by
AIR. Benny. one of the new congress
men from New Jersey On Dec. Mr..
Hepburn said iii congress-:
"Today every man in the United
States VIII" wants to Work finds chi
ployment III the great laLo. fields of the
United States and ut q ccnlpensatiny
wage
To show that neither of these state
ments was true Mr.. Benny said:
II live iii the city of Bayonne. city
Of 10000 Inhabitants. Every morning
at the gates of our great manufactur-
ing establishments--the Standard Oil
company, the Babcock & Wilson Boiler
company, the Safety Insulated Wire
and Gable company and other large
oncerns-luudreds of men congregate
and beg for work. Across Newark bay,
at the works of the Singer Manufac-
turing company, other hundreds gath
er, also looking for work. Every large
factory in Jersey City. New York and
in every other city that know of will
furnish a similar sight each morning.
every man in public life, if he lives
in Il city and is known to have heart
in him, Cali testify that he is overrun
with applications OF deserving mon
looking fol work. And the men at
these factory gates are mon who really
want and who deserve work. In addi-
ton to this evidence, do not the news
| papers almost daily con,ain accounts
Of Works shutting down. certain rail-
road companies laying Off, 100000 men
| within the last three months. and so
| on?"
The great Hepburn also said on
| Dec. 1:
"When has there been !; time when
the distribution of wealth was as great
as it is now and when the hum!5lnst
and poorest had so large /, share OF the
accommodations of each year as now?
| There never has been {, t:.nc''
In reply Mr.. Benny said:
! "Has the gentleman not read the fg-
| ares in the United States cei,s,is of
| 1900. which show that $50 PEI: cent OF
| the people own 72.G11 per cent OF the
wealth of this country? Has lie never
seen the estimates OF Mir. Charles ts
Spain. whereby ii appears ti:at per
cent OF the people own 'siii.S p"r cent Of
the wealth. another los nor cent of the
people own -: -! :, 'f2r coat additional
which added together Shows; that ITO
per cent CT the, people own 81 PEI cent
Of our wealth, the other T.: per cent Of
the wealth then remaining being
owned by ISL peg cent OF the people?
Add all these items UP. and sou will
see by these figures all of our wealth is
owned by just so por ccat of the poo
pie. the oiler so per cent ot' cur people,
OF in round numbers !U,Go1,UUU souls,
owning absolutely 40 part OF the conn
try's great wealth.
HAS IL not been stated over and
over again without contradiction Il,at
when thee board of directors of The
steel trust meets the twenty-five men
who there sit down own one-twc:th Of
the entire wealth Of the United States?
s'Does that show the present TO be a
time when the distribution OF wealth is
greater than ever before and that the
humblest and the poorest have larger
share of the accumulation of the GEAR
than ever before? Shame on the sug-
gestion,''