The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
PARKER THINKS DOLLAR DAY
ENOUGH FOR ANY WoRkINcmAM

Il mink that dollar day is enough
TOT any man, provided that hi, vvorr
Is steady. Any man ran live on that
and that is all unskilled labor 10 ,ro,,tb
l am sorry L have 10 pay more than
that, and wouldn't it we had hattar
supply OF labor Observation-Disclosures. Al
ton Brooks Parker, Democratic no,ni-
nee Tor president of thr United States
(New York Daily Globe CORRESPONDENT
at Esopus.)
This statement was made by Ju,,qa
farker at MS home, Esopus, N Y. in
Emory Freer's grocery store. Fraar
nlmseit; sam f. Mott, a butcher; Lew
boothe, barber; Carl Wisner, a bag
gageman on the West Shore railroad
and several farmers, were present when
the statement was made
Ordinary labor was at that time re-
ce1ving in that vicinity $l6O per day
and the question being asked, Judge
Parker unhesitatingly answered that a
dollar day was enough for any kind
of man. He regretted exceedingly
that, owing to the scarcity of labor in
the township, he was obliged to pay in
excess of one dollar day for men to
work about his home grounds.
This is the Champion of labor foi.t-
ed upon the Democratic party by David
B. Hill, another celebrated champion"
OF labor. A dollar day Is enough for
any laboring man, according to the dis
tinguished gentleman Of Esopus and the
silent nominee Of the Democracy.
If he has steady job at a dollar a
day the laborer can, Of course. pay his
rent for a room in a tenement house:
fare his family sumptuousy on pota-
toes, bread and water; school his chill
dren in the back alleys; feed his live
stock on tin cans and old rubber boots
with an occasional theatrical poster
thrown in as dessert grow a pitiful
geranium as his lawn; make little Tom
my wear his own CASTOR trousers; have
Susie wear the skirt Mamie outgrew
four years ago. have good time gem
orally. and feel loyal to his country and
hurrah for his party. But In order to
do all this he must have a steady job
at dollar a day according to Judge
Parker. If the laborer is SO unfortu-
nate as to have no steady job the bread
| and potatoes must be omitted from the
family bill Of fare. There is always
plenty OF water.
| Now President Roosevelt doesn't talk
very much about these things, but he
has ever been an open advocate for. the
| highest wages obtainable by the Amer
| lean workingman-skilled or unskilled
| and every act Of his administration
bearing on this subject has been for
the betterment Of this class. The man
| who tolls and whose calloused hands
bear mute evidence of his vocation Is
to him just as important In this great
| nation as the man who counts gold
over the counter, and his appeals will
receive Just as much consideration
Roosevelt is essentially the president OF
the people and he is an American from
head to foot. He Is in cordial syInpa-
thy with those who earn their bread by
honest toll. 1t is his endeavor, and that
Of the Republican party, to advance
the condition OF the laboring man. for
he and his fellow laborers are the real
vitals Of this great republic, and all
other ayOcations are subordinate and
dependent. The laboring man of Amer
lea, whether he be farmer artisan the
begrimed toiler of the coal mine, or the
half-naked creature who swelters In the
|
crowned king of his country and upon
him will forever depend its destinfes.
President Roosevelt has never said
, that "a dollar a day is enough for any
man." and he never WILL The Republic
cam party doesn't believe that "a dol
lar day is enough for any man. anc
. it never WILL The aim of the Republi'
, can party, and of its great courageous
leader, is to protect the American
workingman and his family from cheaI
foreign labor and it's productions, ant
: to see that he is paid every cent his la
Dor is entitled to. The Republican part.
demands that he be decently nouseo
= his family we'll fed and clothed, AM
:, that his children have every peneIi
of our free school system and eventu
ally develop into intelligent American
citizens for to them must be intruste
8 the future of the greatest republic TN
g world has ever seen. There Is no on
: dollar a day" sentiment in the Repnoii
8 can party. 1t is for the highest wage
: obtainable and, Therefore. II mas 10
r wears advocated protection for Amer
4, cnn industry and protection for tn
American workingman, and II Will con
e tinue to do SOW. G. in Idaho Dan
IL Statesman