The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-23
Voice of
the People

WAGE FARMERS WHAcKS, NO. D.
Editor Providence News:
am sadly disappointed that great
wa, should break out in the year Of grace.
| 1904. say great war. because two
such powerful nations as Japan ana
Russia are not going To exhaust theH
available resources for many months 10
come While Japan is having IT her own
way at present. and has shown wonder
ful skin in tho movement OF her military
forces and the celebrity of her moves on
| the checkerboard OF war her STUBBORN
| antagonist will throw one million foot
! soldiers into the contest and at least
one. quarter million Cossack cavalry, the
most powerful I'm all the world right
around Harbin. say nothing OF her other
armies elsewhere. II this nation had
rrent navy, such as she should nave
America and Great Britain could have
prev ented this deplorable struggle but
no. for our anti-lmperialsts. who are re-
sponslble for the deaths OF hair the kllleu
in the Philippines. were bound TO plunge
the nations I'm war and opposed large
navy for the sake Of mere revenge through
earners: for bread winners always bear
nine -tenths OF the hardship suffering ana
death through battle and disease.
THE VALUE OF PROTECTION.
Had the Iroauols theatre been properly
! protected by asbestos curtains. what
| boon that protection would have proved!
| But no protection was afforded by the
free trade owners and conductors. and
| the inevitable horror came just as the
equally horrible calamity came In 1886
| by removing adequate protection from
| American labor. and two millions OF non
! est, needy wage earners were ropbeo'
| sw Indled and kicked out OF their jobs
| by n set OF free trade congressman just
az the managers Of the Iroquois theatre
were guilty of neglecting TO protect the
| public who seek amusement. And yet
| people in the year Of grace, 1904, cry
out against protection. But when | re-
| member that God Is Just | tremble for
these haters and enemies OF wage earners.
Again. are we to be told at this late day
that Baltimore needed no protection
against nre7 When the fire starts. is II
10 have free course 20 consume our cities ?
Is adequate protection to be swept away
as II was swept away by the free trade
congress OF 1894, when two millions OF
us common people were virtually told 10
go freeze and starve: for we couldn't have
work even though hundreds OF thousands
OF us offered to work for 30 cents day.
and yet we couldn't get jobs even at that
price7 Truly, I'm the language of the
poet There Is no flesh I'm mans obdurate
heart: he doth not feed for mani" No
not n he is n bread winner!
MARCUS AIloNZo HANNA.
Perhaps there never has been. in all
this great nation. a more striking mani
festation OF the intense hatred OF yellows,
safrrons and other free traders against
the wage earners friend and constant
advocate than the slanders and aricatures
OF Mark Hanna. Part OF this venomous
display may he ascrlbed TO political
tricksters. and the desire for the honors
and emouments Of office and TO sell
papers without regard 20 who and what
an opponent represented Nevertheless.
cannot help my firm belief that three
fourths of tho malevolence against Mark
Hanna was because he always stood solid
as adamant against all attempts to lower
the wages OF bread winners and especially
did he denounce vehemently every move
tht would tend 20 deprive the wage
Garner OF needed employment. And
know from personal experience what II
is 10 endure petty persecution and per
sonal vituperation for advocating the
, inalienable right OF every American
| ClILen 10 lop OF NoIk AZ ~ ldlT price
Nevertheless, there is yet greater salts
faction than annoyance in finding my firm
stand for wage earners has made m,
worthy 20 suffer for the bread winner
ewlfare; moreover. an unalloyed pleasure
, in finding most OF my opponents so lack
ing In arguments and facts that they TAX,
, refuge In abusing an antagonist instead
OF discussing the question at issue which
course however. has served to greatly
enlarge the multitude of my friends.
, JOHN n. MCPHERSON.
Mr. Nickerson has shown 80 mucl
, ability IN portrayinR and defending so
cialism that I hope 20 read more of hi
meritorious articles I'm The News Their,
is false so-called Socialism which en-
courages lawlessness and bloodshed anS
: which We all should loathe and abhor
but true socialism as advocated by Mr.
| Nickerson would soon commend itself &,
thousands more I'm Rhode Island n semi
anarchists would keep quiet.
LIFELONG WAGE EARNEh AID
VOCATE