Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-25

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upsetting the American workingman's
dinner pail-they at once repealed all
OF these treaties and destroyed very
great trade at one swoop. They reel
procated In. the interests Of the Amer.
lean trade in the usual democratic way
with meat axe. We were in fair
way OF controlling the major part of
that trade, but drifted down by reason
OF such acts to petty percentage.
Thus you have an exhibition in prac-
teal way of democratic action on prac.
tical established reciprocity.
Free Trade In England.
Now want to drift over to an.
other topic, which have studied
| close at hand. The port at South
Hampton is one of the largest in the
Kingdom. and through which go vast
exports to the whole world 1t is not
far to the general and great manufact.
uring centers of all kinds, which have
made England great. An examination
of these show these conditions as COM
pared with the same general classes
OF labor in our own land. Taking
twenty-three general lines of labor as
found in these centers, the rate of
wages paid to the English working
man are from Al to 1853 per cent less
than those received by the American
worker in the same lines. In several
ways the labor conditions are very diff
ferent from our own and I stated as
an absolute fact that the American
labor-sober, industrious and frugal
enjoys very many more substantial
benefits and blessings than the Eng
fish worker. This is true as to hous-
ing, food, clothing, family life, the ed.
ucation of his children and social con.
| ditions generally. One need only to
go to an English union to see the ulti-
mate end of a large number of the
worn out workers of England - not
those of bad and vicious habits but
just sturdy workers worn out and
swept out of the way, into these ref.
uges. The English working man by
reason Of free trade has lost much of
his own market to the foreigner who is
permitted to enter the market without
any duty whatever and so can control
it to a most disastrous degree for Ia.
bor When the manufacturer finds
the competition sharpest, he cuts the
wages of his employees, and for the
last three years the wages Of over a
million selected working men have
been reduced each year, as shown by
absolute official statistics"
The speaker here made an earnest
appeal against any action whatsoever
touching on the danger of making a
loophole for any possible entrance of
any disturbing element relating to the
wages of the American working man,
and showing that the same result with
all it's kindred miseries marking the
English workingman would follow our
own.
EngIand's Great Battle.
Continuing Col. Swain said: "The
greatest political battle on economic
lines that England has known since
the Golden movement in 1912 is now
on, under the lead of Joseph Chamber
lain one Of the greatest, as well as one
of the biggest English statesmen of
F.; these modern times. The battle is for
the abandonment Of free trade, and
there is no doubt In my mind that in
good time Mr.. Chamberlain will be
victorious and England will Join the
rest of the world with a traiff more
or less protective of the interests Of
the English manufacturer and work
ingman. The greatest political meet
ings of the time have been held and
Mr.. Chamberlain has drawn about
him body Of the most powerful
thinkers and speakers in and out of
parliament. It will take some educa.
tional work but the end will surely be
as stated. The end will come to Eng
lands sturdy working classes. It's
the battle of the age and there will be
no drawing back from present appear.
anceS.
The Peoples Duty.
But you in this country have your
duty to perform. 1t is always an honor
to support John f. Lacey. He has al.
ways been the able, careful, painstak-
ing representative Of the whole PEG.
pie; sound as the gospels on all the
great questions of the day; he has
never failed the people or country,
from the day that he donned the blue
forty odd years ago down to the pres
ent day Of Roosevelt and abundant
prosperity. Honor yourselves by CIV
ing him a vote such as will match in
volume the bumper corn which now
glorif1es our fields. John F. Lacey is
all right and always has been. See t,
it that your votes so say in an unani.
nous manner. With Roosevelt re-
elected, as he will be and repub.
lican congress to back him up, we
shall be like another Monte Cristo,
found commanding the commercial
world A republican is all right any.
where, but never more right when his
unscratched ballot from top to bottom
is safe in the ballot box and once
there we have no southern or Tam.
many manipulation Of the same. 1T
goes and gets it's due count
II beg to thank you for your atten.
ton and / hope that when election
time rolls around you will consider it
your highest duty to go and cast your
vote as your conscience commands
you, and if your conscience commands
you rightly, | know which way that
vote will be cast"
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