Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-13
HEPBURN ROASTED BROWN.
Benny of New Jersey Supplies the
 Fuel and Stfrs the Fire.

Benny of New Jersey Supplies the
 Fuel and ssfrs the Fire.
 Congressman Hepburn of Iowa. the political oracle of the Republican party in the house, whose dignity and i'm. portance will not tolerate a question from any new member of that body. was roasted 10 a turn on Dec. II by men from New Jersey. On Dec l Mi. Hepburn said in congress:
 "Today every man in the United States who wants to work finds em- ployment in the great labor fields of the United States and at compensatine wage"
 To show that neither of these state ments was true Mir Benny said:
 "I live in the city of Bayonne, a city of 10000 inhabitants Every morning nt the gates of our great manufactur- ing establishments-the Standard oiI company, the Babcock & Wilson Boiler company, the Safety Insulated Wire and Cable company and other large concerns-hundreds of men congreSate and beg for work. Across Newark bay. at the works of the Singer Manufae turing company, other hundreds gath CT, also looking for work. Every large factory in Jersey City, New York and in every other city that I krow of will furnish similar sight each morning.
 Every man in public life, if he lives in a city and is known to have a heart in him, can testify that he is oyerrun with applications of deserving men looking for work. And the men at these factory gates are men who really want and who deserve work. Ip addi- ton to this evidence, do not the news papers almost daily contain accounts of works shutting down, certain rail- road companies laying of 10000 meD within the last three months, and sp onT
 The great Hepburn also said on Dec. l:
 When has there been a time when the distribution of wealth was as great as it is now and when the humblest and poorest had so large a share of the accumulations of each year as now There never has been a time"
 In reply Mir. Benny said:
 Has the gentleman not read the fig ures in the United States census of 19U0, which show that S99 per cent of the people own 72.67 per cent of the wealth of this country? Has he never seen the estimates of MT. Charles E. Inc hr olu fr ha@ cent of the people own 54.S per cent of the wealth, another 10.9 per cent of the people own 32.2 per cent additional, which added together shows that II @ per cent of the people own S1 per cent of our wealth, the other 13 per cent of the wealth then remaining being owned by 3S.1 per cent of the people? ? Add all these items up, and you will see by these figures all of our wealth is owned by just 90 per cent of the peo- pie. the other 50 per cent of our people, or in round numbers 40.O00.0O0 souls. owning absolutely no part of the coun- fry's great wealth.
 sHas 1t not been stated over and over again without contradiction that when the board of directors of the steel trust meets the twenty-two men who there sit down own one-tweifth of the entire wealth of the United States?
 Docs that show the present to be q time when the distribution of wealth is greater than ever before and that the humblest and the poorest have a larger share of the accumulation of the year than ever before? Shame on the sug. gestion."