Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-18
SUFFER !.
FROM BOY GOT +
HON. HORACE BOiEs. OF IOWA,
. 5#*$ UNFAvoRABLE TO PRESENT
5:a. 81 MOVEMENT 81 ;jsas2

II 4
An interesting contribution to the
thigh price Of living debate is made
Fly Hon. Horace Boies 81 Iowa, now
out in California. His letter follows:
press dispatches say seventy
five thousand In Cleveland, o., mil
1lton and half In Pittsbnrg and vest
Tern Pennsylvania have pledged them.
iselves to abstain from the use Of meat
iuntil prices decline and then 1t is also
fsaid the movement Us Spires aiding vest
lward with headquarters already in 5DesII
Moines and Omaha Who are the
strikers? 4 ss sssBB-ssE i .5s i
Il Tin Pennsylvania delegate meeting
dof working men passed the resolution
THAT inaugurated the strike there in
lother places the same classes are be-
hind the movement. IS IS 80 it s
what: have these people already
accomplished? First ali Increase Of
their wages Of nearly Of quite 100 per.
cent for which everyone Is glad, Sec
fond, the reduction Of their hours a
Iday for which no one ought to Be glad
Except as the rule applies to extra
hazardous and. iunsanitary labor abe
/ cause it is an sirrevocable truth that
Ieight hours of labor q day adopted as
q universal rule by: all who are COM
4 PEELED to labor would depopulate the
4 world with starvation In less than. d
decade. ~. = sy5e5+ ): =, So !:
What is it these people now seek?
III Having fxed prices Of their labor
and the hours. they shall toll they
now ask to fix the prices of the food
they shall eat. ;s..,t,. MI Il .e,.z,y 81 S.
4 III successful what will be the re-
suit? They talk about a meat trust.
RIWhether one, exists or not; is wholly
immaterial in this inquiry: There is
lone class and one alone that will bear
eyery dollar Of the depreciation In the
price of meat II this movement ac-
Icomp.'shes that result and that class
Ills the farmers Of the middle west, the
one great meat producing section of
our common country. u. = s;tz ~ =
I'll The buyers Of live stock whether a
altruts or individual, will pay for the
Same the exact price for which they
lean sell the finished product and save
Ito themselves their desired profit !; not
lone dollar more. E:s:sst<ss 17es5,r
q "And who are the men and the wo.
men that must bear the depreciation
In the price y OF meat ifS 1t comes
Through. this effort? Are they eight.
thour men or eight: hour women?a ca
. into their houses and see. Will you
find them .lolling around until eight
In the morning before they go to their
y work or dropping. their tools ats in
the afternoon to spend the remainder
, Of the day in the shade? - "a S. III,
mot much. The man that raises
cattle and hogs to sell. together with
his wife and children Of sufficient age
), tb help, are up and go to work with
the sun in the morning and quit their
work after the sun goes sdowntin, the
evening. His hours of labor and, that
Of his family are from twelve to six.
teen hours a day, instead. OF: eight and
he will never be quiet and allowsthe
eight hour men to- tx the price OF
what he has to sell. S# :y,t s.. :sss4-tzgSS
! IF union labor wants to start a
rumpus that: would stamp 1t. ont OF
texistence It. could not make a. better
beginning than an organized effort to
4 control the. price Of food products
which the farmers Of this nation pro.
dnce: That would. be. the straw thai
t would break the camel's back. 5 Us 8 ;5 *
If there Is q meat trust there are
other ways to reach 1t and union la,
bor should find them. 5s :ts.s. 5:s,ss5: :
Z ::5.::s 4. ( !. i. HORACE BoIEs. ID
Helmet Ca, Jan. rs, 1910. : d. .Fi : II
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