The Connecticut labor news., 1922-11-03
Another Instance

Another Instance
 A letter signed by MT. Patrick
 i O'Byrne and MT. James O'Connell,
 president and secretary, representing
 I3,ooo members of the Boot and Shoe
 | Workers Union, to Senator David l. l Walsh, part of which reads as follows i: I ."It was unanimously voted to ask I you to place your vote and influence < on record against the imposition of a 1 tariff tax on raw hides.
 l Another Instance
 A letter signed by H. Frederick Lesh, president of the Kist1er-Lesh l Co.,, Inc, to Senator David I. Walsh, part of which reads as follows:
 l The tanning industry believes you
 to be the man to take the lead in a clear cut intelligent fight to place 1 hides on the free list Tariff on hides | means the complete elimination of in dependent tanners infthis country and
 the control of the leather business by ! the packers. We, as an industry, are willing to compete with the worlds l tanners for free hides, free leather and l free shoes"
 1 Was 1t to be wondered then why the tariff bill places upon the Amer
 ican people a per capita of over one l hundred dollars, or total bill of over | men like Senator Mclean voted for the moneyed interests as against the l common people?
 It was Senator Mclean who by his I vote on the wool schedule added big l bill to the already big burden of the people and favored such monstrous combinations as the American Wool en Co.,, who in 1920 doubled their cap- l ital stock out of war profits and who were indicted in 1919 for charging 100 per cent profit. I am wondering if Senator Mclean considers this an honest effort to vote for such an H. legal condition? It was Senator Mclean who by his. vote on the silk schedule added an
 other burden to the bills of the people l of this country for it is an established l fact that no matter how humble. the circumstances person might be in that there is more or less purchasing of silk done throughout the year. It was Senator Mclean who voted to increase the duties on salt, sugar and other necessities in the life ofsthe wage earners of the United States, so l that by his vote a severe restriction l is placed on foreign products named 1 above and permits illegal combina tions that control these products to l charge prices that nets enormous profits only to those that control | these commodities.
 1 feel that the senatorial record of Senator Mclean Is a black page in the history of the state of Connecti cut. He has been constantly on the alert by his influence and subsequently l by his votes, to assist the privileged class of Connecticut as against the l masses, and 1 am sure that this year the voter Is thinking more seriously than ever as to the "1 do not care" 1 idea as displayed in the past, and that the education that the voter has re- ceived recently will be used with bet 1 ter advantage on November 7th than previously By the election of Thomas J. Spell lacy to the United States Senate on November 7th the masses of the state of Connecticut will be insured against
 the bandit methods of flegislation that they have been subjected to by the present senators from Connecticut MT. Spellacy IS man reared in the
 state of Connecticut, under the most humble circumstances, and has by hard work gained for himself one of the highest positions in the judiciary of the state. He is a fair man and will listen to the pleas of all men and women as against the few that have been favored by Senator Mclean in his II years of service in the Senate. Remember that Senator Mclean by his votes against the masses has classed himself as politically dishon- est, for when he took the oath of office he did not take oath to act as he has done, to permit millions to go into the pockets of the few and star vation wages for the hundreds of thousands
 By voting for our friends on No vember 7th it will mean that the in dustrial life of our state and nation will undergo a renovation with the
 assistance of the progressive senators
 and representatives to the Congress that will mean better working and 1 living conditions and more happiness | amongst our people, for recellect that | the state of Connecticut through its l representatives in the Congress and the state legislature have for years past placed a brand of foulness and | reaction on the history of the state l that now demands change in the in
 terest of decency and progress. The candidate for governor of the
 state of Connecticut, Mayor David E. FitzGerald of New Haven, has always been champion of t5e masses. To those in the population of this city that know of his early days 1t re- veals a very interesting history for as soon as he graduated from Yale Uni versity and began to practice law he
 became great community asset. There never has been time when