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Show n flairs of the government. At the present pres-ent time tbe condition of the laboring people In America is fifty per cent bettor bet-tor than the condition of the laboring prople in any nation of the old world. John A. Botzum. but three millions own land or have any voice whatever iu the nffaira of the government. Ti the great Venetian shops where Isce goods are made.women labor from morning until night for the email emu of live cants. Oat of this they must live, starve or place their virtue vir-tue npon the market. In the noted glues factories men are working for only thirty and forty cents pet day and many for less than that. Bat few laboring people in Italy earn over forty cents a day. Along the railroad tracks, iu the stone yards and in the Melds the women work elde by side with the men. The Italians live principally npon oread and wiue, and miserable garrets serve as nouses, Mauy a family in that 8'nn; land live for less than 10 cents a day and maby thousands of families are daily fed by the bands of charity. In Italy the great cry is money, money. In the oriental countries it is the same It is soldiers and poverty everywhere. There are many in Italy who pay their employ era for the sake of working for them and their earnings depend npon the liberality of the people in the line o ' tinoiusr. J. A. BOTZUM Writim a Letter lo the Standard on the Conditions of the Laboring Class .In the Old World. Five Cents a Day In India- Paying for the Privilege of Work in Italy Poverty Everywhere. John A. Botzuin, an enterprising joang newspaper man of Ohio, who is a w crossing the continent from the .st to the east, completing a two -ar, tour "f i he w irld writes the fol-i fol-i w .ia letter to ihe 0rdeu Standard, lr. Buiziiin ha-i an observing eye and villi a hfart ba 'tins; in sympathy with .f licmtdn aud oppressed, fias succeeded i . gaming a wonderful nt of Infor-u:i-n Mauve to the condition of the orul's laboriig people. For two years n onng mm has ben working his ay thimuii tiie many nations of tbe e uli with simply a knapsack strapped a ou his back. l. is doubtful if there another traveler, living or d,id, who is seen the world and its people so wel as has this young man. His pen is 'ilb uly means ofitlnancial support and us articles are most interesting. Those who are acquainted with his writings ill remember his laughable experience with kings and qnoens, and.again will they remember him in the back yards of poverty, penning pathetic descriptions descrip-tions of those who dally Btrnggle t o keep the wolf from the door. Ogdkn, Utah, Aug. 17, 1891.-You have asked me to express my opinion jpon a question of very great importance impor-tance and magnitude. How does the condition of the laboring people of this coantry compare with the condition of the masses beyond the seas? I know of uo bettor way to answer your question than by giving you a brief description of the situation on the other side as I fonnd it by personal contact. It will necessitate the painting of a sad picture with colors so dark that I fear the nn-traveled nn-traveled man will feel like turning to it, and with a political knife aim to cut it down, claiming it to be false, untrue to the situation. However, I will paint the picture and hang It on the wall. The condition of the great Hia.Res on the other side of the world Is a sad one indeed. There Is poverty more or less In this country, there is a Btrnggle here but the picture becomes bright when compared with the picture over there. Last week ten thousand foreigners laaded ou our shores nnd jnst now fifteen fif-teen thousand more' are crossing the bridge planks of monster ships headed this way. 'What's the fare to America?" Am-erica?" This Is the question in all hills and in all their valleys over there among the poor people. Were it possible, possi-ble, about two-thirds of the people of the entire old world would come to our shores at once. America! Why America is the dream of the world. She stands as the great tight house for the world, spreading her raps of light In all directions. I fear we do not fully appreciate our own country, it's great wealth, vast dimensions dimen-sions and unlimited opportunities. Would that every young American could pass among the shifting scenes of life around the world, and see for himself, if such could be the case I am sure tae stars and stripes would look brighter and command more respect. Our great republic is not decaying. Each year we are growing more powerful power-ful and each year we will continne to row. I may forget certain incidents con-- con-- pitted with my long journey but ever vul remain the countless thousands if -vitbered hands that have been stretched mt to me while the owners, with hun-er hun-er gnawing in their stomachs pleaded '. r the price of bread. Iu tbe Oriental land I found thr .it-ople living and won ing like beasts Japan Is making advancement, but iu Japan to-day meu hit h themselves in jurts and perform the work of horses V half dozpn pennies a day and no more TQe great masees straggle on. They can do no better. In China the .situation is worse and the poor are no better off than slaves. The poor Chinaman mar be fonnd patiently pa-tiently plodding on earning no more than eight or ten cents a day and living on less. Rorn poor in their own country they must always remain poor. There can be no advancement for the common people. Tbe rich ars rich and the poor are poor. India presents no opportunities for hsr masses, her laboring people. For five cents a native of that far away land will sit up all night and keep you cool by means of a fan; In Egypt the palaces of the rich are surrounded by huts of mad and manure. Five dollars will keep an Egyptian and bis family an entire year, Many of the people know not the meaning of money, Around the walls of old Jerusalem bread is daily distributed to the thousands thou-sands of hungry Jews and representatives representa-tives of other nations. The old Biblical city presents a great tragedy. In the oriental countries the people would starve like hungry rats wars it not for tbe abundence of frnit and vegetation that the land produces. In those countries coun-tries there is very little demand for laborers. The rich live in their beautiful palaces surrounded by vast gardens, murmuring murmur-ing fonntins and beautiful lawns while tlie'r slaves, the poor people, sleep In dug-outs, on the sands, or beneath tbe tress. In those countries there ran be no advancement. The poor must for-aver for-aver nmiin poor. Leaving Egyp and crossing the Mediterranean Med-iterranean sea, northwards, and one Dads the situation no better, if anything, worse. Italy is a very small country and yet she contains ov6r thirty millions mil-lions of being?, Of this great cumber In France the situation Is better and the people live much happier and more comfortable, bat iu France labor commands com-mands but poor wages and the common people can make but little progress. The French people live well but even France is a poor conntry for one to accumulate a fortune in or gain high positions in life. Switzerland Is a fine little republic but on her monntalns and in her valleys the poor people find it hard work to make any progress. Wages are low in Switzerland and were It aot for the faet 'hat the people use great economy there would de dire poverty In old Switzerland. Switzer-land. Many a man works for his board in Switzerland and bnt few earn over seventy-five cents per day. Germany presents abont the same picture. However there Is greater povert7 In Germany because of the extent ex-tent of the country and the fearful expense ex-pense of keeping np the army. Of Germany I may safely say that two-thirds two-thirds of the people labor for less than fifty cents a day and many for less than half that amount. The manner of living liv-ing In Germany is cheap in the extreme. Yet the Germans live better by far than tho Italians. Everybody has heard of the poverty over in Russia. I have never visited that country bnt have talked with hundreds whose homes are in Russia. The poverty stories written about Russia have not been exaggerated in the least. In England, there is where a great struggle is found. In England's great cities. Over in Ireland the people are pleading: for home rule and bread while in the world's greatest city, London, the people Id one portion of it are making ready for banquets and theateres while in anothr part they are enrsing beneath the ch-mney pots and preparing for a resolution. There is such poverty in London as the world but little dreamB of. The great city is crowded with goods made in other lands and the streets are full of idle men and paupers. By no means are ' the wages paid the laboring people in England and Ireland equal to the wages paid the laboring people in this country. In ihe shops I found men performing work for less than a dollar a day. Clerks in stores earn bnt fa and $6 a week. It the coffee cof-fee houses and In the bar rooms women work for $2.50 a week. Servants must be satisfied with $2.50 per month and such is the situation in England. Another An-other thing I noticed in England was the fact that the cost of living there generally is not any cheeper than in America. In England and in Ireland the land Is owned by a few landlords. Laboring people over there do not own comfortable homes as do the America, people. All the poorer classes live in tenement houses and are strangers to their next door neighbors. In short, the situation among the la boring people In the old world is a very unpleasant one. It Is no wonder the thousands of people from the shores of Iially, China, Japan, France, Germany. England, Ireland and other countries Come to America. We have the greatest country on earth and In it may be found the greatest prosperity and happ'nea There are thousands of laboring men's homes in America that are far superior to the homes of the rich on the other side. America is yet free from class distinctions dis-tinctions and may we ever remain free from that evil which ex'sts in the old world. This Is the only land In which the poor man's son stands as good a chance for gaining fame and fortune as the rich man's son. Free trade for this country wonld be the a'eans of placing oar laboring people down on a level with the panper labor of the old world. There can be no question about it. Give qs free trade and England would go wild with joy. Her sjlent mills will again take on life and her paupers will be sent to work, In this wonderful country of progress the oceans have become be-come bnt mere ponds, We cannot compete com-pete with the old world in cheep labor. Eer people have too long lived paupers and are too anxious to work, though It be for a few cents a day. True to my conscience, I could peyer favor opening the gates and extending an invitation to the old world to come over and bring rain to oar homes. This Is a question the laboring people of thts country should give their careful attention. Another one is that of Immigration. Immi-gration. fQ rrne American can stand In foreign seaports without forming his opinion on the subject of Immigration. There should not only be a protection on goods manufactured by forelnn paupers but also against the paupers themselves. When one day workers fail to take action In these Important affairs then they must suffer if capital fails to act in a just manner. The future of our masses depend npon their becoming educated and being represented In the |