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of times. He wanted more pay and less work, and he 

 thought the eight hour plan was the best one that had 

 ever been tried to relieve poor folks. 



Jake Frink said he was a good deal bothered about the 

 question. &quot; Heaven knows I ve hard work enough to git 

 along. I ve been trying to pay for my farm this thirty 

 years, and hain t made it eout yit. And I ve worked like 

 a dog a good part of the time. But how working eight 

 hours instead of twelve is gwine to help me, I can t ex 

 actly see. I rather guess there would be less corn in my 

 bin, and pork in my cellar in the fall, than there is now. 

 I have to hire some help in summer, and if a man quits in 

 the middle of the arternoon, and leaves me to git up the 

 hay and grain, I don t see how I m gwine to be benefited. 

 It looks considerable like a humbug. I bo t some patent 

 manure onc t.&quot; 



Dea. Little said he didn t like the looks of this question. 

 &quot; They tried the same thing in Sodom, and it didn t work 

 well. The land was rich and produced big crops, and 

 they had nothing to do but look on and see em grow. 

 They come very near getting rid o work, and took to 

 serving the devil so that no decent man could live among 

 them.&quot; Work was a good thing for sinners, and he never 

 expected to live without it. He thought if his friend 

 Tucker would pull harder at the hoe handle, and not so 

 much at the bottle, he would be able to own land and a 

 house, and to be quite comfortable. Idleness clothed a 

 man in rags in Solomon s time, and he didn t expect to see 

 a iMzy man s wardrobe improve any in our day. &quot; If you 

 want any thing, work for it, and if you work long enough 

 and hard enough, you are pretty sure to get it.&quot; 



Rev. Mr. Spooner said he was troubled about the moral 

 aspects of this movement. It was nothing new that men 

 tried to escape the curse of toil. Nothing has called forth 

 more ingenuity, but the curse still remains, and he doubted 

 if man would ever be able to repeal the law, Six days 



