![]() “With the two sides entrenched, each began a campaign for public sympathy. Haywood said charity would not be needed if workers were given living wages.”īread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream “Don’t you think $7,500 a year too much to pay a man for making laws when only six dollars a week is paid a man for making cloth? Don’t you believe that it is more essential to mankind to make cloth than it is to make laws?” The congressman replied that his federal salary was not his chief income and that he gave it, and more, to charity. “Do you think six dollars too little pay for a man to work a week for?” Haywood demanded. ![]() ![]() This caused Big Bill to snap to attention. Laughing at the charge that he had never done an honest day’s work, Ames said he worked longer hours than anyone Haywood knew. There is nothing in common between the two classes so you - couldn’t possibly represent them both.” Despite Haywood’s belligerence, the congressman warmed to the verbal jousting. “You are an employer, are you not?” “Yes.” “Then you do not represent the working people. “I do,” the congressman replied in a huff. “You don’t represent the working men,” Haywood charged. ![]()
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