Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 16, Number 41, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 April 1886 — Page 4

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THEJVIAIL.

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

P. S. WESTFALL,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

SUBSCBIPTIOK PRICE,12.00 A YEAR.

PCBI.XCATIOS1 OFFICE,

Nos. 20 and 22 South Fifth Street, Printing House Square.

TERRE HAUTE, APRIL 3t 1886,

LABOR AND CAPITAL. There is no question now before the public mind that begins to compare in interest with the labor problem. In one phase or another it is everywhere the subject of discussion. During the past few years the work of organizing the manual laborers of the country has gone on with remarkable speed, and consolidated as the various sections are under the general union of the Knights of Labor, the country sees a grand combination of the forces of labor which is well nigh invincible.

It is evident that the seed which writers like Henry George have been sowing has begun to spring up and bear fruit. His arguments are in the mouths of thousands of intelligent workingmen. The rights, duties and limitations of capital have become pretty clearly defined in the public mind. The claims of labor which are now admitted without argumentor pretense of questioning, a few years ago would have been cousidered entirely unreasonable. The change in public opinion has been due to the steady setting forth in calm and sober argument of tho relative rights of capital and labor, so that clearer and more intelligent ideas of the matter have been obtained.

Hero is the eight hour movement for •example. When the agitation first began, not many years ago, it was treated with indifference and contempt. It was thought to be absurd and foolish. It is not so rogarded now. Some of tho most intelligent people favor the change from a theoretical standpoint, while here and there it has been put into ..practice by largo employers of labor. Tho ministers of (Chicago as a rule have expressed themselves favorably towards the movement. It is coming to bo felt that shorter hours of work for all classes of people would be a good thing. This is tho tendency of public sentiment. Generally speaking it may bo said that places of business are being opened later and closed earlier than they used to bo. Last summer in some of the large cities the clerks and salesmen were granted a half holiday on Saturday, a movoment that will probably bo much more oxtonded next summor.

It cannot bo otherwise than that good will come out of this discussion and nil theso efforts. Tho gront body of the American peoplo love honesty and justice. Thoy may not always see a wrong or know how to rectify it. llut when it is mado clear to them that a wrong exists and that It is a wrong which can bo righted, there Is no people more sympathetic or more quick to apply the remedy.

It will not be, however, by force, or by the unlawful exercise of the power which It possesses, that labor will gain its victory. Theso will only stand in the way of its success. They will prejudice tho public mind against it. Rut calm, temperate argument and constant perseverance in all le.fal methods of redress will oventuallv bring success.

THK

great strike on the Gould lines in tho southwest has now lasted almost month, and at this writing It is not certain that the end is yet at hand.. Several days ago tho report went out that an Agreement to arbitrate had been reached between the Knights and Jay Gould and an order was issued for the men to return to work. Rut they did not go to work and it was soon developed that there was a hitch of some kind between tho railroad officials and the Knights of Jjibor, the latter claiming that when the men offered to resume work tho company was willing to receive only about a third of the men. The strike has been enormously expensive to both sides, as well ns to the business men of the great section of country through which the roads run, and it ought to have been set tied long ago and ought to bo ended now without any more delay. Tho pressure of public opinion will probably soon compel a cessation of hostilities.

As important movement in the direction of co-operation between employers and employes, has been undertaken at St. Louis. A large manufacturing firm there has offered to provide their hands with a store-room free of rent if the lat t«r will supply funds with which to purchase a stock of goods and operate a store in their own behalf. By doing this the men would be able to get their supplies at coat price, less the trifling expense which would bo required for carrying on the store. The plan would seem to be one promising satisfactory results and is worthy of a trial. Other employers of laboring men would do well to give it consideration.

THK

boycott is declared by the NewYork Tribune to be un-American and «n-republican and it predicts that it will disappear from view as quickly as It arose*. It is certain at least that it has not made headway in public estimation. It is not popular and never will be in thid country. It is not suited to American methods and ways of thinking. It is not needed here. There are better ways of securing justice and right in this country than by resorting to the boycott. And indeed the same may be said of strikers. Mr. Powderly is right in advising against both. Arbitration is an easier, less costly and far more satisfactory method of settling the claims between capital and labor than strikes are A strike means the loss of wages for days or weeks to hundreds and sometimes, as the present instance, thousands of men. It means great loss to employers and employed. It often means serious inconvenience to the public and heavy losses to men engaged in business. While the arbitrators are sitting in a quiet room, calmly listening to the evidence artd the arguments of both sides, the men can be goingon with their work as usual, earning food for their families and neither suffering inconvenience themselves nor inconveniencing anybody else. It is needless to say that the end reached by such a method is likely to be much more if) accord with reason and right than the fend reached through the strike. It should be the general sentiment of tho public that arbitration ought to be the unfailing recourse for the settlement of all differences between employers and employed.

Tho upshot of tho wholo matter is thafrj Ration, there is an increasing and widening sympathy with tho poor, hard-working masses of tho poople, as against tho rich and independent. It is felt, and justly, that capital has been getting too large,. and labor too small a sharo of tho profits of industry. It is admittejl that some kind of a chuugo must bo ma^o that Bomo plan for a more equitable division, must bo formulated. Politicians »V'° busy Introducing labor bills of one kind and another into Congress. Many of them are rnero pieces of demagogy, brought in for political eflect and In tho hopo of gaining temporary popularity. Rut thoy show the direction and foreo of the popular curront.

the last number of the Forum, Mr. Andrew Carnegie has a strong and intelligent article on the relations of labor and capital. The pith of his argument is that there should never be a strike or lockout until the arbitration of differences has been offered by one party and refused by the other. One great source of trouble, he thinks, is the fact that large establishments are managed not by owners but by salaried officers who have no pcrmanant interest in tho working, llis suggestion that the compensation of workingmen should bo based upon a sliding scale according to the prices received for the product, will meet with general concurrence, as will also his recommendation that peaceful arbitration bo in all cases resorted to for the settlement of differences, and that no interruption of the business of the establishment bo allowed to occur while negotiations aro in progress. These are fairand -asonablo propositions, alike to the employer and tho employe, and they represent the tendency of present thought on the labor question. Strikes, lockouts and boycotts are barbarous. There is a bettor way to settle disagreements and tl&t way is manifestly by honorable ar-

JULIAN HAWTHORNE,

the novelist

frankly says: Vfciiii rlot: conscientiously say that I have foittul the literary profession—In and for It-

H—entirely lurroeable. Almost everything at' 1 have written has been written from necessity, and there Is very little of It that I shall not be glad to see forgotten."

In sayijig this, Mr. Hawthorne does ^ot porhaps make a very grave charge qgninst Ifterdtuiie as a profession. He Aight hate found any one of mapy other pursuits not "entirely ageeable." Driving a street car has its drawbacks. An ie&ilor now and then wearies of the ceaseless grind of his profession. Lawyers jy© heard to cdmplain of hard work and insufficient pay. Doctors are not happy always, though they make it a point to try to seem so. And Mr. Beecher is authority for tho statement that even a preacher's life is not all roses. If Mr. Hawthorne has found the literary life even moderately agreeable, he has fared much better than many of his famous predecessors did, and as well as the great majority of his contemporaries in all the varied vocations of life have done, and ho has no roason to complain.

THK

illness of Mr. Powderly at this

critical time is very unfortunate. He is at his home in Scranton, Pa., broken down with the worry and anxiety of the past few weeks. The editor of the Scranton Truth, who saw him yesterday, says: *lI believe Mr. Powderly's condition to be very critical, and tho country should know that he Is in no condition to know what is going on In the west, and should not be- held responsible for what Mr. Irons and his associates may do."

is said that Mr. Powderly, Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, aspires to go to Congress. Well, let Mr, Powderly go to Congres. During the late troublous times ho has shown himself to be a man of large discretion, sajpicity and sound judgment. He might lie capable of doing good work for the country in Congress. Most certainly there could be nothing lost lost in exchanging him for some of the demagogues and nobodies who now sit in the national council.

WIT A TSHE~PVLLKD OUT. New York Tribune. As a richly dressed young woman carrving a praver-book in her dainty gloved left hand, was about to leave the Third avenue elevated train at Twentythird street on Saturdav she thrust her right hand into her pocket for her handkerchief. When she withdrew her hand from her pocket about a dosen cigarettes came with the handkerchief and were scattered over the floor of the car. gallant voting man picked them up and handed "them'to the young woman, who without the least apparent embarrassment, accented them and gracefully bowed her thanks.

A PLA USIRLK SUPPOSITION Washington Critic. "That's a queer name tor a book," remarked a young lady in a book store to Mr. Martin. "What's that." he naked.

Letters to Dead Authors.' I wonder what it is." "Well, I can't nay, as I havnt read it, but from ita title I should say it waaa re quest to the late Hugh Conway for more itoriM."

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TERMS HAUTE SATURt)AY EVENING MAHj

STUDIES OF HUMAN NATURE.

What man is deficient in sence he Usually makes up in mulis^ne^. Nature is frank and will allow no Dn»n to abuse himself without giving him a hint of it.

Remember this: However small you consider your possessions there is some one who envies you them.

There is no luck, but there is such a thing as hard work and knowing how to make it answer for what others call "luck."

No matter how 'low down man' may get there is not more than one in every 100 of them but will prove true to a small trust if his pride be strengthened by your seeming faith in him

Much of the world is prejudiced against facts, because facts stick to the text and don't go out of the way to concoct a palatable medium for the world's own genteel taste and wise opinions.

One breach of faith will always be remembered, no matter how loyal your subsequent life may be. People may imagine that they trust you, yet all the time they have an eye to thejformer break.

A Washington correspondent says: "At one of Miss Cleveland's receptions not long since a stout, elderly lady, plainly clad, elbowed her wky through the crowd, and after much effort stood before the hostess and was introduced. She was from Indiana and said: 'Miss Cleveland, I've come a good ways to get here, and I told my husband I didn't want to come back until I'd see you, for I've heard and read a good deal about you, and I wanted to look at your face, and now I guess I'm well paid for all the scrouging that it took to get to you.' Miss Cleveland received her as if the wife of the first Senator in the land asked her where she lived, about her enjoyment while in the city, all about her home affairs, and finally as she let her pass on asked her to sit in the blue parlor and rest until the reception was over when she would be glad to talk more with her, which she did."

While W. B. Mitchell, a Chattanooga merchant, was sitting at his desk s~everal evenings ago, opening his mail, he heard heavy breathing in the room, and, supposing it was some animal that had crept in, glanced casually around and beheld a negro within ten feet

(of

him hidden be

hind the desk with a double-barreled shotgun leveled at his head. The 4iegro did not know he was discovered* Mr. Mitchell, with wonderful coolness^ proceeded to open his mail and then carelessly left tho store. He immediately notified the police and the negrS was captured in the building.

ANew York paper remarks that in walking up Fifth avenue, on a bright afternoon, two things are especially noticeable in the dress of tho ladies ^o make that their promenade. One ,1s, the growth of crinoline and the otbfir,t,he abundance of bustle. The extr^tae of fashion seems to be wide skirts or %huge bustle. wt-

A WORD TO THE QIRL8, j, Chicago Mall. Courting is a perfectly proper thing, but it should be confined to the parlor, the sitting-room, the ice cream sqloon or the moonlight promenade. If you cannot hold your best young man 4^ ?the good oldway, let' him go. There are plenty of good fellows—honest follows, upright fellows—to be had if you or^ly manage them properly. The low light in the parlor, the single chair, the good by at the door, are still as effective as tiiey were 100 years ago. Don't try to hold the young men against their will. The more vou do that the more they won't be held. If they appear to grow cold you should appear to grow colder. If thev appear to grow careless of yon, vou should appear to grow more careless of them. When they relent you should relent, when they soften ypn should soften, when they ask forgiveness you should forgive, when they—but why pursue it? There are thousands of voung men In Chicago to-day who might be had for the asking, but since you cannot ask you can at least, hint. But if, after all the devices of your sex Jiave been exhausted, you still fail to achieve the desired end,

Don't waste time In vain regretting,

Do not sigh your youth away. sf-g. Go and look up another young man. Ninetv-nine times out of a hundred yon will be all the happier for having missed at the first or second or even the third trial.

LOTTA'S WAY.

THE POPULAR ACTRESS EATS HER VEII. ON."

WITH

[Atlanta Constitution.]

On the stage Lotta's face would indicate that its owner was a 16-year-old school girl, while off the stage its "makeup" creates an impression that she is fully 40, and probably she is more than that, although her age is said to be 38. It is a rare thing that sunlight ever casts a glow upon her cheeks, and when it does a pane of window-glass stands between face and sunlight. In fact, she may be put down as a theatrical hothouse plant

When out of doors she rides in a close carriage and peeps out of the windows, dodging behind a curtain if she decrifeB anv one looking at her, and when at a hotel she often hides her face with a veil and wears kid gloves, particularly if she is where she can be seen by the guests of the house. Years ago she usually took her meals in her room, but recently she ventures to go into the dining-room for them, being careful, however, before leaving her room to see that her face is heavily veiled and her hands thorougt' protected from view by a pair of kids, is given out bv her friends that Lotta hides her face to avoid the annoyance of being gazed at by the public generally and that she hides her petite fingers in a pair J1 SX gloves for the same purpose.

Knowing ones, however, say that the reason of'her taking the precaution to hide her face and hands from the public view when she is off the stage, is because both are badly freckled, and her face shows unmistakable signs of advancing years. When her face is made up for the stage the freckles are hid away under a heavy coating of powder, and the »oblitexated in the marks on her face are

same way. Friday morning, while the breakfast room of the Kimball was pretty well tilled with late risers, Lotta entered the room at a rapid walk and hastily threw herself into a seat at a table in a corner of the room as fat as possible from the bright light of day that came in through the windows. She wore a hat and her face was heavily veiled while her hands were covered with a pair of brown kids to match the color of the veil. When her breakfast was placed before her, she put ceremony behind her and at once commenced to make it disappear in a style that showed that her appetite was keen and anxious to be satisfied. Her unusual make up for a dinning hall attracted the attention of every guest in the room, and inquiries were passed around as to who the mysterious creature was. The head waiter was in demand, and from him it was learned that the new arrival was Lotta. Eating with a veil covering the entire face did not seem in the least to incommode her. With one hand she would raise a two-by-two piece of steak to her mouth, and with the other hand she lifted her veil until it rested upon the edge of her upper lip. As the steak disappeared from view the veil was hastily drawn down, and the process of chewing could not be seen. In this way she made her breakfast, and when she had finished she left the room so rapidly that her going was like the flitting of a bird from limb to limb.

HELBNB HA8TBEITSB. ELENE HA8TREITER, one of the singers engaged for the ClnclRMtl Mil Mmlcsl .'eitiral, is a native of Louisville. Kentucky, and received her early musical education in Chicago, III. She hssappeared in grand opera with great success in Milan, Florence, Boulogne and Trieste,-taking leading soprano rfllesin "Don Carlos." "Aida," "L'Afncaine," "II Trovatore," "Faust," "Ruy Bios," etc. She has achieved distinction in the famous Crystal Palace Concerts in London, under the direction of Mr. Manns. More recentjr she has won great eclat in New York, with the American Opera. Her voice is a mezzosoprano of great range and power, her tow notes being especially remarkable for their tonal force. 8ne has had considerable dramatic experience, which, with the breadth of her vocal abilities, fit her particularly for the dramatic idles she will be called upon toaa* tain at the Festival.

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