The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-12-07
TONSoRlAL ELOQUENCE,

The puhl,c eve and ear have been flooded re-
Gently with strsin. SPEECHES upon p'lisicai nat
iers None OF them, howcvsr,, xceed IN pathos
and earnes'ncss the following remarks, which
were made a, meeting ~ the BARRIERS aud hair
dresscrs of Portland, on Fclday evening last
The meeting was called 10 discuss the proprie- |
" 81 advancing the price in shavng-nnt mon
ey, but beards--and Of cutting mems hair
member of the profession made the following |
remarks uron the occasion, which in sentiment,
snd expressions are beyond the eloquence Of
most Of the orators ofthe day.
Gentlemen The obiec, or this meeting is
to take into consideration the necessity o!some
concert, Of action among the Hair Dressers u
this city, to devise means to make the trut oil
our labor equivalent to the demands made upon
us in the support Of ous families, by the advan
ced price Of all the ncsessares OF life, and the
increased rates Of rem.
It is fact too well established % be repeated
that from time immemorial the price OF shaving
has been +" SIR cents.
In the progress of our country from the tllir
teen ccnfederate states Onward TO the glorious
republic of shr prcsen, day. embracing thirty
one independent, soveryisnties--int the extension.
nf the area Of freedom from the Atlantic t. the
Pacific shores-n the race oil progress and I'M
proyement, in which " Young America has
distanced all competitors, and struck gait So
far insiGe oftwo forty, as To raise fearsfor his
wind and bot.om-ainid the raaring OF the
" British Lion, he growing Of the I" Russian
g., ar the screaming of our own lone Bird OF
Liberty, as he clenched his talons above the
double headed Eagle of Austrian the hibus-
tering excitement in regard TO Cuba; IN the IN
folding of he Stars and Stripes upon the distant
shores of Japan !; in the rise and tall OF partes'
and amid the blood Of martyrs 9th political
guillotmc-the Hair Dressers, unawcd, inter
: rified and unmoved, have held the even tenor
Of their way, prudent and conservative
The iron rail and the magnetic wire have
spread like arteries through our commercial or.
qanzation, until the mercantile physician holds
in his hand the wrist Of Commerce, and
feels the geographic pulse ola common hu-
manty.
Our own city has by no means been laggard
in the progress Of reform. Her old cry or
little more sleep, n little more slumber, has
given place to the busy " note of preparation
and like Richard 1 / at the bottle OF Bosworth
Field, we bear.
g The clnk of hammers closing fivets up.
But a few years ago upon the eastern shofe
of our city the silence was disturbed only hy
the scream of the sea gull as he answered to
the hoarse mysterious murmuring OF the &C an
wave or the dipping oar ofour Fl; hermen in his
shell like skiiT, as he glidcd over the waters OF
the TRANQUIL hay But now the thunder OF the
ocean il drowned by the blast Of the fiery fur.
mace, the sweep of the massive engine, the rev
olution of the ponderous wheel with its host of
circling satellites, and the neighing OF the iron
steed which has risen in its strength and males
ty beneath the brawny hands of the sturdy me
chanics
The fishers hut, and the solitary sportsman
seeking for the lone sea bird upon the silent
shore, ha re given place TO a"place Of industry"
and army of. the sons of toll The waters Of the
Atlantic have been forced back upon The right
hand and upon the left, and the dry land has
appeared crowded with store-houses and depots,
the magazines Of commerce.
The conceptions Of The fertile brain have had
birth in glorious realities, and the present is
pregnant with promise. Our brothers play
with dollars as our fathers played with marbles
tubular bridges are but toys. aud the consoli-
dation Of railroads pastime
Yet notwithstanding these moral throes, these
physical developments, these god-like creations
the price Of skauing remains at sir cents Pro-
visions, and all the ssaries Of life, have al
most doubled in price, and rents have advanced
in q corresponding ratio. The strins eacy OF
the money market has forced the broker to
share deeper, but we shave the same. The el.
! ongatcd faces Of Office seekers and ex-office
holders, have passed under our razors, but the
extent Of surface has not influenced our rates
yooiag remains the same. Curted Hair, with
uphols,crers, has materially advanced, bu. cur
price mar not varied. Glorious and self-sacri-
ficing 10 a fault, We have mainta ned our orr
ginal tencts until obliged TO abandon them from
SHEAR necessity
Our duties 10 our families compel US 10 draw
our blades in self-defence, and acting thus we
need not fear to stand brush. II is Bible
axiom that :. the labarer is worthy of his hire,
and no man think can be found bold enough
20 deny that the labor of an industrious man
should be rewarded with at least the means 10
live. IL such man does exist he gu .ht 10 be
shaved so close that his teeth could look out
both sides OF his face, lie shampaoed I'LL his
brains dropped into his hoats, and his hair be
curled so tight that he could neither wink nor
sleep.
Gentlemen, | have no doubt TINT reasona-
BILE advance in our prices will be cheerfuly ac-
quiesced in-the men Of our day have souls
above fonrpcnce, aud he who cover up his
conscience with so small coin, should be al
lowed TO do his own scraping at home.
The majority of our customers will without
doubt be found ready to reward us reasonably
for our services, and this we have right 10
ask.
Then tx our scale Of prices,
And let The tidAgs rsp,
Till due return for labor
Shall spread from pole to pole.
The assembly could not withstand such argu-
ments as these, and by unanimous vote the
price Of shaving was advanced to ten cents, and
other professional labor received proportonate
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