The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-01-03

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PMaADxiraiA, Dcc. IL. 1855,
Stil - The tinses jcs IN. think perhaps Z
line 10 our n1mcross friends In Minnesota. o.
the ways ssd doinEs Of the last. may no, h
without interrst. during the long winter day.
and nights that now rest upon our homsland
think there h an immense and singular cnig.
mn existing ut the East. just now. and heaven
knows who can solvc L. How, anil upon what.
do the Immense multitml,~ hvc, that swell AMI
throng the Atlantic cities! What vocatioas
do they follow, How, and upon whom 10
they obtain the means Of existeacc' Thoe
queries arr prgnan, with Significance, but who
can answer them. In every scuse. this Is the
Mechanic age. Machinery overridcs anal daily
makes new inroash and asurpatios into the
province II manusl labor. Scarcely month
but Invention snatchcs somc branch VI industry
from the hands Of operatives, and hands !, over
to machinery. What department, in the field
Of labor is now waiting 10 rceiyc the thou
sands Of poor saving girls that by tho newly
invented sewing machine, are thrown out Of en-.
ploymcnts. II has conc upon them, poor things,
iii, thief in tho night, and stolen the mesgrc
pittance upon which they kSi and dcpeusicd. A
portion Of Rossnrsox's machine has just sold
for 100000. This invention can bc carriN In
the pocket operating Il is mther Pcasare
than labor, and lady at home can do morc
than six sanstrsms In the same time, with the
needle. Prior, about $1,000 Larger aaas,
600.
The army Of compositors. too, arr sooa 10 he
set adrift by sort Of noau,usical piano that
scts and distributes tyr. Apropa. while on
this piauo--an ingenious Ysnkec has paAen,si
the application Of STRAIN 10 musical Instruments
and the Yanhecs will soon have piano IN the
cars, using the cscapc steam, and while thu cars
arr In motion, sweet melodies" will soon drown
the discoriant notes Of squallng babies
Our clothing Ia spun. wove and made up by
machinery: We travel by machinery, and al
most eat and drink by machinery manual In
Dor being reduced 10 very narrow compass -.
Now, while these things ARE ~, rnts rmain
enormously high, bakers loaves about the sine
Of large potatoes, and beef from IA 10 20 cuts
per pound Still all live. and Of holiday and
II a Sunday show fine, II not elegant clothing.
Herr is the enigma. How are all thce things
brought about, II Ia true, the city IN IN debt
shout twenty millions. bat this can't he for
food AMI clothing. The city AnancS appear to
tc In deplorablc condition. There Ia no end
to taxation. The city controller now wants
S4,394,s 800 for the expenses Of the coming year
A little over $40 dollars head CIR every man.
woman and child In the city. Over million
annually IL paid IN interest," on the city debt.--
One Gauss At this financial trouble, and by which
all who perform contracts for the city looc tan
PER cent. on their pay; 30 cents being the
price Of city orders is that here, ~ elsewhere
men Of wealth and power have the tax fund
spent mnnly In improving th'ir property. II
a fortunate man has numlsr Of friends In the
City Council, they bccome invaluable to him
A single vote win construct cuvcrts, grade
strrts and ail other jobs of that kind b. may
desire for his especial advantage, AMI rai. thc
price ofhis town lots intellectually. u Is well
enough cor our rising city To k~p such facts.
where they may h. avn and r,iiectsl upon.
There Is ahp something singnlarly opposite
anil pan1loIical in man. The cry here IL for
bread, brca.l, bread while at the same tins the
city maintains G.OOO groggcrics. The ine@sant
inquiry IL, why IL hour ~ high, grain No scarce,
while the city and country 81 Philadelphia con-
suncs by liz distillcries and brwcries, Barly
M much grain ms would suffice for Ia entire pop
ulatiop Beside the scarcity Of f,od thus pro
duc,d by directing 10 much food from liz m
,ural chanr~l, Il will require over 5000 900 an
nually 10 repair the mischief done by thu cx.
c,-sive whisky drinkers II produces annually
600 frightful MURDERS The mad houses arr all
full and earnest Efforts arr now making 10 vect
another. Their are many Immense institutions
who's, inmates arc mainly Of the whisky class.
supported by taxation, TO say nothing d the
first cost.
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IIoa.s ~ n.fus., (whi,sJ iSs 10,
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ross ~, es
Add ths interest Of this sum TO ihe annual
expenses. AMI you may 80 where much u thu
eity's bradmopy gas.
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