The sun., 1870-10-22
wORK AND WEALTH.
An English Refermer'. views on the Labor
Question Tom Drown, OF Rugby, Mt Coop
lnnfIfnlr.

bomas LuEhos. The f1c, That he is ore OF & .
foremost men ir England In certain directions that
throughout our long he was our persis cnt
TREND NLen IN be our hiend in England was almost
TO De tie common enemy certain natural curl
osity to sec tie man wLoso book. have so dcsl ted
-. md ~ tear tin On tie subject wLith lie has
specii ly nado l.s own all these contributed to
bring % NJ. Cooper's s1bierran, ,an crypis such IN
audience as seldom urds itself face to face under
81 ound.
The stage was crowded with men OF note, and
among the auditors wero everywhere recogn'z
abe, those faces tha; have made themselves most
familiar In the pulpit, at the forum, AMI In tho
c uniting ouse
when Mr. Hughes came forv ard he was greeted
witn a lcttty ard general warn III and entiusiisn
that must have given him the fullest assurance h1t
he carried with him the cntire svmpathics OF is
audience nj the start
Probably no one wa~dsapDoiuted In his appear
ance. 1t Is noble and manly in tie eIirCmo-that OF
a frank aud genial gentleman Ills pictures at IT,
the prints OF him--are unihe. because they, being
in black and white. fail TO give the characteristic
EXPRESSION OF the man. which is in tho color Of his
0orid face m sunny beard. Those who remember
the features ot the elder Van Buron can get an lceu
rate iGca OF the man. for the face is oil tho same
re and the lsetcss a most close and striking or c.
Mr. Hughes is not the least Of IN orator. lie does
not Tcs,css rry rraccs either Of style or manner.
lc ] eld nwkv 1rdly to either side OF his dosk hal
mucu d.niculiy In the Management OF his legs. a,
nadc M gesture from beginning to end. His voice
Is pleasant, but rather weak ard very monotcnous.
nett er rising nor falling fiom ,lc tone at which lie
pitched II in the begitnlng What VIA most OF
surprise was, that neither Dr. Arnold at Rugby nor
any OF the Dons at Oxford should have corrected one
siugularly bad habit CT Mr. Hughes, which Is tic
dropping OF all his final gs. The pathos ofbls last
sentence almost spoiled by this vice Of pronun.
citation. for lie said: "ln all her cotains and coins
may God prosper this great country"
There were other singular slips for an Ox-ord
nan o make, such as the pronunciation Of "fcl.
lows" fc,lJr.," snd certain wav VI calling AT
home" at ',u,;" a'so n htlc stumble in hs L..
tri'y, vtich however, he recovered from a,d cor.
rectcd. Eh; ,l,se were bat the cxternais snd no
one ic', L tho lcc'nr, was les oaTncst or iate..
liseut on ec"ouht o. these d, ec,s.
Mr. iiurrcs's tubjDct Va. "Wcll'l ani wo,k"
Tho lite vas IN .it'rntt ye one mr. the oidcr and
uure fui lac ore of "L,5or and Capial," AMI
was ci cstu probably "a beng mIrc novel, an | b.
reason OF It, alu'orratou. morc taking The SUI.
jcet Ia one with ~hIch Mr. nurhes is perfectly
familiar, Tor. ne ls well known lie has been thor
"u'l'y ID nrGsl with N, recent reform mov,.
pcacemakcr IN the varou qrostons and disru',s
that have OF {, arisen between employers and em.
ployed.
Tire lecture vas rlain, sensible talk. II was not
Mt all drcaecd up; o. the contrary, Il was wiuout
any ora'orical pont. the sentences wcro not cpi.
grammntic or even bright, not an 1Tecdotc was told
and, In tact scarc,'y word spoken Simply for
eject; there WAS q lerc'orc httlc or no anuause
though tie sroakor vas listened ~ ihrcug ult with
earuestness and rcsucct.
lie said that tiis struggle now going on between
labor and capital was very old one. datir. back
even 10 the days OF The 7 an a=cuo,s and s,Iitctain-
ING ~ settled.
H. carrier days rrcycu'ive statutes tig lcrcl tho
,'horer FROM tsscrtirg hs rirhts and II was not ,i
$50 that tto mt strife occurred. ihis was ut
Miu'sOr Caste NNc earle. -trik.s were not well
or~anil"I. hu, IN lSi1 NJ. Aualsamated Comn,ny
o. En,rorr~ md haoh"is.'" WIS fornei All n
Two n" hSrs 70 ] , ,,rse fgr1 ana numerous men-
Mr. lIugres wert on 10 81. low the rrowth Of
these and smilsr societies on .lc part of the hor
ers led 20 similar "tutCcve ciiee on tie tart 81
~ employers how bitter ceilings riew un hct cor
tic two "Iass"s: TOW g." sluui~ m Uf rotl. uri
work shops followed IN the one hand. and rrn-.r
ard vent srtse prcrr the cnerutiv,s ~ IL, 1trr-.
Row Parliament Wa appealed 70 and the IN - dc,
',.rr time to tine with tue subject, and witt what
lie ,roke also at some length of one OF Tho
re'hods rcsoried to OF setting the vev'd
"rrr instituted. known ~ Courts OF Arbiranon
ard c ncilrtin. lie rave a hriei descriptlon
bv himself last winter in tie North
NJ Erci n' in p mining district where the feni 10.
'we'n vellh rnl ~'rk lad become very wide ma
million O. money were ~ stake In a. ua.ter We
court - 'e't - q fCcm f. when visa long t7N'c
on one s'de Of which cat 'tur'eon NJ the employ.
ers. rid On another fourteen or tneir cpe, T..
ives 'r. Tu'h being between them. Tho
L'sf dN tt"ry ana hitter vorls flew acr
lhc 'a'I m rr's ma ecuntcrohHtceS sta'enc
a 80. la Hl.a 1uwH alma.
IN" room and the 'our'ccn emToved into nroth,-
srl Nr. lucLcs went frcm orc 20 the other witt
rr pcsuion. 'or eor promise and counter propoi
u'ns, un u eh lis satisfactory terms Of setuemt,
were .,,iyed At, ~ 18th PARTIES soleUny bou .
since that lime ILere Las been no trouble In iL4t
One o. the rren, solutions OF thes~ fearful qu,s
tons Mr.. llr, lees statct to he tie co6perAive ptf.
nershiI$. d'nculty nat stood Ia the way OF tteso
In the berlnnlnr was the lnw relating to partner.
u . books Tlis Was reneditd by legislation, and
then the eyrel ent MAS tried.
l'enry Briggs & Cnmpany were the 1rst to make
T., Of tae Nhitwood col 'ery Briggs was a sterr,
inneIihc. determined. but inst man. lie had been
Tor wear. The master mind among t'e caulftlists.
and hal led them In al their schemes 10 c,rrIu vent
the strikers ard trades unionsts. Tne caniialis
~ ,h7i region were reg rlc' by The wo. ling men
NJ devils and Bri'cs 90. TIE i,'i IN r. ici Ent from
tbs man came the 0rs. trial Of rlln that was tp
rsut m inn easurahe good % q . lnlercr. Tho
posel 20 his sons 10 eysc teir proper and elvc m
The strn'elc, but the, in turn rr posed trl IN the
otOptrtNc system, and le Ccr-eu'od. ITO steel;
and LvTurttRaur,s were valued not cunrtinr the
good viii, 81 $500. This WIS tituled iu'o fiJ
shares, tu which the operatives were invited 10 sul-
scrine Al the IToas oycr 10 rer ccut. were TO be
Civilel
TIE dstrust Of TIRE worl;in-men vas 60 greet inst
Ut Il fCaIce any Of thom " ia sub. crihe: bu,
Tie result OF 10 drs wear s'.Vtl ptaft " 10
per cc1i. Those who | ai taken stocS con.
giR uliel themselves on their rrud,n nd fore
~ Ia wien they received the v lcome uorus. wlie
tue non-sub'crihcr1 were Iovnhearted, Tho s'ocS
was eagerly ten up. anl siuce ten thv coi.,ry
ano al con ccrucl iu n D. ye nrogcr'l
Tie | bor anl caH'al question Mr. Nu.hcs
y ought W -, thrCu"h tHe wise W"isur.s that luvo
there Teen tlkcn in gro dO-roe set 70 rest IN Fg e
lHn H. dii not apurehord great ain mite, here
but from what be had seen Of tho no,cmUitt In
ths country. le tioug't TINT there w9s un'l'
trouble IN store for vs. Enp overs .nl c.1.I..l
seemed TO he ~ attTlOus mlsuude stlnuiur iI. a,
ts.t Iis tu'il "a hisnd 81 TIE Vore.r.uir.,
~ position g h1l assumed 50 strongly as IN trim,
hi" sci MIN Il Under suspicion on tno uart oi t,c
c.li .lsts- Utl,d lm 90 s0elS a Wo.d o. { ion JAP
uuvcl tu tlum, y, at plNicc was that tie tri 'o p.
.uus did q "rOng TO them elves apl to &c cpuu.
ny in Gdr = ring to torve tlt!r ''ll. W Wrrt.
ta 10 accept tIH terms thl' tlry
hl down, nuI no O.ucr--,h drtlt' to tI IN
Low ION thy should Wo,N, aud Tor what Warge.
lI,a u 1t b. n 'Scusc 'or ilie i EU und. Vh, re-
inH 5000 "tlih wee SO O. ON. 20. fod, h't no. iu
tbs country, wh,re IN m,,ns oi WtallI were 30
cav O. IIE Npld a., fLd tKit,I labor toWmHudc