The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-04-06

ANuS lot tuu ANuh0Si ~ "NASN eAV SeS''e
Of himself aud class to ploasa we're 70.
ceived. 4 lsgr
On motion twas rosOlvcd that tho
Ia-Ogoihs resolutions DO published 10
tho Point PLEASANT and GalIlpolis pa
I.psrs. DIV. GGANOE1 Chm.
CPs 7. Moons Seo'y
JUSTICE UPON THE WAGES CUES
s8 23'7 fiON.
The Downward tendency ofpricss 10
many directions. Onds Che expectation
that they must fall lower, have almost
inevitably directed attention totlhe cues
lion Of wages. The cost Of labor tnuai,
It Is said bdils5stnsd, 10 balsses the al.
minished returns which those Who en-.
ploy Il are forced 10 accept. There is.
Of course, rsasoniu this. The change
| in values Of articles must affect ability
10 pay for the process employed 10 their
production. Accordingly Il is found
that wofkmen look with apprehension,
and employers with hope, Ict reductions
10 WSges, VIII this result DO arrived 81
without injustice on either 1ide2 d
None remember more bitterly than
wotkinsnIuu how difficult Il was for
them 70 live ddrin6 some ysars since
1862 ThOy saWithe cost Of food, cloth-
ing aud lodging constantly rising With
out tny apparent prospect Of 9 change
for the better. The dark daya when
copper tokens and ferry tickets ana pos,
Iage stamps passed for niooeY, aud the
butcher, and ihs grocer and the ioOai
man met their, cuslomsw with the pan-
tiuual encouragement that gold had gone
up, aud everything else whit, will not
be forgotten danhg this generation. =
But the bitleretlfac Of al was thatthe
increase Of wages bore no equal,pFopor-
ton TO Tho suhancod cost Of living, nor,
indeed, to The Increased gains Of capital
lists, contractors and most employees Of
labo. Every advance bad to bo par
siitsnlly struggled for, and WssI when
concededs inadsquSle to the iTequira'
menlsawbieh made H. necessary Tbs
general result has been stated in thai
brief bu, pregnant sentence: The rich
have become richer aud ths p DOR Focts
Nav ,thst thu ,n,ioe oFlab,,is liscnsS.t
I'd in.sntieina,ion OF ia reduction. il d
mi ;ust d bear Ia niud one Ding
aSsssytete "a ibe 6ebeqsi fiss ofpfites
-hI6s stii Z s6slt 5SsItl is ~ wsrt
/ t6od Dan 4 q 3 srtiripatio6 infift.b Nae
uraily. they far thai, Ihgy will suffer- 10
= similar way now that tho cost .of ex
Iistence is falling. They dread q sudden
stfpiihs oftheif means before that fall Is
fairly snd permanently Fe6liztd. As
lhey were the last to gaia some ,telisfin
high price times. so they may be The .frst
who will be subjected TO uagas raduct,
ions. Il is to Be- hoped that tho work I:
in6 classes win Be dsIt with fairly IA
tbs mpsuf. Aul white they must ex.
ercise patieuco, aud avoid, $50 for 40
possible, the embarrassment Of indusl,
ries by which thsy live, employers are
equally bound to be considefste. nod To-
remember The sacrifices and hardships
which those WHO are depsndeat upon
then, bayo eniatetl.l Nso York Timss.
5casIl I4--t-4-Il.,--4. .,..sra--,-e4ss .salbbas
ATERRIBLE NIGHT.
on "Wednesday morning last, Mrs.
White, wifsot Nj, Joseph White, driver
ofone of The Point Lobos omnibus. left
hRrlhoddo WLiUh Is near the cliffs at
Point Lobos, forthe, purpose Of going
upon the pssshors to collect some mpSa
sells. Sba weubdogn. thoclifflo near
the waters edge and wondered along
for some distance. aud.When she lprael
TO rslutn she found that The lida had
donna in and cnk off her. rnt6eat. and ethTt