Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-08-08


The objections Of the Hardest working
Editer in Amer5ca TO tho Kighs-heur
So Reform. y
Firet. that It is an indirect method of adj
yanciflg wages where wages ought to I've asi-
yanced the method should be directed. Next,
the productive industry Of this county wotild
be so reduced as TO adyahcc the prices OF the
necessaries OF life and cut down the material
growth of the nation. This Is impoverisli-
Il nncr,f and wonld Increase the numbers OF the
poor. The few great capitalists at last woald
be tile gaincrs, the multitude of the poor the
10 ers Then the eight-honr system would
! forbid mechanics TO improve their condition.
The system not only contempiates that eight
hours shall be days work. but that no more
than eight hours labor shall De performed LII
a day. TIE ;nepifa1le tendency Is to fr sasn
IN classss-to decree that once mechanic shdss
alsoeys be a mech .nsc-onee laborer never
capitalist This cight-hour h,mbug is an Inn
portation-it comes from communities OF
castles, where men inherit the occupations OF
| their fathers, and never think OF bestcFing
their condition. IL is anti-American. tbs
rebuked and put TO shame by the habits and
spirits Of our people, and win prove IN sb-
Iicct and contemplate failure. We sympa-
tlize with the workingmcn. but we despise
!. those who won't work. The man who does
not know the satisfaction and joy there is in
i a good days work Of from eight to sixteen
hours Is to be pIticd. He has not tasted the
Ibest OF the luxuries Of life. Show us me-
cianic or lawyer, clerk or day laborer, who
4 Is distressed ut the idea of doing extra work.
and especially solicitoua about his periods OF
rest, and we will show you one who Is not
in the slightest danger OF becoming n capital
list. Show us a man who Is not disturbed by
an accumulation OF tasks-who reaches eager--
| II for more work to do-who thinks nothing
of fourteen or sixteen hours work in twen-
1 ty-four. and, other things being equal, We
| will show you one of the capitalists of the
future. Let any intelligent mechanic look
over the capitalists of this city-those whose
accumulations are sufficient To enable them
to live without daily labor--and he will find
that not one of them made his MONEY on the
4 eight-hour system. We have heretofore
given receipt for the conversion of a labor
er into capitalist. 1t is: Work sixteen
hours day for sixteen years. We have taken
the prescription and know 1t is good ter o
man. Cincinnati Commercial.
/ THrRE can be no doubt that the narrow :
guage system OF railroad Will be very exten-s
sively used in differeut parts OF tlies country.
1 Tie subject is one that is eliciting much at>
| tention, and the arguments, so far as many
districts arr concerned, are all i'm fayor Of
this system. The elaborate report OF the conn.,
mitree appointed by the late ST. Louis con- :
vention to report upon thes''peculisr merits
4 and advantages of the narr Nv guAge railway
system,'' concludes their review Of its advan-
ta2es in the following terms
/. Costing only about one-l,alf as much as
the broad guage, It is within the means Of all
sections to build them;, hence will enable
them to avail themselves OF railway facilities
where otherwise they will be compelled to
dispense with them. /
/ 9. From their small cost, light operating
expenses, and ssmall interest account, they
will prove to be paying Investments.
| 8. They will supply the great want of the
age, cheap transportation.
| 4. Cheapening transportation, they will
develop dormant interests more rapidly than
our present costly structures with theig high
rates can possibly do. -
5. The general adoption in sections with
out railway facilities will enhance the valte
of properties largely in excess OF their cost
6. Penetrating those sections, and rapidiys
developing their resources by low rates, they ;
will bring large new business to the broad
gauge roada, enabling them toreduce their
| rates ana thereby stimulate Old and develop
| sE
new interests.
7. A failure to- adopt the narrow gauge iss
the sections referred TO win necessarily defer
the construction Of railways until such time
as their means will admit OF the more costly. 2.
broad o,noe ~, Will, ii. consequent high rates.
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The WEST AS Il WooL-PRoDUcISG HEGIoN.
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