, 1873-12-26

to dispense savo TINT which is collected from
tho cilizons by taxcs. 1hoy oan pay no wagon
to lRborors savo from what they collect from To-
would 5 S ''s aasy for n ee s 0S oeess nsau
thrunt thoir hauds into the public purse to dlH-
tribute morCy lnviBllty, a,tl thereby nsHin1o tho
character Of gonorpns follows aud groat frlenda
Of tho laborors.. but they would do all this at
tho oxponBo of tho public money, and instead Of
proving thom got'erona and friendly to working.
mon, It would prove lint tloy nro aniaithful
custodians Of tho moneys Of otiors.
What could bo CASTOR than for public tr.1stoo
to vote the money Of ttc public tn laborors at
to oIellt Aours2 What cau ho nicor tllan to mike
popularity End votos for himself by paying out
othcr peoples monoy7 But to provo that this is
from hls generous dfspoation ai'd loyo for tho
ho payB moro thnn tIo current wREeB.
It IN platu to every rehoCtlng workman that II
Our city nsthorlflos offor extrn intfucomcnt or
bounty to tho unemployed IN tho wny Of moro
1t vii! draw hero the unemployed from all tho
surrounding country, mud rllat tho cifoot will bo
depressing to all our worAmon.
Not wonla this attraction bo limtted to tho nn-
employed. Tho times have snroly pinohed o1a-
ployors, and havo compelled them to roduco
wages. Slch city providence would tempt
th0se who have boon subjected to this ucooasagy
reduction to Btrilso and como bore and got our
city nngos Tho result would 10 Injurious to tho
great suostnutlal body Of 1nborors. IF this hc
tlono by means Of work created In ordor to re-
lievo tho unemployed. thu injustice would DO
still creator to our workngmou: for thev haye
to pay te taxes to furnish this charity. If work
ii created to reliovo tho unemployed, clearly It
should bo at s,lo1l wages as offer inducements
only 10 tho unemployed, aud mot at a premium
which will draw froni othor e'nploymonts or
from othor places.
As to paying moro thau tho cnrront wages 10
clonniug aud repairing, Wator Works, 10, or
both PAYING extra wages and employing al ex-
tra forco, II must be snid That these works stand
Oh thar economy. As noon az 1t shnll Go 1nhde
to appear TINT the work costs much more than 1t
won!d IN the hands Of contractors, thero will DO
popular demand to transfer 1t to contractors,
and It will prevail. Aud tic making of tleso
works places Of fayoritsln to laboreis. py pny.
ing moro than tho curront wages, by why Of
proof OF tho affection OF tho city officers for
them.
Whom the question Of economy comes before
tho citizens, tho rloa Of lovo for tho laborer will
not be received. II the oost shall appour incor-
dinase ns compared with private management, it
will bo charged to tho incompetenoy ot corrup-
tlon OF Tho public officers. Their ploa OF favor-
itism to workin3uacn will DO reguided 90 con-
fession. Tho management Ok our public works
practIco Of making them q bounty to tho favored
will be unjust to tho groat body Ct substantial
workingmon, and will soon cause change to tho
haudB Of contractors who will got as much Al
thoy can from both the labol and tho city.
From tic st, Louis Globe !
1t il hara TO chooHc bot"een oonmiseratldh
for tho 8Rd lut of those who are looking In vain
for work, mud contempt for tho hypocrisy which
Offers them tho alternative Of pnupof Boup-
stroct-oleaning. The time is indeed ripe for
preaching Bormon to those who after years OF
prosperity, OF steady work and high wages, lind
themselves to-day without a cont i'll their pocls-
cts, and aro compelled to faco the wiutora PROB
poet by tho light of their prcaont dosttution.
At Chicago, Que of the amateur Communists d8-
c1ayed tlut it WAS all d mistaken idea that the
condition Of the labornE man WINS better in this
country than in Europo. II THIS III indeed
the truth. it is to be wondered at Why tho
poyorty-strickou laborers Of the United Staten
do not betako themselves to- tue plenty
and prosperity of other lnnds. Thoro ara GER
taluly no laws to prevent them, mud VIC believe
that those who aro insisting On their right to
bo at all missed II their love Of Independence
would prompt taom to work their passage bnck
to the lands Of their birth. They cortaiuly can-
not be very valuable addition to the rolls OF
American citizenship QUE countrys history IL rich
aud glorious with tho records Of men who have
rniBcd themselves from tho most inject pcnury
to Independence, and oven to wealth, and now
we aro told by tic stnftleBB md incapable that
t1b country ia too poor TO Gtro WORK to oil, anu
yet that 1t is rich enough to support them all
without work.
Theso aro aomo Of the absurtlitics involved in
any demand from able~bodicd meu, that work
which il not wautcd shall be undertaken and
paid for for tho sake of supporting thenl; mud
yet lo pccuiinl circumstances under which this
BtrosB Of misfortune las come upon them are
such as to demand q kinder Judgment. The dis
nstor which tliowB tlom out Ut work, pennlless
aud burden on the public, has not found them
moo unprepared thlu it has found tho groat
ompioyois oF labor Capital has been forced
to como to the RESCUE Of capital, and it has
boon nblo to do this only by husbanuing its
resourcos.-that il, by restricting its outlay aud
tllsclargng its employees in every department Of
work, If 1t is tho fault OF t1o workmen that
their fnproyldonce has left them unproyidcd for
the winter OF idlene4s, II s certainly not thoir
fault TINT the work OH which they layo hitherto
them. II they were capitalists they would help
each other; not being capitalists, they look
around Tor Rotno one to help them. mud their
first natural application is to the nearest repte
sentative of centralized wealth and power, tho
Municipal Government.
Wo hnyo spoken SO ofton Of tho practical Of
fcctB Of tint form Of CHARITY which shows itself
In soup-housos, and in iudiAcriminato alms-
giving, tlat it III hardly worth whlle to dwell on
evory one will be supported, whether ho worka
or not, tho only result of carrying out such 4
principle will bo that mon will plofer tho castor
way Of obtaining support to the l'ardor one, aud
tile suup-louse plau will bronk dowu for lack OF
lands to Herve out tho Houp.
Is s1nss,' Tweed.
From tho Ne,p FORK Sun, Dec. -.
An officer Mho had occaslou to ECO Warden
I'm 1E Ts,11 1tvr HrnT