, 1874-01-18

for my wares ut present; but will state what I |
can do and leave you free to act. will SO on
manufacturing stock may never sell; and, to
give you all enough to keep actual want away
res per day), or viii discharge half ot'you aud
Day the balance the present rates. had oettef
Close my foundry until spring but, II you VIII
take the best can do for you, re will keep to-
gether until times are brighter"
To q unit
ruEr REFuBED THE MoxET-oFFER,
"tbe best he could do" offered as generous
sacrifice Of his own interests for theirs. ana :he
house closed. Some Of those men are doing
nothing, and their families are assisted by the
Aid Society.
The same author before quoted also says
poverty leads to Communism. Not necessarily.
Lack Of thought, OF education. OF mental dla-
cipline, Of honor. OF virtue, OF sen-respecs'-lm-
ion, OF the rights OF others, and envy OF those
mora fortunate than ourselves, Dursed in our
hearts until vice has it's seat and Satan his throne
there,-lead zen and women who are called BY
poverty and oppression to camor 1or Commnu-
ism but only when they have been appealed to
by ambitious aud designing politicians, aiming
at revolution of Some sort, and when, through
their v1lest passiops,-lust. avarice, and every
specie of sensuality,-they arc persuaded that
remedy for all the evil or Inconvenience they
suffer lies here.
In France, where morality is almost unknown,
where the m8aees a-e amused by their rulers TO
make them forget that they are hungry and de-
graded, and where, turbulent, passionate super
It might be- but in America, where every indi-
yidual OF the free, strong. educated masses has
within him the native pride, honor, and prlnclple
that would not allow him to stoop TO lnfamy
that would SO suly bis manhood, it could
NEVER BE BROUGHT TO PASS.
| There Is no parallel between tne two nations.
for here cur only aristocracy is Of interest, and
| the means of acquiring money 70 our own nanos.
| The rebuilding Of Chicago called IN from near
! and far an army Of laborers Of every grade and
craft who still remain, thus making surplus
| now that the work is nearly completed. with
another spring-tide, many Of these, realizing
that they can do better elsewhere, will 90 INTO
Other towns, the country, OF the "est' 'hefe 10
| enjoy homes Of their own making.
Meantime, season Of unusual hardship Is
| before US /; but everything IL being and w1n be
| done that can to relieve DISTRESS There ,s no no
use in mu1muriug, Now is tue winter .1, Of my n
discontent," since it but deepens the gloom We
| are 80 sensitive to, and it Ii
| UNW1BE AND uNKISD
to set one class against another. rousinG Dltter-
ness that rankles, and il-wiu that recols upon
those who harbor 1t.
Dependent upon one another re surely are
| now. but it is q dependence Of brotherhood, and
must be and ia acknowledged kindly BY all
Il is better to endure IN silence than to ind
fault where finding fault Will not help US; better
to grow wiser under nfes olsct.nne TO- tnau :.
| A1A ~AN0e~
| speak word of hope or suggest anything pfac'
teal, to say nothing.
have seen bankrupts within week Who were
called milllonares year ago, who for months
have been haggard with anxiety, and nave Worn
look that appealed to the sympatlles OF those
| who enyied them; but now, stripped OF every
dollar, they seem ten years younger, and as Il
thew had rolled of q load such as Atlas BORE.
Ii they are "sans six sous" they sre also,
blessed relief: *.Sans soueL" The care as te
whence will come bread for the morrow ls
| NOT HALF SO PAINFUL
"A the anxiety of those who live in daily fear O
failures the superhuman efforts to ward 1t on
little longer; the agony unknown but to Got
that consumes the heart that has hoped agalEs
reason that it might breast the current suIs1nt
against it, and at last must yield and see busl'
ress credit reputation 30 we'll earned honor az
we'll deserved, fortune 10 bEavelY fought for
swept away for time or for aye. Ihe1e are
two sides to every story
This time OF actual want must, 1t seems now
1,e but temporary and whut can be done Q,
public nid will, We know while private aid II
constantly, freely, aud quietly gwen IN all re
ported cases 80, By one or another means, !"
SHALL GET THROUGH THE WINTER,
but not now or ever through with the poverf,
, | that laying it's hand upon our hearts, ora"
tight the ties Of q common humanity, an
"makes the world akin," for He who spw tn
end from the beginning said, 1.-THE poor :
have al,oays with you"