, 1874-03-15

hours will be the rule, and not the exception.
Then there ought to be q Public Librar
where by the payment Of small sum quarterly
the yorkingman can become member; can &c
out book, read it, and exchange it, all the yea
round.
That We want more interest in our churches
At present the workingman ia rather repelet
than otherwise by the grand church, the grant
people who are there, and the grand rent marked
on the empty pew he finds his way into. q.
| don't like 10 go buck to that pew, and take wha
! be has not paid for. Woula not ministers hay,
ss%ts5 % sy1s 5eGs ans thy 1s9sa I'D r
| support the ministry just according aa the Lort
| has p1ospered you; aud for him that hath NJ
money, there is room, and Welcome too" Ant
let those that arc already there, overlooking al
| BY act, and word, and look: We ba brethren
| Then shall they recommend their religion Il
| them that are without, when it can be said o
them, *'Behold how these Christians love ont
| anotheri'' 81. G. G.
The Tcr!kiugman.
| 10 the Editor Of The ca;ed9o Tribune
I SIN: Every now and then, "strikes" serious.
| Il disturb the great industries Of the world
! Labor is great power, but should never have
reason to turn against the hand that supports it.
| They should work together for the common good
In the workingman's cry Of Capital against Labor
there il something wrong, for it is q house di.
yided against itself it is inconsistent. for they
| depend upon each other, and stand or
fall together. OF what use ia Capital
without its, honorable assistant and CO.
can We get IN this world, where money fs ono Of
the necessary evils" when Capital faIs us?
Wherein los tho difficulty that these two great
factors, who should be aa one, arc 40 often at
variance? Ia the trouble With the major or
] minor hand I How is legislation to benefit the
wor]sngman? Win not supply and demand
regulate despite legislation? stanaine (as
! near ns one CAM On neutral ground, with great
s{Empashy for the wo1knEman in bis nnavod
Of his own misory, stands in his own
light, iuagnos his friends to be his enemies
sees oppression and tyranny in measures thu.
are unaYoidable, and will not be persuaded for
his OWE good. T. it true 5as stated by your
il every year sinking lower in the scale Of human
beings"7 tell you, No. The workingman is
q necessity in the world; he is one Of Gods
creatures. Vice and idloness degrade; Labor is
honorable, and, with tho clean hands and pure
heart. commands respect: An honest man is tha
noblest work OF God; he is d blessing 70 tho
people among whom be lives. for eyon his uncon-
scious influence is for good Tobe one Of Natura's
nob1emen it ia not essential to possess money.
Is not 81 uamo nlone rubies ~ What poor man
would give his good Damo in exchange Tor some
villains whose money was obtained by gambling
aud cheating anu where can there be poorer
than such a ono?
There is no truo elevation in the possession OF
money itself; nor are its possessors exempt
f,om tho ills that flesh a heir to. Have they
not their trials, sorrows, aud bitterness Of heart?
Does not death enter the rich as unceremonious1y
as the poor 1nan's homo. taking his darling, his
hope aud joy2 Surely, for he is d great levelor
and no respecter OF persons. Not one in
Thousand Of the inmates Of our roor-houses aad
prisons have been sober, industrious meohan-
ics." It takes the opposite OF sobrlety aod
work to fetch any man there to end his days, in
our free. enlightened country. In
temperance, tobacco, . Incidence, aul
vice arc boon companions Of paupers
aud criminals, very many workiugmen run
whisky-biu. The needs Of his family may be
pressing, but that is not lven up until he is
forced 10 it. Tobacco is used by near1y all;
there Is scarcely an exception they are its
slaves, and pay heavy tax in its filthy, dis
gusting, depTavlng, and enervatil'g effect upon
the system, as we'll rs the money it costs. and
setting d bad example to their boys, who inTa-
riably learn to use it, and think it part of
his back on saloons and tobacco-shops, what .
blessing it would be to himself, and how many
Of their proprietors would be Obliged to close,
and do what they never have done,-oarn al
honest living.
Tho futuro (which your correspondent said,
was looted forward to With pleasure by the rsch)
is none Of ours it belongs only to God, md
brings trials. troubles, and disappontnents to
alt. Riches uro very unstable, and caaily swept
away. Discomfort lack Of industry. and envy
seem to grow upon many worklngmen. Bad
management aud poor economy Ut home are
fruitful Causes OF trouble, bringing poverty as
soon as they arc out Of employment Tho women
often want to dress beyond their means, gossip,
complain, and neglect their duties in many Ways
The girls grow IN II comparative idleness and
ignorance, learning few of the duties Of life till
thrust upon them II aent gu. fer SERVANTS kind,
Of her houscbold. weighg as nothing beside the |
free-:od-easv one whose servants are all at lib
erty to 70 whore they plesse when their work ia
done. md i il difiicrlt so far as dress ana in
dependent actions are concerned to know tho
servant of the period from her rntstress II
rightly trained for their posit;on thay could T
helps thom who ho1p themselves" Tho r1ch I
ana eoucate us cn1ldfen pnt tne 1tee schools,
colleges, libraries, and readin5-rOoms are aug
ge6tive of his duty.
Why haye not the moor the Goare1 preached |
uu.u tneu nuo uotn hiuuel tnc 1aootnlS laau
ano LIS family from coming TO tua hou5e OK |
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