The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-03-01
rHE OUT OF EMPLOYMENT QUESTION

This is 3 greater question than that
of the Presidency, because long after
the Presidency is settled, and, per-
haps, the Presidency itself perishes,
the question of social evils will re-
main. The Scriptures say 'The poor
you have always with yOu," but we
have the poor now 10 q much wider
and probably different sense from
what the Scriptures intended, al
though written in the midst OF the
vast social evils of the Roman EN-
pire. We have the proud poor VINO
are ashamed to descend below q GER
tain level. We have the political
poor who think the government is
OOund to furnish them with employ
ment, and We have that much greater
and more pressing class Of the poor
who have gone into commercial en-
plOyments of some sort, and find,
when too late, that the world doesn't
want so many OF that class. The
tramp" Is 3 recent person in Ohio,
but be began iD New York twelve or
fifteen years ago, and half . century
ago in England. Why2 Because the
artificial employments Of society, al
though increasing constantly, have
absorbed altogether too many Of the
mem bers Of society in proportion to
food. London has now, IL Is said,
8, 100000 people. Not one Of them,
be it observed, produces anything to
support human life. Everybody ad-
mires the wealth and culture Of Lon
don. everybody admires the eminent
doctor, lawyer and statesman, the
man OF letters and the great merchant.
Toe metropolis Of wealth, Of fashion,
and Of power has always been ad-
mired from the days of Heliopolis
and Of Babylon to this day Of London
and of Paris. But what did ali that
splendor come to then, and what msy
it come to now? As one reads the
interesting investigations Of LIyard,
Of Wilkinson, aud of Cnampolion,
one can not help thinking there Lnsy
be such q thing as too much culture
and splendOr. AS the Christian stu
dent reads the denuneiations Of the
Prophets against all that was great
and glorious in the world, and then
turns to the teachings OF Jesus and
the Apostles, he can not fail 10 see a
striking contrast between what the
WOrld thought its greatest successes
aud that which is set forth as the duty
and ambition OF Christian. But we
mean to be practical, and return to
London. What have been some OF
the practical results Of London, con-
sidered as the center Of population,
wealth and culture ? We take two
simple facts. One is that there are
streets in London, and in Paris,
too, which the police dare
net enter. How such people live
the world may not know. Bot
one Of the ways, and the worst
probable, is that they are constantly
sending out predatory members and
bands into other parts OF the city,
where they sometimes find employ
ment, sometimes beg, and sometim es
rob. Then there are certain porto us
of city society who live upon other
parts by supplying their wants. Yet
/ London is full Of charities Of oil
kinds slmsglving aud taxation are
both in fun exercise. and doubtless
thousands sre supported in this way
/ This is one aspect OF London. Let u:
look st another. Three millions o.
/ people must eat and drink an enor
nous amount of food. Where d.
they get It e? For many years Lon
don and the great towns have made
heavy drafts on France, Holland sDC
Belgium. They have imported beei
butter, eggs and fruit. But this Is no
enough. The last resort has come
AIIondon Is now importing fresh bee