, 1879-01-26

CITY, lAtY 1QHl4TG 1llIu lot HI6
c!cquence rathc. than for any high moral quail
this itt they lose sight OF all else. In short, be
i. t.,e. idol. aud they will Worship at his altar
T.. long as he lives Then. too, when he shall
have passed the portals Ut death, it is lair 10
presume that monument will be crccled to
ms memory exceeding in magnificent proper
1ltns an:thD. of the kind yet attempted in this
section oi country. So much for fine Voice
:n! brilliant delivery; so much for hero
worship.
RETURNING PROSPERITY
To change the subjcc. and turn abruptly FROM
politics to business, the announcement OF the
lease OF the Minerva Furnace bY the North
Branch Ro1ling-Mi1l Company, Of Chicago, is
received with expressions OF pleasure on all
hands. Business men accept the fact rs IN indi-
cation of general revival in all branches of
trade and commerce, for they remember that
when the great financial crash OF 1878 came the
iron industry vas the first to suffer prostration.
Now, they argue, that As the demand
for iron Causes one after another Of the blast
furnaces and rollins-lnills that have remained
idle ior years to be put in operation once more,
general business revival is at hand. The an
nouncement has greatly strengthened conf
dcncc in the future already, and the restoration
of confidence means great deal in such times,
cs businessmen and the 1aDoring classes hare
experienced during the past few years. The
1cadine machine-shops and iron-manufscturirg
establishments Of Milwaukee have been
crowded with orders, to the extent that
night work was rendered necessary,
for iu1ly one year now, but it is extremely
doubtful whether any Of them hare made
every portion Of the Union, in large quantities,
but the work has been done at q margin that
barely paid interest and taxes On the capital in
vested. This In due to competition, and the
lislnncnts at other points have yet to be crowded
10 their full working capacity Wages rule low,
AS matter Of course II it were not for this
fact, the work could not be turned out as cheap
Is Is it is. But low wages and steady employ
1nent arc more remupcratiyc in the end to the
mechanic and artisan than high wages and only
partial eulploy1ncnt-
Yet, while ou. people have this bright picture
of future prosperity presented to them, there
remains the darl: side still to be gazed at.
Many business houses, both here and in the in
terror, have been tottcring on the verge of bark
rn;,tcy for months, with no prospect Of recover
Ing their equilibrium. Some of these go By the
board daily, aud ere the spring has passed and
summer dawned most Of them will have
followed. These failures will cripple business
lnen elsewhere, and affect certain classes OF
1ai,tr to tile extent Of carrying misery into
every household that has not ret felt the pancs
Of poverty. But let us hope that these arc tic
closing days OF tine evil period that settled
d;'wn uron this country IN the dark days Of
1s'3. anu that the days to follow arc filed with
prosperity to a11.
TEMPERANCE REVIVAL WORK.
II the numerous announcements OF meetings
and The vast amount of newspaper writing
1hac is being done may be accepted
crstcr!ons, the Temperance revival work
in this city is making satisfactory
progress. But 1caso1 exists to doubt that such
j. really the Gaze lew people are aware OF the
1act, PERHAPS, THAT. nearly all Of the glowing ac-
coants of meetings held cmanate from the pens
Il the *'workers' tlelnsclyes and that little of
this class Of wrtin. is LETT to be done by the re-
ro7teiS. 80 into any OF the editorial rooms OF
lie morning naaers at 10 o'clock at night, and
you viii tIad from one to three temperance ad-
voca,cs boring the hard-rorkcd reporters with
The reading of accounts OF meetings. 1t is
not sufficient =tliat the columns Of the
Papers snould he crammcd with this
class of slush, but they must needs
-ead them over TO the pencil-swingers them
selrcs betor: submitting them to the tender
.acrcIes of the managing editor. 80 into the
rcoul OF the city editor OF al evening paper at
10 O'clock in tie morning aud you will find tie
ra7ters there attempting rcIctitions Of the
previous nights performances What is true Of
one day may be accepted as true ii each day in
tile week. The apparently t.rcless bores are
ever present, and ever dreaded It is not the
intention Of the writer to throw cold water upon
thu temperance movement: hut he estcems itlis
duty to call attention to the abuses as well as
The uses OF. tho work Of reformation. Expcri-
ence has demonstrated to him that number Of
the temperance apostles who make the rounds
annually are governed By sincere desire TO
earn good living With The expenditure OF Is
little labor :s possible. Such people hold them
1rS
.oake converts by pictaring to their hearers
tr;g11ful examples OF addiction to ntcmpe7aucc.
Iluv are never guilty Of prosecuting anv quiet
WORK Of reformation. There is neither
lesce it is stunned. In confirmation IF this
assertion an iustauce may be cited. During q
VISIT OF one OF thrse so-callcd temperance apos-
1lef TO the Office Of an evening paper. one day
tis week. reporter ycntured to sug-cst that
quiet work would prove tar more effective in
1le cud .Ean speeches from the rosIrum;
thar there were beads Of families in the city
u!nsc addiction to the a!lurcncuts OF the
Intoxicating Gun kept them from going home ]
could not Le ,unverted d by by Tue .s,right- !
example" plan. but might easily be reached !
alll convinced of the error Of therwa:s through
3 Gradual approach from another and more quiet
direction. HE advocate admitted the force of |
the suggestion; said he had always been willing
to perform such service and, il names were |
furnished him. would proceed at once TO try his |
hand At persuasive eloqueuee upon tl1e parties |
Ill l'ersou, either ut their homes or places Of |
business. The reporter suggested that a call |
upon Chief-of-Policc Kennedy would in
hin the names OF ut least half |
Il dozen men WHO needed to be l.
brought under control, for the benefit OF their I
wives and little ones. The apostle promised 10 |
e:lii at The police headquarters, as directed. Now
mark how he went to work. quicty. At the very
next temperance meeting addressed bf him be |
stated that the reporter OF en- evening paper had
suggested a visit to the police station :or the |
purpose Of prosecuting the work Of conversion;
that he considered the suggestion good one |
aud. after haYipp Yi5ited the Polfce Station he