Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-11

WEEKLY PAY.DAYs.
r. epriur6sId Republican Is vigorously
ursins upon the manufacturers Of New
rnuaand the policy and propriety OF sub
uefsutinr weekly for monthly pay-days,
"a advances arguments that will apply to
IN sections Of the country. That paper
ob,srvss that those New England employ
~ Who have tried the weekly system are
~ disposed to 60 back from it, but those
Who have not tried 1t see great obstacles to
IL Introduction. Taey contend that week
y payments require increased clerical
1cros and greater working capital. and that
shsy viii encourage an increase in drunk
snnsss among the hands. As the Rspub-
lican truly says: ''This conclusion Is on
~ old psternal principle that the laborer
eannot safely be trusted with his hire. 1t
= alleged 70 be . great kindness in the
corporation 70 detain his wages even for q
nonth, although when the fatal payday
comes 1t l. followed by . debsuch. II the
~ were given ~oftener, would not the la
bossr become schooled to . keener sense OF
responsibility for his wi welfare and
gradually learn more thrift? If it is wrong
20 trust him with . weeks wages at = time,
q must b four times worse to place in his
hands . whole months. There il only one
system d labor that il entirely consistent
with this theory Of the superior intelligence
ed b~ene6cence Of employers, and that is
slavery" Positions Of the sort here de-
scribsd, deliberately assumed by tho great
employers in Massachusetts,, so far to
teach outsiders that the alleged "undue
Influences" exerted by corporations upon
thsir workmen to prevent Buffers
easction may not be without founda-
Non. 70 refrain from paying week
y wages because it requires an ir-
crsass Of working capital raises another
uiee question, not simply Of propriety but
a morality. General Walker, in his book
On wages, shows that one OF the greatest
hardships Of labor is the enormous amount
a credit exscted from the working classes
BY capital. This compsls them in their
turn 10 seek credit for the necessaries Of
life and involves them in continual loss.
A manufacturing corporation which pays
H. hands by the month practically bor-
row. the wages Of Its hands during three
weeks. By what right does it do SOL A
Newspaper which seeks to controvcrt the
Springfield Republican," position says
That the credit consideration is an important
me-. II payroll comes to $4,000 .
month the corporation or manufacturer
gets practically . loan Of IS, 600 for three
weeks, $l0.O0 for two weeks, and SIS 900
for . week, and thinks that this is worth
considering in these hard times. To
which the " Republican replies in the fol-
lowing unanswerable way: Exactly, bu
whom does this credit belong to-? Does it
belong 10 the employees whose wages
arc withheld for this time? Is it not
. worth considering in these hard times in
behalf Of the man TO whom it does belong
rather than In behalf Of him to whom it
Dos notf Especially when the man to
whom Il does belong suffers greatly in his
position y . buyer in the market for the
very lack Of that cash which is affording
bat : vsry trivial advantage to his em-
plsysri Az . matter Of fnct the less . bus
ness concern runs in debt to its help, the
bstisr b it, credit with other people," OF
course it would not be possible to apply
this arrangement to q mines, but in all
other business they are applicable and
psrtinent.
Two American cities have gone into
Bankruptcy. One is Memphis, Tennessee,
and The other is Elizabeth City, New Jer-
~. In both eases the collapse was the re-
salt d : mistaken idea that a city is made
By laying out streets and paving them At
heavy expense. making parks and improve
nsnts generally. Memphis laid wooden
pavements all over town, and showed .
great deal Of enterprise in running up a
municipal debt. The ~pavements rotted
away and helped to spread the yellow fever.
The debt, however, did not rot away, but
hangs with leaden weight on all the city
property. The city charter is forfeited.
The Mayor is Janct.s o6acio. and the City
Council has adjourned sine die. The prop
srty of the municipality has been garnish-
ed. and Memphis has become en- insolvent
village. Elizabeth City prepared itself to
b . great city, and ran Its paved streets
lar ont into the country !; but they were
rot built up, and now II has defaulted on
~ bonds and has not money enough to
carry on It's schools. These facts are not
calculated to strengthen . desire for the
Incorporation Of Eureka.
the increasing use Of steel rails has had
. tendency 70 lessen the number Of railroad
accidents In this country. 1t is gratifying
10 al and reassuring to railroad travellers
10 know that the aggregate number Of dis
asters on the rail is steadily decreasing.
Last year there were TAO against SOL in
1877, go in 1876. and / ,201 in 1875. This,
TOO. notwithstanding the addition Of new
roads during the period named. The ma
jority Of the accidents last year were caused
by derailments, hut the figures under this
bead show that there were 481 in 1873,
against 80 In 1875. . decrease Of $50, or
almost 50 per cent, which in itself ia . sat
jsfactory result.
IT + by no means . bad symptom that
Tie subscriptions to the United States four
nor-oenfa are falling off A little. II meana