The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-30

Fhe following letter was written 20 th,
New York Herald from London unde
date of December "a, 1878:
Punch appears this week with sug
gestive cartocn. The background of tht
picture is snowy, sombre atmosphere
with dark, shifting clouds. The grount
rs covered with snow. Father Christina,
carries o lantern. His beard is white
land flowing. Around his head is twineG
"a wreath Of holly. At his side is Mr.
Punch, in the warmest combination n
y garments--s heavy muller around hi,
throat. his hands deep il. bis pockets. hi,
eyes raivering and anxious: The dos
4 Toby is also warmly clad. On the back.
ground are the words "Wnr," Failures |,
~Com nercial Depression" Distress u
8 ihis is the legend of the picture: "An
Arduous Quest" Mr.. Punch-"Wbat
are you locking for, father?" Fathe,
a Christmas-"Peace on earth end rood
a will TO men," There are some yerses
upon 1t, from which alicw one ou6ta-
ti0n:
Peace and good will" Our yuletide mirth
~, IS marrcd by sounds Of wrath and sorrow.
Wnlie War and Hate divide the earth,
Anc KUN measures the morrow.
fet sober Sense must ply its task
And Charity its sacred mission:
Ana Wit shall strive to tear the mask
>, from each fresh face of Superstition
HEARING the words that echo still,
Peace and good will"
Ihis is o sorry welcome from the most
genial OF newspapers-the journal whose
mission Ia to find nothing cut merrimcnt
In the world-to see only the SUNNY aide
OF every cloud. But Mr.. Punch only
speaks the voice of England, and thera
Is no voice but what tells of sorrow and
want and pain. Here are the morning
Journals. which are supposed to mirror
the day whose events they record. You
read of Arctic London. Tho editor
warns his readers that this 10 not the
time Tor luxury and feasting, and urges a
Christmas of wise, considerate and far.
seeing charity" as fitting conclusion of
2; disastrous year, as tending-and mark
the significance of all here implied
lay the foundation of q better under
standing. between various classes when
the good times come around again !"
Inc various classes, it seems, then, are
not on the best relations-the class which
Bears not quite comprehending the class
which is borne. Is there nothing omin-
GUS in this?
One passes to another newspaper and
reads news report. The heading is sad
enough, Distress in the Country"
MARX you, 1t ia the country; not teem-
ing, ,grlmy, snow-bound, over-populated
London. In Nantwich the shoe trade is
IN shocking condition. ShoemaIine ia
the industry of Nantwich, and the man
uiecturers have reduced wages penny q
pair. On the London and Northwestern
Ktailway, anny, one of the Great corporations,
o,OVo WorKmen have bee.l given an en-
Lorceo holiday of ten days. And at
Ohs'stmas, loo, when workmen pull up
and try to get ahead and have enough
"missis" In, O. ester., able. bodied men m
shovel snow for brea /. so that even snou now
10 a blessing. Meetings are. held IN
Southampton to devise methods Of find.
ing bread. Birmingham is great indus.
trial centre. .one of the most interes.inp
towns in England, where labor has at.
tanned high intelligence, where politi-
cal forces are more active and more pro-
gressive than in any part of the King.
dom. In Birmingham we learn that the
distress is greater than has been known
for many years. In INVERSION the iron
trade has stopped and soup kitchens ara
opened. In Chard there is o quarrel be.
tween lacemakers and the masters. The
masters insist that the workmen shall,
not belong to the trade union, and be-
cause their wish is not respected thew
give no more work. In Exeter able.
bodied workmen crave bread; they have
no means of earning bread. At Tun-
stall the cOlliers have been reduced 10
per cent. All through the Trent region.
IN Staffordshire, where the, lowest form
OF industry fourishes, there is such de-
preston as has not been known for years.
Then the canal is frozen, and this adds
TO the distress. At Leeds there hes been
. large failure the boatmen are utterly
misunderstanding for themselves or
their horses" God help usi The silk
hands are all idle. Who, would bry silk
this dreary, dismal year? And If people
will not CuJ' silk workmen cannot spin
and weave it. There are soup kitchens,
which are largely patroniZed. In VOL
northampton bread and oatmeal are dis
tributed, and committee has been named
to make searching inquiry into the
cause Of the distress. It will be COM
fort to know the result of this INQUIRY,
but In the meantime let there be abund-
ance of bread and meal. Among the
fishermen there is unusual want many
OF them sel!i;g their furniture to buv
food and coal. One day last week 900
gallons OF coup were given out. In
Ashton-under-Lyne, where cotton indus
tries flourish, there is no cotton trade.
furnaces are blowing out their fires. In
the Dewsbury iron district q strike hes
taken placo. The men will not submit
90 the reduction of two ahiilings week.
in Warrington the wire tgzde suffers, and
'over two hundred able workmen
are breaking stones at from Is to SO cents
- day" Aud, TO crown oil, comes the
appalling rumor that 1000 colliers are
on the verge of u strike. Can you i'm
Agine what that means? They say in
rance the cold is 40 severe that wolves
IRE, seeking food at the gates of Metz.
And In England ---?
BORROW IN MANCHESTER.
Here, for inbtance, is Manchester, the
centre of one of the richest, most popu.
England. "Over the whole of the vast
jrea." says one authority, "the trade de-
bregsion, and as O consequence poverty.
End distress, hangs like cloud" Befofe
sne is long narrative of the special forms
- simed by this distress. The better
Glasses, Clerksa and skilled workmen, feel
"a. Furniture goes to the pawnbrokers.
These men are Intelligent aud have the
pride OF Intelligence, and before they beg
sc complain send away the piano and the
ewing machine. II iaiiuT 10 55eeiT VIII v :;.;,
p good times, with the aid of his wife,
siar0s $3.50 a week. Now he lives In q
'eintn fourteen feet by eight, his wife and
rhildren crouching around the fire, and
40 furniture but n mattress. A clerk is
eisited who had been commercial tray-