Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-15
The Working Glasses.

ought TO be, emerson, we DelleVe, re-
marked some time before the rise of Van
derbilt, Gould and Mackay. Poverty is
no crime, but it is certainly a serious
misfortune and every one wishes to get
the better OF it as rapidly as possible.
1t is deluson of some dySpeptic philos-
Opher that the condition of the labOring
man is gradually becoming worse and
worse, while only to those who have is
more given. This is certainly serious
error. The invention Of machinery and
the application of steam have undOubted
ly done much to augment the wealth Of
the rich men, but very much more to i'm
prove the condition of the laboring class
es the world over. Machinery does the
work of thousands, but machinery has no
intelligence, and it takes intelligence to
operate it; consequently instead of dis
placing labor it has enlarged its province
and greatly increased its rewards.
Comparing the condition Of the labor
inc man to-day with what it was one cen
tury or two centuries ago, it is seen that
the changes wrought by civilization have
been far greater for him than for those of
the upper classes, Indeed there is less
idleneSs to-day among the wealthy men
Of England and America than ever before
The working man has better houses to
live in, better food, more leisure, better
clothes to wear and greater opportunities
for education. Intemperance is the great
curse of the labOring classes. 1t detracts
from the value of q mans work; it de-
creaseS his power to earn money; it
squandcrs his means; it destroys his
home ana makes his children vagabonds.
Lift this great curse from the working
man and he would be another creature; ;
if he is kept down it will be from intem-
Ierance, rather than from the opposition
or tyranny of capital.
That the condition of the working class
es is steadily improving is clearly shown
not only by the census in this country,
but also in England, France and Germa-
ny. If this was not 50, population would
not increase at the rate it does. When
men, women and children have poor food
or none at all, when they are scantily
clothed and are exposed to the weather,
their constitutions break down, they sick
en- and die, and soon their children fol-
low them. When the population increas-
cs constantly, it is plain that living is
cheap and that a people is reasonably
happy. The emigration from Germany
has been very large of late years, and the
general impression is that labor is in a
very depressed condition; yet in spite of
all this, since 1915 the population Of Ger
many has increased 1900, 900.
Assassination, whether by pistol or
newspaper, will be stamped out by the
American people with righteous and in
dignant accord.-SeR0tOr CORhliRg.
The above sentence occurs in an inter
view in which Mr.. Conkling denounces
in the strongest language the attempted
assassination of the President, and refers
to the attempt made by certain papers,
notably the Tribune and Louisville C0ur
ier-JOuJnal, to connect, even in a remote
way, the names Of Senator Conkling and
Vice President Arthur with hat Of the
assassin. 1t is Il sentence which will
command attention, and bring the Ameri-
can people face to face with the question
whether it is not entirely just to rank the
assassin Of reputation, who turks be-
hind the protection Of his paper, along
side with the midday assassin who COM
mits his deed and is prepared to take the
consequences of his OgdenSJvgh
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