Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-12-16
AMERICA CONTRAsTED.

Talmagc in his last Thanksgiving sermon,
III contrasting the condition of America
with that Of the other countries of the earth.
said:
There is not Il land where wages and
salaries arc so large for the great masses of
the people as here. In Ireland. in some
parts, eight cents day for wages. In Eng
land, Il dollar Il day good wages-vast popu-
lations not getting as much as that. In
other lands fifty cents Il day and twenty
five cents day clear on down TO starvation
and squalor An editor in England told
me that his salary was $3.50 year and he
seemed satisfied Look at the great popu-
Iations coming out Of the factories of other
lands, and accompany them to their homes.
and see what prvation the hardworking
classes on the other side the sea suffer.
The laborlng classes here are ten per cent.
better oil Than in any other country under
the sln--tWcnty per cent, forty per CT, fifty
per cent. scvcnly-ive per cent The toilers
with hand and foot have better homes and
better furnished. do not talk an ahstrac-
tlon. ! know what have seen. The stone
masons and carpenters and plumbers and
mechanics and artisans OF all style in
America have finer residences tnan the ma
IJorlty Of the professional men in Great
Britain You enter the laborcr's house
on this side the sea and you find upholstery
and pictures and instruments ofmusic His
children are educated at the best schools,
Ills life is insured so that i'll case Of his sud
den demise the family shall not be home
less. Let all American workmcn know
that while their wages may not be rs
high rs they would like to have
them, America is the paradise of industry.
IL IS said that i'll this country we have more
political dishonesty than in any other lands.
The diVtrcncc is that in this country almost
every official has il chance TO steal while in
other lands Il few people absorb so much
that the others have no chance 1T appropri-
alton! Ihe reason they do not &icm is. they
cannot get their hands on it! The govern
mcnts Of Europe are so expensive that after
the salaries of the royal families arc paid
there Is not much left to misappropriatc.
The emperor OF Russia has a nice little sal
AIRY Of SS.2l0,000 The Emperor of Austria
has Il yearly salary OF $I.00O.000 Victoria
TIA" queen. has. salary Of - 100000. The
royal plate ri 81. Jtnv, l,,i"oo i~.,...u
Sl0.G0000p. The Queens hairdrcsscr gets
$4,000 Il year for combin@ the royal locks
while the most OF us have to comb our hair
at les; than halithat expense, if we have
any 10 comb. Over there, there is Il host Of
attendants, all on salaries, some of them
5000 and $4,000 Il year Master Of Buck
lioLnds. $500 Il year. Grand Falconcr.
$1,000 u year. Gentlemen Of the Wine and
Beer Cellars. Controller Of the Household.
Groom OF the Robes, Mistress Of the Robes.
Captain of Gold Stick; Lieutenant of Gold
Stick, Lieutenant Of Silver Stick Gicrl:
of the Powder Closet. Pages o. the
Back :>t#jr% 5!&isls If Honor. Master Of
Horse. Chic! "lucry. ..va"lrirs in GT,iin&-
ry. Cro"A E4ieriy. hereditary Grand Fal-
concr, Vic" i.'aHlncgi@i", Clerk of the Kit
chen. Master o.. Forks G;ioonS in Waiting.
Lords i" Nat.D". G"oons Of the Grca,
tham""r. Sergeant Ht .irm> Barge Master
and Waterman, Eight bcI"hambcr Women
i:jgh! !Ad!ca u tiic B"dchambur. Ten
Grooms OF the i;rca! Chain. ana 80 on, ans,
so on, 0d inHaifu.a. 4d aaj,%cam. until il is
said in&l the Queen sometimes actually suf-
rrs from thirst because il takes 50 much
machinery 10 get :" class oi water. Ill this
is nn,y y type OF .hr fabulous expense OF
foreign governments. -iil this paid out Of
the sweat AND the blood OF the people Are
the people satisfied: However much the
Germans; like William and the Spaniards
like their Young King and England likes
her splendid Qacen, these stupcndous gov
crnmcntaI expenses are built on n groan
o. dissatisfaction as wide rs Europe.
Il ii were left to the people Of Eng
lard. oi Germany. of Austria. OF Spain,
ot Russia. whether these expensive cstab-
liShmcniS should ne kept up, do you doubt
what the vote would be? Now. is il not
better that we he ovcrtaxcd and the surplus
be distributed all over the land among the
lobby men. and that it 30 into the hands OF
hundreds and thousands III peoples there
not Il better chance of It's iinanly getting
down into the hands Of honest people. than
if were all built up. piled up inside q gar
den or palace? Monopolistc oppression is
less here than anywhere else. But the evil
is nothing here compared with the monopo-
listic oppression abroad. Just look at their
ecclesiastical establishments Look at those
vast cathcdrals built at fabulous expense
and supported by great ecclesiastical mach
inery ut vast expense, and sometimes in an
audience room that would hold Il thousand
people. twenty or thirty people gather for
worship. The pope's income is IS, 10000
Cathedrals of fstatuary and braided arch and
walls covered with masterpieces of RuhenS
and Raphcl and Michael Anglco, against all
the walls dashing seas of poverty and filth
J, and crime and abomination. Ireland to-day
one vast monopolstic devastation. About
: thirty-live millions Of people in Great Brit
ain and yet all the soil owned by about
: thirty-two thousand. Statistics enough tc
j., shake the earth Duke of Dcvonshre owning
v $4,000 acres in Derby. Duke Of Richmond
owning 100000 acres 1T Gordon Castle
., Marquis of Breadalbane going on journey
! of 100 miles in Il straight line, all on his own
: property. Duke of Switzerland has an es
tate rs wide rs Scotland, which dips into
the sea on both sides. Bad as we have il
here ii is a thousand times worse there
l. Besides that. ifhere few fortunes ovcrshad
IS ow all others, we must remember there j:
vast throng of otherpeople being enriched
and this fact shows the thrifincss Of the
i I country. 1t is estimated that there are over
five thousand millionarers in the United
: States In addition to this, you must re
= member that there are successes on less cX.
+ tended scale Tens Of thousands of people
worth $500,000; scores of thousands WORT
800 600 each. Yea the majority OF thl