Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-25
sRMPEIs APPEAL
III MARION OF lHE rEsIILENCE

prove utterly in vain, aud the Sanitary Com
mission finds it necessary to adopt more strin-
gent measures, and has decided that all per-
sons desiring to leave Egypt must undergo a
medical examination, while sanitary reguIs-
lions are 10 be enforced on all vessels leaving
Egypt from Bombay in the East Indies. To
carry out their remedisl projects the English
have sent to that country twenty physicians,
who have been accustomed 10 attend
TO cholera patients. The difficulty is
that, while a few skilled Europeans will be
striving TO institute sanitary precautions, the
natives will persist in their unwholesome
customs, while the native government equally
persist 10 their negligent apathy. The
Mobammedsn faith is the prevalent one,
and its victims are governed by the
ideas Of falalism-what will be, will be, and
nothing man can do will resist E'smet, that
which is predestined 20 be. So they look Cd
uoresisting and resigned while deaIh plays
havoc among relatives and friends, and at
length approaches themselves. Doe bsfiing
feature 10 the conduct Of tho people j. .hsir
disposition to hide the extent Of the calamity,
and 30 successful are their attempts, in which
the native officials give them full aid, that
the number Of deaths reported is notorious.
ly below the fact. At CaiIo, for instance,
the deaths on Sunday were reported 10 be
295; while il is stated that on that day no
less than 481 persons died between s o'clock
in the morning and C IN he evening. Among
the names OF towns reported yesterday as be-
ing attacked by the epidemic, appear several
places not before mentioned. Thorough
alarm and panic prevail. Business Is
suspended in many of the towns, and even
in the country places agricultural operations
are neglected. At Bulak 1900 people had
fed higher up the Nile, and the very effics-
cious remedy Of burning up unclean and in
fected spots was resorted TO. The customs
receipts were decreasing, delay 10 enforcing
legal judgments was granted, tar was burned
in the streets Of Cairo, and whole quar-
ters Of that and ether cities were de
serted. The conse quence OF these removals
will be that famine will be added to pesti-
lenc-, and the horrors of the siinAtion still
further increased, and crowds OF hungry suf-
AClOfb IA 10 ~ nttt W ody VI WV
eriug by night. So great is the mortality in
some places that the telegraph reports the
incredible fact that British ofiosrs have 10
bury the dead" Leprosy also is
among the wrelched people, and rinderpest
among the cattle. The inhabitants, it is
stated, Frequently fall dead in the streets"
from the sudden effects of the disease.
Everywhere" continues the account, "the
disease lie spreading, aud the deaths increase
hourly" 1t is impossible TO read such de-
tails without ~shuddering. Bombay, where
cholera has been, as it we're, smoulderirg, is
expected TO become the scene Of its fearful
ravsges. In the meantime country after
country is beginning to prepare precautions.
Smyrna is one OF the most notorious spots in
the E St for the frequency and violence of
its epidemics, for there pollution aud filth
defy all attempts at treatment, and it is not,
therefore, surprising to read that panic has
seized that abode of plague and death, and
a rigid quar- milne has been established. 10
the words of Luke, there is distress OF ma
lions with perplexiiy, mems hearts filling
hem for fear, and FOR looking after those
things which are -eomisss,psa .As-sAssA-
THE RIGHTS AND wRONGs OF II.
The strike of the Telegraph operators
necessarily excites a coed deal OF attention,
al it puts a vast number Of citizens TO very
serious Inconvenience and TO loss. Never
lheless the strikers are not blamed. Their
quiet, business-like way of proceeding has
won for them respect, while the arrogant po-
elton Of their employers excites strong dis
appreciation. They ask an advances of if
teen per cent. upon their very moderate sal
aries, and that a days work may be limited
to eight, and a nights to ssven hours. The
Brotherhood of T~elegraphers, their official
representation, their employers refuse to re-
cogniz', although the operators had, OF
course, the right to choose their oWu repre-
ssntatives if not personally offensive to
those with whom Ii was desired
to negotiate. The employers have
picked up indifferent operators where they
can, these work slow and are far from being
in sufficient numbers; they have TO worl
many hours and will become worn out ant
luclE thClcDCy OtCOult Ictb tudu cNou III uTct
so that the companies must at last, as thing
look, find it necessary TO negotiate with tn
strikers, especially rs the latter have tn
public and the press generally on their eide
The legal position Of The companies as char
tered Institutions also hampers them. In tn,
words of the New York Herald: "They ar
mourning grave legal risks. They are liabl
for unreasonable delay in transmitting mes
sages and for mistakes made by incompeten
operators. 1t is probable that the seeds TO
an abundant crop OF suits for damage
have already been sown." The be-
aid therefore concludes that con th
whole the situation appears decided,
more favorable 10 the strikers tina
TO the compauies, as the diff culiies of th
latter must increase far more than those c
the former by a prolougalion of the strike.
The companies position is complicated b
the United States telegraph lave Of 1855 an
1872, providing that any company whict
"by its agents or employee" shall "fefuse Q
neglec. % transmit" government message
shall be liable penalty, for every dirpatc
refused, in not lees than S160 and not mol
than $1,000. 1t is probable, also, that III
companies are smenSble as common csl
riers." The "green handy and ~ineficier
iucapsbles now put 10 work are liable, b
their ineompetency, 10 cause serious mistake
for which those who employ them must |
responsible. Besides this, the public col
trsst the outrageous dividends resl;zs
by the company, with the mesge
pay given to those who do the work. tt
New York Times thus draws up the indie
ment against them: "They have had Il
public sympathy from the start, because It
public itself hiss repeatedly suffered II
grossest wrongs at Inc hands of the Westei
Uuion Telegraph Company. The group
reckless and greedy men who control Il
company have inflated its stock eno-mousl
and still further to increase their gains the
have in a similar ratio reduced the wages
their operators. Men grown valuable 20 Il
company by long experience are receiyir
smaller pay than ten years ago." Now !
ms zee what the "screwers down of men
wages" get. Last year the Western UniC
Issued a pamphlet, in which they said: at
authorized capital of the company in 1853 "
100000, of which only about three-fourt
ma, been issued. Ga August 10, 1858, Il
the first scrip dividend was declared, BEN
twenty-three per cent. on 1865, 200, q
amount of outstanding stock. On Septemb
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