The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-27
wrecked and upward Of sixty lives lost AZ
Nassau many houses were blown down

wrecked and upward Of sixty iivn lost Az
Nassau many houses were blown down
The Chicago Christian Convention,
led by Moody and sankey. opened at Far
well Hall, in that city, IN the presence of an
immense audience Many noted evangel-
ical workers were In attendance. and during
the series of meetings the best methods OF
Christian work were deliberately discussed
Interest In the meetings did not dag as they
progressed, but there was q great rush and
packed houses each day
Rev. II. Heber Newton, testifying
before the Senate subcommittee on Edu-
cation and Labor, said the condition Of the
laborlng classes was subject for expert
study, and at the present time there was
not sufficient information regarding it upon
which to base any intelligent lie gislation
The difficulties met with by labor reformers
were the incorporate habits of the laboring
classes and the improper methods to which
labor resorted in endeavoring to &C
complish its desires. The great want of
the people he considered to be industrial
education Instruction in public schools
was woefully deficient, and its tendency
was entirely one-sided 1t has given to the
youths of the country a dislike for manual
labor, which has a very dangerous tendency.
Cooperation was spoken of by the witness
US the greatest aid to the elevation of the
working classes Lille Deveraux Blake,
another witness, advocated the establish
ment of matronships in all the penal institu-
tons and State reformatories for girls
Mrs ID. q. Croly, a newspaper writer, who has
given considerable study to the condition of
the laboring women in NewYork city, recon-
mended system of compulsory education,
not only in the common schools, but in in
dustril schools Mrs. Dr. Clemance S. Loz-
Ter advocated the use of the ballot by women
us the next practical means of improving
their condition.
Telegraphic communication with Bra
iii is now given to the public, via Galveston
and Valparaiso. President Arthur, upon
the opening of the line. sent dispatch of
congratulation TO the Emperor Don Pedro
Nordenksjold, the Arctic explorer,
has been heard from He reports that his
expedition penetrated Greenland a distance
of $50 kilometers, and found the whole re-
gion an ice desert They attained height
of 7,oC0 feet above the sea-
G. L. Meade q Co., fur manufacture
ers, at Toronto, Ontario, have failed for
$50, 600
+. b. Thurber, of the New York
Anti Monopoly League, was before the
Senate Committee on Education and Labor
In into Of xnrftn tho nen nf
steam and electricity had revolutionized
labor and commerce within a few years, and
had much to do with the present unsatis-
factory relations of labor and capital Cor
porations had grown to tremendous proper.
tions, and had conferred benefits on human
ity as n whole but the attending evils had
likewise made their appearance, and proper
regulation had come to be a necessity.
There were numerous monopolies, such as
those in land, currency, transportation
tariff, combination in trade, and taxation, and
all had a bearing on the problem under dis
cussion. Intemperance and ignorance were
also vital factors The carrying trade on
land could be centered in a few hands, but
on the sen competitors would prevent un-
due exactions by carriers. Legislation was
enacted in the interest of corporations, and
offenders in this direction could only be
reached with great difhculty. If the State
constructed railroads and directed other
pubic works it would not have watered
Stocks Disseminated against persons and
places, corrupted elections and Legislatures,
and debauched courts Witness asserted
that in the last Congress there were 264 law
yers, the majority of whom were retained
by corporations, or were directly or indi.
recuy influenced by others in leg .slation in
the interest OF corporations.