The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

Rev. Il. Heher Newton, testifyinp
before the Senate Sub Committee on Edu.
cation and Labor, said the condition Of the
laboring classes was a subject for expert
study, and at the present time there was
not sufficient information regarding it upon
which to base any intelligent Legislation
The difficulties met with by labor reformers
We're the Incorporate habits Of the laborins
classes and the improper methods to which
labor resorted in endeavoring to ac.
complish its desires The great want OF
tlfe people he considered to be industrial
education Instruction in public schools
was woefnlly deficient, and its tendency
was entirely one-sided 1t has given to the
youths of the country dislike for manual
labor, which has very dangerous tendency
Cooperation was spoken of by the witness
rs the greatest aid to the elevation OF the
working classes Lille Deveraux Blake.
another witness advocated the establish
ment of matronshipe in NIL the penal institu-
tions and State rcformatories for girls
Mrs d. q Croly, newspaper writer, who has
given considerable study to the condition Of
the laboring women in Newlork city, recon-
mended system of compulsory education,
not only in the common schools, but in in
dustrial schools Mrs DIR. Clemance s. Loz-
Ter advocated the use of the ballot by women
rs the next practical means OF improving
their condition.
Telegraphic communication with Bra
zil is now given to the public, via Galveston
and Valparaiso President Arthur, upon
the opening of the line. sent dispatch Of
eongratulation TO the Emperor Don Pedro
Nordenkslold, the Arctic explorer,
has been heard from He reports that his
expedition penetrated Greenland distance
OF $40 kilometers, and found the whole re-
gion an ice desert They attained height
Of 200 feet above the sea
c. I. Meade 4 Co, fur manufacture
crs, at Toronto, Ontario, have failed for
s6a,0ta
Il. Is. Thurher, of the New York
Anti Monopoly League, was before the
Senate Committee on Education and Labor
In the opinion of the witness the use of
steam and electricity had revolutionixed
labor and commerce within a few years and
had much to do with the present unsatls.
factory relations Of labor and capital Cor
porations had grown 10 tremendous proper.
tons and had conferred benefits on human
ity rs whole, but the attending evils had
likewise made their appearance, and proper
regulation had come To DO necessity.
There were numerous menopolies, such as
those in land, currency, transportation,
tariff combination in trade and taxation, and
all had bearing on the problem under dis
cussion lnteiaperance and ignorance were
also vital factors The carrying trade on
land could he ccntered in few hands, but
ON the sea competitors would prevent I'M
due eAactions by carriers Legislation was
enacted in the interest OF corporations, and
offenders IN this direction could only be
reached with great dithcuity. If the state
constructed railroads and directed other
public works ii would not have watered
stocks, Disseminated against persons aud
places, corrupted elections and Legislatures.
and debauchea courts Witness asserted
that in the last Congress there were Nh law
sers the majority of whom were retained
by corporations, or were directly or indi
rectiy influenced by others In legislation i'm
the interest OF corporations