New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-30
would much rather go a-fshing on Sunday
than sell liquor.

than sell liquor.
Public opinion has approved the tarln legis.
lation of the last Congress- 1t IS seen hoC
to be perfect but no one has ever claimeo
that it was. The widespread satisfaction IN
commercial circles, however, shows now correo,
the opinion was which The TRIBUNE expresseu
early last fall that it was the imperative uct
of Congress to pass the best tarlh Dill WIZ III
could be devised before the session enoou'
Still, there has been considerable hypercri,i0'I.
of it recently in high quarters. To this la'e ,o -.
finding Senator Morrill, replies Vigorously
talk reported in another column oi 'hi'
paper. He points out how difficult, Ii not luz
nossble. it would have been to pass De''er
bill and how easy it would have peeh W p"o'
none ut all. While the Senator's defence may
not convince captious fault-fnders, 1t VIII a'
least have quoting effect.
The ANALYSIS of the Aqueduct bill now before
tho Senate. which will BIO found in the letter
from our Albany correspondent, Is worth 'no
careful reading of taxpayers In tnls Guy !"
ouebt to insure rousing attendance al the
indignation meeting to be held III cooper IN
stitute tomorrow night 1t will be seen that
all the objections which Mayor Edison has
pointed out are well taken. AS the measure
stands there seems to be no end to the chances
of Jobs, patronage, delay, deadlocks and ex-
travagance. Most of the safeguards for the
protection of the taxpayers pockets which
appeared in the original draft have been set
aside by the Committee on Cities. The Tam
many managers, however. have thrown In
few clauses calculated to keep the Commits
sjoner of Public Works from getting more
than his share of the spoils.
1t must take good deal of courage to face
life on 60 cents day, especially II the man
who earns this pittance has family depend
ent on him for support. Under such c1rcum-
stances, therefore, it is little wonder that Mr..
Robert p. Porter, in his letter to THE TRIBUNE
from Dowlais. Wales, is compelled to write
that beer is the principal article of diet among
the inhabitants of that forlOrn iron district.
Drink ia the natural consolation OF men III such
Indebtedness, and beer is the cheapest beVer-
age they can get. In keeping with this living
misery is Mr.. PorteI:s description OF the desc
lation and decay to be seen around the Penny
Darran Iron Works at Merthyr Tydvil, which
IRE now closed. Twenty years ago these
shops were the scene of extraordinary activity ;
now they are silent, notwithstanding the great
advantages of their situation. Starvation wages
are not always profitable it seems, even Ill
England.
If further proof were needed of the assertion
that the affairs of the lab0ring men in this city
are managed by a lot of demagogues, the talk
which the delegates to the Central Labor
Union INDUCED in yesterday would be entirely
sufficient. Violent speeches were made in favor
of the political use of dynamite, which was
described as the friend Of wOrkingmcn. Now
the truth is, as any one can see after mo-
ment's reflection, that in a dynamite campaign
in this country or in England the working
classes would suffer more than any others. a
few officials might be killed by the destruction
of Government buildings or private dwellings;
but for every official who lost his life in this
way score or more of humber people who
would certainly be about, either as servants or
passers- by, would be slaughtered. Dynamite IS
no respecter of persons. When it goes OFF, II
blows up a strect-sweeper who happens TO be
there Just as readily as a Prime Minister.