Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
Or the WEEK
Interesting NsWs Compilation.
INVESTIGATING STRIKE

cAf0nsJ
Bischon, . German banker. testified on tho
18th that the hours d labor here were shorter
than IN Germany. Employers should be urged
to find time to study the interests of their en-
pioyes; II this were the case there would not
ID America did better work than thos ss1i ID
Germany, but their homes were not as com.
Portable, and, - . consequence, they were
dr. d,ss:s, sosa. 4 ifss epes tSsk g 81 III sa5 gII6ons sh ds.
posted In the savings' banks by workingmen
was devoted to the establishment of their
homes. the working people would be more
better on. Moral training would do more to
prevent strikes than legislative action. When
employers treated their wOrktngI men In kind
.cesstty for trades unions. Laborers here. he
industrial schools IN which girls and women
Witness satd al lcombinations had IN tnjuri.
GUS influence on the consumer. but he did
not seo how they could be remedied by legis.
pleased Viii. their money. but he did think
there should be- some legislation to prevent
men from dealing In futures-that il, the
s was species sa esa Of gs%ibl Ing. The The trade ed dollar :.
he thought. should be redeemed by CongrosA,
Joseph Medlll, editor Of the Chicago Tribune,
was . witness before the committee on the
18th. He said he had been connected with the
press since 1913. Tho chief cause of thei mpe
cunlous condition OF the masses OF laborersin
this country he attributed TO their own i'm
proy IL aeseb t Hes only q .s way t a. im 4p,,oT y them .Se
earnings of the .lRborers was spent I'm liquor
and tobacco. It has been calculated that the
a a%9u a annually la4lnR y spenssa * tse dlmsp 'aa9 I. poP Ps.s;
9e0O.OoQ900 morewas spent In cigars tobacco
n useless Amusements. Healthy dwellings,
at low rent, high license and personal temper
!s sasS h sH bud p psnsi att GSr FACE R fa 1PPolisio sisps =
hibijon. Unhealthy tenement houses should
be torn down. The present tariff was. feec-
~. ande Il asini 4. Goeop pess Ssle could SsEinn NOT Sc
successfully carried out under the present
conditions. e could only Be possible when
gence. What tho country wanted was more
mechanics. Industrial schools should be es.
tsblfshed In every large city; where educs-
e. M, spe.kins Ct the railroad question, NJ:
adopted Tor SECURING uniformity of rates.
the power OF arbitrarily changing the valued
all the products. of the country. Both State
and Federal legislation should be employed to
railroads was far In 9 of the cost OF the
constrnctiOnof roads. and they were annually
Meecing the people OF the country out Of mil
lions OF dollars OF profts.
ING OeSGlmOuy OF h6QOen -. C6T1Oll, IN OIL
producer, was given on the eth. H IL were
not for the ebate allowed the Standard OH
Company BY railroads, hi said, that company
would have plenty OF competition. All pro
dncers. were Obliged to sell their products
through the Standard Oil Company. indie.
pendent Of the latter company there were
about one hundred thousand persons interest
ed In oil production. To compete with the
6tandard Oh Company would require q capital
Ct le0.go0.Oo0 Several. corporations had been
pany, but they, had been stopped In the
C0urO by induncfi0ns and other proceedings,
and from the obstacles met with had been
Obliged to sell out. There was not so very
mostly conducted through pipes. There were
many wells yielding to-day that had been
closed fora time. The average yield per well
at present was SIX barrels per day. The witt
terfere with these matters of transportation.
regulate the c~harges'of Transportation.
Charles Seidler, Of the tobacco firm Of Lor
lizard 4 Co. was examined on the 18th ult. III
said his hrm employed about 1000 persons
and now pays wages amounting annually Il
$2,600.0oo. They had pad as high as S4.0OO,0 0l
a.year. About. forty per cent. of their EN-
ployeS are girls. Most of their employee
live in fenements. Unfortunately they
are t~mproyident, and spend their wagei
bacco manufactories In the United States
most Of them small. There are 10000 pound
OF chewing tobacco manufactured annually
In the country: All who are injured or be
s sS%s j. Z he sh faTo s%Pl &c ere ss%ta sssstsa Mit II !
ddustrial schools. Many employers are turn
ing their minds toward enhancing the inter
ests of their employees socially and otherwise
The committee adjourned to October !.