Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-29
EPITCMlE OF THE week.
Interesting News Compilation.
Strike and Labor Investigation

Strike and Labor Investigation.
lSrssion in New York City of the United States
Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Edu-
cation.I
In response to questions put by the COM
nlittcc on the 1";h John Roach gave a sum-
mary of AL naval contracts made since 1860
WIN American ship-bliilders. He claimed
that his figures were collected from official
ionr,gn and american records never before
Iup.ishc'i; and hat England was responsible
1Hr the iaiSificatiOn Of Scward's prophecy of
speedy suppression of the rebellion. He
gave list of twerty-three English block
ade-runicrs captured during the early part
OF the war, which were loaded with
munitions of war the value
during the war cost SSi.o00OO1. and the
tcr:als and vessels were sold for S:s6WO,00o.
In the eighteen years since the war the United
SIatcS mas spent for new naval vessels only
G0': France, sSs,uoo1O: RUSSIA. s:s5.GOO.OU;
Itaiy, -: 9o:@N; Germany. 50. 5.0oo,GO0; Tur-
S..@Sutl, all fer iron-cI;,is. Roach gave Il
list "i all American naval contracts. and said
the new cruisers would be finished promptly
and chcaply.
Mrs. D:. Clemens Losier appeared before
the young in the principles of hygiene ana
thai young girls should be taught by women
Miss Helen Potter testified in regard to the
sanitary condition of the poorer districts Of
Miss Emily Fcrrier. President of the Work
1n%wHlnanS Protective Association, described
the workings of the association in its efforts
To protect and assist its members
f. h. Thurber, leading grocer of New
York City and Chairman of the New York
State Autobiography League. testified on tn,
2l~t that he believed the unsatisfactory state
OF tn" relations existing between labor and
capital, which prevailed to a considerable
tent in this country, was due to the enormous
changes consequent upon the discovery and
uiIiTaiion OF steam and electricity which,
within comparatively few years, had rcvOlu-
1inniZrd all departments of production and
commerce and to II great extent the affairs of
= atItiN III general nc>c new forces h;ll
hc,,n allowed to be monopo!ized by a few.
With these forces had come tremendous de-
organization. all OF which had conferred
Er"',I benefits upon humanity us Il whole, but
development had taken place without proper
regulation and crops of attending evils had
sprung up in consequence. He did not at
tribute all ills of society to the effects of this
Kind of monopoly: there were many causes,
as land monopoly, currency monopoly, trans
portItiOn monopoly, tariff monopoly, combi-
nation in trade monopoly, taxation. intcmper-
uIcr and ignorance. which have Il bearing upon
the prob ON. The majority of our Lawmakers
wcr" int crested directly or indirectly in cor
r'ratc enterprises, and statutes were enacted
in that Interest. Witness also spoke of the
us" of money in iniiucncin" legislation in
favor of corporations. and said that SO power
offenders could not be punished. The state
ii it had constructed railroads, would not
have watrrcd stocks, dscriminutcd against
persons and places. corrupted elections, de
bauchcl courts and created enormous wealth
for a fcwxat the expense of many; Mr.
Thurbcr Thought that the Presidential
would he Il step in the interest of both labor
and capital. He recommended the platform
of the Anti-MOnOpOly League to the consider
alton of fhe committee. senator Cole stated
that he thought witness had greatly miSrepre-
scented the standard of morality among public
men. and that he Cole did not believe there
We're ten In~n in Congress who were rcta ned
ny corporations Senator Pugh acknowl-
edged that there large number of
LEGISLATORS who were interested directly or
otherwise in corporations, but he was not of
the opinion that the personal act on of LcGiS-
lat"r~ was influenced thereby Senator Blair
declared that he had not owned share of
stock in any railroad corporation nor had he
received IL sinrle free pass from railroad
since he had been i'll pubic life Mr..
Thur!rcr explained that he did not mean that
these Legislators prompted LEGISLATION in the
interests of corporations. but that whenever
there waSa conflict of interest between corpo-
r;tiInnS ami tic people. they WGulh nave
tendency to take the side of the former.
Prof. .loln NJ. Gregory WAS called in the aft
CrnOuu ;Iir; gave his views upon cducatiOnai
matters. lie said that it WAS the duty of Con-
t-:..~S to render assistance in any part of the
country where iliiteracy existed
Thomas III. Dcvcre. who has written a great
deal ON the land question: WAS examined on
th" 18th. lie said the Government owned an
un limited quantity of land in the West Some
of the money annually spent i'll educating
young men for the army and navy could be
pended i'll survey ing some ot these vast
trsIc :. creating townships, and dividing them
into farms which cOIIlf he placed at the dis
pOSaI OF any cIngrants who wished to settle
on them
Edward King, q member of the Typc-found-
cr<' Union recommended technical eiuca-
ton in public schools Work in general, he
said has now become so mechanical that men
have intellectual exercise i'll their work.
After describing the methods of technical i'll
strIrtiOn adopted i'll England. the witness
said that neither doctors. lawyers. clergy men,
rIIui-S"lisrS nor politicians were allowed to be-
come members of tradcS-uniOns-