The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-11
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III ing what the harvast might hsye been.
st the strikers had been reasonable tney coull
ic have secureda compromise. but they vantes
is all or pone. Do you suppose the ternble ri
r. OTIS of 1868 could hrve been put down by two
or three thousand uDdiscipliBed menP W.
> were fortunate in having $500 exper enctd
policemen under command OF systematic
captsins. They worked hsrmoniously and
h lon system, but suppose they bad been met
Q by equal harmony? Suppose there had been
Leaders to these terrible creatures, and they
E had worked on system toor bat would
n have become of the 2 500 men off ystem when
3 lopposed by 2 500 men of system? The party
: of law and order to day, We will suppose Ia
2 represented by the police and the moral
: force OF the community, backed here and
: there by regiments armed and competent.
/ That means q great srmy, and under ordin-
? airy circumstances 10 force, physical or
> mental, which was unsystamlzed q d undie-
! cipiliped could hope TO cope successfully
with them2 Here il the danger.
Scattered broadcast throughout this coun-
try is trades unions and lsoges and brother
hoods are men of will, who are gradually
learning the power of unity. Suppose they
J learn also the power of moderstion-tben
they woulu be more influential They save
money in time of plenty; they hold meet
ines, secret and public; they are working for
an end. 1t requires no expert eyes to de-
lect differences between these foolish men
and those who employ them, and the one
question for newspapers to discuss
and for statesmen TO ponder is, shah We
bring these two. capital and labor, together,
citing the wise members on either side con-
suit with the wise men on either side, or
shall We close our eyes deliberately 10 the
waving of the flag and let matters DRIFT
along until the time of certain collisionf
nave no sympathy with iooDociasts. and
none with revolutionists And | quite ap-
~preciste Iny lack of ability to succeed In
what many ADLER men have endeavored,
namely the outlining Of q system which can
make
TWO ENDS OF A COMMUNITY HARMONIOUS,
elevatiBg the low without necessarily bring
ing down the high. do believe, however,
that there is a common ground Of common
wealth, and hen that is found both sides
will be happier. Professor Felix Adler, and
other active movers in the Society for Eth
ical Culture, have an idea that capitalists
can be induced TO invest large amount Of
money In improved for which
they will charge reasonable rentals A few
days ago, the Professor, in response TO q
dusstion, said be thought capitalists could
De induced to invest with a certainty OF 5
per cent. return, aud insisted that there is .
large amount of ca pital which brings nc bet
er interest than that, and that millions ere
locked Up ia Government bonds az no better
lidIFs AC u III t1alA - o1a LIZ w
workers were endeavoriDg to buiid q model
tenement house, which would give the in
mates sufficient light. proper Ventilation and
good plumbing. q that the actual earnings
Of the house, which. at a low estimate, would
oe 6 per cent, would be divided between
ibe capitalists who furnished the original
outlay. and I'd whom would be paid 8 per
Gems, and an insurance fund to protect ten
laDts against hard times. Further, IL AZ 1 their
Intention tn credit such tenants as give the
owner satisfaction by their behavior with an
amount in proportion to the rent they pay
each year, the idea being that these credits
would in time accumulate at compound in.
terest, so that eventually the tenants might
pay of the or .glnai outlay, and the build
ipgs would then pass into the possession
N those who live in them. We all know
Felix Adler TO be a good aud honest
man, but it seems to me that he evinces in
this, II correctly reported, an extraordinary
ack of rs to both rich aud poor.
Men who build tenement houses, as Q rule,
are as fond of money as the rest of us. One
OF them the ether day saidito me that q South
American friend Of his had writ en- him con-
corning the investment of = large amount of
money, and had, in response 10 a request for
advice, suggested that he should build tene-
ment houses. from which the largest posi-
bic return would be received. Continuing,
he said Il have all kinds of tenants. vso1
rich, medium, and very p0or. / would II,
nnitely prefer to deal with the poorest Who
are compelled to be content with whet they
have, and whose very existence is the best
guarantee for prompt payment Of compare
lively large rents. They never complain of
ventilation, of light, OF plumbing, OF a thou
sand and one things which men accustomed
10 comforts insist upon. They
TAKE WHAT THEY PAY FOR,
and are glad to get it," In other words. ex-
perieDced capita lists understand that a huge
tenement house ia which can be pack ed from
so to 100 families is certain not TO exceed
a minimum sum for annual repairs. These
men Will hnd that Ia this, as In every other
case, IL is much easier 10 lay plans for other
peoples ex Expenditures than to secure their
adoption. It is equally well 'nown that
tenement house people as a rule are quarrel
some and improvIdeDt Ii would puzzle
tbe most experienced detective 10 find fifty
veil born, well bred, well-to do families IN
this city who could live for any number of
years under a common roof az tenants. and
still more difficult to find an equal number
OF families who csuld or would live together
under a common roof Bs owners. What
then should be expected from the emigrAnt
class? OF humble birth utterly unedu-
Gated CAKE ess in habits, herding like plgs,
unused 10 the decencies CT life, how could
they live together in any considerable num-
oers peacefully as tenants or ss ownersr
tAo lucn 10 OAOpltu. anu no amount Oh bys-
tenn, IN my judgment, eau ever make IL
feasible. Educstion appears TO be the nor
nal and most effective lever in civilization,
ADD III this connection We are confronted IN
this city by a very peculiar state OF affairs.
New York Is signsiiy lscking In public
buildings OF beauty. and peculiarly deficient
IN conyeniences for its officials Oar courts
are ov~ercrcwded, aud heavy rents are paid
o. sundry important De psrtmeDts, but a.
ssOn a. any member Of the board Of aoer-
men suggests the erection Of a suitable ouiid-
log for acc0mmOda ion II these departments.
which are al present On provided save as ten
ants. critics poGuce upon hin, denounoe
Ohm as a loD0er and hold him auo bis
schemes up TO publ C execrstion lt is q Ia
mentabie fact that our schools are over.
GRO Hded. that the forcing system as applied
~ injudicieus, ano that thousands OF chill
dren are preciuded from attending school
for lack OF accom- mediation. Education 10
gbe Keystone of our social ARCH IL the COM
tbg generation are laugh common sense. in
dustry, frugslity and respect for law and
order. II viii be much easier to mali ge this
difficult problem of capital and labor Ia the
coming fifteen years than II can possibly be
Il the rising generation are tree 10 roam the
streets, smoke cigarettes and visit cheap
theatres IS they DOW are.
TeanJson. in Gaono." says: Self rever-
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