The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-23

second, to institute a system Of strikes,
which. II Is expected. they VIII then
be able to carry out without the
possibility of the oapitalstsand corpora
lions resisting the demands that will he
made upon him. by this systematic
procedure, the leaders Of the leagues
hone TO raise wages from Sl.25 per day
the present figure, to $3.50 over all the
Pacific slope. In an address to the
grand Jury Of Washington Territory
Chief Justice Green probably hits the
nail Of this whole labor difficulty on the
head. lie attributes 1t to the financial
depression experienced In all sections
Of the country; says that the Chinese
were far more numerous In that section
in 1850 than in 1855, and that their dis
charge from work, or removal, cannot
possiblv remove the difficulty: that II
the Chinese are driven out, the IRE
pressible conflict OF labor against capital
cannot be nyerted, and that, finally, the
only hope OF removing the effect Is to
remove the cause-hard times. The
worst phase Of the situation Is that dur
ing the winter, times are.eXpected to be
much harder than even now. ana ihat
this will give domagogues an opportu-
nifty to influence popular passions, the
results Of which will he still further and
more aggravated anti-Chinese outrages.'
|
| DIR. o. V. RILEY recently addressed
| the American Association on the subject
OF silk culture, IN which he said: "oilh
culture has been prHcticud in this coun-
| try for half o century; but the Industry
| Is far from being established. these trials
| having only shown that silk can be
| raised over thrcc-fourths Of the United
| Stntes if there Is market for the CO
coons. At present this Is largely lack
Ing. all attempts TO manufacture So
called raw" ucclodl silk In this coun-
try having proved financial failures
The writer advocated protective duty
upon "raw" silk to encourage the pro-
duc,ion Of cocoons in the United states.
The raisiug Of SILK he holds to be an I'M
du,trv best carried on rs domestic
industry ON u small scale, and as adapt
ed especially FOR the many women and
children who can not readily find any
other productive employment. The
profits he estimates at SD to So for
the season for family Of three persons
with cocoons at 81 q pound. In the
discussion of the paper some OF DR.
Riley's conclusions We're questioned
by Mr.. Atkinson, who maintained that
the establishment Of silk culture In TN,
United States Is not desirable. There il
no lack Of employment for labor in the
United states, IA the high rate OF wages
shows; and the fact that the making O
reeled silk has been Improbable, show
that capital can be better employed
silk culture is handicraft simply, and
has always been carried on by the poor
est and most inefficient peoples, who, ~
they rise in the scale, abandon it, rs Il
now coming to be the case In Southern
France. The argument. that we shall
save the s2O,OOOOOO which we now pay
for imported silk. Is fallacious. WheI
we exchange articles produced by Labor
costing 81 per day, for the silk of Chin
or Japan raised by labor costing five o
ten cents per day, we gain and not lose
We cannot afford to do for ourselyo
what foreign paupers will do for III
cheaper "-,Iohnson's journal.
san ANToNGo'S boom from this allege
Volksfest celebration will not be Of yer
vast proportions, but If no one takes in
to account that it in no manner az
preached the celebration of two year
ago, it probably will have served il
purpose.