New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-05

Jefferson Davis on the Labor Question.
Under date OF Beauvoir, Miss, March 81,
Jefferson Davis writes H. w. Pope OF M ar.
shall, Texas.
Fully approaching the compliment con-
veyed by your request for my views as to
what legislation might be adopted to adj
just the conflict now going on between CAPT.
tai and labor, 1 regret that the compli-
,nent isso little merited The old, old war
between capital and labor has called forth
the best intellects OF Europe. It has dis
turbed commerce, overthrow governments,
produced anarchy and crept from the
wreck without solving the problem. With
us the contest is in the Incl pient state, and,
happily it may be something can be done to
check it's growth. Self-interest and free
competition for labor will, whenever la
Dor is abundant give to the rich the pow
er to Cypress the poor. We cannot legis-
late to destroy the motive OF self interest.
for that lies at the foundation of material
progress, and our efforts must therefore be
directed to unifying the interests OF labor
and capital, 50 far as this may be done by
legislature OF the state. The present form
OF the conflict in our country is between
associated labor and corporations employ
ing it. 1t is not sufficient answer to say
that theprice oflabor has advanced, unless
it can be shown that the profits OF labor
have moved with equal pace with the
profits OF capital. For in this as in
ether things OF comparative welfare, we
must consider the relative Improvement.
The standard OF comfort rises proportion
ally to the Increase Of wealth in a country
Your idea OF court of arbitration, think,
has much to recommend it. The organiza-
ton OF such a court so az to secure equally
the confidence Of both the contending par
ties would require both lberality and dis
cretion, and it would be needful that their
decision should be based on something like
q cooperative principal OF industrial part
nership in which the wages OF the employees
should be measured by the profits OF the
corporation. If, in this manner, a com
munity OF interests could be established
the welfare and contentment OF both
would seem to be q possible result.
A collision between Orange and Catholic
roughs occurred after the holding OF a
loyalist meeting at Glasgow, Scotland.
an Orange mob attended Catho Ole chapel,
which was crowded with worshippers and
smashed all the windows.
D. R. Smart, agent in New York OF George
Fowler & Co., produce merchants OF Liver
pool and Kansas City, with his wife and
brother, was arrested at Montreal. Smart
is charged with defrauding his employers
out OF about $4,000.
It is said that Miss Palms, with whom
Senator Jones became infatuated, is short
ly to wed a New Yorker.
A Williamsport, Pa, furniture factory
burned; loss, $55, 900.
Levi Jared OF New Brunswick, N. j.,
died in the state prison at Trerton. He
had been an alderman, postmaster, as
semblyman and state senator. In 1883,
when collector OF Middlesex county, he
took $4,000 of the county's money and
was sentenced to ten years imprison.
ment.
At the suggestion of France, the powers
have modified the original terms OF their
ultimatum to Greece and the document as
finally agreed upon, will be presented to
that government in a few days. France
has written to Greece advising her to dis
arm. 1t is believed that Greece will follow
the advice.
The total number of deaths which have
resulted from the conf1agration which re-
Gently devastate ted the town OF Stry, Austria,
IS l2S. The grea ter number were caused
directly by the flames It will cost at
least 81, 100000 to rebuild the burned
houses. The loss on private property was
100000. 80 'NpS- = "'''
Mr.. Gladstones adherents have decided
upon a formal collective statement oftheir
objections to the land bill, and viii present
~ TO the premier with request that the