Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-01-21
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ah1 CONGRATULATIONS
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

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CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
From the first organization of our national
government uatil the close of the administra-
ton OF John Quincy Adams the practice OF
removing federal officers for partisan reasons
was comparatively unknown.
With President Jackson's adm nistration,
however, was inaugurated that degrading
system which makes spoils OF public offices
and distributes them as rewards for party
service
This pernicious custom was continued to a
sreater or less extent, uutil the eople, weary
OF its evil influence. demanded a correction
OF this abuse, and Congress- IN resi- onse
adopted what Is known as the Civil Service
Reform Act. Wholesome results would
doubtless have followed the conscientious
enforcement of this law, but its provisions
have been completely disregarded both in
letter and in spirit by the Introduction of the
newly crime Of offensive partisan
ship,
A system Of espionage and intrigue which
encourages vile and inquisitorlal scrutiny
into the personal affairs of public officers and
tonfers upon con gressmen the Questionable
honor OF acting as government detectives Is
repulsiye to every honest American, and any
attempt to shell such system under the
pretense Of reform Is an Insult to American
intelligence.
THE INDUSTRIAL QUESTION.
The industrial question, involving the re-
lations between labor and capital, the rate OF
wages, and the proper distribution of wealth,
is by no means new one, nor does it require
the application of new principles for its solu.
ton, but rather the reyiying Of new conf.
dence in old virtues.
We must maintain for the laborer larger
compensation for his work than is realized in
other countries, and should eradicate some
evils which, though yet in their infancy, are
constantly growing upon us and threaten
much danger in the future. The time is past
when physical force should be relied upon for
the settlement of these questions. Justice
and reason should gsvern the capitalist and
the laborer. Strikes and lockouts are meas
ures too wasteful and expensive in civiliza
ton having wants so urgent and manifold as
ours IL is as proper and perhaps as essential
for labor 10 or aniZe as for capital, but as or.
ganiZed capital under The con rol OF able man.
ayers is soon wasted, SO will the benefits of
the labor organiza ions be lost il their control
alls into the hands of selfish and designing
demagogues.
1t is misfortune that trivial and sometimes
imaginary, evils are magnihed. and by unscup
olous and narrow minded politicians for the
pur oSe of exciting tue preiudiaes and exas-
perating the ASSIGNS OF well meaning people.
Evils will ever grow out of the inevitable
CHANGES of SOCIETY as our population increases
our duty as intelligent an honorable m II to
meet these questions as thes arise, and dis
posing of them with spirit OF fairness and
justice, prevent the noisy Iitator from max
ing them su sarvient IT, base schemes OF per
sonal and artg interest Such q lerson is an
enemy to the best interests of the people, and
a clog upon the efforts OF those who by wise
and beneficial measures are striving to pro
mote and amelior4te the condition of man
| kind.
Boards of arbitration for the adjustment
and settlement of disputes between ca ital
| and labor, and especially those peru lar to
| the mining in er, st, have been adopted In
other states with the best results; and be.
| lieve that such course would also lroye
benisc al to us.
Yet while everything should be done on the
art of the state to protect the rights, and
i'm rove the social condition OF the laborer
| he should never forget that honest, diligence
| int Ii gence, frugalty and sobriety are the
| only trustworthy means by which success and
permanent pros erity NAV he obtained, anG
| that all theories OF securing the rewards o.
| these virtues without rigidly practicing then
| are, and ALWAYS will be, fallacious. Eve ~
| laborer should aim to obtain a com potency,
| aud the state should render him al proper
assistance in his efforts in that direction, botf
| BY removin from his path the serpent that
| tenpts him to intern erance and prodigalitv
| and BY encoura ing the establishment of such
! institutions as will train him to systematic
| and economical management of his affairs
| Unto tunately the people of Iowa are LEST
| proficient 10 the art of saving, than that o.
| earning.
SAVINGS BANKS.
The experience of Europe and the older
| portions of our country has shown that a
| stem OF reliable savings banks uuder the
strict supervision Of the state is one of the
| most potent agents to promote the thrift and
| imT rove the condition OF our working classes
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| these institutions in our own country. The
deposits of the savings banks OF the state OF
| New York, are little less than five hundre
million dollars. New En- sland shows to still
| better advantage. According to the report
of the comptroller Of the currency the aggre
| gate of savings bank deposits in those statei
Is now Si92, 313,407
| The total population OF New England in
| 1880 was 4,0i0t21, and the present number
| of deposit accounts at the savings anks is !,
| 400, 1856, which shows 30 per cent OF the en-
| tire pol ulation to be depositors The average
| amount of each account Is $337,2l; the aver
| age per ca ita Sl22.77, or an average OF S6l3.-
| IS for every family of five ersons. Taking
the state OF Massachusett alone, we find still
better results, the DEF osits being $264, no, LAT
| Ia total population of 1,7o3,0S5, or Sl47. 80
per capita, and S736.60 for every family of five
| persons.
When we remember that these vast sums
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4 peoDle of mo erate means-the accept nee OF
arger deGoSits being prohibited by law--one
| can realize what the PERSISTENT practice OF fru
/ rality and economy may accomplish,
Imurovidence is the characteristic feature
IT the savage; the accumulation OF property,
| the first step toward civilization. 1t Is nc
| less true that the stability of state decreases
In the same ratio in which the hunter OF Its
| paupers increases; and that state has the
L hos frua mt for tnfn nal or
| peritY which has the lar est PROPORTIONS OF
, well-to-do citizens. The state should there
(, fore incite the laborer to obtain pecuniary In
| dependence, by providing for him places OF
del osit where his small surplus earnings are
| 70 .eived and safely kelt and where he may
| within few years accumulate a sum far be
| ond his expectation, which will prove com
fort to him and often great blessing to those
he leaves behind
For the purpose of intoxicating these prin
ciples in the minds of the young, some OF our
best teachers have introduced the savings
bank into their schools with good results.
EDUCATION.
The most powerful lever OF progress is edu
| cation. If it is true, as / hold 1t to be, tina
norauce, poverty and crime are intimately
related, it is the duty of every state to edu
cate.
In republic, where every man is an cleo.
tor and every elector is a sovereign, having II
the election Of his legislators and his ruler
equal voice with the best, the wealthiest an(
the wisest, iliteracy snd ignorance of til,
masses become national calamity. A re
pu1lic can survive war, famine and pesti
lence, but it cannot survive the intelligence
OF its people.
The demands of our people for high edu
cational standard is eyinced by the heav,
taxes voluntarily i'm os d upon their proper
ty for this purpose. Yet while all good am
intelligent citizens fully realize the i'm or
lance of mental and moral culture and re
uire their children to avail themselyee O
the educational facilities wit in their reach
there are also tn sc who through IGNORANCE
vice or nesltgenc,. deprive the children un
der their control of the benefits of the school
thus defeating the very purl ose or which tn
re school system was or, ated. For the rotet
ton olsuch unf rtunate children and the inter
ests of society, ado I on Of compulsor
edu alton law is i'm erativcly demanded anC
should be no longer DELAYED. IT Is sever
law that requires the widows home TO b.
sold to erect a school house and employ
teacher for the benefit of her neighbor'
children, and we shout tiinly rant thu
right to her to demand that those chldrel
avail themselves of the opportunities procur
ed at such a sacrifice
Teachers should develop the moral no les
than G mental faculties of the children un
der their charge and should en- leav1r to fos
ter in them such bits as will best secur
their future welfare Teachers should b
law be re u'relt instruct their pupils as
the injurious effects of the hahitual use {
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