Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-18

In the Financial Statement of Iron coun-
ty, published in our edition of March 4th
1886, the following item appeared:
| or Poor-.. s, So, 20 ,,
In ls'p, the amount appropriated for the
same purpose was $500. In 1870 the popu-
iatlon of Iron county was about 5000; this
year 1t Is nearly. if not quite, 10 ,000-an in
| crease of % per cent. But it appears tha,
the poor, whom We have always with Us,
| and who must be taken care of in some way.
have in the same period increased so that
where an expenditure Of only 500 was then
necessary in their behalf. it takes nearly
s2,+O0 now-an increase of nearly three hun
dred per cent, 1t Is not the fault of CUR
county court; the judges are men of discre-
ton, and have done ali they could 20 keep
down all public expenditures. But it is
rather the fault of the system, and we insist
that the time has come when other methods
should be tried. We would like to hear
from the Taxpayers all over the county,
Let them write their views freely, and we'll
print them. In future article we shall,
with their help, make some suggestions to
the court looking toward an alienation OF
the burden.
As officially announced in this paper at
the time, on the 1st of March the st. Louis
Ore and Steel Company voluntarily, without
solicitation, gave their employees ut Pilot
an advance of from 10 to I2'4 per cent. on
their former wages. Rare rs such occur
FENCES are, generally speaking, this act was
not unprecedented in the history of this
company, which has at all times evinced a
determination to do the very best by their
workmen hat the times and situation will per
nit. An evidence of the truth Of this lies in the
fact that many Of their men have been in the
employ Of the company for an uninterrupted
period of years, and, amid all the turmoil of
the contest between capital and labor, they
have been happy, cOntented and prosper
Gus. II all other corporations had shown rs
much SOui As the Ore and Steel Company, no
strike Of 1900 wagemen would now be up
setting the affairs of commerce and traffic.
Therefore, the formation of the men at the
Pilot Knob mine in a society protective of
their rights ard interests was not impera |
lively demanded by the necessities of their |
That they have Il right to |
form such 4 confederation no reasonable /
person can deny; that, if properly managed, |
it viii conduce to their good in various ways |
is but reasonable: yet As the natural friend |
Of every honest labOrer seeking to win bread |
and comfort for himself and those depend
emit upon him, we caution them TO be reason
able in their desires and do uought rashly.
The mass OF human kind desires nothing but
simple right and justice; but in every aggre
CATION, large or small, there are those who
are disturbers, who seek TO profit by strife,
and who never lose but always seem to gain
BY the distresses of their fellows. They are
never satisfied. and wouldn't be content if
the earth were given them. They are gen.
orally kept within bounds, but being loud of
mouth and of brazen lungs, they not infre-
luentIy for short time assume the role OF
leaders TO better men. Only for few days, =
perhaps, and then they are relegated to their
proper piace-in the rear among the camp
followers. But in that short time they work
disaster such can be made good only by
months and years of patient endurance on
he part of those they have deluded. We
ire sure, however, this will not be the fate
If those who derive their livelihood ut the
Pilot Knob mine: they are intelligent, reas-
,nable men, and their employees are equally
reasonable and just.