Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-05

s.Aous ne In The ee AZ 4
, ,s.' is a thing ID -. q \ n.
long habit blIndssS v Mqsss,s \
wrong. The hIcSe... as b K \
y can only develop s. Y.
wants are satiselas Nqte n
Hover Of existent i1e * !
leisure, and yet ~ ~ !, eah n, /
m men in our highest s sIs,l sia
ure is a hing ,slslllsi,e
hours OF the wo.tir !. posn. n.
t 70 inc hem. man whose fsc,S',,y W.
me strain for ten a. acollles M
leisure, nor yet i ''wsllsAsss
days and weeks ma .nen W.
e. taTy ',i idleness which tns @o e' &
industrial organizs,'Iso,s'' Ilels:ll,.
dreds of thousaudsv, ss ione n
I'D by wearylng uncs ,ulsne,' Y
anxiety more exhsas,saI.lal1ly ~.
true leisure the facnI,9Ig, ~ \
ana care must be ahsarss.s ma !.
-, According TO such ~ N
TIherols Rogers, tbs aV.aofls,
d ENGLAND, six centufiess 0slas /
. elght hours, yet even Il I, 90 \
the inventions and Il lheal.'''
since l, mat time have 81 aPso'ss
creased, the producl,fs.o snoi
! sne 7 working class enioveSS ogs d
ana an exemption Ky ,o,. allise
which, despite the low Is n'a|
ton, made their cors lssR Il \
essentials OF healthful I "aa i \
ne lar superior 10 KY nv asli
their descendents in III ~,
teenth century. 'u'' solt|
What, indeed, we ma, II.
material progress Of ,, sslli'
men, If to get what i TX ~ ns
living they must WORT ,ssi aat
fathers, six centuries spo Su ~
that the great body ~ =, '@q
have increased leisure ana n psg
negln to reap some adya AN ~.
the generations have DONE \
ters plastic and force ohr NJ y ~
will. o0culeal
Without this, our NJ.
but a delusion, on, SaiE
a toll OF SysipSa. aals
worse. The tendenc,
minute division Of laS1. !.
coming more and more chm.
modern industrial methods Oh ! Il
the task OF the individual we " \
monotonous, and less 10 N.Y.
those higher Qualities a. ~. ,s;. n
skiil, whose exercise 4 nsSs..'.
tellectual health and dey,ISs.'
workman is becoming a my
machinery, and his work lAs NJ
ana over again OF some sIDss !.
many processes required Io,a
ton of some single one Of &.
cesses required Tor the pro1n.
single article. This tenlsr,.
OF the nature of modayn IL ~
provements, would not Ia Il "
regretted, If the gain h NM
workman was anything lIEe
rate with the gain ia Probe \
But If it involves no reducha, \
hours, its effect must bo "a 4.
worker, and, in spite Of pulS
TO lessen popular intelllsero
the reduction Of the working
a temporary decrease in he M
wealth, it would still be 4 \.
wisdom and prudence. Butt
ing OF the sort.
When glut and stagnstiun N
attributed to "oyer.producsn
hundreds of thousands who \
be at work, stand idle, a hi
hours, even If it proportiunsu5 H.
the efficiency of labor, wouR &
general loss. But instead d
the efficiency of labor, a redu:s
working day must increasek
agent In production is not d
mind. IL is not by virtue 10 &
ers that he shares in with ths,I
by virtue of those powers d
Y ses superior to the anigd, x
The producer, the brlnger-lorn \
not, by taking thought, addsc
stature, but he may, by hk4
avail himself of the mighty Il
Natures forces and convert N d
into the forms that nns
own desire. To human posai
,ection there seems, practsES
"a the light of what has III
accomplished by discovery All
Who shall set bounds to Thl
md invention may hefeaitelA
The proposition to reduce y
hours Is a proposition 10 \
masses more leisure, andis ths
iition for the increase Of pOlIE
fence, that faculty whia
competent to remedy the gff
ices which now attend The
u wealth, and from whEt
'ower in the production 81 va
'roceed. 1t effects will not f
qualize in a better manner
eisure, but to increase the q
work, and thus make more ltsl
lie.
The reduction Of the Wui1
light hours involves no N
RACES. Under the conditlcnn
'henever land has been nie +.
roperty, and men who have m
ne power to labor are y
)und in q cut-throat comNa
leir labor power to some ~ n
FEATURE, who can give then
Dill" the general note-Elsr
overned by what the lsoQl
lust be content to live on y
~ day were increased TO s1A
ages would not rise. i
uced to six hours they WOW
ut the longer the working
lie ability Of the worEeIs
ld remedy the wrongs o. w
onscious. The shorter lAs v
lie greater the power.
In the attempt to limit lnss
} eight hours, the labor sssN
king the most hopeful X.
IT attempted. But nlayA
iked, why the inaugHrtuel
lcent reform shouldbeleegS M
voluntary associations
ay wisely prohibit lsO0i%
X days Ia the week, why ~
bit labor Of the sameklIa Y
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