Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-22
EDs T0iszAL NOTES.
Boycott the boycott.

Boycott the boycott.
 The population of Ireland is only 151 per square mile, while that of England and Wales is 172, France 1s4, Germany 213, and Belgium 510.
 The Boston Advertiser tells the plain l truth when it says that the members of trades unions, like other people, will find that real and permanent power can never rest upon anything but fair play. An "old man" writes to saying that he has kept his eyes open during his long life, and has observed that strikes make room for unemployed people, and that strikers usually go to work, if they get work, for less than they leave.
 The right of an employe to refuse to work is pretty well established, but the right of an employer to refuse to employ man whom he does not want is not generally ad-
 mitted. It will, however, we believe, ulti-
 mately gain general recognition.
 A comparative review of the wages of la
 bor and the cost of living in Springfield, Massachusetts, during five years, shows an advance in wages of about twelve per cent, a decrease in prices of not less than the same percentage, but an increase in rents equal to 25 per cent.
 The trade and labor assembly of Chicago sees which way the wind is blowing and has resolved that any union appealing to the as sembly to support boycott must submit a full written statement of its grievances and demands, and that the case shall then go to the arbitra- tion committee of the assembly to be settled, if possible, and that when the assembly be-. comes responsible for boycott it must have the power of settling it at it's pleasure.
 There are a number of Chinese junks on the Pacific coast, and it will surprise eastern people to learn that the freight carried by these boats amounts in value to about $3,- GOO, ,000 year. They are engaged in the fishing trade on the lagoons tidal creeks which run up into the low, marshy lands 1y- ing along the shores. They. make as much money in as short time as possible, and then go back to China. From Vallejo to the extreme south they are busy all the year round, dragging the waters of the bays with nets having .meshes small that nothing that swims can escape them; salmon fry,
 minnows, young herring, shrimps, and large fish are all scooped in. The larger fish are sold at ten to fifteen cents per pound in Chi natown, San Francisco, while the smaller ones, together with the shrimps, are sent abroad.
 Dr. Worms, medical officer to the Chemin
 de Fer du Nord, has recently published re-
 port and presented it to the French Academy
 of Medicine. Among 1,173 railroad officials
 whom he examined, in 224 the visual power
 for colors was imperfect, independent of
 any other lesion; 11S hesitated in distin-
 gushing the different colors; fl distin-
 guished red easily, but confounded green,
 blue, and gray; were perfectly color
 blind; 63 confounded red, green and gray.
 Those who presented an alteration of chrom-
 atic power sufficient to prevent clear distinc-
 tion of signals were not intrusted with the care of train. The examination of railroad servants before they are employed by the company excludes men with Daltonism from
 being employed in running the trains. Dr. Worms states that the proportion of color blind subjects was per cent. Many others, however, did not distinguish colors clearly. These officials had been submitted to an ex- l animation previous to that made by Dr. Worms, who suggests that color-exercises should be included in public instruction. The little and ridiculous stir created by the very unjust criticism upon Hon. H. T. Sperry of Hartford, recently appointed in- surance commissioner, caused by his taking l insurance advertising for the Evening Post l Annual in accordance with his usual custom, has been abruptly terminated by his resigna- tion of the insurance commissionership. He
 has apparently chosen to yield his rights to an unjust attack. His act will be generally l condemned in political point of view by the Republicans of the State as one wholly
 unnecessary and uncalled for. It has been stated that in any event he would have been
 required to dispose of his interest in the Hartford Evening Post if he retained the commissionership. This fact no doubt had some influence in shaping his decision. But
 his anxiety not to hamper the Governor was .l-1I.- Mr