The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
SKINNED FRON FLOWING PALS OF
THOUGHT.

Senator BIair's ~BOok-Sawyer ON Lamxr.
Losses by strikes-Organs Of Corpora
tions-A Plan to Break the Trust"
C~ottonseed OIL in Lard.
II we take Senator Blair at his own
words, he is a fanatic Of the most danger
GUS sort.
He would not he content with forcing
prohibition upon the people Of the United
States by constitutional amendment:
That having been accomplished, he would
enlist all the power and resources OF this
Republic in an endeayOrt to force prohibi.
ton upon the nations OF Europe and
South America, and the peoples OF Asia,
Africa, and Polynesia. He would do
this, not by missionary effort or friendly
persuasion, but with shot and shell.
We do moi misrepresent Mr.. Blair, or
exaggerate the intent of his actual words.
"Our nation must become al active
agency" he says, lin the great family Of
nations for the destruction Of the traffic
throughout the world"
How does he propose to destroy the
worlds liquor traffic? "Let US build
our navy, outlaw the liquor traffic, de-
clare it piracy when conducted upon the
high seas, and suppress 1t with shot aid
shell. 1t is worse than the trade in
slaves"
After declaring a certain part Of the
commerce of England, France, Germany,
Russia, Italy, and Spain to be piracy, and
after sending forth the United States
navy on its bloody mission Of reform,
how would Mr.. Blair proceed upon the
high seas? Capture or sink every ship
that carries the contraband article, and
give it to the way 5" Gays this saDguin .
airy reformer.-N. y. Sun N BARS book.
Senator Sawyer is reported as saying
that he sees no objection to the confrma-
ton Of Mr.. Lamar, and holds him to be a
truly loyal man. lie will answer TO his
constituents. Among them are Union
veterans, their sons and those Who hold
them in honor, to whom 1t may not seem
fitting to place on the Supreme bench a
man who labored nightly to instigate
the rebellion, who broke his oath Of ale
glance to the United States, seeded from
Congress, and took an active part as q
traitor.-N y. Tribune.
The foretaste Of Labor COMMISSIONS
Wright's report on strikes given TO the
public only serves to whet to a keen edge
the appetite for further official informa-
ton on the subject. The COMMISSIONS
tells us that the losses 10 employees in
the United States, by reason of labor agi-
tations of which they were the melting
causes, or the agents, during the six years
from 1881 to 1885 inclusive, amount TO
about $50, 600, 900, or $4,000 600 a year.
LockOuts are properly added to strikes In
the rough estimate, as the former are in
variably provoked by strikes that are
threatened IL not carried out. Probably
history does not show a solitary case OF
lockout which would have been enforced
except in opposition to or anticipation OF
a strike, but in onr judgment, they are
equally Ieprehensible. Now
the question that we should like to see
answered in black and white is this-how
much, if any, increased wages did the
strikers gain during these six years as an
Offset TO their known losses of 500, 900,
OVO. VVNf ""' ~ NV""'e'SN'
Referring to the papers that back the
Pacific railroad boodlers, the World says
"Thcse organs which are the servants
Of corporations cannot set forth their in
dorsement Of these views in SO many
words for obvious reasons Thus 1t is
that they simply assume that men like
Stanford and Huntington, who bride and
commit perjury, have not done anything
specially out Of the way, and that 1t is
demagogism TO talk about bringing them
TO account. Assumption can do a great
deal, but ii cannot paint the devil white
nor render it safe TO dance on the edge OF
a precipice. Does it not occur to the
corporation journalists that they are
treading on dangerous ground
THE recognized principles of political
morality may be very elastic, but they
cannot be stretched SO % 10 cover the
great crime In question. 1t Is the pecu-
| liar mission Of honest men in this age in
this country TO strike down the freema-
sonry OF corruption which produces such
enormities as the Pacific railroad ban
dts"
Mr.. Mason of illinois, Republican and
Protectionist, will offer a resolution in
the House Of Representatives in regard TO
the numerous trusts which are the latest
form Of monopoly created under the
tariff laws. In an interview Mr.. Mason
speaks correctly Of the robbery the trusts
perpetrate on the working people, and
suggests as a remedy that Congress all.
thorize the President to suspend for one
hundred days the tariff on any necessary
OF life which a trust is %monopolizing.
All right as far as 1t goes, Mr.. Mason,
but why not repeal the duties on raw ma
terials entirely? 1t is these which are in
the main the subjects Of these trusts, and
the Government does not need the reve-
nue. got from them.
Free raw materials-thal's what Ii
wanted TO cure this trust buslness-N y
Herald
The Chicago Herald suggests the fol