Telegram-herald., 1888-01-08

The pFesiicslea ti.zi Tia EeadiaE Strike
would b1sak up ia Knights q Lssor Or
zsnizatioa u not beng verified Dy eaE-
rsLt events. Ia spite of Prsssdsns Cos
ANS -bold blu5s' All sxRssssiczs q
eontsmpi u the Knights i 10 ssldsat that
his road - seriously saabagE ssssd Gaa
that fns sETiksrs have steadily gainsd
gFoanc- The sapply Of eosl l. rapidly
being sxbsaateG, zad unlsss q can
promptly 10 replaced great loss vii sa-
Eis 10 manufacturing interests dspsnd.ng
upon coal e. fuel
A rsnsty must bs toand and that
speedily. FOR thsss chronic disorders.
Tie railroads ausf-ss miass ara not pri-
xnf sEgrsI<zn BE- csdiusgy absolute
sSIas 3ftEsxr4n.f Tie railroads ara the
pablic highways ior tns transportation
et tho nsessaaEss O, he; tue mines are
the siOrehcuass wLsrs tksse nsesssaries
have been stored - Ba.urs and whence
they masl b draEn. TIE pubic have =
r.<ht % l1s-st - matter Of life or
death ihsy asst insist--thzl those high
~Ays snA.i 20 aaObztEucted and that
shoss ssorea3ass, shall not 20 closed
against the assd1 u ths psopls The in
tsrests OF the msa wsoss money Is IL
vested Ia railroads znd a1iass. aud Of ths
laboreSs shoss toll - seltial 10 thsir
operation aEd devsiopmsut, may st times
conflict. bas the people must insist that
sarh conflicts shall bs refsrrsi 10 legal
court for setsismsnt and that the vital IN
sssats ol the eonmunity shall not be
sacrificed either 10 suit the arbitrary
vii q corporation OF shs blind impulse
OF the men who happen i0r the time TO
staad AZ tbs Lesd ot slabor organization.
This. Is Mayor HEwIrr. O, New York,
sad, Is = question % greater urgency
than Any question OF tariff or surplus.
We can survive a surplus; We can't long
snrvlvs these intsErinabLs struggles tha.
impovsrish ths people. thai wsste AID
destroy the wealth of the community and
Increase the e0st OF the nscsesaries Of
liis 10 those Who cAa hardly earn living
under normal conditions. Congress
should loss no time IN providing Tor the
prompt ssttlsmens of all sGch difficulties.
TRYING no STEAL THElg THUNDER.
representative BROWNE, OF Indiana,
who sss . member OF the Ways and
Means Commlttes last Congress aud was
again assigned to that Committee on
Thursday, 70, it IL said, preparing tariff
bill which hs proposes to submit to hrs
colleagues on tia Rspublicsn eide OF the
House Tor their approval, as : substitute
tsrr any. s<rif~ OH ths Democrats mEy
bring 10. lie thinks that there Is chance
o. the Democrats bringing into ths House
tariff oill OF suah character thss the Re-
puolicans could not afford 70 vots against
it, and then Whatever credit acsrasd
from the measure would 60 10 the Dem
ocrats. Hs proposes that the Rspubi-
cans shall havs hill OF their own, and
n the Democrats sd,pt one OK the same
sers the Rspu0lican can Claim that they
first made the suggestion. be hss noi
his bill sntirsly ready yet. bu, os expects
TO conplsss It IN time 70 submit 1t to hi.
party friends and get It TO the Ways snd
Msans Committee before they have time
~ report bill In character i wiz noi
diifsr widely from what 10 liable 10 b.
taken by the Democrats - cOpprom.
se IL vii propose the repeal OF th'
tobacco EAR, snd Of the entire duty ~
sugar. salt and lwsber. It viii rsdGc'
toe duty on some grades Os wool. or prob
ably place the eosrssr grades Of wool OF
thu free list. The aim will bs TO take the
tax of article sntsring into everyday
consumption, IS Far as possible. withou
aisturbiog "assdsd' protection.