New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-03
PAPERS ON SOCIAL SCIENCE,
DIR. GALLAUDET RELATES AN INCIDENT OF
THE SPoILs SYSTEM

COLONEL RICHARD AUCHMUrYs PLEA FOR
| TRADE UNIONS CONTROLLED BY AMERI.
| CANS-A NEW FORCE IN THE SOUTH
Saratoga Springs, N. ", Sept (speciaD-In the
| American Social science Associations meeting this
morning, President E. II. Gallaudet, president Of
the Deaf Mute College at Washington. D. c.. in call
ing the Department Of Education to order, directed
attention to recent fragrant instance Of the "spoils
system occurring OF Columbus, Ohio where q cap
able and experienced superintendent Of the great State
Institution for Deaf Mutes had been replaced by a
! man utterly ignorant OF the peculiar methods Of
| teaching the deaf, and who could not even conf
muncate with tire pupils In their natural language
| OF gesture. DIR. Gallaudct pointed out the great
| wrong done to the many hundreds OF deaf children
! now being educated In Ohio by this unwarrantcd
act which In direct violation of law and showed
| how the general adoption Of such o practice would
destroy the efficiency Of the profession Of deaf mute
! teaching.
! college Girls and Working Girls as Factors in
Social Life" the title Of Interesting puper by
Miss F. j. Dyer, OF Boston,
| Colonel r. T. Auchmuty, Of New-York, made
| long address the "Tradc School system lilo
said among other things:
The old apprentice system cannot be revived, because
conditions under which 1t nourished and under which
IL wise cannot be restored Few conscientious
mechanics would willingly assume the responsibility
the apprentice laws impose upon them whh they
not ianl Stll fewer respectable parents would willingly
the control OF their for long Of years
and put It out Of their to him
shop where nc ill.treated unhappy, which did
not suit his taste or his constitution or better oppor
tunity for the lads future offered itself anxious
American boys at the present day " learn trade that
II It was attempted revive the old System ndcnturcs
might signed but would be with the knowledge that
they are a rope Of sand The indenture Is form Of
slavery and slavery In any form has become Odous as
we'll impossible. The American people too prac.
a,
eadinG. There is need Of a long service In work.
shop for Is not only claimed but It has been proved.
that more learned In three four months at
trade school than Is usually acquired In a. many years
| No demand OF Labor has tecn unreasonable or
20 worth, o: public condemnation. the claim that st
constituted organizations have the right to decide how
many YOUNG men shall follow each calling That these
organizations often Sompestd Of and usually con.
rol.d by foreigners who Ar earning hls4' wages from
which they to exclude countryneD hSk"s sub
mission to trade union apprentice rules disrrdit 7"
American manhood. II the Telegraph Operators had been
organized aud crn,d by such rules ia rcgaI to ta'h'
| ING Young men their calling wien Edison VAS news.
toy tho graf nvcnto. nght still have been selling
newspapers, and the mighty INDUSTRIES ne mas cr'u'e0
| have|bcen lost to civilization
gave zach o. ms aSt&in tastes or apitnd'S umt
the work Of thu word might better lc done our cuty
20 the Young is to develop those tastes not to t'J to
| crush them.
We ar, being confronted with the question whether with;
in the American Republic there to be established another
ro,cnn en-. VI knights, feds raons and Of supreme c"d
els sitting In sccrt. Judging in secret and ISSUING de
crc.s that obyd AT the peril Of l'fe and properly!
Tratc unions. all admit necessary for the protection
OF tn. wagcearnrr but what Is wanted are trade unions
ontrolcd by Americans. and not as at present b! io
cgner have been erected against the entrance
II our countrym,n into tho trades while the foreigner "
| made welcome. Let have manhood enough, we have
! enough 10 throw these barriers down II cannot no
,oo easily but the time has TO try to do IT, Our
young men, the graduates Of public schools sand Oh
cvc:y street corner begging for e." privilege OF oemg
allowed the laad Of their BIRTH FIJI the WORK
| Stops With them. They VIII then control the tr1de Or
sn,zatons and labor difficulties viii disappear for In
| :ligcnt. wel.,dn at 4 American worknch Will" ha'h
tanning their rights will respect The rights Of Others
"Sclvol Savings Banks as Feature in the Education
of Children the title OF long paper by J. II.
Thirty, Of Long Island City. lie said ia part:
The progress Of civilization has made the broadening OF
| our school ctammes necessary we nave ih~oouc'V
Knderrsrtns" manual and industrial training which en-.
tail large expense Oh the communities pu' "hcn WI" ~
/ turn :.nfoli int1rcs the investment
The liberal circulation Of monsv the case Win ~h'eh
the children in possession Of It and IT. use Tor uh"'e
ends convince anv one that oraeteA lesson" OF
thrift and economy arc taught children with the
rudimcnts education II will he steD In the rrht dec'
ton The system advocate has rornsory and ccon0
mic advantages which phanthropc MIND ran IGNORE
Instruction In the daily use I" money which Is lno NC
| knowledccd medium Of trade. is mans primal want
| The child who will have received. With wefounced
education the practical lessons Of thrift eeonsmS ana
manual training will be the posscssor of the powers whoh
may forever stand between him and the Doorhouse between
Virtue and while love for the little REPUBLIC OF Tho
school him love for the larger republic Of his c
zcn.hip In word Mr.. c. Palmer has Expressed H.
..b. ..lfmade scholar comes forth the sefnlade
ready to meet life exIrcnccs. and enjoy In oil
It's gracrs."
DR.. W. T. Harris Of Washington. D. G.. read paper
Ion Education and Crime which showed dep ihsift
into the subject and cvinoed careful preparation The
| reading OF the paper followed by general dis
| cussCn the subject.
This evening President Andrew ID. White mado some
extended remarks on the future Of American colleges
| and universities. 1.-THE Middle Estate In tho s0n'h'
was the title OF voluninous and able paper By the
Rev DR.. A. ID. Mayo. Of Boston Its r1ding ocru-
pied almost the entire evening. lie said among "tirr
things:
From the beginning Of European settlement even to the
rcscnt wear OF Lord the most prominent obc Of H.
ter,c AID n what used to call the south
crn States Of this Republic has been the relation Of The
,r md under classes VI. Southern society-thc slave.
hodlng Anclo-Saxon and the lately enahcpnt"d negro
No. only abroad but at home has scarcely entered INTO
IN. calculation. Of and economists that great
change In Southern Affairs was impending that you'd ping
another class TO the front. IL "ss known mat
,>cn in 1860 there 6.0oO,Ooo white pcop'e in
h.s southern States who had inin"dlate cohhcct'on
With klsveholdng; and that number on people sp'Al
than the present population OF Boso representing po'''
biv population Of 1000 OOo Comprised the ruling class
II was cspcctcd this middle class would b. ft IN
..re.t,nu the movement for secession In 1861 Aud
believe tina. decided majority VI these people hna he''
h., the desire nor intention Of striking for new natloi'
,,uv But with exception Of the action OF West
yrriis and the stubborn loyalty Of the mountain popu'
,a,ions Of the central south this expectation was as.
| rnIr,ed Wa met these people on the batl' field
~ FOUR sinai years. where they earned reputation
for good lighting which hae made the name Of our
| Aucrit Nh soldiery nlustrious.
| nut how like EiRhty appafiton srros' hc S""hern
LornA las aris1n this hope or portcnt "' t' no" inc
mini estate to challenge the authority Of the old iniihs
c,s. and place i.cf where the plain people In every
northern State es'ablLhed ss decisive IN.
| , 4. ,.uh,,. Affairs South turolina the head and
,n, n, tho old South swept BY political rcvou'
' 49, ,,d,r,I a, the emancipation OF the slaves In IeOo
where the old order got complete ooth'ld Is
now pGeng under the same control 10 ea'y n.s " - nov
, ,tosd what wgly concerns are involved II inc