Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-26

money in establishing industries in
this country, thereby giving employ
ment to about all the Englishmen and
other foreigners that come to this
country, while the STAR favors the
system that invites the investment of
capital in such enterprises. The STAR
would hurrah with other Hot Springs
people if some Carnegie would estab-
lish any Kind of a manufacturing
plant in this city which would give
employment to hundreds Of working
men. And who among us would be
the worse off If he should become a
a thrice millionaire through his Hot
Springs plant? And who would be
obiecting if the working men should
erect schools, churches, ETC., and build
here another Homestead2 And who
would be kicking if we had to import
more men than we have to DO the
work? And who would kick if the
plant should shut up and pull out Of
town, and leave the place as it was
before?
But to come back to first thought,
who has been "robbed" by Mr.. Carne-
gle, or by 1.-THE system advocated by
the party of pro%tection?' Will the
Hatchet kindly answer that question?
The Hatchet makes the somewhat
surprising announcement that its
opinions are not moulded by the New
York Sun or .Argus-Leader. Since no
one has accused our contemporary of
borrowing its opinions n is naturally
inclined to feel that it is most too sem
sitive upon that po,nt-fearful, posi-
bly,, that some n might step npon a
tender place. Evidently, however,
democratic papers do not write accord
ing to their convictions, or they are
not all troubled with the same con.
victions.
Once again the Ratchet cmits the
statement that "the condition of af-
fairs which should be impossible under
a republican form of government is
that evidenced by the Homestead
affair" VIII our e. c. be kind enough
to state under what kind of govern-
ment the '.condition of affairs evil
denced by the Homestead affair"
would not be impossible? Please name
some enlightened country in which
strikes do not occur? According to
the Liverpool Mercury ''the recent dis
astrous strikes in the north OF Eng
land have made a vivid impression on
the paurer returns for April. The
number of able-bodied persons receiv-
ing out door relief increased during the
month from 142 and 1876 to $50 and
1878 respectively, and the number of
children of the out door poor from 422s
and 545 to 600 and 2,475. In Middles-
borough the distress was still more
keen. From 5O4 able-bodied adults
relieved, the number sprang up to
500 and the children rose from 1881
to 1896. This is the most appalling
evidence which the returns of pauper-
ism for a long time past have shown
This doesn't look like an altogether
s.happy condition" Il doesn't look
much like a production Vt able-bodied
paupers" in England, wen though
they have persisted in coming to this
country in large numbers. The Mer
curry does not get its information from
history, but from personal observation
and its report gives us "a convenient
way out of u difficulty
From the manner in which the
Hatchet talks we have an idea thai
considerable information might bt
gained by it from reading a little "his
tory or from observations Of Others
At least with the hope that some in
formation may be conveyed to thu
Hatchet in this direction, we arr
pleased to quote briefly from James
Bryce "American Commonwealth al
exhaustive report Of the conditions Of
this country and its people compared
with those of England as he sees then
after a carefully studied journey
throughout the United States. MIR
Bryce is an Englishman and says:
.It is nevertheless true that Their.
are elements in the life of the Unite:
States which may we'll make a Euro
pean Of any class prefer to dwell there
rather than in the land of his birth
Let us see what they are. In the frs
place there is the general prosperity
and material well-belng Of the mass q
the inhabitants. In Europe, if an OBJ
server takes his eye of his own clas
and considers the whole population Of
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