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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.

Henry George believes in the confiscation
of ground rents by tax, state or federal,
but the New York Sun points out that in
Philadelphia. through building associa-
tions, 10000 families are housed in homes
Of their own, thus capturing ''the I'M
earned increment" which would have gone
to the landlord. Building associations on
the Philadelphia plan have sprung up all
over the country, and are organized into
league, of which Mr.. Seymour Dexter, of
Elmira, N. Y, is president. He estimates
the total number OF such associations in
the United States at 6, 900, and their annual
income at $3.50, Co., 600.
These building associations don't owe
their origin to phiianthropists or reformers
at all, but their birth and success is due to
ordinary men of practical sense and OBJ
servation, who have seen how building
association enables them to save an out
lay which tends steadily to grow year by
year. The Sun points out that the real
''reformers," who have broken up greatly
the evil of crowded tenement houses in
great cities, who have increased the COM
forts Of cheap local excursion travel to the
Ieople, are not men Of sentiment who see
an evil and eloquently deplore it. but they
are men of business who not only see the
evil, but see that there is money in abating
it. We quote:
The devisers and managers of elevated and
electric railroads, the passenger agents OF trunk
lines, active in developing their local train SER
vice, are scattering - fast as they can over
wide suburban areas the millions who would
otherwise stihe in city streets. Often the same
capital which furnishes quick and cheap tram
sit is interested in selling by the building lot
tracts bought by the acre. This insures . much
better railroad service than il ore set of men
owned the railroad aud another set owned the
territory it serves.
The real estate agent, the life insurance cam
Vasser, the excursion organizer, are not usually
regarded as social reformers, but have the men
who wear that name done a. much goodf When
something is deplored as an "evil" it is well to
inquire, "Do its alleged victims really feel it to
be an eyil?" If they do, depend upon it that be-
fore long some sensible man Of business will set
about removing that evil SO as, incidentally, to
make dollar for himself.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18
SEATTLE, THURSDAY. AUG. IS.
WAGES IN GREAT BRITAIN.

The report of the United States consul at
Liverpool four years ago showed that En-.
glish officers on English steamers receive
y per cent. less pay than American officers
on American steamers. and officers of all
the other maritime nations Of Europe re-
ceve from 81 per cent. less in German YES
ueis, to 63 per cent. less in Morse and
Swedish, to 81 per cent. less in Danish.
The pay of sailors is from 80 per cent. less
in English to IS per cent. less in Russian
vessels. Where an American sailor de-
mands an average of 40 cents per
diem for his food, great maritime
nations like Norway and Sweden
send out sailors whose food costs %
TO q cents per day. Even on English
vessels the cost of food is from % to SO
cents day. or from 10 to AZ per cent. less
than in this country, The captains Of
English tramp steamers get but SIS per
month or $3.50 day and keep, which is
not more than the average wages paid to
the workingmen at the Homestead mill.
A skilled navigator of an ocean tramp
steamer under the English flag receives
only about SO per cent more wages than
the conductor of street car in New York,
Boston or Philadelphia.
At Woolwich arsenal. England, 1000
laborers, who are paid by the government,
are paid on the average less than S. q
week each for fifty-four hours of labor.
This is for common. not skilled labor.
London stevedores get Is pence an hour,
common laborers about the docks pence
an hour. The grain workers earn $3.50
week, working twelve hours day. This
is prime pay for labor in London. Labor
IS paid in London an average of % shillings
for week Of sixty hours. Coal costs $5.75
q ton; meat pence pound. Flour they
do not buy, and their bread cost pence
ha'penny and pence quartern loaf
(3K pounds). The poor apology for butter.
which they are glad to put up with, costs
90 cents q pound. Tea is cheap, costing
from shilling pound to one and six,
and bacon they may get at all prices
from 10 cents . pound-such as it is-up
to % cents.
Those having families would be found
in the small houses round about. The
house would have four rooms. with a
scullery and small room over that in adj
dition. For this the rent would be $2.75
or s. week.
These figures Of wages and cost of liv-
ing for the London working man are
given by the secretary of the London
South Side Labor Protection League. It
would be easy to extend the comparison.
Under . protective tariff wherever the
American flag floats wages are certain to
be better than under the English flag.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18
THE swITCHMEN's STRIKE.

The strike of the switchmen on the
II persisted in Will end in the defeat of the
strikers. They will be able, of course, to
intiict great loss on the railroads, delay
and interrupt business, vex and perplex
the public; but they Will lose their places,
bring loss and suffering upon themselves
and their families which they are ill able
to bear. LABOR will suffer more than cap
ital, but while the suffering of capital in
creases its timidity, it will not make cap
ital consent to be controlled by the reck-
less despotism of organized labor.
The Chicago switchmen's strike, which
was the tail end of the G. b. Il q. strike q
few years ago. failed because it began with,
or at least soon drifted into lawless efforts to
prevent the employment of non-union
men. y railroad strike must have clear
case OF justice behind it and must be free
from acts OF personal violence or destruc-
tion OF property or 1t soon collapses from
the utter lack of public support. The law
compels the railroads TO interchange traf-
tc. The United States district court. in
ing out OF the G. b. &. 9. engineers strike,
held that the court cannot prevent rail-
way employees from leaving their places.
nor compel them 20 return TO work.
but If having left the service of the COM
pany. the men attempt in any way bv
threats, or force. or violence. or intimida.
ton, or unlawful combinations. To in.er.
fere with the free will Of other men xh,
may be inclined To take their places n,
with tho property of the company, or with
those who are in the management of ito
affairs, for the purpose Of preventing the
company from doing its duty to the public
IS . common carrier, the court may nm
doubtedly interpose its power of granting
injunctions to prevent intolerabls mis-.
chiefs.
The striking switchmen can therefore be
enjoined by United States court against
any OF the acts above named, and If such
an injunction should be violated by the
strikers they could be punished BY the
court and its authority could be enforced
10y the military power Of the United States
If necessary. Under the law the railroads
therefore have ample power TO checkmate
the striking switchmen If they attempt in
any unlawful way 10 interfers with the
free viii Of men disposed to take their
places, or with the property OF the COM
pany to the end of preventing the rail.
roads from obeying the law which compels
them To interchange traffic. An appeal
by the railroads 10 the United States
court would secure an injunction, and
there are plenty Of United States troops at
Chicago and Detroit to enforce the DEGREES
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

Wn0tcOm hoveIlioe
Az the head of the state ticket, John Fl. Nc
Graw IL entitled to moro than passing notice.
Those who know him respect and admire him.
Those who do not know him sometimes picture
him as . boss-huge. burly manipulation of ward
politics. They are astonished to ind Mr.. Nc
Graw Q Bostonian In appearance and manner.
He 10 quiet, thoughtful and dignihed. of direct
and earnest speech, whose only handicap in the
gubernstorial race 10 his prominence As q poll
tician. He 70 . self.made man Of moderate
means, and the most rabid Peoples party man
can not object to his honors His word 10 ad-
mitted by his enemies to be - good a. his
bond. and II the fapdoodle of other candidates
of other parties could be reduced to such Q
statement they would be better of.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

The Congregation of Rites. with the APP
proval of the pope, has abandoned the
idea of beatifylng Columbus, owing to the
discovery of the fact that the great discov-
erer maintained immoral relations with q
woman. The name of the woman whose
intimacy with the famous Genoan has pre-
vented his name from being enrolled
among the saints is not disclosed, but she
is described as Jewess.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

The Republicans of Washington are to
be congratulated on the fact that Hon.
Ralph X. Nichols, of North Yakima, will
continue as secretary of the state COM
mittee. Mr.. Nichols is an earnest Repub-
lican, an able political organizer, and a
high-souled gentleman, whose services to
the Republican party in this state can not
be overestimated.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

FIGURING Mill Company. His ofical career Be-
gan In 1862 when he was elected county as
SCISSOR. In 1873 he was chosen county treasurer;
in 1877 . member Of the Legislature. and In 1881
joint committeeman for Lewis and Thurston
counties. He was member OF the first state
legislature and has held over.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

aries" who were greatly his superiors,"
we cannot recall their names, and Lees
right arm, General Longstreet, could not
remember them when he said: "Lincoln
was the one man out of 80. 0OO, 900 who was
always equal to his business"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

of the court if it became necessary. So the
switchmen's strike will fail, and probably
fail more miserably and quickly than did
the Chicago switchmen's strike to which
We have referred
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18
TO THE
STRAITS OF JUAN De FUCA

Under the auspices OF the Chamber Of Com
mercs the cheapest and finest excursion Of the sea-
son will be given on
SATURDAY, AUG. 90,
To the cities the north and south shores Of the
Straits Of Juan de Fuca. This excursion will be
participated in by the business men Of the city, by
the municipal authorities. by members Of the
chamber and by citizens generally. The magnif-
cent steamer CITY OF SEATTLE has been char
tered for the occasion aud she Will make the run
aS below stated:
Leave seattle at q. m.
Arrive Victoria At l2:45 p. m.
Leave Victoria at p. IN.
Arrive Port Angeles at is p. m.
Leave Port Angeles at p m.
Arrive Seattle at IL p. m.
The First Regiment Band will accom- pAny the
party and make music whenever and wherever
wanted. Meals can be obtained on the steamer OK
in Victoria Tickets for the round trip will cost
$3.50, or less than half the lowest excursion rate
Of the present season. Tickets are on sale at the
A. & r. s. Co.'S Office, Yeslsr avenue wharf
Thomas w. Prosch, j. 1. Ronald, w. r Bailey,
Samuel Frauenthal and James Leddy, mmittee
In charge.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

Sultan City Journal

sultau City JOURNAL
The course OF Mr.. Allen In the Senate since
his election has met with the entire approval of
very large majority Of his constituents, and
the many warm Endorsements he IL receiving
from county conventions In all parts of the state
are but fitting tribute to faithful servant. II
. Republican legislature should be elected, and
OF that there is very little doubt in the minds Of
observing people, Mr.. Allen will be elected as
his own successor.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The public is hereby warned not to pay
any money to parties representing to be
agents Of the Seattle Posr-IsrELLIeEScER.
except the following, who are the only
authorized travelling agents of the Posi-
ISTELLIeEscER, viz: J. A. Mcclellan and
T. A. Davies. This does not apply to resi-
dent agents OF this paper. who are located
in various cities and towns of the North.
west. nor to postmasters, who are in all
cases authorized to take subscriptions for
the Daily, Sunday and Weekly Posr-IS-
TELLIGEycER
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

Mrs. J. G. Smith, Mrs. ]. J. Carpenter and Mrs.
]. II. Mitchell, of Everett, and Ara J. c. Dem
ney, Of Snohomish. are At the Grand.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

He came to consult the officers OF the United
States army engineering corps. Colonel 9. H.
Mendell. of San Francisco. and Major I. H.
Hamburg aud Captain Thomas W. sJmons, of
Portland.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

Mr.. and Mrs Fl. W. Grouse. Miss Grouse, Miss
Lillian Grouse and Herbert Gro use, of Brooklyn,
arrived at the Rainier hotel last night They
are on their way homo from Alaska
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

Colonel William +. Prosser, OF North Yakima,
the chairman of the state hsrbor line commits.
sion, arrived ct the Northern hotel Yesterday
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

William B. Shaw. prominent merchant of St
Paul, accompanied by his sister, Miss Laura
shaw, OF Montreal. are stopping At the Grand on
. short visit 10 Seattle acquaintances.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

Among the guests at the Arlington hotel is
Major Eugene F. weigei. OF St. Louis, who 10
connected with the general land Office He was
formerly park commissioner In ST. Louis.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-18

Thomas II. Garfield, the father OF the North.
ern Pacific railway, and his son, Thomas Il
Garfield. jr., after al extended tour OF the
Sound region. departed on Monday for their
home in Burlin stou, VT
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

An Eastern exchange says
Last we made Il variety lest of tur
nips, and also made a SOW Ing Of the
whole list for the purpose Of show
ing how late we could SOW them
here and yet get good crop. We
sow-d The entire list in a leading
seed catalogue the last week in
September. and every variety
made a crop. ] do nol mean to
advise that lhe sowing of turnips
should be deferred until the last
week in September by any means,
bnt wish simply to show that sown
in one ut the most unlavorable
autumns we have had foryears the
crop could he made on land
that could not be had for The pur.
pose earlier. August is The time
for sowing lurnips in most places
and is the best time here too, viii h
all except The S,rapIeai varieties,
These grow so quickly that they
should never be sown here sooner
than the middle of September.
Sown early, they gel TOO large ami
pithy.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

Few people are aware that We
are indebted to the people of old
Pompeii, who were all smolIered
in the first century of the Chris.
tian era, for one OF the most i'm.
porlant industries of0ur ,ime--lhe
canning business. Years age
wLea the first excavations were
ma !e; in that buried ty, an Am
erlcan came upon several Jars oI
figs. When they were opened the
contents were found to lie as i:esll
and paIalable as when they were
put up eighteen centuries before.
Investigations instituted on the
spot proved that the frui' had been
put into Jars IN a highly heated
state, and that an aperture for the
escape of steam had leen lett in
The lid, which, when 1t had serve
its purpose, was sealed over with
wax. Yankee ingenuity caught
The idea at nee and The next year
canning factories were erected all
over the United States.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

An old woman, having an ex.
ira hiking for liquor, was once
found in helpless state of lnebri
alton by some colIiers in one of
the highways near Scranton, SAYS
The Baptist Recorder. Knowi, 9
her, they agreed on affecting a
cure upon her by fright, if posi-
bic. Taking her down in the
NINE with them they left her on
an ir,pr9vised bed. Awaking in
about couple Of hours she gazed
rather wildly around her. and
eing man, called out: "Where
am ! at p ain the dominion of
Satan" sand who are your'
"Ore OF the devils imps," shouted
the collier, The old woman, FUN.
bling in her pocket. pulled ont a
dime and coaxingIv said: Fetch
me lOcenls worth o. whiskey; You
know the country Gettert than me-"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

Arizona Kicker.

Arizona Kicker.
A few weeks ago we fell it our
duty as n Conscientious editor TO
refer to Col. Dan Skinner, who
runs the whiskey ranch on The
other bank of Plum Creek, as a
man whose absence from this local
ilv would be of great benefit. We
haven't Time 10 look back through
our files, but we probably added
that he WAS an unhung william
whose case had somehow been
overlooked. The nearer he got to
us the stronger grew his feeling,
thai he was about TO monkey with
landslide two miles long. and he
finally stopped and sent for Law
yer Hamilton. We were informed
yesterday that we were about 10
he sued for $4,000 damages, and
we mounted our mule and rode
over to The ranch.
The Colonel saw us coming and
gol away ON his burr', bu, we run
him down AT tie end of a mile anr
had talk with him. He not only
assured us in the most emphal
language that he had never enter
tanned the idea of libel suit, Lu
that lie was an admirer of on,
straisht-ilom-lhe shoulder slvle
and desired to subscribe for five
copies of the Kicker. We then re.
turned to town TO look for Lawyer
Hamilton.
Some one had lent him a mule.
and he was headed Tor Cinen val.
ley, but at Our second shot he
pulled up and allowed us to over.
take hlm. He also denied the re.
ported libel suit. and likewise ex.
pressed his undying admiration for
The great family newspaper of he
Wet. He wanted TO subscribe for
six copies OF the Kicker, but as our
terms are invariably in advance
and as he could only raise four
follars We let him off on two pies.
Shonld any one Of cur friends
hear Of any more intended dam
age suits against us they would
confer favor by reporting to lIris
Office.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

The people of Paris consumed
within he past year 2l,291 horses
229 donkeys and 40 mules, he
meat weighing, according to re
turns, 4,6l5 tons. AT the $50 shop
and stalls where such TODD Is sold
the prices have varied from iwt
sous to franc "A pound, The latte
being The price of The best hcrse
steaks. Only about one third OF
the meat is sold fresh and undis
guised The resi- is used in making
sausages, 402 horses having been
seized and condemned as unfit fol
food being turned into sausage.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

One of the extremes of misery
IS IA small boy with pair of new
boots and no mud puddle.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02
Gelemurraf= f=Star
COUNTRY GIRLS.

Topeka Capital.
You think that a country girl
can't flint. Try her once.
The country girl does moi wear a
handmade complexion.
Life in the country would g
hard without the country girl
1t is etiquette in calling on 4
country girl 10 leave as soon As ]
o'clock.
About nine times out of ten tie
country glrl becomes 4 school
ma'am.
Perhaps the cou,try girl never
saw a gymnasium, but it is doliar-
to doughnutS she can out dance
the city girl.
Some country girls are nice
Some nicer than others. 1t all de
pends upon their attitude toward
the one who judges.
The country demolselle is pret-
ty fair aIl-round girl. We have
this on the authority of a country
lad who has been ali round.
The country lass doesn't make il
a business To dress herself all the
time, but when occa,ip N demands
ii she can &c. herself in sl:ipshape
order.
The rural maiden likes TO ride a
bareback horse. At other times
and under other circumstances she
does not object to a ride in GOV
cred buggy.
When The thresher comes the
country girl can turn out more
thick slices of bread, hot pork and
strong coffee than the proprietor
OF any railroad lunch counter.
The weight of evidence goes 10
show that Eve was a coun'ry girl.
However, size has not been the
last country girl who has torn her
clothes III climbing an apple tree.
Maud Muller was supposed TO
be country girl. She made most
of her reputation in that way. But
she had some diff ully in nIalri-
monial way. That's where she
was an exception.
We were raised in The country
among the country girls and have
always had more or less affection
running to waste in theiri behalf.
We have observed that eight or
nine times ont OF ten the country
girl grows up to be a good woman.
helps to inaugurate a new home,
aud settles down TO lie with The
prospect of doing something and
making somebody better "f.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

The LATEST man existing within
The borders of the Empire State
lives along the shore Of Third Lake,
Fulton chain, and spends his time
fishing. He reclines on The bank
in The shade, ties The pole 10 the
dogs tail, and when he sees the
bobber disappear he kicks the
dog and the animal lands the fish.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

A little girl lately wrote to her
friend yesterday II little baby
sister arrived, and papa is on a
journey. 1t was but . piece of
luck that mamma was at home 10
take care of it,"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

Poor Savage spoke from sad ei
perience aud spoke with truth and
wisdom when he said,
You'll frd the friendship Of the wollS'
show
Mere outward show! IT'S like the bar
lots tears,
The states mau's promise, or false patr''
zeal,
Full of fair seeming, but delusion all
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

Sunstroke is bad, bnt it downs
ouly one AZ a time. Sometimes a
couple ore moons,ruck in The ham.
mock and i always knocks both
ofthem silly.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

A Texas newspaper says ihsn
are political orators speaking "
day whose Jawbones will be Sw
up from the bowels Of the earln' J, :
thousand years hence and exhlou
ed as bones oi prehistoric masV
uOns.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

Papa, said Harry, as he loose
al his new baby brother, ! W.
we had seven more, because WY
me and him and seven more WI
have a base ball nine.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

The blossom of the wild emr Y.
has been adopted as The o'"'
flower OF Oregon.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

A hotel keeper is satisfied. w.. Y.
facts in his cass when he viii ~
entertain a new boomer.