Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-13

the hetloaal As>eksaGoa ~ fost9mxe
G.sfks, 10 one that sughs - meet Nth /
the Recommendation ct svxryoae. IL |
i claimed that the appropriated for |
elsEks IN postofiless has been Alto |
gsthsr too snsll for come ysafs past. |
and aet ~ al n proportion 70 the pos |
al business. that the duties Of sueh
eisfks are exseting aad require cioss
attsasioa. ANA that there u vide de
proportion ~ the sslssies paid 70
eissks. sams men receiving 80 per cent.
more than others for doing the same
work. Tho object Of The bill u - -,
cure chs advancement Of men n 70.
spoaslhle poslsions. ~ that u may b
posssbls for some Of the under clerks 10
b. put in their places. and aiao that The
salaries be based upon the soundest
business principles, There 10 no ear.
vics Of such magnitude that cails for
fewer complslnts than doss tho postAl
service. aud IL ID no more than right
that tho claims OF lie clerks be taken
under consideration 1t "a early date.
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THE supssme court Of Ohio has. by:A
decisIon recently handed down. broken
tho hack OF the Standard Oil company,
and 1t is now claimed tho trust will be
dissolved aud tho properties controlled
by it returned to tie hands Of the orig
inal owners. II 90 monstrous an Or
grnixAtion can he Sroken up, then the
life of other trusts will DO abort. But
will not the gain in this direction be
overcome by some more dangerous
schenie' Mercantile history is replete
with the schemes OF money makers.
and 90 soon as one is hunted down q
more dangerous one appears in its
place. II would be impossible to pre-
dict the nature of the successor of the
trust, but that it Will have . successor
may DO confidently predicted.
The great coal miners strike which
mas been threatened in England for the
past few weeks was inaugurated yes
terday. The miners say they are out
for only ono week, expecting that in
that time the enormous surplus ON
hand will be 90 reduced that prices will
be raised and the necessity for . reduc-
ton In wages overcome. This pacific
and disirterestcd statement 10 not gen.
erallJ believed. The most unique
phase OF the strike is that while the
miners will loose wages for every day
of idIeness the mine owner Will in con-
sequence of their action reap an in
creased profit on their surplus coal.
IT is reported from Indianapolis that
the Pennsylvania Central lines will soon
be involved IN strike. The executive
board of the International ASSOCIATION
of machinists have officially Endorsed
the machinists in their grievance and
authorized the strike. If as isexpected
the etrike will call out the members of
the federated train service which in
cludes conductors, engineers, fremen,
bTakemen and switchmen, . serious
tie up may follow and the country be
called upon to witness another of those
gigantic struggles between labor and
capital.
| WHILE the conservative party in
England is quoting the Coloma hoomer
and other choice American literature
as an evidence of the hostile feeling
existing in America, engendered by the
Behring sea dispute, the liberals with
their progressive allies are gathering
in tho political plums and laughing at
the antics of their pert and sAucy
daughter, Miss Canada.
JAMES r. FEEEsE. prominent Nor,
man leader of Salt Lake City. was ar,
rested yesterday on charge OF bigamy
The charge seems to nave been well
taken, and clearly indicates that Po-
lygamy is yet one of the established
usages of the church. Utah want.
home rule, but not until che purgel
herself OF lechery.
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TIE blizzard which swept the western
states seemed to gather fury as it went
New York state never before in its his
tory experienced worse storm, unles
We except the Hill convention, whict
burst without warning, and from th,
effects of which she has not yet recov
cred. Isn't this much like heaping IN
jury upon injury?
/ vALFARAIsoxs say Minister Egan 10 &
I've transferred to Brazil. Perhaps II
this instance the wish 10 father to tn,
thought. Valparaiso should have
learned by this time that Mr.. Egal
can rot be frozen out even If it IL = lit
tie Chi: down their way.
Se
SxrGGLERs of dutiable goods resort e
many expedicnts 20 evade the watch
fnl eyes of the officers. The latest Va
that of = man who wore plaster. no
for pain IN his back ~ might be SUP
posed, but 10 conceal some valua 81
. jewelry.
A CANADIAN NJ. P. engaged in th
sealing business says the position o
the United States government on th
, Behrinz sea question 10 untenable. A
this orinion IL in line with the opinio
Of every other poacher. it may not b