The National tribune., 1893-05-04
Health and Business.

Have you not noticed, upon the approach
of every Spring, how profound spirit of un-
rest and discomfort appears TO pervade the
whole fabric of society? it is at this time of
the year that the walking delegate is bust
est; that the relations of employer aud en-
ployee become most strained, and that their
differences finally terminate in disastrous lock.
outs and strikes which obstTuct trade and i'm
peril the peace and prosperity of the country.
All Of these things you must have noticed, hut
have you ever thought OF the intimate con-
nection between these harmful social and
industrial disturbances and the physical con-
dition of the people2
Spring, it is well known is often period of
discomfort and disturbance in the physical
system. Important organs Of the body become
torpid or irregular in their action, and the fact
is instantly reflected in the mental condition
Of the individual. A disordered liver means
disordered nerves and dull aud unsteady
brain. Employer and employee are alike AT
fected. They become irritable and suspicious
in their relations with one another. On one
side or the other an unreasonable requirement
is made, and instead of sitting down and talk
ing the matter over calmly and good natured-
j., as they would do in any other portion of
the year, there are hot words and hasty acts, and
the first thing one knows there is a strike or a
lockout, prostrating business and often accom-
panied by regrettable deeds of violence.
You cannot have failed. we say, to notice
how many Of these disturbances originate in
the Spring early Summer The first of
May has become regular day of terror both
here and abroad. Within the subsequent 30
days more strikes are initiated, more harm is
caused 10 business and more ugly things are
done and said than in the entire remaining ii
months Of the year. All this is directly con-
trary TO the plain dictates of nature. Spring
and Summer should be preem nently a season
of contentnent, happiness, and hope. In these
| bright and pleasant mouths the country should
enjoy its highest degree of tranquility and
| prosperity. That it docs not do so is due To
| mans caTelessness or ignorance.
he permits himself to enter upon this JOYOUS
| season of the year with demoralized bodily
| functions and disordered and depressed mind
| for the lack OF few of the easiest and SIMPLEST
| precautions. Indigestion, sleeplessness merry.
| ousness-these are things which do not usually
| enter into the calculations of economists, but
| for all that they often play larger part in
| provoking our industrial aud social disturb
ances than any Of the other causes which are
minutely analysed in the columns Of cur news
| papers and magazines. Anything which will
] grapple with these destroyers of our peace aud
vanquish them confers an enormous benefit
upon the Nation, besides the mere allaying oil
! physical discomfort. Hoods SarsaparIIa and
Hoods Vegetable Pills do this, as thousands OF
| grateful and happy men and women can testify
| and increased use Of these standard remedies
| especially in the Spring of the year, is of more
real practical Importance in promoting health
aud quiet in the business world than reams O
| abstract tlcoriZinR,