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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07

time. and poverty may stink partly out
OF sight. But there will be no security
This cannot come until there is great
change and human relations shall have
been arranged on a new basis. The peo-
pie must regain their own-the land and
all its resources-and class legislation.
class privileges, must forever cease. To
accomplish this the people must organ
ize. They must realize that they have a
common cause and unite for it; they
must meet, discuss and agitate; they
must educate themselves and one anoth-
er. To united body, vast as the CONT
nent and no longer ignorant, all things
are possible. LIZZIE M. HOLMES
Chicago
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07
Two Courageous Young Women.

A Vienna correspondent reports that
two female socialist orators have been
sentenced in Vienna-Charlotte Glass to
four months imprisonment and Amelia
Riba to fortnight's imprisonment. The
first made offensive remarks about the
archdukes; the second spoke slightingly
Of the legislative assembly.
Fraulein Glass spoke some time ago
with great ability from her point of
view at women's meeting in the open
air, not far from Schonbrunn. She is a
comely young woman of 20, of the Jew
ish confession, and looked very enthusi-
astic on that occasion in sailor hat, her
hair blown about her face by the wind
She considered no subject too tough
politics and political economy, the edu-
cation Of women, the army expenses, the
Liberal leaders and the president of the
cabinet. All came in their turn, and she
gave it them hot.
Amelia Riba is younger still-not
much more than 17-and by her firm
ness caused 600 factory girls to strike
for six weeks, by which means they OBJ
tanned somewhat more humane treat
ment than 10 hours work day and
shillings a week wages. have heard
this girl talk very much to the purpose
for two hours at stretch. Both young
women are uncommonly pretty.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07
Hard Times In England.

A trade review published by leading
English newspaper says of the business
outlook in that country that trade dur
ing 1898 was worse even than in 1892
A general gloom now hangs over the
country's industries" and that there
has been shrinkage of every important
class of imports and exports.
In addition to this, it is asserted that
the coal trade and the trade in textiles
have declined enormously. The cotton
trade is demoralized, while the exports
Of cotton piece goods show serious de-
crease.
This picture of the depression of trade
in England reveals that there are gen.
eral as well as national causes affecting
commerce throughout the world. Hard
times in England are certainly of no
benefit to America. That hard times
exist there reveals that England at least
is not prospecting by the unfavorable
conditions in this country. Chicago Rec.
ord
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07
Able, Willing and Trustworthy.

A man advertised in the New York
Sunday papers for an Office manager,
and the assurance was given in the ad-
vertisement that the position would be
permanent. Within SO hours he had re-
ceived AT answers, and not one single
answer was badly written. An aston
ishing proportion of the applicants were
men who until recently had been in
business for themselves. A considerable
number were statesmen who had been
laid off by their firms during the period
Of the hard times, and several of them
were men whose positions had been
taken away from them by women who
underbid their salaries. The revelation
was astonishing. These men in most
cases inclosed their references, and in
almost every case these were from houses
or individuals whose names on mans
paper was certificate of character.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07
To Discuss Next MAY.

The National Home association, incor-
porated under the laws of the District of
Columbia, proposes a convention to be
held in St. Louis or Louisville May IA
for the purpose of discussing the present
great distress in almost every section of
the country, and the vast sums expended
by charitable persons and institutions
without the alienation of the suffering
poor to such an extent as would seem
natural under the circumstances. Among
the chief subjects to be discussed are,
"What Shall Be Done With the Poor In
Great Gties?' and "How Shall We Pro-
tect the Youth of the State From Pau
perism and CrimeY'
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07

One point ought to be clear-namely,
that to make work for the sake of help
ing is again a doubtful charity. Such
makeshift work generally enters into
competition with some regular industry
or trade, and thus far tends to injure
those who otherwise are doing for them
selves. On large general lines think it
may be stated that any work which en-
tiers into competition thus with regularly
established trades and industries is dam
gerous. The one line of work which is
clear of this objection is the develop
ment of public works. The East Side
Relief association, in seeking to set the
unemployed to work in cleaning the
streets, presents no moral difficulty
whatever. True, enough is spent on this
task now to do it rightly, but as fact
Is not done rightly and will not be done
rightly under the present city govern
ment.
To the extent therefore that private
charity enables the unemployed to go to
work as a supplementary street cleaning
force, good, and only good, is accom-
plished. The men thus employed are
given work, and their families cared for,
and the streets kept clean, and disease
prevented. How large body of unem-
ployed might be set at work to keep the
streets thoroughly clean I cannot state.
Judging from the dirt that prevails ev-
erywhere today, we might set many
thousands of men at work over the
length and breadth of the city and for
once in our lifetime have the satisfaction
of seeing clean New York To do this
would be an object lesson worthy of it's
cost. If Tammany Hall will undertake
this, it will go far to condone some of it's
great WrOngs.-ReY. r. Heber Newton.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07
Speaking Conservatively.

Speaking for the field included in the
parish of the De Witt Memorial church,
New York city. which has population
Of about 10000, the Rev. Mr.. Elsing said:
"In my experience of II years of
working among these people have never
known such widespread distress as exists
now. have never known a time when
their condition was SO critical I have
never known time when work was SO
scarce. wish to speak with the utmost
conservatism, but do not hesitate to say
that many hundreds of families within
the district bounded by Grand street,
Sheriff street, Houston street and the
East river are in the sorest need. These
people must live on charity if they are
to live at all. They are naturally an in
dustrious people. but they are utterly
unable to get work at any price,"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07
A CHRISTMAS DREAM.

4 Citizen of . New jersey Town In . Vision
eecs the Sorrow of tho Son of Man.
It was the day before Christmas.
had just come from church, where had
listened to Christmas sermon. Sitting
in my easy chair began to dream. I
dreamed it was Christmas day not
warm and sunny, but a chill day, and a
bitter wind was blowing. The streets
wore a holiday aspect. Well dressed
nen and women passed along with the
gay greeting of ''Merry Christmasv' Sud-
denly saw among them man who was
poorly clad, and whose face was exceed
ingly sad. He greeted no one, and no
one greeted him, but he spoke as if to
himself.
l drew near to listen and heard him
say, 1.-THE foxes have holes, the birds of
the air have nests, but the Son of Man
hath not where to lay his head" He
walked on a little way, the crowd paying
no heed to him, till he stopped at the foot
Of a tree to which was nailed an inscrip-
ton. The inscription was on cloth, so
that it might be strong enough to resist
the wind and rain. The cloth was nailed
at the corners, and on each side and
around the nail heads were tin rings, so
that by no posi- ioility could it tear itself
away.
The sad face of the man grew sadder
yet as he read the words printed on the
cloth:
Notice is hereby given that the tramp act will
be strictly enforced in this township from this
date. All persons without visible means of
support will take notice accordingly. By order
Of township committee.
Westfeld township. Aug. 80. 1893.
AS he stood reading, some in the crowd
observed him and nudged each other and
winked, and one said, "Wonder if he
thinks it's sign directing him to free
lodgings"
MAYBE he thinks it tells where to find
Free Employment Bureau that guar
antees profitable work for all who are
willing and able to do it," said another.
"He doesn't know much about this
town, or he wouldn't suspect us of any
such fool sentimentalisms as those" said
third.
Then the one who had been reading
the tramp sign said in deep and solemn
voice: "Woe unto you, Westfeld! For l
was stranger, and We took me not in: l
was hungry and We fed me not, naked
and ye clothed me not"
Then I knew it was the Lord come to
earth again. And cried out, ''Forgive
us, Lord; we knew thee not!'
And he answered, 'Inasmuch as We
did it not to the least of these, my breth-
rem, we did it not to me-" and he was
gone before any could stay him. And
the air grew more chill, and the wind
grew more bitter, and the people looked
in each others faces with awe and shame
Then one who was taller than the 9TH
ers reached up. and with strong hand
tore down the cloth and threw it to the
people, and they stamped it in the mire.
And they said with one accord, "At
least, if we can do nothing, we will no
longer advertise to needy strangers our
weakness or poverty or cowardice or
stinginess or inhumanity." And every
man went to his own house.
Then l awoke, and, behold, it was a
dream, and the shame and reproach of
Westfield remain even to this day.
CELIA B. WHITEHEAD.
Westfeld, N. j.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07
Santa Fits the system.

Dudley Nobs-Pa, there is one thing
about Santa Claus I never could under
stand.
Mr.. Nobs-What is that, my son?
Dudley Nobs-Why does Santa al
ways leave valuable presents to rich
folks and cheap ones to poor people?
Why don't he even things up?-New
York Journal.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07

The new scale thus shows in several
cases the wages are less than half what
they were under the former schedule
To make up for this to some extent the
company has modified the three eight
hour turns which made up the "a hours
under the old system and permitting"
the men to work at that heavy and ex-
hausting labor IL hours a day.-Irish
World.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07
The Church Neglects the Poor.

Rev. Or. G. w. Gray delivered an ad-
dress recently before 300 Methodist cler-
gymen in Chicago, in which he said:
In Christian government at least the
opportunity to earn bare subsistence
should be afforded by the state. But if
the state does not do it the church should.
There are over 500 churches in Chicago.
That means 500 houses with 500 paid SUI
perintendents, around whom are gath
cred official boards made up of the most
influential men in the neighborhood.
With such vantage ground the Christian
church should know every man, woman
and child; their needs, and be ready to
meet them; their possibilities, and be
ready to develop them.
Investigation touching the typical
manufacturing cities of the United
States shows that church neglect of the
poorer classes is rapidly increasing. The
poor are greater in number than the we'll
to do class, yet but few are in the
weather. and stronger Protestant
churches. If they were they would learn
Of each others wants, they would assist
each other and desire to work would be
met by opportunity. We fear that many
of our weather. churches have practi-
cally signed a release to the devil of all
interest in the poor of the community.
If the church was doing it's duty toward
the working classes there would be few
er poor in the world. If the working
classes were converted the unemployed
as class would cease. It lis possible
nay, we may say probable-if the
church was as earnest and spent as much
money to save the poorer classes as to
save the weather. classes the problem of
the unemployed would need no solution.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07
Carnegie Wages.

The Pittsburg papers announce the
REIMBURSEMENT of wages" taking place
in the iron and steel mills of the Car
negie company.
The old rate of wages and the new
one about going into effect compare as
follows, the prices being given for 100
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-19

New York. Sept iS.-CofIcc--C Closed
steady at tG25 points net advance;
sales $4,000 bags including September
ISIS. october, i2s5dlS.o0. November
12.SOal 25; December, 12,lbTi225; Janu-
airy, ii,95Qi2.O0. March. n.s5Qli.sO;
May, ii,7balis5
Spot coffee Rio nominal; No. 7, 10 10.
mild. dull; cordovn, ~ i-4Hie. Sales
900 bags Rio. No, Q per hcyolins. at
10 l-i6, also yesterday 1000 bags RIO
Nos. 7 and 4 at 1860 and lbOO bags
Central America private terms.
Santos Weak; good average santos
1850, Receipts for Two days 5000
bags, stock 49,. 600 bags
Hamburg STEADY, prices ~ pig
higher 10 IA pfg lower Sales lO,O0o
bags,
liavte-- Opened quiet, unchanged 10
l-if lower ut uUoni unchanged at ) y.
m, quiet l-if lower TO i-Af higher closed
quiet and net Ice lower to - higher
Total sales 1000 bags,
Rio--Steady, No. Rio la.aOQ' ok
char sc 10 lb'iG, Receipts for Two Gays
gOOO bags; stock 2sS,010 bags
warehouse deliveries from New YORK
yesterday 81 OBS bags. New YORK
stock today i9O.bSe hnga. United states
stock l6S,O5S bags afoet Tor The unllyd
states 2dg.O00 total visible for me
United states llfOis bags against aVlI-
lI9 bugs last ycur
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-19

st. Louis. Mo, SEPT. -Flour-p DUN.
unchanged.
whea,--was Arm generally closing
iSdi-lo up. No. red eash. ~ i-io
December 5Sc. May, IS ESQ,
corn-Gaincd Ice with wheat and
crop estimates. No, mixed cash, Ssc;
September. "a i.Hc December. SOC; May,
30 Use
oats-Qulet. firm. No. cash, aicj Sep
temher and october. 81 i'toi May.
a6 lido
Rye-Dull, lower; No. see bid this
side.
Barlcy--No trading.
Better, 6te east track Sucked
Flaxseed--Easler 1,9s.
Glover seed--steady, N.ie L..
Timothy Firm, prime s565.
Hay Depressed. fancy timothy Sls.
Butter ana Eggs unchanged.
Cornmeal-S26Oae.65
whisky si,3a
Cotton ties and hagging- unchanged,
froVisions-Qu steady.
Professionalism mess jobbing, siA 80,
$500.
pacon-packed shoulders, { $40;
longs, 5-Sc, ribs, s a-sqS s-ici nhorts,
use.
Dry salt mcats-sh Shipping + o. b on
cash orders shoulders, b.Sc. long and
ribs. ESQ, shorts. SOS; boxed l6c higher,
Receipts Flour, 5000. wheat, $4,000,
corn. 10000 oats $4,000
Shipmenta--Flour 1000; wheat, 1900
corn. 5000. oats. 1900.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-19

Liverpool Sept iS.--l p. M, closing;
Cotton spot quiet; prices fayorlng buy
ers; American mlddling as.Ad. The
sales OF the day were 10000 bales, OF
which 500 were FOR speculation and
export and included 5000 American.
Receipts, 5000 bales. including 300
American Futures opened easy with
n moderate domaud ami closed stoady
ut the decline American middling,
l.. NJ. c., September, gii.6id huyersl
September and October, ) airGiW
3 N-6id. October ana November,
5s-Gt@8 aI-6id; November and peccm.
her, 3 aj-6id, December and January,
3 as-64d buyerHi january and Fehru-
AIRY, B 3gi0inS 40-6td. Fcrunry and
March. iO-GiU8 li.Gtd. March and
April, sAa GA sellers April aud MAY,
Sai-6iua tb-cid sollorsi Aprll and Mas,
buyers,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-19

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept 1s.--The mar
ket for domestic wool is quiet. al
though there is more inquiry than
there was a week ago. There has been
fair demand for fine unwashed and
low and quarter-blood combinE and
clothing woods and prices on these de-
scriptlons are well maintained. We
quote from the prices as followsi Ohio
Pennsylvania and West Virginia wash
ed Xxx and above, lsnlsc; y aud
above, i7qlSc; medium. 2iH22; quarter
blood, 2iM22o; common. ldulSc, New
York. Michigan. Wisconsin. etc, l6p
lie, medium quarter blood. 2l022c; COM
mon, 15ai6c; tags, safe. Colorado.
Utah. Idaho and wyoming fine, SulOc;
medium, eal2c, fine medium, 9dl2ci
fan clips. SGiOc; heavy sanded woods,
2n3c less. Kansas. Nebraska, North
and South Dakota, fine, sdfllc; fine me
dlum, sole: quarter, tSnl6c: common,
l26Isc. Texns, fine. i0a12; medium, ia
13c; coarse. 11niSc; fall clipped, sWl0c,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-19

way under the influence or lower 1.iv.
erpool which at y. IN. was s-ei te S-Ot
below last nights close On receipt OF
Liverpool cioslnE. which was steady at
a gain Of i-6t over p. NJ. our market
showed some disposition 20 Improve.
but on the announcements 81 port re-
ccipts, which wero 2S.poS bales. against
ie.sss bales same day last year, The
market again gave way under larao
sales for both long and short account,
anu closed nteady az the lowest point
or the day, scoring a loss frem last
mghts closing prices OF about six
points Sales In New York iSt 500 haloa.
spots were quiet and steady at 65.ic.
spot sales, s5a bales liverpool spot
closed easy ut i-Sed decline, or AID,
with spot salcs at $1,000 halcs
The New Orleans market was COR
fcspondingly weak, and report an addi-
uonal decline OF i-i6c or lao. witch
spot cotton IN that market down to tho
lowest point within forty-slS years. or
since 1855 While this Is one source OF
consolation TO buyers around proacnt
prices, Sun with continued heavy r..
ceipts II begins TO look as though the
end was not YET New orlcans receipts
today were 6.aei balea. against ASS
same day last year. Savannah, SOS
bales, against f.a5t bales; Charleatcp,
IVA bales, against So bjlcs. and ilous,
ton ie'IeO bales, against 400 bales. The
feature In today'a trading has been cov-
erihs u large lines OF shorts, who have
taken their prodH with the expectation
q an early recovery IN prices but un-
less thcre Ia a better demand for spot
cotton a recovery must he temporary
as receipts, II ia confidently believed,
viii be much larger the coming week
for while there has boon considerable
rain IN the Atlantic district during the
past twenty-f0ur hours, other than this
the weather has been exceedingly IA
vorahlc Tor picking,
4. g, M'PEAl< n co.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-19
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
WHEAT LOST FRACTION EARLY
AND ANOTHER LATER.
Corn Weak for Everything but yell
icw-rhe Chicago Live Stock MAR
ket More Active Than Lnteiy--Re-
view of the Cotton Markets.

Chicago. III. Sept ls.--wheat opened
at l-ss decline from yesterdays closing
figures and suffered further i-Sc loss
in a few minutes. 1t stopped at the lat
ter point and seemed during the re-
mainder OF the morning TO have atop
ped short. never TO so again. Cables
were unsatisfactory The Atlantic
port elearances OF wheat and -four
amount to 4l7oOO bushels. including
2S.66s bushels from New orleans, The
market gave symptoms OF strength and
returning animation, about half an
hour from the close.
The corn market kept within narrow
range OF prices aud trading was light
the demand Tor CARROTS 10 go TO store
was not very brisk, aud september
price was paid reluctantly FOR No. 2,
but for No, yellow lac premium was
readily procured.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-19
fhirnrn I.l.r slnrIl.

chicago. Sept. ls.--Thcre was the us
val Tuesday sun Of native cattle. the
great bulk Of foreign olerlngs consiai-
ing OF Western rangers. and there waf
hardly enough corn FED native beeyaa
10 establish market However. The
business done was AZ fully steady
prices. though there were no such cat
he oHsred as sold Monday at ;e.a5,
The nest cattle aoid averaged tsi
pounds ard sold to a New York ship
Der and exporter az 1910. This bulk
~ native beeves sold al 81 .bo96 50. with
rrasr steers At Is. zb14f5 About 400
Wrstpfu rangers arrived and SOLD at
n OoQ1 Is for Inferior 10 choice Ma
i've cows ruled strong and NJ n.fVN
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-19

A Massachusetts writer admonishes
farmers to watch their manure piles
The time has long since passed when
the farmer OF the West even can afford
TO throw away any material that pos
sesses fertlllzing value. He may still
do IL. but he Is losing money By Inc
process. How long, think we, the rich
soil can stand continual ana eNhhus-
tive cropping when there Is no restota-
ton Of plant food2 obviously per
slstent taking away" finally empti' s.
we must save our manure. We must
make rich manure and then get II 10
the land with little or no loss OF FER
tilitv through the operation. In the
arst place. 10 get rich manure, grain
must be fed. and especially the more
concentrated feedstuffs known as glu-
ION cotton seed and linseed meals.
These grains return q large proportion
OF their original cost IN the manure
OF stock which feed upon them 10 get
ali this manurial value. however NE
iiauid as well as the SOLD manure lnu y
be scrupuously preserved me llluiu'
may be fixed By any good nbsorbant,
such as sawdust. dry loan, coal ashes
finely sifted. or dry muck or they may
be stored in a water-tight tank, II IS
an excellent plan 70 make compost
Of all the various farm manures, such
NJ horse. COW. sheep. pig hen manure
and night soil, mixing them thoroughly
together: thus the cooler nianures come
in contact with the hotter ones ana
severe fermentation or "hre-fangins
Is prevented. Especially IN hot dry
weather is manure liable to heat badly
even 10 the loss OF some of us valuable
nitrogen. To prevent this. wet the
heaps occasionally, not CROUCH 10 cause
anv damnge. but merely TO molsten all
parts; and also keep them hrrniy troi-
den down to exclude air By taking
these precautions much loss OF fertll-
izlng matter may be saved. Generally
speaking. for corn or grass me manure
may be hauled and spread as iast as
~ niant food viii slowly leach out
and be washed into the sol.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-19

To Il. @. Mcpcak q Coz
New York. sept. is,-i.iyefpool today
made less response to the decline here
than had been expected. and this fact,
together with heavy rains In parts Of
the south. notably In the Atlantic
states, caused slight advance in tho
early trading. Liverpool sold 10000
bales on the spot and futures there
were only to 2 lie iower, AID part
OF this was recovered. and the close
there was steady New orleans de-
rlined only slightly Atlanta reported
a rainfall OF nearly nyo inches, ana
other points In Georgia, South Caro-
lima and North carolina also reported
heavy rains There was some covering
by prominent operators. but later on
large receipts at ports and Interior
towns dealt the market blow which
sent prices downward. The port re-
ceipts were rs g0s balea. against iG.S0s
bales last year. This makes the total
thus far THIS week. 1871 bales, against
ss $40 bales for last week. Houston,
Tex. not 1854 bales or double the re-
ccipta or this day last year New or
leans expects 1900 bales tomorrow
against 2bfs the same day last year
Maucheatpr was dull ana depressed
silver declined slightly. Cotton goods
are less active. Mobile, Savannah and
Augusta spot declined 1-i6c. aud BAL
tinore and Memphis i-tc. with only a
moderate business AZ the south, on
TOP Of this came selling orders from
Liverpool and New Orleans. as well
AZ other parts Of the south and some
local operators Of prominence who
bought early sold later on. The aou,h
YVES selling partly against the actual
cotton. Bears hammered, nevertheless.
The decline for the day WAS only 2 to
: points. and the close was steady with
sales Of $4,000 bales. Yours truly.
STEVENS a. co.