The Washington times., 1894-12-26
CORPORATIONS WITH SOULS.

as to which of these evils TO choose.
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CORPORATIONS WITH SOULS.
While It may be true as a general rule that
corporations have no souls, yet now and then
some one of them gives evidence that it does
not lack generous impulses. All exhibition of
this sort was made by the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Company in giving ail
its employees an extra days pay as Christ
mas present. Perhaps the amount in each
case was not a great deal; perchance the sum
total did not make much of hole In the
quarterly dividend, but the act gave the men
assurance of kindly feelings for them on the
part of their employers.
It would be well if the example set by this
corporation were to lind frequent imitators,
and the spirit that prompted the act prevailed
more generally. Unfortunately, men or cor
porations who employ considerable number
of persons are generally entirely Indifferent
to the comfort of their employees, and yet
more rare is an appreciation of those amen~
ites that serve to establish pleasant relations
between master and man.
All men are interdependent. No corpora
ton is so wealthy but it has to rely upon the
intelligence, honesty and diligence of those
whom it employs. No association of work
ingmen is SO powerful but its interests lie in
the direction of the prosperity of the work
giver. A proper recognition Of this fact by
both will work TO their mutual adya ntage and
will remove many of those asp: rites that
keep employers and employees estranged and
apart
RErREsENTATIvE SPRINGER's enthusiastic
assertion that the currency bill will pass in
duces The belief that were be up in balloon,
and the balloon should collapse. Mr.. Springer
would venture the prediction that he would
reach the ground in safety.
Ir might be we'll to remind both Croker
and Cochran that there is considerably less
danger when the floor is properly padded.
Also that the kinetoscope people are looking
for talent.
Ir would be base ingratitude for Supt.
Byrnes to go before the Lexow confessional
and neglect TO return the little compliment
paid him by Capt. Schmittberger.
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WILL somebody please whisper in the ear
of Gov. Flower that he is OVERRIDING the
acquittal business?
HErTY GREEN may be q little slow about
adopting bicycle bloomers, but she is way
up in securing newspaper interviews.
TIE Oriental unpleasantness should be
designated in history as 1.-The war of races. -
HAD the cigarette trust tried the influence
of its products on the minds of the Chicago
council there would have been no necessity
for the offer of a S25OOO brite.
EsIBFzzLER SEELY wall make Srea. mis-
take in not appealing his sentence TO Gov.
Flower.
AND now comes the startling intelligence
that the Chinese are adopts in the art of lying.
But they will have TO chase around pretty
lively to get away from their record at run
ming.
AT last Carnegie has succeeded in getting
/ his working people under such perfect sub
! lection that they now submit to a reduction
of wages without striking. Starvation is a
! great persuader, and it beats anything bat
death in conquerng either man or Least.
A CAREFUL reading of President Cleveland g
speech at Georgetown. s. c., gives the i'm
preston that it was either not properly edited
by Secretary Thurber, or that his mind was
unduly influenced.
! ANOTHER conspiracy TO restore Queen I il
has been discovered. There is danger OF
wearing that poor Old girl out trying to seat
here on the throne.
CHARMING Mrs. LAvGrRY says she married
that she might 20 yachung-the other times
it was nothing but "sOuI love-"
Thank HEAVEN the income tax will work
hardship TO but few of our defeated states
men.
II Gro er and Cochran continue their pub
l:shed interv ews the Lcxow confessional will
be superhuous.
The use OF a phonograph would save Cor
bett a tremendous amount of nerve energy.
BLOW. Gabriel. blow, and well not wait for
the death scene Coxey says he will be
President, and we might as well wear wings
now as any time.
FROM a sluGSinG standpoint yesterday
football game was a failure. Only two men
were retired for injury. and no call was made
for the Emergency ambulance. Pshawi
No tears will be shed because the Sultan
refuses 10 allow Consul Jewitt to so with the
American commission. We are used to it.
Gov. MITCHELL dealt a serious blow at the
prosperity OF Florida when he honored Gov
Hogg's requisition for the arrest of one of the
millionaire directors of the Standard Oil
Trust. Besides depriving members Of
trusts of a delightfully."- pleasant winter resi-
dence, Gov. Mitchell establishes a precedent
that may be tho means Of subjecting most oI
them to the rigors of Canadian winter.
BROWNING A MYSTIC.
/ Be'ief in Spirituaiisn
Edward Maitland, the mystical writer. con
tributes the following letter to The Unknown