St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-11

times what another fails to discover.
The strain upon tine people has been
long and terrible: it has taxed to the
utmost mans endurance and his in
genuity. the one to battle with priva-
tion, and the other to relieve the MANY
cases that have appealed to his prOvi.
dence and his sympathy.
Men OF wealth have scattered money
like bread upon the waters, and have
devised every possible means of relief;
but all this. necessary as il is, only tides
over The time of trouble. Let conf
dence be restored with feeling OF Sc.
curity; let factories light their fires;
mills be set in motion; business houses
resume; the idle set 10 work. What
then?" In little while the masses will
have forgotten the time wien their cup
boards were empty, their feet barred, and
their cherries home resonant with
their hungry cries. The lesson they
should have learned will he lost upon
many. and, like any weIl-fed animal,
they will rest in content, though there
be no hard-earned pennies saved for the
rainy day that is sure TO come. 1t seems
10 me that the first great lesson to be
learned from these hard times is one of
economy. Until the people practice
Individual economy we will have Just
: such times of suffering. III proportion as
the pulse of trade beats fast or slow, as
We have had during the past year.
Prior to that time the country was emi-
neutrality-suspicious., but Userprotuction,
5 oYeispeculatiOn, a too lavish expendi-
ture of money brought about an inflated
condition OF affairs. Add to this a feel
ing Of insecurity. of uncertainty, and
we have a condition of affairs which
can end only in disaster.
For the past several years men have
crowded to the cities, giving up farming
entirely, even leaving them forsaken
utterly, and for what? A man who
depends upon the soil for living need
never Starve. He may not become rich,
but. at least. his employment, is steady,
and he is never disturbed by strikes,
boycotls, or By closed factory doors; yet
they come to our already crowded cities;
they live while their money is in their
pockets, and beg when it Is not.
There Is no man that has greater
respect for labor ana the laboring class
than have. but labor will never rise
above its level more than water will.
Labor Is just what we make of 1t; it
will either elevate us or drag us down.
The man who is ever re. dy 10 spend
his earnings in frivolous way will be
the first to feel the pinch of want in
t,'AsS VI ocpteosio'i' "oouie oue Saiu
there Is wide cliasm between the man
III power ana the worklngman, and l
might stop and ask why?
Ihe great cry mas Ueen: educate
the masses, and contention and strikes
Will be unknown. AT the same time.
men cannot i've without adequate COM
pensatlnn. Education brings out all the
refinement OF nature in man; he needs
books, needs the church, needs refined
companions, and many things the un-
educated man knows liaught OF. consc-
quently cannot WORK for The Same COM
pensation as the uneducateu man.
The air Is fuil OF discovery and lnven-
tlon; surprise loiloWS surprise as great
achievements are announced. and we
wonderiugly say: WI hat Will come
next: Now, IL must not be forgotten
that these WONDERFUL strides are not the
result OF the iaoors OF one day or one
year. but OF the patient, painstaking
toll or years. mingled with discourage
ments, dlsappolntnents, and setbacks
many and grievous. NO great enterprise
Is built up III one year; hence the rec
Ords OF any one year, as looked upon by
those who are building and expanding,
cah only be all integral part in tile work.
which mas but partially attained It's
growth. other parts OF toll must be
ADDED, not only 70 enlarge ana perfect.
but to undo anu elllnlnate the mistakes
and the errors OF the past. SO the year
before us Is full Of hope and possibili
Ties:
Those not familiar with the method
OF paying men employed i'll train sery-
ice may regard us as being unreasona-
bic and unfair In protesting against a
reduction or wages when all other
classes OF labor have been compelled 10
submit 10 !eunctl"n. Men employed
IN Train service are pa'd ny inc mile or
Trip, consequently the amount OF wages
they receive aeienas Wnoiiy upon INC
humper ol tiips Maae OF miles run.
w hell Ousiness ~ s"ou they eau earn
soou WAGES, ploVlulis they are sttong,
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