The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-12-20
JARB'S JOTTINGS.
A Budget of Pointed Paragraph on In.
teresting People and Things

A Budget of Pointed Paragraph on In.
teresting People and Things
A Young Austrian tried to commit
suicide in New ork the other day. but
was prevented by his wife, who knocked
the cup containing the fatal drug from
his hand. He was arrested. When
asked why he wanted to take his life he
told the doctors that he had no means OF
sunnort and could not bear to see his
family without food.
The New York Press, in answer to an
INQUIRY, says that lit is what labor pro-
duces that determines its pay" Don't
tell that to the marines. The Press is
leading exponent of high tariff, and Is
constantly enlarging on the beauties OF
protection as the means OF keeping up
American workingmens wages. 1t says.
keep a high tariff on steel rails, for in
stance. and the makers of the rails Will
get higher pay. Then a ton of rails may
not always be paid for as ton OF rails.
The Press should read up on the iron
law of wages.
If a convention of labor delegates does
as the capitalistic press desires, then 1t
is "a representative gatherings but II 1t
runs afoul of the editors sweet will. 1t
is gathering of ''demagogues and pre-
tenders" The great trades congress at
Newcastle was "a magnificent body OF
men, representing 100000 workers,
until it passed the eight hour resolution,
then it became 1.-The tool of gang or
tricky political opportunists." according
to the English press.
The doctors of the Beth Israel dispen-
sary in New York struck against the
control of Objectionable committeeman
and won. the distasteful fellows being
gently but firmly ousted. Oh. the ty-
rainy of these workingmen's organiza-
tons and their walking delegates, who
assume to run their employers business.
Three cheers for the pillmakers and
bone savers of Beth Israel.
Lucien Sanlal. who recently returned
from the International Workingmen's
congress held in Brussels. denies that he
said upon the floor of the congress that
America Is !; hell for workingmen, as
was reported: but that what he did say
was that it was fast becoming such.
DR.. John Gould. of Johns Hopkins
university. represented the labor de-
partment of the United States at the
congress recently held in Berne for the
purpose of considering the subject of
state insurance for workingmen. DR..
Gould told the congress that he was sur
prised at the progress European coun-
tries had made in the matter. and that
lit was satisfactory for the United
States to be in the fortunate position Of
being able TO wait and see the effect of
the work already done before doing any
thing in the way of state insurance 1t
seems there are some advances in civil
cation in which we don't lead the des-
potic countries of Europe; or probably
our working people are too well off to
cause any concern.
Frank Leslie's newspaper says that
labor is learning and proves the as
sertion by calling attention to ''organi-
cations of railway employees for the
prrpnsp of protecting their employers
interests. which are their own interests,
from Farmers Alliance legislation"
Yes labor is learning but Leslle's proof
is thrown out. The organization spoken
of is on paper. and the paper is in the
railroad bosses desk. The genuine or
CARNATIONS of railroad men are as de-
sirous of checking the thievary in rail-
road management as the farmers are.
Proof: Read their magazines.
New York JARB