The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-02-02

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class. They need 10 such recognises.
But there arc some exceptionally
bright fellows In this editorial Class
whom We should be pleased TO see
recognized, not because they are
editors but because they ore bright.
THE UNEMPLOYED.
There can be no doubt that tho
number Of men and. women 10 this
country who are out Of employment
this winter is larger than II hes been
ut any time since the hard yeafs that
followed the panic Of 1878. Il 10 sei.
dom possible to learn accurately the
number Of adults out Of employment
10 q large community; but reasonable
estimates are possible, and an apps-
rently careful study oe the nstter
made BY commercial agency hsving
representatives oil over tbs country,
places the number in one hundred
and twenty cities at q little over eight
hundred thousand, and upon them
nearly two million people are depen.
dent.
Probably it 10 not too much to say
that one million out Of thirty million,
OF three out Of every hundred OF the
adult wage-earners, have either no
employment this winter, or % little
that their wages will not support
them and their families.
In some Of the smaller cities, where
special industries are concentrated,
the exact number thrown out Of work
can be ascertained. In Patersos, New
jersey, for instance, where there are
about one hundred silk attainment,
as we'll as locomotive works aud rol.
ling mills, about ten thousand adult
persons are earning no wages.
In New York City the superinten.
dent Of police has estimated that .
hundred thousand adults arc out Of
employment. City otiicials In Boston
estimate the number In their city Of
from thirty to forty thousand. In
that city large mass.meeting Of the
unemployed has been held in F'ansuil
Hall, and at this meeting employ.
ment on public works was demanded
by a unanimous vote as q matter Of
right.
In Chicago about four thousand Dor.
sons, without shelter Of their own,
have lately been sleeping every night
10 churches, police stations and other
public places opened to them.
This condition Of things constitutes
a great public calamity 1t 10 undoubt-
eddy the result Of the combination
Of several causes, each one Of which
has habits effect to make busiaess
worse. People disagree % to the chief
cause according to the political,
economic or sociological views that
they hold.
But whether the din,culty lies chic.
fly In bad legislation. past, present,
OF threatened for the future; on the
tarih, or on silver, or on labor cues.
ton; or whether 1t lies in some other
natural OF artificial cause, the thing
Of principal concern ut present is tho
alienation Of the distress.
There is no fear but that starvation
and the worst forms of suffering can
be .w.rded Oh. The vast majority Of
adult people are still earning money,
and are able to provide In some sort
for those who are not. But IL help 10
given In the form of direct aims, It
may carry with 1t much future harm
to those who accept It and 20 the
general community.
Direct and unearned relief to the
poor is pauperizlug 10 its effects. Il
encourages habits Of depende uce and
want of thrift. {
The unemployed do not want charity,
indeed, but work to do. In some cities
pnblic works are being pushed to At
ford employment to as many al pos.
sible. In certain Eastern cities an
interesting plan, called the "Lynu
system" has been adopted. Under
1t private subscriptions are nsed BY
the city authorities in cleaning aud
improving the street, men being en-.
ployed In certain rotation, 90 that
as many as possible Of the unemployed
shall have chance to get . little
work.
This plan enables generous psop,s,
who themselves have no work to give,
to provide employment instead Of Of.
fering charity.
Meantimes matters are far from
being entirely discouragipg. The
distress is capable Of relief, and will
be relieved. They are many reasons
to hope that business will soon revive,
restoring regular employment 70
many thousands youths Compsniou,
TO BE DIVIDED.
Gov. Nelson, of Minnesota, signed
an order last week in response to peti.
tions in compliance with law, to have
Cass and Kittson counties divided,
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