Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-03-28

The small tradesman becomes swallowed
up in the great store and exchanges his
independence for the position of an en-
ploye. The mechanic of intelligence and
skill, who might have hoped in former
years, by the acquisition OF a few tools,
to become his own MASTER must now
content himself with being factory or
mill hand, with the prospect OF never
attaining any other relation to his
work. What is Labor struggling
for? For better food, better shelter? No;
the struggle is not principally for these
things. The working man OF today is
better fed, better housed and better
clothed, on the average, than ever be-
fore. and it is where he is best clothed
and best fed that the struggle is the great
est. Why, then, this feeling OF unrest
and discomfort? The answer brings us
to the very center Of the whole conflict.
The struggle is not for higher wages nor
shorter hours, but it is for industrial
liberty-deiveranc from the absolute
control Of capital. Men and
women Of America, we must face the
situation that we have been brought into
by the progress OF civilization. We must
look beyond the confusion, the strikes
and the lockouts; beyond the blunders
and W ickedness OF the conbaiants on
both sides, and realize the purpose of the
conflict and the spirit that sustans it.
The true purpose is deliverance from the
impending despotism of capital. , We
cannot begin Il backward march toward
barbarism and arrest the progress OF
science and invention. But we can
recognize the fact that the progress which
has been, and still must be, bring us face
to face with new peril to liberty"
CLIFF NJ. wEATHERwAX
gave some "Reminiscences of the Early
Days OF Grays llarbor." as gathered from
one of the old pioneers. "reminiscences
of pioneer life are always interesting,
especially when the pioneer is still among
the living:
''ln the usual quandry in which doubt
less many high school graduates have
been placed to find subject for paper,
| CHANGED few days since to listen to
few OF the early "reminiscences OF one OF
Grays harbor's earliest pioneers; and as
the conversation Conducted particularly
on his part) was very interesting, l de-
termined to use such parts as best re-
membercd to present to you tonight.
Arriving at Olympia, then the principal
city in the state, he attempted to hire an
Indian pony for the journey, but finding
that its hire was more than the value of
the animal, he came to the conclusion
that time 0S59) the only ingress or
eyress to our now fairly settled Chehalis
county was by Indian trails, and the
principal settler on the trail, near the
present site OF Oakville, was James
Smith, familiarly known as Block House
Smith, a name given him for the stockade
Indians in early times. Several days were
spent in making the journey, always
stopping with the settlers, who very hos
pitable, and in the end our traveller
reached Montesano NOV called Wynoo-
chez. The early marketing of
the settlers OF this county is quite an in
teresting topic. 1t appears that once,
and never more than twice, each y ear
several pioneers would combine forces
and take a boat up the Chchalis river to
Black river and thence up that stream as
lar as possible; there hiring a farmer to
take their boat on his wagon and drive
to Olympia, make their annual or semi
annual purchases OF flour and other staple
groceries, and return. Memorandums of
necessities were kept from day to day,
and quantities considered in buying from
the previous years consumption. AS
this last piece Of information was ex-
pressed to his hearers, gentleman
walked in and said: Say, sam, what
will you take for the ball ground, next to
the school house, on the hill p"
GREG c. ROBINSON
spoke of the "Appllcation of knowledge
to Life" and rightly took the ground that
in order 10 succeed Il young man must fit
himself for the vocation which he desires
to follow. He said:
"When in the course of human events
it becomes necessary for a person to
choose some vocation, the dligent appli-
cation to which will win for him not only
his daily sustenance but honor, fame and
the position OF president OF this glorious
land OF ours, it behooves that person to
consider what knowledge he shall need
and how best to obtain and profit by that
knowledge. If Il young man aspire to
the name OF Webster, Blaine or per-
haps a Mckinley, he must know some
thing OF the policies pursued by these
men, the principles for which they fought
with tongue and pen and the effect of
those principles on the problems OF today.
He should study from all points of view
the questions which are puzzling the
minds of our great men of the present
time. Otherwise, if he undertake the
discussion OF the tariff or the silver aues-
ton, he might find himself in an en-
barrassing position. Then he be-
gins to think he doesn't know it all and
wishes he had fitted himself for any other
vocation than his present one, and why I?
Because, he has not acquired the art Of