The morning times., 1895-09-07
PLUToCRATIC PREJUDICEs.
How the stars" Opinions Are Viewed
by the La bOr Press.

How the stars" Opinions Are Viewed
by the Labor Press.
The two subjoiDed editorial articles are
taken from the Journal OF the knights OF
Labor, and contain fair indication OF the
estimation in which the policy and tend
encies of the Evening Star are held by the
labor-press of the country. The journal
says:
The Washington Star has this to say ollhe
English railroad management.
lit mn y be all true enough that BRUSH
railroad train has been run i've hHhured
and twenty y-seven miles IN i've hulurSu anu anu
twenty minutes. but publication OF thaC
fact should not deceive any one INTO iiiiaE
ming that railroad trains III Great Brl.aIl
run more rapidly than they 90 on inns slue
OF the Atlantic. Were the TallFoau con
ditiOnS in the two countries reversed, the
running of a train at the rate OF hpeSu
referred 10 would not be cause Tor COM
neDt Remove the grade crossings, wIllCh
in this land are so plentiful, lellcc III ''iG nc
tracks Just as the tracks are fenced III
England and strengthen the ROAD betis' anu
the burst OF speed that wOuld iolIpW Wouiu
t-uiy he phppCmpnal. 1t is altogether re-
markahIe that the English have not done
a great deal of record breaE KING win ipC,-
motives, Tor the track condltloIIs are i!uSH
more favorable there than IN TINS country,
where neither consideration Of puhhcsaicty
nor of rapid transit nave suItlceu 10 dpoLtSu
the grade crossings. -
portuulty for the mgHOpOlistlC Sldrto SpFcid
| a little intelligence among its readers anu
thus make good the claim oI newspapers Oh
It's class tnat they are, among other ujiEsr
etlacaiiOnal. The Star might have tai-,l
advantage of this chance TO tell us IeaH-
erS why il is that railroads ID England are
operatpd in better manner thah tHoSc III
tba Trnit4d states X could have told that
| il was because legislative bribery and news
paper corruption, SO rile ~ lns yo"h'i3'
would not Be tolerated IN England
Bot IL wouldn't do for American news
papers TO tell such truths. IL would qls-
| Sipaie the prejudice against auIlllIa DO
systeTtlS in vogue in other countries
urFjudies purpOSely fOSteTed 10y these news
papers that they may furi&sha gfouhuNoFh
for apnpal 10 when some partlculaEly ne
| farious legislation requires the blllld S'liS-
tion Of the voters. The American WORK
| iucman who is thus wEeedled into the De-
! lief that the American worker rs better
off tIan foreign wOFEmen, IS a.lool en-
shared in his own folly. IHduStiiai con
ditions are pretty much the same through
| out the world and are bad, very LAD, DuI
| in many Instances they are better IN seNeIdi
| countries in Europe than in America.
The Washington Star, plutocratic, makes
/ n uFetty suggestion in the following Il ma
costa news Item ana us CuntiisHl' i ftf Gtnifu
| the head Of Escapes from the Ihah
| Gang"
| There has been great deal of trouble
| of late IN keeping prisoners on the cham
| ,-a,fg vim had been sentenced in the police
! court to terms in the jail subject 70 the
gang. and almost daily someone escapes
| although tisS " ear a tlstll 'ith L4fAilIf
the caInaiI. OF the gang seems unable 10
prevent their getting away. This morning
| two negro vagra nts, both wearing heavy
| steel shackes, got away. .,o4 ,,,o ,,ost
| 1T has been suggested that the pest
! means of holding the prisoners when tnCy
! are nj work on the streets Is To provide
| a long steel chain and fasten every man
| on the gang to il. In this way no one
| prisoner could get away, and 1t would be
impossible for them all to escape at tue
Thts is the same old idea of the plu,
| ttocraCv-punshmCnt, punishment ana stu
! more nuniShnent-but never Thought Tor
urevention OF crime. WIN these dominant
classes never learn a little from expert
cnce? fitting accompaniment to tne
above is the following from John DAVIS
Napoleon Bouaparte," in the current
| Arena. o.. 1,
..BesiGeS the general causes or the freHch
revolution there We're numerous special
| causes OF complaint on the part o1 the
people l viii mention only some OF
them: The punishments for crimes were
mostly cruel, ANA Were greatly dlSpro'
| portioned to the offenseS Num-
imnrisoneG = without trial.
or course such state OF affairs could
not exist in the United States. II not, why
not?