Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-03-01

at the bank when they quit or are
fired. Men who labor in other lines
OF business receive their pay in full.
Why should not the lumbermen? OF
course it is not to be expected that
banks and other business firms can
not take checks payable in the spring
at their face value, but the lumber |
companies should be obliged to pro-
vide means to pay their help at the
rates agreed upon and pay in full.
Why confne it to Iumbermen? Why
not make it obligatory with all con-
tractors? DISTINGUISHED people little
know what hardship it is to the labor
ing man to receive time-check. We
know Of instances where the contract
or has withheld the money in order to
discount the time checks 5, 10, and up
to 20 per cent. The laboring man has
no remedy. He maybe is in such cir
cumstances that he has got to have the
money. What shall he do? He has
got to take what he can get. AS it is
now man with little money can foi-
low these big contractors and make
big money discounting the checks of
the men. A year.ago we had occasion
to witness the injustice worked by this
time-check business. 1t was a case
where the State of Minnesota was the
contractor, or rather lessor, of the
contract. and the contract was a state
ditch. The men had been promised
the money At certain institution at
a certain time, but when the time came
it was not there The consequence
was that the workmen had to submit
to a discount OF 10 per cent, amount
ing in some cases to $l2 and SIS in
order to get their money so they could
go home. The money for the enter
prise had been appropriated long be-
fore, then why could not the state have
paid the men with checks that would
have passed at face value just as we'll
and saved the laborer the discount,
There certainly is room for reform
here.
1T IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE" ETC.
National Republican,:
From the profits on 'enbalmed
beef" P. D. Armour has added $780,
600 to the endowment of his Chicago
Institute. This report is CLEANED from
an associated press dispatch.
49,
NO HATRED ABOUT 1T.
Once in a while someone criticises
the Herald for what is termed it's "ha-
tred." We regret that any person,
more especially friend, should think
that We entertain ''hatred" towards
any person in the wide world. If we
are capable of "hatred'' we are not
aware of it. 1t is said by those en-
gagged in the liquor traffic and their
sympathizers that we are very severe
on them.
This is a mistake. There are a few
men engaged IN the liquor traffic who
are not bad, at heart-they are in the
business on account of their circum-
stances and their environments. They
would be glad to have their surround
ings different. And in every case
with us) it is not the man, but the
business, the system, that we depre-
cate and despise.
We object to the saloons, not be-
cause we are moved by "hatred," but
because, as we believe, they constitute
a great evil, a public nuisance they
poison the blood and the brain of their
young victims they first deceive, then
drug, then rob and plumber the man,
his wife and his children. It is not
''hatred," but the desire to save our
fellowmeu ESPECIALLY young men
from the terrible evils that flow con-
stantly from the saloons which moves
us to urge upon the people the neces-
sity lat least the desirability) of abol-
ishing these schools of evil and vice
and corrupt practices from among US.
Not only is the saloon system a
great evil to drinking men and the
youth of our land, but it is constant
menace to the best business interests
of the country. Where is the safe
business man or corporation that will
knowingly employ a drinking man in
any responsible position?
But the decentralization of the drink
ing man is not the worst feature of the
liquor traffic, in our opinion.
1t reaches further. It strikes at the
very foundation of liberty. 1t holds
up to every voter BRIDE. In cities
over 10000 people, each saloon offers
to every voter a BRIDE of $1,000. 90
to be put into the city treasury. In
all the villages of this county, they
give the taxpayers for each saloon
license, BRIDE of $500. In the city
OF Waseca, the saloons pay BRIDE
MONEY to the amount of 100000.
People shudder at the words "bribe
money!" and some even deny that it is
q bribe. But it is useless to DENY it.