The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-22

ing business is fine graft. the way it
| is now conducted.
Since The advent of the advance
agent into the White House there has
been more than two billion dollars of
capital aggregated together into one
hundred and fifty combinations that
now control most Of the necessaries
OF life i'm this country.
| The republican and democratic
! papers are sitting on the fence won
dering what side will be taken by
| their respective parties on the trust
| question. Their wriggling is enough
to make a wooden Indian smile. -,
:: :: ;:
The Minnesota legislature couldn't
adjourn without trying hand at the
trusts and in consequence an anti
trust law was passed which is to
'smash the trusts" These same 4aw-
makers must know that all such legis-
lation is folly: waste of time. They
are fooling the people. Instead of rail
ing against trusts, which can no more
be prevented than the falling Of rain
or the turning of the, globe, it, would
be infinitely more sensible if such
men, who pose as the guardians of the
peoples rights. would accept the stu
alton and advise the people to adjust
themselves to new IDEAS and prepare
to reap the benefits that science will
bestow upon the earth's children when
the struggle now going on in
economic conditions are Strengthened
not. If they are in the 'smashing'
mood why don't they take sledge
hammers and destroy every form of
labor-saving device. Such an act
Wuld be just as sensible as the at
tem1st to s'snash" the trusts, or. in
other words, 1egislate against their
formation.
The reign of very young girls over
the heart of man is ended. "Sweet
sixteen is insipid, ''fascinating eight
Gen.. tame. At 25 the young lady OF
the present day may be said to. be in
teresting, at 30 she is charming, at
So fascinating But it is not until
the woman gets well into the forties
that she reaches the angelic period
Where temper no, longer leads: the
mastery, and ature thought smooths
out the rugged outlines of her mental
life. If she understands the art of
self-presewation she may also retain
Sat this age the better part of her
physical charms, and be pretty in spite
Of her years.
False friends are like our shadows,
keeping close to us while we walk in
sunshine, but leaving us the instant
we cross into the shade.
1t is said that Miss Virginia Fair,
now Mrs. Vanderbilt, spent $4,000 on
her wedding .underclothes alone.
Whew! But that would keep Inc 60
ing for, nearly. seventy years, mans
allotted three2score years and ten, you
know; it would pay my house rent
for about ten years and a half; it
could buy me $500 good suits Of
clothes, it could keep one of my
friends in tobacco for $50 years. Why,
that girl even wears a Russian night
dress costing $500. On her wedding
day she wore real costly stuff that
did not cost il cent less than $4,000.
I'm giving, you this straight. That
equals. you know, one hundred thous
and ten-cent meals, which would keep
a man eating at a dime nash house a
little over 273 years. Why, four men
could live off that sum, dining it
at Il hashery, as one would say, at
least siNty-eight years. l have no
kick coming igainst ,"Birdie,' and
wish her all the good luck she can
get out of this weird wonderland Of
Il world, but it does seem kind of
funny, though, doesn't it, to see some
people spend in one bright beautiful
hour almost as much as another can
get in forty-siN years.
\ TOWN WITHOUT 4 STREET.