The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-13
BY ]. ~CoRNEL.Y.

BY J.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Paris. Oct. 12-(Copyright. 1891. by the
New York Herald C~ompanyl-it cannot be
said that Just now, at the outset Of the
winter, We have any lack of matters to
Dreoccupy US.
We need not dwell on those two iuconven-
tent visitors-the bubonic plague. which has
broken out at Naples. in Italy. and at Nou-
mea, at the other side Of the world. aud
the yellow fever. which is knocking at the
gates of NarSeilles.
There IS good reason TO suppose that with
Pastsur's scientific trIumphs civilized peo-
pies have nothing much to fear from these
two scourges.
on the other hand. We have 10 reckon
with the menace of a general strike.
The miners Of the north and central dis
tr!cts Of France have voted on the ques-
ton Thirty-one thousand votes were cast.
2s,oS being in favor of a general strike and
500 against IT.
This proportion will he no surprise to
those who know French workingmeu. When
they are talked to about n STRIKE. it is only
the really courageous ones who dare TO
respond by a refusal 10 join. The voting.
therefore. shows that out Of every ten
miners there is one with courage. Other
walks Of life might not show such 4 favor
sble proportion.
Besides a general strike would he such "A
tentative, foolish. useless and harmful act
that / cannot bring myself to look upon 1t
as Ppss'ole' ! am sure 'ha' e'eh'"a"N 'he
Socialist leaders will succeed in STAYING
of A calamity that would put back their
work a third of a century.
THE DEFICIT,
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thsless. he threats OF a general strike, AMI
there would likewise be deficits: and they
would consider 1t very unfair that such
things. for which they would not be re-
sponsihIe. should be held up against them.
the more particularly because the deficits
arise from the carrying out of two meas
ures of reform which they themselves de
manded and voted for-the sugar and the
liquor laws.
TWO Expensive LAWS.
The sugar law is an ingenious combination
intended to make the French pay for the
sugar which the English consume and feed
to their cattle.
As for the liquor law. ii is very moral. but
not lucrative. As a result of the new taxa I
ton, the consumption of spirits has d.
minished and that of wine has increased.
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