Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24

yedTS, o'4o Number of employed involv-
 ed in the strikes, ........ l.SI9,S9l Loss to employed in wages, $H,53S,oZ4 The loss inflicted by the strikes on 1he employers was but a little over haII the amount sustained by the employed who could much less afford to bear it
 ARBITRATION THE REMEDY. It would be a vast stride in the in terests of peace and of the laboring classes if the policy of arbitration which is now gaining favor for the set tlement of international quarrels, were also availed of for the adjust ment of disputes between capital anu labor.
 Many blessings would result from the adoption of this method, TOT, Wnlle strikes, as the name implies, are az gressive and destructive, arbltratlon IS conciliatory and constructive. The re- emit in the former case is determined by the weight of the purse, 1n the laI- fer by the weight of argument And now permit me to address to vou. hardy sons of toll, few words If friendly exhortation solely inspired by a sincere affection for you, ana an earnest desire for your temporal ana spiritual welfare.
 INDUSTRY.
 |. Cultivate a spirit Of industry, without which all the appliances of or xEanized labor are unavalling.
 Activity is the law of all intellectual and animal life. ..... /, The more you live in conformity with that law, the happier you will be. An active life, like the purllng rlVu- let. is an unfailing source of gladness, health and contentment, while an in slolent life, like the stagnant pool, breeds discontent, disease and death. No man enjoys with keener relish the nights repose and the Sunday holiday rest than the son of to1l A life of patient industry Is sure to he blessed with a competence, II It IS moi crowned with an abundant re- Enumeration.
 The great majority of our leading Hpf wealth are indebted TOT tnelr
 to their own untiring indus
 \ctive, personal, conscien-
 the business of your
 as much c~erned
 as if II were your.
 yOur employers aHa3Fs
 sure yours?
 your wages come from the prcI-
 the concern, and the more you
 bute to it's success, the better an afford to compensate you TOT your services.
 He will be impelled by an enlight- saned self-interest, as well as by sense of justice, to reduite you for your ser vices with generous hand.
 ECONOMY.
 g. Foster habits of economy and self denial. No matter how modest your income may be, always live under it.
 You will thus protect your liberty and business integrity, and guard vourself against the slavery and hu. initiation of debt, which is too often inc precusor and the incentive to com mercial dishonor.
 Most of the alleged wants of man kind are purely artificial and contrl. bute little or nothing to the sum of human happiness. Rather do they add to the sum of human misery. for, what are our earthly desires but so many links III our chain of bondage?
 CONFINEMENT.
 3. While honestly striving to bet ter your condition, be content with : your station in life, and do not yield to aL .o.ulnate desire Cf abandoning your present occupatiol 1Or wat Is poDularly regarded as a more attractive avocation. ",
 Remember that while the learned professions are overcrowded, there is always a demand for skilled and un- skilled labor, and that it is far better to succeed in mechanical or manual work than to fall in professional life. Be not over eager to amass wealth, Tor they who are anxious "to become fall into temptations and into the res of the devil, and into many un- ftable and hurtful desires which wn men in destruction and perdi- :"
 feverish ambition to accumulate brtune, which may be called our onal distemper, is incompatible
 peace of mind. Moderate means
 a contented spirit are preferable illions without it.
 poverty has it's inconveniences miseries, wealth has often greater small income is suggestive of ab-
 ous habits, and abstemious habits
 onducive to health, while wealth
 powerful incentive to excessive
 renee, which is fruitful source
 nplicated diseases.
 GOT peasant who was roaming
 horning through his landlords
 ne in the hope of catching some
 to appease his hunger was sud-
 confronted by it's owner, and
 what induced him to be out so
 pray, what brings you out so
 interposed. the peasant.
 n trying to find an appetite for
 akfast,'' replied his lordship.
 l." added the peasant, lam
 to find a breakfast for my
 
 hese two men the pampered