The Lambertville record., 1902-04-23

as an employer mas taught me that the
employer is expected to go more than
half way IN meeting the employe.
We are responsible to provide work
and to see that the men shall receive
fair share of the benefits. I believe
in organized labor, and it is demon
started fact that labor conditions are
benefited when entrusted to au hon
est leader. Organized labor is con-
dition that must be met.
1t is gratifying to tho Grand Army
of the Republic men and all the old
soldiers, to know that at last there has
been n change in the Pension Com
mission. Eugene +. Ware, of Kansas,
has been named by the President to
this important position. There are al
ways two sides to story, but COM
missioner Evans never presented but
the one. The old veterans have pre-
sented the other but now his career
is ended as far as the pension bust
Is concerned, and we shall not go fur
ther into details.
The gang was out in force last week
and having merry time, without mo
lestation from the police force. There
was time when if the gang was seen
upon the streets a little gay, the 20
lice would gather them in at sight
but this was when they pretended to
work and the officer knew he was
good for fine. But now how differ
ent2 The gang has passed all hope of
reform and are down in the depths of
depravity, and even the police ignore
them, we'll knowing there can be no
fine collected from them. Well, gen
tlemen of the police force, it is about
time something should be done, as the
citizens are tired of being insulted by
a lot of drunken loafers.
South Main street from the gas
house bridge to the rubber factory,
wants new top dressing, and needs
it very much. This piece of street
was put down few years ago at
considerable expense to the city and
our councilmen should see to it that
1T should have at least the actual ne
cessary repairs to keep ii in fair con-
dition. The argument put forth in re.
gard to stone roads, that the cost per
year is estimated Mt one hundred dol
lars per mile, does not hold good in
| this case, as this road has now been
| built some eight years and never been
touched since,-I mean from Feeder
street down, and the heavy rains
through the last spring has left some
of the stone foundations bare. This
street has a very heavy traffic and
should be kept in good repair at all
times. / might also mention the
stone sidewalk. This should be raised
up somewhere near the height of the
street level, as in its present condi-
tion, at each heavy rain, the half, we
might say, is inundated and left in a
very bad condition for weeks after |
the storm, which always leaves n coat !
ing of yellow clay deposited upon the
flags, only to be cleaned off from CON
slant use and northwest winds.
Mans inhumanity to man can be
traced along the tortuous trail of hu-
man events by the tear stains that soil
the pages of the worlds cruel story.
The widow, the orphan, the debtor
and the man driven to steal or beg,
are often the victims of the heartless
man 8 ambition and greed They who
cause tears also cause pain, and in
many cases those who suffer pain have
not the ability or inclination to shed
| tears, which proves very conclusively
that the world is guilty of more cruel
ties than those marked on the pages
of history. don't know, but it seems
to me that the very first question fred
at the migrant by old St. Peter will
be "Have you ever caused unneces-
sary tears? If so, how many? And did
you enjoy them? And why did you do
it? And would you ever do it again?
And do you think you are fit to enter
paradise where there shall be no
more tears nor anything to cause
tears?" And the sentence will be
depart, you skinfintl and go to the
place where they have been boring for
water these last 10000 years, and
haven't struck gravel yet" And this
suggests to me that ought to bring
the question straight home to my
readers, and bluntly ask them if any
of the countless millions now mourn
ing from mans inhumanity to man
owe their tears to any act of cruelty
from the readers whose eyes follow
these lines? Have you caused anybody
to mourn? And how much did you
make out of the transaction? And
would you do SO again for the few
dollars, or the little bit of glory it
would bring you? Don't answer right
off and say you didn't do it, but pause
moment and run your eyes of mem
DRY back over the clothes line of recol-
lection until you reach the hole in OBJ
liyion through which you crawled into
the circus tent Of mortality and took
your place on the flying trapeze of life
and began to turn the political flip
flaps that gave you part of this old
worlds Doodle.
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