The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-17
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There is no excuse for tipping in the
/ United States. and workingmen who ac-
cept tips do injury 10 themselves. Pull
man car porters and some others are said
TO receive small wages, as they are ex-
pected To make up the remainder in fees.
IL is reproach on any corporation, firm
or individual To pay low wages with the
expectation that their employees will make
money from tips. They should be abso-
| lutely prohibited. Press.
Under the operation OF the bootback-
barber alliance the fact that the shine
man or boy is permitted TO carry on busi
ness I'm union shop is guarantee OF
his regularity which entities him 10 the
patronage OF the shops customers The
brush boys and the manicures in the bar
bers shops have not yet been organized
into unions. but now, since the shine
question has been settled and the nom
union bootblack has been made impossible,
these will have the attention OF the or
ganiZers, and we may soon look for the
perfect barber's shop"-New York Trib-
une.
From any point OF view, Dental
Trust is a painful subject. other trusts
can be avoided But when capitalists try
TO profit by humanity's toothaches IL Is
necessary TO bring them 10 time with a
! short, sharp pull Better attach a string
/ TO n troublesome tooth and sit in misery
\ waiting for some one TO yank open the
\ door than to have cavities filled by an un-
/ sympathetic trust. t."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Natural woodlands are better regula-
tors OF water supply than are dams, res
ervoirs and bitches, and besides. they are
much cheaper Moreover, intellgently
cultivated forests can be made steady
sources OF wealth. whereas Irrigation
works and levees are perennial causes OF
expense se"-Philadelphia Record
wonders have been performed In the
great Northwest. but, considering the
marvellous changes that have been
wrought, of both n material, industrial
and historic nature, no section OF the "far
West" has outstripped Texas. When IL
comes To general development, the 'far
West during the last half century has
MAJ de n new record for the strenuous chill
dren OF men. Galveston News.
president Roosevelt may have antag-
onized some of the leaders of his party.
and Il may be true. as charged, that those
trusts that are OF monopolistic and un-
lawful character are opposed to him, but
his hold upon the rank and file OF his
party is marvellous. IL seemed evident
succeed himself as president. and II Is
still more apparent now"-Minneapolis
Times
Millions are spent for the higher edu-
cation. and II the graduates OF our uni
yersities and colleges are not holding
| their own I'm the fierce competitions OF
! professional and business life, there is n
! great waste OF time, money and effort In
! the preparation OF men and women for
| their careers The consesus OF intelligent
opinion is that It pays to eduoate."-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
"If the president and the senate have
! the rght To revise the tariff rates upon
! imports coming from Cuba without con-
! sulting the house, then they have the
| power 10, I'm effect. repeal the Dlngley
! law by negotiating a series OF treaties
with the various countries having trade