Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30

(From copyright photograph taken By Bradley
New York. i'll January, 1904.D
that since 1860 wages have increased about
60 per cent, so that the dollar day man of
1850 would now get at least $3.50 or $3.50
more than he got in 1860 At the same
time the widows earnings have been re-
duced to per cent instead of Z. and her
income from the 5000 is only 500, instead
of $3.50. She has lost $50 and the work
man has gained $50. That is an example
of how labor is annually getting a greater
share of the profits
But what will be the end of it all?" 1
asked.
ut will come out all right said the
bishop. 1.-The situation of today is merely
an incident in our history. We are now in
a transition state. but in the end matters
like these regulate themselves. 1 have no
fears for the future.
Cardinal Gibbons at Home.
I met Cardinal Gibbons in the library of
his residence at Baltimore. His house is
a big gray stone building of many rooms,
just back of the cathedral. 1t has cold
air about the interior, as though the hand
of woman were absent. And it is A
colored boy in livery meets you at the door
and you find only priests and students
within. The cardinal is now siXty-eight
years of age. He is tall and thin. with a
face bearing the evidence of hard study.
He is very dignified, but at the same time
kindly, speaking freely and Interestingly on
every subject 1 found that he had re-
Gently delivered sermon on labor. and his
first words were on The Sweat Shops of
Baltimore" Said he:
1.-The sweating system is disgrace to the
country. We have large claTs of persons
here in Baltimore employed by the proprie
tors of the clothing establishments. Some
of them work in the stores and others in
their own homes. bringing their garments
to the establishment. These people are
owe rod and I find a
put in six days, of ten or twelve hours each,
for from So to s. per week. With this pit
lance they have to pay for house rent food.
clothing and all the expenses incident to
family life. They have hardly enough to
keep them from starving, and the result is
that after a few years they are incapaci-
tated for work. / find that many of them
are compelled to toll in sweat shops con-
tracted In space and poorly lighted
How can the matter be remedied, your
eminence?' 1 asked.
lone way is to arouse public attention to
the grievance and discriminate in favor OF
goods made in other establishments. We
have in Baltimore Consumers League,
the members of which agree to purchas Sc
only such goods as are made in sanitary
quarters with reasonable working hours
and fair wages. The league has label,
which is put all goods made in such
places / think it is good thing and ought
to be patroniZed."
Organized Labor.
How about the labor organic atoms, your
eminence. Do you approve of them?'
Yes" replied the cardinal. Il see no
reason why our working men should not
combine together for their own protection
and benefit. This is an age of organiza-
ton We have syndicates, trusts and all
sorts of combinations of capital, why
should we not have organizations of labor?
The labor union is an emblem of freedom
1t is the legitimate child of the trade guilds
of old England. 1t has nothing to conceal.
and it takes from man the preteXt for the
formation of dangerous secret societies"
Strikes and Boycotts.
THAT is So" said l. but it also origi-
mates trouble. 1t causes strikes and boy
colts"
THAT is true" replied the cardinal, ''but
1 think the day will come when such things
will pass away and when arbitration and
Cancellation will take the place of strikes