Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-13
This is the Cry Heard Throughout
Great Britain at the Pres
ent Time.
THOUSANDS ARE OUT OF WORK.
Sections Which Suffer Most Cham.
berlain's Pessimistic Word
Picture.

'InflpllS 10 1ulSley, pltdst' SuNn
were the words quickly but politely
spoken to your correspondent and Ell
der John Cooper by the conductor, as
We got on the street ear last week, near
Glasgow Crosse for our temporary
abode, viz; Paisley. Three pence (Gc)
II cheap fare for seven miles. COM
pared with the railroad fare, which Is
a sixpence. Street cars every six min
utes to and from Paisley" SO we were
informed by the conductor Run made
In 40 minutes. Street cars running very
SLOW II Glasgow, so much SO that any
one OF them Is easy caught any time
by young and middle aged people, when
: the cars arc running, but when they
are outside OF the city they run much
faster Street cars In all the important
cities and towns in Scotland, and every
town In this braid kintry" boasts OF
It's Importance "abin its neebors,' just
as some OF the people do. Street cars
are affecting the passenger trafic Of the
railroads very much. II Is expected
that street cars win be running from
Wishaw to the coast this year, a dis.
lance of over 20 miles. Labor is cheap
and there is a great overplus OF men,
Dun trade" Ia the cry everywhere.
Even Paisley has taken up the slogan.
The local paper OF the town, the Daily
Express OF Monday, Jan, 49, 1894,
says: 1T has for many months been
matter OF common talk that we are on
the eve Of bad times In Great Britain.
and the fiscal controversy has, perhaps,
accentuated the situation. In Paisley,
We are, by reason Of our more FORUM
ate posItIon-particular in having the
great thread mills In our midst-less
readily affected In our domestic COM
fort than other large industrial GEN.
ters."
The population Of Paisley Is given
as $1,000 From 1900 to $1,000 women
and grs work In the thread mills,
steam loom mills and other places II
Is stated that fully $4,000 OF them work
In the mills. ! could write an extended
article on the hard and laborious work
done by women and girls In bonnie
Scotland and the very small wages
paid them, but will only touch the
question at this time. II Is enough to
see and be told that the burden OF sup
porting the home rests upon far too
many women IN this country. The ma
jority OF women work here, away from
home, many Of whom have large fami-
lies OF small children. Many girls and
women perform hard manual labor at
pitheads, brukyards I the fields, etc,
| etc. II Is q hard struggle In many IN
stances for people everywhere to get
| living az the present time. This Is APP
plicable to many artisans. able bodied
men of all occupations, to say nothing
OF the poverty among the common lab
orers.
All the leading papers In Glasgow
and other cities and towns, have re-
Gently called the attention Of the pub
lie, particularly people with means TO
the great distress In Govan.' and
asked relief for the distressed. Fifteen
hundred poor children OF Govan were
given a good dinner on New Years day
by the police, In the town hall, and each
child got two pound currant loaf to
take home. Others fed 500 more max
ing 1000. As Is known, Govan If a
shipbuIlding town. with population OF
| 1900, II Is reported that $4,000 men
are idle there, and 5000 In Paisley All
towns I'm Scotland feel the dull trade
| The Labor Gazette for December
states that the metal, engineering and
shipbullding trades Of the coun-
try have continued to decline
but the Improvement IN the cot
towards the end OF October has been
maintained hence II Is that poverty
| Is kept from many OF the doors OF the
Paisley people by the women and girls,
as stated. The Labor Gazette also
declares that 1.-The percentage oil unem-
ploysd. trades union members continues
higher than the mean percentage Tor
the month of November In the past ~
years" The Paisley Express comment
ing on the situation, says III may De
taken that what is asserted OF that
month applies with as much, and In
some Instances greater force Just now
lend Of January. There Is no doubt the
prospects Of employment for the artisan
classes in this district paisley can
not be regarded with anything like a
confident spirit,and the depressing state
Of Affairs In the nelghborlng burgh or
Govan helps to darken the outlook
Perhaps the highest authority In
Great Britain 10 Quo,e from on the
question OF dull trade at present Is
| tho Hon. Joseph NJ. Chamberlain, re-
Gently high secretary for the colonies.
In addressing a meeting OF Londoners,
last week. In the Gulldhall, which was
packed long before the hour to com
mence, he said I'VE are losing our
posItion In the world He pointed out
examined and explained, the minister
came In and was introduced to Our
friend from America, a gentleman
| from Salt Lake city The minister
Immediately stated that he must go,
| as my folks are quite Ill" but he was
| prevailed upon by Miss c., the young
| lady referred 20, 60 stay long enough
| to see 1.-THE photo of my cousin and his
| family" the Deseret News and all the
| views briefly explained In the book
| named. 10 him. Nearly an hour was
| happlly spent, during which time the
| HYMNS. 20 my Father" and did YOU
| think to pray" were sung, ana hlghly
| enioyed. II was suggested 70 the
| minister that he coula preach a sermon
next sunday on prayer.
Quite a large number OF the Christ
| mas edition OF the News have been
received In this country from friends
| at home and every copy has been very
| much APPRECIATED and shown 10 friends,
| There IL no stint In the praise OF It's
make up and appearance
| elders have been kept IN Paisley very
| regularly for more than 30 years, and
| ~ ,o,tn FOR many years has been as