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from the City of Perth so well known
TO Americans az the home OF the Fair
Maid" long since made famous By
"auId Sir Walter He came 20 THIS
country fifteen ears ago and has i"i-
lowed life stone working trade iu and
about Washington for the greater part
az that time When he is az home he
lives ou a farm ln Prince George county,
Md with his vile and two sons. He
has had much success with his ffty-odc
acres Of land and declares chat the
country IS the place for him.
in AN his tweuty-siX years of Chamber
ing about high scanOlds in this country
land iu Scotland. ne has never had before
Ia fall ''T may have another bad tumble
the first day ] go 20 work. or ] may not
have an accident q I live 10 be O. hun
bred" said Laing. IT have TO take my
chances on that as have done for more
than twenty years. IL is All in "a days
work But I am going back 10 work as
soon az the doc here win let me Ale
though 7 have never W0rke,- on any or
the ssky-scrapers.f ] have worked on
some high buildings in this town. Ny
head has always been steady when / was
on a high sCaT0Id and 70 Is not to dizzi-
ness that my tumble Of the other day
can be- laid
LANG sustained only a simple fracture
0f the thigh bone. With ii twenty-five
pound weight tied 20 his leg he Is unable
/ 10 move about iu his bed, but he is 5uf
lof pain and is making a quick recover
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land. the Independence of the working
TIu appears tu De Very much less ulaT<-
cd than iU the United State=- AS one
labor leader Boo England remarked. the
Pullman porter iu AmoTisa Is free
man. while the Eu@lish WaIrCr is slave.
Newspapers Neglect Workmeu.
D. ao couutry-uot even iu England
do che working classes possess the same
opportunities for y0iCug their ideas
and ideals as iu tle United states In
our country most of the trade unions
publish journals, supplemented by scores
of other labor papers while many of the
great city daiIies are distinctly friendly
10 the cause of miUuism and devote
many columns 90 labor news In Ems
land. ou the other hand, the larger
newspapers devote scarcely amy space
TO the doings OF the worlSiEgmeu OF
their representatives, and both i'm that
country and ON the Continent there
seems TO Doe "a daartl of iutelilEeutiy di-
rected appeals 10 the w1Tkins classes.
Ia some respects however The con-
dIti0u OF the working classes In Europe
is very much superior 20 t4at or their
brethren iu America Both I'm England
and TO "a still greater extent ON the Con
rinent. regard is manifested Tor the
safety or The WDTEiuEmen, and there is
less OF that reckless spirit Iu which the
lives of thousands of American work
men are sacrlnced 20 the profits OF the
employer. the number of accidents 20
employees upon American railways is
very much sreater-BOth absolutely and
reIatively-thau ia amy country of Eu-
r0Ue The numbFr Of HiueTs killed or
EarUlansH1lg tR7uyeds - So greater in
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some and Wear5iug tasks. Tn many
countries women stiu seem t0 Dee the
cheaDest and most seryiccabIe beasts of
BURDEN in some they are employed at
occupations from which. i'm America,
they would be excluded by public ouin-
ton. The prevalence of barmaiJs iu
point.
England's Labor Unions.
The spirit Of uuiouism is stronger in
the United States than iu any country
on the Continent. but &c IS weaker here
than in England ia the latter country
labor organizations have existed fer so
many years that the principles of am
i0uism have been Transmitted from ga
Their 20 son, and the organizations can
always count upon "a loyalty and a love
possible only after such 81 period of life.
On the Continent. the unions. while
growing in strength are neither SO pow
erful nor so firmly knit as are the Amer
lean unions. The repTessive measures
political ana industrial ideals and tine
ueWuess or uuluuIsm itself. an have
tended 20 rstard the progress of the or
g8uizati0us.
on the Continent, moreover. relations
between employers and emaE0yed are
not so favorable as fu The United
States. There are. ueriauE fewer
strikes, and there may even be less
direct friction but I'm these countries
the WOrkIugHaur whether unionist or
uCU-uloulsIl Is not accorded The social
position which he enjoys ia America
and his ore aulzatlOu is not as a rule.
Es@ogllsa4 ~ dealt va Even I'm Hsssz-
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REMARKABLE RAILROAD

- e. GIBSON. secretary and dI-
- rector of the Denver, North
western and Pacld9 Railroad
was in Chicago recently and In
formed a representative OF the Chicago
Record Herald" that the Denver, North
western and Pacific was absolutely In
dependent OF any other railroad inter
cstS, and was being constructed solely
with a view TO opening one Cf the rlch-
est UudevelOped territories jan the west
and probably the richest I'm Colorado.
The undeveIoped territory consists of
between $4,000 and $1,000 square miles
!uclosed between mountain ranges on
the north and on the south and eN-
tending nearly all the way from Den
yer TO salt lake City. and including the
Yampa or Bear River Valley.
The AIonatt road IS i'm operation FOR a
distance OF fifty miles between Denver
and Mammoth, and viii soon DE oper-
ated twenty-five miles further west.
In it's mountain construction the road
Is one of the most remarkable In the
world. There IS a single mile OF IL NOT
far from Denver which cost 100000 to
grade and prepare fer the LAYING OF
rails.
For a distance ~ at least fifty miles
out of Denver e. est of grading aver
ged $1,000 pen .a not 20 speak az
the niuoty-polr4 -ails which We're laid
Tn tho FIRST ft, miles 1f mountain con-
STR elton there are tWenty-uinc tunnels,
and one is I'm process of construction
which VIII bg two and One-hali miles iu
length. the longest tunnel in this couu-
try,
Almost every foot of the mountain di-
vision out OF Denver is paved with gold,
so 10 speak, and the cost is what deter
red the Cni3u PaciaC and the Burling-
ton from originally seeking this pas
sage instead or transit through @ desert
country. - result OF the expensive
construction. however, the road viii
have a maximgm mountain grade OF
per cent. as against % and & which other
lines have to- overcome.
Mr. Gibson said the present effort OF
Mr.. A0rfat is TO complete az rapidly as
possible the construction OF the road I'd
the almost iu=xhaustihle coal folds oi
Routt county which alone contain LOO
square miles Of coal. Most Of the de-
u1=its are hituminous, but there is some
anthracite.
The Denver. Northwestern and Pacific
when completed. VIII bee 53y miles long
between Denver and Salt Lake. as
against ~ for the Denver end Rio
Grand-. and Is for the DllOu Pa
cihc ID Is estimated that the tGnstruc-
Jl0u viii cost s22.e0i.glo.
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Wages Measured Both in Money and What
Money viii Purchase Are Higher in
the United States Than in
Other Countries.

the extent 90 which it Is vested In al
most every trade the output Per worker
j. very much less Than ln Jhe LEitea
- ate5- Tho WCrAuIeu do not app az %
labor with the same nervous intensity as
In this country. This Is true Of Euglana,
and sim more true ar Germany. trai.c...
SsS aLsr luQlsposlllon upon tl-9 Le- ~
both employers and Workueu 10 uilf'l-
duce new machinery ana processes siio 70
4uopJ new methods or WORK dlLl44zA
iu Germany there IS am overcoming illl-
provemcut iU this direcuou = Hillu
larger proportion OF the tanef ~ NE
the production Of luNurle>, OF or alsiet+-
intended for the exclusive use OF ne
rich. I'm NO country or Europe 1-.e tLlS
consumption Of the Worklll5In pay 70
large "A role in the demand Tor goods
and nowhere do Workmeu produce LoF
their own class 90 the came extent IS
iu THE United states FOR thls feasol
tho uufan label which is so important
.a factor iu American Industry is prdcli-
CaIIv uou-eNisteuL i'm England ana on
che Continent
Little immigration.
Another great point of difference be-
tween Euraoa and the united states is
the fact that iH the latter country the
labor population IS constantly changing.
whereas I'm Europe 81 IS largely station
airy. in America one nationality aEJeF
another IS supDlanted by races WlleA
.
great problem of the American UoriSine-
man az the present time is 20 raise 10
. the level of the men already employ al.
I'm Europe ON the other nanar tArts -
relatively little Immigration ana L-s
population Is practically homogeneous
Moreover. the European WoFhili5 till--
does not move So readily from place 10
place. but is far more fixed ana lilll.o
bile. The result is that I'm Europe, al,s
especially on the Continent me "--sla "a
labor are TO "a much less extent Ls=5--
lated by unrestricted compelllloli. a--- ~
"a LARGE measure are determined by Gus
tom and tradition. Iu Europe, al79- t-ie
professional strike breaker VINO ii-s
moved from place 20 place ana p1s 90
any job Is almost uUu-sHlstelt. -
IL s. no mitigation or t1e Icat ~
ships OF American Workiusmen -hat tl5
conditions iu this country are He- a'
bad as they are in Europe anu tl-s
American workngmen should, as mere
tofore, strive 90 secure further lulpi ~ -
meut I'm conditions and more Loitliiel g
lives for the whole WJrklng elass.
John MITCHELL.
In collaboration with Walter T. NeyL
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cle Sam

4 large building at the corner Of
Tenth Street and Maryland Avenue
southwest is occupied as the workrOoms
o. the chief DOisoner. ana here he was
found iudustri0usly laboring to com
niete plaster cast mask Of an old
Pouca chief which was made during
the summer. 31r. Palmer IS not only a
added 20 this that Of mask maker or
sculptor, and taEerdermisJ-
Winked His Eyes.
"ThIs blasted old chief" said Mr.
Palmer. turned his face and bEnzed
his eyes 10 such an extent when the
plaster was applied that it's a poor job
I'm going TO do This sumner they
rushed In a whole string OF Indians on
me. and it's no little trouble TO get
them 10 sit quietly down and let the
mask be made. Indians think we are
trying To trick them. and about the
only safe way IS 10 get them in here
one AT q time. When three OF four
are brought in at the same time there
is always a hitch. for just as soon as
they see the face Of one creased, quilts
stuck i'm the uOstrils. and the face COW
cred with plaster. the others make a
break Tor the door.
They firmly believe there is going 10
be another dead Indian. ] have come
near seeing serious trouble right I'm
here several times. OLD kicking Bear
raised the very devil when / stuck the
ouuls i'm his n0strils. He gave a snort
ike a mad bull and jumped ab0Ct i've
feet out OF the chair. I thought Tor a
time that he would dem0lish nay shop
and put me out Of business. We got
him quieted however. and after
/ brought boy or the street and showed
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the United States chan in Englanld , or
upon the Continent ana ~ piact4e'i-ie
an other Industries the death rate from
accidents is less than in the United
States.
What Conditions Are Superior.
Moreover, i'm Europe. the injured and
disabled vorSmen and the widows OF
the workmeu killed are not thrown
aside To become a burden upon the COM
r,rriry bu- i'm am these countries pro-
vision is made by some system or IN
surauce to guard them against ufiLhel-
f+.F r-feaf.g- Also. in many countries
provision IS made Tor the insurance OF
lra y.ariz-nemau against lime IS. Old age
and iuvaIidity. In most OF Jle countries
I'D Continental Europe me can look Tor
ward no the payment or "a definite PEN
sion iu ease of Illness, or when, lAfousn
b.. - IN ,s-af 151esS. he is unable Co work
longer. I'm Europe, as in America how
ever there is practically NO provision
..1,1fr7sr luemul0vment. except in SO FAR
a@ this Is furnished by the out-ot-Wori>
Hcne6ts of trade unions Ia tHlS mat
rer the old established British unions
are far I'm advance of the American or
RI uizr II8uS, and more profecNou tS at -
Iarded the English workman than Us
given the American laboreT
Insurance and Pensions.
In many respects the European work
ingman Is obliged TO meet the same
problems as are met hy the American
workIuRmau. and TO encounter the same
difficulties. AS in America. the work
iugmau in Europe has been compelled Co
struggle for the limitation OF the hours
OF labor of women and children. and
for the prohibition of night work for
women. He has also sought 60 obtain
the passage of laws regulating the
health OF the WOrAmen and the Nentld-
ton and sanitation az mines, mills ana
factories Ia England these regulations
appear Go bee more minute and more rig
idly enforced than i'm any OF oar Amer
lean States. while iu no part OF western
Europe Is there such an utter absence or
protective legislation as In some or our
Southern States. AS IN America the
sweating trade exists in -undon, Paris
Berlin, and practically all the large
towns OF Europe. The dtTncuity or reg
ulating home industry has been met
only partially there. as I'm the United
States, and iu Europe as An the united
States. there are hundreds OF thousands
of men, women and children condemned
90 work at starvation wages under An-
speakably uusauitary conditions.
PERHAPS the most salient fact about
labor iu Europe IS It's ineHecllFe-sas-- .alii
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2 seems almost uTesumpr 90 make
O. comparison between American
and European labor conditions after
only a few months stay iu Europe.
To carry out such a comparison thor
ougnIy and completely would require
many years of study devoted 90 this
single subject. no one, however. who
is interested In labor problems can travel
through Europe without being struck
by certain salient important differences
between American and European con-
ditions.
One Of the chief GimcuIties Iu the way
or making ibis comparison lies in the
fact that iu each country of Europe
conditions are different. There Is q
greater variation between the situation
silezia than between that ~ the British
miner and the miner or the United
States one can speak only JOB general
terms and can give expression only 20
those impressions which are tHa most
obvious and striking
Our Material Situation Superior.
Generally speaking. the material situ-
alton OF the American WoThiuEmau is
far superior t5 that 0f his European
brethren. Although wages. hours of Ia-
Dor and general conditions of work are
FAR from satisfactory iu the United
States. the situation Of the American
WorkiuEmau .n these respects is better
than that Of the European W0rLugmau.
wages, measured both iu money and iu
what money viii buy. are higher ll the
United States than in England, and are
much higher iu the United States than
lu Germany France. or Belgium. The
working day appears L. Doe slightly
longer Sta the United States than iu Eng
land and somewhat shorter iu the
United States than Iu Germany. France,
or Belgium. The intensity OF work ls
much greater il America than FED amy Of
The countries named. There Us Jess
iduGs, less daWHIIne less -.=r.H.eTire.
ana more precision ana activity II LE.
work oI Lle average American tlau ga
that ~ the EnglisEmaus tTeuchmau. or
German
The Productivity - labor = also lsg
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RITES OF LABOR CONDITIONS IN EUROPE
Labor Conditions in Europe and America
Strikhg!y Contrasted by s7ohn NJ Mitchell

Wages are higher here than in England and much
higher than in Germany, France, or Belgium.
Working day longer than in England. shorter than
in other countries named
Intensity OF work much greater here.
There is much less idlng or soldering
Average American Iaborer produces more than Eu-
TOpean competitors
American workngman has better uourishmsnt,
training, and education.
European lives on less money and also on less
food.
Proportion of women working greater in Europe
than i'm United States.
Women in Europe seem to be regarded cheapest
beasts Of burden.
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More regard is paid for safety of wor5men in Eu-
rope than here.
Number of accidents TO uainmen greater i'm the
United States.
More miners are killed CT injured in this country.
In European countries provision is made for in
suTance and pensions.
Sanitary regulations more minute and more rigdly
enforced I'm England.
Wages abroad are much less regulated by unre-
stricted competition.
Spirit of uniouism is stronger here than in any
country save Eugand
Opportunities for voicng ideals greatest in United
States.
English newspapers give little space TO news Of
wOrkingmen.
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LuleI 0e- All Right.
Chief Joseph OF the Mex Perces. who
died the other day. was a fine old fellow
and we had very little trouble In GET
ting him 70 let the mask be made. You
cannot imagine how immensely delight
ed Indians are when they see their faces
DC plaster and know that they VIII be
put in the Museum An Indian IS a vain
creature, and about as hard 20 handle
as q rattlesnake."
Immediately by the side Of the bust
OF the Pouca chief on which 8Ir. Palm
CT was working, was one or President
Lincoln, which had been sent down from
the Treasury Department for repairs
and 10 be poisoned. II is a very old one.
and has been shamefuIly treated by em-
pIoyes Of the Treasury and visitors. The
nose is broken, one eve disdgUred, q
portion of the hair gone. and IS literal
lily covered with scratches. IT seemed
that If every pire, cigar. ana cigarette
smoker who entered the Treasury build
ing during the past twenty-five years
had drawn a match across the brea Sc
or shoulders so often had this been
done that cuts an eighth or an inch deep
are all over IT, even the face being mar
red MT. Palmer said that f. would az
ford exquisite pleasure 10 administer
couiOus doses OF ''Bizeu" 70 the men
ana boys VINO had so shamefully dishg-
ured the bust
Poisoning a Piano.
In an air-tight box almost as
large as half the room in which It stands.
Mr.. Palmer has a piano OF the vintage
Of 100 and a number OF blankets rurs,
and skins. These were being put through
the poisoning process. Some kind of
minute borers had got ia the wood o.
the piano and were making sad havoc
with the mahogany and rosewood after
il comes from the poison box IL VIII
never. be bothered again. The blankets
skins, and furs viii soon be on exhibit
ton.
AIr. Palmer was for a number OF years
in The Crystal Palace. but, desiring 70
cast his lot in America, he secured a
position in New York, in Central Park,
where ne was during the Tweed Ad-
uainistra ton He tells some interesting
stories about how money was spent IN
a lavish manner Hler6 u colLl never
possibly accomplish good ar. Fal1ief
became dissatisfied and went 70 Ehll7-
deIphla where he remained some time,
and then came 70 ~ asllng Lous where
he says he just sell into his Job and
has held Sc down Tor more than rnirtr
years He says that during his visits
10 England he has been gratIned 20 see
that q number OF the ideas and meth
DDS rracticed in the National Museum
have been copied In that country.
Perhaps 7 have not the authority 70
our Museum IS a grand one, and when
we have sufficient room 10 put prop
trIz- on exhibition One-half OF the thou
sands OF articles stored IN Lne Dsse-
meut Of the building lt Win be some
! thing worth looking al
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however. and the first thing I knew 0It
I swung and down / had ma -umbled
four feet before lost consciousness
But somehow / stuck Jo that Ettls iat-
der and may be- that is Tie reason that 7
am alive 10 talk 20 you today 1Iy nerve
is as good as the next mans. but / had
no time TO think OF saving myself. To
be sure had no time 10 DE scared
either"
Laing's Line of Flight.
An termination OF the line of flight
followed by Laiug I'm his LeadlCug tuu-
BILE makes il appear even more miracu-
Ious that he escaped with his lie AS
he and his brave little ladder came
Hurtllng through the air they struck ID
stage OF the scanoldius about eight feet
below where LaIng was al work II was
% fortunate strike Tor it caused I-aiug
10 bound ouJWar5s from tire building
and thus escape the pile OF huge stones
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Under tyrauuicaI and despotic
rulers OF some countries the Of
fee of chief poisuner has existed
for ages. but shat cur own
Uncle sam pays out % handsome sum
for the maintenance of such am Office is
not generally known
This position filled 5v Joseph
Palmer. an Euglishmau, who has no i'm
clinauou nor does Ee receive a salary
10 put offensive and corrupt politicians
and statesmen out of the way as his
contemporaries iu heatLeuish countries
must do. Was Ihis required of ar.
Palmer it is entirely safe 20 say that
the job would be well done. for the
gentleman prou0uuCes b. '-pi-zeu-" and
one can almost feel the deadly drug
getting I'm its work when he says IT..
il is the chief prisoners duty to-
poison everything. every article, which
goes into the National lIuseum-boolls.
stuffed animals Filipino b0Ios. musical
instruments. Navajo blankets, whales.
birds. busts of prominent men AIeZican
and any ana every thing. old and new
His Method Sure.
Ills method OF "pizeniug~ is q guar
autee against the ravages of Father
Time. tEe rust. wood borer-. cock
reaches. microbes. insects. and even
thieves. Every shelf liable. chair. case.
and eyerythins when goes TO make mp
the Museum has been subjected to the
chief p1isouers process When he am
uouuces am article proof 81 means
that bugs. insects. microbes. moths and
everything of liEe nature VIII never Iu-
tertere with Do on gro" RAT bE leaslln2
upon 10. ar Pa .IL-r s. 'uiZ-l is Slft
death a second treatment is never
I necessary
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Famous Labor Leader Makes Comparisons
Between Lot of the Workingman as
He Found 1t Abroad and as
1t Is Here.

greater ln the United States. THE aver
age American workman produces lu
day much more than his European
brother. and the higher wages which
the American workman receives are.
therefore. often compatible with lower
cost of production than BIS possible iH
Europe This greater output of the
American Worsiugmau is due 90 the fact
that owing TO his better nouIl=lment
and better training. as well CAS- to his
better education. he is able 10 accom-
pIish more and 20 work with greater
muscular and nervous energy. A1Ee-
over. the higher wages OF the American
WlTElIElaU constantly -iinulaiH tHH
employer 900 Introduce laboT-SaFlLE ma
aTlsaar and 10 effect economies which
are NOT an the expense or the workman
Ll addition lle greater natural zee
sources of the country ana inc larger
and more efficient manner lu "htgh ln-
GusLIE I- organized lu The iHllrd
States. permit the American employer
% paw higher wages without enlalHus
a greater cost. which fact should DE
borne Iu mind when estimating iHa ita-
TautaEeE and dieadvantaEes under
What the Dollar Buys,
Iu Europe. as I'm America, one COM
zfaulv hears the statement that the d1l-
lar of the American W0rkiugmau does
not go further than the shilling OF the
LIEi Grlau- the mark OF tne German or
even the franc Of the Freuchmau ar Bel
slau- iu other words. that the cost OF
living is iu proportion no the wages CaTu-
ed Nothing could be further from the
TRUTH The standard of living of the
American worknRmau is far trom what
iL should be- iu country of our -ur-
passing wealth and great natural re-
sources, but d. is higher than the stand
ard of living u England. and much fur
Their advanced than on the continent.
Tie European workiuEmau spends less
on living because be has less 90 spend.
and he receives less OF the deceucies, com
forts, and llEurles of life than does the
American WOrkiugman. He lives on less
money but he lives also ON less food.
he has fewer clothes and they are ol
poorer quality. and mis- lodgings, with
some exceptions. age much worse. Tho
chief article I'M -Ee budget of the work
ilemau-L0ud-is ou the whole not less
expensive, and lu many cases is more
extensive THAI = ~ United States.