The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
WIVES OF IDLE TO
APPEAL TO KING
London Women Will March to
Palace to, Tell Royalty Of
suferings. {.
New York Herald Special Service,

i1oAuoh, wv. EveE-WSth the lm-
provement in trade, the ranks of tho
unemployed continue to swell. Not IN
any way discouraged by the refusal
OF the king to receive an arn,v Of the
unemployed woIkDlen who proposed to
march thru the streets to Buckingham
palace, the wives and, daughters of the
East End unemployed are now organ
lzlng g great procession tc march to
the palace, with a view Of laying be-
fore the king a plain statement of their
sufferings. .s.s=S
There is now. IN air of suppressed
excitement in Poplar and the surround
ing centers of distress. Thousands ,of
women from Poplar Bow, Bromley.
Westham, Wilwall and even Bermondy,
have declared their intention Of form
ing part Of an army of misery that
will march thru the streets of the West
wives win March.
The final mass meeS;ng of wives will
be held on Monday week and q few days
/ later the order to march will be given.
Mrs. Cook, wife of a member of parlia-
%'HDo I think the King will see us q
Yes, do,''' said Mrs Cook. 81 have
I been introduced to him, and he was SO
| homely and sympathetic real old
country gentleman. such as YOU would
read about in q book. I am sure he has
| a kind heart. I have told, the women
that if only he knew how things are
with them he would see them. - . a.
But what The unemployed. expect the
king to do for them has not been stated
at any of the mass meetings. 2
-. Sir Gilbert Parker's Views. -.
A discussion has been started apropos
of the unemployed upon the skilled
artisan system, that Of. the United
States being compared with that Of
England. Sir Gilbert Parker is one
who brings a most powerful Indictment
against the existing system. ~ .
.EThe tendency of the: last thirty or
forty wears has been toward the con-
centration of skill,'' he says: with
United States, with philosophic steadi-
ness developed technical education, not
for, what might be called the sake Of
education alone. but because the habit
of technical education produces habit
Of technical skill sooner or later thru
out the whole population. ,,.- -.
elf your principle Of scientific care
of human hand and brain is carried
on to scientific preservation of trades.
the defensive tariffs which the United
States carries on coincident with their
technical education are natural coral
larv to that principle of the republican
training. w go; - +, =: =. =: -,
-. :. Lesson from America.
"The United States believes in ad
hitting raw material free, or as free as
possible, but not manufactured goods
as the state says: I'VE: have. only q
race of skilled workers, and therefore
a powerful nation: intellectually :. ano
manually. IF we. work up thru al
the nee essary processes every article
| from, it's rawest. condition compatible
with convenience to its highest develop
I ment. that is refined production.
WBut England buys an immense LOT
of half manufactured goods. whlct
4 means limiting the area; of skill .ane
energy. Skilled workmen during the
last twenty-five years have been ceas
ing to be skilled and have become un
skilled. The ranks Of the unemployee
are filled with men who once; had
trade which is now obsolete or exer
! cised only through a third or half o:
it's processes. We have more pnskillet
1 unemployed who have come from tsklilet
classes than any other country among
western nations. y:: II: -
! -. Sir Hiram tMaxim's View. : -, :.
| Sir Hiram Maxim believes the effec
| or CnaJ COnCentTat1Ou VI oAIi 1oiotA0>
to by Sir Gilbert Parker is doing abou
ais. much harm in the United States a
in England: - ...,5.. ~. ..
workmen. he says, and it apple
to the United States as well as t.
England, arises from work being to-
highly specialized, 50 to. speak; Bu
much more serious is the fact tina
there is going in both America an!
England a certain, degeneration whicl
is Brought about By. the fact that "
} have been doing all we can to make !
so very expensive for mankind to ,hv
!. that the better classes shrink frou
. marriage, and. when they do we'd: the
restrict the number of their children
.,~.>.. Survival Of Undttest. = =
stOn the other hand, the unfit goe
on bepetting unfit. Under natural cor
ditions the fittest survives; but it ]
possible temporarily, to stay the law
If nature, and that is what is sbein
done largely in England at present an
Il IN lesser idegreesin. the United State!
The At are taxed to support the unfit
That state .is..the sinner and the sin O.
,, has to suffer The weakest must perls
, or they must inevitably IN time, swan y
! the empire. S% r. ) - - ll.J
fronting northern Europe and tn
. United States. We have got to FAC
:. them whether we; like IT or nc s ss 81 :
j. uUMRERT,S, HIIY tn .:..