The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-03
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Cossacks seem quite as terribI.
against the Russian mobs as ever thex
were reputed, despite the comparative.
ly oor showing they have nada in tn
war against the Japanese. Can If ne
that these wild horsemen understa nj
the art of warfare only when II Is
waged against unarmed men and helm
less women and children 3-rhar,esto,
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In the recent presidential Campaign
carr Schurz remarked that he did no
want to see the time come when each
American workman would have to
carry an unproductive soldier on his
back. After reading of 100. 600 soldiers
being assembled in ST. Petersburg and
10000 in Moscow. and this at n time
when the Russian nation is carving
On a tremendous war on its eastern
frontier. we begin 20 arrive at what
Mr.. Schurz's anti-imperiaI idea means
columbia State.
The letter in yesterdays Constitu-
ton from a Kansas milling company.
making some practical suggestions
relative 10 the substitution Of cotton
for jute or buriap IN the manufacture
of bags or other forms ot packages
commonly used il commerce. is we'll
worth the consideration 81 southern
men n all friends OF cot
ton in this its hour Of need. AS our
correspondent suggests, it is all right.
under the circumstances, to talk about
the curtailment of cotton production.
while we are safeguarding that
phase of the proposition let US see
can be done IN the way Of in
creasing cotton consumption. This is
q question hal the south has very
at heart and which should enlist
patriotic southern sentiment. even if
need be. to the point If sacrifice. Not
hat OUR southern ladies shoulI discard
real silk for the merceriZe.l article, or
hat our southern mel should insist
there be no wool in their cloth
.ng. The necessity hardly reaches the
of a war measure, although
t has attained the proportions of a
financial war involving hundreds OF
of dollars. But southern in
inventive and Otherwise.
should exert Itself to accelerate fine
tendency tc substitute cotton for other
'aw material in textile and oher Tires
IF manufacture. It strikes US that
are great possibilities in the
Kansas srggestion.-Atlanta Constitu-
While it is scarcely possible to- place
n exaggerated estimate on the evils
Incident to- child labSr-the impair
nent of physical and mental health, /
he warping: OF mind ARD body, effects
hat cannot be confined to a single
eneration-it is an obvious truth. that |
treat discretion Is demanded Ia the |
treatment Of this abuse If those who |
eek to refOrns 1t would avoid CfISet- |
the good they do wish a fol1nid-
BILE accumulation Of evil, a;TeSI1ip,- by
way, thai is often achieved by sin
ere but misdirseted attempts at e
orm in various fields. The New York
Tail gives some Suggestive facts from
experience of the nortlsern secre-
.ry of the National Child I-abor As
ociation. Mr.. Owen LovcIoy, prob
bIv a descendant Of the historic ch;ar-
cter Of that name The Mail says that
Ir. Secretary LoTejoy has c%ollided.
with a good, hard. otd-fashionedi pre-
adice in trying to get some small
oys out of the factories and into'i
For e%xarsp'e. wheE> this Of
,ciaI has gone to certain large "m-s
Ioyers Of labor with his request that
roubTe should be saa-ed by beLtfng bog /
the working age intc@ school ]
he Mail says he has been met With /
objection that the boys at work arc
OF of the sort who would be benefited, [
II their lives by ang mora education! &
If the boys got it in him, sud oneAs
uch employer to Mf. LoVejay,~ "11H 4
I'LL learn anyway and f rot theresa
20 Use trying to teach him. Tile law !
to take this into account" AnG i
president Of a large manufacture /
ng concern said: Nothing VIII do fH I
toy so much good as to- learn Ii. trade. !
t will do him more good to WORK here /
han to go to school,. If a fellow has I
it in him he VIII educate himself I
nyway." There is 4 1eal Of SOLID I
in the assertions OF those en- /
but it would be u greaC ana |
rue1 mistake to apply their af,guTae4Ts
o all boys, and it seems impossible, in |
laws, to make the nccdfuf |
discrimination between boys who
would and boys who would not De
by attendance at school. AS
O little girls, no such argument has
ny force. They are not only more
than boys to injury by labor, |
'ut the consequences of such injury
re more serious and far-reaching-
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