The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-25

while considerations IF mercy jus
tFec and wisdom are moving the phil
authrcpists to prevent al wars be
tween nations by arbitration Of friend
Iy. powers. it is surely high time to
stop all strike- IN an lands. and to
bring about amiCaDlc settlements ne
tween thc workers ana the employers.
Et~ikes are enormously costly, anu
often involve wronE-dojng ana Inteu&"
BIa-fon and consequent suffering and
disappointment. The first strike known
F.a@ in the year I1fl, and it occurred
sn %cu- York u Wa y strike among
the bakers. statistics before me state
that from 11tI TO 1850, period Of 40
years. there were 1491 strikes and
Irck-puf-. or these @1G succeeded.
From 1881 TO 1900 the strikers mum
bcred 6.10J.691. in 117.509 esta blish-
rncnte I'm 1854 alone 5000 strik-
crs were Idle. During these same tWen-
ty years there were over 1000 lock-
outs. affecting another million. Strikes
averaged "a days, and lock-outs 81
In both strikes and lockOuts 81 per
cent. were successful, 13 per cent
partly successful, and only Sc per
cont failed. Unions ordered 63 per
cent. Of the strikes, and their proper
tIou Of success was 4 tTific larger. Mr..
Wright puts the wage loss at Sos
coo. 600. and the strike benefits at SIC
600. 600. Employers losses were
I"Z'ooo'ooo. ihcInolnS IockoulS ihe
ioSSeS 10 bo'h Slde9 were +f"V'''o'-
.i ,,.ria,, 49, o,,ti,ato n
..,,l1, c,n+ ,,d fo,,,c' tI,o,n i. NOT
,nI,. fnoA rn,. ,a,-in,,e tho,gbt hut
there are tremendous appeals for sym
pathy and caution and forbcaranCc and
wisdom. Men must learn to do better
God surely gequircs it. and mans ne
Ccs&ifioS demand it with imperative
crnphasie Men ehOr1ld he inst and do
unto others as they would be done
by This is Gods own wise. humane
law. Passion Cupidity. Injustice will
work many wrongs and entail vast
suffering upOn the poor. There should
bc pity and kindness and sympathy
where there are stern opposites raging
and offending Instead Of the undue
exercise of povcr and the rude dis
plays of anger and resentment there
Sh"uId be
NctS OF d'af ReheFoIehce ana ioVe'
hf'lIif'" IN peace, not rivals IN COM
mana.
It Is something amusing TO read the
leading English newspapers and lit
erafF Jourhais ON our President $
uhd>o /" eSlaoIIEh IN tle SoFerh1neLt
q pecuhaf SpehIlG. I'll" cohduct Is
laughed at, Spurned and chastised. The
London Globe, among score Of
others. thus refers t" the literary
province OF england.
"RoOacvoIt VIII find. like William
the ConQucror. that it is easier to sub
due i people than a language. that
the resistance Of the Filipinos to
American rule is chiId'S nIay to the
stubborn vaIor of the English 'ough.'
.t{ye ho,,c no doe;.o ~ to,ituo
American acbiovement and ,.o ,ro
eyen con+en+ 70 a3r,it +h,t WIZ VIII
man wrote noetrv # thai viii sn,oo+b
n,ottor,, h,,+ ,,,o t,,,,+ ,a,,+ -
on tb,t !, 1;to,, +', 49,, t['Iit1 ~ citt
e.tiII rnn,ainl. - ,,,n,-;nno 81 E,,,efa,l,1 :,
,Uho paII-Na11 C.,zotto i a,,a af t;,o
loading literary y-eelIioe in Tondo1,
= Great journal Of it, eo,+ II I.I.oto
in hi+ternoce of on,, Iiterar,, a,,tor,,+
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hit +hc e,,a11i, t,-1a " Po''
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49, tY'i'o =" u" w O. .
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,.., ~ 'e''ie '"'1 'iliH
Will do moro to Ioeeen tho tbo,o,,,rt
going esteem with which tI,o oducatod
reorle of the corntr,-. bayo ro,,ardod
ra1 n,ieta1Ier E,,a,, a1o''79' pp,'1i-
House document hearine~ tho ha+od
thrust unon tbem tle, ,.,jI1 ha ir,,ita+ol'
and annoved Nanv of +bo,,, ,,,a-, o,o,,
refuse 70 ,oed ,1oct,,,,e,,+ ~
nov, co1,,,a,,d . ,a.l1i, ,.r 1' W ~ !, !,
The sne11ina PauerI, Pidar >. " La,;,, Liel,
ming to souea1 ,mdor tba ,,aritod
dlubbfng he is receiving He ana C,ar
ncgie are fine follows to ho dac+o,,i,,,
English and changing the snoliine, Of
centuries. some Arnericap ,'c,,,er-7,,
in merrimcnt. and usinp tho pm1ofoIt
"hngwidcc" cot this off.
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tl,o Pto>.ilta't ,.''io u INKS ina
But @I,uraI,, ,,,. t,,,11,,t, :,
doe NOT cian,o thi,. 90, w., - 81 q.
coye,v Hovator l1o,'iio ~ - ii'ai ''9I