The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-02-11

Irbe sss~ vIst!ousr-, y3Tsets cs arp SF"F
Js,os tEe CoustEy.
~ ono cen question thai e grinder GGrclop-
.7cpt Of this csaen IL . Gov7 cs Glrec; reSo!t
frru, No was wc have Just pcsccd through.
tWar1 ioc nsiiorel III. and . gfsaf caosc alsayH
l4cyciop, invigorn.e and :nspiri; people,
thowe7cr snail thair power may be; aid Il they
| y 1aaliy c.usttd by srch VARS ihcy so down.
be.tec ana greater people than they Tero
hon the war bcgan-a people higher In tho
social scale. Blu: when such war is vased on
$50 etupcnilcls a ocsle as Our war bro been,
rnd By people with go much intellectual and
mora, forco, 90 much cspGbllity Of growth,
III cannot be bu. That the changeo and progrese
Fiat /: m1st induce viii no euch as to bolittie
len the examples Of Che past ena % scvciuionlze
so'mplotcly the present
We Believe that tho influence In that way
Int the. 7ar is to havo upon the country giil
! mount 70 scarcely less than a new crgsni1a'
DC Of oar na:lcaa. life. Through Ell iao
,.,,rs SIS will DC iigerens pcoplo ffYm that
sa havc seen. ne have eloaghea away in
1853 foT tersib!a years Che forms CT tho eide:
| 10, and elreeiy we ere taking ncw ones witA
,ir;cs..nctive scaSe CT wha. We a.es he. Oh,
.ational character grows lurgcc IN a,o cob
pIaplatioD CT what we have dcLc and
I;y contact with great ersuts, In Tho
bvcnty yoars past Americans showed Gat
BE documentary freeuen Of he Revolutionary
,sgs, developing oil ihs aria Of peace, could be
rcatcr mechanics, iaycrlora, traders and sail
,r' than any other men and NOW we haze
! 4own tlot Americans, tainted fas their cue.
ass in those srls and d,cis love o. the almighty
STAR" are possessed also Of the grandsr mar.
bod that succeeds In var; tie: they make
!.so better soldiers tLan any other mon, aud
.as they can carry wsr 10 the ssrae high pitch
development t,sst they Dayo carried 60 many
ihcr arts. The CONSEQUENCES Ct this Influences
10 national mind and character, aud will stamp
18th large and noble spirit tho literature,
Istory and philosophy Inst will grow Ont oft,
: Our national industry end commerce VII!
$50 feel ttie revolutionary eject, and vastly
improved ana tnlecged commercial ead final,.
dol systems will DC tie result. The undauntea
pirit CT the navy will communicate itself to o
mercantile marine that will make our flag
amilar on every sea, and The world will derive
,cw wealth from The fact thai the attention Of
his people has been for thc Grs: tine fSed
.pcn the great questions incident TO tie ia.
fsicnal finances. Indus'gy, assuming thousand
!. row forna, will g.7c na Inc FIJI bcnoG. Of tic
untold .csourcpa &C this great continent, ana
SO sna.i &c rict:r, r;or: n-oar:.oHsi il all ways,
moro happy and n-crc free uicn VIC ever were,
s1r yhGa ony Other people crer were. From fl.c
honorable epoch Of tho closing Of this war the
Egreat revolution in our national lie begins. and
Eve tsks llcsh and glorious starr.
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TE1s ZEE &cxoroLY.--We publish in another
so!u,nh communication from the ice dealers
reply to tho notice we gave few days since
Informing tho public that they had entered
into combination and decided 10 double
their charges We willingly give the an-
swer, 10 order That the public may
everything 81 necessary consHnption--such IS
cux buttrr and provis,ons Of eg Kids, coal
and wood, ana cotton snd woy1Icn ,s5fIea--B
following, slowly We admit, but eurply and per-
manently, the dccline Of geld, it seems prepos-
.er01s-and so tic public win view It--thas ne
:ce deslors, in the face Of such evidence, should
now assume to double their last years charges,
ind quadruple Che prices Of four yce.s ago.
There arc two facts In relation u tho ice
business which ehouI3 no: no laol aigat Of
One il that nature furnishes the dealers thelr
stock in trade gratis, aud the bcnntifd crop
Eouchsaied to tEera last winter leaves thein co
cause Of complains: in thatrcspcct. And the o.hcr
nay be referred TO as equally worthy Of con-
sheraton. Congress, viewing ice as an article
# necessity rather than luxury, relieved IL
from Tie burdens Of the Internal revenue lay,
and permitted tho dealers 10 escape the direct
Tax with has necn placed upon almost every
other commodity. But ii Is useless 70 present
Argument which is Nkely TO stand il the way Of
combinations ike that q thu fec dealers. There
IAN, therefore, be no ham in competition from
!.aiao and Massachusetts.
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TIE CEy. TOR pGGscaGYio.s--BenB Butler ahi
10 Ea2itals src calling Gu. loudly for pro-
.csip;:op, now aat tho war is over and the
7coIio g"netal!y, go wei aS The administration,
TIC DISPOSED to deal kumanely with tAoss who
love erred and hate been subdQe5.. Mercy 10
tsellea .ae is o9c CT L., agaes. characteristics
4: manhood, bit It's cas which Deu Butler