Show arH WORLD OF LABOR j f0 REMARKS OK EXPRESIDEXT HARRISONS LABOR SPEECH The Worlc of the Rescue Mission I Fanperlzinsr Effects of Charity Tic Tramp Problem Measures Adopted in Germany Among the many platitudes uttered by exPresident Harrison in his recent speech on the labor question there was eminently correct statement and one emlnent corect the that w that whatever injured employer injured the employee I men who go inured and Injure their employers business or destroy his property prop-erty would remember this there would be less of such retaliatory work done f It injures labor by antagonizing employers fi em-ployers generally lessening their ability I abil-ity and willingness to pay better wages and by withdrawing the sympathy of C the general public from men or organizations t nizations responsible for such kind ofF of-F work S t Per aps I3enoy intended a sly allusion 4 allu-sion t the alleged injury workingmen by voting had done their employers the Democratic ticket He may possibly l pos-sibly have intended t convey the impression im-pression that the hard times employers e employ-ers and employees were now suffering account of Democratic from was on aCount Democratc f rule for which the votes of workingmen working-men were responsible But since hard times began before the vote was cst and extends t almost every country 1 and since there have been no changes t in the tariff by the Democrats the inference i in-ference of their responsibility for hard times is very far fetched They are 2 just as responsible for the panic of 1873 and the hard times of 1SS5 and 1886 ii But there are a large number of people i A who will ignorantly lay l the evils that afflict them t the party I power I They are no more capable of reasoning t from cause to effect than they are of calculating logarithms I learn from the manager of the Rescue Res-cue Mission that about 600 in pledges k have been so far secured for the support sup-port of the mission and renewals tote to-te amount of 400 or 500 more are t expected I Is rather more difficult t to raise money these hard times but the manager tells me that if the public I would buy their kindling wood from them tcy would not have to calUupon the public for very much money They have large quantities of kindling which r they sell at a low price and the cutting r of this kindling is the only work they are able to provide applicants for relief re-lief Applications for assistance are I constantly Increasing and they will L not be able to provide for as large a proportion of the applicants this winter t as they did last They Intend to secure S se-cure additional room so as to put up l more cots for sleeping They also furnish f fur-nish tickets at the rate of seven for 1 S each of which will provide employment employ-ment for the bolder in return for which he will receive one meal or a lodging J To the charitably Inclined this affords 0 the bet means of giving relief to an i applicant for help gvng ticket cannot be traded off for drinks and it Is certain f cer-tain that the applicant will have to do some work for whatever he gets The extent to which indiscriminate charity is applied Is shown by the fact that S nearly 70 per cent of those who apply I at the mission for relief are unwilling t work for what they are to receiveS receive-S The mission certainly provides the surest sur-est means of helping the deserving and r of discriminating between those who deserve help and those who do not J The mission deserves the hearty support S S sup-port of the charitably t inclined The experience of San Francisco charity organizations is the same a that of the Salt Lake Rescue MissionS Mission-S Ittiey state that about onethird of I S those who apply for assistance are deserving S de-serving men who are oU of work and anxious to work at anything that will i keep them from begging Onethird are men who will work if they can dictate the terms and conditions and t the work suits them Tine other third would not work under any circumstances circum-stances Hungry men there can get two square meals a day of soup meat and bread and a nights lodging by p merely stating they are out of work J homeless and hungry Many of these men after breakfast go through the residence quarters begging for victuals S They only keep the choicest morsels t bring them t the sand lot an cook 1 a hot lunch which serves them until F they get a plain supper at the Salvation Salva-tion army in the evening This experience t t ex-perience has induced the army to give L no more out of door relief 0 r f That among the army of the unemployed L unem-ployed there is a growing number of l those trtio prefer charity to work is f shown in Chicago The wrecking coni I panies engaged in tearing down cx Worlds fair buildings sometimes have difficulty in getting men who are willing I wil-ling to do the work for the wages offered y of-fered which is 125 per day Some off of-f those who seem anxious for work refuse r re-fuse to work for less than LoO per I day or they work two or three days and then quit Others loaf whenever f the foremans back is turned Said J one of the contractors in a published I interview I looks a little as if a r good many of these men prefer free j soup tickets three times a day and a f free bed at night t a job that pays living wages Yet there are 100000 l men out of work in Chicago and the number is constantly increasing All r the police stations are filled at nightS night-S the floor of the city bal Is covered t and lately the churches have been S thrown open for the homeless i All this shows the pauperizing effect t of charity The hand of charity no c matter how well meaning cannot a support the average man in Idleness t any length of time without finally bringing him down to the point where > he prefers the free soup kitchen to a days work and on honestly eared meal He loses his self respect andS and-S ambition hs conscience is deadened S his words are weakened and he finally degenerates into u worthless tramp S and petty thief to whom thirty days In jail is no disgrace if i furnishes Slim a bed and board without work You cannot substitute charity for justice S jus-tice I you do that most Christian of c virtues becomes a cunse Justice demands S de-mands that every man shall have the opportunity of earning his bread by the power of earning his living througa the labor of others Until such opportunities ties are created for all men we can expect ex-pect the number of tramps to increase r the criminal class multiply and the daggers which threaten republican in r t Btilutions t become more menacing i I SIn S-In Germany begging is forbidden bylaw r by-law In that country there exists a Verin or antibegging society t which t nearly all householders belong Each lk member b a plaite on his door indicating indi-cating that he belongs t the Vern society s so-ciety and no tramp ever comes t such a house Instead of this he reports f f re-ports t the office of the society and produces a ticket showing that he has S applied for work within six weeks without being successful I he answers S an-swers the questions satisfactorily he is received given supper bed and breakfast break-fast and sent on his way inquest in-quest of work next morning The Institution is supported by the members of the Verin society If he ba no ticket or fails to answer an-swer the questions in a satisfactory S manner he is sent to the workhouse for from one to six months The members mem-bers of the Verin are also supolied S with order for relief on the Institution of the society By this plan the subS sub-S scriber do not encourage mendicity lay indiscriminately giving nor send a r hungry man away empty from the S S dobr This is much like the plan oft of-t Rescue mission z C S S In Tacpma they have another way i r treating professional tramps In ° the Sail they have 3 special cell which T S S S 1 S might be called the I tramps tortute cell It is eight feet high and about three feet square Perforated Iron pines run around the ceiling and floor The tramp is disrobed given soap and a brush and towel and then put in the celL The water is then turned on The shrieks and yells that comh from the tramp at unexpected application of water strikes terror to the soul of ror every tramp within hearing distance Thb knowledge of the vigorous bath and wash which will be administered to every tramp makes them steer clear of the city S S English authority Estimates that the Joss occasioned by the sixteen weeks strike of the English v coal miners amounted to 166000000 Of this 91 000000 fell on the miners and thfe ironworkers iron-workers and other artisans directly affected by the stoppage of coal production pro-duction Sixtysix million came out oft of-t mine owners iron masters and other manufacturers and the railroad companies The other 9000000 came from the public in higher prices paid prce for coal I se m impossible that there could be any compensation for such immense losses cc S One effect of the strike and one showing the growing socialistic tendencies tend-encies in England is the introduction in parliament by Keir Hardie one of the labor representatives of a bill to nationalize the mines I provides for the purchase of the mines from their owners by the government and their operation by a government bureaiu While the bill has no chance of passing pass-ing i is somfewhat significant S While it might be possible for a strong centralized government like Germany or Russia to undertake to operate the mir < s and perhaps some other Industries it would be an utter failure in a country of popular government ment like England or the United Stages The result here would be to make such nationalized industries a huge political machine to b used by the government to retain power and provide pladss for a vast number of political friends They would give opportunities op-portunities for corruption gve sectional sec-tional strife nor would they be managed man-aged a cheaply or efficiently a under private ownership and the spur of competition I is a good deal easier and safer to regulate the evils of the present system than to attempt any scheme of nationalization nationaliza-tion however promising DRESSER |