Show THE LOCAL LABOR nabor QUESTION tim THE immigration of another season is about to set in in connection with it comas comes a question of increasing importance it has already assumed formidable proportions but yearly receives considerable oc cassion we ewe refer to the nees necessity sity of furnishing employment employ men or the bulk of the people numbers who come here go about for fr weeks and even months seeking in vain for work persons placed in such a position are discouraged and depressed r an fn consequence numbers of people take a commendable interest in finding employment for those who need and anz are seeking it while others manifest a sort of dead jel faith in the matter similar to that so clearly portrayed by t the he apostle james in his epistle he illustrated it by citing a supposed incident of a person being destitute of daily food and one saying to him depart in peace be ye warmed and filled notwithstanding ye yc five give those things that are nee need lul lui ua to the body what doth it profit even so faith without works is dead bein alone a man makes application for employment and the only response that is made is well brother do ao not be discouraged the way will open up for you and it will be all ail right with you after awhile the case is nearly parallel arallen with that used in illustration by the inspired apostle the quality ol 01 faith falth manifested is but little if any more lively it may be advanced as an excuse that th the person eperson to whom the application is made is not in a position to give employment to anybody while this may be e strictly correct it would not set aside a moral obligation to endeavor to discover some possible opening and to manifest a brotherly interest in assisting to the extent of of possessed ability a stranger to obtain the means of livelihood but the greater obligation in this direction lies upon the more wealthy portion of the community this duty is one of common hii hil manity humanity but of special force in connection with the church whatever abilities a man possesses the genius of the gospel requires that he should not use them exclusively for his own benefit but for sor the furtherance of the general good with this object in view men respond to the call of duty and go into the world and preach the gospel enduring many har bar hardships and pecuniary losses while acting in that capacity in this genius men and women also devote their time and abilities without pecuniary consideration to the maintenance of progressive institutions at home for the general benefit in the same regard dit ait it is requisite that men who nave acquired liberal means should use this result of the operations of their powers for the enhancement of the condition of their fellow creatures the obligation appears as stron strong in the one direction as the other this can be accomplished by so far as practicable establishing local industries to give employment to the people the immediate pecuniary returns may not be so large to the capitalist as if his money were invested in other directions less generally beneficial but surely there is adequate compensation except to the peculiarly culi arly earthly nature in the fact of having accomplished good to ot other others hers herT some of the opinions regarding the best method of solving the tabor labor question that we have heard advanced advance dues are to say the least remarkable A prom prominent one is that the surrounds surrounding n country being p wide and sparsely set settled ia e I 1 ta the 1 new arri arrivals vals vais as well as those air already ea d in this city unable to find ernp crap employment boym ent should push ush out and settle u upon on t the e land this this would apply in some cases but any person who will give gise this idea a little scrutiny will at once conclude that in many others this course is beset with difficulties les ies and in particular instances is practically impossible and as the country becomes settled more thickly the phases of the labor question presented in the larger towns appear every where it ma max may well be asked in this connection whether whether it is in the nature of things that there should be reared here exclusively or almost entirely entirely an agricultural community we hoid hord hold hoid that its greatness will largely consist in the tact lct act of its encompassing all tile the leading industries tiie ane immia immigrants rants who come here hero and are ab absorbed orbe in the population represent almost eve every known branch of skilled as well as unskilled labor whether all or most of this ability acquired by years of toll and practice should be lost to the community by the bulk of those possessing it taking to a pursuit to which they have been unaccustomed is worth consideration while it is in impossible for a com such as ia located here to leap suddenly into the region of manufactures and mechanics on a large scale we are convinced that the tendency in that direction could be much stronger stroner than it is now and the condition should be such that nobody who is able and willing to work should be compelled to remain without employment |