Show BY TELEGRAPH tvr TVS wester muon X AM 30 at 10 A Y washington 22 secretary fre has sent a voluminous letter to the tae house of representatives reviewing the reports from consuls of the united states in relation to the state of I 1 labor abor in europe in his remarks the secretary says that british results are principally selected for comparison as english wages are generally speaking the highest in eu europe rope tope and eng english lish trade conditions have more in common with american customs and usages than those ot of other countries lie he says it appears by coin coln comparing paring the cities of europe with those of the united states that bricklayers layers sand and masons in cacao are paid very nearly three times tle uie tae wages plasterers nearly four ta times mes slaters three times plumbers nearly three times carpenters twice blackam blacksmiths its 1 twice wice bookbinders more than twice brick makers nearly three times brass founders and cabinet makers nearly twice clars cigars makers nearly three times coopers once and a half as much braymen dr aymen teamsters and street railway drivers nearly twice horse three and one half times jew lew jewelers elers eiers more than one and one half times time s laborers porters etc more than twice litho lithographers I 1 raphers three times telegraph ele eie graph operators twice and one half sail makers more than twice printers twice and a half saddlers and printers irin Ii arness i makers more than one and one oue half halt times stevedores more than twice and antl one fourth times tailors twice and tinsmiths once and three fourths the wages paid to similar trades and callings in london relative to the prices of the necessaries lles iles of life the secretary says it is frequently asserted that the cheapness ot of living in europe more inore than c equalizes the lower wages there paid in n a volume on labor in europe published by this department in 1818 it was shown that the prices of food in use were actually lower than in europe and that the working classes in the united states could purchase more and better aliment dollar lor tor dollar than the working classes of any country counte in europe the contrary impression Is isi probably due to the fact that the working people of europe live more inore cheaply than the working people of the united states from which it is inferred that the tiie purchasing power of their wages is greater than the purchasing cha eha slug sing power ot of similar wages here it appears from the reports that tile the american workmen consume more and better food tharl than the mechanic and laborer abroad and that the cost of this food is as small in the united states as in europe it should be borne in mind I 1 in making the comparison that the better classes of beef mutton veal and pork are not only for the most part cheaper in incur our great cities than in those of E europe aroy e but they are here heue daily necessaries ces saries lor tor the tile tables of the better g grade r a do of skilled workmen i rarely arely absent from someone some sone one meal of the day and often present at the morning an and evening evenin z meal while concurrent t testimony in 0 n is that even to the best paid work working lag classes in europe they are arc in the main luxuries seldom enjoyed it should fotr be forgotten that the manipulation of food supplies after they reach england is conducted conduct edon on the most economical plan under the beneficent control of great co opera tive societies in general clothing can be purchased cheaper in europe than in the united states especially clothing n of the higher grades As to tho tile relative at ve quantity and quality of the clothing ng bases for identical comparison do n not ot exist the same influence which prompts the higher paid workman in the united states to purchase better and more mure varied food than ills his european ean comrade extends also to ills liis clothing in for he buys more and better garments house rent in europe is apparently patently ly lower than here but the habitations are usually inferior to those in the united states in dundee one of the most thriving industrial centres bentres in europe 23 persons live in houses of one room each persons live in houses of two rooms each of work ingmans ing mens rooms in manchester consul shaw writes A great number of houses visited by me contained only one living room and this served for parlor kitchen dining room sitting room and in some instances also as bedroom the relative cost of manufactures fac tures in indifferent different countries is thus treated there are certain natural and artificial conditions which so largely affect the direct conditions of wages astore as to be entitled to consideration in any analytical examination of the great question of labor but from their ab eness they are less evident to the general mind and more debatable than the sim simple simpie le relations shown in the reports orl of consuls it would be a legitimate inquiry to ascertain what are the conditions which enable england to manufacture machinery and other products at less prices than similar goods can be manufactured in france and at prices equal to those in germany while theratus the rates of wages of said sald workmen of england are on the whole higher than those paid for similar labor in france and more than double those paid dald in germany the secretary concludes cl the social and moral conditions of independent people are legitimate subjects of investigation by another ti government when they directly affect its national policy but only as they may throw light on the precise point under discussion in collecting information for a comparison of wages and the state of labor at home and abroad while consuls were expected to furnish f only such details as would tend to establish the connection connect ion ien between individual habits and labor if any existed a review of many of these reports leads to the conclusion that so far as moral conditions affect u production and wages or arc are affected by i them the relation relations sif any are arc indirect obscure and often contradictory improvidence intemperance and immoralities may often be found prevalent in communities side by side with successful conditions os of labor from erom elements like these not reducible to statistics no effective general conclusions can be drawn tiie tile physical aad and psychical traits of communities are mos moss olten often due to climate race tradition and to virtuous and religious advantages and training this subject however belongs rather to the domain of higher political economy and to the philosophy fi of morais morals than the practical a 1 questions of labor and the purchasing power powe of labor to which this present examination is mainly confined this review of the consular reports has of course omitted much valuable information furnished by the different cers and has been necessarily confined to tile the simpler conditions of labor which admitted of comparison with those here existing the facts have been presented as they were reported without regard to any political or economical argument which may be drawn from them then new ORLEANS 04 aa wm W cletas incarcerated car in madison s ou jail for robbery having threatened the lives of all who aided in his arrest a party of 15 men took possession of the jail jall to today d day ay and shot the prisoner to death cletas some som years eyears ago killed P Gilles plein in madisonville Madi sonville lie was tried tiled and acquitted it is alleged he displayed symptoms of insanity and at times was insolent and dangerous CHICAGO 22 the fast train of the balsimo io and ohio railroad from washington was thrown from the track early this morning 50 miles east cast of this city the lining dining car burned and four of the occupants including nc luding the cook and walte waite waiters walters were f fatally injured sixteen passengers in the sleeping cars were badly bruised and shaken up so no cause for the accident is assigned PORTLAND yort POUT lanb LAND agn 22 the second snowstorm commenced at noon today to day raging with great reit reat violence trains of the or oregon 0 1 railway iway navigation road are still til impeded A train load of passengers are showed up between the dalles and cascades six engines men and provisions have been sent to t gieir rescue A blockade in the rocky mountains prevents trains running on the northern rael raci pacific washington 1 22 the subcommittee sub committee of the senate committee on public lands has a agreed I 1 reed to report at the next meeting oi of the I 1 full fuli committee a substitute borsena for senators hills backbone railroad dorfel ture aure bill the substitute forfeits the lands on the east side of the tile river from baton rouge to new Orlean sand confirms the grant to the new orleans pacific f from rom the point at which they were building at the date of the assignment sign ment up to shreveport upon the line shown by the map filed by the old backbone company the condition is attached that the company shall allow the occupants of lands who are arc entitled to homesteads and pre pro emotions empt ions to purchase their lands at 2 per acre the cross examination of gener general 11 swaim was continued saturday before the court martial and was directed chiefly to ills his stock account and due bills transactions nothing of particular importance was developed and the examination proceeded in a slow way up to adjournment previously to adjourning it was arranged that counsel for defense lense should nave two days for argument when the case reaches that stage and counsel for prosecution one day t at tat being all they asked to be allowed them adjourned to january washington 23 there has been considerable discussion lately in the news newspapers apers q and elsewhere as toi to whets whether r the bourbons should go to the rear or come to the front under Clev elands administration southern senators and representatives generally seem to have confidence that they will be fairly recognized not only in the formation of the cabinet but in the distribution of the federal patronage in the southern states the views of 01 senator butler of south carolina who was a confederate officer and aud who has been elevated since the war as a type of the irreconcilable irreclaimable and unregenerate ed bourbon area are a fair expression of the opinions leid keld held heid by the great majority of southern senators and representatives in congress senator butler said I 1 have the utmost confidence in president cl cleve cleye eve eye lands giving the south the political recognition to which she is entitled the south does not demand one cabinet officer or two or any other number she does not demand anything I 1 presume when governor cleveland gets reay to make up his bis cabinet its members will not be all taken froia from the ke east or the west or the south each geographical division will he given the representation to which it Is fairly entitled the south will make no immodest nor inordinate requests the southern people pay their proportion of the taxes and bear their snare share of the burdens and responsibilities of the government they would like their share of its honors and emalu I 1 am perfectly contented to let iet the president dept determine what these honors and emoluments shall be I 1 see that some of tiie the northern newspapers say that under a democratic md U inu ing I the south will control the government gentlemen who express such views pay the vast population intelligence and wealth of the north a very poor foor compliment under ordinary circumstances one would hardly expect that the small smail population of the south should dominate the government and people of the north and west this might come to pass in the event that men of competence and ability could not be found in the north but I 1 do not believe that the i pr prophets whets to whom I 1 have alluded would b be willing 11 lin tin to concede this to be ble bie senator jones of florida said the south is a portion of the united states her people are faithful and law abid abad ing citizens and no sensible man can doubt but that governor cleveland is aware of that fact lie ile w will 11 do wh what at he believes to be just and fair towards the south and the south will support his administration A southern representative of prominence said nearly a quarter of a century has elapsed since ethe the wab wai war and the south has not had in that tl meone representative man in the cabinet or in the supreme court there is not today to day a representative southern man I 1 in a the army or navy above the rank of lieutenant been treated as though thou th gewere we were outcasts or members of foreign states our people expect recognition from president cleveland wedo we ao not ask nor expect however oae whit more of consideration than would be given such a population or territory as ours situated in the north erwest or west the idea that the southwill south will make demands is absurd the president knows what is buethe due dum the south and if we do not get all that some of our people imagine belongs to them there will be no trouble people from the north and west are sometimes disappointed they bear their burdens philosophically if we are alike unfortunate we will be calm senator lamar larmar of sl plo pio would think thin kitan it an unbearable loss IF if no cocab cabinet 4 net officer should be chosen from the south ile he in common with a majority of the southern men think it is of the first importance that they have the tiie selection of the men to fill the federal offices in their respective states the admission of dakota into the union is getting to be a more and more pressing question the worlds washington ton special says successive republican pug pUb licau administrations have looked upon the territories as so much free range for impecunious disi dist dishonest ionest lonest incompetent calve tent and obnoxious members of their p arty parts that they felt obliged t to 0 take care of the evils arising out but of the appointment of disreputable citi zeus oi of states to hold responsible offices nic fie es 1 in U t the ile lle terr territories I 1 tories have so repeatedly forced themselves upon the attention of the public that bolh both part parties lesin in their national conventions at chicago last summer felt obliged oed ged to make very positive declarations on the subject but so stron strong a hold has the system got on even the present otherwise respectable administration that arthur recently made a number of territorial appointments that were in defiance of the resolution on that subject adopted by ills liis party at their national convention no better evidence could be adduced to show the imper imperative active necessity of turning the republican out of power than the fact that its best president since lincoln finds himself utterly unable to stand the pressure of territorial marauders after reviewing the lives of several territorial governors the 11 grids correspondent re adent proceeds Is there not th therefore ere f or food good reason for democrats not to ad admit it any more territories till the new nev administration comes in and has an opportunity to clean out the vermin that now infest government offices in these same territories itis it is not nut believed that there them is id any pressing ng necessity for the admission ot of dakota it has been too much puffed be and a collapse has come the climate has been found too cold for stock raising only limited areas are fit for farmin farming to and even they are only fit for raising one product wheat and that is now nov selling out there there for less than 50 cents a bushel A regular stampede f from rom the northern part of the territory has set in everybody is selling out who can get enough to go awry away with and there is 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