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Show I ill THE UNEMPLOYED ! I Jacob S. Coxoy ot Mnsslllon.Ohlo f announces that ho Is going to rlilso 1 this spring n now Coxoy's army, to t march on Washington, to Impress tho J government oillclals with tho need of better legislation. May 1 will bo tho ' anniversary of tho Coxoy array march jj twenty years ago. J Thcso periodical phrades of tho un- employed havo seriocomic elements i characteristic of our plcturosquo Am- 5 crctan life. Yet there Is nothing j funny about tho general question ot R. uneployment. While the number of If out of works is constantly aggravat- 1 ed by unwlso legislation and need- 1 less business fears, there seeniB to I bo a steadily increasing inability of j our industrial system to provldo regu j lar work. II ' Recent statistics from New York II state show that 87 per cent ot the II I I manufacturers got help by sticking li cards In tho windows. Tho ability It , J to attract Tabor in this way indicates ! a constant Idlo reservo drifting about tho strcots. Tho smaller typo of factories formerly for-merly so common wore much more steady in oporatlon. Turning off an Industrious mechanic was regarded , j ns almost as disgraceful as bankrupt- B cy. To confess that you had no iH (v work for him wits Interpreted by tho M, 8 community us showing mlsmnnngo- V'uill ment, or lack ot hustling for orders. BK Today manufacturing firms fluctu- 7 Im ato In number ot help employed. !K IB rll ft1,ow 1V'10 's PPCd bsgtns fjp, jp search for work with grim dctorm- BPft inatlon. After rebuffs, ho loses his H Wl norvo, Lack ot nourishment, con- V B J stout worry about his family, gives V Til bis face a wlla look of strain. With B IM frousy clothes ho looks llko a tramp B Sp, to tho man who hires holp. B'MU Many states havo established opj-B opj-B 'P) Ployment agencies. Too often, man-B) man-B) 1 aged'hy politicians, they havo-boen HBBBBBHBBmvm... Inefficient. Thero Is a valuable suggestion sug-gestion in the fact that the labor ox-changes ox-changes recently established In England Eng-land filled 1GO0 Jobs dally during their Second year. , . . DEATH IN THE FOQ The frightful tragedy of tho Mon-roo Mon-roo oft the Maryland shore comes homo with vivid realization to all who over travel by sea. Tho more ono has committed himself to the mysterious cruelty of tho deep, the more ominous the peril ot the tog becomes. Fow people, no matter how famll lar with the ways of tho sea, can He down to quiet sleep with tho sinister tones of tho fog whistle booming over ov-er their heads. The land lubber hns no conception of the thickness ot these sea mists. It is a common occurrence for them to be so dense, that when ono stands on tho deck of tho vessel, ho can see his own shadow In tho fog cast by tho lights behind him. Conflicting statements as to the way theso ships were handled will bo fought out In the courts. Whatever Whatev-er tho verdict may be, this disaster should be a warning to the many ships that do not reduce their speeds sufficiently in fog. It Is a mistake for thoso who pur-1 pur-1 suo travel by water to Insist on the regularity of tlmo tablo that they may expect by land. A steamship gives a tar greater freedom ot motion than a railroad train, and Is tho acme of comfort, except In rough weather. People should have a little more philosophical phi-losophical habit ot mind, and somo resources for self entertainment. Then they would not fret llko so many caged lions becauso a boat was held up a few hours by thick weather. weath-er. Every appliance for comfort Is at their service, hll they need Is self control and good humor. Thero .would bo much moro happiness, happi-ness, comfort, and safety In travel by water It tho public could adjust It-1 It-1 self to tho moods ot 0e sea, nn remain content with extremely low 1 rates of speed on foggy nights. 1 8TATE8MAN8HIP AND WEALTH Tho death ot Undo Shelby Cullom for thirty years senator from Illinois has peculllir Interest as n passing ot an old typo of statesmanship. Somo ono onco said thnt Mr. Cullom Cul-lom was poor when he entered the Senate, nnd has been growing pooror over since. This turns out to bo wrong, ns Mr. Cullom had a fair sized siz-ed estate, ns modern standards go. Ills simple and unostentatious habits of life, however, stamped him as bo-longing bo-longing to that older school ot statesmanship states-manship that maintained Spartan In-dlffcrenco In-dlffcrenco to the allurements of wealth. The opportunities for money making mak-ing offered In so long a political career ca-reer as Mr. Cullom's could easily have made him a millionaire. Up to a decade 'or two public opinion was very lose in these respects. It a congressman took advantage ot his Inside information, to buy or sell stocks likely to be affected by pending pend-ing action, nothing was thought of It. Such occurrences woro too common com-mon to attract attention. Uncle Shelby must havo seen tho chances Incessantly for thirty years. Ho novor made loud professions ot superior virtue, but somehow theso enticements wero foreign to his slm-plo slm-plo nnd clehn nature. Of courso thero nro many opportunities oppor-tunities for money making offered to prominent statesmen that aro IcgltU mate. Audiences almost nnywhero would havo assessed thomsolvcs CO cents a head to seo nnd hehr so conspicuous con-spicuous nnd plcturcsquo a flguro In tho political thontro. Hut Undo Slid-by Slid-by bolonged to an older race ot public men' who woro principally In terested In ldens of government and money making seemed fin uninteresting uninterest-ing slda Ipbuo. Whatever ono may think of Mr. Cullom's political opinions, this Im-pcrvlousness Im-pcrvlousness to tho suMllo Influences Influenc-es of cash In politics, this Indlffercn-co Indlffercn-co to tho money getting drift of tho times, must command respect. |