Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 12, 1886, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, MONDAY. APRIL 12, 1886, FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. All the Important Happenings of Two Days at Linooln, DEATH FROM A DOCTOR'S DELAY. A Hard-Hearted Pill Dispenser Lots a Woman Die For Lack of Monecy—Kicking On City Improvements, TFROM THE NER'S 1ASCOLY BUREAU). Batarday the wife of Al Rose, an ex- guard in the penitentiary, was taken with labor pains, and the husband telephoned to a Lincoln physician to come out to their home near the pen and attend her The doctor, it is stated, refused to go unless he was paid in advance. Rose had no money, and in his despair ap- pealed to the guards, who promptly raised him 820, This he sent to the hard- hearted doctor, and after a long delay the man of pills and miserly meann Jogged out to Rose’s house. The angel of death preceded him, however, and when lio reached the humble home the poor woman was beyond his power to aid. The matter is to be investigated, and for the honor of the medical profession and sweet charity's sake it ought to be. BRIEF M N, ar Burr 18 in the throes of deep iir trying to justify his proposed dis- missal of Policeman Littlefield. The cronkers and grumblers against ity improvements arc beginning to speak out in mecting. One man who claims to own a lot on O street, objects to paving that highway beecause it will cost him 400, and he has never derived a cent of revenue from his property. The Bik man will go so far as to say that he never ought to get & cent from it whi the strect remains in its present di graceful condition. The new Y. M. C. A. rooms will be opened to-night. The B. & M. paymaster is making his I weleome monthly visit Peter Anderson, of David City is in the custody of the sheriff of Butler county pending his trial for attemnting to impale the members of the state_sanitary com- mission on a pitehfork, Peter had some glandered horses, and the commissioners were about to kill them when he served an injunction on them with his fork. Dr. d he had business about then in ey, Major Birney wanted to go up into Cheyenne county and look after his tree elnim, and Johnson and Barn- hart concluded it would be wrong to let him go alone. The conseque was a hurriod adjournment, and tho subso- of the wild and woolly Peter, ancis C. Grable, Joseph L. arrotte, of Kearney, have d the Kearney Cattle company, the avowed object of which is the breed ing and raising of live stock. The cap tal stock is_placed at §50,000. A wrestling match for a stake of $1.00 and the championship of Lincoln, was decided in the basement of the Globe clothing store I; ht. The contestants were Le: 5 young lad about one-half We: and pounds. It was a cateh. struggle, and Wessells was def the first bout. Will 8. Jay, of the Journal has brought his family down from Sioux City, and is starting ‘a little home of his own in Lincoln. A hea thunder shower Saturday night flooded the cellars and basements in the busmes H:or(im\ of the city, burned eleetric light wires, and ‘in_other erved notice that spring, with its hedvy rains, lightning and winds, has come. A delegation of state officials have gone to Kearney to attend the funeral of Cap- tain Jack Crawford. Wherever there is a line fence there is trouble. Women jaw over the dividing barbs, men shoot at one another on ac- count of them, and now the superintend- ent of the hospital for the insane is in danger of becoming an inmate of his own asylum beeause the railway oflicials ig- nore his request to set their line fence where it belongs. Judge Pound has refused to give the gamblers permission to replevin their tools from Policemen Hallowell and Lit- tlefield, who seized them on a search warrant issued by Judge Parker some weeks ago. Miss Mary H. Walters is acting a: retary of the W.C.T, U. of Ne during the absence of Mrs. C, California. All business commu- ions should be addressed to Miss Walters, at rooms 14 and 15, Little's block, Lincoln, There were ten transfers of real estate, in which the money consideration aggre: gated $19,000, recorded in the count: clerk’s office Saturday. Messrs. Bell MecCandlish report a total of §20,000 in Omaha on the day preceding. ~ A’ pretty good comparison, ——— ADDITIONAL 0OUNOIL BLUEFS NEWS A Brilliant Opening. The spring opening given by Harkness Brothers at their dry goods and carpet establishment, Friday and Saturday even- ings, proved to be one of the most bril- liant affairs of that kind ever occurring here. The entire establishment was in holiday attire, brightly lighted, and deco- rated and adorned with pleasing arrange- ments of attractive and rich goods in all lines. The oflice inthe rear was occu- pied by an orchestra of string instru- ments, and music, flowers and similar features gave to the affair the refinement and clegance of a parlor reception. The weather both evenings was rath- er unfavorable for such an oceasion, but the establishment was thronged with ladies and gentlemen, and the praise of all was quite enthusiastic. The display of goods 1n all lines was certainly such as could but arouse a feeling of pride that Couneil Bluffs had such an establishment located here, and many were heard to express congratulations that the Hark- ness brothers had concluded to remain here for a time longer. The well known reliability of the house and the popular methods of business, the character of the fiumln handled by them, and the value of oth members of the firm as citizens, eaused such congratulatory expressions to be spoken from the heart, With such a variety of new goods as was displayed, any .fi-,rriptim. must be The main floor, from the pleasantly decorated front to the very vus filled with new goods, attracs anged and display The new dress goods, silks and satins, seemed to attract chie L the attention of the admir- ing ladies. Summer white goods, em- broideries and laces, were presented in bewildering variety. The showin, embroidered dress patterns were espee- ially fine. The glove department very full. Parasols appeared in great variety. A grea yles of rieh spring wraps also attracted speci tion. ‘The second floor was no less attractive. Here were displuyed carpets, moquettes, velvets, body brussells, ingrains, all of the choicest and newest patterns, mak ing u feast for the eyes, and a temptation for the pm‘kn\bflmi. here were also displayed many rich curtain and uphols- tery goods auud a yariety of beautiful rugs. The third floor was by no meuns neg- the organ Saturday ni W lected. Here were displayed various windog drapings and curtains. Notting ham, Turcoman portieres, lace, ete. Art squares, oil cloths, window shades, poles, fixtures,Canton matting, carpet sweepers, in fact, a variety of articles . Altogether the opening was an inter esting and pleasing one, and Harkness Bros., may well f('l'f]numl of it. An O1a Man's Savings. Levi Datling, an old man who has re- sided here for years, died at the Creston house early Saturday morning. He had reached the age of 77 years, and 1 been in feeble health all winter, so that his death was not wholly unexpeeted. He was a carpenter by trade, but for the past few years has not been able to work very nctively at it. He has, when able, done a little job work of various sorts, and was very prudent with what little money he thus got. At the time of his death it was supposed that he had noth- ing, and some of his old acquaintances and friends raised a_small purse for the purpose of having him decently interred. The undertaker, Mr. Morgan, in prepar. ing the body for burial found, howeve little lump in one of the old n s stock: ings, and opening it found it to consist of $205 in gold and $80 in greenbacks. 1his was more than enough to_give him such a burial as was fitting without de lu'n«lill,‘.’ upon the generosity of old friends. The old gentleman has one son, living in Ore- gon, and a telegram was scnt him, but as it would take some time for him to reach here, the body was placed in a metalli casket and buried yesterday, The ser- viees w held in Morgs ller's un- king rooms, Rev. Dr, - oftici- . Alarge number of ait present and followed the remains to the cemetery. - Robbed While Asleep. A young man who slecps in kay's barn, where he is employed, found on awakening yesterday morning that dur- ing the night some fellow had got away with his t. There was in the vest a pocketbook eontaing a certificate of de- posit for £50 and a silver watch. A col- ored boy, William Wallace, had been al- lowed to sleep in the barn, and suspicion fell upon him, and upon another colored fellow, Henry Jamison, and both were arrested. A little fellow, Louis White, yesterday found the vest stuck in the creek near Seventh street, and turned the find over to the police, The pocketbook and contents, and watch were with the vest, 8o that the mystery was not cleared up very much. Perso agraphs. Alex. Malmrose was in off the road to spend Sunday. Senator Dooley, of Keokuk, is in the city visiting friendas. Mrs. O. M. Brown, who has been visit- ing in Ohio, has returned home. uperintendent of the Louis railway, was in the v John Francis, assistant passenger agent, and H. L. Hall, we senger.agent of the B. & M. ro in the city yes- terday and left for St. Louis over the Council Bluffs & St. Louis road. Ernest Brock, the well known mission- ary for Perogoy & Moore, and one of the liveliest knights of the grip, returned from u successful trip Saturday, and will a well earned play spell, for clime. LAW AND ORDER. The League Takes a Hand in the License Question. “Tho Law and Order League filed a doc- ument with the licenco board Saturday ovening denouncing the way thatlicensos have been granted saloon-keepers in the past. They say that it is not in accor- dance with law and order that non- property owners should be taken as bondsmen for saloon-keepers, and wish an investigation and revision of this practice. They say: The league would further represent that heretofore it has been customary for bonds- men to be on more than one band—a plain violation of law which should be prevented in the future. To this we call especial atten- tion and request that an examination be made of bnlulslm:n produced by avplicants o licen 'he interests of our citizens demand that the sale of intoxicating liquors should be confined to reputable business men and not entrusted to lawless, reckls shullvlduflls‘lwlm seek to secure license by iwisrepresentation: perjury and violation of law, Your honc able board has full control in the premi and a fair regard for the good name and p) verity of Omaha demands careful and con- scientious action on your part. Nothing less than this will satisfy our law abiding citizens or the large business interests which this league reprosents. ——— A colored railroad porter cling brides: ‘*’Sperie dey 1s tickeled mightily ef you mi dere husbands for brudders. I does it u\'\!l“ time now, an’ hits 'em fo’ a dollar, shuah.” —— HOUSEKEEPERS that fail to acquamt themselves with the value of JAMES PYLE'S PEARLINE in the kitchen and laundry deprive themsclves of the most convenient and useful articlo of the age- el i iy A demented and apparently poverty- striken woman, who was sent from Brooklyn to the Flatbush aslyum, was found fo have over 300 in_her posession upon reaching tho institution. B Y U. 8. Senator Gorman, of Maryland, styles Red Star Cough Cure, a valuable discovery. — The petroleum wells of Upper Burmah have been worked for 2,000 years and still produce abundantly,” They are gen- erally four feet six inches square and are sunk to a depth of 250 to 850 feet. The Burmese have never learned the secrets of refining, and their exports have not been large. e When fishermen’s limbs are numb with cold, St. Jacobs’ Oil gives them new life. oclled S B A Grand Rapids, Mich,, lady, fearing burg hid her elegant diamond ring in & bunch of second-hand hair the other night. Next morning, having forgotten burg as well as the diamond, she threw the hair into the stove. L Don’t hawk, and blow, and use Dr, Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. S — Dr, Farrand, of Charleston, W. Va,, was 100 yearsold on the 1st day of March. He is a hale old man, walks about the city alone, and reads without glasses. He was once 4 very well known Philadelphia physician, PILES! CPILES! PIL A sure cure for Blind, Bleeding, Itchin and Ulcerated Piles has been discovered by Dr. Williams, (an Indian remedy), ealled Dr Williaws' Indian Pile Ointment. A single Dox has cured the worst ehronie cises of 2 or 50 years standing, No one need suffer five minutes after applying this wonderful sooth ing medicine. Lotions and instruments do more harm ibhan good. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment absorbs the tumors, allays the intense ithing, (particularly at night’ after etting warm in bed), acts as a poultice, gives nstant relief, and is prepared only for f‘xles. ftcliing of private parks and for nothing else: SKIN DISEASES CURED. Dr. Frazier's Magie Ointment cares as by magie, Pimples, Black Heads or Grubs, Blotelies and Eriiptions on the face, leaving the siin clearand beutiful, ~ Also cires Tioly alt Hheum, Sore Nipples, Sore Lips, an Old Obstinate Uleers, © o Sold by druggists, or mailed on receipt of 50cents. Retailed by Kuhn & Co., and Schroeter & Courad. - At wholesale by C. F. Goodman. spit, but e ANDREW CARNEGIE 0N LABOR The General Question Intelligently Dis- cussed by a Millionaire Employer. SOME SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS. ‘mployer and Employed Should be Partners to ajCertain Extent—~ Differences Should be Set- tled by Arbitration. Mr Andrew Carnegie, the rich manu- facturar of Pittsburg, contributes to the April number of the Forum magazine an able article entitled, “An Employer's rw of the Labor Question.” It is here- I reproduced in full: The struggle in which labor has been engaged during the past three hundred ¥ 8, first ainst anthority and the against capital, has been a triumphal march. Victory after victory has been achie Sven so late as in Shake: pere’s time remains of villeinage or serf. dom still existed in England. Before that not only the labor but the person of the laborer belonged to the chief. The workers were cither slaves or serfs; men and women were sold with the estate upon which they worked, and became the property of the new lord, just as did the timber which grew upon the land purchased. In these days we hear noth- ing of strikes or of trade-unions, or dif- ferences of opinion between employer and employed. The fact is, labor had then no right which the chief, or em- I,IH’ er, was bound to respect. Even as ate as the beginning of this century the position of the laborer in some départ- ments was such as can scarcely be cred- ited. What do our laboring friends think of this, that down to 1779 the miners of Britain were in a state of serfdom. They ‘‘were compelled by law to remain in the pitas long as the owner chose to keep them at work there, and were actually sold as part of the capital invested in the works. It they accepted an engagement clsewhere, their master could always have them fetched back and flogged as thieves for having attempted to rob him of their labo; aw was modilied in 1779, but w, repealed until after the Acts passed in 1797 and 1799.”" (“The Trades-unions of England,” p. 119, Ihis is only ninety-seven years ago. Men are still living who W livi then. Again, in France as late as 180( y kman had to procure a license} and in Russia, down to our own day agricultural laborers were sold with the soil thev tilled. Consider the change, nay, the revolu- tion! Now the poorest laborer in Amer or England, or indeed throughout the ilized world, who can handle a pick or a shovel, stands upon equal terms with the rurchnsor of his labor. He sells or with- wlds 1t as may seem best to him. Ho negotiates, and thus rises to the dignity of nn independent contractor. Whon he has perform 1 the work he bargained to do, le owes his employer nothing, and is not under any obligation to him. Not only has the liborer conquered s polit- ical and personal freedom; he has achieved industrinl freedom as well, as faras the law can give it; and he now fronts his master, proclaiming himself s equal under the law. But, notwithstanding this complete revolution, it is evident that labor and capital haye not yet evolved their perma- nent velations to each oth The pres- ent adjustment does not work without friction, and changes must be had before an' have industrial peace. To-day we find collisions between these forces, capital and labor, when there should bo combination. The mill-hands of i dustrial village in France have just risen against their employe ked the manager’s home and killed him. The streets of another French village are barricaded against the expected forces of order. The shipbuld of Sunde d, in England, areat the verge of starvation, owing to a quarrel with their emplovers; and Leicester has just been the scenc of industrial riots, In our country labor disputes and strikes were neverso numer- 0OUS 48 NOW. st and west, north and south, everywhere, there is unrest, show- mg that an” equilibrium has not yet been od between employers and em- w A strike or lockout 1s, 1n 1tse t, a ridic- ulous a Whether a failure o) - cess, it gives no direct proof of its jus- tice or injustice. In this it resembles : between two nations, It is simply a question of strength and endurance be- tween the contestants, The gage of bat- tle or the duel is not more senseless as a ns of establishing wl is just and fair than an industrial strike or {uvkuut. It would be folly to conclude that we have reached any permanent adjustment between cap and labor until strikes and lockouts are as much things of tae past as the gage of battle or duel have become in the most advanced communi- ing for granted, then, that some further modifications must be made be- tween capital and labor, I propose to the various plans that have been suggested by which labor can advance another sta its deyelopment in rela- tion to capital. as & preliminary, let it be noted that it is un‘y labor and capital in their greatest masses which it is nece ry to consider. It 1sonly in large establishments that the industrial unrest of which I have spoken ominonsly manifests itself, The farmer who hires o man to assist him, or the gentleman who engages a groom or butler, is not affected by strikes. The innumerable cases in which a few men only are directly con- cerned, which comprise in the aggregate the most of labor, present upon the whole a tolerably satisfactory condition of affairs. This clears the ground of much, and 1 s us to deal only with the immense mining und manufacturing concerns of recent growth, in_ which capital and labor often array themselves in alarming antagonism Among the expedients suggested for their better reconciliation, the first place must be assigned to the idua of co-opera- tion, or the plan by which the workers are to become part owners in enterprises, and share their fortunes, There is no doubt that if this could effe would have the same beneficial uron the workman whicl of land has upon the man who has hith- erto tilled the land for another. 1he se of ownership would make of him more of & man a egards himself, and hence more of a citizen as regards the commonwealth. But we are here met by a difliculty which I confess I have not yet been able to overcome, and which renders me less sanguine than I should like to be in regard to co-operation. The difticulty is this, and it secms to me to be inherent in all gigantic manufac- turing, mining and commercial opera- tions. Two men or two combinations of men will erect blast fury; , iron-mills, cotton-mills, or pisno manufactories ad- joining each other, or engage in shipping Or commn al business. They will start with equal capital and credit: and to those only superficially acquainted with the |n-|'>unuer of theso concerns, success will seem as likely to attend the one as the other. Nevertheless one will fail after dragging along a lifeless exist- ence, and pass into the bands of its creditors; while the neighboring mill or business will make a fortuno for its owners. Now, the successful manufactu- rer, dividing every month or every year u proportion of his profits among™ his workmen, either as a bonus or as divi- dends upon shares owned by them, will not only have a happy and conténted body of vperatives, but he will inevitably attract from his rival the very best work- men in every department.” His rival, having no prefits to divide among his workmen, and paying them only a small assured minimum, to enable them to live, finds himself dbsplotlod of foremen and of workmen nece#saty to carry on his busi- ness successfully. | His workmen are dis- contented and; in their own opinion, de- frauded of the proper fruits of their skill, through im-:\,]-ncitynr inattention of their employers, Thus unequal business ca pacity in the management produces une qual Tesults. It will be precisely the same if one of these manufactories be longs to the workmen themselves; but in this case, in the present stage of dévelop- ment of the wdrkien, the chances of fail- ure will be enérmjously inc od. Tt is indeed greatly to be doubted whéther any body of workingmen in the world conld to-day organize and successfully carry on mining or manufacturing or’ cominer- ial business in competition with _con- rns owned by men trained to affairs such co-operative organization is, it may be taken for granted it is principally owing to the excep. ynal business ability of one ot the man- agers, and only in a very small degree to the efforts of Sn- mass of workmen own- ors. his business ability is excessively rare, as is proved by the incredibly large proportion of those who enter upon the stormy sea of business only to fail. should say that twenty co-oprrative con- cerns would fail to every one that wouid succeed. There are, ot course, a few sue- ful establishments, notably two in nce and one in England, which are anized upon the co-operative plan, in which the workmen participate directly in the profits. But these were all ereated by the present owners, who now gene- rously share the profits with their work- men, and who are making the success of their manufactorics upon the co-opera- tive plan the prond work of their live What these concerns will become when the genius for affairs is no longer with them to guide, is a matter of grave doubt and, to me, of foreboding. 1 can, of coutse, picture in my mind a state of ciy- ilization in which the most talented bu; ness men shall find their most cherished work in carrying on immense concerns, not primarily.for their own personal ag. ndizement, but for the good of the ses of workers engaged therein, and r families; but this is only a foreshad- ng of dim and distant future. When a class of such men h: evoly- ed, the problem of capital and Iabor will be permanently solved to the entirc sati faction of both. But as this manifestly belongs to a future generation, I eannot consider co-operation, 01 common_ own- ership, as the next immediate step in ad- vance which it is possible for labor to make in 1ts path upward. The next suggestion is, that peaceful settlement of ditlerences should be reach- ed through arbitration. s We are up- on firmer ground. I would lay it down as a maxim that there is no excuse for a strike or alockout until arbitration of dit- ferences has been offered by one party and refused by the othe No doubt seri- ous trouble attends even arbitration at present, from the difliculty of procuring suitable men to judge intelligently bo- tween the disputants. There is a naturat nclination ¥motig business men to ex- hose their businessto men in_whom they have not entire confidence. We lack so far in Ameriea.a refired class of men of affairs. Our, vile practice is to keep on acedmuluting _more dollars until we 'die 1f it were the custom here, as'it is in England, for men to withdraw from active business after acquiringa fortune,this class would furnish the proper arbitrators. On the other hand, the ex-presidents of trad unions, such as Mr. Jarrett or Mr. Wihle, after they have retired from active con- trol, would commend themselves to the manufacturersand to the men as pos- sessed of the necessary technical knowl- edge, and educated to'n point where com- mercial reasol would not be without their proper weight upon them. I con- sider that of all the agoncies immediate} ly available to prevent wasteful and em: Dittering _contests between capital and labor arbitration is the most powerful and most beneficial. The influence of trades-unions upon the relations between the employer and employed has been much discussed, Some establishments in America have re- fused to recognize the right of the men to form themselves into these unions; al- though I am not aware that any concern in England would dare to take~ this po- sition. This policy, however, may be re- garded as only a temporary phase of the situation. The right of the workingmen to combine and to form trades-unions is no less sncred than the right of the man- ufacturer to enter into associations and conferences with his fellows, and it must be sooner or iater conceded. ~Indoed, it givesone but a poor opinion of the Amer- ican workman if he permits himself to be deprived of a right which his fellow in England has conquered for himself long since. v experience has been that ~unions upon the whole are bene- both to labor and to capital. They inly cducate the workingmen, and ive them a truer conception of the re- ations of eapital and labor than they could otherwise torm. The ablest and best workmen eventually come to the front in these orgamzations; and it may be laid down as a rule that the more in- igent the workman the fewer the con- ts with employers. Itis not the in- telligent workman, who knows that labor without his brother capital is helpless, but the blatant ignorant man, who re- gards capital as the natural enemy of la- bor, who does so much to embitter the relations between employer and em- ployed; and the power of "this ignorant demagogue arises ohictly from the lack of proper organization among the men through which their real voice can be ex- pressed. This voice will always be found [ Tavor of the Jadicious and. intelligent representative.” Of course, as men be- come intelligent more deference must be paid to them personally and to their rights, and even to their opinions and \dices; and upon the whole a greater share of profits must be paid in the day of prosperity to the intelligent than to the ignorant workmyg He eannot be imposed upon so readily. On the other hand, he will be found” much readier to accept reduced compensation when busi- ness is depressed; and it is better in the o L o et aatEad. hyathn highest intelligance, and to be made well aware of the fact that it is dealing with men who know ‘what is due to them, both as to treatment and’ compensation. One great souree of the trouble between employers and employed arises from the fact that the immen stablishme to-day, in which alone we find seri conflicts betwegn capital and labor, are not managed by their owners, but by sal- aried oflicers, who ‘cannot possibly hav any interest in the welfare of the work- ingmen, Thesé offfcinls are chiefly anx- ious to present a satisfuctory balanc sheet at the end of the year, that tneir hundreds of shareholders may receiy dividands, and that they ma be segurejin their positions anil to manuge the business with asant interference either by directors or shareholders. It is notable that bitter strikes seldom oceur in small establishments where the owner comes into direc! with hig men, and knows th their struggles and their aspirations, It the chairman, situated hundreds of miles away from his men, who only pays a flying visit to the works and perhaps finds time to walk T e P T A ey year, that is chiefly responsible for the disputes which bréak out at ntervals, I have noticed that the manager who co: fers oftenest with a committee of his leading men has the least trouble with nis workmen. Although it may be im- practicable for the presidents of these large corporations to know the workin men personully, the manager at the mills, baving a committee of his best men to present their suggestions and wishes from me to time, can do much to maintain ont unpl and strengthen amicable relations if not interferod with from headquarters. I, therefore, recognize in trades-unjons, or, better still, in organizations of the men of each establishment, who select repre- sentatives to speak for them, a means not of further embittering the relations be- tween employer and employed, but of improving them. It is astonishing how small a sacrifice upon the part of the employer wiil some- times greatly benefit tho men. I remoem- ber that at one of our meetings with a committee, it was incidentally remarked by one speaker that the necessity for ob- taining credit at the stores in the neigh- borhood was a grave tax upon the men, An ordinary workman, he_ said could not afford to maintain himself and fam- ily for a month, and, as he only received his pay monthly, he wa: compelled to obtain eredit and to p exorbitantly for everything; whereas, he had the cash, he could huy at twenty five per cont. loss. “Well," I said, “why cannot we overcome that by paying every two weeks? The reply was: “We did not like to ask it, because we have al- ways understood that it would cuuse much trouble; but, if you do that, it will be worth an vance of five per cent. in our wages.”” We have paid semi-monthly since. Another speaker happened to say that although they were in the midst of coal, the prices charged for small lots de. livered at their houses was a certain sum per bushel. The price named was doublo W our best conl was costing us. How asy for us to deliver to our men such coul as they required, and charge them cost! This w done without cent's loss to us, but with much gain to the men. Several other pomnts similar to these have arisen, by Whlalii thalr iabos might be lightened or productsinereased, and other suggesting changes in machin- ery or itics, which, but for the con- ference referred to, would have been un- thought of by the employer and probably never asked “for by the men. For these and other reasons I attribute the greatest importance to an organization of the men, through whose duly elected representa’ tives the managers may be kept informed from time to time of their grievances and suggestions. No matter how ablo the manager, the clever workman can often show how beneficial changes can be made in the gpecial branch in which that workman labol Unless the relation be- tween manager and workmen are not only emicable but.friendly, the own miss much; nor is any main a firs manager, who has not'the confidence and respect, and even the admiration of his workmen. No man is a true _gentleman who does not inspire the affection and de- votion of his servants, The danger i that such committees may ask confer- ences too often; throe or four meetings per year should be regarded as sufficiont I come now to the greatest ca friction whioh prevails between capital and labor in the largest estavlishmoents, the real essence of the trouble, and the remedy I have to propos The trouble is that the men are not paid at any time the compensation propes to that time. All large concerns nec sarily keep filled with orders, say for si months in advance, and these orde taken, of course, at prices prevailing when 'they are booked. _This year’s oper- ation furnish the best illustration of the difficulty. Steel rails at the end of last year for delivery this year were$29 per ton at the works. "Of course the mifls en- tered orders freely at this price, and kept on entering thom until the domand grow- ing unexpectedly gr at carried prices up to %35 per ton. Now the ious nulls in American are compelled for the noext six months or more to run upon orders which do not average $51 per ton, at the seaboard and -Pittsburg, and say §34 at Chicago. Tr:\ns\)urlx\uml. iron stone, and_prices of all kinds have ndvanced upon ' them in the meantime, and they must therefore run for the bulk of the yoar upon very small margins of profit. But the men noticing in the papers the “‘great boom in rails,” very naturally de- mand their share of tho advance, and under our existing faulty arrangements between capital and labor they secure it. The employers, therefore, have grudg- ingly given what they know under pro- rur arrangements they should not have been required to give, and there has been friction and still is dissatisfaction upon the part of the employers. Reverse the picture. The steel rails market falls again. The mills have six months’ work at prices above the prevailing market, and can afford to pay men hihger wages than the existing state of the market would apparently justify. But having ust been amerced in extra payments for abor which they should not have paid, they naturally attempt to reduce wages as the market price of rails go down, and thera arisos a discontont ameng the mor and we have a repetition of the negoti tions and s which have characte ized the beginning of this year. In other words, whon the employer is going down the employe insist in going up, and vice ver What we must is'a plan by which the men will receive high wages when their employers are receiving high prices for the product, and hence are making large profits; and per contra, when the employers are receiving low prices for product, and therefore small if any profits, the men will receive low wnges. If this plan can be found, em- ployers and employed will be ‘“in the same boat,” rejoicing together in their prosperity and oalling into heir fortitude together in ad- There will be no room for B and instead of a fecling of antagonism there will be a feeling of partnership between employers and em- ployes. There is a simple means of vroducing this result, and to its general introduc- tion both émployers and employes should steadily bend their energies. Wages should'be based upon a sliding-scale, in proportion to the net prices received for product month by month, And I here gladly pay Mr. Pottor, presi Chicago North Rolling Mill company, the great compliment to say that he has already taken a step in this direction, for to-day he is working his prmeipal mill upon this plan. The result is that he has had no stoppage whatever this season,nor any dissatisfuction. Al has gone smoothly along, and this in itself is worth at least as much to turer and to the men as the diffe wages one way or another whic arise from the new system. The celebrated Crescent Stee works of Pittsburg, manufacturers of the highest grades of tool steel, pay their skilled workmen by a sliding-scale, based upon pricos roceived for product—an impor- tant factor in the eminent success of th firm. The ‘“scale” adopted by the iren manufacturers and workmen is only an approach to the true sliding-scale; never- theless it is & decided gain both to capital and labor, as it is adopted from year to year, and hence eliminates strikes on ac- count of wages during the year, and limits these interruptions from = that eause to the yearly negotiation as to the justice or mjistice of the scale. As this £l however, is not based upon the prices actually reccived for product, but upon the published list of prices, which should be received in theory, there 1s not complete mutuality between’ the parties. In depressed times, such as the iron in- dustry has been passing through in re- cent years, enormous concessions upon the published card pric essary to effect sales, workmen have not shared with their em- ployers. _ If, however, there was added to the scale, éven in its present form, a stipulation that all causes of ditference which could not be nostponed till the end of the year, and then considered with the scale, should be re od to arbitration, and that in case of the falure of the owners and workmen to agree at the yearly conference, arbitration should also be resorted to, strikes and lockouts would be entirely eliminated from the iron busiuess; and af the award of the arbitrators took effect from the date of reference, the works could run without a day's interruption. Dismussing, theroforo, for the prosent all consideration of co-operation as not being within measurable distance, I be lieve that the next steps in the advance toward permanent, - peaceful between capital and Tabor are— First: That compensation shall be pa the men based upon a sliding scale in vroportion to the prices received for pro. duct. Second: A proper organization of the men_of eyery works to be made, by which the natural leaders, the best men, will eventually come to the front and confer freely with the employers, Chird: Peaceful arbitration to be in all o resorted to for the settlement differences which the owners and the mill committee cannot themselves adjust in friendly conference Fourth: No interruption ever to ocenr to the operations of the establishment, since the decision of the arbitrators shall be made to take effect from the diwe of reference. If these measures were adopted by an establishment, soveral mmportant advan- s would bo gained irst: The employer and employed would simultancously share their pros perity or adversity with each other. Tho seale once sottled, the feeling of antago- nism would be gone, and a feeling of mutuality would cnsue. Capital and la- bor would be shoulder to shoulder sup- vorting each other. Second: There could be neither striko nor lockout,since both parties h groed to abide by a forthcoming decision of disputed points. Knowing that in the s ingrers were tobe called e what should be a family aflair, s would, indeed, be few which would not be amicably adjusted by the original parties, without calling in others to judge between them. Whatever the future may have in store for labor, the evolutionist, who sces noth- ing but certain and steady progress for the will neyer attempt to st to its triumphs, even o al for of cor plete and universal industrial co-oper: tion, which 1 hope is some day to be reached. But I am vpersuaded that the next step forward 18 to be in the divec- tion I have here ventured to point out; and as one who is now most anxiou contribute his part toward helping for- ward the day of amicable relations be- tween the two forces of it are not enemies, but g auxitiaries who stand or fall together, ask at the hands of both capital and labor a careful consideration of these views. rsCOUGHS,CROUP —AND— CONSUMPTION s whic orSWEET GUNave MULLEIN. 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