THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, JULY 23, 190X.
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JSCHANTON, Jt'IY 23. ISM.
Tho Times Is correct In lis sminle
th.it the present tecnrrler nnrl tllteetor
of public safety me In agreement.
Both w.uu to do the tlsht thins at
the light time nnrl, hairing human
mistake?, seem to be doing it.
The Viaduct Decision.
Tin: importance to the
city nf the Supreme coutt's
ruling In the vlnduct ctt-e,
it set foilh In the opinion
of Justice Mitchell, lies In the fact
that It virtually tequlres all consider
able public Improvements, the funds
for which are not already available,
to be endorsed by vote of the people
before becoming effectlve.lt has been
contended that In certain Instances
this would operate to defeat Impiove
ments of real necessity. The conten
tion prcMipppoHes the existence of a
majority of electors blind to public
Interests and not actuated by public
spirit. Theie may be communities In
which this Is true, but history shows
that Sciantnn Is not among the num
ber. The people as a whole, voting at
larrje, constitute a safer tribunal on
subjects affecting their pocketbooks
than councilman among whom, too
often, the practice of log-rollllng pie
vails at tile expense of economy. Ir
councils alone, by entrance into con
tracts involving unknown costs, may
mortgage the city's future, there Is
danger that that future may bo be
clouded. Certainly In the case of the
recent viaduct otdlnance, councils
leaped befoie It looked. The electorate
also makes mistakes, but It is likely
to think twice before approving omni
bus expenditures of the public funds or
Incurring ilnancial burdens not clearly
defined.
The principle laid down by the Su
preme court does not defeat the via
duct. It merely requires thnt where
debt is to be Incurred likely to exceed
the constitutional limit there mus-t be
formal consent by the taxpayers. The
obvious Inference as applied to the via
duct proposition Is that there should
be another reference to the people,
coupled with a thorough organization
of educational foices and provision for
bringing out a vote. We believe that
with vigorous and practical effort, a
well considered viaduct proposition
would now iccclve the approval of a
majority. The need of lelief from the
dangers and annoyances expet fenced
by reason of the picscnt situation on
AVest Lackawanna avenue is Inoi cas
ing daily and it Is, In our Judgment,
only necesi-aiy to bioaden the linos of
a campaign befote the people to win
out handsomely.
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Will somebody whoso word has some
value ploaso explain ihy the Insur
gents call it the new c.ipltol "Job?"
Where is the "Job?"'
Minister Wu and His Critics.
THERE IS ONE subject upon
which that marvelous man
who represents at Wash
ington the government of
China, world-famous though he is for
his suavity and self-control, is very
rensltlve. That is the reilection which
some of the American clergy have
thrown upon the sincerity of his
friendliness for America during the
frightful suspense of the Boxer be
leaguerment at Pekln.
Our readers may recall tho (otter
from Wu Ting-fang which we publish
ed Just a year ago, acknowledging a
friendly word. Just previously spoken
In these columns. The Rev. Dr. Ash
more, a widely known missionary, had
ftated his belief that the entire for
eign legation at Pekln had been killed
and had put the responsibility for this
supposed killing on the "deceit nnd
cunning of the Chinese minister at
Washington.' to which Dr. Wu re
plied: "All that I have to say Is that
througjl these weeks of trouble I have
inert my utmost endeavois to serve
not only my own country, but also
the United States. It Is rather sur
prising not to say discouraging, for
man" to llnd that, notwithstanding
his honest-efforts to perform his duty
under trying conditions, the basest
motives nro Imputed to his best ac
tions. , Of course there nre black
guards in every country, as there are
black sheep In every fold. It Is emi
nently unjust to charge the guilt of n
few persons upon the whole nation.
I am Inclined to think that Dr. Ash
more jfjas passed his fifty years of
missionary labor nmong the black
sheep gn Chlnu: his opinion of the
other jalaj-scs of the Chinese peoplo
must be taken with a largo grain of
salt. I, therefore, freely forgive him
for wliat ho has already said about
me. I;!eel sure that the good people
of thl- country, at least, are ready
to give, me credit for what I have
done to, preserve the existing friendly
relations between the two countries.
I am glad to fee, from the editorial
you are gpprt enough to senrt me, that
The Tribune is one. of the fair-minded
papers' which are willing to accord me
Justice.;' , ,. ...
On Sunday, In a speech before the
Jewish Chautauqua, at Atlantic City,
Dr. Wu recurred to thla topic, answer
ing certain nbiwe which hail been
directed at him from a Philadelphia
pulpit. Ills method of tebuttul is cer
tainly adinltable. He said:
Recently In PMImlclphU a minister from his
pulpit called mc a heathen ami tinted tint t
nm In.liicctc. Ho Mid that I m.ido bcllee
that I liked joh, but that In my heart I was
against the American mlsi(iiiarlis riiIiir U my
iiiuntry, lie said thai I was a lis puerile. So,
how did he know what wai In my heart T I low
oild he tell! Dor, that not nhow millccf
And rt he Is a mlnltrr that tear lie a lellglon
each day to hundirils ol people, lie ccen tailed
me a heathen. Well, time are heathens and
there are heathen.. There I, a heathen who docs
Nile and sinful things and has no iletlio to bo
kouiI Then, .main, there are heathen who live
true, noble liccs, who try to locc their nelglv
bora and fcltomiieii, and to audi .1 cla of
heathens I wjnt to belong. Vet I hue no malho
against the minister who slmdered inc. Were
he here Indiy I would fluke hand with Mm.
It he were tn lslt tne at ni legation I would
Rite him a tup ol pood tea. Hut would Rood
man slander another man? Would a Rood .lew
say tho'C thliiRs? Would 3 Rood heathen do audi
a thlnsrT ncmembei, my friend, nut there I
no Rood man that tloe not hate hi enemies.
There I no mm oo.ipea tatuimi.t; then how
can a ,vir rood hei'h."i like me rc' aloni
without hi enonle? The only true te
Union I the golden rule. There 1 no religion
that will exist at the expene ot nnolhir lelltflon,
ami tliPio I no lellRlon thai will mntert
mile It prnte lo othcri that It It fupeilor
to all the rot,
It seems to us that the quartel-serk-Ing
type of American preacher who Is
disposed to throw Innuendo at the Chi
nese minister had better tleslwt. The
Ptnctlce Is not injutlng Dr. Wit In tho
least; but It Is doing ery considerable
harm to tho reputation of the men en
gaged In It.
An Interview Is ci edited to Presi
dent Shaffer In which he is lepresent
ed ns threatening all kinds of dire po
litical retaliation If the administration
at Washington doesn't help him to win
his strike. The Interview Is obviously
bogus. No sane man can figure out
how the administration at Washington
can decide such an lsuo.
Our Underpaid Foreign Agents.
L'PPI.KMKNTAltV to what was
said lecently, npptopon of
the resignation of Consul
Oenernl Stowe, ns to the In
adequacy of the salary allowances hi
our diplomatic and consular sen Ice,
some facts ptesented in the Washing
ton correspondent o of tho Philadelphia
Pres met It attention.
All first class govenments, tho Pi ess
loiiespondence notes, own the embas
sies and legation buildings occupied by
their lespiesentatives in other lm-
poitant countries-. The 1'nlted States
ambassadois and ministers must pay
lent out of their salaries. Foreign gov
ernments also nnke a liberal allowance
for olllclal entertaining, and In most of
their consulates theie is an allowance
for ofllce anil house tent.
The uniform salary of tho United
Stntes ambassador Is $17,r,00 per an
num. Out of this they must hlie quar
ters, entertain and meet all social obli
gations. It is safe tn say that not in
one Instance does this salary meet the
demands upon the ambassadois. In
Washington the British ambassador.
Lord Pauncefote, gets a e-alaiy of $31,017
ped annum. In addition to this he has
the free use of a magnificient embassy
owned by his ro eminent and fitted
for all social and olllclal entertainment.
The French ambassador icrelves an
annual salary of 7,G0O. This Is much
less than tho salary paid United States
ambne-sadoiH, but there Is an allowance
made to the Fienih embassy In Wnsh
inton ot Jltuoa, for use In enteitalnlng
and maintaining tho establishment.
Tho salatles of Freiuh ambassadois
nie tho same at all courts. Tho min
isters of tho first class loceivo a e-alaiy
of about $5,700.
At Paris the Btltlsh ambassador Is
furnished with an embassy and io
eelves a salary of $43,S30. Cleneial Por
ter, the United States ambassador to
France, pays most of his $17,500 for
house tent. At Homo tho British am
bassador iccelves $:!4,000; at St. Peteis
buig $3S,000 nnd at Berlin $39,000. At
St, Petersbutg the French ambassador
In addition to his salary of $7,00, is
allowed $32,300 ns pocket money. At
Beilln tho French ambassador lecelves
the same salary and perqulsl.tei, that
Ambassador Cambon receives at Wash
ington. The Chinese mission furnishes an
illustration of the dlspailty In tho com
pensation of the United Stntes repio
sentntlves and tho,o of other countries.
The British minister theio tecelves the
salary of $-M.:S50; the French minister
gets n salary of $r.,700 and an allowance
of $10,4,-i0. The United States minister
gets a salary of $12,000 and no allow
ances. The British minister to Denmark
has a salary of $14,C10; tho Ftench
minister In salaiy and allowance re
eelves Jir.,700, while the United States
minister gets $7,500. Tho Htitlsh min
ister to the Netheilands gets u salaiy
of $17,500 with an nllowance nf $2,000 for
house lent, while tho American min
ister at the same post gets $10,000.
In the consular service there l about
the same disparity In salaries. For In
stance tho Biltlsh consul general nt
Canton, China, receives a salary of
$G.0Q0; the French consul $1,750, while
the American consul gets $3,500. The
British consul at Foo-ehow geta $5,000
and the Amerlcnn $3,000. At Buenos
Ayies tho British consul receives $S,000
compensation: the French consul $5,320,
while tho American consul sets $2,500
with less than $200 in notatlal fees,
Tho British consul at Marseilles,
France, gets $6,000 in snlary and al
lowances, while tho American consul
receives about $3,300 with fees. At Bor
deaux the Biltlsh consul gets $4,200 In
salary and allowance nnd the American
consul gets $3,000 with fees. At Ttleste,
Austria, the British consul gets $1,000
In salary nnd allowances and the
American consul $2,100 with fees.
Consul General Osborne, at London,
received In the year 1000, $12,178; Con
sul Boylo at Liverpool In tho same
year received $9,731.60; Consul Ooncinl
Oowdy at Paris received $13,6(59. At
tho samo time Mr. dowdy tinned Into
the treasuiy $51,5SO; Consul Genoial
Osborne at London turned In $fi3,40S.50,
and Consul Boylo turned In $27,171.60,
Theso Incomes nre not extravagant
when the responsibilities of tho posl
tlons are taken lnto'conslderatlon, nor
do they measure up to the salaries and
alowances paid by Oreat Britlan to her
consuls In the United States. New
York might be compared to London,
and here the British consul general re
ceives a salary of '10,567, while there.
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In a British consul drawing n salary of
$.1,9no, nnd two vice-consuls drawing to
gether a salary of $4,600, making a total
of $19,357 paid by Oreat Britain to her
consular representative In New York
city. This does not Include $9,000 of an
ofllce allowance. Philadelphia might, n
u wny, compare with Liverpool, al
though tho business ttansactcd for
Iliitlsh subjects In Philadelphia tan
not compare with the volume or Im
portance of tho American business
transacted In Llveipool. Tho Biltlsh
conMil in Philadelphia receives a salary
HP $4,400 nnd nn allow nncc of $2,900. At
Boston the British consul iccelves $7,500
In salaiy and allowance, nnd ut Baltl
moie ho receives $7,000. At San Fran
cisco Great Btltlan pays her consul In
salary and allowance $S,600. Moreover,
the traveling expenses of fotelgn con
huIs as a rule nre paid by their govern
ments. American consuls have to pay
their own way.
llcio Is a dispatch which appeared
In tin.- Associated Pi ess newspapers re
cently under n Berlin date line: "One
of the most widely circulated of Berlin
newspapois contains nn nitlcle on the
United Stntes embassy In Berlin, In
which extieme uiprlse Is expressed
that one of tho gieatest and richest
countries of the world has so shabby
an embassy. The ambassntloifl of Eng
land. Austria, Russia, Spain and
France live in palaces. The American
ambassador lives In a flat from which
ho can ho turned out by tho landloid
at six months' notice. A small book
store is underneath nnd two or three
small flats overhead."
The Washington corespondent of the
Pi oss says: "The tremendous advances
of American ttadenbroad ate attributed
by foreign governments to tho energy
and silicones of Amerlcnn consuls.
This tilbute Is undoubtedly decerved,
for dining the past four or five years
there has been the most marked Im
provement In tho woik of consuls and
the attention they have given to enm
meiclnl matters In the countries where
theyat-o stationed. Under tho spur of tho
home government American consuls In
all p.uts of the world have been .active
In Investigating tiade conditions and
furnishing United States merchants nnd
manufactureis with data and sugges
tions which have proved invaluable in
furtheilng the foreign commerce of this
country. In this regard tho improve
ment of our consular system Is clearly
marked nnd leads those who arc work
ing for a perfect system to believe that
the next few yeais will put this coun
try on an equal footing with all foreign
governments. This Improvement is un
doubtedly due to the character of tho
men who have been selected for the
consular sen Ice. Tho old order of
things has been changed and foreign
missions and consular appointments
aio no longer simple gifts in leturn for
political fa vois. In a way, of coutue,
they aio political positions, but the
present administration has seen to it
that men selected for important posts
in the diplomatic and consular service
are men who will command respect and
who have the eneigy and knowledge
lequislte to advance the interests of
their country."
Such men deserve better pay.
Theie are some places where politics
doesn't lit. The Schley case shows
that tho United States navy is one
of them.
Onifed Effort for
Civic Improvement
spe ial Ccirrcfpondciiie of The Tribune.
Ilufldlo. Julv .
nplli: M0'..r toward nt it unprmtment
nnn piiiuii nc mi lua ji.umu! mill pro
A pmtiiui a to warrant a prnnp tit raine-t
minded men and women in orcaniziiiR the
National I.raRuc of Inipioteinent atociatlorj,
with headquarters at Sprinslteld, O, The league,
a a federation of Interest and of orRinlutloin
of a tancd nalme, wcUs to t-crte a a ilearinR
liou-e for Idea and Information; to dliett atten
tion to ppciidl need; to emphasize the bet
means for allalninic desired end; to tccure rcii
eral lntcrot by an exteiislte press and platform
mcitatiun, and to pain Intelligent re.ponlte
public fentinieiit tluoiiRh educational literature
and Mer'-iplltuii addiei.-e. The league ha an
open Held, don lint iltal tvi-lliig nrgdnintlnii,
ami I In no nio a IcRMatito body. Without
tluplkatliu cfToit or destroying Inditldualitt, It
seek to luing about unity and harmonj between
all the fnue. It la hoped to lei-atu ephemeral
oiRanlitlnn, to atold mlwllietteil eftoit, and to
seiuic a more general to-opcration.
The plan of work iuUudcs nn etenitc news
fertile, tit supply nf dal.t for ..poaU'n and
writ ii. prepuition of photographs and allJe, a
refertme exhibition and tiuulatlng llbr.ii, tig.
gestloii of program for met lings and iluba, ar
ringement of a-rnibly and institute pictcnta.
Hon, tho tlnulatlon of timely liuralme, the
formitlon of local oigaiilr.uloiw, the direction of
fpetl.il etrcirt for fiims and other bodies desiring
cxpeit senile. 'J he league alms to secure In
etery community cither affiliation tilth t,ome
exiting iirgaiilitlon whiili miy undertake the
wmk. best Milled for loial need, or to foun a
soiiely for tlut particular puiposc.
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The annual contention of the league will be
held Aug li', U. II and 13. Tho cc-nlon, of
the flrt three dajj will lie held in the banquet
hall of the City Contention Home, thla city.
The lait daj's session will lie t bike t'liautau
qui. X. Y. The following outline will ferte to
show tlut the etent will be a notable one.
Ilnih In ihe unge of toplej cotered and In the
character of the taltnt whiih will be presented,
the contention promise to be memorable. All
persona inteiisled In title improtement jhould
attend the contention and glte It 'the widest
possible publicity among their friend.
There will be no day se.loni of the contention
on Mondiy. The time will be detoled to mutual
'acquaintance and to ilts to the Pan-American
exposition and other polnu of Interest in Duflalo.
The chief etent of the etenlng ncuion will be
an lllu.tritcd leituro by Prof. Charles Zuehlln,
ot tho fnitersily of Cliliago, a leading author
ity on the public beauty motement, and one
of the beat apcakera In the country. On Tues
day the morning senlon will he detoled to or
ganisation, to icporla of affiliated ai.oilatlona,
and to brief addicci on the general topic,
VWhit We Hue Done and lb(tv We Did It"
The altrrnoon session will lie detoled to thirty,
minute pa,er on thu xarloua plu,ca of i'n.
pnitement work. I'.aili ol these papera will K
prepared by an expeit, and all toplu dimmed
will be of vital Interest. Amo-g the mibjecta
already arrn.ged for may be mem.nned "llic
Work of the Cleteland Home rjaidenlng Aasoila
tiim," by W. H. Jloulton. secretary Industrial
committee, (leteland dimmer of Ponimeice,
and "The Inrluenio of Xelghboihond Innrotc
ment Associations In the Kmbelllshmcnt of
L'lllea," by ( lurlea M. Lorlng, ex-prcsident
Ameriian Park and Outdoor association. Presi
dent II. S. Karle, of the League of American
Wheelmen, will deliter an addrcm on "Better
lllghwajs." In the etening there will be an
Illustrated address by JIUs Jiira Lloyd Pock, of
llarrliburc, i'a. There, is no more popular lec
turer on Impiotement work than MU puk
and through a lite study of the subject she U
most ably equipped to present It in an nltrac
tltc manner, she la thoiougldy familiar with
what ha been accomplished, not only in this
country, but in foreign land, and her address
will doubtless be rne of the most pleasing fea
tures of the contention.
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The morning session of Wednesday will be de
voted to the leport ol the extcutlta board ot the
league, the election of officers for the ensuing
ear, the formulation of plans for further work,
and to general nuMnes. In the Ulernoon the
lelegstea will tlilt the Pan-American exposition
and some of the patk ol rtuftalo, under the es
cort of coinmltleca appointed by the (lorlsti ot
the ill, the board of park eommlslonei and
local Improtement aoelallon. At the excnlnz
sevlon theie will be another Illustrated lecture,
arrangement for which ire not jet wlHileni
complete to permit a more detall'd annojnee
ment. The delegates will go to Lake I'hautaip
qua on the morning of the fifteenth. It It
planned to have a "Sihool of Method" on topics
essentially allied to educational work. At i
o'clock In the afternoon Protestor Charles Zue
blln will deliver a lecture, and In the evening
Udttln h. t-hucy will present an Illustrated ad
en ess.
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The nuffslo headquarters of the executlte
Iviard of the league will be announced next
month. Persons exacting to attenl tha cjm.
entlon iliould iimucd,...,; correpcnd with W,
A. Adam, 470 Mm smet, Buffalo, N Y In
tegaid to rooma aid a"caiiitnci.ttlciru.
Steel Trtisf Uersiis
the Labor Trtisf
From the St. Loula Mirror.
The stmpathy of the public can hardly be
said to be with the steel strikers, cten though
the men be lined up for battle with a billion
dollar tiu.t. The public is not Inclined to
ready stmpathy with strike in whiih no ques
tion of belter psy or shoiter houra of labor is
intolted. The demand for a unlonlratlon ot cer
tain steel mill la one tint ema like an asser
tion of a right to dictate the business method
of employers. The demonstration that the
unionization of mills I for the betterment ot
the employes generally Is by no mean convinc
ing. It mean that the emplote shall be lim
ited to a certain act, bound together by certain
rule, and that workmen who may not like thov
rules, tannul be employed. The truat doe not
propoe to debar union laborers from woik In it
mill, but the union purpose shutting out all
men not scaled of their lilbe. The trust does
not deny the light ot labor to organize, but
organized labor denies the right of the unor
ganized laborer to work.
Iherc la no doubt that If a concession of em
ployers to the union meant permanent peace,
such conieann would be for the best, but theie
Is no guarantee that rccoanizlng tho unions wrill
lnuio peace. Theie is no guarantee that the
cmplnjer, once under the thumb of the union,
would be at liberty to dlschaige any emploje
for any cause. It is certain that no person not
belonging to the union could be emplojed, no
matter how tfllcient he might be. The cmploter
and the nonunion seeker for work would, under
suili circumstances, be restrained of his liberty
and the former would be deprived of the control
of hi own property. The union labor principle
may be all right within certain limitations, but
it tannot be contended thit It is right for any
hodv of men tn bind together to keep other
men out of work, or that It is right to a.k any
persons managing a vast business, Intoltlng the
capital of hundred of thousands of people, to
dellttr oter the management of the butines to
an organization utteily irresponsible. The dc
mind that union men be not discriminated
agalii't la fair enough, but it lo-cs its force
when It 1 coupled with a demand that em
plu.vera discriminate against labor not in the
union.
It is by no mean clear that the cause of
labor is neicv-irlly the cause of liberty and jus
tice. Whether the recognition of the union I
for the general benefit i another question that
i not eaily determinable in favor of the union.
It I not clear that the union is the best thing
for the detelopment of the best workmen, while
it I clear that the frequent strike often puts the
good workman out of work permanently and
makes him a wand'ier. The best workmen do
not foment or lead strike. The trouble is made
by the politician workmen and gabsleia. The
complete recognition of unions, to the extent of
accepting uUerly their, rules a to work, piy,
personality of eniplotes, etc., would lie cquital
ent tu a surrender of pioperliea in the long run.
Hut there will lie no such long run. The man
agers of our gieat concern will not much longer
dally with the question whether they slull or
shall not biro a man acceptable to them re
gaidles of Ida affiliations. As strikes continue
and strlkcis in gieater numbeia tlnd whit strikes
lead to, for all but the leaders, theie will be a
constantly increasing number of those who do
not bellete In union. The emplojer will soon
tire of being limited to a certain class of em
plo.tcs and the non-union men will tire of be
ing made pariahs. Then the isauc will be
'fought out to a finish" In some monstrous
stiike, so disastrous to etertbody tint the coun
try will hate no u-c for the men who precipi
tated it.
The light to organize ha about ceased to be
an isiie. It Is now- a question whether the lndl
viduillst, unatflllaled workman shall be de
piived of his right to work nirotigh terrorizatlon
ol the men of whom he seeks employment,
shall the union ttrannizc at once oter the cm
ph'jer and oter the man who does not beliete
in tho union? If theic's anything of the old
Ameriian spirit of fur play left in the land
such tjranny will not be tolerated.
The Stool Strike and tho Future of
American Industry.
1'rum the New ork Sun.
The strike ordeied by the Amalgamated asso
ciation of Iron, steel and tin workeis for the
purpose of eoerclng tluee of the companies em
braced in the fluted slate steel corporation
will be rcgaidcd with keen interest by all per
sons aiqualntcd with the grounds on whiih the
manufacturer of the fnlted" Stales are able to
compete with those ot (ireat Britain and other
Kuropean countries. We do but slate the naked
truth when we say that, if this strike should
prote Mieccssfiil. our cinplotcr of skilled labor
would be gradually subjected to dlsabllltie
which, ultimately, would put an end to the
hope of competition with their trans-Atlantic
ritaht in the market of the world.
The fundamental ilifierente between the pow
er of extensile, quiik and Improtcd piodue
tion povsc,ed by American mintifacturcrs, on
the one hand, and by British manufacturers, on
the other, is that, by comparison, the latter are
now, and lute been for a good many .tear,
under the heel of the trade unions. In almost
eteiy branch of British manufactuies the tiade
union piescrlbe, not only the rate of wage and
the hours ol labor, but also the amount ot work
tu le performed by a giten workman in a glten
lime, and the kind of machinery to be used.
Instead of opening a caieer to energt, assiduity
and talent, the whole stsieio of British Industry,
as organized by the trade unions, is adjusted to a
low aterage capacity of diligence and of Intelli
gence. I'ar from being encouraged, a vigorous
or a specially skilful workman is discouraged
from turning out more than the average amount
of pioduet during the fixed houra of labor, as
alo from working ntertlme lor extra pay.
Improvement) In machinery intended to econo
mize time or labor aie eyed with suspicion and
can be introduced only after long delay and
with the utmost difficulty. In England, as com
pared Willi the Hilled slates, the Inventor finds
no Incentive. 1 lie retult is tint now the British
maniifactuier I unable to tie with his American
competitor in branches of industry wheie rapid
ity of execution is essential, or where the em
plojment of the litest mechanical devices Is
indnpeiiMble to the cheapness or the perfection
of a product.
It is Indlspiilshle that American labor associa
tion are organized on the same fundamental
principle which actuate. the trade unions of
tireat Britain. That is to say, their alms, de
mands and regulation are based on the primary
assumption tint the whole Industrial system
should steadily keep In view the interests, not
of employer., nor of workmen exceptionally gilt,
ed In intellect or character, but those of the
great mats ot operative. postered only of aver
age phjslcal, nientJl and moral qualities. The
Inevitable outcome of such a svstem, where it is
tarried out with a completeness now approached
In fireat Britain, la a reduction of a nation's
Industry to a dead letel of achletement, to a
status of ( liiiiese stagnillon with respect both
to quality and quantity, huth would be the
dreir and hopeless prospect which would con
front our manufacturers, should our labor a,o.
elation gain the nearly alwolute mastery of In
dustrial conditions which the trade unions have
managed to acquire In the United Kingdom.
Should the present steel strike prote success
(ill, our labor associations will hate made a
long stride toward the acquirement of such mas
tery. The strike has been ordered, not beiause
of any ilisagrcement between employers and em
plojed with regard to wages or to the hours
of labor, but because certain companies hate re
fused to put In the hands of the Amalgamated
association of Iron, steel and tin worker the
means of forcing every non-union workman em
ployed by those companies to Join that society.
Were the principle asserted by the Amalgamated
association to be sccepted by the three com
panics now subjected to coercion, It would pres
ently be applied to etery constituent company
of the United istitca Meel corporation, and. thla
colostal combination ef capital onet toniurd,
all outside representatives of the Iron and steel
Industries would, of course, speedily succumb.
Prom thst moment all the employers of skilled
labor In this vast field of production would he at
the mercy of the employed, firmly organized as
they all would be In American counterpart of
the British trade unions, with regard not only
to the rate ef wage and the hours of labor, but
also to the encouragement of Inventive talent
and the Introduction of Improved machinery.
The bright, and thin fir continually brightening,
oiitlooy of the Iron and steel Industries ol the
United State would have been eclipsed forever.
There could be no better time than the pres
ent to answer once for all the question whether
American manufacturers of Iron and steel will
bow their necka lo the joke xshlch their British
competitor have long found too heavy to be
borne,
State Must Intervene
From the Plttsburf: Commerclil-Oatette.
The theory ot our law It that the settlement
of such questions can be left lo the play of pri
vate Interest, but year after ear It Is becom
ing Increasingly evident that under such circum
stances the public welfare it not sufficiently pro
tected and that social order Is Imperiled. It Is
a remarkable commentary upon the progres of
civilized nation toward a solution of this dan
gerous problem to find thst the remote Kngllsh
colony of New Zealand la able to display In her
system ol laws the most successful working plan
for the settlement ot disputes between capital
and labor to be found anywhere In the world.
Now that a great etruggle between capital and
labor I going on In this country the occasion
is opportune for calling attention to the methods
by which such conflicts have been averted In
New Zealand, and the sketch we give of the
New Zealand compulsory arbitration act will
be read with Interest. The principle upon
which that act Is based la that neither capital
nor labor ha a right to do as It plevse in
the management of Its Interests, hut Is subject
tn sot Ial obligations which (lie law will take
cognizance of and will enforce whenever public
Interests so requlie. New Zealand I the first
eountrj to nuke a successful application of that
principle, but although at present limited In
Its operation in that country the principle Is so
sound that It will be eventually recognized and
acted upon In every country where capital and
labor are sufficiently developed to constitute or
ganized intciest.
m
LITERARY NOTES.
The World's Work tor August give up mot
of its space to the Pan-American exposition
making a large and handsome souvenir number.
The description and Interpretation of the expo
sition, within and without, arc strikingly inter
esting and valuable. Walter 1. Page, the edi
tor of the magazine, gives a vivid picture of the
outld .of the fair the spectacle, the Illumina
tion, the architectuie, sculpture, and color, and
the cosmopolitan crowds that visit Buffalo,
("h tries II. C'affln write of the of the signific
ant e of the exposition a a work of art. The
wonderful story of the chaining of Niagara
how the power from the Kail inn nearly
everything In motion on the ground, is told by
Orrin K. Dunlap. striking examples of the in
dustrial adtance of the years s-.ncc the Chicago
fair, as Illustrated in many interesting exhibits,
including cleetrlclt.t, machinery, manufactures,
agriculture, horticulture, cudnance, printing,
transportation, the varied Roternment exhibit
and other are written of by Athur fiondich.
Mary Bionsou llartt tells about the Midway, it
attractions, its growing Importance, and, most
interesting of all, it professions now an entile
show from proprietor to "barker" wandeia from
exposition to exposition. The Pan-Ametlcan
idea it giten prominence in an important ar
ticle on "Our Tiade with Latin-America," by
Frederic Kmory, chief of the bureau ot com
merce, and the general facta and figures of
the Industrial advance of the last decade are
furnished by Carroll P. Wright, Most striking
also, In this magazine, are the many illustra
tion of the exposition nearly one bundled in
all made from photographs.
The feature of the August number of livery
bod' Magazine I Hmilio Aguinaldo's story of
his capture by Kunston. The Filipino leader
narrate the clcumtances which led to hi. tak
ing, In a manner of great clearness and simplic
ity. It is a most interesting a well a an im
portant contribution to the history of one of
the bravest deed of warfare. O-oiir K. Pivls,
the Nin's war correspondent, billow with a
sketch of Aguinaldo from rather an unusual
point of view. Theie are seteral delightful na
tlte articles. L. W. Browtiell tells ol the
"Birth of a Butterfly ." which i finely illus
trated; I. W. Blake write and A. It. Ilugmore
pictures "I)as with a Mocking Bird." Maxi
milian Foster contribute "Tragedy" a fine
moose story. In "Photography a a Fine Art,"
V. II. faflin write of the work of C. II. White.
A rarely Interesting contribution is "Picture
That Show Motion," being the ftolutlon of the
blugrapli, b.v noy Mc rdle. .1. M. Bacon tells
ol "steering Balloons by Upper Air Currents."
Ore dctelnpment ot tho grmting popularity
of stereoscopic photographs la the appearance
of a high tla quarterly magazine devoted to
them, it I called the Stereoscopic I'hologiaph
and is published by 1 nderwood k Underwood, of
Fifth atenue and Nineteenth street, New York.
One featuie of the initial number I the first nf
a series of article by the famous hov traveler.
Harry Steele Morrison, entitled, "How 1 Visited
lour of the World's Celebrities, President Mc
Kinley, e)uccn Victoria, Mi. (ManVtone and
President Loubet." Young Morrison did this on
a capital of ;j and unlimited nerve. In "A
Few Weird About the Chinese" .lamea Iticalton,
a photographer, who went through the recent
troubles In the Flowery Kingdom, give an In
teiestlng and unbiased glimpse Into the Celes
tial character. A photograph of China's grand
ntd man, Prince filing, who sated the lega
tioners' lite, is glten In stereoscopic form as
a supplement.
For the September Kter.vbody's Magjzlne On
eral Fun-Ion Ins written his veislon of Aguin
aldo's capture.
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