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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1903)
V ' V MtU . . J(,J ,(( i4Viif VtfC 4 ' . l ii . V ,. Vi &5BE25H3E ft We Are Appraadiing a Grave Crisis &- America Is Lclng swept nslJo by oilier nations because or llio liloli cost of iiroJucllon hero. German laborers sicnd slly-s! hours a week In llio factory; ours work but forty-four hours. Uy JAMirs J. HILL, President of tho Orcnt Northern Railway m DANGERS WHICH THREATEN AMERICAN LIBERTY Uy CLIIIU ROOT, JJccrciury of War S fop&ajfflUS country is losing ground in a manufacturing way O&iJrW'J ,,(1 will do very well ovon to hold hor own markets. lU"m N JottW IT JS A WRONG LAIPKKStyOtf TILAT WE AUK SWKKI'INU MA COAIWSTLTOJtS ASIDE. Thoy are swooping us aside, mid wliy? Because of tho high cost of production lioro. And tho Jiigh cost of lirodiictiou is duo to tho growth of labor iinioiiiHin find tho continuod atrifo going on among tho unions as well as between tho men and their employers, Wn CAN'T MEET THE PRICES OF GERMAN AND ENGLISH MANUFACTURERS AND PAY THE WAGES WHICH THE UNIONS COMPEL. Gonnany in loading tho world now and is making much' swifter program than thin country or any other. England has dropped bo hind. Labor unions aided in killing hor industrially. Franco is liko ii boo always-buny, always hustling. In Franco it is father and son, and ho on. But Germany is tho country that iB forging ahead. Her labororrf work very cheaply; thoy spend sixly-bix hours, in tho factory uncli wool; whom wo spend but forty-four, and HER 2A KCJ AGIO'S AUK SITICKIOK. Jn addition alio has facilities for transporting hor products from and to every part of tho globe at very cheap ratoa. Boforo wo can yet out ami comprto with hor in tho markots of tho world wo must lower tho cost of producing manufactured articles and mu.st olovato tho utility of our products. K v, WE ARE COMING TO A GRAVE INDUSTRIAL REVERSE. IT IS HARD TO TELL JUST WHEN IT WILL COME, OUT IT IS AP PROACHING. IT MAY COME NEXT PRESIDENTIAL YEAR, AND THE RESULT OF IT WILL DEPEND LARGELY UPON VHO 13 tyOM INATED FOR PRESIDENT. Tho fact that monoy was hard last fall was a. check on ;ho wild upoculation in manufacturing securities and, no doubt, postponed tho reverse which is destined to overtake us. There scorns to mj too much confidouco in tho ability of tho coun try to walk rJf?ht ahead of all othor countries in manufacturing. Tho country can do it, but not without trouble and not without changing its iiruiioiit course. JT LS JNDEKD A CRAVE CRISIS WE 'AUK Al'l'ROACIIIXG, although fow seem to npprouiuto it. A few years may hco tho clohing of many factories and tho throw ing out of work of hundreds of thousands of men. Wo have been reaping tho harvest, and tho rcvorso is coming. How quickly wo recover j'roji: it will dopcud largely on who is at tho head of tho coun try when tho break comes. , .jsl. .' AMERICA STANDS FOR THE ROYALTY OF MAN " 4.. ..-? .Ry ANDREW CARNEGIE 0 4) - OUR MOST a .WL'KltN'AL good citiV.enship 13 tho prico of good govern ment. 'J hero yet remain and thcro will como in tho future in unonding succession probldms, doubts, dif ficulties and struggles on which our safety will depend. THERE ARE TODAY QUE8TION8 THAT HOLD WITHIN THEM THE POSSIBILITY OF EVIL FOR COUNTRY AND DEMANDING THE HARDEST FIBER AND THE DEVOUT PATRIOTISM, Ono of them is tho tendency growing, I fear to a division between tho rich and tho poor, a division by which WEALTH TENDS TO UDLTE CONTROL OVER LEGISLATION,' and poverty tries to stir up a war of classes based on envy ond jealousy of tho rich. Tho very results of our prosperity tend to incrcaso this evil, and every good citizon should lend himself to tho task of 6ccing to it that novor shall wo have a war of classes. Another danger fraught "with most serious consequences is tho tondenoy to check individual enterprise, opportunity and develop ment. Tho chanco that every poor boy has to riso ns high as men can go is tho very foundation of American liberty. Yet labor organizations of this country aro including in their rulc3 provisions prohibiting tho better man from earning better wages than tho man who is less capable, subordinating ambition and seeking to keep all down to tho level of sloth and stupidity. ' Don't think I opposo labor unions. I boliovo in them. Tho laborer is bound to organize. HE IS ENTITLED TO OR GANIZE, and I am glad to sec him got his own. But let us set our faeos ogaiiwt anybody saying to any American boy, "You shan't do tho host you can." " . , THE HUMILITY OF ABILITY Ry Justice ERNEST HALL, of the New Vert-. Supreme Court ULTLITY is, to other people, one of tho most charming characteristics n man can possess, but it is not ono that will aid him in his battle with tho world. The man of humility 13 seldom a leader his very nature makes it impossible for him to tako tho initiative. Yet tho great est men in tho world's history, tho most liyirncd and those who havo dono most for their follow raon were modest in demeanor, simplo in habits and humblo in spirit. At first glanco this statement may appear paradoxical, but it is MKRTCA linn boon first in electricity, although wo bo not. STUDENTS BECOLE MOKE AND MORE HUMBLE AS THEY ACQUIRE WISDOM, for thoy become moro and" inorf olivo to their own limitations and moro and moro sensiblqto tho insignificanco of their knowledgo as compared with tho wealth of wisdom there is in tho world and tho versatility of othor ncn.-- TO BE TRULY 'GREAT AND YET BE HUMBLE REQUIRES QUALITIES OF MIND WHICH FEW MEN POSSESS. Thoso who havo won famo havo dono so because they struggled toward a definito end, and it is but natural to tako pride in tho achieve ment whon tho battlo has been fought and tho victory won. Abraham Lincoln was ono of tho' greatest men that ovor presided over tho destinies of a great nation, but no other ruler woro his honors with greator humility. ' Tolstoi has given his lifo 'to tho scrvico of tho downtrodden of his raco and country, but ho could novor havo conceived tho keen interest J in his poor wpro not ho tho very personification of humility. Somo men romain humblo because thoy realize how very littlo is Vt ovcr- BE gan late. But tho man who wins is tho man who saysj their own greatness, and otliors becauso thoy aro nover abk f to fortuno and tho gods thomsclvos, "I don't boliovo como tho rotiring naturo which was theirs by birth. iL" It taken tho electrical atmosphoro of Amoricaj TO re "proud as lucifer" is a common failing; TO to produce thoso great men. Graham Bell was a' "MEEK AS MOSES" is A rare virtue. half of a littlo island in tho North sou which isn't to bo loft out in ! " i AMERICANS A JUDICIAL MINDED PEOPLE THR AMERICAN, IN ,MY EXPERIENCE AND I HAVE KNOWN DOTH LANDS WELLIS THE MOST CO-OPERATIVE MAN THAT CXI3T3 TODAY. -V -' H t ' Thoro ia thin about an 'American of nil mon lio'fl.fair.mindcd, ho (loosn't, want to ovorreaclt hiinsolf, ho'a not implacablo I think ho'a plaoflblcho dooun't want to make onomics. Tho tiMt ol popularity isn't tho judonoss of a man. It's what his follpwu think of him. That is wanting in i nation that doesn't know how to iiHsimilalo in its social activity. Wiion the man at tho boneh bocornoa your best friend, tho outcrpriso on which your onorgioa hnvo been bout has behind it a forco that is irresistible . Thoro is something boyond. this individual quality. Our repub lican institutions aro Iq bo credited with much c iui ability and suc cess .vith which wo urooing forward lovm;d tho material supremacy o( tho oarth. Thoro isn't ono right onjoyod by any ono that is denied to, another. Wo aro not asking who your for&fathora wore. iWo'ro nbking what you do. ! THIS STAND3 NOT FOR THE wm a fctia nniifii tint? 10 rrt?fv HiYi'frMio nimiw ..... ,. Ji ... ' ' " . a Ljrm Dy LESLIE M. SHAW, 'Secretary 'of the Treasury F I woro asked to designato tho peculiar characteristics of tho American1 pooplo, I would answer ''judicial miiidcdncss." By that. I mean both an aptitude to mako and a rcadinoss to respect, observe and onforco law. Neither tho forms .of law in tho abstract nor tho execution of laws in tho concreto is a comploto guarantco of Q.xact justico, but justico according to law as it ousts is THE COMPLETE SAFEGltARD OF ' A REPUBLIC Occasionally wo hear of tho commission of a crimo whoro it would seem that tho penalty provided by statuto is insufficient, and wo read horo and thoro in nearly overy stato in tho Union of tho pooplo, rising up and administering summary justice- All talk about summary justico is un-American. JUSTICE, ACCORDING TO LAW, MUST BE THE WATCHWORD AS IT IS THE BULWARK OF OUR INSTITUTIONS. RESPECT FOR LAW AND FOR THE FORMS OF LAW IS OUR ONLY NATION HAS THE TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE THAT" It. PROTECTION FROM REVOLUTION AS THE RESULT OF EVERY FfREST 'FOR THE RpYAL'tY.OF THIS FAMILY,1 OR THAT, OUT IDENTIAL, GUBERNATORIAL AND SENATORIAL ELECTION., PARTI- ROYALTY OF-MAM. AMERICA J3, AHEAD BECAUSE ANY 8AN3HIP RI3ES; TO 7EV.ER HEATr'.BUT THECWPJCIAL MINDED- Ftrir THE GENUINENESS OF LINCOLN'S FAME lJ5l 1 I. B I m :f. 10 lines r i ". By Ex-Governor TRANK S. BLACK of New York INCOLN'S namo and his performances in which ho pursued havo been cut into tho rock of ,Amor ican history with tho deepest chisel yet inado uso of on this continent. But it is not by tho grandour off his powers that ho has most appealed to me but rather by thoso softer, homelior traits that bripg him dowrn to n closer and moro offcclionato view. 'And Lincoln was never moro imposing than when tho mildor attributes of his nature' woro exposed. HE WAS GENUINE, HE WAS AFFECTIONATE, AND, AFTER ALL" IS SAID AND THE END IS REACHED, WHAT IS THERE WITHOUT THESE TWO? ' ,r-.? You may mcasuro tho heights and sound tho 'depth's; you may,, gain tho great rowards of power and renown ; you may quiver undoi4 tho electric current of applause tho timo will como when theso will' fall from you liko tho rags that cover your 'body. THE ROBES OF POWER AND THE HU8K8 OF PRETENSE WILL ALIKE BE STRIPPED AWAY, AND YOU MUST STAND AT THE END A8 YOU STOOD AT THE BEGINNINQ, REVEALED. v Nono had lc3s to fear from such a test than 'Abraham Lincoln, and his strength in" that regard arose, it seems to mo, from tho pres ervation through all his lifo of that fondness for his early homo, o tho tender recollections of his family and their struggles, which kept his sympathy always warm and young. HE WAS NEVER SO" GREAT BUT THAT THE TIES OF HIS YOUTH STLLIJ" BOUND HIM. Ho was never tfo far away but that die could strll hear the noto of tho evening bird in tho groves of his nativity: ty WAR WITH GERMANY WOULD BE IDIOTIC By CARL SCUURZ, Ex-Sccrctary of the Interior 1 . , """ WAR between tho "Unitdd States antf 'Germany; would be so awful, so incalculable, n calamity that only tho most absolute and evident necessity could serve as an excuse for it ' NOT EVEN THE WILDEST JINGO ON EITHER SIDE WILL PRETEND THAT SUCH A NECESSITY EXISTS OR JS IN PROSPECT. IN FACT, THERE IS NO REA.L QUESTION OF DIF FERENCE WHATEVER BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IMPOR- TANT ENOUGH "TO, DISTURB THEIR ANCIENT FRIENDSHIP. 4 A war between them would, therefore, not only bo criminal, bnt idiotic an absui'd atrocity, a murderous nonsense Even to suggest tho posbibility.of such a war under such circumstances and to agitato the public mind by such suggestions is a pieco of mi3chiovoua reck lessness. ' -- -r THE NECESSITY OF ORGANIZATION "'- By DAVID M. PARRY, President of the National Association of Manufacturers AMONG' EMPLOYERS w MOM I n v A Ilultlmoro burglar wlio put on sUirts us a disguise found tlii'in a lu elded handicap when ht tried to cs tap?, which proves that tho male gar tieats nre much hotter adapted to tho commission of crime thuu thoso of tho ,geitler sex. t NESS OF, OUR PEOPLE USUALLY 8AVE8 FROM 'DISASTER. i lU.V. H v "i.i Vt $ 1 . xMi .-. Ujl-i-g . ,,"H.,., kin.. lUJ.CZ.. It Is assorted that tho struct railroad nuthoilUasn Now Yorlc havo io right to extort 'farea from pas'soaers for whom seats cannot ho supplied. This Boeins to. bo u sluadlng J0U0 fovall con- ecraed. . Tljd strlUo .'hearing 1 having beer vbrought to a close, tho season 'for pub lic listening fob tho verdict Is open. hU ojuiroio,iWUQ nns uoi iwirucu hy'OippHetictf to glvo tho prickly pear bBhea.jiVwId berth. "Iloajo LUo oh HE27 capital is thoroughly organized, then will como tho almost complete, disappearance of tho striko and tho boycott, for thoy aro but systematic manifestationa of social disease growing out of imperfect organiza- non. t WHEN ORGANIZED EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES CAN Sit DOWN TOGETHER, THEN MAY BE TAKEN UP TRADE DISPUTES AND OTHER MATTERS AFFECTING THEIR MUTUAL INTERESTS, AND THESE MAY BE DISPOSED OF IN AN INTELLIGENT, OR DERLY AND SCIENTIFIC MANNER. 'As thcro is no national federation of employers at present neces sity demands tho immediato creation of ono. Thoro can bo no in dustrial peaco in tho United States until a national organization Li perfected, for, while labor is partially organized, capital ia not or ganized at all. . . , .y$& THE PRESERVATION OF THE- HOME By JACOB A. RIIS, Author of " How the Other Half Lives" iPOiN" tho preservation of tho homo doponds tho existence of tho country, for tho homo makes tho man. Tho t thought ofton expressed that mon aro unablo to govern themselves is tho direct result of tho inhuman condition s of tho toncraent houses. A MAN CANNOT LIVE LIKE A PIG AND VOTE LIKE A MAN. BUT THERE MAY BE PIGS IN PARLORS, TOO, .AS WELLAS IN HOVELS. STILL THE HOME IS THE MAINSTAY. WIPE OUT THE HOME, AND THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT FALLS. IT JS A CHILD'S RIGHT TO HAVE A HOME. .What need makes mothers lcavo their homes for factories, lock-1 ing up thoir children? This should not be. This is no homo. Ifc is . only a placo to cat and sleep. Why should tho childron work ? Child labor touds downward. INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY: BOUGHT BY CHILD LABOR IS A LOST CAUSE. :, ,.. .hmahl. : ' 1- j Tim t'rtouty I'enr at Airlcu. Mischievous though the prickly pear Is, It Is not without ItH good qualities. Its Juicy fruit, though rather dellcleut la flavor, la delightfully cool and re freshing In tho dry heat of tho Hum mer, and a kind of trenclo 1h uuulo of It. Great caution, la needed la peeling tho prickly pear, tho proper way being to lmpalo tlm fruit on a fork or stlclr whllp you cut ft opon and remove tho skin", and woo botMe tho linger; of thu unwary "new chum" who plucks the trolcheroii8 fruit. In dry -weather at tho capo theso spiteful little otlngs do not oven wulti for tho ueWy arrived victim, but fly al)out,' light oBf thistledown. roauy w ... ..'for I, v mi bu OfltrcU VfitDi u '. ' -. ls' -" ! gm'