pe ---- MS NPs sr AN 2 GAINS : & tant. "THE DAILY WHIG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 31. TRADE UNIONISM ---------------- ---------- ITS USE AND ABUSE BY ITS MEMBERS. They Have a Great Responsibility--Cannot Be To Cautious in the Choice of Officers-- A Trade Journal's Views. National Labor Tribune. Of the benefits of trade unionism there can be no greater boon for the workingman, provided the umions are inspired and directed in accordance ed out for the time being, while the very employees who sunk him found themselves adrift. Such instan- ces have not been infrequent, and it is needless to say that they burn TRIAL OF THE ICONOCLAST. Some Things That Really Did Not Ha, an i ic stunt, "Ever hear of Pocahontas." "Yes, certainly. Estimable Indian woman. saved life of venturesome mar- iner, later married him and hence the Stistance to-day eof some of the F. F. 's. "No, you're all wrong," Gloom Emitter, "Careful shows us beyond all doubt that Poca- hontas did not save the life of John Smith, and evidence has now accumu- lated that that particular John Smith was the most able-bodied----. What's the word ? Well, he had Ananias done to & frizzle." "But, dear man, what about those Virginia families ? There they are claiming their descent. Are you going to leave them without ancestry? Leave them as it were, nowhere, sus- pended like Mohammed's coffin, or like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon." Made in Canada 50 Years with a broad sense of right dealing, deeply into the heart and brain of the "That's no affair of mine. I'm not Hard Work Logging up, that's a man's work, sure enough. ; If you don't do this kind of work you want the vigor and strength that is necessary for it. Eat Tillson's Oats, Pan-Dried, and you won't need any pre-digested fad for a "weak stomach *-- you won't have a 'weak stomach. and with a due regard for the wel fare~and interests of the employer. It should not be forgotten that without the use of capital in enterprises often for a time, and perhaps permanently going to Virginia. You can go an tell 'em all about it. But I'm glad you mentioned ihe other things. Of course, you know that Mohammed never had a coffin. That's all fol-de-rol. Moham- victim. He is not unlikely to rise again. Perhaps he becomes the head of some great manufacturing estab- lishment, and union men wonder wh he regards their organization wit Eat wholesome fare and be healthy--eat something you know--don't dose yourself JAY. unproductive, labor would have but | disfavor. It is human nature that he | med was wrapped in palm leaves until rr rtunate to secure few (opportusities. Nearly every great | should 'do so. His resentment is | he looked like a tamale and laid away 4 With quack "foods." : undertaking hag scen thousands, and | founded on the recollection of early | without being boxed, and as to that : uch below their p rhaps millions, of dollars sunk and | wrongs. aren Boy hy ih Horie Gore * There are quack foods just often lost, before beginning to yield return on the investme Nearly every manufacturing establishment has of Babylon did not hang. nor were they gardens. They were terraces sup- ported by arches, and overgrown trees. "But," say the men who did the original injury, and threw themselves out of work to crush and spite an e will have them as there are quack medicines. No dirt, no specks, no hulls - - Yritnesend the me when a ig oo employer, "we stood only on our | They were erected for the amusement its workers wou ave proved a latal | rights." That may be true, but hu- | of a Babylonian queen, who had come i », ] and final blow to a msiness hovering man life is made up of concessions, of | from a mountainous country." in Tillson's Oats. ® g on the brink between collapse and | ranting this or tha where no es- | The tormentor took a fresh grip on success. i sential is involved; of yielding some- | his victim's coat, "it's never too late The trades unionist, therefore, has | {hing for the benefit of others, espe- | to hear the truth I particularly Ready to Cook, a greater responsibility than the ex action of a certain sum in wages, or the enforcement of rules of the trade He may, by untimely demands made at a critical moment, bring destruc tion upon the establishment which ,f fords support to him and to his fam ily, and--to use a homely but expres sive phrase-- 'kill the goose that lays the golden egg." : cially when the others are helping to benefit us. It is an abuse of trades' unionism to "use the unions for the de- struction of any employer who is do- ing what he can to be fair towards everyone, and every victory of that kind on the part of trades umions is but the beginning of a vendetta ,which carries with it a long train of disas- ters. want you to remember these : William Tell did not found the Swiss confederation, and the story of (ems- ler has no historic basis. "There is no historic authority for the statement that little George Wash ington cut down the cherry tree. "The story of King Arthur and his round table is a myth, although what purports to be the round table is still Served Hot. ynsdale Cambric. COTTON is un- s Underwear and Packages only. All Grocers. 7 { Pan-Dried-- 3 | It should be but little real satisfac We have made these comments on | to be soon in a south of England $ tion to a trades unionist to know | he abuses of -trades unionism not town. * d the regular va- that he has gnined bis point, if be bas | with "any jdea of discouraging that | whe maslstromis net a whirlpool A Food not a Fad. + also succeeded in dragging to extine | form of organization, in whose good | which sucks ships down into the » ) tion everything that made the point | work we earnestly believe, and to depths of the ocean. It is an eddy worth gaining. The story of the Kil- | (hose interests the National Labor [ which in fair weather, can be crossed onday kenny cats is interesting, but not as Tribune is devoted, but with the ob in safety by any vessel. an example to be followed by prac- | jot of correcting evils which have a| "The 'Man in the Iron Mask' did < Heal people, Whether workingmen or | y,arked tendency to diminish the bene- | not wear a mask of iron. It was black employers. The trades unionist who ficent influence of organized labor, to velvet, woetnod by ston] Bpribes. thinks that his should be to break paralyze their their sources of income, ous man, as much an enem+ to trades unions as he is to capital, and not to be trusted with any responsible duties in connection with the interests of labor. The man in the power to stop the wheels of in dustry and the flow of that capital, | main object in life | expose it to unnecessary damage gnd 3 down employers, | disaster, and to excite antagonisms business, and cut off | which might readily be avoided, with out sacrifice of prestige or principle. American labor. is the best in the world. It is the most intelligent and independent. Its future is in the hands of the American worker, who alone can make or mar that future "Caesar did not say 'Et tu, Brute.' Eye witnesses to the assassination de posed that 'he died fighting, but sil ent, like a wolf.' "Richard II. was not a hunchback, but a soldier of fine form, some pre tensions to good looks and great per sonal strength. "Diogenes never lived in a tub. The story that he did so has no better or igin than a comment by a biographer is a danger PECULIAR THINGS. BANK OF FRANCE SALARIES. whose hands is placed Pleasant Valley Visions. Parts of Spain Where No Hats | P2Y of Managers And Clerks--The which is the life blood of trade, ought | Pleasant Valley, Feb. 18.--We are en- | that 'a man so crabbed ought to Are Worn, Pension Scheme. a onservative reful and deli- | circled with small-pox at Petworth and have lived in a tub like a dog. The waa f the 1 2 New York Lvening Post o be. conservative, careful and deli "There was probably no such man as ie waters of the Dead Consul General Qowdy, of Paris, Wagarville, and scarlet fever at Hart- ington. Owing to the late snow storm roads have been in a bad condition, and timber traffic has been somewhat no rudder had been seen for centuries, ave now being plied by German motor boats. berate, impartial in judgment, and entirély free from prejudice. He ought possess qualities of the highest $ $ | hate smanship, and be by nature and $ $ < 4 ¢ ) < < ¢ 4 sends to the state department the fol lowing interesting information on the internal management of the Bank of Romulus. The first historian who men- tions him lived at a distance of time so t as to throw extreme discredit yh a ug ne The cathedra! of Chartres in France ea, where | | As tory France : iti " delayed. Oh Friday evening of last | On the story. n . > ; 0 ® disposivion Pencemaler, 2d Bol a week the young ol eo oN "Alexander the Great did not weep contains the most beautiful and the The staff of the Bank 'of France trouble-maker. shou 3 'e0 for other worlds to conquer. There is st preserved twelfth century win | consists of 1,093 employees at the cen i sti p i » | rounding vicinity met at Mr. Wat- i . . fitting estimate of the rights of the 4 ) DO reason to suspect that his army | 90WS in the world. tral office, and. 1,341 at the various , yard. be . ® e 'of ne ic re | son's. Dancing and cards were indul, A . > a lover avd he Slo: : Whi h A Yd in till ghey small hours, and © met with a serious reverse in India | About a hundred years ago the use | hranches. A candidate for a clerkship the common Figs. ol every. citizen, : : that induced him to retrace his steps. | ©f starch for stiffening the frills round | must he between the ages of nineteen : hil ds re under the laws. Any attempt to over [most enjoyable evening was spent. a 4 a S10n5. | the neck: was cousjdered highly re : wile: goods re. ide those rights is bound to end in | Oysters were served at midnight. Visi- | . ~The Pass of Thermopylae was de io gre mEhly repre: | and thirty years, and pass an examin alti ate ante Any: attempt to tors: R. J. Barr Burridge, at his fa- fended not Ly. 300, but at least 7,000 Be 3 hot positively sinful | ation. There are several schools n him et Lo violent the protection | ther's, George Barr; Mr. and Mrs. | Greeks, or, according to some writers, a ¥iives o : inmege noldener: "ut | which candidates are "coached." CASH. which the law extends over property | Frank Card, Cole Lake, at George | 12.000. The 300 were the Spartan con. | their hor heads "wisticks straight up | The salary at first is 2,000 france d liberty, is certain to bring its own | Barr's; Miss Coggan, Kingstom, at | tingent, who showed no more braver Tom fae i ahi » are Jength R86) in Paris and 1,500 francs anc, hment. This le E heen | E. Witty's; Mrs. S. Williams at E. | on that occasion than their compani- | ©f it is about one and a half inches. | ($317) at the provincial branches. Na 4 comet peediofel Recommended ae punishment. 8, emmon 288 men ly; Th rn :" | ons in arms fr ther Greek States. | AS a selfintlicted atonement for xin<! aleon, when he founded the bank, de ropes wap bo put wp Pils and Flas ok" and weed by taught over and over again. It has | Sigsworth"s; Earl Hughes at ons 1a a om OL er reek Distes. | comntitted thirty Yours Ri MN hy ' Art Boristios svirywhers. Over four hundred dierent' been a costly lesson, and the trades | Ward's. Misses Helen and Ada Sigs- Columbus did not make an egg | "0 be h - Jaffe a Jo reed that the first manager might call To he Bu unionist who has not learned it well [ worth are ill. A quiet wedding took stand on end to confute' his oppon sow ear eo er worn an 3 governor, if he liked, since z . 1s unfit to be invested with the lead- | place on Wednesday evening. The con- | ¢nts. The feat was performed by Brun AL i Jom whic two heavy | titles cost nothing, and his salary Skirt Protector 8 . ership of his fellows. tracting parties were Miss Norah, eld- | elleschi, the architect, to silence critics wa as or lizio : might be as large ns the sharcholders Sas AAA The harm that has been done by | est daughter of E. Husband, and Am-| Who asked him how he was poine to . be Ha rein us uatpuction 14 | pleased --as the bank would pay It is . hasty, inconsiderate and unjustifiable | os Townsend, of this place." The bride | Support the dome of the cathedral of fom TE : A ng to the. pupcad | might oven go as high as 60,000 trikes is incalculable. The harm to | was assisted by Miss B Kerr, and the | Florence. 1a AO ast he iti) to the faith of | francs', (811,850). The business of the . ital Bas been bit . small part of lemon oy hic Broter. M Townsend "Wellington at Waterloo did not sa) the majority, and t e teaching of re: | ank has increased tenfold since that ap) 8 Nb -| 'Up guards, and at 'em!' The words | ligion is under the direction of the re time, but the manager's salary has Many wish them a long and prosper- the injury. The workingman and his ous life. A few friends spent a very 3 ligious bodies AX CBP > family have been the principal sufier not exceeded the limit To economize time in memorizing a Napoleon, and is still, laid down' by were put into his mouth by an imagi 1 believe, 60, native writer." ers. And all this misery has been | pleasant evening at S. Ward's. "FE h! E h 1" cried the Suf [Poem it should be read as a whole, | (06 francs (£11,850): but as the hank appa to Cortients Sh Con S.Jebon, P, Qu 0 chiefly due to men whose ambition 'Enough ! Enough ! ried the Su that is, entirely through each time ' ' wthar Corticolhs offen. was to pose before the public as lead : : : . | fering One, breaking away. . 0 yo r ach 1 ia private company, it is dificult to : , If you had taken two of Carter's Tests made in psychological lahorato | tain - information regarding the. sa ers, and to exert for self-advertise- [yo yi 0" pity before retiring you 9 ries show that to memorize one verse | luries. ment and exaltation the power in would not have had that coated ton Returned To Manitoba. at a time takes one-fourth longer The governor must hold 100 shares, or { en trusted them for far difierent pur gue or bad taste in the meuth this] Mountain 'Grove, Feb. 17.--Robert | Scientists assert that early man used and the two sub-managers fifty shares poses. i : heir | morning Keep a vial with you for | Canning, after spending several weeks | to bo able to wag his ears as an in | cach. Every clerk must lodge, ns a Trades unions, therefore, oF : i! occasional use. with relatives here, has returned to | dication of pleasure, or to brush away | zuaranty, one share in the bank, of st ---- m-- aim is 'te carry out the PUIp vs ol Woman was sent as a gift to man | Carman, Man. Rev. W. H. Clarke | flies from under his back hair; but as suflicient government stock to produce "a 2 their origin, in securing fair wages. |, "y).¢ ghe should be his slave, but |:hanged pulpits with Rev. Mr. Rhyn. | the muscles were not brought into con 180 francs (825,000). The amount of the } steady employment and reasone. | that she should reign equally in the | dress, Plevna, on the Sth. G:.McDon- |tinual use they became rudimentary guaranty: increases as the clerk ris hours for wage earners sannol he bn world beside him. ald, Tweed, passed through here on In China the .down of the thistle i« in grade, and in the case of a man cautious in the choice of officers anc Thursday on his way to sce his | gathered and mixed with faw «ilk so | ager of a provincial bank is fifteen in their action upon qnestioms 3 1s Lrother, Alexander, who is in the | inceniously that even experts are de bank 'shares, or "'rentes" sufficient to DR. woobD"s sue between capital and labor.No or Kingston hospital undergoing treat | ceived when the fabric is woven. It i | produce 780 francs (3150.54) a vear oanization can sustain itself long un der the crushing influence of frequent and lasting strikes. That organiza tion is likely to be most prosperous which has no strikes at all, and whose treasury is not depleted by the de mands made upon it for strike allow The longer a union gets along its posi cushions as a substi- and a very used also to stuff tute for eiderdow substitute it males Although hats were tured in Er back as 15 ment for his eves J. Drake, having disposed of his farm __ and efiects, in tends moving to Hartington Miss Evelvn Abbott has returned to take charge of her. school in Wagarville Mre. McKee, after visiting friends here lias gone to her home near Adolphus town. Walton Fox paid a short visit to Westport last week. Our school is years' service in the of Years as an entitled to thirty twenty-five After ECONOMICAL HOUSEKEEPERS USE WalterBakers good fice, or out door collector, a clerk is half his average salary during the last | three vears. This pension is increased where the hat is by one thirtieth for cach year he pictures. The inknown except In | serves beyond the regular period, but meu, when they need a must not exceed two thirds of his covering, tie up their heads, and the - NORWAY PINE SYRUP Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Croup, Hoarseness, Sore ain in Chest, Asthma, and ol Throut and Lang esablar Be ey Te et Ts Dh the thuset pf Tenge jains. nost striking display Kingston city. first manufac wgland by Spaniards as far } there are parts of Spain ances without strikes the stronger | yearly sal: RE will keep right to tion, and the more likely it is to be progressing under the able manage | women use flowers | a Price 256. ot all Dealers. : successful in upholding the claims of ment of J. Keeley. Visitors: Mrs A novelty in the way of an alarm FIRST DOSER ite members by peaceable meare: for | { (C000 aNd Chocolate] [ =e. teeronto, ar W. Burr's: Nim | clock hat heen perfected hymn Amery. | Thats vey S0i4 sd used By. Waed's Norway Pine The fret there is no stronger weapon of de Gertie Flynn, Kingston, at W. [can jeweler. It is about the size of a i oe confined Remain: fence of labor's rights than a full B h ield THE Flynn's; Mrs. E. Fraser, Harrowsmith, | hazel nut. It is made to wear on the hf asvale 204 Sovak Mis 46 hee alo m-- treasury and a fully employed mem ecause t ey ye aS Cowdy's. finger, The alarm 1s not u bal. tars | A ry i Ere bership. We constantly deprecate, therefore, the idea entertained by some that the main object of trade unionism is, or |§ sharp pin, which pricks the finger at the time the wearer wishes to rise. The most surprising property of alu minum is ita newly MOST and BEST FOR THE MONEY Cedar Valley Varieties. Cedar Valley, Feb. 18 KE I I " Roads are in discovered power | $3234444 20%, Discount Sale. For the balance of February we will give (FOR CASH ONLY) 20) discount off on the following goods :-- TINWARE, COPPERWARE, ought to be, to prepare for and carry excellent condition. Miss Jennie Rog- | of giving a fine razor-like edge to steel on the form of war with capital ors is the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. | cutlery. Magnified a thousand times - known as an strike. The real object H. Pelow, Kingston Miss Mima | the knife edge produced on the ordin " [alah ae ure of trades unionism is, or ought to be, Healy, Brockville, is renewing acquain- [ary whetstone appears rough and jag 90000 tances in this vicinity. T. Rogers 9 is visiting his sister, Mrs. G. A. Pad gett, Ottawa. James Ralph and sis ter, Miss Stella, spent Sunday in For far. D. R. Rogers returned home af ter spendding the past week at J. Me Ardle's, Sweet's: Corners. W. Rogers and W. Adrain spent Sunday evening in Delta, returning by wav of Chan try. Miss Mary Lyons spent Sunday at her home in Newhoro. Miss Mary Moran is visiting friends in Toledo Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Fleming, Elgin, spent Sunday at J. Rogers'. Andrew Lyons spent Sunday in Forfar ged, while that vielded by the alumi num sharpener is «traight and smooth In Germany electricity, among other curious results, has rehabilitated the | discarded windmill. At Nevesheim a | windmill power. for thirty six incandescent lamps that light a large paint factory. Another in Schl eswic- Holstein keeps a steady current of thirty volts Dusseldorf a wind mill winds up a heavy weight of which the descent works a powerful dynamo A half dozen men worked all one das in a Greenwood (Me.) mili recently to make strikes unnecessary, and to maintain brotherhood between work | Forms of Kidney Disease. ers, and cordial relations with em . plovers. It is too soon to expect the undersigned druggists are millennium, when the golden rule will pared to give the following be the all sufficient law for human s with every 50 cent bottle of guidance and direction; but the g« ngill's Kidney-Wort Tablets, rule is a good guide to keep in front remedy in the world the of us even in these imperfect 'times 1 eures all troubles arising Wise selfishness indicates a similar wk or diseasa] eidawps the policv. Union workers are often at cheerfully retu i a loss to account for the obvious hos s not selieved and improved tility toward trades unionism of men six of one lLottle. Three to supplies Taase- Manx The Finest Cocoa in the World em ACATEWARE, NICKLEPLATE WARE. who might naturally be expected to fect astimirhing and permat: sympathize with organized labor. . : trying to get it started, and two of | . 1f not relieved a sured, Probe into the histor of some one of 40 Hi t Awards in Europe tee them continued the next day. In des- | Looked Like It. CARPET SWEEPERS 'CLOTHES WRINGERS, e no money." these men, and you will probably find America. The Governor's Wife A Prisoner. | pair they took the engine to pieces. | iy... (0c through the ice yes ' that once he has been ruined by a Mrs. Z. A. Van Liven is the wife ,f | Inside the cylinder were several quarts | terday.' Now is the time to secure some of the cele- Wade, druggist, King strects trades union, that he risked his all | j Our Choice Recipe Book, sent free, will tell LN f bi f bark and othe: 3 : ' ot make Pudge and a great variety of the governor of the county jail, Na- | of nuts, bita' of bark and other fine | «py. the ice can't bear him pO : oot in_some . undertaking, gave employ a preg irmptet ur phoning San Oa aod was a great sufferer | Stuff. A squirrel had gone in _ through | either." . brated "STR ANSKY" ENAMELWARE. the druggist, Princess street, ment to men who were out of em- from rheumatism. When the best doc. | the exhaust pipe, and had discovered | -------------- ADDRESS OUR BRANCH HOUSE Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. 12 and 14 St. John Street- and excellent place for a winter store ployment and meant to deal honestly house. and fairly by every one, when sudden- ly, while everybody else was giving him a chance to swim, the union | He who does his best, however lit- -| tle, is always to be distinguished from the man who does nothing. He who thinks he has nothing to tors in the community and 'spe cialists"' failed to help her, she buried her sceptism of proprietary remedies, , Ont. . Mahood, druggist, Prince: ingston, Unt. _ ELLIOTT BROS., 77 Princess St. | i incest i purchased South 'American Rheumatic | Do not waste time in thinking how Holley, Sires. Prin . brought is oon ae et or MONTREAL, P. Q. Cure. 4 bottles cured her. Sold by canly the temptations of others could {fear from temptations is most exp »- $2 500000000000 5000 CODOCODIOGOCOOS robes Payles. druggist Princess union on a was drown- H. B. Taylor and H. Wade.--42. be conquered; conquer your own. ed to a fall. 3 oe imgston, Ont.