A PARALLEL FOLLY.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 8789, 4 October 1890, Page 2

A PARALLEL FOLLY.

Kecenti.v, as we learned by cable, tbere was ft bin railway strike in the United States. It was, we learn from American exchanges, about (he most sudden and completely organised strike the world has seen. The men sought varions concessions, the maiu one being, apparently, a demand for overtime after twelve hours' work. Most of the comp antes concerned were ready to concede that very reason, able demand, but when the men added conditions which, it is alleged, would have interf Dred with the working of the Hues, the companies refused everthing. Tbe men at once struck. A mystic message, " Webster's Dictionary," was Hashed to every railway station ou the railways concerned, and 50,000 men, engineers, stokers, porters—every wan engaged on the mechanical working of the lines — struck as one individual. So little was it expected that the clerks wero issuing tickets when the men went out. The Knights of Labor organised the strike, and backed it with all the streugth of their great organisation. But it failed. Why? Because it hail not the public sympathy, and free labor took the place of the unionists. There b a str.inse parallel between that strike in America and the strikes in New Zealand, The following from the Leather Reporter, a New York trade jttiwnal, might have been written about the tronble here. It. is headed "Another Great Folly, 1 ' and goes .on thus :— " Thn labor

uoious are Very badly managed. If the men in chaTge of them possessed average brightness and faculty, they wouldn't be lured into difficulties which have repeatedly involved large pecuniary losses and brought upon them the odium of men, who, if they had behaved themselves, would have encouraged them and assisted them in every legitimate endeavor to improve their condition. The public sympathies always run in favor of wage earners as against^a rich «orp»ration which employs them. They could easily create a popular sentiment that would render it a virtual impossibility for the officers of the railroad company t» deny them a respectful hearing if they had any requests to prefer. Hat they always go tho wrong way to work. They consult, combine, and order a Etiike. That brings on n, stato «f confusion ; travellers nre inconvenienced ; perishable freight in transit is hopelessly damaged and mucli mischief d«aa Having by their performances invited the enmity of the people and secured it, some of the fomenters of the strife go to tho officers of the company and say, 'Let's arbitrate' 'What about? ' Why, about the return of the men to their post 3.' 'That is not a subject for arbitration ; they have left of their own accord ; if they want to bo reinstated, the thing for them to do is te make application to be pat back again. 1 That seems like common senso ; but what a predicament it leaves the strikers in. AH they can do is to look on, while the persons whose service they have abandoned are engaging others in their stead. The time for negotiotion has passed. If they had tried it before they commenced hostilities, they probably would have been successful, liilt having aroused the ire of the public and of their pmployera, they have lost l{l "ir standing in etiirfc, and have neither C'.UMe of action nor right to claim a hearjug. Tuejr representatives have been snubbed and defied, and they must 100 l indignant ; bat what remedy have they ? TJjey began \t, am) must take the censeAlienees. Yet nil the same, \ye wish, the labor leaders ho 4 wore gumption, for we df> like U) sep working men thrive. Wh.en they are happiest, tho world is most flourishing."

A report of the meeting of the Hastings Itorougu Council will be found ou the fourth page. The Young Men's Christian Association will hold their usual meetings in the Athemcum at 8 p.m. today, and on Sunday at 0.45 a.m. and 8 p.m. The subject of tho itev. J. G. P«cei> son's sermon tomorrow morning will Ue "Guarding the' Heard." Th«siibje«t of the evening lecture will be "lushing V\fthout> JJajt." ' ' Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Uo. received yesterday the Jqllowjug pablegratu fronj their London house, flfessrs Sanderson, Murray, and Go, •,— "New ijeal^nil hemp, prioos have declined JO* par ton," Afc the Ilesidont ATn^istiafn's Oomfc this morning, before Mc.-sra T. K. Newton and J. R. Duncan, J.P.s, John Cunningham, charged with drunkenness, wa» wawUwJ until Moiwl^ f Dr di j treatment. tywnero ore lotpindpd ihai acceptances P .tUe qcWr'/Handicap, U 8 or) and Corintbjan Handicap (nil), tq be run at tl ( e Jockey Club's spring meeljng, close with t uj secretary stf the Criterion Hotel at J) o'clock this afternoon, ft wing to some misunderstanding yesterday the men engaged in loading frozen Mieop in the bay came ashore, but after an Interview with tlje agent of tho vessel the matter was satisfactorily arranged, and the men returned to work. The price of admission to the Recreation Oroubtf to-day will ha only half what is usug,:iy charged, as the match to be {llayed, although between two of the beat junior teams, will be the last of the weapon. Visitors will therefore be admitted tor sixpence The general meeting of the Napier Football Club which waa to have been held this evening, has been postponed

until next Saturday, owing to a number of the members being engaged in "Rip," of, which there, will bo a rehearsal this

evening,

The Napier Park Racing Clab have again received excellent nominations for the- various events of their spring meeting, A larger number of entries have been received than the club have yet had for a spring gathering, The quality of the competitors also is first-class, and if the 'meeting is favored with fine weather it is certain to be very successful.

Tl»e eommittco »f the Hawko'a Bay Agricultural and Paatoral Association,

met yesterday. The notice of motion proponing that a member's ticket should odmif. a laiiy to tho show ground and enclosures was considered, and on being put to tho meeting was lost. The petition to " hang up" the branding clauses of the new Sheep Act wna signed by spveral of. those present, nnd will also lie taken round on the show ground. It iw decided that the trotting match should start at 2.30 p.m.

Our Hastings cerrespondent writes under yesterday's ilate ;— M.the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Captniii Preece, K.M., the following civil cases were disposed of : — Diekenson v. Taite Kupa, claim £16 Is. JvuV'nient for plaintiff for £15 10s (S.I, with wb £2, witnesses' expenses £15, plniutilVs costs 10a and solicitor's fee £1 Is ; Mr Lnngknnn for pluintiff. — Crane v, OUon, claim £6

14s Juds-ment for plaintiff for £6 Us with costs £1, plaintiff's ousts 10a, and solicitor's fee 10s 6d ; Mr Longhnan appeared for plaintiff and Mr Lee for defendant.

Mr Lanauze has been visiting the settlers in the district, accompanied by Mr CarHle (says the Woodvillc Examiner). His object Is to get the necessary guarantee of stock to justify Messrs Nelson Bros, in starting woiks here. The guarantee required is 00,000 sheep, and up to Saturday Mr Lanauze had obtained a promise of 50,000, and no doubt he would obtain the other 10,000 reqnlred. When the necessary guarantee has been i obtained arrangements will be made to go on with the construction of the works, so as to have them ready for the following .season's freezing. It is certain that if local works are established the settlers will almost unanimously support them. The Napier Bowling Club will open the bowling season on their new green this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The green is in excellent condition, and gives promise to be one of the best in the colony, for which every credit is due to the promoters as well as to those who so faithfully carried out tko work of forming and turfing it. We are requested to state that a hearty invitation is extended this afternoon to the lady friends of members of the club, for whom ample accommodation will be provided. Should the weather be favorable, there will do doubt be ft large attendance of ladies in response to the invitation. Members are reminded that it will be necessary to play in their bowling shoes. The Wellington correspondent of the N.'/j. Berald, referring to the approachiDg election, says that Mr G. H. Swan is regarded as perfectly safe for Nnpier. He also considers that Messrs Buchanan, Wilson, Macarthnr and Bryce are pretty certain of re-election ia the Wellington Provincial District. The correspondent goes on to say : — " One of the hardest contests will be between Mr Brace and Mr Hutchison, for the Wnitotara district. It is said that Mr Hutchison has lost ground in consequence of the land nationalisation creed of his chief Mr Ballauce, as the farmers have no sympathy with that doctrine. Report says that Mr Hutchison essayed to round his political creed to make it acceptable to the electors." Referring to the "labor candidates" announced for Wellington, the same correspondent thinks their chances ot election are not very favorable, and lie classes Mr Beetbam and Dr. Newman amongst those who ire most likely to be returned. The following is a specimen of Protectionist logic from one of the most intelligent of the party — Sir Robert Stout. It is worthy (says Typo) of careful study. "We lived in a country that must have indirect taxation, because our requirements for the uayment of interest and the carrying on of government were such that it would be simply ruiuous, and the country could not stand it to depend on direct taxation alone. If we were to have indirect taxation it was necessary we should have Customs dnties ; and if we had Customs duties it was the duty of every man to see that these were imposed ao as to help the industries of the colony. He apprehended that some Freetraders could go that length. Others would not, but said a tariff was simply to get revenue. Jle did not agree with that, but thought we should so arrange the tariff as to help the cauntry to have diversified industries," That is to say, the sa:»e amount of taxation which, directly and therefore much more cheaply imposed, would be ruinous, is not so when Indirectly contributed. And further, that the taxpayer derives such benefit from his otherwise ruinous taxation being indirect, that he cm not only afford to pay the extra expose of eollec tion, but to contribute a further donation to help the industries of this colony ! The monthly committee meeting of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club was held yesterday afternoon. Present — Messrs J. D. Ormond, W. Shrimpton, A. C. Lang, G. P. Donnelly, C. A. UitzUoy, F. Logan, 11. Gaisford, and Dr. Russell. The programme of the Ongn Onga Racing Club for the 20th of December was approved, and the programme of the Woodvillo Dis. trict Jockey Club for the Ist Jaauary, 1891, was approved subject to alteration of the selling race. It was rosnlved that the "Australian Turf Register" for 1800 be ordered. The question of advertising was considered, and it was resolved to publish the programmes in the Heraxd and the small advertisements in the three local papera at the rates at present ruling with the club. The secretary was instructed to thank the Napier Holiday Association for declaring halt-holidays on the ensuing race daya, The followisg gentlemen rider 3 were elected t — Messrs N. C. Show, Lanfiley Shaw, Fred Caulton, Charles Caulton, Harold Russell, R. C. Pitt, Edwara Oakenfull, John Olliver, It, J. Nea#lc, T. H. Edwards, S. J. Bennett, Edward Drookes, James M'lvor, A. O. Lang, S. 11, Gollan, A. Bogle, E. O'Rorke, John Donptlos, William Haslop, R. J. Hunter, Robert Harley, James LopdelJ, J. D. (Jrmond, jnn., and J. Abaolom. it was resolved that the question of working the totnliaatora be deferred to the next meeting. A letter from the trainers suggesting that the license should be five guineas from trainers and one guinea from riders was approved, and it was resolved to recommend the same to the Christchurch conference. The New Zealand Herald of Saturday last has the following paragraph • — On Thursday last the ordinary routine ol country life in the district of Papatoetoe was relieved by a ceremony in which the majority of the residents took a more than ordinary interest. Early in the afternoon a large assembly gathered in tlie Otara Presbyterian Church, for the purpose of witnessing a wedding which they ban been looking forward to for some time. The church was very nicely decorated, and ovur the rostrum a very appropriate motto had been fixed, " Upd Blpss the Bride and Bri^eßroom.' 1 - T*he bricje wag th,e e|dest daughter of one of the ' qltlest settlers in the district, Mr James Wallace, of Hillside, Papatoetoe, and the bridegroom Mr Maurice Harding, of Horo Horo, near Dargaville, Northern Wairoa, son of Mr John Harding, of Mount Vernon, IJawke's B,ay. There were four bridesmaids, three being sfc^era of the bridg and tlie fourth a niece of the brj4egroo-.il. The groomsman were the brothers of the br;de au.d brother of the bridegroom. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Mackay, M.A., assisted by the Rev. D. J. isStoele. After the conclusion of the oeremony, those who had taken part returned to Hillside, where their relatives and friends, to the number of over forty, had been iuvited to meet the happy couple at breakfast. On arriving at the house, tho friends inspected the many valuable and useful presents %yhich hod been sent to the bride, noticeable amoug others being a very handsome tea a;:d coffee service, tyjth dessert knivesi and spoahs, the gift of the P/esbytetfah congregation, in re-' cognition of tlie many valuable services rendered by the bride, more' particularly in ' the niusi(!i}l portion o« t^e ctiurch opryifieu. ' I'ljO large room in which the sumptuous breakfast yax' laid had been; prqfusely decorated with evergreens and flowers. Th,ere \ytvs ample sitting &t oornmodtttjon fqi< the family and friends, and titter full justice had been done to the uoatl things provided, some felioitoiis and congratulatory sp*""* 1 "., were made, and a vei'v •»''*■ l " • „, ,„„,, 'j- J*.-iv l ; ...casant evening was 9P eat »» uer the hospLub)n roof o{ M^ and Mrs James Wallace.

We liaye o^te^ mildly criticised local amateurs and some visaing ' prof essionals jn' reference 'to their use of the obiectionable '" tremolo." This is what a contemporary has to say on the subject j— The Naganno of Mush Truth, and several other journals, are severe on a class of singers to whom they apply the name of wobblers. .By this term is meant singers who practise the tremolo or vibrato Truth j saya " The wobble is now acknowledged to be an acquired vocal defect '£ i- n noti ot duo to weakness of voice." Jiuglish audiences now refuse to listen to singers who practise the tremolo. VocalNl« B B<* to** wp«ta an A<lel-,na P*tU, Nilsao.u, Albam, a.id TrebelH, the whole of wye great concert artists, and such comparatively new celebrities aa Jean and Edouard de HmU, Nordica, and other groat artists, are entirely free from the defeot. Like the close shake on a stringed instrument, it ought to be very sparingly introduced, and only in cases in which great expression ia required.