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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TTERDAY, JT'I.Y *. 190v.
' WAGE EARNERS OF PACKINGTOWN OPPRESSED;
FRIGHTFUL DISTRESS REVEALED IN “THE JUNGLE”
Runs on the Bank, Election Bribery and Perils
of Storm Endured by Those Losing
Places by Illness Graphically
Described.
fCooyrifht, 1906, by Upton Sinclair. All
' Rights Reserved.)
CHAPTER XI.
During the lummer the packing
bouses were In full activity again, and
jurgif made more money. Ho did not
make *o much, however, as he had the
previous summer, for the packers took
on more hands. There were new men
every week, it seemed—It was a regu
lar system—and this number they
would keep over to the next slack sea-
eon, so that ©Very one would have less
than ever. Sooner or later, by this
plan, they would have all the floating
labor of Chicago trained to do their
work. And how very cunning a trkk
that was! The men were to teach new
hands, who would come some day and
break their strike, and meantime they
were kept so poor that they could not
prepare for the trial!
But let no one suppose that this
superfluity of employees meant easier
work for any one! On the contrary,
the speeding-up seemed to be growing
more savage all tho s tlme; they were
continually inventing new devices to
crowd the work on—It was for all the
world like the thumb screw of the
mediaeval torture chamber. They would
fet new pacemakers and pay them
more; they would drive the men on
with new machinery—it was said that
in the hog-killing rooms the speed at
which the hogs moved was determined
by clockwork, and that it was In
creased a little every day. In piece
work they would reduce the time, re
quiring the same work In a shorter
time, and paying the same wages; and
then, after the workers had accustomed
themselves to this new speed, they
would reduce the rate of payment to
correspond with the reduction in time!
They had done this so often In the
canning establishments that the girls
were fairly desperate; their wages had
tone down by a full third in the past
two years, and a storm of discontent
was brewing that was likely to break
out any day. Only a month after
Marija had become a beef-trimmer the
canning factory that she had left post
ed a cut that would divide the girls*
earnings almost squarely In half, and
so great was the indignation at this
that they marched out without even a
parley and organised in the street out
side. One of the girls had read some
where that a red flag was tho proper
symbol for oppressed workers, and so
they mounted one, and paraded all
about the yards, yelling with rage. A
new union was the result of this out
burst, but the Impromptu strike went
to pieces In three days, owing to the
rush of new labor. At tho end of it the
girl who had carried the red flag went
downtown and got a position In a great
department store at a salary of two
dollars and a half a week.
Jurgls and Ona heard these stories
with dismay, for there was no telling
when their own time might come. Once
or twice there had been rumors that
one of the big houses was going to cut
Its unskilled men to fifteen cents an
hour, and Jurgis knew that if this was
done his turn would come soon. He
had learned by this time that Pack-
lngtown # wns really not d number of
Arms at all, but one great Arm, the
beef trust. And every week the man
agers of it got together and compared
notes, and there was one scale for all
the workers in the yards and one
standard of efficiency. Jurgis was told
that they also fixed the price they
would pay for beef on the hoof and the
price of all dressed meat in the coun
try; but that was something he did not
understand or care about.
The only one who was not afraid of a
cut was Marija, who congratulated her
self, somewhat naively, that there had
been one In her place only a short time
before she came. Marija was getting
to be a skilled beef-trimmer, and was
mounting to the heights again. During
the summer and fall Jurgis and Ona
managed to pay her back the last pen
ny they owed her, and so she began to
have a bank account. Tamoszlus had
a bpnk account also, and they ran a
race and began to figure upon house
hold expenses once more.
The possession of vast wealth entails
cares and responsibilities, however, as
poor Marija found out. Sho had taken
the advice of a friend and Invested her
savings in a bank on Ashland avenuo.
<>f runs.- She knew nothing about it,
except that it was big and imposing—
what possible chance had a poor for
eign working girl to understand tho
banking business as ft Is conducted in
this land of frenzied finance? So
Marija lived In continual dread lest
something should happen to her bank,
and would go out of her way mornings
to make sure that It was still there.
Her principal thought was of Are, for
she had deposited her money In bills,
and was afraid that If they woro
burned up the bank would not give
her any others. Jurgis made fun of
her for this, for he was a man and was
proud of his superior knowledge, telling
her that the bank had flre-proof vaults,
and all Its millions of dollars hidden
safely away in them.
However, one morning Marija took
her detour, and, to her horror and
dismay, saw a crowd of people in front
of the bank, Ailing the avenue solid
for half a block. All the blood went
out of her face for terror. She broke
Into a run, shouting to the people to
ask what was the matter, but not stop
ping to hear what they answered till
sho had come to where the throng was
so dense that she could no longer ad.
vance. There was a “run on the
bank," they told her then, but she did
not know what that was, and turned
from one person to another, trying In
an agony <*f fear t" make *ut ul. it
they meant. Had something g-m*- wr**r.»:
with the bank? Nobody was sure, but
IMT thought so. Couldn't she get her
money? There was no telling; the peo
ple were afraid not, and they were all
trying to get it It was too early yet
to tell anything—the bank would not
open for nearly three hours. So In a
frenzy* of despair Marija began to claw
her way toward the doors of this build
ing. througtr a throng of men, women
and children all excited as herself.
It was a scent of wild confusion, wo.
men shrieking and wringing their hands
and fainting, and men flghting and
trampling down everything In their
way. In the midst of the melee Marija
recollected that she did not have her
bank book and could not get her money
anyway*, so she fought. her way out
and started on a run for home. This
iih fortunate for her, for a f*u min
utes later tho police reserves arrived.
In half an hour Marija was back.
Teta Elzblota with her, both of them
breathless with running ami with fear.
The crowd was now formed ill a line
extending for several blocks, with half
hundred |mlh*«*m**u k*-**plm: .:mh.i
and so there wns nothing for them to
do but to take their places at the end
of it. At 9 o'clock the bank opened
and began to pay the waiting throng;
but then, what good djd it do Marija,
who saw 3,000 people before her—
enough toi take out the last penny of
a dozen banks?
To make matters worse, a drizzling
rain came up and soaked them to the
skin; yet all the morning they stood
there, creeping slowly toward the
goal; all the afternoon they stood
there, heart sick, seeing that the hour
of closing was coming and that they
were going to be left out. Marija made
up her mind that, come what might,
she would stay there and keep her
place; but as nearly all did the same,
ail through the long, cold night, sho
got very little closer to the bank for
that. Toward evening Jurgis came;
he had heard the story from the chil
dren, and he brought some food and
dry wraps, which made it a little eaa
ler.
The next morning, before drybreak,
camo a bigger crowd than ever, and
more policemen from down-town.
Marija held on Uko gftm death, and
toward afternoon she got into the
EVERETT ESTATE
IS
Robert Hugh White wo» apoplnted
edmlnliter (or the estate of the late
Edward Quincy Everett Monday morn-
In, by Ordinary John R. Wilkinson. Mr.
Everett left an estate estimated at
ISO.OOO.
Mr. Everett wan a member of the
Ererett-Rldley Company, wholesale
dry good, dealers. He died suddenly
on May 2d and left no will. Mr. White
has qualified os administrator of tho
estate.
A number of wills were admitted to
probate by Ordinary Wilkin- n Monday
morning, and administrators were ap
pointed for several smnll ostates.
FIREWORKS.
Fourth of July Fireworks
—will open stock at junction
Peachtree and Ivy streets,
and corner Spring and Alex
ander streets July 3. A .W.
Farlinger.
three members retired
PROM ACADEMY FACULTY.
®l*cial to Tho Georgian.
Charleston. 8. C., July
the faculty of '
Hil lary arailemr
this year ....
ft; «>°ard. of visitors, of wblrh Governor
j r W t a . n an «**o®clo member. Colonel
J n
ICE TRUST LAWYERS
HELD FOB CONTEMPT
Dy Private Leased Wire.
Toledo, Ohio, July J.—Judge R. R.
Klnkalde of the common pleas court
sentenced Thomas T. Tracey and
Clarence Brown, the Ice trust lawyers,
to ten days In the county jail on
Monday for contempt of court.
On Saturday In a motion to suspend
sentenco in the case of R. A. Beard
and C. Lemmon, convicted and sen
tenced ice men, they intimated that
the court was in collusion with them
in a promise to extend leniency pro-
vMed their clients pleaded guilty.
Judge Klnkalde struck tho motions
from the record and declared them
i "false as hell."
Alexander Smith filed a motion sim
ilar to those of Brown and Tracey and
the court fined him $250i AU sen
tences were suspended, giving the
lawyers a chance to take their troubles
to the circuit court
FOURTH OF JULY
RATES.
On account of tha above occaalon
the Southern Railway will aall round
MINISTERS WILL MEET
AT WESLEY MEMORIAL
After a brief session In the 7. M. C.
A. hall on Monday morning at 11:16
o'clock, at which time resolutions on
the death of the wife of Rev. T. P.
Cleveland were drawn up and passed,
tho Evangelical Ministers* Association
of Atlanta adjourned to meet agfeln
on the first Monday in October at the
Wesley Memorial church.
The meeting was called to order by
President Charles O. Jones, of St.
Marks Methodist church, and in the
absence of Secretary T. P. Cleveland,
Rev. J. K. Briggs was appointed act
ing secretary. E. O. Smith, pastor of
tho East Point Bgptllst church, and
Rev. Samuel Wiles DuBose, pastor of
the Jonesboro Presbyterian church,
w«.-r»* admitted t <. iiu-mlfi sltij. n, n
association.
The report of the auditing commit
tee was read by Dr. White, who also
asked for a new vote on the meeting
place for next year. At ft..- 1;. • i.,* . *
Ing it was voted to meet in the Wesley
Memorial church, but it wag the senti
ment of many that the association
should select a more central location.
The motion for the Wesley Memorial
church prevailed.
A committee of three was appointed
to draft resolutions on the death of
the wife of the secretary, and this
bank and gut her money—all in big
silver dollars, a handkerchief full.
When she had once got her hand
them her fear vanished and she want
ed to put them back again; but th
mm at tin* window was savage and
said that the bank would receiv
moro deposits from those who had ta-
kes part Jn the run. So Marija
forced to take her dollars home with
her. watching to right and left, ex
pecting every* instant that some one
would try to rob her; and when she
got home she was not much bettet
off. Until she could find another bank
there was nothing to do but sew them
up In her clothes, and so Marija went
about tor n week or more, loaded down
with bullion, and afraid to cross the
street in front of the house, because
Jurgis told her she would sink out of
sight In the mud.
Weighted this way she made her
way to the yards, again In fear, thla
time to see If sho had loat*her place;
but fortunately about 10 per cent of
Hi*- working people of IMckingtow n
had been depositors In that bank nnd
it was not convenient to discharge
that many at once. The cause of the
panlo had been tho attempt of a po
liceman to arrest a drunken man In a
saloon next door, which h:ul drawn a
• •! :it the limit- the pe..p> \< «• r<*
on their way to work, and so started
the *Jrun."
About this time Jurgis nnd Ona also
began a bank account. Besides hav
ing paid Jonas and Marija, thoy had
utmost paid for their furniture, and
oyl'l have that little mini t" emmt mi
So long ns each of them could bring
home nine or ten dollars a week, they
were able to get along finely. Also
election day came round again, nnd
Jurglv made half n week's wages out
of that, all net proflt. It was a very
close election that year, nnd the echoes
of the battle reached even to Packing-
town. The two rival sets of grafters
hired halls and set off fireworks nnd
made spoechos, to try to get the per**
pie interested in the matter. Although
Jurgis did not understand It all, ho
knew enough by thla time to realize
that It was not supposed to bo right
to sell your vote. However, as every
one did it, nnd his refusal to Join
would not have made the slightest dif
ference in the results, the idea of re
fusing would have seemed absurd, had
it ever come into his head.
Now chill winds nnd shortening days
began to warn them that the winter
was coming again. It seemed as if
the respite had been too short—they
had not had time enough to get ready
for it; but still It came. Inexorably,
and the hunted look came back into
the eyes of llttlo Stanlalovaa. The
prospect struck fear to the heart of
Jurgis also, for he knew that Ona was
not fit to face the cold and tho snow
drifts this year. And supposo .that
some day when a blizzard strueje thorn
and the cars were not running, Ona
should Imvo to give it up, and should
come the liext day to find thnt her
place had been given to some one who
lived nearer and could be depended
upon?
was a song, for he hod met the enemy
and conquered, nnd felt himself the
master of his fate. So it might be
with some monarch of the forest that
has vanquished his foes In fair fight,
and then falls Into some cowardly trap
in the night time.
A time of peril on the killing beds
was w'hen a steer broke loose. Some
times, in tho haste of speeding up, they
would dump one of the animals out on
the floor before It was fully stunned,
and U would get upon its feet and run
amuck. Then there w*ould he a yell of
warning—the men would drop every
thing nnd dash for the nearest pillar,
slipping here nnd there on the floor,
nnd tumbling over each other. This
wm* bad t-nniKh In f la* suimn.T, wli. n a
man could see; in winter time it was
enough to make your hair stand up,
for the room would be so full of steam
that you could not make anything out
6 feet in front of you. To be sure, the
1 Iv blind and frantic,
and not especially bent on hurting any
one. but think of tho chances of run
ning upon a knife, while nearly overy
man had one in his hand! And then,
to rap the climax, tho floor boss would
come rushing up with n rifle and be
gin blazing away!
It was in one of these melees that
Jurgis fell into his trap. That is the
only word to describe it; it was so
flluM, and sit uttmly not to be foreseen.
At first he hardly noticed it, It was
such a slight accident—simply that in
nnnusl meeting of
P. P. Usxyek and
" ?• Ct> ro*a will not track the
next year.
(»oIoih>i Lvuet Is well known In Georgia,
pmmfaent as s Confederate Veteran,
!Sn. T,D * . be ? 1 J 1 - •>“*> «t tbe o*onri»
ii' L T, " n<1 AfrtcalttnU college at on.
!;?£■ was s lieutenant colonel on the
821 " f General John It. Gordon and
Northen. end adjutant and later
JMi-rm.M.r .corral on th. .US of Ora-
J ' W " t ’ ,l# t0 u “ ^M**** 1
r. p.Uiirek ha. been at th. .cad-
82, sn<l Major Coleman began
® isk. and >gk
“• career there In lggg.
JOHN D. BUYS FOSSILS
FOR CHICAGO COLLEGE
^ Private LHRd Wire.
Uilcago, July 1.—John D. Rockefeller
PurchaMd for the University of
'•niugo the moot extensive collection
Ui.» “5“* mln *raU probably In ex-
btence In the country.
whlch «u (fathered
fcTm by * h * Jamea Hall, who
« h «* a,tir year, was auto
PratSLnru York - ™ valued by
rrofesaor Halt at 1110,000.
inv WU« WIU leviciar j, utm bin*
... .. , . .committee later preeented the follow-
trip ticket* to and from all points | | n(t resolution, which was unanimously
south of tha Ohio and Potomac and
east of Mississippi at on* and one-
third fares for round trip, Including
8t. Louis, Louisville. Cincinnati,
Washington, etc. Tickets will be sold
July 2d, 3d and 4th, limited to July
8th.
Call on agents Southern Railway.
J. C. BEAM, Jr.,
Dlatrlct Passenger Agent.,
THREAT TO RESIGN
to regard to the report that the ntints
of the (Indy Hospital had threatened to
resign In a body, official, of the hnapltal
declare the report 1. entirely erroneous,
i Dr- Wh Mb' wrim a hndlnff
member of the medics! board, stated Won
day thnt ho ha. be.n Informed by lha
nurie. that they hare never made litre
»neh threat. After th» report bcesmo cur
rent, Dr. Nlcoi.cn and other, made an In
Testlfstloit. As tha result of this Inreittga
tlon. Dr. Nleotsoo declare, that "tber. t*
nothing 1. the report whatever.
•Tha norm have never complained to
me,” a.Id Dr. Mculaoo, “and I hire not
beard of them making . threat to any tma
else. They Inform ms ttty bar. Deter
made tha reported threat"
lire. Tbeodoal WeerdrU, sspertnteodeot
of
i threat to resign to her.
SILVER BASKETS.
W o are showing some very
attractive patterns in these
»uch-sought pieces. The
Ninths who have wrought
rieTnSt S ° ^mirabiy car- ^ of £ [
out the artistic ideals of “SA? JMpS S -nude- urn
* e'; PSIf P er r that the result \
f?I irCl - V ,P IeaSin £- ttf Vt^U room'!!.'
'-'race, eletrancc and riitw t* imposed, td. mm umbo u.
1 M'pt o( (flr tx(n „„J tl.ii gttre rite r«
nor workmanshin arc clinr- report they bad threatened to resign In
Oetoristic of all Olir silver " Mi-Wire, one of the graduating nnree.
Olir SIlv Cr W J, 0 tho krapitsl « trw tl*j« Ogn. atk^l
"aro. f,.r her <!iplans. l»»t It wnn not graatrii
MAIER & BERKELE. " — "•
t Is underetuod there Is asm* dusaUs-
fsettos among the hureea over the proiubll.
tty that they may ba asked to serve as
|H the extra ta_ tha ^ " —
BoniP :t go.
of tb** tzira dot/.
r*l vtt relieve tbt
adopted. Dr. Landrum being chairman
of the committee:
"Whereas, It hath pleasad our Heav
enly Father to romove from this earth
to her honvenly home tha wife of our
venerable «n<l beloved eecrstary. Rev.
T. P. Clveland, D. D., who.* Oodly life
and convocation adomad the doctrine
of God, her Savior, In all thin*..
"Resolved, That we hereby tender to
our brother our moat affectionate and
sincere sympathy tn this, hla greatest
bereavement, and command him the
comfort and sustaining frees of that
Savior In whom both he and hla wife
hove so long trusted.
"Resolved further. That a copy of
this resolution be Inscribed on our
minutes, a cony sent to the family of
Otn 01 itus Adoo v pun poanssop am
dally papers for publication.
SAVS PRESIDENT WABBLED
OK RATE QUESTION
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn, July S.—Benator
J. R. Frasier and Congressman John
A. Moon have returned from congress.
In an Interview Benator Frasier aald
that members of President Roose
velt's own party defeated him in many
of hla pat measures. "The Democrats
supported hla original railroad rata
bill,” aald he, "and that blit would have
gone through lust like the presld.nt
.wanted It If he had stuck to tha minor
ity, but ha went oraf to the majority
and tha result Is that tha bill will be a
disappointment to tbs people In Its ap
plication.
REDUCED~R. r7 RATES
FOR FOURTH OF JULY.
The W. A A. R. R. and H. C. A St.
L. Railway will tell cheap round trip
tickets to all points south of the Oh*o
and Potomac and ea»t of the Miss's*
• ippi river, including St. Loui*.
Evansville end Cincinnati, at one and
one-third fares; tickets to be sold
July 2d, 3d and 4th, good to' return
until July 8th, 1906.
For further information and tick*
ets apply to any agent of the W. A
A. R. R.
CHA8. E. HARMAN,
General Pass. Agent.
It was tho week before Christmas
that tho first Kreat storm came, and
then the soul of Junris rose up within
him like a sleeping lion. There were
four days thnt tho Ashland avenuo
cars were stalled, nnd In those days,
for tho first time In Yds life, Jurgis
knew what It was to bo really op
posed. He had faced difficulties be
fore, but they had been child’s play;
now there was a death struggle, and
all the furies were unchained within
him. The first morning thoy set out
two hours before dawn, Ona wrapped
all In blankots and tossed upon his
shoulder llko a sack of meal, and tho
llttlo boy, bundled nearly out of sight,
hanging by his coat-tails. There was
a raging blast beating in his face, and
the thermometer stood below zero;
the snow was never short of his knees,
and In some of the drifts It was nearly
up to his armpits. It would catch his
feet and try to trip him: It would
build Itself Into a wall before him to
beat him back; and he would fling
himself Into It, plunging Uko a wound
ed bufTaio, puffing nnd snorting in
r To foot by foot he drove his way,
and when at last h® came to Dur
ham's he was staggering and almost
blind, and leaned against a pillar,
gasplngnnd thanking God that tho cat-
tlo came late to the killing beds that
I „ til.- Itvi-ulng the .-HMD* thill* hud
to be done again; and because Jurgis
could not tell what hour of tho night
he would get off, he got a saloon-keep
er to let Ona alt and wait for him In
a corner. Once it was 11 o'clock at
night, and black as the pit, but still
they got home.
That blizzard knocked many a man
out, for the crowd outside begging for
work was never greater, and tho pack
ers would not wait long for any one.
When it was over, the soul of Jurgis
ankle. Thero was a twinge of pain, but
Jurgis was used to pain, and did not
coddle himself. When he came to walk
home, however, ho realized that It was
hurting him a gnat ii«*.ii. inn! in the*
morning Ida ankle w as swollen to near
ly doiihlM Its hIzi*. and In* . ..iiM n<>t gt*t
his foot Into his shoe. Still, oven then,
ho did nothing more than swear a lit
tle; and wrapped Ills foot In old rags,
and hobbled out to taito the car. It
chanced to be a rush day at Durham's,
and all tho morning he limped about
with his aching foot; by noontime tho
pnln wiiH s<» great thnt It mini.* him
faint, and after a couple of hours in
the afternoon he w.m fn|rl\ he.iten,
.'Mid had to tell the h«t-*4. Tin \ nt
for the company doctor, and he exam
ined tho foot and told Jurgis to go
homo to bed, adding that he had prob
ably laid himself up for months by
Ills fnlh . Tho I it j 11 r \ \\ .is 11 ,t ..no that
IMirhnni A* ' '•*. i *-nilI he held r. j.omd
blo for, and so that was all there wat
to It, so far as the doctor was con
cerned.
Jurgis got home somehow, scarcely
able to see for the pain, nnd with an
awful terror In hid soul. Elzbletn
helped him Into bed and bandaged his
injured foot with cold water, and tried
hard not lo let him see her dismay;
when the rest came home at night she
mot them outside and told them, and
they, too, put on a cheerful face, say
ing it would only bo for n week or
two, and that they would pull him
through.
When they had gotten him to sleep,
however, they sat by the kitchen Are
and talked It oVer In frightened whis
pers. They were In for a siege, that
was plainly to be seen. Jurgis had
only about $60 in the bank, and tho
slack season was upon them. Both
Jonas and Marija might soon be earn
ing no mop* thnn enough to puy their
board, and besides that thero wore only
tho wages of Ona and tho pittance of
the lltth* bow Thin* huh ttn* rent to
pay, nnd still tomo on tho furniture;
O00000O0000O 0 0OO000
O O
0 MEN ARMED FOR
0 8LAUGHTER IMPER
ILLED BY STEER8.
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
T fl
:
GIB story of “Tlio Jniirl**." Upton Hlnelnlr’s novel, which
meut luvcftlgniloQ into the methods employed by tho Itr
origin in an actual l'aeklngtown romance.
A slmple-mludwl coterie of Litbunulnns arrive in Chicago,
meat, and ore conducted to l’aeklngtown by a friend. Ju
strength. Is betrothed to Onn, nnd the flrst chapter tells of the
grotcsijuenoss. After much tribulation, the entire family ohtnl
stockyards—all but Onn, whom Jurgis Raid sbnold
locking employ*
Is, n giant In
• •ddlng In all Its
work In the
terrltde tale «»/ the almigntc
hou*
la told
which they lea
Monday's instalim
her department kIvIiij
little fa
rind led,
il the I
, his.
’• instalment of the story tells how Marija finds the forewoman of
nent giving her short pay, ami has the temerity to complain, finally
troubles to the superintendent. A few days Inter she la discharged
f oil her rights, discovering too late that the forewoman demnn.la
he labor of the hands from those under her. For six weeks she seeks
kswy
. ana Ona la _
Interest on the pi
P «P With the p.1
taking her
for Insisting
more than The labor of the
a new place, and at last Is put to work doing a man's work nt half
pay. *
Ooa labors op to tlio da/ her bnl»y Is born, and then tnkea hut n week away
from her labors, in deadly fenr thnt sh® will lo«e her position. From the day she
returns to her bench. Ona Is never a well person. The chapter concludes:
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there was the Insurance Just due, and
every* month there was sack after sack
of coal. It was January, midwinter,
mu awful Mine (.» have to fn.-i* julvn-
tlon. Deep snows would come again,
and who would carry Una to her wmk
now? Fhe might lose her place—she
uns almost certain »•• I -m* it. And
tlion little Stantslovae began to whim
per—who would take care of'him?
It hum dreadful that .in accident "f
this sort, that no men can help, should
have meant such suffering. The bit
terness of It was the dally food and
drink of Jurgis. It was of no use for
them t<» try to.dt*<*<d\c him. In* knew
as much anout the situation ns they
did, and he knew that th** family might
literally starved to deAth. The worry of
it fairly ato him up—fie began to took
haggard tho flrst two or three days of
It. In truth. It was almost maddening
r..! a Mining man like him, a lighter,
to havo to He thero helpless on his
back.
It was for all the world the old story
of Prometheus bound. As Jurgis lay
on hls bed. hour after hour, there came
to him emotion** that In* hud m \ m*
known before. Before this he had met
life with a welcome—It had Ite trials,
but none that a man could not face.
But now, In tho nighttime, when ho
lay tossing about, there would come
stalking Into hls chamber a grisly
phantom, the sight of which made hls
flesh to curl nnd hls hair to bristle up.
It win Ilk** seeing the world fall nwuy
from underneath his feet; like [dung
ing down Into ,i bottnml* h*< nI*\ •*.*. Into
/awning caverns of despair. It might
be true, then, after all, what -othere
had told him about lit.* thnt tin* hot
I jo w r i s of II man mjglit not be e*|ii.il
to It! It might be true that, strive oa
ho would, toll as ho would, ho ndght
fall, and go down and be destroyed!
The thought of thlB was Uke an Icy
hand at hi# heart; tho thought that
here. In this ghastly hum* of all horror,
he 4ind all those who were dear to him
might lie and perish of starvation and
cold, and there would bo no ear to
It was true,
that hole in
ge cli
up wealth, human creatures might bo
hunted down and destroyed by the wild
beast powers of nature Just as truly as
••ici Ihm V civ in tin* (lays of the cava
men.
Ona was now making about thirty
dollars a month, and Stanlslovas about
thirteen. To odd to thin, then* was
the board of Jonas and Marija, about
forty-five dollars. Deducting from
this the rent, interest and installments
••n II." fin ril'u:they had l**ft sixty
d"ll.ii «. .in<l deducting the cmiI, they
had left fifty. They did without every
thing that human beings could do
" It li* nit. i Jn*\ u * nt In old and ragged
clothing, that loft them nt the mercy
of the cold, and when tho children s
shoes wore out, they tied them up with
strings. *
Half Invalid as sho was, Ona would
do herself harm by u*alklng in the rain
nnd cold w # hen she ought to havo rid
den: they bought literally nothing but
food—and still they could not k**ep
alive on fifty dollars a month. They
might have done It If only thoy could
have gotten pure-food, nnd at fair
price#; or If only they had known what
to get—If they had not boon so pitiful
ly Ignorant. But they had come to a
country, where everything was
different, including the food.
They had alw’aya beon accus
tomed to eat a great deal of smoked
sausage, nnd how could they knotv
thnt what they bought in America was
not the same—that its color was made
by chemicals, nnd its smoky flavor by
more chemicals, nnd that it was full
of "potato*flour" besides?
Potato-flour is th*» waste of potato
after the starch and alcohol have l***«*n
extracted; It hns no more food vuluo
than so much wood, nnd aa its use n« a
food adulterant Is a penal offem*** in
Europo. thousands of tons of it atm
shipjHl to America every year. It was
amazing what quantities of food such
ns this were needed every day by elev
en hungry persons. A dollar sixty-five
a day was simply not enough to feed
them.
<Cont!nucd in Tomorrow's Georgian.)
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