Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...question of an international college boat race at the World's Fair has caused considerable comment from the press of the country, which with hardly an exception favors the admission of Cornell some way or other into the contest. It is stated that the winner of the Oxford Cambridge race would be unwilling to row the winner of the Harvard-Yale race, for by so doing the championship of the world would still remain unsettled, if Cornell chose to dispute the claim and insist upon rowing the English crew herself...
...Wolffe spoke first. He treated his subject from the economical standpoint. In America every man's opinion has its weight and the majority wins the day. The majority advocate the opening of the fair on Sunday. Take the churches in Chicago, they will not hold one third the people at the fair. Where then will they go if it is closed. Part will go to the saloons and others to places equally harmful. Open, is the cry of labor organizations, and they are a large part of the people...
...Thwaits was the next speaker. In Europe, said he, the laborer in many cases does not have Sunday as a day of rest but seeks to gain it in many ways. America is looked upon as a place where Sunday is kept sacred. At the fair there will be 25,000 or more men engaged in work and it will be a great injustice not to give them one day of freedom...
...Buckminster argued next. He considered the effect the fair would have on the people if opened on Sunday. We all hold Sunday as sacred but that does not imply that people should not enjoy themselves. Would not one be better fitted for his work on Monday if he passed a pleasant Sunday, would he not go back to his work more refreshed? For this reason we have opened our public gardens and parks on Sunday, why not then open the fair. There are many workers who could only visit the fair on Sunday and surely they should not be deprived...
...last debater was I. Howerth. The church members are not the only ones who wish the fair closed on Sunday, hundreds of persons outside of the church wish it. Our Sunday distinguishes our civilization for that of other nations which we consider below us and it is for this that 25 million of people have declared that the gates of the fair should be closed on Sundays. If it is not closed the laborer will loose all he has gained in advocating a half holiday on Saturday, for this will then be taken away...