Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-25

CAAh2AEr& HEkFfAG. -Mf. swim
tin zho vas announced 10 address the
WorkIugmen Of Evansville on Wednes
dayspsghts aFrissd On The late trsinthAi
night, and IS the Court House vas pre-
viously engaged for Railroad Meeting.
an appointment vas made for him at
Masonic Hall -
The Hall was densely crowded With
-lsdies and gentlemsn, wko listened with
much inteEsat TO an address Of over an
hour-in-isugthr On the subject Of the
WorkiDgmguss noYsment. and the best
method Of attaining the object aimed At
Afff' sWintfn IS q pleasant, though no!
particularly, eloquent speaker, and it
vas vef5 oeyideat be had carefully
studied hia subject. q
The objscs Of the association was frs,
70 secure . fair remuneration for the
laborers work. TO relieve the wants of
unfortunate nsehanios, and to promote
he.iHtelhgeaceaand general well-being
Of The WorkingHop Of the country
Thess. obiscts. we're to, be attained By
llegitimate means. The great object vas
20 secure Justice dwithout over-stepping
the hounds of equity. He alluded to at
tempts aslegislatiEe enactmenls in Ohio,
fennsylvania, New York, and Massa
chusetts He5ufged that all class legis-
lation should be frownsd down; that We
NAL and corrupt legislation would be
productive Of @ private violence; power
should not beacommitted to the hands Of
the few, bat must be held BY the masses
Oppression vas as bitter now as when
the fathers Of the revelation hurled the
British tea overheard lin Boston harbor.
There are three points sgitatsd during
the present year 2Yer fF,~f -
lst, The necessity Of an apprentices
law aEUJ -
i Id. The principal of co operation Of
the lAborers. ,51O 6L
Sd The 5ESdaG'iGgp Of the h0urs of
The. nsehzaio aarts have falleu of
duripg the past four years. Hencs the
fnscessityiof aeiadieious apprentice Law.
The association adopted The period of
four years as the term Of apprenticeship
The apprentice should have fair oppor.
tunity to make himself master of all the
several branches Of the trade to which
he devotes bimself, and not be confined
to single speciality. SEA
The Dentists 81 New York AJAX pro-
lection from quaeksi Lawyers from pet.
tifoggers, and why should not mechan-
les have like protection. aas
L. An apprentice law would be benefit
20 al parties. The principle Of CO. OPP.
Grafton is calling qorth the attention Of
prOdueers in all. portions Of the country.
Capitalists acknowledge the principle, by
forming associations Mechanics can
do the same thing They can combine
Tin the purchase of goodsb--uyins by
Wholesale instead of retail lotc
The speaker gave plain and piaus-
ible illustration Of this principle, and
explained sthsg method By which they
could have their eO-operation store--in-
IYCidentsily abiding to the fact that the
workingmen had a cooperation store
in this vieiuify,-a fact Of which We wer Q.
not before aware. ! : Alt sa e ~ -
One of the most important points be-
foEe ths workingmsp. iost NOW was the
cooperation uloysmenE rga EArA ~
The subject Of reducing the hours Of
labor was first 1agitated in Massachu-
sets, and was making most satisfactory
progress. The mechanical genius Of
the age hadsbrought about the necessity
Of this change Labor saving machines
had ilessOned che demand for Iaborers,
hence the tecessity Of reducing the hours
Of labor, that all may have work.
. The -four years iuaraiusl closed had
developed the -gVeas nsehahicAlIgsnlus,
Of the age NotEithTlAAding, the vast
drain on the muscle 0, the country, the
productive industry had not suffered.
The army had been provided for; the
people had been fed, and large sur
plus had been produced for export
! Asan illustration -of=the advantages
Of labor-saviDg machines, he instanced
that one girl can now produce al much
thread@as 5000 could do without ma.
chinery. The return Of the soldiers will
lessen the demand for labor, and it has |
even been asserted that six hours labor
was suf6 gent 70 provide for the pbysi- |
cal wantsiof .tha- lahoEsr.---------------
@g- He Alluded 10 the great revolution
wrought By ls6ors9sing machines as |
illustrated b5ahsreapsr and mower. BE |
believed that Deity designed that the
-tventy,fonr hours should be divided into
three parts: EIGHT heqrs for labor, eight
hours for study, andoeight hours for rel
creation and sleeREsIss s.Tgk2
sObjectiens answered. Where
the hours Of labor system lad been ed.
opted etime and dissipation had dimin-
ished, as iEstaneed in Englaad, New
Zealand aud other localities, and hs. ar
gueds that. the adoption Of the system
would be- productive Of increased wealth
tcthe community By Increasing the in
telhgence and productive genius of the
mechanic = - -
-~.~ tFMw wuG klTEN ASH
!. he. appealed to women to use their
influence, which vas everywhere ac-
knoEIadgsd to be ell powerful ss .
q It's perorati6n vas an exhortation to
the -woTkipgneRs to- persexers in the
work of the slahors reform movement.
always looking 70 the securing Of Justice |,