The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-07-28
OUR THIRD VOLIINaE.

With the present issue commences No.
of Vol. 8, of the WoRkINGxAN's ADvocArE
and as It is customary ON such occasions Il
TafaEAosthe progress, designs and prospects
Of a journal, we may be psrdoned for avail.
ing ourselves Of the privilege. To any on,
acquainted with the labors attendant on th,
publication Of 3 newspaper, more especially
an organ of labor, We need not say ours has
not been altogether fiowery path. The in
difference or cowardIce Of the labering
classes; the opposition or affected contempt
Of many employers for al organ which ex
plodes their pretentions, compiled with tht
fact that every sentence denouncing thS
duplicity OF politicians, IS sare s9-ee conned
and construed by some as an "attaeA Is
their party" have presC tied difficulties OF
no ordinary character. ! i in this respect
We are better of than many who have EN-
barked in similar enterprises. In New York,
New Orleans, Cincinnati, ST. Louis, San
Francisco, Pittst4lgh and Buffalo, the organs
Of labor have succumhed to pressure they
we're unable to resist, " hile the hunlilating
spectacle has been presented Of workingmen
ganing the mouthpiecesa of capital, which
erealways ready tomaIign slnd misrepresent
whenever an opportunity was afforded
But while We speak thus we have no de-
sire or cause to CONS plain The ADVOCATE
to-day is a self-sustAining enterprise. Its
patrons, both as sub scribers and advertisers,
are more numerous than they have ever been
before. Business men Of influence and
standing, who year ago were ignorant of
its e. istence, have been added to its lists,
aud are now convinced there are two SIDES
to every quesuv even on the relations ex-
listing between capital and labor. It's pros
poets, therefore, afford every ground Of en-
couragement. From Texas TO Nebraska
come kindly greetings, accompanied by the
more substantial tokens Of 'clubs" and post
office orders. In almost every village Of the
northwest, its patrons and readers
may be found, and the intelligence is
daily received it is making friends to the
cause wherever known. Even the drones IN
our own city, who conld not see any benefit
hkely to arise from its publication, are
gradually wheeling into line.
Still there is much room for improvement
in every respect We are not insensibe 10
oar oion shortcomings, bu' under all cireum-
stances we woulc fsign believe Re have
striven to do our duty. This, at least, we
shall aim to do in the future. Wherev er
W. see wrong we shall battle with il, %
matter who the wrong doer may be. We
shall try to chew to the line let the chips
fall where they must" and above all else we
shall try to foster kindly confidence be-
tween employer and employe, believing, as
we ever have, that the enlargement and an
tagonism existing between them would be
effectually removed were the claims and
purposes Of each more thorou ghly under
stood
In ie'v weeks at farthest we hope to
present the ADVOCATE in larger and much
improved form, with correspondence from
the various sections Of the country. In
short We shall 40 our best 10 make it what
il ought to be-wor,hy in every respect Of
the principles with which it is identified.
Again returning cur sincere and heartfelt
thanks 10 the many kind friends who have
interested themselves in our behalf, we can
only repeat the assurance We gave in the
first article We ever penned, that $50 long
as we are identified with it, it shall know no
isms, no religion, no politics, but the isms
the religion, and the politics Of labor"