The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-06-02

be difficult job to obtain men.
Written for the ADVOCATE
A PICTURE OF THE FUTURE
81 coRA WILsrRS.
Let me lead you to the home Of a laborinc
man It IS a two-story cottage, picturesau,
IN outward appearance, neat and poetical il
Its interior arrangements. Shrubbery. frui
trees, choicest flowers adorn the grounds. :
vegetable garden ainres the eve corn
held promises its golden yield; a greer
meadow slope inclines toward a musically
lowing stream IL is a miniature farm
house, exhibiting all the charms Of country
life, easy Of access by steam and horse cars
to the great city and It's trade rnsrts M
Within, the delIcately painted walls SCI
forth to best advantage the gems of art that
decorate the homestead. Copies of some OF
the great masters, with the best efforts
OF american genius, vie with each other
Statuettes, flower vases, china that initiates
the best porcelain, all assemble in the best
room, which is the family gathering place
Lace curtains of home msnufacture drane
the windows from whence the prospect L
truly ParadIsean. Chairs and table and So
pha, mirror and picture frames, ere inlaid
with the polished minerals found on our own
soil. What twenty years before was deemed
costly, ana only within the reach Of the
wealthy, has become the common share Of
all industrious mechanics,-all skilful labor
ing men aud women who work eight hours
per day.
Every home such as this has its library,
where histories Of the past contrast with
the industrial records and the teaching fic-
ton, the loftily religious works of the pres
ent day. All household labor within its
range is performed BY machinery no more
numbering, misunderstanding stoves loom up
like black household demons; the house Is
warmed by steam. The machinery for
washing, wringing, clothes-drying, has
reached the acme Of perfection Ironing.
thai used to be such a sweltering drudgery
IS performed by q simple mechanism that
saves nearly all labor and half the usual
time. Kerosene stoves haye taken the place
OF wood and coal stoves for cooking pur-
poses; the dishes almost wash themselves
by the aid Of a few hand turns to the ma
chine invented for that purpose; vegetables
and fruits are peeled and pared in the same
way. Sewing machines are UNNECESSARILY
improved; housework is truly wholesome
exercise, and no more. It no longer rough
ems the hands, nor bends the back, nor sal
lows the house mothers cheeks And the
daughter becomes a compent housekeeper
without neglecting the study Of music or
any OF the higher branches Of q complete
education.
Coarseness and bad manners have depart
ed from the laborer's homes 10 their place.
refinement, elegance, artistic arrangement.
1t is sn entire change Of conditions, for
mind, fancy, taste and feeling have swa =,
and leisure to externa1ize their ideas. A
fair compensation Is allowed. and the hours
of freedom from actual labor give time for
innocent recreation, for physical, exercise,
for elevation Of the mind, for family wor-
ship, for the song and dance around the
home altar.
Consequently, we ear bot few complaints
Of i'll health !; the lsboring masses live no
mnrs in crowded cities, but in beautiful
suburban homes They are well clothed,
endowed with unsurpassed bodily vigor,
With keen, aspiring, nobly productive intel
lects with hearts enkindled on true jealous
effort for all Humanitarian effort with .ir,ae
independence in each footprint Impressed
upon the SOIL There Is 4 change Ia all
things. Labor and capital exercise . mutu
ally benefcent influence upon each other,
there is no more oPps ssion, and hard heart
ed monopoly IS ut an end
This is b.s faint portrayal Of what the
future will bring, when the rights Of labor
ing men and women shall hsve been &C
knowlsdged. WheR justice shall have
brought equality, and universal peace shall
inaugurate its reign.
Then our representative men shall be the
many and not the few. Then the rights ac-
corded to oil human beings shall be shared
by woman, aud merit alone shall win. the
prize before recorded to shsllow seeming, a
semblancs only. Il is no Utepian dream !;
the happy home; The limited and compen-
stated toll; the happy hours Of leisure the
upward growth the enjoyment Of all that
art and science can bestow; the fine intel
lsct in the sound body, the realization Of the
dreams Of to-day.