The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-19
CHICAGo,, MAY 49,. J.. 4 1866.


asa9 fHsefai
- 1900. a4 lg asaa ,ssl
.Ithsmselsss about the construction, in, IAu.
Y same, Of a.model ,lod. ing house which will
combine cheapness and comfort. This ide,
1 il not based upon charity, II SO we should
'Irejectit; convinced as we are that charity
(which has been ovsrdohe--never accom-
Iplishes the end of the man who really de.
sires the abolition Of pauperisn and misery;
bnt that, on the contrary, its consequences
Isre the perpetuation aud multiplication Of
those evils. Tsah TH4y HI iaHo
mo, the projected, enterprise will not
be dole thrown to working men (; it will
be an institution which will be self-support-
fling, and in which, at IN outlay equal too,
u not less than, that which the work.
ling man now pays for his lodging, be win
4 f1nd all the comforts he can desire econo-
mical ktche1 apparatus wnere he can get
Ibis meals !; large refreshment and assembly
rooms for reading lessons of various kinds,
mutual instruction, &C., &C.; schools fc-
children, where industrial training will be
impaired; complete washing, wringing, and
drying machinery, whence the linen will
issue ready to be replaced IN the chest OF
drawers; baths, q butchers and grocer s
shop, etc.. 5srtsg
"Some fine localities will remain for
workshops, which will serve the purpose Of
our cooperative associations. A vast in
terror court, covered with glass, bearing On
which every room vii. have one window ai
4 least, with appurtenant balconies, SO as to
make Of this vast . ourt kind Of theatre,
which will be piay-room for the child.
rem, who Ia all seasons win play there in
the dry,l aud free from danger; and will
serve also for the musical and other feles
which the inhabitants of this palace Of
working mem will periodically give.
! The first plans have been made A
sum of 1000 francs ll6,000l) is neces-
| sary to obtain about 500 rooms, all the
ground floor and the cellars. With this
sum we can put up the kitchen-rangss,
The baths and the laundry the water will
mguat into the four upper Hoors Of the
building. -tAa ls ul.. A.o.
Reckoning the income from the cellars
and the ground-hoor at 5000 francs per an
NUN land it will be more e)-reckoning, on
The other hand the expenses Of manage
imsnt, the general expenses OF the establish
ment, lighting, surEeillance, and supply Of
water, the capital invested will earn six per
cent. and good sum fcr the resery re fund.
"WhAt. now, are the meass for realizing
! in Lausanne so happy conception-one
which has been in operation for the last Ave
years at Guise in France, to the greatest
\ satisfaction OF the inhabitants, and BY the
initiative and fortune of single individual
iM. Getiin Lemaire, formerly workingmau
| himself, and 10 order that our workingman' 6
i palace may not fall under an influence con
/ trary to our principles of cooperation and
Independence
"We think that the sum of 800 900 francs
ought to be procured by 1900 shares Of 25t
francs (l0l.) each. We could without diff
Guilty, dispose Of one half Of these shares
! bot our task would be wonderfully eased to
4 US If the International Workingmen' s Asso
ciation were to seize this opportunity Of
Strengthening itself by, proving its powe'
| and tendencies by the erection, with its sole
I strength, Of such q monument as that de
scribed upon the hospitable soil Of free Hel
vetia.l 8ni 54aF
1 "We have . large number Of BREACHES
| and about l00, 900 members in Europe. Il
all the branches were to take shares 10 th'
| amount Of three francs (2s. Sd , per member
only. such is the power of association tina
with this sum we could erect by oul
Istrength alone, the most remarkable institu
ton in Switzerland, and the finest model o.
dwelling house.
"The l0O, 900 francs necessary TO com
plete the amount Of the estimate could bs
borrowed on mortgage, or on debentures oi
500 francs each.
We cannot refrain from telling you that
we see in the projected building the com
pIete and happy realization OF the ideal Of
la dwelling -house. We see in it the germ oi
"a considerable physical and moral develepe.
ment which ar present dwellings impede.
iIf you reflect on what will be the moral
consequence Of the mutual supervision Of
all the inhabitants Of this hive Of labor.
yon will come with US to this conclusion
that in sl atmosphere Of concord, labom
an orderd, cleanliness, all moral disorder
viii become impossible, and life viii de
ivelops therein its choicest fruits; and th'
ichildren who will be born and grow uI
under this happy infuence-will not then
intelligence and health be strengthened
will they not be admirably prepared to en-
Ter upon the rude battle OF labours
na.G For the Lausanne Branch,
Il fsf Hs4 ADoLP1 GRAF, President
HESRI GoLAz, Secretary.
LOAN SOCIETY IN LAUSANNE.
The Loan Society, established by tn
Lausanne Branch of tho International Work
ling Mems Association, is ready to commenc
Operations Tue capital amounts 10 20, 600
(S00T), divided into 1000 shares or dy
francs As. 2d1 4"
a Thrilling Incident.
4 To WHOM TO credit the following we know
not It sssms q person had quit the busi
mess Of engineering locomotives:
Upon making bold to ask him his reason
for quitting the railroad, he gave me th,
following story, and sincs then found
to be strictly true: fh tt-A
"Eive years since was running on th