The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-14
RATE OF suBscRRTIoNs.
3. SOC, 100000 neb.l ana the ElEhs

,af Hour Movement b in.
Under this suggestive heading the
New, York World discusses one branch
ofthe eight hour movement in q very
sensible manner. For Che benefit OF
thoss workinRmen who have a prefer
enoe for good advice, that comes from
Damoeratic sources, we Condense q por-
ton of its remarks: tllI ~ isaW 10 lsdist,
The $500, 600 which The Chicago eight
hour stri ikeI cost the workingmenIwho
took part init to no. purpose, q would
have started half d dozen ,co-operatiye
stores and ,manufactories, which would
now be paying alproht to the icontrtbp-
tors. They lost the strike and their
money too,e with sthe' certainty that
most OF them will be compelled toleaye
the city in search of less profitable eml
ployment. lIs.iA
The interests combined against the
success Of the eight hour movement
ty, except the eight hour demagognes,
and the misguided men who follow
their dictatfon.D 10 i'WAuI are well
aware" continhes the b'RofLd,
'that the pusillanimlty Of hand
to-mouth politicians min both the
great political parties has given to
this eight-hour movement seeming
prefer to Justify the flavor with which
the Workingmen OF this country have
always regarded the Democratic party
and followed Its 0lesders, by telling
them the plain truth about the business,
and by yexposing TO them the ground J
demagoguesI have nnrsed and taught
them TO cherish. -l-.5-
The World next declares that while
thet eight.hOur movement could at no
time have been wise orsuccessful, 'it
was an absurd and impossible move
iment at the, end of q war which, left
upon sus n patiopal, debt of two and q
half billions State, county and city
debts amounting to two and a half bill
lions more, and war claims Of perhaps
TWO and a halt Billions more. For this
debt signifies interminable takes, and
such taxes signify an endless m mortgage
upon the capital of The rich and the In
dustry Of the poer;z a, ,ceaReless discount
and drain upon the energies ofall." The
amount of State and city indebted mess,
and of war claims, is greatly over
stated by the World, but there can, be
no doubt that tits quite sufacient;Ito
justify the assertion thatthe capital and
labor of the nation are under n mort
gage which cannot be, paid off without
great sacrftice, by the present genera
ltion; and merely to keep down the ina
lterest upon which will be no light bur-
Iden.isI 4 or II ~ siI4H
Every person, who joins in paying
this debt, as eYery fuhab Itant of this
country does join, gives more labor for
a less return. Could a. workingman
who in a fight of passion smashed his
tools, thrive as welisandlwor as little
and receive as much after his folly as
before?- Would not his tools have to
be replaced ont lOh his learningsf In
like manner the waste and expenditure
of the rebellion must be betrayed out
OF the production .of, the nation, and
no producer can escape his share of the
ibufden.f faa riiV. aairiT sLus yliii-l., :
Instead of getting the same wages
for eight hours labor as for ten, work
lingmen "cannot get thesame wages for
eleven hours labor as for ten." The
lawyer, the minister the banker, the
jourfiaiist, the merc6ant, the mechanic,
than. oneSt tenth less pay fol, the isame
work than they did before the rebel
lion. "Wages may go upoF down, as
stocks may, or gold, sorS cotton, or
wheat, but the return for labor year In
ana year out, will have less purchasing
Obtaining pow er than FORMERLY; less by
more than, one-tenth, in all depart
ments of human industry, highest 70
the lowest.n That Is what litA means, to
have a debt of billions, The national
debt of itself makes the success OF the
ieight-hour movement an impusstoll7
Ity'G o II. Il NLi.LLIL 5EG 90
SUCCESS OF THR New YoRK LEDGER
AND IT'S okusE.=-Mr, Bonner, Of the
New York Ledger, has achieved with
that paper the most success
ever known in publishing. What bis si
citeulation is, Mr.. Bonner does not say, !,
and it would be rash to try to boundiitI
but in order,to appreciate the success
of the paper, It is necessary 10; ;rememE
Der that it contains no advertisements
whatever, and that thusit sole receipts
are from sales, which generally form
the smaller item in a publishers calcu-
llations.. Mr., Bonner has won his sucr
cess by adsertising,, which he carried 70
an unprecedented extent. reasoning
correctly that whereas ordinary adyer-
tising might fail of securing much no.
tice, extraordinary advertising was GER
tain to be profitable Hence he follow
ed the principle Of re-iteration; the new
plan OF printing q column or two OF q
new story and breaking It of just aB
ths readers interest Is provoked; and,
most sbrewdly, the plan of making
these advertisements.s Sc. unprecedented
that they advertised themselves; q Thus
had he paid the Tribune ten thousand
dollars for a years advertising, the
fact would not have caused special re-
mark;I but when he paid ten Thousand
dollars for single advertisement, that
remarkable, fact was Immediately
copied by every paper in the land thus
giving him the benefit of gratuttous
mention. Next followed the doing of
uhheard of things getting Mr.. GEee-
ley, Mr.. Bennett, and Mr.. Raymond 20
write for one particular number OF the
paper, engaging the Mount Vernon
papers from Mr. Everett; engaR Ring
twelve presidents d 81 twelve coll leges;
and lastly, catching ithatltbright but
, erratic star, worshippedo by many ipeos
pie. Henry. Ward BeecheF. Probably
the only reason why the Car OF Russia,
the Pope, Queen Emma and Queen
Victoria FRefe not at the same, tfmeien-
gagged to write is, that Mr. Bonner did
not think of them, There is genius in
making these bold Strokes which are
very easy 70 admirewhen done, bur not
SO easy 70 devise beforehand. The for
tunes of business are more and moreto
be found In printer,s Ink but how 90
use, 1t Is the great question. Dry, old
advertisements are mere lumber, while
| fEeshI interesting and unusual ones1 are
acertain source of prom ~. i.ll "a y
-. /. hallway Earnings. -
The following is A stalement OF thS
approximate, q earnings 9fethe Pitts
bnrgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Rail
way Company during the month Iol
May ult.. compared SRith thsisams pc.
Rod .of, the year 1855. The expenses for
May show a decrease of over Sss, 1000,
making a decrease of net earnings OF
only Sl6, 900 for May, 1867: