The workingman's advocate., 1867-12-14

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i recognisioE received BY sho nfblIc1a& IL III
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| vine n a mechanic. teok ouf II I'LL bSsslis
and banded .hs cripple tea 60, 4ish shs
remark, That's all sAe change ! havs b. me- :
No sooner vas this set WITNESSED, sksr rszls
ANY In the car followed alit, dnd by the time
Il reached Twclfh Street. he spplIcans
had sollectednsariy TWO drsiars, Ssse<<ry psAay
OF which he sas indebted 70 the example shown
By woman who could evidently M aiEbrd 70
contribute her mite. Coz bless .hat mechanics
wife, whoever she may be-
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A VkRs RlcH Mas wfra 4 VkRr SxAI1
HEAsr--Ameng tbs many magnificent struc-
sares nov being erected IN this city. nous sar-
pass IN size or beauty thoss sell nigh com
pleted BY our esteemed (sl iellos-citizen Potter
Falae-, Esq II is true that his reputation as
. philantpropis: L not Of che most Gsttsring
shar 'cter. but wha. Of that He has been . suc-
cessial man IN business be has amsssed 9
prin ely fortune, no matter by what means. and
Chicago + the lass city, ia the wotld,
under these circumstances, 70 question
rs honor or generosity SANE people say,
and people viii talk you know, that while In
business nn axe st-avt, ell the z rls ia his en-
poy were required to be on hand at o'clock
60 the min1te, on penalty of G'smisssl, and not
allowed 70 sit down, even f va ing for cusso
.mer; sat then they received 8 A OF SIS on Satur-
lay nisht, as recoRpense, and II shey did not
ike the arrangements, Why they could leave,
and 30 Somewhere else where the same rules
were cbsers ID, so you see no one had the right
20 com plain Well In the course of human |
eg ents. Mr.. p. +. left the dry goods business,
10 ested bis means in real estate, aud eoacladed |
N raise for himself a monument ia the sh ape ola 1
s.ruetare, which eNlld P..Se egen the New 1
York na'obs loJk 70 their iaurels Now, itean-
not or at least should not, surprise the reader
TO anav that the same generosity evinced By /
this gentleman TO his Lake street slaves, should |.
be carried cut as far as pr-Slicable on bis build
agsi as Is has beea sne cardinal principle of his
~ " w s-'- e""At"S aAu actihr OOtu Tor MN Il
'elf and employees. AceoringI, believing that
The SFieSlayers engaged on the building we're L
getting It least dollar-and- A-hAlf per day too Il
,HSsH-instruct ions were issued 10 reduce the |,
wages from $3.50 to $500. Just think Of the
Aaiseity Of man with a family-whsn coal was
Sl6 per ton, aud flour Sl2 and eli per barrel,
sho ONLY had TO work nine hours per day, on
'cstield IN the cold and sleet, demanding the ex
'rbitanT sun Of $57 as weeks wages; from
'etFot too, who made his money out of his ,
oSntrgs misfortune, by investing his depreci- ,
ted currency in government gold bearing bonds
'at upon snch an outrage. What the evil are
'ofkingneH coming to the whole union bust ,
ess must be crashed, or else the deuce will be 4
0 pay. Ii
30 the edict went forth, and the rich moa I
'o rolls Ia luxury, and cannot tell he lie IA s.
I his purse refused to pay the men, from whose
'bor his wealth Il derived ca,ush d % chase
ne geeessaries Of lie. The tool emploge,l to :
ifr vut his wishes, We regard beneatb con. \
'Hpt though we believe that his manhao,i is as y
nall as any ofthe BUTTONS ever r,tailed over .
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