The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-08-03


nal improvements, 10 give emplovmeut III
me snfpius population Of cities In the int
r'or. % give home market ~ surnlas farm
pEodqcts, and 70 csmpel land m0nopolisks
~ tAxations % cell out At reducsd prices.
The agents uko 70 out to orgnnize the
working people Into . political body should
PC authorized TO solicit and receive subssrip.
Mons Tor . workingman's Newspaper, thnt
shall make this Plan Of woekinkmen forcing
capital 70 give them employment. . special
ity ct the bailOt-box, for land monopolies
ere the curse Of the country, and also have
With them in pauphlet form for distribution,
the proceedings Of the Labor Congress con-
tanning an able Address on this subject that
will arouse then from their stapor.
IL is Idle to talk about getting cheap lands
in the far west, for speculation Is SO rampant
that II has gone 10 advance Of civilization
hundreds of miles, and Is buying ianis Of
the Indians contrary to law aud precedent;
We are As much oppressed with this ali per-
va1ing evil IN Kansas or Nebraska as In
Illinois. Audit talk Of the laws OF trade
regulating this matter, or Of workingmen
getting their rights without interfering In
politics, Is equally idle. We have neglected
this too long already, while We have been
cajoled with the belief that public affairs
would go on right without the interference
OF workingmen, as such the pnblic lands have
been swallowed up by those who don't work
except at political thimble-rigging aud the
like, to get rich off the public plumber. And
now the only chance We have TO get even is
to cut off the supply Of money the land
Spectator EFFORTS from the emigrants, by
organizing them into a political body for
seif-preservation, and send them out as mis-
sionaries to propagate this plan and labor to
break up the most detestable and oppressive
system Of fraud and beartIess villlany thai
ever disgrace1 human record.
IL instead Of the immense fortune lat in
dlyiduals desiSSR 90 make on thos. vacant
lands they are forced on the market an set
tied on and made productive OF revenue to
the government, it will be q great national
benefaction, for it will add an immense sum
TO the public treasury which would 20 to-
wards paying the national debt.
\ knowing of vast tracts Of excellent land in
macy pasts Of tbs country, held by non-resi-
dent SPECTATORS, aud that this scheme will
meet tho hearty cooperation Of the people
where tse1y are, If one thousand small farm
ers and mechanics who want homes in the
west WIN Join me concentratng upon given
district 10 Mssourfano vote at elections for
the purPosed s stem Of sjPrernal improve
ment, pledge my head tfrat we can fierce
upon the market half rnillicsn acres of land
now held Mt from ten to fftecu. dollars per
acre, and-buy it for less than ons~ ioiarr per
acre IN less time than five yeirs, ana az the
same time all can be fully andfproftsbfy EN-
Poyed. 'asu@ a
Some may question the morality Of such
political Organizations to attack class OF
our fellow citiz.ns BY design, but | take il
that these our fellow citz ms, with premadi-
lated design, invaded our rights, robblng US
not only Of our earnings but also Of our IL
berries, and by this alone We can be free.
Il any persons wish for more information IN
relation to Organizing one thousand persons
70 make the experimental and peacable at
tack on the monster land monopoly BY con
trolling the county elections in q given dis
trict, will cheerfully give il, and hope such
organization viii soon be effected.
w. III. DoDGs,
No. 1920 Clark Avenue, 81. Louis, No.