The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-02-15

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This morning peer from you .mms 10
hand which Reminded - Of pspmiss Il
made you that would writs ~ be- you
know few OF the thines hat my be going
ON here from tims to time. Before entering
on this task permit me to Gay lhst, after .
very stormy passage Of fourtaan days dura-
ton, arrived all safe In healihs and think
with mental vigor not impaired by my Wait 70
-FOUR great country.
STATE or TEE LABOR xARKRr.
was very sorry to hnd, on nay return
home, that things had gone much 10 the bad
during N. Icing away. Evsrywhsrs the
order was ssredues, !" areduce,R or drop the
wages. The same cry at this moment con-
sinaesi this 10 mostly in I'll branches con-
nected with the production or make of iron.
In Wales the minsFs sss down to the rate Of
q. Cd. per day. When alt-str deductions
ere made from their wages, II man should
hAss i've Of family this viii give about two
pence per day for each msmbsr Of that fami.
" for meat and c,e~~ -ge, aye, very
strange, thes 70 this rate
Of wagee and then
slaugl { Fsrndale
latch, really. 90
far ksit AZ their
tat sffort Of or
could make
d the miners
II great redUc-
to- risen from
two cans, che country
have all become sellers "a 49, instead of
buyers. as they we're snly . short time since.
This leads to an over-stock In the market
Then again, some 1000 or 5000 men we're
at work in our shale pits; these, from the
large supply Of petroleum from the soil
wells" on your side, have all been stopped
and the men are noW throwa back on the
mining trade All seems 20 bode ill Tor the
miners at the present moment, when they have
family, it seems to me, that they can only
! be existing merely. The end, IL allowed to
last, with the employers will be far, far of.
II, on the other hand, they could, be induced
to restrict their production only for . short
time, they wouldeertainly indurs m Ore hard
ship for season, but then it would be less
as . whole. Men must not fail to see how
much they should depend upon their unions
to regulate the production and prevent thu
oft recurring distress Of this country. Every
trade, thoroughly under the check of real
union, could be held in 90 far from these
fluctuations that are consequent on disor-
ganized labor.
xArTKRs OF HOPE.
Although, as the wages stand at present,
there is not much hope for the workiDgm mao,
10 other matters, of late, there is some hope.
On All sides we bear the cry raised for q
wholesome system of national education.
This 10 cheering to many Of Us who for years
have been contendIng for this fox all classes
IN the community. In the course of the last
few days meetings have been held in some Of
the great centres Of the country, and in all
the meetings one feeling seemed TO have
prevailed-a national system Of education
This, Only once begun, we are confident that
the great body Of the people will never tole-
rate the wealth Of the country TO 20 into
hands OF the few, while almost semi annual
ly they tired on the threshold Of starva
ton.
TRADES UNIONS
It has been said that two organizations are
on their trial in'this country, and this il 50
70 SOM extent. From the operations of the
Royal Commission on the subject, and the
persistent attacks that are made on them bv
tho press Of all shades not pureiy Of the
without tgnth inhea
ok under the FIRE OF
| the nd the In iividDal M
teress ., for AL it can be
SAID, gr' " day, Ald they are
forcing their existence on All
side this more remarkabIv
see, 4-Ssting now arranged to Be
held Nth number Of leading trades union.
lists an8 VIM. Ewart Gladstooe, Al. p. the
late leader OF ths lower house Of parliament.
That gentleman had made some remarks
on the subject which were crude in them
selves, In late meeting at Oldham. He
was taken to task. for 1t and be expressed q
desire to be put right If really wrong, and the
meeting ID arranged for that purpose. IL
the case be rightly put before him the exis-
tence OF the Royal Commission on the sub
Ject, and it's doings will all be ignored, as in
truth they should, f.. the spirit in which
Roebuck and the chain Am, wish other owls
Of the night, have conducted the case. A re-
formed parliament viii be upouus. soon, aud
We sincerely hope from this to wee rights
conserved thai are IOw trodden unde. foot !;
principles respected that q dominant clezs
have long oussaged-inthis country.
TO the frlsSds, one and all, met in your
greet country I send my respects, and hope
I that the peace between our two nations Will
iong be preserved, 10 that the poor may find
an easy home on your vast lands that have
as yet seen no culture. Yours, DC,
A. M'DoNALD.