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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-04-18

II is certainly amusing to note the vim
with which the partisan journals are de-
nouucing what they are pleased to term
the recreancy Of Gen. Gary. II the scrib-
blers who pen these paragraphs were not
lost 10 all sense Of decency they would ad-
init the fact that this distinguished states
man acknowledges allegiance to no party
except the National Labor Party that be
was elected Oh the platform adopted 10
Chicago, in August, 1857, and that he has
distinctly announced these facts time and
again. General Cary certainly owes his vii
Iifiers nothing--men, who previous and
subseq uent to his election, have denounced
him in the coarsest of terms. So far bis
official action has merited the commentator
Of his constituents; such being the case, hs
can afford to look with contempt on The
mounds who are continually barking at biz
heels.
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Some weeks ago, a statement went the
rounds OF the press to the fleet that Ma
tional Convention OF the representatives Of
the industrial classes wou 4 be held in the
city OF Cincinnati, on the 9th of May, s'to
take measures to place the Government Of
the United States and its policy under the
control Of reproducing interests" knowing
that such movement was wholly unauthor-
lied by the National Labor Union. and feel
ing satisfied that its worthy President would
not sanction such a transparent humbug, we
wrote to Mr.. WhaleY, asking him to ac-
quaint US i possible, with the object Of the
call, and the names Of The parti 20 connected
with the speculation; also requesting him
to forward at his earliest convenience an
cBicidl reputation OF the movement. In re-
ply we have received the following commu-
nication which explains itself:
osRIcE o. rau NATIONAL LAsoE UHIoH,
WAsHISsFoE, d. O., April 10 Is5S I
To the Editor OF the woAKiseMAK's ADvocITn
In reply to your letter making inquiry Of
me relative TO the call for q Convention
to assemble in Cincinnati, on tbs 10Th Of
May, assumed BY its projectors TO be Of the
producing classes, would respectfully state
that u Is a political NOV ement on the part of
few Interested individuals, who, under the
specious pretext of advocating q measure
said 10 be for the benefit Of the producing
classes, are trying to ride into power upon
the shoulders OF the already overridden peo.
pie. l would therefore warn all working
men against the scheme, AMI urge them to
dlscountenanee and condemn the movement.
1 herewith send you papers obtained at she
SO called Leagus's meeting in Washington.
which wall fully confirm what | have a.
serted, and show the Gaimus Of the origiaa- |
tors and prosecutors Of this fraudulent IN. |
dertaking. The attempts to obtaan the an |
pointment Of delegates from TIE District Of |
Columbia was q miserable failure, an will |
fully appear from the Published report here
with (; and shosld the sO-cAlled national
convention u Get, any delegates that may
Pot an N appearances from Washington City,
On behalf OF its producing classes, wlll Be !
eli-constituted, Unauthorized, and fraudu-
ent. Respectfully, J. @. @. WHALEr,
President National Labor Union.
Perhaps We cannot do better bsttsr befora
iismisslng the subject, than present the
GLOWING resolution, adopted at q meeting
leld at Washington, on the 29th Of Febru-
ny last, for the purpose Of electinR dele
'ases to the COnventioa. explaining a. il
Ices In nutshell the Objsct sought to be 60
omplished:
nHSoLVED: That this meeting hereby Seconds |
!. = call made ~ said League, and recommends |
= appon..nens q nve OF mere delegates TO {
apresent the producing interests Of The District
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We should have tbs mIllenium On us st oncss
But alas, this. like most Of the financial
theories OF the TtsDssns "a but fallacy.
II the Editors Of that sensation sheet De-
voted little more Of their time 10 the steady
Of Davies primary arithmetic, and lesa "a
borrowing the ideas Of aristocratis ilnancisrs,
they would probably not % frequently sx-
pose their reckless disregard Of common
sense and truth.
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LABOR ITEMS.

TEE strike of the West Albany workmen
has ended, Mr.. Terrence, Vlce-Presldent Of
the New York Contra. abroad having an
nounced that the foh owing advance Of
wages had been granted: Carpenters, TWEEN.
ty-fve to thirty. eight cents trackmen,
twelve and a half cent?; painters, twenty
five cents; wood machine hands, fifteen to
eighteen cents; machinists, twenty five
cents.
IHs strike among the ship carpenters and
caulkers in and about Detroit, still contin-
ues. The workingmeR--about 500 in num-
ber-demand an advance from $3.50 to S.
No definite action has yet been taken on the
part of the snip builders.
TIE employees Of the railroad shops in
Cleveland are on strike.
TIE journeymen printers Of Charleston,
S. O., have formed a cooperative society,
and propose to open q store upon that prin-
cipIe.
The carpet weavers in twenty-four shops
in Philadelphia, have received the advanced
wages since the commencement of the
strike.
A wooden factory of two hundred and
fifty spindles and three looms has been built
at ShawneetowD, Cape Girardeau county,
Mo-, to begin work by the time the wool is
clipped this spring.
THE stone-cutters OF New Ark, N. j.,
have struck for higher wages. During last
~ they received four dollars and a half,
but their employers now propose to give
them but four dollars per day, while the old
rates are demanded by the workmen.
One branch Of the Pennsylvania Legisls-
ture has passed bill fixing eight hours az
days work, with the proviso that the pay
of employees shall be the same az for ten
hours labors The other branch, however,
refused to concur in the proviso.
ALL the Typographical Unions ia the
State Of New York will petition the legisla
ture against the proposed introduction CT
printing into the State Prison.
The Newark On. J.) carpenters and join
ers are on q strike for an advance of wages
from 1915 10 s. per day. The employers
have entered into a combination, not only
to resist the demand, but to refuse to again
employ any Of the men engaged in the
strike.
THE Fall River Worklngmen's CO-opera-
tive Association has declared dividend for
the quarter ending March 80, 1868, of six
per cent. for members and four per cent. for
non-members.
The ship carpenters Of Provncetown,
Massachusetts,, quit work on Saturday last /,
demanding higher wages.
The strike Of the lsborers on the Boston
and Albany railroad has ended in compro-
mise with the company.
The bricklayers Of Louisville now demand
$5 per day. and notified their employers to
that effect.
The wages Of the employees Of the Bay
State Shoe Co, at Worcester, Mass, after
conference, have been raised, on an average,
about l2t per cent.
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The State Legislature las passed law
ssTo prokect cooperative associations' III
have not seen the bill, but understand that
4 emanats1 from good hands, and that u IL
all "a il desired 70 be-
An egregrious ass, in letter which APP
peaFsd In one Of our Sunday papers this
week, recommends the abolishment OF our
high school, and advances ~ the basis Of his
argument, that in that institution boys
breed ideas s'above their stations" II he
secured lis "education" In our high school,
and u type Of its graduates, God knows
more good than evil would come Of Its dis
Continuance. The ssideas shove their sta
tions'' il not engendered at the school, but
are the natural consequences Of the silly
twaddle parents and friends stuff into the
ears Of our youth the moment they begin
to show signs Of having taken in any Of the
s'learned love" dealt out at our public
scholastic institutions. The child manifests
notion or two gArnered FROM his studies,
and is Immediately nominated by an over
expectant parent as q candidate in prospec-
tive for the Presidency. This gives the
child whom everybody calls "precocious"
an idea that he is "smart'' or 'scute," aud il
nature hes not already endowed him with a
betty protuberance directly at the crown Of
bis bead he Ia easily changed from the per
soni6cation Of modesty to q sap-headed, con
ceited nothing. Parents are in decided error
in pursuing this course, as 1t tends to injurt
rather than aid their children. II 10 un
qualifedly the best policy to depreciat'
rather than exaggerate the abilities OF the
young. A moments taought will bring tn,
force Of this home to every parent. Thu
suggestion Of this travelling piece Of stu
pidity will attract little or no attention, nnt
have merely mentioned it to show wha
confirmed blo:kheads will put upon paper !
they are only Afforded the opportunity.
any changes are necessary to increase To
utility Of our school system, it is that tn
standard Of education should be elevate,
not lowered. The truth Of The matter
thai this aspirant for Original idea" honor
is member Of one party while the big
school is of6cered by members Of the oppo
site one. The greatest objection that Cal
be raised against our public school system
! that they can be made foot for politi
cal schemers. Outside of this the publ
school is the greatest boon of the toilers
and an attempt to interfere with its workin
should stir up within the breast of ever
laboring man such an Indignation az woul
"squelch" all opposition.
: The puddlers OF this city have had som
difficulty, but as yet l have been unable
ascertain the nature Of it. In connectio
with the weavers' strike neglected to mel
ton that the employing weavers have ais
: formed an organ cation and that they are |
almost daily conference with the strikers
2 Yours, &c, @. BEN J.
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THEINCREASE OF THE NATIONAL
WEALTH

We need not show that the rate Of interest
Of the national wealh !: .his country, even 10
the most prosperous decades Of our history, has
been rarely in the excess Of three and one-third
per cent. per annum.-W oREIEGHAN's ADVOCATE.
Il cannot be shown, for the reason that Il IS
not true. For seven decades population in the
United States has Increased at the annual rate
OF THaEE per cent, and wealth at the rate Of SIX
Reducing property % gold value the Inhabitants
Of the Northern States are worth on the average
three times as mach per CAPITA as the people
were in the year 1900 With the marvellous
progress Of invention, projection OF wealth is
each year increasing N greater ratio than the
year before. The South % present is exception,
ca used by it's war and tie subsequent unsettled
relations OF society But ere long the same
rapid progress 10 the production OF wealth which
marks the North will BE- manifest in the South
Tribune, April 2.
Now We tell the Tribune that cur state
ment respecting the rate of increase IN the
the national wealth ca- be shown to be cor
rect because cit is tru !" As the Tribune
asserts that the ratio Of increase in the
wealth or The nation is greater each succeed
ing year, it will ofcourse accept the results
for the decade from 1850 to 1850, as conclu-
sive evidence on the point, nor will it We think
deny that agriculture is the leading inter.
est aud foundation of the national veal IA
and that the increase in this most important
branch Of industry may be safely relied upon
as the true index to the increase in all other
departments. Il vii also, We think, agree
that the only correct way Of getting at the ac-
tuai increase is 10 estimate ID kind.
The census reports gives the number of
acres Of improved ana unimproved farm
lands ID 1850 and in ls60, with the gross
valuation, without giving the price per acre.
They also give the number Of each kind
Of live stock, and bushels Of each
kind Of grain, with valuation at each
period, viii cut showing the valuation u
each kind q 1--we stock and grains. BY es-
timating the different items at the prices
given below it appr0ximates very closely to
the total valuation IN the census report for
1850. Now by yaluing the different kinds
Of property at the same rates in 1860, we
must necessarily arrive at the true rate Of
increase for the decade.
We assert that this is the only correct
mode u arriving at the rate Of increase.
The product Of the lands per acre was nc
more Al he latter than abe former period, mol
was The power Of the horse to pr ace
greater at the one time than the other; Meth
er was the nGtritiye properties Of the bushel
Of gram, or pound Of meat more at the lat ser
than the former period. The follogingis an
inventory Of "Uncle Sans" farm at both
periods:
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81 0oIumbis y said Convention and further,
that said ds7eQdtss Be- apposnted by tAs officer.
or fks sAnrihary Chsap- FFeiohi Rc5issay
League Of said District.
In short, the whole movement 10 nm at-
tempt on the part Of a faction, Who. svi-
IDENTIFY have an az to grind, and who have
sympathy with the laboring class, just 90 faI
a. they can use them to accomplish their
purpose, to ride certain LoRESzo SHKR.
WOOD into the Presidential chair. While w
have NO objection either to L. Sherwood Of
F. Train making mountebanks Of themselves
we do not propose they shall do SO under th'
auspices Of the National Labor Union, II We
can prevent 1t.
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COOPERATIVE NEWS.

The 'Longshoremen's Union, numbers
over $500 members very Woodworking
class ofmen, and hose earnings are very pre-
carious, are just now somewhat agitated over
an attempted redu ,tion Of wages Such are
the exacting demands Of capital that these
poor men cannot escape its fangs, but IN
this instance, believe 1t is one Of their own
class that has risen to the point Of steve
dore, or one who takes the Jobs to load or
unload q vessel, as the case may be, and
hires the men TO do 1t, and Of course wishes
to make all he can out Of them. These
men are at present receiv ng 60 cents an
hour for night work, which Is sought to be
reduced to 40 cents. When il IS considered
that these men have some times to wait near
ly week without job, and must be up
nearly all night 10 swatch and prsy'' for
that, it certainly does seem cruel indeed
to attempt to reduce their wagee. But these
men might at once get rid Of these middle
men, il each gang would appoint some one
Of their number to take the loading or I'M
loading Of vessel, and all Cooperate TO-
getheF, and share alike the amount paid
for the work, each and all would have their
fair share. But il they allow (as they do
noW) some one to hire them, and make o
profit on their labor, why, Of course advan-
Isge win be taken Of them, and their prices
It ali times win be liable to reduction when
sver opportunity Offers.
The tAilors have been holding . series OF
mass meetings weekly, but with no very
great success. They have now formed q CO.
operative society, on the solidarity principle,
or which their trade seems to be peculiarly
adapted. II the tailors were united ~ they
'ught to be in this matter, they might soon
lave four or five large stores in this city,
md, a. matter Of course, reap all the prof |
t. Of their labor. l believe about three
Ifshs OF all the clothes nov in this city Is |
ought ct the stores, and what IN termed |
ustom-work does not amount to much.
hen New York supplies many other cities
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Totai StO2a
Deduct valuation for 1850 .2G7
rotsl increase in lands ana products 10

Totsl increase In lands and products 10
Az Yes $l,155,025.5sl
Equal to forty-one per cent. for the de-
cade, Or a slight fraction over three and
one-third per cent. per annum.
This was the most prosperous decade Of
the seven, and il 10 therefore safe to assume
that the average increase has not been
greater than that which we have stated /,
the Tribune 2 'moonshine" statement to the
contrary notwithstanding.
The IribuAe's arithmetic is sadly at fault
when 1t says that for seven decades the
population has increased annually three Der
cent, and the wealth at the rate of six per
cent and that the inhabitan Is Of the north
ern States are worth on the average three
times as much per capita as the people were
In 1900. If the increase in tie population
and wealth have been as stated By the 7fib-
U'!s then the wealth per capita should now
be seven and half times instead Of three
times as much as it was seventy years ago
This is, however, about as near as the 7Tib-
une gets to the truth when it discus 0
financial questions.
Ii is only necessary to make fair state
ment Of the population in order to show the
utter absurdity Of the assertion that the
wealth has increased at the rate Of six De
cent for the past seventy years. At that
time our population was in round numbers
I'VE millions. Allowing It to have increased
at the rate Of three per cent. it would now he
IN round numbers forty millions, which Il
doubtless close approximation to the pres-
ant number. We will assume that the wealth
o. The nation seventy years ago was four
handred and twenty-five dollars per capito.
or two billions one hundred and twenty.five
million dollars, ($2, Ia, oOO,OO0). Allowing
IL TO have increased at the rate of three and
one-third per cent. per annum, it would now |
DC little IN excess of twen .y-one billions. !
ISL, O0O,oO0,000) or FIVE hundred and
twenty-five dollars per capita, which Is yerv |
nearly the true amount. But had the two I
billion ore hundred and twenty-fiv million
($2 Us, o00, 000,) increased at the rate of
six per cent. per annum, the amount wouId
would now be q little over one hundred and
twenty-five billion ($l25,oO0, OOO, OO) Of
dollars, pr little in excess Of three thousand
one hundred dollars per capita. If this were
true, and the money was all invested in the
national banks where it would earn eighteen
per cent per annum, there would De no
ongsr any necessity for any one working.
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with ready-mads clothinE, end when We
come to consider the enormous profits that
are made by selling these articles, IL does
seem strange that sTade that requires bpt
90 little capital to start u, hen "a yet mede
little efforts ut 60 operation. But now,
that they have set the machiuo In notion, u
10 to BE- hoped that ii wiz turn out . b
successful.
A new Cooperative Building Socisty hsl
been organized In London, with capital OIL
$3.50, 900 in shares Of % each rs cents Il
be paid on application, and 81 cents or
allotment, and 60 cents per share on "cAll, '
ct periods not less than three months.
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ro nm CONTINUED
FR0M Illinois.

MONMOUTH Illinois, March %, 1868.
TO tine Bditor Of the woEKIxaAAH's ADvccATH.
SIR AT the request Of DR.. B. N. Law
renee, I submit to you few OF my ideas re-
lativs 10 the formation Of the Peoples Party,
which I think should be STATED Is early a.
possible. Yours respectfully,
JACOB Fl. Hour.
Whereas, Intemperance, intolerance, in.
subordinati0n, instruction, and Insolvency
has become quite common in this county,
and the party In power having ignored AZ
lost sight OF our ancieAs land mark, and 81
st na1ght the most important and vital in
teresss Of the people Of this Republic.
Therefore,
RzsoLYED lst, That We win endeavor to -
lect, nominate and elect good, worthy, aad
wsllqualiGed and temperate men for all places
Of honor and emolumeRt that Ws will not know
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As it never has been, ~ we trust ii
never will be. our desire to rnisrepresent the
views Of any journalist, and more especially
of sny one connected with the labor move
ment, we beg tc safe that the article in
last weeks ADvocAr.: in reference to The Peo-
PIES Weekly, was written under the impress
sion tina. that paper still professed to be a
labor journal. In he last issue, however,
we see that Mr.. Green withdraws all such
pretentiOns, and states that while he has
been and viii be friend to the labor reform
movement, the Weekly will hereafter be pub
lished as an independent journal. We
cheeIfully give Mr.. G. the benefit Of this
statement.
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TO ths RdIAsr of ths WoEEuaxAH's ADvocAm.
1t seems sandy foundation for the CAPT
tsiist to build his hopes ofhappinsss upon
that poverty 10 the natural condition Of the
mass Of mankind with which they should Be
contentsd. We should think MI mirth
would DO restrained I'm world Of suffering,
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Is THE IEcoXE TAX CONSTITUTIONAL PA
considerable number Of income tau payers
in New York have decided to test the con-
stitutionality of this tax, ana I'VE employed
NJ. W. o. Bartlett as their counsel in the
caae aud this gentleman publishes in two
of the New York papers an elaborate legal
treatlse, ling to show that tax on income
is unconstitutional, az well as unwise and
unequal, and To: u may be successfully re-
sisted, in the courts Of law
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The WOrhnsman's Ticket AGAIN vie
toriSus.

10 the E4toF OF the NohAlAGhANS ADVOCATE,
Ia SALE, April IN, '55.
At the election for Supervisor for tie
town or La Sale, the WorkiuEucn elected
their candidate, p. M. HatheriDgton bv a
handsome majority over the candidates of
the straight Republican and Democratic
parties.
50 the good work goes bravely on Lst TIE
workingmen take courage, and 20 faarlessly
into the contest In few days We hope 10
see that the wOrkinguen ot Chicago have
really freed themselves from the meshas Of
the corrupt party organizations which hero
toforg have used them a. plant tools tn
is for the woTklngmen themselves 70 say
whether they will rule 1r be ruled. What
answermay We expect from Chicago7
MORkINGMAS.
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Eight Hours a Legal Days Work.

CHICAGO. SATURDAY. APRIL Is, 1858
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On motion, Messrs. Casey, Longstreet, and
Bradshaw were appointed q committee 70
present. the resolutions Of this convention,
and urge their adoption by the Republican
State Convention o. Peoria, on May g.
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Whisky In Bond.

Yesterday, the House In Committee Of
the whole, passed section Of the tai bill
requiring the bonded warehouses 70 be
cleared within SIX months. IL provides
that the tan on the whisky thus held with
on addition Of four dollars per barrel. shall
be paid within six months; otherwise
the whisky Is 10 be oonhseated aud sold
for the benefit Of the Government. This
looks like business. We urged this policy
upon the attention Of Congress a year ago,
aud had h been adopted then the robber-
ice that have sisce been committed would
have been largely diminished.
The bonded whisky 10 this county alone
amounts TO about 100, 600 barrels. The
'.x on this at fifty cents per gallon. with
the four dollars per barrel extra, would
amount TO 81 400 900. Had this provis.
ion been adopted when the isx was two
dollars. the SUN would have reached S8,-
0VO, 600 But one. fourth OF this II better
than nothing Therefore let Congress do
now what IL should have done n year ago,
Under the new regulations, now under
considerations, all taxes are 10 be paid be-.
fore the whisky il removed from the dis
tilleries. This will check frauds 10 some
event; but, until Johnso, goes on, Of
Office aud honest mes are appointed to Gil
the Offices ia the department nov occu-
pied by rasesls, the revenues will not be
fully collected. The combination of
thieves control the President aud dictate
appointments This being the case. the
reform which the interests OF the people
require can not DO brought about while
johnson remains IN power. Therefore
We have urged and still urge. a reduction
Of the tax 10 20 or % cents. IL IL strange
that Congressman do not see the necessity
for this. Every honest man who knows
anything about the whisky business sees
It, and the Boards Of Trade Of several 'cit-
les have Endorsed the propositions: Vet
Congress fixes the tax at 30 cents, whfch
still leaves u large margin for thieves to
operate UPON Gazette, 18th.