The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-11-14

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To be SURE W have hsd or sxuerans ana
disappoinsmenss our up hill work snd dis
eoeragsnents, few, We believe, engaged In
similar enterprises have encountered more
Jet. BY the aid aud encouragement received
nom our many friends, now 10 b. found in
almost every state Of the union. We havs 20
far surmounted them all. Muchof the pre-
JUDGE formerly existing against the Apros
CATE has been removed, and we have nov In
our possession letters Of approval ftommany
influential employers, who q few years aep
would have spurnsd It from ! .Ir doors.
But while this Is true aud s.atifyine, u 10
equally true that ii does nor YET occspy that
position which the interests ofiabor impera-
lively demand that it sheuIl. Althoug6 Il
Is, as far IS We are swars. The Only journal
on the Amer continent exclusively DO
voted to ths ,nterests Of labor, there are
scores Of periodicals, representing almost
every issue and ism, which 4wisld more
powerful influence and circulate in much
larger numbers and many Of these, too, Of
q class whose teachings are or the most
baneful character. 70 our friends, and The
friends OF labor evsrywhers, thsrsfere, We
desire to make direct appeal At the last
session Of ahesLabor Coagsess the sABvocArE
was acknowledged as the Official organ ofthe
National Labor Bnich. Wkls we fuliy ap-
preciate the honor conferred, We desire 10
remind onr readers thar Il will prove al
empty hoaor unless les Influence and circu-
lstion are extended thereby. TO do 20 will
require . little, and only little exsfiion On
the part Of our wsll-wishsrs. n the labor
unions of America win, It's influence, In q
few months, can DO made 50 ond to no jour.
nal in the country and let them remember
that in fqrthering its interests they are real
" furth ring their own that just IN proper
ton as It's circulation increases win it be
able to disseminate and defend those princi.
pies, in the recognition Of which their future
welfare depends, and be elsbled to secure,
from time 10 time, the services Of writer's
who have studied and thoroughly under
stand the magnitude OF the issues Involved.
At present the labor question Is In its infan
cy, yet it requires 20 prophet 70 foretelI that
in few years, ct farthest, it Is destined to
Overshadow all others and that ito proper
solution depends upon the education, the in
telligence and the independence d the mass
es. To help secure such . desirable result,
we know Of no more potent an agency than
: faithful, honestly ccS iucted labor journal.
With regard to our efficient corps Of cor
respondents, we can trGthfnlly say they
comprise the ablest writer's to be found in
the ranks Of labor, being men of sterling
coanmon sense and enlightened Judgment,
whose highest ambition is to help hasten the
advent Of that glorious time when the toiler
shall reap the full reward OF his industry.
As We are anxious to make this department
all that our friends could desire, we shall ID
glad to add to cur list accsssions from the
Southern and New England States.
We cannot conclude without making al
especial appeal to the wives and daughters
Of the working classes, their cooperation
being indispensable. As We have recently
secured the services Of lady writer, whose
special duty it is to discourse to them
through the columns of the ADyocATE, frou
week TO week, we expect renewed Interest
will be manifested on their part. All nat
Ger Of an Questionable character being rigor
ously excluded, no mother need be afraid t
place copy in the hands of her children.
Finally, friends, we again ask you one and
all. to make q direct effort to increase its use
fitness. DO your part, and we promise Il
furnish you paper euinently national il
character, Of which you will have no reason
to feel ashamed, whose ntterances viii com
mand respect, and whose influence will b,
felt and acknowledged in every section o
the country. You can enable US to do al
this, and more if you win. What is your
answerS