The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-02-22
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universe, otherwise modern Athens, other
wise Boston, you take the Providence road
to Mansfield junction, thence - Taunton,
very pretty New England town, full Of life
and activity. Here are two Of the largest
locomotive and machinery works il the New
England States, where large amount Of
machinery Of all kinds Is turned out. One
Of them has recently been on fire, aud por-
ton Of the building burnetl, 's,,i. Z aae- they
are rebuilding it.
Business in these largg factories was told
was very slack, and that. the men were una
be To- have mna5n to say about the prices
/ paid; that 10 short, capital here, like 50
many other places 10 New England, dictated
! its own terms pretty much as it pleased
them. Ii seems somewhat strange thai with
I all the intellgencs Of the New England
mechanic, be takes less care Of himself IL
I the way Of protection to his industry than
\ does his more sturdy competitor Of the West f;
the great cause Of il believe 70 be this: cap
I ital here is more concentrated, and the doc-
trinc (frst enunolted BY Franklin. }
which Dermestes the whole school system VI
/ New England, that every one should carve
Out lis own foriuae, has 81 completely taken
hold Of every New Eagiand mechanic that
he has not as yet fully learned the great
TACT that every day he lives lessons the
chance for him t. accomplish anything by
Individual effort, and that the question for
1 him to study is not whether he shall ever be-
coms rich, but whether he can maihtain his
present position as d " ehanic for what
\ with machinery an unskilled labor, his
4 position is critical one, and the only wav
Y to c0uuteract the influences that are now at
work, H. for the mechanics OF New England
I 10 establish on sure and permanent basis,
Trades Organisations that shall give to tnem
\ their rights in the great laboT marx i, and
out or which viii gov the great principles
/ Of cooperation aDi . division OF the pm fts
81 Labor Tor that is one OF the great levers
81 when labor Is to meet its reward
Two things are especially require BY the
tOiling millions to-day they are an abridge-
ment Of the hours ot lab and division
with capital or tha profits W labor II would
seem to me that here in New England il the
very place that ne should look for these
I Ut pics 10 take rooiand spread it branches
F. Foremost as the men Of New England have
, ever been in oil that pertains to tAe adgauce-
nent If higher state Of civilization, are we
Z to say TO then now as was said Is the
\ founder Of Christianity on the cross: You
have saved Others, yours Ives you cannot
-SaEe:r for oapnal holds yGu ia its tfon
bah l. and cTdciifas you 81. the cross Oi faDor
to whose bench YOU are nailed, and from
which there viii soon be no escape. Ths
only remedy is in union, not Tor day,
too many have existed, bot for all time.
Having hassad for short time at Taunton
again took the cars for New Bedfori. Tht
scenery now begins to be most picturesaue
and beautiful. Riding AZ YOU 10, tnroa B
some Of the most beautiful pine snd heinl0clg
forests, that are only 0 be seea ia New
England in all their picturesque beauty, and
to see them as they are to-day, IS "A sight not
often to be Witnessed the whole country i
covered with frost. ami thu treas IA, y 1oaoe
with the white flakes, forming most beat
E tIful contrast to the dark green foliage
D those grand old trees. You may, as YOU ri
, in the ears, almost fancy yourself n fair
! land, SO laughingy beautiful is all sroun
, you, and your only regret is that like a
beautiful things, it is not desirable to las
tor IN the midst Of your rapture, at th
scene before you, the conductor CATS OF
! New BEDFORD, and youT fairy dream IL ovel
: On getting out you find yourself in a s.na
station very substantially built, having hug
, stone pillars to support the roof and foa
; Of the building. "a soon as you emery
from the depot you see the harbor right be
! fore you, nox entirely frozen over. Ii Is
} fine piece OF water, about mile wide, W her
: ships can ride at anchor 10 safety in al
; weatherS, and this is the place where almos
: ali the whaling ships are fitted out and Z
: on their long voyages Of two and three year
J At a time. This il now about the only ship
; ping interest that IS doing anything al u
} present time, all the Others either lie rOttin
! IN our harbOrs M have been sold to foreign
! ers. The wha.a .lshiBg IS now reported t
he better than j; has been for some tins
Two or three ships having recently feturne'
with good cargoes- There is regular 0i
mart here, and the price j. quoted IN thei
daily papers. Merchants come here from al
paris Of the State to purchase oil. The city
itself is very prettiy laid out, being butt o.
a gentle slope from the water up. Mos1 D
the streets are we'll planted with shale trees
which are just now not much required, sled
being more in demand, and We'll they enjol
themselves on them, there saw some twenty
or thirty Of all ages and sizes, come rushing
down the street right out on to the Toe, ia,
bill being so nicely sloping you can take YOU
half mtie without break, unless something
should be coming along the CT )ss streets
and then look cut for d break Of some olhel
! kind. In all my wanderings | have nsve
seen sny place so convenient for seghiD,
without horses as New Bedford, it woul,
turn the heads of some OF the boys in you
city, only Just to take a took al II withou
participating in the SPORT. s
New Bedford, unlike many Of the oihe
New England towns, is very quit place
4 sscen,lnt Cor 1t in this way they are all en-
gagged IN oiil.-so whom they have sent on
their ships they have -0ething to do ont 81
down and swat their rettiff. Na22y SRef
here, am told, are sery wealthy, although
they make no professions to show Of an,
\ kind, but are what II sernrcd solid men.
h There is one or two good hotels Thei
Town Hall Is also avery fine building. From
the position of the city should say it mus
Pc very healthy place, IS every time j
rains Ii makes the city thoroughly clean
carrying all the filth right out to sea.
|. The ranks. OF labor are also alive here
there are some Unions, and they have Also ,
I Co-opeiative Store, which | understand i,
paying well, and from the number Of Gus.
tcmers l saw there, shoul judge 1t Is true
There i scarcely any Manufacture carrie
| on here, the whole interest Of the place
seems to be centered 10 oil--it is. oil on thu
street, oil il the hotels, and, in Short. oil
eFery@here, or which 4 have heard quss
enough, and also the reader, tLereforeIit /.
time to again become q WxNDERrs.
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