The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-01-16
.~aaaaa7 |5a CAROLINA.


N %NnWfoN, N. c., Jan. lst, 1869.
TO Ii. Editor sftks esutue1Ars ADvOOArL 51A
having sssn copy of ysur paperY 4
thoueht q few lineB RON this section would
be intsresting 20 your rsaders. will innai
concise manner ms poshible, aequaint you
with the deplorsbIe condition of the me-
Oh anics aud laboring men In the countiss'ce
Lincol-, CASTOR and Cleveland, the three
principal iron manufacturing districts, stu
ated in the western part Of the state. The
fEsss aFs bad esSGEs estkSus any sOlsring-
| have worked ip VARIOUS parts Of the coun-
try. and never seen men swindled out o.
their hard earnings ~ they are in this sec
ton.
The Highshoal Ison Works are the largest
in the State. The company own tract of
land containing a z 900 acres, very little Of
which Is under cultivation. They have a
blast furnace, cupalO furnace, forge, rolling
lnill and nail }fSctory, Consequently employ a
great many hands. There are but few houses
on or near the place, these few are occupied
by the married men, and there is no accom-
mediation for single men, no boarding houses !;
the men ars compelled to do their own cook
0gy.ands 10. sleep after Aabardsday's work
rolled Mp IN. their blankets, around the fuTu-
aces. The question viii be naturally asked,
why don't the men leave ~ There $ the rub.
The Single reason IN that il they leave they
must walk, aandi for many miles the same
state of afiaifs exist. This vast concern As
under the immediate control Of the famed
/ Admiral w akes- The wages of the labor
ers will average about seventy-five cents per
Eadsy. And this pittance they do not get ID
cash. This great ~ mahs has q store At
which the hands must purchase what they
want, and once man COMMENCES AZ the
store, money he will never see. r is PLAN
| to all that the prices are, for the poorest
quality Of goods, twenty five per cent. high
| er than can be bought elsewhere for cash.
! Some OF the hands receive no more than 80
cents per day. aud how their accounts will
stand, at the end Of each month. taking into
consideration the wages paid and the cost Of
lliyiag o. requires bqt Lutte calculation,
Money caan0tIbe haCha 4sr adI w .isHa 80
Aaother Of these great swindlssse Is in
tSt~ ~1MM0&t N AoA - C2Ak lo4 on No.
I b4ry M had the pleasure Of WORKING for
a. sTeR 0Oaths, aa0dith money due DE
=. iAi,4r isrsssll Owing % me TAis
Z tt- has Y Psss, secular to himself OF pay
ing >sez -. .4s l2torers.s He pays OF Ia
'i-c~ go5 20 s@rrsine purposes and
~ .s-esS err. s- per fb, Ehe hands are
sas :. sell ;, aryisc5y : 10 vii buy, AZ
stsrsr -s.~y ern res arit..t1+ ee1gi Il Z
four 1r .fyeicyl.ts E.sr III He ako has q
ssGts, vnicn u As great . swindie as the
otisf These afe plain, simpls truths, Which
"a Re uyoqched tor BY every lAborsr n this
i0n- This curse, the S6Iore pay system, p
i ! gAlized in this .esate, and il ever men hAd
[, jas 'casss "a 'orgAnike.c 70 throw OF the dam
riaEr yoke Of capital, l. think the iAborsfs Of
, NSF I'm Carolina have that right. We want
isis on the spbject Of Esbot refptn. 1t was
rbcrring news to US when we heard Of such
arleeting ~ thst lately ibid 10 New York,
NJ ne National Labor Union. Il would lin,
thr parties who claim that there IL too much
Ras y u Sjrculstioh, to let Us know Vhy it
= tfit none Of ii finds its way to US. No
io'nt the great admiral gets plenty Of il,
and &c should get it but Tor the unjust
.DSu NJ -aFy system Of the .coun try, NAY Gsd
- .sFA you IN the good work, AAdsE assure
you native are With zen 90 the extent of
1ut ability. - NEwroS
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