The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-09-25

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A WeKD on IarxRH x9ioKAL CoHAsE. The
Ledger devotss, about three quarters of CO.
lunn, 10 IN article displaying the eonveniences
that must accrue from the establishment of an
InseroatioDaI coinage system, and particulariz-
Ing the plan to effect that object, proposed BY
Mr. Lowe, the British Chancellor of the Exche-
quer. These conveniences, or benefits" we
believe the Ledger denominates them, 1t thinks
$50 manifest as TO need no discussion" Mer
chants ard travellers win then have attained
their millennium. European bondholders will no
longer be able to swindle innoce mt wayfarers 10
calculating the rates Of exchange, and If these
wayfsrers have families, their respective heads
are serious losers in the absence of such an ad.
mirable system. Mr. Childs, who does the Led.
ger for his employers the Drexels, has been to
Europe, as be has told US in his columns every
day for the last six months, and in ennumerat-
ing the manifold Inconvenience with which ira
velers on the Continent are blessed, ''speaks by
the card" Perhaps Nr. Childs' excusable ig-
nOrance of the coinage system of the respective
countries through which his inclination to learn
led him, told upon his allowance" That, at
least, is the theory of those who are SO unkind
as to believe that gentleman Of charitable pro-
pensities hirelng in the paw of Third street
broker. We do not give it as our own But
seriously considering this by no means unim-
portant subject, we think We can divine the
motor Of this advocacy of an International coin
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that in face OF the advancing intelligence Of the
masses, NO 'hard money" system can stand, and
that dread has given birth to desire, that some
system be apopted, not that the |
travelling and trading public may be convent
enced or benefited, bnt that the prejudices in |
favor Of hard cash" entertained by our own
poor and uniformed, which are rapidly becom-
ing extinct by reason of the teachings of bona
fide reformers, may be enforced by those of the
even worse benighted Of Europe. In multi
plicity Of these prejudices, OF sdamant frmness,
those who profit by "money shaving, and such
other ungodly traffic, see safety at least for
time. This may or may not be their object,
without altering or lessening in the least, the I
reasons for which we shO1ld combat the adop-
lion of aLy such system, for that will be its nor
nal effect. Ii will lesson our chances Of OPEN
ing the eyes Of the people, TO the inevitable and
appalling danger which awaits their eontented
continuance under our present system. Let US
then be watchful, lest these willy scbemers fur
ther fortify the stronghold We have rashly per-
nitted them to construct for themselves II Is |
our earnest wish that the new ''irrepressibe |
conflict" should be blOOdless one, but, permit
L to be held IN allegiance too long, and it may
be otherwise. We have had precedent.
TEE LATE CoHvKNrIoN.-We understand from
Mr.. Walls, the secretary of the National Labor
Union, shat he has the minutes Of the late ses-
lion almost in readiness for the printer The
ask of compiling them has been laborious
,ne, but Mr.. Walls has surmounted every Incl
dental difficulty, and ve believe that in their
present condition they are in every respect COM
plete.
THE BULLKTIS.-An evening paper for many
years ''set up" exclusively by rats" raves this
week over the tyranny Of trades uuions in linn
ting the number Of apprentices The article
the rawlings is fesrfulIy verbose and
:enseless invective, every word Of it.
THK TRADES UxIoKs-These institutions are
still maintaining state of ''masterly inactivi-
~" The supporting influences of the dog
days is supposed by some to be the immediate
cause. Perhaps it is, but then it is not an easy
ask to get blood from q stone.
NOrkingmen's and WOmen's Labor Re.
form Convention.
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