The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-05-01
FROM NEW YORK.

Troy, April Il, 1869.
TO the Editor o. the WoEENGx4s's ADVOCATE.
| would have sent yoa line or two long
before this for your excellent paper. but
official duties, which must be performed.
and severe cold settling on my eyes for the
last month, prevented me from doing Il.
The AD7ocAlE is an old and tried hero II
toe cause Of labor; one who bias wealth cred
many stOrm-storms which have wrecke ed
many a craft on the same mission. MANY
have been the papers, Ar. Editor, started in
defense Of the rights OF workingmen, and
much have been the good they have dona /;
ent they were shsmefully neglected. Some
left the cause In disgust, others fingered on
and died death Of starvation.
What a comment is this upon those who
are daily crying cot about the terrible
wrongs inflicted upon them. TIL working.
men patronize their own papers more than
they have done yet, | have little faith 10
their honesty IN the labor movement.
hope the ADVOCATE is beginning TO get a
little blink of sunshine now, for the MANY
dark days it must have seen. Now for a
word or two % other topics The foundries
heres after laying Idle about three months
generally, are running no but only one
or two Of them full handed. 1t il to be
hoped that in week or two at most, all will
be doing good business. Over prodoctiau
in The foundry line is the curse Of Trov.
Men work themselves here as NO men Of
common sense should do, some Of them dis
oaTding even the very vital laws Of nature
during work hours and when they 20 home
az night they are like jaded old horse, all
they want IL Fest, restj no mental pleasure
" cultivation for them. Not even a pleas
AIT look or word to their wife aud little
ones. What life to lead. The voice Of
shoddy, sir are sou aware that this creature
has become disguised with our plain repub-
llean institutions and started, or Will soon,
"a organ IN favor Of monopoly, named the
fmP<rialist. Some may laugh al tbs idea.
but 10 me II seems a ID me fraught for
serious thought on the part Of woFkingmen.
/. Il Is but natural SEQUENCE that after
great wealth Is attained, that the next step
IS after titles. Have We q in the services
u shoddy, thiags with every badge Of auu-
kylsm about them, parading our streets and
parks 4? Do not find this upstart Of q
day Tuning "a hunting all over Europe for
some beggar With title to become his SON
in-law 7 Is It strange, then, that he should
not try bis hand at and 0Verthr0E Of what
is really obnoxious to him an Institution
that will not pay that slayish Submission to
bis gold that monarchy wonld II this re-
public is 70 be Kept iDiact at all, it must be
done BY inteiligest and well-paid labor !;
when such is not the case, then farewell to
the cap Of liberty Aud this can only be
done, Mr. Editor, through perfect organiza.
tod and corporation. The wealth Of the
nation must how into millions Of channels,
and not into the few, If one would be safe
from the 6ummery and beggary which these
wouldfhe m0narenists would bring upon
the workiDgman.
They ought to take Mr. Shoddy and bis
paper and give them 6 bed in the deepest
part Of the Hudson before a second issue
came out, 10 a letter of mine on CO. oper-
alton, published in toe ADyocArs, occurred
one or two serious blunders. The fault, Of
course, is not yours, as it was copied COR
reotly from the New York papers. The
reader is led to believe h at all three a the
Oo-operative founddes be 70 made dividend
OF $500 % on labor and 10 on capital stock.
My remarks referred 10 Ne. CO. operative
foundry, which 10 the correct figure. What
the Others have done, am unable ! present
70 say, but have no doubt they sre doing
very well, The letter, as printed. stsseS
that the profits to the labOrtDs snan, COM