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therein. Some tIaoesnen do receive living
wages and have a small surplus, but more
have instead Of q surplus above . d.fcit be-
low their necessary expenses; while the bur-
dens II government, which fall upon the
workingman indirectly bot IS surely as death,
are annually becoming more and more onsr-
Gus, increasing his wants, and lessening his
ability 70 supply them. II ia gross incon-
sistency that asks return to hard money
times in one breath, and lauds cooperation,
as q means Ct alleviahon, with the next and
Mr.. Greeley is notorious a. one Of the loudest
mouthed resumptionists Of the pack. No,
no, Mr.. Greeley, We wantRths government
to protect and the people to foster co-opera.
ton, but we have other and more serious
wants. We want moneys abdicstion Of the
throne, which he has usurped in this ccun-
try and wherein he is tyrant as potent and
pregn ant Of evil, as vas ever monarch Of old.
This is our primary ard most urgent want.
Then we want an economical conduct Of the
government we want probity, honesty and
capacity to be made the sesame to official
position; we want that the government
should recognize, aud encourage, and pro-
tect industry, and that I should withdraw
It's fostering wing from monopoly We want
that our broad acres should be reserved for
their rightful owners and not granted, in
wholesale tracts, to fraudulent Pacific rail-
rcsds, aud such ike bleeding institutions
all these and much more we want. They are
but our inherent rights, Of which our own
gullibilitY, as the tool Of moneys duplicity
has deprived US. Accord US these, and CO.
operation will stand, and stride across the
country on its own legs, carrying con -ent-
meut and prosperity into the homes Of the
toiler, and equitably distributing what exist
ing unjust statutes rob us Of
We like your remarks as far as we have
been enabled to judge Of their tenor from the
scant digest published in the New York pa
pers. You are not quite SO well posted upon
cooperative statistics, perhaps, as you might
be, but, carried by the irrisistsbe tide of
popular sympathy, you accord it your recog-
nizAnce, and an occasional word Of com.uer-
iation, for which we are duly thankful. If
IS you say, you desire ITO see the time when
nen can do without bosses at all, !" although
Tou 90 not, by any means, wish to speak
n terms Of reproach on the monarchical sys-
EN- Of government" you are 10 position to
10 US incalculable benefit, if yout but VII il
10. To-day you are perhaps unconscious Of
Is manifold misunderstanding up and talk
ng up government, conducted in q man
Ter far more injurious to popular interests
man the worst monarchial government now
n existence.
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form TO ourselves, our country, and our Pc
terity. Thy forced their legislation in time
Of peace. They repudiated then hard bar
gain made In and under waT necessities, and
broke the seal Of the contract, seeking there
BY to double the debt upon US. Nov, We
are free; our answer il: 1--WE, too, repudi-
ate now, zee are no longer bound by the
original contract" Reputation, pure and
simple, 20 henceforth my political creed. In
deed, 1t is our only hope-our only remedy.
Nothing else Is left US. We sought 70 deal
fairly; we suggested way fair and even
cruel and oppressive upon ourselves, that we
might be Just to our foes. We have been
met with iAlsehood, deception, and double
dealing; and at last, with the passage Of a
law which nearly doubles the debt against
Us, and justifies our course
Our clear duty now il, to raise the CRY
from every hilltop and 10 every valley
along the highways and ia the but, and
where the pinchings Of hunger, the bsd Of
death and the funeral are seen-at every
place, and under all circumstances, let the
clarion note OF Repndlati0n sound our deliv-
erance. Its voice will be synonymous with
Liberty. IL shall mran-eight hours work
Tor the idle, clothing for the nsked, bread
for The starving, and medicine for the sick
and dying. Let US hasten 70 counsel Copen-
" ana privately the widows aud orphans
to withdraw their pIttance from the savings
banks anu trust companies, and place 1t Sc
cureiy 10 bonds and mortgages upon real
estate. We should not lose q moment III
doing this. Ii is duty we owe to our
class warning hey should have from us.
Failing to give i, we fail 10 our FIRST DUTY
The great workingmen's meeting held
here this week spoke earnestly and strong
", bat not frankly. Their resolutions
should have been appropriate 10 the hour
and the robbers " the poor. We should
have heard an undisguised voice, and The
word liquidation should have had place
10 every resolve. There is vet time enough
Il will ZONE hen the ship strikes the rock
Then, the dead, heavy grating will only
pIecede the keynote, which will then have
no uncertain sound. The old ship is clear
ly seen heading straight on the brakes, and
no man lives who can now change its course
Grant has lost his hold upon the people,
and who else could have turned Is course or
met the rising stormt
The time for action has arrived. Let us
begin, and do our whole duty. Arouse the
people to full understanding IL the posi-
tion they are in. No fear Of saying too
much or speaking too boldly. Our opp-css-
ors Gear not the cry Of hunger, the moan of
! the suffering, or the throttle Of the dying
neither will they heed our notes or battle
SQUAD, so indifferent are they to ali but their
own booty LIT the word 20 forth 70 every
eTcie-to every reading man-to every
member, even, Of the Labor Uuion-that
bur one sound shall come up: when the spa ie
Is laid aside and Il sound Of the hammer
has ceased-he cry OF Reputation shall
take its place.
Your Friend and Co-worker,
Horace III DAY
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for mechanical profession, IL will tend to en-
gage them In other pursuits more adapted to
their tastes and equally profitable.
Resolved, That We firmly believe In the jus
tice and expediency OF r. movements eeing
made for q reduction OF tue hours Of labor, CON
WINGED thas tie many hours which m1ltitrdes
Of men and women compelled to toll, and
the starvation wages they get for such soIling,
- detrimental 70 health, dangerous TO virtue,
and a sta nding reproach to our boosted civilizs-
ton.
Resolved, That inasmuch as w1rkingmen pay
their quota Of the State, county and city taxes,
We therefore call On the authorities OF the
State, county and city 70 put into practice the
eight-hour Law on all work done by or in the
nsme Of the State county and city Of New York
Resolved, That We respectfully call on our
senators and members Of Assembly from this
city TO urge upon the legislature 20 take imme
date action and pass the bIlls SUI nttrd BY the
State Workingmens Assembly; the bill 70 re-
psal the resurrected and obnoxio-s statute ia
milisrly known as the Conspiracy law; and the
bill 70 regulate convict LABOR 20 as 10 prev nj
iss conflicting as little as possible with honest
industry outside Of prisona
Resolved, Tsat We call upon the workinemen
"a every city and town throughout the SGsJ to
hold mass meetings and adopt such lawful means
a. may induce their Senators and Assembly, IN
70 act on and pass the bills referred to in the
preceding resolution.
Resolved, That We commend to the attention
and favorable consideration OF our fellow work
ingmen the principles of coo peration as q sys-
TEN which, If fairly tried, win enable them to
obtain more equal share Of the profits arising
from their labor
Resolved, That appseciating the efforts Of the
workiEgmen's Union 90 unite in one brother
hood the Workingmen Of all classes, We earnest
~ recommend all labor organizations of this
State 20 affiliate and identity themselves with
e 10 such an active form as will increase still
more its efficiency, and strengthen is power
Tor greater good to those whom il represents
These resolutions we're adopted unanimously.
} The following resolution offered by Mr..
Troup, was also adopted:
Received, That we the working-aen Of the
city of NeS York, in mass meeting at Cooper's
Institute assembled, do pledge ourselves in fu
ture 20 cast aside all party ties and oredilec
lions, and elect men from our own ranks to rep
resent US IN every department. of government.
A meeting was also held outside, composed
principally Of Germans, which was address
ed by Messrs. Donai, Kuhn, Carl, Steer and
Vogt. The meeting then adj burned, after
which the societies marched home in pro-
cession.
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FROM NEW YORK.
MEw YoRK, March NJ, l6o

4EW 1OhA, MafCu nv ACcs"
To the Editor Of the wosKDsMAEs ADVOCATE:
We do, indeed, agree. j reciProcate ev-
cry word and thought Of your letter. There
10 but one certain destiny now. The hopes
inspired by Gen. Grant have vanished (;
point after point, ground after ground has
be vacated; and, save in Ben. Butler and
Senator Sprague, the people seem to have no
FRIENDS or defenders in all the party in pow
err. Indeed, where are the peoples repre-
sentativesf All seem occupied only in divi-
SION Of the spoils-a general scramble, in
which Grant seems already trampled out Of
sight.
We are, indeed, surely drifting on TO o
revolution; and prophecy, without hesita-
ton, that six months will not have passed
away ere It's earthquake will rend the foan-
dations. Then the merciless tyrant-Asa-
rice-wili be satisfied, and its vctariss,
whose ill-gotten gains All the measure Of
bank and land acceunts, will awaken 70 rsa,
lire what they themselves have done. Then
viii knocking meet their calamity, and the
smile or derlsi0n bo nm answer to their al
arms.
An 70 the people-ths victims Of the op-
prsssof--ws have now but one duty 10 per-
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THE SIGNS THETIMEs.

The favorable report published in our Ed
itorial Correspondence, informing Us of the
ready condition Of all Southern : borers to
join with US 10 demanding the inau -ial and
other reforms, which have been sketched 10
our columns, is very gratifying. Some Of
the soundest thinkers amongst US believe
that the strength of the Labor Reform Movc-
nlent must be looked for mainly 10 the West
end South. The stronghold of our present
paupermaking, Bgitish-aristocratic money
system is in the Eastern States and the cities
OF the Atlantic seaboard. That our friends
can hold their own against the foe there, is
as mush as can be expected. That they are
so doing, and combining and uniting their
forces to advance the interests Of labor, we
have good evidence in the business-like
manner in which the various unions are
bringing up their forces to operate against
the rotten and shaky corporation OF New
York, in the matter of the printers strike in
that city.
At the same time, matters abroad are be-
ginning to look promisin 8. Light is being
shed forth in the dark holes OF despotism
In Great Britain, on the 18th ult., the peo-
ples' Minister and President Of the Board Of
Trade, John Bright, thus electric ID his col
leagues at meeting Of the Associated
Chambers Of Commerce, in London: at is
not enough to ask how the poor shall be sup
ported, but We should rather ask why all
this pauperism exists. Why does it con-
stantly increase3 Why-in population Of
thirty millions, crowded into these small
islands, where land is almost monopolized
with seventy millions Of pounds sterling
annually levied on q people, one-half of
whom own no property-why there should
the great mass Of the people be left to
bear an undue share Of this enormous
burden, without deriving from such mon.
strous taxation any means Of instruction or
elevation p
"This," exclaimed the orator, II take to
be the great problem which will, sooner
or later, have to be solved, and in COM
parison with which many OF the leading
questions which now agiIste Us, are mo-
thing. These are matters which ar. daily
coming nearer 10 the front, and which
we shall soon have TO consider and also to
determine"
When . British Minister talks in this
style, and when our friends in the labor
unions Of NV YORK city are able, by CON-
bIning their action, to compel the public
serva"'s-the MAYOR, Aldermen, etc.,-to
do their duty 10 the matter Of removing
the public printing from firms unwilling
TO pay union prices, We think We have
reason to be grateful for such indications
Of the coming success Of our cause and
like worthy Paul, in tbs Roman market
place, We feel we have cause to SHANK
God and take courage"
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GREELEY ON COOPERATION.

The venerable editor Of the Tribune, whose
bark has been 50 long ana so prosper ously
sailing upon the sea Of New York Journal
ism, was before a metropolitan audience one
night last week, on the subject Of co-opera-
lion. We have ever entertained a feeling of
deep respect for Mr.. Greeley and as bis years
increase so does our respect. We cannot
close our eyes to che fact, however, that in
canvassng the many subjects, with which
his position as an editor and politician have
brought him into contact, he has committed
many very egTegious hlunders, which chart
ty impels us to attribute to the head rather
than the heart To dealing with the subject
OF cooperation Mr.. Greeley hesitates not 20
ventlsts his admiration for the pr ncipIe a.
particularly to the latter, and lays great stress
upon the advantages accr uing from invest
ments by mechanics Of their ''surplus'' earn
ings In building societies and co-operative
stores. We applaud his commentator Of
the cooperative principle, resort to which
existing unjust monetary laws renders me-
cessary to the mechanic and laborer, In OF
der tba- be may save to himself some Of that
portion Of bis products which, under the
wages system, goes to enrich capital and to
impoverish him. But Mr.. Greeley either
fails to seq, or won't see, that no durable
structure can be erected upon a sandy foun-
dation. Cooperation is commodious and
comfortable edifice but the rock upon which
to build is wanting.
A universal application Of the principle q
co-operalion to production, where i Is neces-
sary. If not more 90 than in distribution, Is .
practical impossrbility under the reign OF
usury, for the manifest reason that Ou' :
scant few can control the money 70 inssss
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the time never come when the producing
classes will see il their datv 70 lay aside all
their tools, after having worked eight Jars
10 the twenty-fourf II this was acted MP
on, there would be fair days work Tor all,
and for all, there would be q fair days wa
sss. When will the sons or toll fairly
learn true wisdom In this respectf
THE AMERICAS MINISTER.
The American Minister ut the Court OF
st. James was here the other day, and was
received with an ovation In every way wor-
thy of the Minister of your great country
He pleased and delighted Us by the way in
which he spoke Of our poets and our people
-Scotchmen don't object to being b1ttered
over some times. He gave his auditory the
most pleasure, however, when he told them
there would be peace between England aud
the great republic.
J hope you are well. I regret to say that
| have been laid up Tor Some weeks with .
virule1t attack Of bronchitis, but il begins
TO subside. | hope to grasp your friendly
nand the coming summer. Yours,
ALEX MCDONALD.
=. SIN the course OF few days, hope
to De able to forward you the Trades
Union Commission report, in full.
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~, snd the gigantic swindles going on In all
parts Of the country, even IN the treasury
department, at Washington, has opened the
eyes Of the people. WOrkingmen are taking
boil Of the qussti IN, and hnd 10 no difficult
matter 70 unlock ths whole myssery. and
are astonished to Learn Aoss they are being
swiOdled, and wonder why they never dis
covered il before.
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Since the announcement Of our intention
Of giving weekly news column, Il has been
deemed advisable TO r.odify that dstermina-
ton in 20 far IN 10 allow al Washington
news to come through the medium o. cor
respondent. We have secured thu ser vices
Of one who viii spare 10 pains 10 the CON-
pilation Of his letters, more especially Of
such parts as bear the closest relation to our
interests. We cannot pretend 10 give any
thing like full resume Of general import
and interest without necessitating the ex-
c!usion Of matter germane to the objects Of
our mission, and this We do not feel willing
to permit. Let workingmsn, through sub
scriptions, accord rs the means TO double
our siss, and We viii furnish them paper
which for general news, and select family
reading, shall be inferior to no enterprise
extant. The material Of which to construct
such Is ut hand, II the backing is 70 hs ha I.
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Aweek v,rh our Correspondents.

AW eek wlth our Correspondents.
For the sake Of accommodating as far as
possible, our increasing corps Of correspond
ents, We have surrendered the greater pOr-
ton Of the present issue to their eristlss,
feeling satisfied that they will be found
well worthy Of perusal, adapted to all tastes
and all kinds Of folks. This Is practice
We cannot undertake to follow, however,
and therefore, again sntrest our friends 70
bod down their illusions. When tie ADvo-
cATE is enlarged to the sizs Of the Jnds-
psadent, space won't be quite such an:ob-
ject with Us as it is now, but in the mean
time, We trust our corresp ondents will be
sparing Of the ink
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CORRESPONDENTS.
FROM SCOTLAND.

We do not bold ourselves responsible for anV min
lon expressed BY our CORES yondentsl
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In various trades throughout the King
dom, efforts are being made to adopt the re-
striction Of the hours OF labor to nine hours
per oay. Last week, . great meeting was
held in Edinburgh, 70 make the local move
ment there something like forward one,
and to call the attention Of al workinfmrn
70 R- The chair was occupied by gentls
man Belonging to the Faculty u Advocates,
named Charles Scott, who told the working
men that he endorsed their views, but they
Alons could make 10 . suocsssful cause. viii
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remember him as late as 1910. | dc
not know what became of him. He was
great on technicalities, and it was his
glory to non-suit his antagonist. He
did good deal Of business, and his
regular fee was fifty cents for each case,
This was often paid in trade, such as
linen, feathers, ginseng, coon skins DC
Elections for justices of the peace
were often quite exciting, and have
seen the rival candidates come to the
place of holding elections in the morn
ing with each a jug of whisky under
his arm, to treat his friends, and win
votes Ny father was Trustee in JEFF
ferson township a number Of years,
commencing perhaps in 1926. This
was the way came to attend elections
when | was boy. Ny father had to
be there as trustee, and would gen.
orally manage to persuade him to let
me go with him. All the laws of 1924
were contained in one little volume. My
father, as trustee, was entitled to the
Statutes, and before he went ont finally,
a new volume was issued, and the old
volume of 1924 was left with him. l
have it in my Office yet
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Sad Accident.

One day last week, lady by the
name of Bird, living on Market Street,
placed an infant in the arms Of child
about four years old who was setting
in front Of CRATE fire and went out Of
the room. In an instant she heard the
screams of the children, when in rush
ing into the room she found that the
infant had fell from the arms of the
child into the crate. On raising it, it
was found that its face and breast were
terribly burned, its eyes being entirely
destroyed, When last heard from its
life was despaired of, Mothers cannot
be too careful of the safety of their
children. Chlicotle Advertiser. .e'a
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Tint Fee RiIl.Agnin.

Editor Jackson Stdnddrd:-Dr. Millers
last card cannot be passed in silence.
His grumbling, and accusing me Of
making 'tirade of abuse" against
him, thing most foreign to my pur-
pose, as have nothing personal against
him, and would not say anything
which in my opinion could be con-
strued into TRADE of abuse-and the
fears aroused in his modest mind at the
first meeting, that one or two persons
were TO control the Society, as they to
him appeared to be Conspicuous, I" and
his fears that he would not be one of
these conspicuous persons induced
him not to remain, are points in his
card that / care little about.
But when the doctor charges the
Society ofhaving no other object in its
organization than a "Fee Bill, then l
must accuse him of wiful misrepresen-
tation, or entire ignorance as to the OBJ
ject of the Society. aH
1t will berecollected that the Ohio
Legislature last winter passed law
whiol is intended to prohibit certain
persons therein named from legally en-
gaging in the practice of surgery and
medicine The first object of. the soci-
ETY. was to see that the provisions of
this law were executed in this county;
and the action of the society in this re-
spect has not been without effect-as
some three or four persons who were
illegally engaged in the practice of
medicine have left the county, which is
a benefit to the communities in which
they resided. aa Hp.f.d
The next object was to elevate the
standard Of medical ability in the coun-
", by calling on every physician who
united with the society to write essays,
to read, and defend before the society.
To report all important cases treated
by the members, to the society, with
treatment and result, and to thus mu.
tually improve each other in our ar
duous labors. To cultivate true pro.
fessional etiquette among members of
the profession--a very desirable object
in this county. '
These are a few of the OBJ iects of the
Jackson County Medical Society, and
if Dr. Miller had united his efforts with
the society in these laudable and much
needed objects, / have not a doubt but
that he would have been benefited in
professional courtesy, and had less to
say about what to him appears to be the
only object of the socety,a Fee Bill
The Fee Bill was ordered and printed
in January, and every member of the
society had copies of the bill as early as
February, and there has been no bills
printed since by order of the society
Therefore, the doctors charge that the
Fee Bill was in the hands Of the printer
at the time of his conversation with me,
is simply an imagination Of his, without
a single reason, And / here again
affirm that his name was never printed
on the Fee Bill adopted by the society,
with or without bis consent. M
The doctor has grown sensitive over
this controversy commenced by him
self, because have called attention to
charges against the society which were
untrue; For this | am sorry-but 81
intend to fight it out on this liue if it
takes all summer" Upand at US again
with yonr Fee Bill, doctor q 7'."
-'.''. ". A, b. MoNAHAN.
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Ceutenor;ans.

Mr.. John Baptiste Dufour, futher Of
Mr.. John Dufour, of our city, was born
on the ed day of March, 1859, and is
consequently now over one hundred
years old. He is a native of France,
and came to this country in 1855, being
then at the advanced age of Sc years
His health is good, and he retains an
amount of activity remarkable in one
so old. " 'tN' ..st
The grandfather of Mr.. John Dufour
died at the advanced age of one hun
dred and seven years, and his grand
mother at the age Of one hundred and
three years-one of her sisters at The
age of one hundred and seven years,
and another sister at the age of one
hundred and thirteen years. The three
latter were frightened to death by
burning building. Galpohs Bulletin.