The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-08-07

the $1,000 would be Ia Q landlord pocket,
and they would mot own the house they live
In.
Fellow-workingmsn, !give this statement
careful study, aud il you fully reaIizs the
benefits to be derived from such assOcia-
lions, do not wait for some one to make
. move in tae matter, but sgitate it your
selves, show this article to your Heighbor,
call meeting and form an organisation,
and our word for it, you will be astOnished
at ito good results.
A MASTER STROKE OF YANKEE
INGENUITY.
The denixens Of Down East" are pos
SCISSORS Of world wide reputation for "cute-
ness" That it isan eminently deserved
one sach passing day furnishes ample testi6-
cation. Your genuine Yankee never allows
himself to suffer from death of expedents
by means Of which he can make the necessi-
ties Of others supply the sinews" with
which 70 meet his own. These expedients
are not always 90 sacredly honest as they
are willy in conception and unfair, as to dub
them mildly, to all save their perpetrators.
For some years past they have watched with
eyes brimfu Of jealousy and apprehension.
the rapid growth of the West in population,
commercial, and consequently, political i'm
portance. Their fruitful heads have been
kept bobbing together, in the vain effort to
concoct some plan whereby that fact might
not DO nationally deemed sufficient justi6ca :
ton for giving to the West q prspOnderancs
Of votes in the National Legislature. These
efforts have eliminated in the promulgation
Of . proposition that . new system Of re-
presentation compounded of two elements,
population ard wealth." be adopted. There
was no possible chance Of closing the eyes
Of the people to the fact that the population
Of the West will soon far exceed that Of the
East, 20 that it became necessary to convince
rs that wealth, and not namhezs, IA il il sseat-
ct ned Q. shs fostsring care Of Governments.
The Providsacs Prss. comments upon the
proposition In these words.
"Ihe West u superior n numerical strength.
ne East b far superior IN fsaneial importance.
This faet will neesssitate the consideration Of
the jnst basis Of apportionnent, that the seetioa
which contributes Of its capital to promote the
material growth Of the country, may not Re
compelled to be satisfied with q small minority
in the House Of Representatives, while the
West, dependent, at least in the early part of
its history, upon the favor and patronage of the
East, may not have q controlling voice in Con-
gress, and so distribute the capital which they
do no: own as to enhance itself at the expense
of the rest of the country
We confess we like the refreshing air Of
impudence that permeates every line of this
so-called argument. Now that the West has
grown big and important, and promises at no
distant day to make short work Of the ini-
quitous laws which for these long years
have held ito people in bondage to central
ICED Eastern capital, il has become necessary
to consider this just basis Of apportion-
ment," in order that the East may not be
shorn Of ito power, though the never ceasing
changes Of time have belttled it in compari.
son with Its healthy growing nsighbOr. This
ID logic Of which any other than q Yankee
OF the unadulterated wooden nutmeg stripe
would be incapable.
III the West should be denied controlling
voice in the Government because in the early
part Of its history, at least, it was dependent
upon the favor and patronage Of the East,
why, under the same rule, should not the
controlling voice be accorded Great Britain
To the early history Of the East, that section
was scarcely more dependent upon EOgland
than the West upon the East, even in the re-
hottest period Of the formers existence. The
capital owned BY the East, and which It's
people think should entitle it to q rnonopo
lixiL & voice in the Government is the fruit,
as much Of Western as of Eastern soil, which
az unjust monetary system has there con-,
cbntzatsd system which the East fears
win be annulled should the West be permit.
ted 20 attain control Of the legislative depart
ment Of our Government There ia q sec
tional prejudice which strangely and unfor-
tunatsly impels Eastern workingmen to sup.
port such specious theories rs the one adj
vanced in the article quoted, prejudice We
hope viii soon be dissipated by the teachings
Of Labor Reform advocates q prejudice
which constitutes the only formidable obsta-
Gle to the attainment Of our end.
Eastern workingmen, equally with those
Of the West and South, are vitality interested
in the success Of the movement We have
entered into with the object Of wrestling
from the hands of capital the control of the
Government, over which it has heretofore
held undisputed sway. We do not entertain
the slightest apprehension that this theory
will ever be adopted, because We DO not be-
lieve the West win permit such IN outrage
Gus infringement Of Its constitutionalIy or
dained right to be represented in Congress
according to its numerical strength but "
are convinced that Eastern capitalists will
not permit their glory and power to fade
without making strenuous resistance. Un.
less We are wide-awaks il 10 possible they
may succeed, and to avert that possibility,
we hope that such prejudices will be cast out
as unworthy the entertainment Of men who
have at le4st their own and the popular in
terest.
A Rational Trades DrectoFT.
1t being the desire Of the publishers Of the
ADyocArs to supply Q want long experienc-
ed, a National Trades Directory" they have
determined to offer the following induce
ments to Trades Unions, viz: publish their
of1cial csrd and address, snd aend copy Of
the paper fer one year for so.