The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-01-30
FROM NEW YORK.
New YoRK, January

New YoRK, January Is.
To the Editor Of the wORKNsMAS's ADVOCATE
The Ks Just passed will long be re
membvred for their extreme mIldness, (be
Ing more like April than january keeping
open all the various channels Of industry
that are At this season usually closed, and
BY that means give food % many families
who would nov b. III absolute want. II has
also struck terror INTO the coal ring Of mo-
nopolists, VITO BY combination alone sent
coal up from s. Ivy Sl2 PIT ton ami singu
lar as il may seem 10 one has attempted to
prosecute ia TN for conspiracy to Injure
trade and commerce. | believe that y The
term usei ~ the conspiracy faL What a
difference it makes whose or is g"Ted. When
a few bricklsyeIs united together TO regulate
their trade, ana say shat price they would
Sell their labor (nat Goals at,) they were IN
mediately bounced on and indicted for con-
spnacy Cause WHY Capital makes the
laws
Wo'kIngwen, don't you see i-2 o.
course you dos but then you would much
rather see your fellow workman rot w iai
than you u.d leave your party 70 send
workingmen 10 the legislature who woulI
sweep away those iuhuma D laws that belong
u TIE fcuial ages, and place on the statute
book such as would aid, assist an ! protect
The rights o. labor, and be more ~ accord
ancc with tile spirit VI the times IN VIII ch
we live. With tile intelligence possessed Nv
the working classes, one would think a.
soon a. they discovered a wrong tht v would
Immediately take means " right H. All
InShmau's advice 10 his crow !, (Shen they
got into fight at the FAM aud asked him
Ehat hey we're ID d., VIA. lui, "Nhrr
ever yOn see neat, hit it.n ~ should "
be aItn Horkingmen wherever they tnI
capital opposing them, they should annhi-
ilate u ard put ab0r 10 It's place and not
only put \ there, but keep Il there
The Workingmtn's Union AZ their l1sl
meeting passed a resolution calling for the
prices paid 70 The various branches Of labor
representatives, there, now and before the
W. This j. al exec lent idea, and viii
SHOW more .han anything else could DO the
disadvantages chat labor l. IN err, through
The iriiiu0n ~ the currency. These Stats
tcs when collected should have The widest
circulation. | hope ~ see them IN the
ADV CATE; and also think you should have
published entire Commissioners Wells re-
port, A. " shows - clearly how labor IVY
cheated out UT it, Just reward fur toll. TIL
public press here almost exclusively la the
interests Of capital, takes no notice Of these
things, and ID l. only through a labor organ
ike yours tnat the people can Vet the infor-
nation.
The New York Typographical Society
ceiebratedlLhe one hunured AID sixty third
\ anniversary o. the birth 81 Benjamin Frahk-
lin this evening. The attendance vas quite
large. II was notable that several ladies
I graced che meeting with tier presence /;
and Il n hoped enjoyed themselves There
was singing and speaking il abundance |
can only give you a short account Of Mr..
Crates speech, who gave history Of PRINT
ING tom its infancy, when i had 10 hide i'll
sell 10 phapvs 10 carry on it, trade ny
stated these chapels still existed in the trade
in England up to the present time-they
beng sort Of institution for the regulation
OF the trade-a sort Of court where MI dis
y Jutes may be settled ~ those who are ALL
pom ed for that purpose, and rec0mmen led
their introduction into TINS country. Tie
next spoke Of the apprenticeship system.
Iauding that 81 England, where he stated
apprentices were bouad for seven years. and
were made masters Of the art Of type-set
before they were allowed 70 70 forth a. iour-
neymen.
I Thls system Of apprenticeship j. en- a.
mirabe one; but II seems almost impossi-
bic 70 carry L out. Several trades have now
been striving iOr che last four years u get
Y IL into shape, but as yet little w nothing
I has been done. What IS wanted is 4 com
/ pulsory law by the State that still prevent
my one from following any mechanical
trade without ms diploma, setting IOrth TIL
capabilities-thus making mechanical labor
what II really ls-ohe Of the pro-, ssiOns
The clergyman has TO pass his examination
fore he can preach. Tue lawyer, thg
physician, the marine and civil eugineer-
all have 10 pass their various boards, aud De
certified as bit 10 perform their various call
Ings. Why % they % ibis Because The
laws Of the State of New York saw the,
shall IN The various charters granted 10 them
Why do they do this To keep - much as
possible wOrklngmen out Of their prOies
sIuns in other words their bodies are prac-
tical unions. Vow labor has only u apply
the same remedy, AMI 5rick.-ylns, carpen-
terlng, etc, would become one OF thr prOles-
sions. All that j. required il u SEND work
Ingtnen % make The asS, and wOrhinginan
Ipr governor TO sign them; teen 40 appren-
t'ce laws woald be required. Every youth
woul know that Wit tout his diploma he
could not exercise his ling. Are the
~orkinsmen ready to give up purity and DO
these things asks MkcuANGc.