The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-07-24

significant one-which ilinsbrates the glarinR
injustice OF trsfhckirg iaopopolies IN The ne
cessariss of living. SopnafIer the Rebellion
var was kn0wYto be hxedlfacp~and tnaH
Government mnst speedil have iaF@
amounts Of WOODEN and csstOH goods VI
every Description iar dc army. camps gard
son an " pi'ai, ken asd Llr seei0g New
York 10 reliant, WHO was airtady immensely
rich, having already accumulated millions
but produced n"tning-simpy exchanging
what hard TIL hat produced he qulckly
+" saw I've position" and saw, TO, that his
4 immense wealth and commercial machinery
empow Y eI hiIn also u commaId the stu
ation," with inexorabie and resistless mono
poly. Instantly, before any hindrance could
come il his way, We cough up nearly every
thing OF the kihd wan'ed, IN Europe and
America and b. the operation 10 a very
months, Ne .aine many millions more, by
bsin- abls - compel the Government and
the people to pay AZ prices, which were 81
to 100 per cent sudden advance-all on ac-
count Of a single merchants monopoly Of
immediate necessities.
But this would not have been the case
had he not foresiailed the market, BY getting
possession Of the graf balk OF these goods
On h1th contineUts-and thus setting ~ me
most over = helmlng ami Outrageous mono
poly-the most extensive and oppressive q
any single instance ia cur history. Th'
men III the army and navy, as class, ~er'
made To suffer worse than any others, b.
these operations 81 Stewart nOtwithstand
iag they we're constant bulwarks Of protec
ton to his immense wealth and transactions
) Tire country was cursed, in all sections
during the var, with similar transactions
: though ~ less magnfu de-and which wa
the cause ~ vastly enhancing the Nationa
Debt, though for individual gain. And YET
many of these monster specula .0rs, who wer
constantly sucking Up tue National life, an
hk4 the insensible, greedy lrech, AWAY
CRYING Tor more, have been rewarded wit
high honors BY the ruling powers, as patri
ots. while MANNED soldiers In the street:
and poor, haTG-working laborers on the sol
we're stra tened and almost starved 10 be-
gary Tor simple uecsssaries. And this is d
Justice and protection that labor gets froi
part zan pOlticianS and how long will v
continue % throw our votes ard support
bind, silly subseTviency TO party
THIS Is out a single instance, -whc
: should open uur eyes-of the character
. monopoists and nvn-producers, and its efe
! upon the toiling victims. Sucn men, i'll
the Pnarisees and lawyers, Of Scriptur
: +" laden the people with burdens grievOus
q be borne, but raise not finger TO rt.e'
o them"
n And so il sill continue to 5e, until Indu
|. try feels and asserts its osn dignity, RICH
and claims, at the balIut-box, by vOting o.
70 for such candidates as are necuiyocal
> known 10 be the true fncorruptibie freni
r Of the laborer live will not bravely, fair
and constantly take this course, independe
Of all psruvs, we deserve the oppression al
depression they would put upon Us. HC
% did A, 81 become the milIIouaire he Il
y Not Nv his labor Or any productior but
,r holding lanfs, which became enhanced
the labor e the poor around hun, while
eujeyed Ills ease and luxury. II. :. u.