The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08

=. Maid let every workingman th&t
~ this article give each one of the n
~ small sum often cents, and let hi IN
III bis hat n his hand and go around
'1~ org ~, mrades, whether in tile
sln nn n the field, or wherever he may
~ snO q work, and urge upon them tie
u oossity of raising money to pay tile
n.os;dent's salary. There is scarcely Ia
Pnortingman in the United States bit
M W.T. can spare ten cents, and if lie cay
w. onare that much let him give fivd;
NJ Y there il more than the salary bf'
~" lo ,resident raised in that way, let TT
~ In into the treasury of the National
.bor Un:on. Money is needed to dr.
I'm, the EXPENSES Of that union. Thele
w." ..iI he a National Labor Congress held
,bis wear. in August, in Cincinnati, aItd
;r,berc i money in the treasury it can
~ psed 10 Gefray the travelling a4d
,tber necessary expenses Of delegaths
i hat Congress. The salary of tie
pro.ident is only fifteen hundred DID,
~ q wear. do not know the Preii-
i 5ent personally, but | do by reputation,
ond I assure you, workingmen, that fe
a.rns every dollar Of his salary prb.
N sed him he is a poor man and his
aaarrely a place wherein to lay bis
Lood he has been almost tnrned out bfI
Am for not being able to pay his reltt. |
Tns fellow workingmen should nbt |
u. let Us deprive ourselves of sor5e
Iule extras and pay him. Some m3y |
s,y let him 60 to work as We do. ! as
s1re YOU, gentlemen, he does work, aid
works lard, and all for the welfare pr
t,e laborer. He could, no doubt, if Ee
bad not lave accepted the Presidency
II the National Labor Union, with tte
talent he has got, have secured sonpe
s;,u,tion where he could have made Ut
I.as, three thousand dollars per yeti,
instead offteen hundred ; but he his
served some twenty years for the labbr
reform movement. Yes, workingm9l,
he has studied during all these long
wears irving to bring forth some pl.n
that we might become free men, not pc
slaves any longer to protested polili-
clans. money brokers, &c. Yes, be
has tried to get some way of protecting
American industry, and yet, when heiis
elected President of the national uni n
he must serve the whole without a{y
nav. Is this right? l know eveey !
wol kingman will say no, and l III
held him with my mite. | received "a
letter from him a short time since in !
which he said he had travelled ten thotI- ,
sand miles, had done with but OF :
meal day, for a week at time. 4 II !
for YOU and /. Now, there are about !
one million members Of the NatiOTsal
Labor Union in the United States. j
Now, say each member would give FIVE
cents which he could do and never feel !
Y, would not that look like busindss !
when YOU come to figure it up. Why, I
II would make fifty thousand dollats, !
which would leave forty eight thousaad {
FIVE hundred dollars in the treasury. q
This would be the last year you would i
Lave to pay the President, for by PITT I
ing that money out al interest it would 2
more than pay bis salary every yepr. !
Now, let Us Try what We can do, for Ae !
las ~ hard work to do as any of us.i / |
would much rather 60 into the black 5
smith shop and hammer all day thaRtO |
IL and write all day and part of Che |
night, for / am a blacksmith and WORK
very day Then workingmen gather;up !
our ten cent pieces, and when you yet !
, dollar if you get no more, send that
N to our worthy President, and you fill i
ever regret it, But Mr.. Editor Fill ;
lose ~ | have said more on this shb-
. ct already than | intended Which ,
but, it is Of such great m
oortance that could hardly drop =
Yours truly in the cause,
O.