The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-05-07

or, If the farmer got the full price paid
by the consumer, how much better Il
would be for the country and for him;
but Az long ~ All interruptions specn-
latOr stands between the producer
and consumer to cheaper the produce
Of the farmer, and make dear that
which the consumer purchases, SO long
viii farming be an improbable en-
ployment, and the poor find it diff
cult to live. To the farmers, we must
say, Rally round the flag, boys" all
producers are brothers ! all are enrich
ing their country! The natural enemy
of all producers is the selfish specu-
lator, whose interest lies in the dis
union of the different wealth-producing
classes. Union and organization
amongst these Glasses, he well knows
win deprive him Of his unholy power
TO Cypress and render poor and
wretched the men and women who
make the country great and wealthy
men and women who See profusion
which they must not share" because
they are deprived of that which of
right belongs to them, namely, the full
reward of honest industry.
Having bean q little way in the
country, q week or two since, / or
gained two Labor Union Lodges, and,
presume / might Judging from the
earnest spirit l saw everywhere mani
fest, have organ sed o lodge every
day during my journey. Never were
class of persons so alive TO the neces-
sity for the union Of all laboring men
and women, than the farmers of South
ern Michigan and Northern Indiana ;
they hope to save the freedom of
American citizens through the efforts
ofthis new party, for they well know
the corruption Of all old political par
ties, and look forward to your party as
the savior Of American Institutions
now, alas ! seriously ieopardized by q
monied aristocrscy. l give the names
Of the Lodges above referred to, and
hope that Farmers Unions will spring
up everywhere through the country.
Lodges viii be corresponded with by
the Presidents or Secretary's OF
similar institutions. The first ia
named the Hillsdale Farmers and Pro
ducers' Labor Union No. /; the Presi-
dent is Charles Cooney, and George
Morgan is Vice President; Clara
CoOney, Corresponding and Recording
Secretary; Perry Downey, Financial
Secretary; Mr.. Meade, Treasurer ;
Jacob Downey,. Doorkeeper. Their
address is South Camden, Hillsdale
County, Michigan. The address OF
the other Lodge is Fremont, Stuben
County, Indiana /; the name is Scott
Township Labor Union, of which Mr..
Levi Dygert is President If you
send copy Of your paper to each
Lodge, / have no doubt Of your re-
ceiving a subscription, perhaps, sew.
eral from each. Standing in the midst
of so fine a country of intelligent
farmers, I do not fear for their sue.
cess. If they viii be true to their
colors, they will have perhaps, hun
dred members each in q very shori
time.
| May l inquire here, whether there il
anything the matter with the Grand
Lodge Of Michigan? Would they
please to correspond with me if theiI
existence is yet fact, as / wrote
some time since to the President o.
the State, DR.. Dodge, but was sur
prised to find the letter returned Al
+" unclaimed" and awaiting me on my
return from that visit to the country
above referred to.
The Labor Union Of Stnrgis, Michi
gan, meets considerable opposition
but it holds its own, and meets every
Tuesday evening. Some of its mem
! beFs- talk Of sssblisAiag . -ee=opeEa
tie grocery store, where they pro
pose to take farming produce and sci
groceries to Labor Union men an6
women at five or ten per cent. above
wholesale price. This would be al
eye-opener, indeed, as it is supposed
they pay at present, forty per cent
above first cost.
May we not hope to see the day
when the Labor Unions of Americs
and Canada, and. perhaps, England
too, will form net work through eacf
country, having their agents every
where to buy and sell, and thus bring
into immediate relation the grea
classes Of producer and consumer
In such day, we may sxclaim in tht
ears of the Spectator in poor peoples
food, and the holders of white slaves
everywhere, Othello's occupation'i
gone!'
Should any of your readers desire
TO correspond with the Labor Union o.
Sturgis, Michigan, the President't
names is John Brit, and the Cores
ponding Secretary is s. H Lands.
In conclusion, permit me to make
the suggestion, that the Corresponding
Secretary Of each Lodge place himself
in communication with every other
SO that should any of our men get ont
Of employment anywhere, or at any
time, that all necessary inquiries could
be made for him, and thus save poor
man the expense and loss of time which
a journey would involve, az it may hap
pen that journeys are frequently un-
dertaken In search of employment IN
der erroneous advice, and much loss
Of time occasioned tn ereby. Besides,
how frequently it happens that an en-
ployer needs hand, when many such
as would exactly suit him, are stand
ing idle not q hundred miles away.
Now, if such q correspondence IS
suggest, were opened, all these diff
culties could be obvisted-as, if q
man were wanted, or, if employment
were wanted, both could be immedi-
ately supplied through this agency.
Or, would not the value of The ADvo-
cArR be enhanced, if list Of all Sec
retaries and their addresses were kept
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