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cumulated profits or both as be may
choose. Mr.. Crosby, member Of parlia-
ment from the Birmingham district. Eng
land, was the originator Of this system.
THE strike of the coopers employed
by the Weehswken Oil Dock Gonna
ny it is stated was not occasioeed by
reduction Of wages from 81 so 10 So 4
day. but it was caused by the demand
OF the Coopers' International Union
that all non-society men in the employ
OF the Company shall be discharged.
This demand the Company resists, and
the Coopers' Union threaten to declare
the yard foul and to cut off the supply
OF empty barrels"
THE miners of District No. ,. Pa
of the w. B. A. Of Carbon County
had a GRAND GALA DAY, on Wednes.
DAY, the 10th inst, when they had a
parade and speeches Nesquehoning,
Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill Over
thousand men marched in procession,
carrying banners, appropriate TO the
occasion. Speeches were made by
Messrs Trevellick, of Detroit, O'Brien,
Of Tamaqua, McDonougb, of Mosque
honing, and Parker, editor of the Mon.
ttOT
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MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COM.
MTTTTK

tBy reference to the official announce
nyent OF the President, published in the
last and present issues of the ADvo-
CATE, it will be seen that the Commit
tee on National Political Organization
il requested to meet in Washington on
the 18th OF January next, to complete
the organization of a National Labor
Party. We need not say that we re-
gird such a step as fraught with the
most mOmentous results to the indus
tF'al classes of our country The gen.
tFamen who compose the Committee
ate, in point of ability, honesty and pa
tEiotism, the peers of any body to which
any similar charge has been entrusted,
s;ld We feel satisfied they will prove
themselves equal TO the emergency. If
the ballot fails, all is lost; and until
81 athorough national organization is ef-
f3cted. little, if anything, in the shape
4! united action will he accomplished.
! That the time for such a movement
has come must be patent to any reflect
ing mind, and if at this important juno
tlre-when both parties are disinte-
ErateI-when public confidence IN the
Sction Of either to restore the country
20 its wonted prosperity, il shaken
the proper steps are inaugurated, there
IS certainly no reason why the presi-
slential nominee Of the National Labor
Party cannot be elected in 1872. One
ching, at least, is certain-the over
shadowing influence of the money and
Fiand monopolies, which now control
and shape our legislation, must be stopped
mt all hazards else position more de-
grading than that ever occupied by
European serf stares us in the face.
No0 is the accepted time-sov is the
i.day Of salvation
+ The following are the names of the
lcommittee appointel up to September
. 5. P. Cummings, Massachusetts; A
NJ. Puett, Indiana John McGwire,
/ Missouri; Moses w. Fields, Michigan
Alexander Campbell, Illinois; Robert
Gilchriest, Kentucky; y. S. Curtis,
/ District OF Columbia; John Siney,
I Pennsylvania; John B. Wolf West
i Virginia II. N. Phelps, Connecticut
' J. H. Worthington, California; Clinton
Briggs, Nebraska; A. NJ. West, Miss
/. issippi; +. A. Miller, Tennessee; Jas
NJ. Ashley, Montana; K. w. Latham
New Jersey; A. NJ. Davis, Ohio.
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to article III of Constitution, section / !:
SkC. |. The National Labor Union shall be
composed Of such organizations az may now or
heresfter exist having Tor their objrct the anne
llorisation and advanoenept Of the condition Of
those who labor for a living.
SEc. 2 Zach organization shall be ehIi led
70 ono representative, and each State labor un
ion to three for the State at lsrgr in The Ma
tiOnal Labor Union provided, that lepresen
tatves derive their election direct from the or
ganization they claim to represen
Your attention is further invited to
article IN, section |
SIC. l. Each local orgaril iton shall pay
tax Of ten cents per member; each State or
national organization, ten dollars. The tax oi
an organic ition shall be paid on the prescnta-
ton Of the credentials of the delegate, and ne
delegate shall be allowed to take part in the
deliberations OF the union until the tax is paid.
Delegates will be required to furnish certified
copies Of the numbers Of the associations they
represent. Delegates 10 the meetings of thr
union are admitted without regard 10 race
color, or sex.
In addition to the regular report Of
each organization, delegates are re-
quested to inform themselves upon the
fOll0Wlng general questions
First. What are the occupations in which
colored men are more generally employed in
your Guy, county, or State; the rate of wages I;
the average time made annually.
Second, The number of schools, their grade,
average attendance OF scholars how many sup
ported BY the State BY charitable Institutions;
also private schools.
Third The number Of land, building, and co.
operative associations their value in real es.
tate and cash
Fourth, What means or remedy in your judg-
ment can best be applied to advance the ma
terial interest Of the workingmen in your local
ity and in the United States.
The great importance and necessity
of the organization of labor, for its
own benefit and the development OF
the industries of the country, should
prompt the workingmen Of occupa-
tons in the several States to send del
egates to this annual meeting of the
National Labor Union.
All communications should be ad.
dressed to F. G. Barbados, CORES.
ponding Secretary, Washington, d. O.
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DO" But if the ST 800 clerks of our
Board Of Supervisors have done this
kind of thing, and others may still be
doing it without let or hindraHce, there
does no: appear to be much room for
wonder that the Supervisors them
selves got so suddenly rich. For, if
their subordinates could pick up $780,
900 in crumbs from the table in eight
years. certainly the "bosses" would be
sstonished at their own forbearance, if
the loaves were not worth money by
the million Benjamin Franklin IL ac-
credited with the remark that "ecomo-
my is wealth." but he lived in degen-
crate days. and never imagined that
81 800 year could be made to yield a
lavish living and a surplus besides equal
to S37 900 per annum. Bnt such is life
within the shadows of our City Hail.
NeW York Times
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LABOR ITEMS,

The question of consolidating the
Br. cklsy ers.' Plasterers and Stone.
masons will also claim considerable at.
tentiOn.
SEVEN hundred workmen were dis.
charged from the Brooklyn navy yard
on Wednesday. There was no State
Senator 10 elect in that locality.
IT is said that the eight-hour system
was introduced into the workshops of
Gov. Clatiin, OF Massachusetts, as far
back as 1861, and without any abate e.
ment OF wages.
FIFTY Cinnamon are soon te be set
tied in Shelby county, Iowa, for the
purpose Of improving and opening up
farms. This is simply an experiment ;
but If II proves successful, large num-
Der are to be brought in.
The Plasterers' National Union will
also cet in January at Cincinnati.
Charles Nc Lean, Of Boston, President.
The most important question with this
body will probably be that Of consoli-
dating with the Bricklayers 1t is be
lieved President Mclean will recon-
mend this course in his message.
WE are pleased to state, as We are
sure our readers will be pleased to
learn, that the Iron Moulders Irterna-
tional Union continues in fourishing
condition, and for such results tie or
ganizatiOn is indebted to the unremit-
ting exertious of President Satin.
There is every reason for qualification
that the mantle Of the lamented Sylvis
has fallen Oh 50 worthy a successor.
The BrickIayer's National Union
will meet in Pittsburg, Pa, on Monday
January 9th. John O'Keeffe of Ohio,
President, and Stephen J. Burrows,
Secretary. The most important bust
ness of the session will be the neoro
question or the right of colored men
TO form Unions under the Jurisdiction
Of the National Union This question
came up in the Washington convention
two years ago, and was laid over with
out definite action.
A STRONG effort is being made for the
organization in Indianapolis, Of a Work-
ingmen's Cooperative Limited Liability,
for the manufacture Of files and cutlery.
The system is this Every workman has
a share in the business, paying in at the
start such an amount Of the capital as he
desires, and increasing his interest in the
plan or business, at his option, by deduc-
ticus from bis nay Or bis share of the &C.
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THE RESULT IN MISSOURI.

We have just received from reliable
source the most cheering news from
Missouri. Since the election Gov.
Brown has declared has unequivocal
endorsement Of the principles of the
National Labor Union. A number of
the Congressmen-elect, also, are sound
to the core while it is more than like
ly, on joint ballot, a ma jority of labor
reformers may be found in the Senate
and House Of Representatives. In St.
Louis the result was equally gratifying
every candidate of the Reform party
having been elected, except two. This
is, indeed, assuring, and an effort
which teaches lesson to the miserable
party toadIes in this ana Gther local.
ties. All honor IS Missouri.
The workingman's advocate., 1870-12-03

II It's present strength--ip ,bo., -
'fary resources Of Prussia az, ,o,"H %1e ",E
sor0ed by the Tar ,cih Frane. 40
thiS, that the soldiers arc IN. ~ Y
more and more tired of war se'ung
~ 7 more laurels are 70 be painsS No inch nj
those gained may Be lost that ,5a out
PIE at home are grumblino lonSe Peo-
louder; the small South German ] ana
are not quite safe any more III, ,'I,e' "
Narla, for instance. has unt;l pa
FUSED e enter the PSusso. German ~. .s-
federation that Austria Is maE;na ~ con- con-
plclous moves-and many other ~, 'us'
symptoms, and you will ausy
Count Bismarck is rather in a 6T u TI
annexation scheme j. half given ~ ine '
rcAdy-lnstead of Alsace and ToruP " a.
L'trem6erg is to BE- taken-anI a S'ne'
are many people who think nv, ~ n
oriental row, which the cabinet ~ cue ~
Petersburg i Just causing, has hoo' ~
arranged principally with 4 v;sw wv y
covering Bsmarck's retreat fro," u
French war However. Of that II II
not too sure. It's very probable tIa I
Rrussian bear intends a ser;ons ~; suo
at the sick mans throat and them
have the long foresaid long dreaded "A "
iversal war. ''N un'
Be Il
O,tiVersdi '0dr i unirersGl rsrOhaio, |.
WI
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Result of a Saving Disposition.

We can recall no instance SO illus
trative Of the power Of economy to
transmute poverty into wealth as that
afforded by the case Of one of the as
sstant clerks of the Board Of Supervis-
ors, who since 1861, on salary of
800 year, has managed to save I'D
about $500, 900, without dying Of star
walton. While we cannot conscienti-
ously commend this brilliant example
TO everybody-because it would be bad
for the city to have all its population
economizing at one time, at this rate
yet it may encourage some poor, hon
est Plodder to know just what 81 800 a
year has been made to accomplish in
nine years. The old proverb tells us
that Whadman hath done, man NAV
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ono

: meeting d the Executive Gov, eli 0! The
National Labor Union viii Nv held AZ NE ohic4
vi tne President, Fishers Block, Woodward
venue, Detroit, on Tuesday, December 10, at
~ o'cloea ~. the .oilowiug members Of the
National Labor Union compose said vommiltef.
A, e. CAMERON, Illinois;
tH's. MCLLAN, Massachusetts,
WI Il. sAIIS Ohio
N. PrFrr, lndIana
n. W. Field. Michig4a.
luil att ndancs i ,qnes.yd, a. business O
Importance viii b transacted
r =. TRsvELLICE, Pres. \. L. U.
u Ho"gSN, See. n. L.C
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From California.

We are pleased to learn from Albert
RedstOne that he has been appointed
State Organizer Of the Anti Coolie
League Of California, and that the work
is progressing tavorably. 1t is evident
that the mechanics of the Golden
State" are determined to prevent the
flooding of the country by the hesthen
hordes Of the Chinese empire. The
battle they are fighting is one in the
result Of which every American work
man Is directly interested, and we bid
them " GOd-speed," in their noble re-
solve.
The workingman's advocate., 1870-12-03
The Colored National Labor Union

The IOIIOWlng address to The cOlcred
workIngmen OF the United States has
Just been issued
In accordance with article A.. sec
ton /, Constitution of the Colorod
National Labor Union, adopted in con
ventlon December 9, 1869, in the city
of Washington, ID. O., the second All
nual meeting will be held at The Union
League Hall, Washington, D. c., com.
mcncing at IL O'Clock NJ, January .
1871.
Your attention .s particularly called
The workingman's advocate., 1870-12-03

uEFI,t on THE NATI0EAL LAB0R US4N,
FsuER BLOCK, HooDwARp AvESUR,
nETu,rT Nfrru NJ D X -

DETsOIT, bICH-l Nov =, $50 J
BY thr power vested in me Ny resolution pass
in Cincinnati, Ohio, iu August last, authoriz .
a.l directing me President TO appoint com
nittec on NlIona! Pohtical Organization, to be
composed Of ore from each State and Territory.
anI thc District o' Columbia, 90 hereby re-
quest each member Of >sid Committee on Ma
n7nll Political Organization to convene to-
-a.'ar at rhe ciy RI Washington on the I7th
o.t q Jauuary, 1871, % tran'act ans business
'alt may W. before the committee and 10
complete tha organization of 4 National labor
Party r. + TaEvELLlck, Pres.
RopERI HorGkIN, See. for Pres \. l. L.
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Meeting of Miners.

A meeting Of the miners of the State
of Illinois will be held at East St.
Louis on Monday, Dec. ), to draft
bill Tor the better protection of miners,
to be presented to the Legislature at
its meeting in January.
The workingman's advocate., 1870-12-03
Onr Eur onean Letter

Let every patron Of the ADVOCATE
make it point to read and reflect on
the letter of our European correspond
ent. 1t is from the pen of one of the
sblest reformerers of the Old World.
The workingman's advocate., 1870-12-03
FROM MISSOURI
d. CURTIss

CAMDEN. Nov. 30, 1870
ro tHa td.-1r wv the NuaEfSeAA,'s ArvocATE
On September l4th., 1870 the mln
ers of "a ldeu meet ana organISed
Union. The following officers We''
elected
Prtsidpt-Alpxander talrlee.
Vice- President-Andrew Young.
Cashier .Secretary-John Harris 7,
Corresponding Sscrstayy-Henry =
Hicks.
Door- -Kseper-JainCs Golden'
Trsasurer-Jcln Sanders.
y resolution WY, passed that WI
adop, aud bu governed Ny The bylaw
ANA cOnstiur:lu MI 'he American -hi-
ers' Association. A. the time o. 'ne
organization ", numbered a0out lni'.
members. including officers; since 'n'I .I
our number ha, hrn increasing r'E'u
y. We have hr IA. many A. elsn'
nllneS on arcOr. but 2 great many
them have lctt Ior other parts WIZ ,IL.-
they can secu.- " more cOpslan' l'Y
tor themselves. N, we have too ln'u.
miners here fyr the amount ri iaOo. NV
company gives n M. On ~ a''ia7 L5ys
during thc la~t ,iA months, we IN
had ~ more thau three days VIZ WI
week. Since the win.erha- comlleu-
IT'D -et iu. Jf ior lhc last mohun ".rp \.
weeks, we nave nad ~ All A'Tlas We
from tlr.c auI Z uoIf W Iou' G@ ..,c.
wgyA, which wi.I mJkc 10 sil'H ~
tiyu better. We would say tor -'' st VI
-trucuOu 1f our fellow wofkmeu, II.
We do not expect to h've conS'1nt c,'-,lior
Dor while thy current w ilnHli7I "
y ~ strong tu.S way. me WY
which IVY, tJO many miners III u,n4.
amount of work We nave e. az iiot
Ing YOU viii hnd a place III youl
umns, tor this communicated
main yours truly 1v.L.
The workingman's advocate., 1870-12-03
CORRESPONDENTS.
FROM EUROPE.

I'VE do not hold Ourselves responsible for any opil
ION expressed by our Correspondents.
The workingman's advocate., 1870-12-03
GEO.P. WELL 4 CO.,
81 Park Row, New York,

N PETTENGILL CO.,
~ Park Row, Ne York,
AkE To-, sOc agent. for The WoRKRGNAS's ADVOCATE In
\, s city snd arc authcrz,d 70 contrsomor iDserfng
surerti'eu ents for us Gt lowest cssh rates Ad.
~cIses 10 hrt ely requested leave their avors
.th " her u the a. oys houses
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bugged by tie silly phrase of the Prus-
sian army being ''the people in arms. Z"
If the Prusslan people were armed
that is TO say. if every citizen was a
soldier, and consequently every soldier
a citizen, Prussia would be y demo
cratic republic, instead II an absolu-
tistic monarchy, with all the faults of
the other absolutistic monarchies, and
a greater amount ofhypocrisy than any.
The Prussian army ], III proportion WV
the number of inhabitants the hygest
army in the worId, and the L1ndvehr,
about which so much nonsense l.
talked and written abroad, y at pres
ent after its having been Systematically
deprivld of its ori1iualIg ha'f demo-
cratic character, nothing but the an
integral part Of the aa,d,ng amy the
"line') ready at the order IF it, com
manders to Gu. to pieces ana shoot
down their own cumJrymeu with the
same dOcility they are row disposng
Of French soldiers and Frnctireurs.
About the state utthc war ouly 4 f.U
remarks to day. The position of Prus-
sIa is not favorable Nd AID, and Count
Biskmarck was much disappointed by
the French refusal Of his proposed ar
misticc. The position i the following
Prussia has lost Ivy bullets, the sword
and diseases of VII Kind, upon the low
est estimation 100000 men, the sick oi
4
Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-06-29

but not Gen. sShenck's, which could not be
successful for at least two reasons. The rate
of interest CA per per cent? is too low, and
the interest should be made payable abroad,
which will save great expense to the holders
Of the bonds and cost the government moth
ing beyond what it would to pay only in this
country. A four and a half or five per cent.
loan, payable abroad, would undoubtedly sue
ceed.
THE BILL EogALIzING BouNTIEs
which lately passed the House and is now
pending in the Senate, gives to every soldier,
musician, WAGNER and artificer in the army
during the war, the sum of 1888 per month
for each month of service, with the amount OF
bounty received deducted therefrom. The
Second Comptroller of the Treasury has made
an estimate of the amount necessary to be ap-
propriated to carry out the provisions Of this
bill and it is over hundred millions ofdollars.
Itwould be a popular measure; but it is hardly
probable that the House would have passed it
had it been understood generally that it would
take such a large slice from the Treasury.
CHASNING.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-06-29
a VIGOROUS CANFAIGN.

1t is evident that the democracy are pre-
pairing for vigorous campaign this sea-
son all over the country. TIE central
committee at Washington has issued its
orders and they will be obeyed. In an
address sent abroad to the members OF
that party attention is called to the fact
that nearly one third of the United States
Senate is 10 be chosen, and nearly all the
members of the next House OF Represent
atives are to be elected, in the fall elections
They are pleased to say they have strong
hopes of favorable result, which is only
repeating what they have been saying fol
many years. and witnesses Of what q
hopeful spirit they are. With these signs
of yigor in the ancient democracy, let re-
publieans arouse to the Importance Of ac-
tiyity on their part, and make certain that
no dissension or apathy shall be allowed
to prevent them from doing their whole
duty till the canvass closes. The work OF
organization should go briskly forward in
every town and school district. Nothing
should be left lundone to make our victory
full and complete and overwhelming.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-06-29
.THE.C0TTON CROP.

The estimates made of the last years
cotton crop have proved to be below rather
than above the actual figures. 1t was
reckoned at from 100000 to 5000, ,00o
bales, but it now foots up about $500, ,0OC
bales, figures higher than anybody ven
tured 10 name. There have BEEN" says
the Philadelphia and North American Ga
zette, 80 ,794,379 bales received up to the
18th inst; the stock at the ports is estima
ted at over 10000 bales, with 10000 te
125, 900 bales to be received, and. 100, ,00t
held at the South for consumption there
The exports from September last have
been 1.9S2, ,S41 bales, against 1869, 1852 IN
185S-o-an increase Of 612, 300 bales. The
total crop thus exceeds all but the outside
estimates, and promises when fully in to
foot up $500 900 bales, of which 1882, ,S4l
have found foreign market"
The estimates of the growing crops,
founded upon this basis, are favorable.
The weather for planting was good. No
long rains have worked damage. Drought
was feared at one time but timely rains
have aveited that danger. The supply Of
labor is more abundant, although Chinese
immigration has amounted to but little.
Negroes have been drawn from the border
States into the cotton States. and this has
given an increase Of labor. The planters,
also, in many localities, are using iertiliz-
ers, thus improving their land and obtain
ing better crop. The idea, too, which
prevailed for some time after the war,
that the South should raise its own bread
stuff and meats, is dying out as the plant
ers lind that one acre Of cotton will buy
ten of corn, and so they give their atten-
ton more and more to cotton. The same
paper from which we have quoted above
SAYS that "a 4,e00,00O bale crop for tie
next season is by no means ideal" and
closes an article upon the subject as fol-
lows: 3aqH .ie m aa
fsssIt is still too earlyto venture upon any
but the most general deductions from
premises. The weather, a little backward
now, is liable to many and disastrous Vi
cissitudes But this is the only drawback.
The States are politically quieted. There
is capital at hand from the crop just mar
keted. Labor is comparatively abundant,
and all articles needed for it can be secured
at lower rates The demand is sure to
lick up all tiiiit n1ay be grown at good
rates, and the growers, improved as they
are in all their surroundings, are yet mind
ful of more opulent years, and anxious to
restore them. This is hopeful picture to
hold out to the manufacturing interest of
the country, that has SO long waited and
hoped, and worked brayely on, surround
ed by troubles that were real and more
that have proved illusory. Should the
promise that we have in regard to the
coming crop be realized, then another and
avery momentous addition will be made
to our gains, and we shall feel certainty
that what we have hoped and ionged for,
and worked and fought for. has been
achieved, and that one Of the greatest pill
lars in onr welfare has been restored,
STRONGER than eyerr fsr
Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-06-29

writer in the Portland Press gives the
following record Of the weather which he has
kept :-Saturday, June 25, at 8 o. m, 73';
10 l-2, 90; IL l-2, "a; ~ l2 to l-2 p. m ,
by 2 observations, SO l-2; 6p. m, 80; p. m,
81; lOp. M, 81; June &C. a. m, 81 equal
izing the temperature of the 23 hours of day
and night at about SS0, and the highest point
reached at any one moment 1902. The high
est before, which has been indicated on the
premises of the writer, has been 98o and that
only once or twice. In theinterior of Maine,
at times, on this and on previous years, it ha S
doubtless reached higher temperature than
1907.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-06-29
WASHING TON NEWS.

The Post Office at Bucks Mills, Hancock
county, Me-, Els been re-established, and
Mrs. Lizzie Snow appointed Pcstmistress.
The correspondent of the Boston Journal
says the President told prominent Republ-
can Senator that he had determined to recall
Mr.. Motley from London, and Mr.. Bancroft
from Berlin. -
Washington special says the Howard in
vestigation is claimed TO be acomplete vindi-
cation Of Gen. Howard personally, and Of
his infringement Of the Frecdmen's Bureau.
Thetwo- Democratic members, Messrs. Me-
Neeley and Rogers, viii submit . minority
report, esasaIipg Gen, Howard for transac
tions connected with the University buildings