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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-05-13
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COLUMBUS, D., May 0, 1871.
TO shs BaisOr q Inc wonrHoMAuS ADVOcAEz-
The German Peace Celebration held
here May LIST, was . grand affair The
procession was nearly one hour i'm pass
ing q given point. Decorations Of
Gags, notices, evergreens, DC, were
everywhere met with aleng the route of
procession. Many American houses
were decorated, aud they also took part
in the procession. The trades were
well represented, one of which I'm
particular 10 worthy of mention to
large number Of your readers. A large
car or wagon drawn by four splendid
greys, was fitted NJ BY the cigar makers
un Her the supervision Of Messrs- Ban
and Pfieger, and tastefhlly decorated
with flags, notices, evergreen, De,
with streamers i'm large letters reading
"Cigar Factories" and At the ends the
words, "Old Way and New Way" Ter
hands we're at work making cigars, which
we're thrown out to the people along
the line of march as fast 40 made, thus
illustrating hand work, while the New
Way" was q burlesque ON cigar ma
chimes. Numerous complaints weIe
made that the machine cigars would
not smoke. The day was beautiful. and
large delegations Of people came from
different towns, q picnic was held at
City Park, and every body seemed To
enjoy themselves, except perhaps those
who tried machine cigars.
Labor Union No. 10, of this city has
nominated Mr.. Manly as candidate for
Esquire AZ the coming election. This
will be our first ticket before the people.
Our Union, though small ~ yet, means
business. @. ii. p.
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the vesvers, and The blns beans (mus-
ket balls) which - Kind Prussian Gov
eminent fed he Starving 6ilesian wea-
vesu w1Eh I'm lef6 win alKnysbs remem-
bend = q 1Foof that the Hohenxollern
DYNASTY had sven 10 far besk pro-
phetio consciousness Of - being des-
tined VI The championship OF the Ger
man Bourgeoise. Except this unsuc-
csnful lead and powder cure (unsuc-
cessful because the old musket-the
nsedleguns not beng in practice yet
was not OF such miraculous elective
ness M to blow all the weavers into
eternity, the Prussian Governments has
mot done anything. IL in trus, six Or
seven years ago, when Mr.. Bismarck
was very popular with the middle class
ca. he once started the Red Spectre In
Silesia, Just to frighten the rebellious
barghers into submission, and had 2
deputstion Of weavers fitted out and
presented to the king, but beyond o
few sooialistic articles in the Govern
mn emit papers, and some thousand tina
lers invested in . cooperative society
Ssr the benefit OF q needy government
agent, and as bride TO dozen or %
Of honest workmen, nothing substantial
has come from that &c of Bismarckian
socialism, the terrified Bourgeoise quick
" resigning every thought Of indePend-
ent Liberalism, the bugbear could be
dismissed again.
(ro BE CONTINUITY
sDr. Michaelis speaks here only Of the
largest towns none Of which in Germany has
yea q predominatiDgly industrial character.
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To any party sending us a club Of so yearly
subscribers, at club rates, We will forward an
Edwin ROllo watch, in sterling silver cases
full plate. lever movement, exposed pallet Jewels
costing FORTY DOLLARS This is an offer seldr m
made, and may be relied on as genuine.
FsR CLUB OF TEN yearly subscribers, We
will send to any address, charges paid, a re-
volving pistol, manufactured by the American
Arms Company, OF Boston, worth 5000
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In our next We hope 70 present to our
readers correct likeness Of this gen
tlsman, accompanied by biographical
sketch. The principles Of the National
Labor Union have mo staunehsr sup
porter or ADLER defender than Gen.
Thes. Ewing.
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A farmer writing MS on the recent
legal tender decision says:
81 look upon this decision a. the
most fortunate circumstances for NO and
our cause that has occurred since We
commenced the fight There 10 no
mistake about its character, and if we
are only true 10 ourselves and TIE glo-
rious cause in which we are engaged,
we viii win the grandest victory Of the
age"
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THE MINER.


SOME interesting figures in regard
to anthracite coal are given in the
New York Standard The figures In
dictate that the amount of that valuable
mineral in the United States has been
accurately determined, the area and the
thickness of the veins being known.
The Central coal fields, comprising 126
square miles, have been calculated to
contain 1854. 96l 500 tons; the South
ern coal fields, LAG square miles, IL
3OS, S42, 900 tons, and the Northern coal
fields, los square miles, s,l7S,s72 geo
tons, making . total of 47O square
miles and 2e,S4s,s75, 900 tons, from
which deducting one-hslf for waste in
mining, there remains l3,l7l, S27, 500
tons Of marketable coal, which will give
rs an annual supply Of 10000, 900 for
600 years, OF for four centuries after the
coal 6elds of England shall have been
entirely exhausted.
WE clip the following from the New
York Globe of May 5th:
PorrsvILLK, May s.-The ultimatum
of the Schuylkill operators has been de-
fined an follows: $40 for outside labor
ers, Gil for inside laborers, 4l3 for uni
ners, with ten per cent reduction from
the 90 basis, on contract prices. This
proposition will be brought before the
Geasral Council for disposal. But few
Of the delegatee to the General Coun-
oil are here. The delegates now here
are totally Ignorant as to the reason
why President Ksaly called the Coan-
ell together. Notwithstanding this
fact they are extremely anxious that
the lower counties should ct once re-
sumo work, and viii put forth every
effort to attain that end. Miller, Grasa
u Co.'s mine, in the Swartars region,
resumed yesterday morning with an
abundance Of help. To ebviate paying
the increased toll they propose 10 ship
their coal by the canal, the rates Of toll
and transportation being "a to Phila-
delphia, and 81 90 to New York. Quiet
prevails.
Much interest 10 manifested in the
Meeting of the General Council Del
egates from the northern counties mr.
rived here yesterday evening, and the
morning trains have brought others
from the surrounding country. Many
delegates are in favor Of resumins
work ut once on the terms offered BY
the Committee Of Operators at their
meeting Of April 22d ult., held Mt Phil
adelphia. The reported suspension yes
tsrday at the Keystone Colliery, which
resumed work ON May l, is incorrect,
the men remaining in the mines to-day,
and no suspension for the present ID
anticipated.
A WONDERFUL discovery Of coal
mines and oil wells is said TO have 70
Gently been nsade on the Isthmus, thirty
miles from Aspinwall.
Il ID said that o terrible explosion
will be the result Of attempting to
smother the fire in the Hickory shaft
near St. Clair. Watchmen are sta
toned about the shaft to prevent peo-
pie from coming near the shaft In
The event Of their being unable to
smother the fire, q stream of water win
be turned in TO drown IT. Should re
sumption take place, 1t win throw six
hundred men and boys out of employ.
ment which would be very severe, the
suspension taking eject on January
10, and the majority being unable to
obtain employment elsewhere.
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Sush h Mr. Aill's explanation ofths
aim Of tie Association over which he
prssidss. - expressed In the PROPOSE
ton already qsstsd-
In order % form some idea II the
amount Of wesltk whfsh the pFoposed
plan would divsrs from indivi5ual 70
public benefit. let NJ sxxanine 9 few
figures derived chiefly from Parlla-
msatary papers. which may BE- found
in the Congress sionsl Hbrsry1 tending
to indicate the extent Of s'the unearnsd
increase In the valns Of land
which has taken place In England and
Wales alone during the present eenta.
y. The annual Tor rental value Of
property and income tax under ''Sehed-
uls AT for the year lsl4-ls w.s Gsa,-
400, SIS; for 1ss4-5 il was 4isl, S4l.-
400, nincrease Of en-, $40, l24, or over
las per cent. According 70 sems 6g-
ures just presented to Parliament In q
report by MIR. Goschen, late Preaident
of the Poor Law Board. In relation to
the ratio subsisting between the value
Of houses lands, and other property
embraced in this schedule ut different
dates, the rental value of houses end
land alone for lsl4-l5 may be set down
ct about E51, $685. and for 1854 s ut
ElO5, O7s, l99, showing an increase Of
E5s, 1s2, $50, or more than one hundred
per cent. Cspitalizing this increase nj
Ave per cent. we should Get Q cash
value Of Of EI,s5s. Oss,79o, or about
a5,sIs, 26s, 900.
1t must mot be supposed that these
figures show the total value Of oil
houses and land in the nation at the
given dates, but simply those subject
TO assessment. In 1912. for example,
the assessed annual value Of houses
was Ell, 46s, 225, and the estimated
annual value of houses not subject tc
assessment ESQ., .956. Another i'm
portant detect in the assessed values h
ths. they do not afford us the data foI
separating the value Of houses from
that Of the land on which they stand,
although in the large cities the latter i
often the Crater of the two.
TO BIZ CONTINUED.
#Ths Telegraph has probably mot preserved
the exact language Of Mr.. Mill The thing pre-
posed 10 hardly the Taxation OF prospective
Increase Of rent, but the taxation Of an Aetua
increase Of valae and according to the Pria-
ciple in question, that taxation would be eQua
In amount to the entire increase Of rent result
ing from the unearned increase OF value. Tha
IL place which had yielded fl, 900 year rem
should double in value " without effort or sx
penditurs on the part Of the proprietor" ana
should then yield e. 900 year rent, the entir'
amount Of the second El 900 would be payable
10 the State % . tax on the land. So IL woal'
be with any further "unearned increase
which nj aey succeeding valuation might b
found 70 have occurred.
tIt is issportsat to note that all causes indie.
pendent Of effort or expenditure on the par
Of the proprietor would be com ,reheBded ~
der the principle, though some Of them nigh
in q certain sense seem to be special. The in
crease arising from such causes would often b
. proper object Of local rather than nations
taxation.
Previous to 1867 Schedule A comprised
lands, teaements. titles, manors, zines, Quarrie'
miners, iron works, fisheries, canals, railways
gas works, tolls, nc.
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TO our Cinsinpati RsadsrA

On and after Saturday May 18th,
our Cincinnati and eastern readers viii
receive the Advocate promptly every
Saturday morning. in order to DO %,
however, the paper win DO mailed On
Wednesday Instead Of Saturday No
heretofore. This win explain why no
paper was issued bearing dAts Of May
9Th
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FAIR PLAY.

The following paragraph, under the
above caption. we clip from the last
issue Of the Camden Democrat
"This is all we ask for Governor
English and the Democracy Of Con
necticut. The WoRKINGMAN's AD-
vocArx, of Chicago, says that there ID
a majority of 10000 against the radi-
Gals of that State, but the Democratic
party did not keep its faith in its
promises in regard to the Eight Hour
Law-hence, the editor infers that the
workingmen resented, ut the last cleo
ton, these broken promises.
Now, if we mistake not ut no time
within the last ten years have the
Democrats been in possession of the
Legislature. Powerless to redeem their
pledges, should they be held response
bic for failing to accomplish an impos-
sibilityf If Gov. English has ever re-
eeded one inch from the stand he fear
lessly took on the laber question, We
have yet to hear OF it When-whers
how was ne recreantf Ali we ask il
fair play. We shall be a. prompt q
Bro. Cameron to brand any Democrat
who violates his promises to working.
men and the day that the Democracy
90 far fergets its duty to its OsOR sGnl
and fis "a 10 prove false 10 both its his
tory and tradition ~ the defender oil
the rights Of labor, we are no longer
with it"
In reply TO which We beg respectfully
to state that the WoRkIHeMAE's ADvo
CATE made no such admission. What /
did say, and what it repeats, was thai
the Democratic party Of Connecticut
which had claimed for years TO have
been the friend Of the working CLASSES
snd which had secured their suGfagss
nominated and supported . man fol
Secretary Of State, who had made him
self obnoxious to nineteen-twentieths o.
the working people Of that State
that the leaders of that party
refused under any circumstances TO 70
move his name from the ticket; and
that such action was the cause Of the
defeat Of the Democratic candidates,
from Governor down. The eight houl
system has been for the past three
years nm obsolete issue, consequently
its merits or demerits had nsthing to d.
with the canvas The repeal Of the law
sxempting City dollars from garnishee,
intredsesd By tks DssoerOe:s candidate
and carried by-we care not whom, ga.
q ksiag issss, and upon that issue the
eight was made. Friend Jones, will
you please make a note Of this fact
We ksos your heart ID MI right, but we
fsar your Judgment in sometimes u
fmult.
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TEE number of new buildings erect
ed and projected i'm New York during
the past three months ID nearly twice
% great-470 against 26e-as the
number erected during the correspond
ing period Of 1870.
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THE CIGAR MAKERS.

~ WILL unions d.sarug changes in the address
sOrrespOn Ds sserstarer please the Of TIE
former secretary.
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TIE Bridgeport (Ct) kepSbtscns'
.Smdard, of April 25th. in referring to
our recent article in the Con nesticut
election, and its lessons, says:
We of course know nothing about
the eompacts made between the
Workingmen's organization and the
Democratic party in this State, but We
are sure that if the workingmen expect
that the Democratic party of this OF
any other Northern State win keep their
compscts with anybody except theil
Southern masters, they have yet to
learn the first letters Of the political
alphabet
The difference between the compact
rendered into between the workingmer
and the Democratic party, and the
oompacts entered into between the
workingmcn and Republican party il
simply the difference between tweedls
dunn and tweedle dee. Only this and
nothing more; in which lesson We as
sa-c the Standard the working peopl,
have passed from the alphabet 10 th'
Fifth Reader.
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ln1brmAtioa vaate1.
The hdkssral RsiIstin, publthed Ut
Jshnstswn. Pa, isr several months
past hss published the ibllowiag ss he
head Of IL sditoeial columns:
rLxzsoRn - NATIONAL LABon Unsos.
wzsn1a fhs Ansrisss psspls ere COM
pslled sanaally ~ ~ TAXES ameunsisg 70 ovss
ee0o, 0U0, 600 Ter The sappert II The Govern
meat, and 10 meet the intsrsst On dsbs In
CURED 70 suppress . wicked rebellion and
whereas, their ubliisy b bear this enormous
annual basdsa wishout shsoluts ruin must d.
pend spsa the Diversity o. labor. the develop
mens Of our national resources, and the general
prosperity Of the labering Glasses and, where
a, this diversity, Development, and prosperity
can In no way be 90 easetaAlly premotsd and
20 permanently secured ~ BY such legislation
a. shall psssset our lasoring. mechanical, and
manufacturing Interests against foreign com
petition, and as the same time create home
market for our agricultural prcdnots; there
fore.
Resolved, That ws believe high protective
tariff both fnsacial and IN Industrial ne
cessity In the present condition Of the coun-
try, and that Il 10 demanded by every consid-
GRAFTON Of justice, wisdom and humanity.
Now We shall feel much obliged il
the BsAst;s viii tell M when and where
the above resolution was incorporated
into the platform of the National La
Dor Union. The writer Of this para
graph had the honor Of presenting
that platform at Baltimore, Chicago,
New York, Philadelphia and Cincin-
matt, and has no recollection Of such q
resolution recsiving the sanction Of the
National Labor Congress. As we ask
for information, we hope the Razstin
will enlighten u.s.
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PoF7svrLIz, April sl.-If has bsss fFsn
time % time announced that OooIis labor vas
70 be Introasesd isso the mlnisg rsgisna 10 V
cow autherisatsysly stated shat dxtsea oee y
lsborers have been Engaged for . eollssry IN
Schuylkill County, and Will b - ths ground
A5Oai the lst Of Nay. They are 70 b smpioysd
at ouauids labor, ssd win net Be intsednssd
IN The mines untll AMER tAsy have eesaissd
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has been driven out Of the Geld already,
i'm Germany it ID how undergoing the
same fate. The process 10 q slow one
of oil creatures, man has the great
est powers of endurance. 1t il impOs.
sible to say exactly where the starving
point ID For one man il is little high
or, and for the other little lower and
with our surplus population there are
always plenty Of tough people. difficult
to be starved to death. In England
the process lasted for fully three gener
atoms and still some solitary handloon
wesvers are struggling there. In Ger
many the war was begun more than
thirty pears ago, and il 10 the second
generation that 10 now involved in the
crins. L. the car of JugRernaut to be
driven on over these helpless hundred
thousands Or In ii to be stopped
kmigrsts the we-vers neither can moi
will. What could they do in the Uni
ted States or i'm Canada with their weak
limbs, unfit for any Geld work. To en-.
ter other trades may do for q few, but
not for the immense majority. Their,
are only two issues lying before us
Either these hundred thousands OF
handlooms wesvers are left to their fatt
and they will be gradually Improved ouI
Of the world. Or The government mus,
interfere i'm their behalf There In nc
third solution. Private charity, and the
action Of municipal bodies are ike q
drop en- a heated stone. Unless the
government, backed by the resources
Of the country, comes to the rescue,
thsre ID no hope. Up 70 this day moth.
ing worth speaking Of has been done
ON the part Of the govsrnmsnt elthe'
in Saxony or in any other German
State. Ueas 10 help the weavers, ]
meen. For one government, that Of
Prussia, to-wit, has certainly done some.
thine nay . great deal IN the case d
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AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Senate met and took mp Senate
Bill No. l06-to provide revenue
which, after some amendments, Wa
made the special order for Friday n
u NJ, and the bill referred to heJudi-
ciarv Committee.
Crawford called up Senate Bill No.
lil-An Act TO provide for the care Of
the Insane. The hill was amended
and pa>sei-ayes, n; noes, ..
Senate Bill No. lOi, To provide for
the removal OF county seats. Read
third time and passed unanimously.
Substitute for Senate Bill M. IS, for
the better protection of stockholders
OF mining companies. elc.
MciSeth NOV eel that the bill lie in
definitely postponed. Lost. The Till
was thcn read third time and placed
on it, final passage. Lost-ases, .;
noes. Il.
Senate Bill No. lS3. to procure Ger.
tain historical paintings, etc. On mo-
ZION OF Hall, laid temporarily on tie
table.
Bill relative to District Attorneys
was ordered cugrossed.
Assembly Bll No. SO, to provide for
the registration Of voters, cite. Passed,
AYES, -; noes, none.
Shamp, from Committee on Corpo.
rliiou>, made a lengthy report On A.
>cmuiy 1911 No. -, relative IL the u~,
~ >teaui power on common roads
recommending amendments.
Hazie.t introduced, ON leave, Senate
Bill No. ll2. 20 provide for Il STAT,
Board OF Equalization. Referred q
Committee on Ways and Means, an,
ordered printed.
Adjourned.
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Hazard said the biz simply applied

Hazard said the bill simply applied
to special elections.
Passed for the present.
Senate Bill No. l2l, 10 provide for
the care OF the Capitol grounds.
Passed on the lille.
Senate Bill No. 80, to repeal an Act
TO prohibit the carrying of concealed
weapons. Same course.
Hazard called for reconsideration on
Assembly Bill No. 80. Carried.
Hall explained the bill.
Hazard moved tina. the bill lie rec
commended TO the Senate. Carried.
Substitute for Assembly Bill No. .,
TO amend an Act relative 70 the incor-
| poration of railroads, etc. Recon-
meuded.
Senate Bill No. 10, FOR the publica-
ton OF the sixth and seventh volumes
Or Nevada Reports. Passage recon-
mended.
Senate Dill No. III, to provide for
the care Of the insane, etc.
Hazlett moved to strike out s. fee
for examining physicians and insert
so. Adopted.
Moore Mas excused from serving on
tIc special committee 10 whom WIS
referred Assembly Bill No. 50. The
committee was Increased from three
to five. and the Chair appOju.c,.
Sie>srS. Cleveland, Fox, Small, Moore
and Hiii.
Recess till . o'clock.
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IoE.

Assembly convened $. 1:GT p. M
$ SPEAKER pro team. Icn'.aI. IN the chair.
Asp!t callcG-g IpTaIn present.
LOWery luu,C l L. reconsider the
VOC ~ witicl tac House Yesterday
passed the lii ~ reference 10 the re
moNai OF the county sg., OF Lincoln
county. Carr,cJ-IyeS, =; noes, Il:
absent. &.
Lowcrv moved the bill toe referred
Ia a special committee Of ono with in
struc,ionS to amend by substituting
therefor Senate Till on the same sub
ject.
After n debate Of more than an hour.
the previous question was moved and
carried, w~hcreupon another discussion
ensued upon "a point of order. The
iiiair ruled the point not well taken.
An appeal was taken and tho Chair
sustained.
Lowery'S motion was los.-ayes, Is;
noes, =: absent. l..
The bin WAS then read 4 second and
third time and again placed upon it>
inal passage, with the following re
suI,: AYES. -: noes, IL; absent. /.
savage, from The E.So delegation.
reported iIvorl5.y senate Bll No. -.
10 consolidate the outstanding ialebt-
eduess of Elku county.
GENERAL FILE.
The House wen. into Committee Of
he Whole lBc-k in The chair for the
-on ,i,icra;inn "r the genera! iiie.
senate BIl No. laS-Au A.. rcgutr-
in- safe officers to furnish duplicates
to the Le.is a;urr Of al reports in
tended for publication. Passage rec
o:Iiueui.l.
Senate Bi!l No. -. N Ac. : o prevent
the destruction al fish in the axe OF
Jhis safe. Passage recommended.
Assembly Bill. No. -. an Act in re-
latioa 70 pu6.ir high Nay~. Substitute
recommended 10y the committee was
adopted, and passage of the bill a.
amended recommended.
Assembly Bill No. H.. an Ac. in re-
la;ion 20 the payment 81 the cIt,tand
ing indebtedness of White Pine
county. Passage recommended.
>enat Biit Mo-. 81. an No: To- provide
for the Incorporation of railroad com
pJnie~. Committee recommend that
The bill Ice printed.
Assembly Bill No. IL, supplement.
tarv "a IN Act in relation TO the iucor,
porItion Of the town of Hamilton.
Passage recommended.
Assembly Bill No. los. an Act 50,
caring liens To mechanics and others
Rcpur.ei bacS without recommends.
Gol.
Senate Dill No. Il. an Act in relation
10 the pIytnea, of certain indebtedness,
of Humboldt county. Passage recon
mendcd.
Assembly Bill No. -. au Ac, amend
atorv of tine revenue law. judiciary
Commute" amendments adopted ant
passage of the bill recommended.
Assembly Bill No. II, ameudatory
az an .Ac. 10 provide for the con~truc
ion and maintaiuance oftoil roads anC
bridges.
Committee rose Speaker pro tenn
Tennant il tho chair aud reported
progress.
Chair appointed rs Conference Com
mitsee on subjects tor paintings. Della
no. siurply and SIyilla.
iS~ur!inEaine presented n memoria
from the state Capitol commissioners
PRAYING the passage ~ a b,ll for the re
lief oFthc builders 81 the STATE Capitol
Referred To Commute on STATE lnsti;u
tons and ordered printed.
senate bills were ordered ~cngrosSed
On motion the bill in relation TO No
tgrieS Public WAS taSeu from the tahl
aud placed on general file.
At i:to Assembly ~adjoUrCd.