The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-14

choice-they are all in the ring. and the
poor man cannot help himself. If yoar
grocer charges AL eXITblt.1nt price for an
article, You cannot better yourself by go
ing 10 another, for he viii charge you the
same price Jhey have an assu, iatin and
act in concert II il the same With the
coal-dealer and the tailr and dry goods
dealers, Now, then, il banks, railroad
and other chartered swindles have, by
combining. cot c"ntrl ~ legislation e.
such az extent that Il invariably discriIa-
mates in favnr ii money and against mus
Gle. where is the Nottingham remendy
Is 1t pot through combination also Can
there b. any q her remedy at present No,
sii-s, there 4 ~ other immediate remedy.
Grocers, eoal-aealyrs aud ali other trades
combine, and crush the tniler. Then, IN
the name If Jehovah, why does he not
combine and resist Wealth is accumu-
laIng, centralizng and aggregating all
around us, and the inevitable sequence is
the formation and building mp Of one Of
the most pow erful aristocracies the world
has We seen And what, let me ask, is
the natural, mseparable counterpart IF an
aristocracy Poverty, sirs. poverty, and
if We wish To- abolish poverty, We must
overcome and destroy the cause which lro-
duces H. " I must annihIlate the power
Of accumulated wealth. How is this to he
done BY combinations through organl-
cations lay the conversion oi labor III unl-
tu,le int" labor IN multitude do not
propose a warfare On capital NO, slrs, not
al all Our object Is not war II is peace
all We a Is an opportunity to live like
men. not like animals. GIVE Hs that, and
We will rrciprnclte Ii that rs not the
Il ,ctrine of - live and let hive, ! would
| Ike to know what is But capitalists do
nnt believe III that doctrine. oh, no I,
They say We cannot ~ without them can
We Granted Nov. MIR Capitalist, can
YOU do without o., II labor is puwerless
without the corporation uf capital, capital
Is far more puvvr.,>s without the COOPER
alton oi L,l"r hes, ~" socIal forces are
mutually dependent ~ each other, but
! tie, are ii the SANE time mutually mdc-
pendent 81 each other. capital. IA" mat
ter how abundant, cannot huIid a house, a
slip. "A locomotive. or a barrel II requires
the SIKH auJ muscle 81 labor I" accom-
plsh these results Capital IL inWerless
to bring the -ul,lvn gram from the most
fertile snil Capital never increases, never
creates Lal.ur. and 1t alone, Is the
creator Of wealth and # labor is tine creator
of capital. Why should 1t tee less
honorable than that Which It creates Yet
the lah"rrr d ever POOR, ever hclpl,ss-cNer
al the mercy ~ circumstances. ever look
"a down upon. ANA. "a a lar-c extent, II is
his own fault All the evils tending t"
crush the very iiie from the toil,r rs if he
were mashed between upper and neither
mill-stun,s, can 10 moved by thorough and
efficient organization and al tins day hy
nothing else can they I've removed do
not propose to point out the rnad To he
follow ed, when labor shall he organized,
as IL must be ere W can reasonably expect
all that Is contemplated. IL would hc use
less To arrange for the future, while the
present commands - mu "A NJ our atten-
ton Let us first secure the power nee
rssary tn m,slaoblc iettered labor the
direction f tie i"rcc Is purely an after
consideration.