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FROM MISSOURI.
St. LOUIS, July 10, 1872.

ST. LOUIS, July 10, 1872.
T. the Editor ii the WoKAISGxASs ADVOCATE.
A few lines from this city may interest
your readers, and first, times are very dull,
wages low, money scarce, and hundreds Of
oilers. think this city is cursed with the
meanest employers that ever cursed any
people Already some men are cutting
down wages; painters cut down to 81 %
and g.. 80 per day. Now how can the loud
professors 81 Christianity think the world
will respect them, when they grind the un-
fortunate worklngmen to powder God
has no place too hot for such hvpocr;tes
Many of our tradesmen are organizing
ready for business, and the strike of the
plasterers will prove success: the men
are determined, and they have divided the
bosses, and compromised with part of them
The bri klayers are on strike for nine
hours on Saturday, and will succeed. eTho
eight hour league is still gaining strength
preparatory to a campaign next season.
But the great political campaign is upon
us and We have no candidate to rOte for
As sons of toll we cannot vote for
either Of the q. &. ;; both are avowed enc
mics Of labor; both representatives and
advocates of X. r. monopolies and Of the
national bank swindle-no difference be-
tween them; one is tweedle-dee the other
tweedle-dum. In God shame. how can We
support either Of the two evils Give us the
gift taker, but let the wurkingmon organ
lie and resolve TO remain at home and a.
low the corrupt leaders to elect their choice.
As We were sold at Cincinnati, let us sell
out now. Bad leaders went to Cincinnati
and our lifelong enemy was put III nomina-
ton too much Blair, and quite enough
Magwire, a man whom his people do not
worship Now, let the sons Of toll see To
it, that they wash their hands Of Presiden
tai aspirants, and let them attend to con
gressmen. The LIST district see to it, that no
Wells goes to Washington. Let the great
international see TO the election and shelvc
Wells. After receiving the nomination,
and after his election, he informed tho
sons Of toll that they must lengthen their
hours Of labor, if they wished to benefit
their condition, yet he has the audacity to
ask your suffrage again. Give him your
undivided vote to stay at home.
Don't vote for any man unless he is a
true representative Of labor DO not
blunder as at Columbus, but nominate
men who have the stamina to stand mp for
principle, that are for the right At all
times. SHOE Fly
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MONEY OF NATIONS.

The editor of the I,sdust,idl Bulletin in
the May No, complains that ~ iadpiyed
az some rery cross dnd diScoIuteO,S com
n.ents' upon hts criticism Of the National
Labor Retorm PLATFORM, which proposes to
pay the national debt according to the
spirit and terms Of the contract in gold,
where that was the contract, and in paper
money where that was the contract or law
governing it at the time the obligation was
enacted. To override these contract-obh
cations, and make US pay gold when none
was payable by the contract he asserts
that - national debts can only be paid in
the money of nations" There being no
such money, we said this was ''dU bosh.
1t may have been discourteous i'll form, il
was true in fact. But our friend in this
May No (Which, by being mislaid we omit
ted to answer, comes IL with an amend
ment A special plea vouehed for by Web
ster's Unabridged In this special plea,
he says Had he said coh' our criticism
would have been in point. Here again,
he is as much mistaken as before, Z" coin"
is underline law of the nation where coined,
money, hut no where else. His distinction
between coin and money, reminds us ofthe
anecdote of man who was compelled to
apologize for having alleged that he could
have bought the court and jury who de-
cided against him for peek of
bran" In his apology he said in
saying he could have bought the court and
Jury for peck of bran, he was wrong, but
if he g had said half bushel, he would
have been correct But now, the una
bridged" argument, is, that "moncu," is
derived from "iniat," and while ITS
primary meaning is metallic coin j is
also applied to any other material which
that among modern nations, gold, silver,
platinum and copper, are the only metals
used for the purpose, and so on to the end
of the quotation, and others of similar i'm
port All this shows, is, that nations have
each made money out Of gold, silver, plati-
mum and copper" and Of anything they
chose. But the money thus made, was
no money elsewhere, but in the State or
Kingdom where made. The stamping of
the quantity and quality of the metal as
witnessed by the insignia of the state is all
well enough, it should be done, but that
does not make it money, and therefore
gives no force to the argument. Money
may be defined to be- ''Gn authentic
medium Of exchange IL such denorn-
nations, parts or portions as are Convenient
for use, evidenced by the insignia Of the |
sovereign power Of the state, and made by |
it legal tender for all debts public and
private, and nothing else is money" The |
loose quotations he has made, do not dis
prove this position. Now German
broker saw that the interest of this govern |
ment bond was only payable in coin, and
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the C0OPERS.

We are indepted to the Coopers Monthly
Journal, for July, for the following intel
Egence of special interest TO the craft
Below Wheeling, West Virginia. the
coopers are not organized they know
nothing about unions they live in blissful
ignorance Of such institutions. They en-
joy all the benefits Of non-unionism, such
as long hours, low wages, and all the evils
growing out of these blessings but this is
not all They have-to pay the employer
Tor the privilege of allowing them to work
TINS may sound strange, but it is true
nevertheless. 1t is an actual fact that
these men pay the bosses a rental for the
use OF their berths equal to one-tenth Of
their earnings
during the past month many new unions
have been organized, business has become
brisker, especially in the East. while i'll
the West the outlook is hattering. and
gives indications Of an active season close
at hand. The quarterly reports, as far as
received, show large increase Of member
ship, notwithstanding the unsparing use Of
the pruning knife The credit Of the or
ganlzatlon was never better, its debts are
fast disappearing, and its financial future
Is assured from disaster There have been
three short, sharp, successful strikes, viz
Sylvania, Ohio, and Lockport and syria
cuse, New York The men of the last
named city have fully redeemed their lost
claims to stamina, energy and good union
| ISM
Tramps should avoid Louisville. st.
Louis. Sylvania, Steubenville, Lockrort
and Lafayette, especially the latter city.
! In Nashville, Tenn, are certain body
of men, who not only work on an average
sixteen hours Gay, but, shades Of the
Apostles they work on Sunday. We are
credibly informed, that for the last ninc
months these men have worked on each
succeeding Sunday, except one, and then
the shop was locked, as it was the Sunday
following the burial Of the employer
wife.
New York and Illinois seem disposed to
keep ahead on the number Of Unions.
Both are even now-having twenty five
Unions apiece.
WANTED-Three frst-class coopers, capa.
bic Of making aug kind of work To such
men as will fill the above bill, steady, re
munerative employment will be guaran
teed. Address II. H. Kiplin, Wadsworth
Medina county, Ohio.
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LABOR ITEMS

some GOO shoemakers, Of Lynn, Mass,
comprising the employees in thirty-hve
shops, have struck against reduction Of
wages. Many manufacturers, however, do
not propose any reduction.
MILWAUKEE, July 28.-The coal beavers
Of this city are on a strike for 70 cents an
hour. The movement began at Elmore's
yard on Saturday, July p, the strikers
going from there to the various yards in
the city and compelling the remainder 10
quit work. The price paid heretofore has
been 90 cents, and this is all that the EN-
ployers are willing to pay. The strikers
will no doubt fail in their movement for an
advance.
PITTsBCRG, Pa, July PA contract
was signed to-day between several large
coal dealers and the agent of the Chinese
government, for the importation Of five
hundred Cinnamon. They are to be EN-
ployed at the principal coke manufactory
on the banks Of the Monongahela river.
The st. Louis workingmen have organ
lied an Operative Building Trades Coun-
ell, composed of stone-cutters, stone
masons, bricklayers, carpenters and joiners,
and plasterers. Its object is TO reduce
the hours Of labor to eihgt per day. They
claim that, as machinery has to great ex-
tent limited the amount of human labor
required, therefore, to give employment to
all mechanics, the hours of labor should be
sh Drtened.
The heaters and helpers in the Balti-
more & Ohio Rrailroad Companys rolling
mills at Pittsburg, have demanded an adj
vance in wages, and the demand being re-
fused by the Company, they have gone on
q strike.
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FROM NEW YORK.
The NATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS SHALL 1T
BE HELD AT NASHVILLE or HAREISEt re-
a NOTE CALLED FOE.
NEW York. July %. 1872


| BE HELD AT NASHVILLE Or HAREISEU RG
a NOTE CALLED FOE.
NEW YORK, July %, lS72
Friend Cameron - am glad yOu ex-
pressed the hope IN your last issue that the
friends Of the reform movement would
state whether, in their opinion, ii would
not be best to hold the approaching IN
vention at some point east d Nashville,
Tenn, and as earnestly hope that all who
may be interested III the cause viii not hes
itate to pass upon this, as soon As possible.
in order that President Trevellick can act
before it will be too late
If / could see any good reason why the
convention should be held i'll Nashville,
would not complain OK suggest a change
but hardly think any one will attempt a
reason, except that the last convention adj
journed to meet there--that is all. While
on the other hand, there is every reason
why it should meet at some place further
east, ii it is desired to perpetuate the
organization.
| can 60 to Nashville as easy perhaps as
| can 60 to Albany, but there are many
others who would like to attend who can
not spare the time or incur the expense
men who are in earnest, and who take
deep interest in the organization, and
would like to take part in its proceedings,
are prevented from doing so, and | think
this should outweigh any other considera-
ton, ] have always been at loss to IN
derstand the motive for taking this conven-
ton away to Nashville. 1t may be none
OF my business perhaps il il not, but
when we hear the same question coming up
from different persons in different parts of
the country, it is significant, and should be
regarded as such II it was feared some
pet hobby would not go down with some OF
our practical fellows from trades unions,
admit the reason for going to Nashville
was = shrewd one, and am free 10 admit
that this suspicion rests with most all.
The convention Of 1869 was to have, met
! believe, in Pittsburgh, Pa, but il was
changed to Philadelphia. because the press
of the country would receive a better re-
port Of the proceedings, and the organiza-
tion would thus become more widely
known. The convention was well attend
ed, and did become very widely known.
But now the rule seems to be reversed -Sor
we find IT going to place where the facil-
ities for transporting news is poor, and
where few unions can afford to send dele
gates.
Let the convention he held in Detroit,
Chicago, Albany or B.ston, anywhere
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Call for the National Labor Congress


Fisher Block, woodward Avenue
DETROIT, Mich. July 4. 1872.
H. all rbom may coacrra .-
At the st. Louis session If the National
Labor Union, it was decidel that the next
session should he held in Nashville Tenn
Due notice is hereby gwen that the sixth
annual session 81 the National Labor Union
viii be held III the City Of Nashville, Tenn,
"a the third Tuesday. being the 18th day OF
September 1872, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon
All Trades Unions all cooperative associa-
lions, all labor organizations OF every kind
will Ice entitled to representation, for w Ply
Heye that ali departments NJ industry should
have common cause in all our efforts for re-
form We therefore invite " Our ranks all
Who ny physical or intellectual labor contrib
ute to the nation, be they male or female
white OF black tor this j. 4 struggle for hher-
II and Justice
Labor organizations are entitled tu represeu-
tation as prescribed in the constitution a. fol-
lows
Each international trade organization viii
,be entitled to TWO delegates or one for every
three thousand Ut fractional part thereof,
when not represented ly AMY state organiza-
tlon as prescribed in the constitution.
All local trade or labor unions Will be En-.
titled To one delegate VI representative II the
National Labor uiun Provided, that such
representative shall derive their election from
the organization they claim 10 represent
Zach ioyal or state organization, must at
tho next meeting X Tie National Labor mon
report to tie president the number Of mem
hers in their respective unions, and pay into
the treasury an annual tax IF ten per cent on
each member 90 represented.
1t is expected that every organization viii
see,the Importance Of the coming convention,
and | would appeal to every labor organiza-
tion u send a delegate that We may counsel
together for the good and welfare " our com
mon country.
Those organizations which are unable to
send delegates. are requested to elect them,
and send their credentials t. the Convention.
r. F TEEyELck, Pres.
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Election Of President Sanin.

We are pleased to learn that at the Iron
Molders' Convention, recently held az Troy,
n. ", President Satin was unanimously
reelected for the ensuing term. As a
trades unionists, we know If no man in
the country, his superior Painstaking,
methodical, earnest, able and honest, the
molders have every reason to congratulate
themselves on their selection.
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ROCKVILLE, IND, July %, 1872
Please give the following notice room in
your paper: The miners at Phelps & Coz
coal works on Coal Greek, Fontain county,
Indiana, are out on strike, and we hope all
minerg will keep away until the present
trouble is settled, We will make known
through the ADVOCATE when we resume
work. By order of committee.
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CHICAGO. DETROIT AND CINCINNATI
JUN 2-. 1~--
The Life and Labors of VIM. H. sylvis.

Ih.> ~.rk Il nuW rs-d, XXI delivery. A capy ~ it
~h..d tt m the hands ~ c,,l varsiuglau the ,uuu-
tN q Il hau.>uuy, ,ound Volume w lao pages.
containing an account ~ thr hhor~ NJ p The fore
r' uIcu NO h, time and ouc whose hic devoted 20
tht interest, "i tac producing CLASSES THE hstar, 81
Wan % >,N- Us the history Of the Ialor Mo, ciucul in
the Juted >tltg>, ana d. man who desires "a make
hu-, acquainted NTH th, movement ,an afford u "
without j. l'rce 81 50 Send money O., registered
cJ.er or r y or!,r AHA The iuok Wji be- Sent ny re-
turn utI
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The following are the average prices
paid to comp0sitOFs employed in Sydney,
New South Wales: Neirs, l0d per LOCO
ems; jObbing, piece, 3D.; weekly, Of %
hours, e Is. Country, Is. per 1,OO5;
weekly, f3. The Sydney Morning Herald
pays 13d. per 600, and the Government
printing Office 15d.
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G. BEN. JOHNSON, SertH

P0LITICAL NATIONAL LABOR Reform :-
Owing to Judge David Davis and Joel Park
er withdrawing their names as candidates of
the National Labor Reform party, for Presi-
dent and Vice President Of tie nited States,
the Ohio State Convention, to meet in Colum-
bus on Wednesday July oath 1872. is post
poned, to meet in Columbus, ONO. on We'd
nesday, August 2Sth 1872, at 10 o'clock a. M
By order Of National Committee.
T. j. WHITE, Sec,
AL W. 9Th street.
+. ". DAVIS, State Executor,
1893 Race street Gin, q.
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MORE COlL.-Mr. Samuel Swancutt. an
old coal operator, who for some time past
has been sinking new shiit ou the switch.
Is connecting with The Illinois Atm ny. L,u-
is, and the s. l.. & Southeastern raflr,a,t,.
has reached six and hall feet vein AZ a
depth Of "a feet The coal is Of superior
quality, Immediately underlying The solid
rock, no slate Intervening, which viii save
the expense Of props. The coal will hc
ready for the S. Louis market I'll 4 few
weeks. H. As
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Citizens residing in the Old town ~
Cairo, nov q part "a Chicago, especially
tho region bounded by Madison aid Haf-
rlson streets, ia the north u south. say
that they are a nightly prey 70 burglars.
and that unless the police shall seg III "a
pay some attention to that part Of creati,.a.
they will organize violence. At present
a policeman is looked upon IN a natural
curiosity
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The joumeymen bricklayers OF 81
Louis have been on a strike for ninr hours
work ana ten hours. wages during the
past week, and al ThuEday the Losses
met their committee and acceded o. the
terms, with the pruviso that hereafter
work he done by the hour. The commit
tee were not instructed upon this point,
and asked time to yonfer with the strikers.
The matter Will probably ~ satisfactorily
arranged
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The Kansas City Times of the 2oth ur
SAYS. Miss Amanda Barber, who mar
ried squatting Bear, Brule Sioux Chlct'
at Washington in 1867, ani went to pa-
ko,a Territory with aer husband as mis-
sionorv. arrived in that city On the steam
er Tantenella from fort Benton, on FRI
dav, last, after spending ihree years with
the Sioux, suffering cross indign'tles' ana
being obliged to perform m.thc most menla'
service. She attempted o escape, but was
captured and beaten nearly to ceath ..
her husband, and sold to Cheyenne ehie
for three ponies. She was taken north II II
1870, remained with the cheyennes I'll
this spring, when she escaped to for
Reuton. MISC Barber left Kansas
on Friday, for her home in Milford, Mas
sachusctts,
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HORACE GREELEY.
Correspondence Between EsOnest Old
Horace and tac EaOH. Moses "a
strong OF Wisconsin.

Correspondence Between Honest Oid
Horace and tac Eaon. Moses "a.
strong OF Wisconsin,.
We have been furnished for public alton
says the Milwaukee NetcS, with the
following copy of correspondence which
explains itself:
MINERAL PoI>T, Wi :, J,ne l5, 1872
Hon Horace GREELEY, SiR:-l have
3lis hla qHr tf tf fec fec 3ctoiht 6rtha proceedings
of the Democratic Convention of this
State. | send you this for the purpose of
calling your attention to the second para
graph Of The "platform" (Which is correct
| " rcportcdD and of asking You whether
the assurance 1t expresses is we'll founded.
| 1t is my purpose to stump this State,
which | think We can carry, III behalf Of
! the only can,lidate who can beat Grant,
and desire, if you can properly give it, an
! affirmative answer to the above question
! for public use in The campaign.
Very Respectfully, Your Obclicnt Ser
want. MOSES VI, STRONG.
The paragraph referred to, is as follows:
"That the exposition aud chcidalion of
the pl;. form Of tue Cincinnati Convention
hy Horace Greeley in his letter of accept
ancc of the nomination for President, fur
nish satisfactory assurance to the Ameri-
can pcoplc. that he Will if nlnci9n5 al
! NEw YoRK, June "A, lSiZ.
Dr,R SIR: ] have yours OF 18th INST
did certainly intend in my letter OF &c
, ccptance, to pledge myself unrescrvea,y I
, ,,,n dnctr;nes of the Cincinnati platform
and especially to the principle OF cho"s n
the best men to aid me III a1n'h's'er'i'
the executive branch Of the 'Govern'ne'
, rerarlc.s Of past differences.
Yours, Horace GREELkf-
Uo.. Moses NJ. STRONG, Mineral Rom
c w. -
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Explorations of the most careful kind
have established the fact that hills, dalcs,
rayincs and mountains characterize the
bottoms of oceans and seas. Five miles
perpendicular delth, prove there must be
some cxecs shely drk, gloomy places. But
even there life abounds. Strange forms
are brought up by sounding. There seems
to bc no waste places on the globe, since
animal and vegetable lives are everywhere
fitted precisely TO those obscure cllties
where they are found. On the highest peak
of the Andes, the Corlilleras, Mount Lc-
banon or the lofty ranges of India, marine
shells abound. They were elevated from
profound depths in primitive seas, on the
mud and debris Of Il vastly remote period,
to their present position. Marine shells,
therefore, on mountain tops, are chrome
logical evidence of the mighty revolutions
through which the earth has passed. The
remains of curious things in art, the fabri
cation of human hands many of which will
resist the the eorroling influence of time,
may Yet I've lifted cut Of the deep to b; in
spectcd miles above the level of futur c
seas, as marine shells are inspected by
travellers, .whn in their Investigations won
der how they came there.
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How 10 Destroy Noxious Insects


4 small black flea, in great swarms, cats
the leaves of cabbage plants after they
come un from seeds sown in the open
GROUND and ahe earl yscsbbasc plauts, nftcr
| being set ert in the open ground from hot
beds. \ slight dust'ns OF fresh slaked
lime over the plants in the morning while
wet with dew, will drive them of or XIII
them. Dust the plants one morning
a..in the second morning after that, then
the lob is finished The flea is more fond
of pepper crcss than cabbagcs, SO that
the crcss is sown thinly along with the
cabbage seed. it will save the cabbages.
A creenish, mealy louise, in vast num-
bers. attacks cnbbages, when nearly full
crewn. Two dustings Of fresh lime Will
kill them. EE E..
A black grub, which lodgeis the ground
eats through the stems Of young caboase''
after being transplanted, causing the hcad'
J 10 lron of. Whenever that is observed
search aruund the plants cut of, and hn'
, the grub and kill it. 1t is only a quartz
: ,f an incl, under the surface. After 1t cat
, OF one plan. il gets to another, so that yo
o must search anon. the neiShborins piah''
A If not found where it has been devastating
The wire-worm lolses in the groun'
p. AMI is destructive to the seeds at Lin
"A an nole beans and Indian corn. Piar
,r twice as many seeds as you want plant
4 When they hegin to push through t!
y ground, draw the soil gently, and see
in there be no worms in them. If the worn
nd are there, pick them out with PIN
a needle and destroy.
ve Many Of the insects that lodge in t
,o- rronnd nav be destroyed in this way: i
w or blow up the ground in fall, or ea'
nd sprinr: sow over 1t Peruvian guano,
.en lime or salt. They are all poison to
,as .ects. Salt should not be used where Ct
un- ba-c arc to be planted, as it makes tn
its club footed.
in Wbon berry bushes, or shrubbcry,
ON voung trees are attacked by caterplii:
had two dustincs of fresh lime over them,
res, the Warnings, while the leaves are
las with dew, viii Kill them all. II will
,cp- the same with large trees that are inies
r,v bnt II is difficult to dust them ali oyer.-
evil E., IN Journal Of The Farm.