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opinions of theirs can then BE- measured by
the gold they secure There 10 this much,
however, can be said in favor of Mr.
Walker. He is a writer on political econo-
my, and in this celebrated work propounds
the following conundrum He states in
substance that hat made Of paper looks
as well as a ,cooIy one but the paper hat
IN value bears no comparison with the one
Of tOool. So a paper dolier, he says, bears
no comparison in value as money, to a
gold dollar Now q man who will be guilty
Of uttering such nonsense as this, is capa-
bic Of any other absurdity. Strange in
deed would it be, that hundred dollars
worth of horses can not be exchanged for
hundred dollars worth of asses through
the medium Of paper dollars a. well a.
through gold. If so, paper dollars, costing
perhaps not exceeding a dime if rightly
instituted, performs the exchange equally
well with the gold dollars, therefore the
paper dollar being much the cheapest, and
equally reliable, is the best money in the
ass exchange, and man acquainted with
the subject who thinks otherwise is a
bigger ass than the long-eared animal.
But suppose that gold is the cheapest COM
modify with which to settle balances in the
foreign trade, that does not show that the
depreciation of the greenback is tho cause,
much less that the depreciation is greater
than is shown by the premium On gold.
But why discuss this question from the
stand point of single fact, and especially
when that fact is colored and distorted by
a theory. Why not discuss it from the
broai ground of all the. facts, which prac-
ucAiy affect the price Of gold and other
products
The government and laws Of the United
States. and of the several states are the
patent agencies which regulate commerce,
and they are the cause Of this unnatural
arrangement Of prices and NOT the initiation
Of the currency. That simply registers the
unhealthy condition Of our whole financial
system, not IN the direction Of imitation,
but by the robberies of the people. There
is not half the currency in circulation
which the people need C. make their eX-
changes. 80 long as money costs from
two to three per cent 70 the common Peo-
pie, no matter how much may be piled up
IN banks there is some defect in the money
circulation, which just laws cAn and ought
~ remedy
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Telegraphic Items.
prom the Journal q III. Telegraph

Prom the Journal Il thu Telegraph
BY the last mail from Melbourne, Aus
tralia, information has been received that
two new telegraph stations have been open
ed on the coast-one at Wilson's PrOnOn-
tory, which has long been required for the
shipping between Sydney and Melbourne
Vessels by way Of Sydney can nov be tel
egraphed twelve hours before arriving at
the Heads. The other station u at Cape
Jervis, on the South Australian coast.
THE Mexican telegraph line between
MinatitlAn and Vera Cruz has been com
pleued.
THE New York, Newfoundland and Lon.
don Telegraph Company announce that the
register Of transfers will shortly be closed,
for the purpose of the analgamation with
the Anglo-American Telegraph Company.
The exact day will soon be gwen.
TIE total number Of messages forwarded
from postal telegraph stations in the United
Kingdom, during the week ending Jun,
IA, 1873, was 339, 772-an increase N tbs
corresponding week If the previous yeal
Of 40,Sl5.
The DURATION oF LIFE or SUBMARINE
CABLES. Considerable excitement having
Of late taken place with reference to thu
life Of submarine cables, it viii be satisfac
| tory 10 shareholders in this class Of prop
erty to learn that some exceedingly inter
esting specimens have Just been raised il
the Mediterranean, after a submersIon y
fifteen years. Although not made upon tn,
approved plans now in use, such A. galvan
ized wire and hemp protected by paten
compounds, the cable Is in such a state a
to warrant its being relsid in another par
Of the Mediterranean, with every prs
pect Of its being able to do good servic
for another heightened period. This at
fords most satisfactory evidence as to tn
durability Of submarine cables - !Stan.iard
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LABOR ITEMS.

CIGARMAKERS STRIKE.-There was
trouble at the cigar factory of Messrs.
Mantone a Co, yesterday; caused by q
general strike of the workmen. Two non
union men were admitted to the factory
and its full privileges, and an soon as it
was done the union men wanted them to
join the Union. This they declined to do,
alleging their indifference in such matters,
and indisposition to join any association.
This caused the strike, in which thirteen
workmen take part. They say that they
are acting under the rules Of the Union,
and without any feeling Of ill-will -
Charleston Courier, Judy %.
AT the last monty meeting Of the Al
toOna (Pa) Painters Benevolent Associa-
ton, several new members were initiated.
We are pleased to learn of the healthy IN
crease of this benevolent order, and com
mend it to the favorable notice of every
painter IN the city.
THE last report Of the Artisans and
LaboreTs' Dwelling Company, Of London,
shows that the progress Of the organization
has been rapid and in some respects re-
markable In 1867 its share capital wAs
f502, and the deposits amounted to 48l8.
Last year the capital had increased to no
less than G52,O7S and the deposits to
El3, $50, making total Of e65,767. The
number If shares issued up to the end Of
last year was I, 237, held by LII persons,
embracing members of all ranks of society,
and the depositors are $50 in number.
The dividend on last years working was
per cent, and a balance Of 9670 was car
ried forward. Last year, an estate Of forty
acres, situated in the Wandsworth Road.
was bought for the purpose of forming :" a
workman's city" and the foundation stone
was laid in August last. The estate has
since been called the Shaftesbury Park
estate, and it is proposed to erect upon it
], 200 houses, suited respectively for clerks,
artisans and laborcrs, IN addition to a lee
ture hall, cooperative store, school-rooms,
baths and wash-houses. A reservation Of
three acres is allotted for recreation and
pleasure grounds
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THE PRINTERS.
From the Printers Circular for July.

FROM tne ffluters tlrcuAr TOT Juiy.I
The following is an extract Of letter,
dated Memphis, Tenn, June %, 1873
" Business here at present is not very
good, as we have fully entered upon our
summer dizziness, and there are are enough
printers to supply the demand. The
cholera is abating, and the health Of our
city is as good as can be expected at this
season Of the year, with the exception OF
the aforesaid, which we hope to be entirely
rid Of in short time
A RECENT circular of Chicago Oh. Typo
graphical Union says " The trade is very
dull, and our city is overrun with printers
who cannot obtain employment. Members
of the craft intending to come to Chicago,
are advised to keep away for the present. "
Typographical Union, under date of April
z, 1873, says T" Business is tolerably fair,
with more printers than can be accommo-
dated at present. Printers coming this
way, from cities having Unions, without
certificate, need not expect to be recog-
nized, the working-card system being
strictly enforced. Price Of composition is
as follows: Morning, 40c. per 1000 ems
evening, &c.; book work, 40c.; per week,
SO"
The long -continued strike of the printers
Of Leipsic has been brought TO an end, and
a meeting Of delegates from the employers
and the Union was to be held for the pur-
pose Of dcvising and perfecting the scale
Of prices, to be agreed upon by both
parties.
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A WELL DESERVED TRIBUTE.

The DesMoines correspondent of the
Chicago Journal, under date Of July %,
in referring to the excitement caused by
the recent railroad robbery, paysthe follow
ing deserved tribute to the hero, John
Rafferty,. Ahs engineer, who nobly refused
to desert his post, and sacrificed his own
life, in order that the lives Of the passen-
gers entrusted TO his care might be saved
The saddest reminisence Of the terrible
adalr Is the killing of Jack Rafferty,, the no
BILE nsarted hero engineer. For five years he
has held the helm which guided his precious
freight OF human life over the road, amid the
darkness Of night. With q clear head, .
steady hand, brave heart, he stood ut his
post as his train went back and forth like q
weaver's shuttle, weaving the fabric Of civih-
satisn- The hstlesA passengers a. they eat in
the coach scarce thought amid their ease and
sumptuous surroundings, of perils abroad.
Train men went with him strong in the con
sciousness that no danger could come 90 sud
dem that his eagle eye, ever scanning the iron
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Weekly Market Report.
WoRKINGMAN's ADVOCATE OFEIoE,
August 2, 1873 :
PtteshwPr Market.

IRON-F1at bar g. OOc horse shoe 10
\ 5-IOc heavy b lnds 2-I0 u s-l0c hoops no
70 . 40; light bands $40 10 $40 rounds and
aauAres SO 70 10; oval 2lO u 3lO half oval
and half round $40 4. $40 boiler iron 10 %
tank iron I-4e fat Il punched and countersunk,
l-lOc: r rails &c coal iron Vloc nail rods
BLOC angie iron 2lOc American ChArc'al JuriAta
sheet iron, 10 70 27. 8 $40, 6-l0.
STEEI-Best quality refined tool steel SQUARE fiat.
and octagon from 3-s TO inch. lie per ID SO and
IL 10 inch Doc s. l6 and Is 70 = inch. - Win
lay saw plates TO r., IL Stc machinery cArt
10 inch round II lac solid cast, po~ ste - II
~ 9IR IL Lee spring steel cast. ~ u 4. lie spring
stee 7s TO Isxl-s 70 $40, lie German spring best
refined | liz To a. Sc agricultural cast reaper and
scythe Is lie agricultural hoe. 10 2 fork, llc rail
road cast LowmOt Axes, IS Lar car axis, Is 2c
sIe bars plain 10 IL forged lie crankpins, plain,
Il I2 forged. lie piston rOss. IL lsc frog points
IS &c side bars, II lac.
STEEL TIRE TO I2xl IA and sic inch, tire
lengths pS4: rs and 1x3-I5 and T-sxl4 inch, tire
Ieuxths 10 Ia 3-4x3-l6 and Ts and lxls inch, tir
lengths IL - and 5sxls inch. tire leng hs Is Ia
cast steel tire. cents extra.
MISCELLANEOUS Pick, IL ~; spindle and roller
10 50 table cutlery, IL auger, II IL coal wedge
and mnttOck u IL pivot for scales IL -2A50 ~,
shovel steel cast, IL IL shovel steel German, IL,
o well rsamsrs Is II; otl vel jars, ~ l2 cast steel
ledge msulds. 10 Lac.
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New YORK, July ~, 1873.
TO the Editor Of the woEENsAANs ADVOCATE
The Workingmen's Central Council, or
ganized in the city Of New York, is the
only representative body of bona tide
workingmen in this city. Workingmen
holding political offices other than their
trades, cannot be admitted as delegates
without the consent Of two two-thirds Of
the trades represented Such an organizs-
ton has long been needed, owing 10 the
manner in which delegates To the Work
ingmen's Union used said organization to
advance themselves and not the cause,
drove all the trades delegates away. and in
order to keep up appearances ex-delegates
were admitted with the same power as
other regular delegates, and the officers
recently elected are all ex-delegates. The
council is growing rapidly, notwithstanding
the strong opposition Of the demagogues
The following are the officers George
Cavanagh, President Of Amalgamated Car
penters J. @. James, Of Painters No. ] F;
Ferdinand Jubitz, Of CArvers Union, Vice
Treasurer Geo. Blair, Packing Box
Makers, Rec. and Cor. Secretary j. y.
Mitchell Of Painters No Al VIM. Love, Of
Carpenters, and James Connolly, Of Paint
ers No l, Warden. Yours, etc,
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rail as it glistened far away in the moonlight
or came rushing up like sea-wave from the
darkness into the glare Of the head ght-no
visitation Of calamity and destruction could
cross path SO quickly that he would not nee
it. Many are the gauntlets Of distinction he
has run, but record Of them In unknDwn awe
in the single word success. And when at the
last came the final test--when quick a. o
thought came the conviction that he must
decide-as he had often before-w neither he
should save his own life or q hundrai others
like Guild, the hero Of Meadow Brook, he
thought of his wife and his little o0es, and
his home, and went to his death quick rs a
lightning flash, with one hand on the reverse
lever and the other ON the air-brAke. 1t was
. noble sacrifice-one which will embalm his
name in the hearts of his fellow men Il has
given them new inspiration and higher aspi-
ratlons
But what shall he said Of the light that
went out of his home, and left it in darkness
and gloom-a home in which were wife and
little ones whom 10 loved with all the Ardor
Of q true Irishmans nature, and a tenderness
which was marked and noticeable! His home
was the goal Of his life. 1t was his pride and
Joy, and the conductor with whom he ran
paid fitting tribute to this noble trait in his
character when, viewing his lifeless body, he
said "He had = woman's heart In him, as
kind as girls" Could they, whose lives he
saved, see and realize the sacrifice which this
wife aud mother has made, the way Of duty
for them would be plain. Let the hand Of a
generous public open wide in her behalf The
railroad company, which knew and appre-
ciated Ratierty's worth, will give no nigganily
pittance Let others swell the sum, that the
hero's wife may know that her home will be
secured to her and her little ones cared for in
a measure as they would have been had their
father been spared to them.
All of which is very we'll, but we insist
that it is the duty Of the Railroad Com
pany in whose employ he so nobly met his
death-to provide for his family, irrespect-
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Call for Miners National Convention.

FEltva NokAnES 10 tia well established fact fact
demonstrated ~ bitter personal experience, that there
B. no cs., Dob The community whose lAbon are 80 unrs
quite. -fd Nho much the victims u the heart
les. demands J capital and corporations the Miners
W. our ur>rr. s.areI condition powsrsss to
.,t chem .ncrel,ns a, these nal agencies are in Dow
~ Ard rraeuls ~ l.res prophet 10 foreten the
Dy-tra .hr % rcr acc'ipy m fsv ysAu unless
.ntu, 4,c -.,- ,re taA,n ~ unite under common
raia hA,a. tt ts uuie,t, tbs lettering Of social
u..rl. tuI -ata,ia condition The great desiderAtun
.t t.t ha.r 10 .HI No IrHs consolidation u inter
,s.s ...r, " ...ru. n tit die establishment Il
Miners Nlryul organization. ah.,s influence vii 10
s1srrsl a.r behalf tiI whose strength will W surt
.enf r. PROTEST n thr haur q ueyi- contest TOO
.r.a frr,. Hl.H W. AZ present means defeat ana DC
u.#,. ..yn. %. matter h1~ just our demands con
t--f .r vhH rsult4. w m,u nave "a contend against
a.. p-.f rf a-4.-.-sa, wealth. IA, crushing IN de
tAu t.N.t us-t IVY Stopped d idIy .1pect that
..r condition .l0 be aiae.ar,tei.
rlt ~....>- s1un tss attended the Effort d the
r..- --sl,- Hi.l have s.fsd .f ibis principle sho~s
VI, -H.t .u.s ~ s.ran accomplish. The difficulties
a.,.-t sa.,a - - -va4 che diH dtr- which
ry, 1t.e ...uu....,t a.l .a- reason .-nt,Iou. What
-lg efforts n o.e sH.lH ..f uo' mpsh the eforts
~ ~fy unions H,.s ...yua ->1el wiat they have
i... a. .atn io. q v-.-e .,, the saa.e means.
T--. f.t. arr wv scf glt tnAt gr, miner ami L.
uurer o. fhr mines m..,- ,iu., rher force and truth
". ..u-i--4-.lu y tsy tt.-. believing that the mi
.r-, MIC rpr f.rsa-n seiner-. sai ia accordance
ar t. general desire .s...-i .l al hands, hereby
.a fr ui-etin. z delegates from the VARIOUS
..a. ....u- .HI vs. mias-- VI general throughout the
...tr t.- th, p4rloseof forming NlNsss NAuoNAL
t>..> ". ug aet Us the sp 4 Nyuts'JoNn, ohio, on
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has parted in about l, 900 fathoms Of water,
and, 90 far ~ has been ascsrtainsd, the
bottom d o. favorable nature foe Crap
ping operations. The Great Eastern and
her consorts win continue their efforts to
recover the Cable up 10 the middle Of Sep
TENDER, or even longer IL necessary, for
she is equipped for four months voyage.
1t is, however, TO be hoped that her labors
will have terminated successfully before
that time, and that yot new honors will
have been added to the science Of subma-
rine telegraphy.
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THE CHEAP GOLD THEORY II.

Intelligent worklngmen now see, that
while this financial machinery piles up the
availS 81 their labor IN the great corporate
storehouse. it is impossible for them 10 re-
tain tithe Of their own earnings. For a
knowledge of this fact they are indebted
to that financial necessity grs.rback.
When Thaddeus Stevens was made the
Moses to deliver the people from the Egyp-
tlan bondage Of the State wild cat system,
unfortunately, Aaron Secretary Chase,
listening to the Jews and Gentlles Of Wall
Street, made golden calf III the form Of
gold-interest bond, into which, they could
convert their wild cat And although
the Government never realized forty cents
on the dollar for it, yet this deprecated,
paper made, gold-dagon, was by the Grant
Government converted into gold at hun
bred cents on the dollar. with interest, dis
counts. commissions, and even premiums
added
To-day, We realize some Of the fruits Of
this grand national gold bond and two
Understanding National Bank piracy
universal stagnatlon in business is set
ting in. High prices Of products and
goods to the consumer and low ones for
the farmer, artizan and laborer- for pro
ducts and labor. Yet these learned dsse,
Of economic science are trying TO make the
people believe that the difficulty il in the
few scattering bits Of paper currency which
they get for their produce and labor Dut
rot lisp is ever heard from them which
it calculated to give any correct idea Of the
" olesale robbery Of this wildcat national
bond-double- interest-bank paper-cUrrency,
when united with the land grabbing wa
tered stock, Tarif-taxing Railroad system.
These, taken altogether, eat out their
substance, and compel labor to make brick
without straw, and without compensation.
No wonder the people are beginning to
enquire. No wonder Trades Assemblies
and Farmers Oranges rapidly multiply.
The people are, or soon will be, heartily
efck of Credit Mobiliers, endless taxation,
evenue stealing, gold gambling, stoCk-
obbing, railroad extortion, especially
when aided and sustained by National and
State Legislation, and by the executive
power Of this Government machines for
the oppression Of the people
In Illinois a significant fact came to the
surface during the last campaign for the
election Of Judges to the Supreme Court
Lawrence had gwen serious offence to the
farmers in a Railroad decision. He gave
the pound of flesh by corporate law. In
rendering that decision he was, it appears,
only the mouth-piece of the Supreme
bench. For when he was defeated the
other Judges, the daily press said, seriously
considered the question OF resigning, but
finally concluded their presence on the
bench was necessary to stay the swelling
tide of Indignation against the railroad
monopoly. However this may be, certain
il is, Lawrence was at once provided for
by being selected as the Railroad advocate
in the firm Of Campbell & Winston Of this
city.
Will the bankers and gold gamblers be
equally magnanimous with Messrs. Walker
and Perry, when they fall beneath the
vengeance of an outraged people, If they
will it is well to understand this now; these
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Cooperative.

COOPERATIVE SToRE.-The Andover
Cooperative Association, commenced Dusl-
ness on the first u January. 1873. When
first organized, it consisted Of twenty mem
bers. AT the present time the number Of
members reaches forty-nine, with paid
up capital Of 1855. On Saturday, the
10Th inst. the Association held its hrst
semi annual meeting in their place OF bu-
siness.
The meeting was called to order by the
President. The Secretary then read his
report, which gave general satlsfactlon-
The sales of the association In the month
of January amounted to e66S- IA. The
sales for June were &l3O5. IL nearly double
the first months trade.
The total amount Of sales for the six
months, ending June 30th. reached 3d.
5O8. 70, an average Of 81, OS4. 80 per month
A dividend was declared on purchases for
the half -year, ending June 3Oth, IT ii
cents to the dollar to members and 81 cents
to non-members. A semi-Annual dividend
Of per cent was declared on the shares,
and l per cent. was reserved for a sinking
fund
The members Of the Workingmens Club
who are taking an interest in the revival II
cooperation here have now got into fair
working order with their scheme. They
have obtained the use Of one Of the large
unused rooms Of the building and have fit
ted it up in a way that shows they evident
ly mean business. Tins room il intended
for the present to represent the store or
shop" Of the association, where members
can have their goods sold out to them on
the evenings Of Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays aud as there will be no rent or
taxes to pay, il will be the fault Of the
members themselves if they do not make
the thing pay. II is not intended at pres
emit to admit any but members Of the club,
but if the general public show desire to
participate in the advantages Of the scheme,
we believe there will not be much difficulty
in the way Of their becoming members.
Some Of the trustees of the club have al
ready taken shares in it by way Of encour-
aging the members and we know the Of
| fcebearers who have been appointed TO
manage the business to be men who have
the success Of cooperation very much at
heart, and who will spare neither time nor
trouble TO do what is possible to make it
succeed. Messrs. Peattie and Cuthlll, the
president and secretary, along with several
members Of the committee, spent their hol-
idays in visiting the large cooperative es-
Adjustments in Glasgow and Aberdeen, and
received from the managers, Of the stores
iu those cities an amount Of information
and instruction regarding the best method
Of conducting the business that cannot fail
to be Of service to them in their endeavorr
to get Dundee to follow the exam, Y Of
those places. - Edinburgh Retormer.
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TIE blast furnace in the Marquette irou
district manufactured, in 1872, So. 1876 tons
of pig iron, valued ut S3, 474, 725.
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DISEASES or THE EYE AND EAR,
FROM THE ANIMAL REPORT OF TUE
" Chicago Home OF the FriendIeSS. ;
M N. walker. O-uIIst ana Awr..,.

WF. .. W. WhIArFa WrWIhHF hmM AmFF1N-
Established Al D. 1851, 200 West Madison street,
Chicago
Gases ~ diseased ewes have been frequent but thew
have yielded W every instance e. the treatment pres
cribed by DR.. ). b. Walker, Oculist Of this city
Especially should the IL orris Lapiere be noticed
who recovered rapidly from operation performed On,
one eye that the other one might be saved
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Price o. the Standard Machine, $1,000.

OFFICERS
&. n DELANATER. Prest. t,p. a.. ~,
GEoKgE N ROhIN-uN. Treas . Y N .i'v m pe.AiA
wv A. RoyCE Sec'y. & """ ""As'
10th and 18th AYES and 18th, 18th and l4th Streets
North River New YORK
p. a. Box 1876. HORACE ~ DAY. Genl AEt
18Th. II ~ will he AZ his down town ofiice 81 Lib
ery Street after half past O'Clock. and negotiate
Rights for " Compressed Air, for purposes other
than those purchased b, the G.. A. p. Co.
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CORRESPONDENTS.
FROM NEW YORK.

I'VE do cot hold ourselves responsible for any
expressed ~ our Correspondents