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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-09-27
THE HOLDERS.


(From the Iron Molders' international Journal
The Norwalk Iron Works, when in full
operation, employ about POO hands. They
are at present filling large order from the
Topeka Iron and Steel Works for seven en-
gines, the largest Of which is 600 horse
power.
The work of erecting the car works at
Chattanooga, for the Wason Manufacture
ing Company, is to be commenced at once,
and cars are promised from the factory in
seventy days. The buildings will occupy
Al 600 feet of land.
The New Lexington (Ohio) Foundry, Of
Col. John II. Kelley, is about ready to GO
into operation. The building is Of brick,
73x6O feet, having molding room large
enough for ten molders.
A COMPANY by the name Of the Allegan
Car Company has been organized at Ale
gan, Michigan, for the purpose Of building
car-words in that town. The capital stock
of the company is to be SlOO,OO0.
STATIsTICs.-A comparison Of the foun-
dry statistics of 1860, as found in the cen
sus Of that year, with the statistics Of 1870,
show a remarkable increase during the ten
years Intervening. In 1860 the number of
establishments was Alp, while in 1870
they were reported as numbering 1854
in 1860 the capital invested was $24, 250,
900, with products valued at $50, 1872, 600,
while in 1870 the capital invested was S67,
57S, 900, and the products, 800, S43, 600
| in 1860 there were ~. 029 employees, and
in 1870 there were 81 ,305. The average
wages in 1860 was fraction less than 1888
per year in 1870 the average wages was
1862 the increase of a fraction less than
As yer cent Colorado, Idaho, and Mon
tano are credited with foundry each Ar
kansas with 2; Nebraska with 3 and Or
egon with (of which have since been
destroyed). Pennsylvania takes the lead
ed by New York and Ohio. The principal
Philadelphia, 70; New York, "a Pitts
burg and vicinity, AS Albany and Troy,
80; Cincinnati, %; Chicago, 20; St.
Louis, 20.
The new foundry of Mothershead a
Morris, at Brightwood, three miles from
Indianapolis, Ind, will commence opera
tions on September LIST. The foundry is
112xl12 feet, and will run "a molders. Be-
sides the old stock of patters, 2l new stoves
will be put in the sand. The foundry is
situated on high ground, and will undoubt-
eddy be one of the favorite spots for mold
ers, provided they do not spoil it.
The Reading pa car-shops have orders
for the construction Of 845 cars.
BEWARE of advertisements for molders !;
never give up a job to answer one in per-
son. A small shop has been started at
Rogers Ford, Pa, for jobbing work, and
the firm are advertising all around for
stove-molders when they have not stove
pattern or flask in their establishment. As
there is a first-class firm there running a
stove-shop, molders think they are wanted
there, and find, when they arrive, they are
not wanted. A few men have been en-
ployed in the jobbing- shop. If their cards
are not reported next month, we will give
them our blessing through the Journal.
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THE CRISIS AND THE SAVINGS
BANKS.

The past lew days las been ala cventful
one il the monetary experience IF Chica-
COS merchants and mechanics The explo-
sion Of Jay Cooke, Clews a Co.. as
might have been expected occupying the
position they did sent the fragments over
the country. and Chicago was drawn into
the vortex. Now i appeals to common
sense that when bank guarantees and
pays yir per cent interest for money loaned
that that money must be re-invested -
though We make bold the assertion. that
nv Savings Banks in the country stand
upon more substantial basis than the
Savings Banks IF Chicago all statements
IN the contrary notwithstanding.
cur workmgmen in this emergency have
shown a forbearance worthy Of all praise
the benefits u which they cannot fail to
experience. Let them continue to so exer-
else 1t, aud We feel assured there is not
depus.tor man. woman or child. who has
4 dime Or a thousand dollars in our Savings
Banks, who will ultimately loose a penny.
~. tto,r .rt.reet x, Peak. Readers, one
and AL, act as discreetly in the future as you
have in the past. and you will have every
reason To- endorse the advice now giveL III
the ADVOCATE.
But why asks a correspondent do the
banks ask OF expect as To give them Thirty
dags not.ce ~ Simply because the money
deposited is earning the interest guar
anteed. and it would he as absurd for a
man Who had loaned $500 on a note for
thirty days. 10 demand it at the expiration
Of fifteen days. as Tor the patrons Of our
Savings Banks 70 demand their deposits,
whenever knave or fool tells them it is
Wis. o. do so.
A few days longer, and all this panic will
be over, and our Savings Banks be more
thoroughly re-established in public favor
than ever
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make room for such amount of their
greasy-back, lAbor-robbing currency, a. they
may deem for their interest to put into cir
culstion. The effect of which would be to
establiah money oligArchy, TO exercise alb
solute sway over the Government and peO-
pie.
Already that portion Of the public press
interested in banks, or subsidized by them,
as well a. the attorneys and agents of these
institutions in Congress, are clamoring for
the cruci6xion Of the legal tenders, and the
surrender Of the whole Inonisd interest of
the nation into the power and keeping Of
the bankers, usurers and stock, geld and
other gamblers. Among the latter VS. no.
tice Representative Kelley, of Pennsyl-
vania, who is one of those that believes il
perfectly right and honorable for membersof
Congress to legislate upon banks, tariffs and
other species Of class legislation, in which
they are personally and pecuniarily interest
ed or in other words to vote themselves for
tunes at the expense Of their constituents
All this class of Legislators are firm believ-
ers in the doctrine that the first and high
est duty Of Government is to take care Of
the rich, and they will provide for the poor,
and that the prosperity of the country de-
ponds upon enormous bank and other stock
dividends, and extortionate rates Of inter-
est on the usurer's money, with high pro-
tective tariffs on all foreign imports con-
sumed by the farmers, and others fths ao-
ducing classes.
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DETROIT, Sept 81, 1873.
To the Editor q the woKKISsMAS's ADVOCATE.
arrived home from Western Pennsyl-
vania on Wednesday morning, and left the
same evening for Saginaw, where arrived
safely on Thursday morning proceeded
TO the Workingmans Hall, and found the
delegates at work, determined to form a
State Labor Union, which they succeeded
in doing They have adopted the glorious
old platform with one exception, and that
is wherever the word Currency" occurs
they have changed it to Money" as, in
my opinion should have been done long
ago. The platform and proceedings will
be sent to you by the Secretary, as soon as
possible. They also, by unanimous vote,
adopted the ADVOCATE as the ''offcial or
gan" Of the State Labor Union Of Michi-
gan. The officers are as follows Presi-
dent-R. +. Trevellick Vice President
John Huston Recording Secretary
S. Johnson; Corresponding Secretary H.
Tondra Treasurer HOLSTER.
leave in the morning for West Virginia
and Maryland Thank God, the good
work goes on. | will write you from there.
Your friend, r. F. TREvELLIcK-
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the regular prices agreed upon some time
since between employers and employees.
The shops acceding TO the demand are in
operation.
G. w. 81. e. Smith, of Stoneville, .
village in the town Of Auburn, Mass, man
ufacture 20, 900 yards Of cotton sheetings
a week, running 80 looms and $500 spin
dies, and employing rs hands.
The Tredegar Iron Works Company, Of
Richmond, Va, have discharged Letween
600 and 700 workmen employed in the car
building.
THERE is some talk Of establishing q
rolling mill at jacksonville, Ohio.
THE Farmers and Workingmen Il Belle
vile Precinct held meeting at the Court
House, in the city OF Belleville, ILL.,, on
Saturday, the ooh of September, 1873, at
2 o'clock, P. NJ, and appointed Delegates
to attend the Farmers and Nottingham .
Mass Meeting or Convention, to be held
at the Court House, in the city of Belle
VILE, on Saturday, the 9th Of September,
1873.
The plan proposed by the Massachusetts
Labor Reform State Central Committee to
the effect that copy Of Ten Hour Law
for factories be submitted TO the opera
tives, giving them q chance 10 suggest
amendments, so as to form an acceptable
and efficient Ten Hour Law to be laid be-
fore the next Legislature, has been carried
into effect.
1t has received the careful consideration
Of hundreds Of intelligent factory opera
tIves, who are a unit in recommending the
following The first section would do very
well, if all, after the work week, were
stricken off. Next we propose q section,
or addition to the second section, in the
following words This law shall be en-
forced by specially appointed inspectors,
who shall have power to enter the premises
of any factory when in operation, to make
research and to enforce the law"
A NEW furnace has been erected at Mi
nersville, Pa. Its capacity is thirty tons
per day.
The following are the list of officers of
the Carpenters and Joiners' Union Of
Albany, n. Y. President, Robert Parker
First Vice-President, Daniel Kirk Sec
ond Vice President, Richard K. Power
Rec. Sec, Francis Harris Fin. Sec,
Richard Doyle Assistant Fin. Sec, Ed
ward Dillenbeck Treasurer, James j.
Fender Cor. Sec, John Dundon, resi-
dence, 32 South Lansing street, Albany,
New York.
The miners of Braidwood are taking
steps to establish COOPERATIVE Store.
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FROM OHIO.
Labor Reform in Ohio.
CHURCH HILL, TRUMBULL Co.,
Septemher 9. lR13.

CHURCH HILL, TRUMPULL Co,
September 8, 1873.
To the Editor Of the WoRkNeMAS's ADVOCATE.
For the past ten days, Mr.. r. F. Trevel-
lick, President National Labor Union, has
been addressing immense meetings Of
workingmen, in the Mahoning Valley, in
Ohio, and also in Western Pennsylvania,
on the principles Of the National Reform
Union, and with the most fiattering sue
cess. He has spoken twice at this place.
After the last speech, a Labor Union Lodge
was organized, Mr.. Robert Reed, Deputy
State Organizer, being present. Lodges
are being formed by the workingmen Of
this valley in every township, and before
the expiration Of the present year, will
venture the assertion that this county shall
contain fully two thousand members,
pledged to the grand principles laid down
in the Labor Reform platform.
Mr.. Trevellick is an intellectual giant,
and his speeches are listened to with the
most marked attention and respect The
workingmen of America may well feel
proud Of such champion, and should see
TO it that he is kept in means wherewith 70
labor and travel in the great cause Of the
amelioration of the toiling masses of the
land. ANDREW Roy.
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Our Portrait Gallery.

We intend from time to time, as circum-
stances permit, to present to our read.
ers biographical sketch, accompanied BY
a likeness Of the leading trades unionists
and labor reformers Of America-of the
men whose lives, talents and energies are
and have been devoted to the elevation Of
the toiling milhons-and the welfare Of
their fellow-men. These sketches alone
will be worth the price Of the ADVOCATE.
We commence with Mr.. AM Foran, Pres
ident Of the Cooper's international Union,
and shall follow with those of Messrs.
Fehrenbatch, President Of the Machinists'
and Blacksmiths' international Union, and
Schilling of the Industrial Congress Can
non, Of the cigar makers Trevellick, the
well known orator Jessup, the New York
war horse, etc.
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SAVANNAH, Sept. 10, 1873.

SAVANNAH, Sept. 10, 1873.
70 the Editor Of the woRKNeEAS's ADVOCATE.
cannot express to you the pleasure |
felt on perusing one Of your papers, which
| accidentally picked up in a friends place.
After a careful perusal of its columns,
I was convinced that it was devoted to the
best interest of
OUR COMMON COUNTRY.
The great mass of our countrymen little
know how much we stand in need Of such
a journal as the ADVOCATE. Your CORES
pondent has been made to feel it, for he is
now one of the prescribed citizens Of Sa-
vannah. Aud for what : Because he op-
posed the oppression and tyranny Of one of
the great monopolies of the country, 1. e.
the Central Railroad Of Georgia.
do not set up any claim beyond what is
due to honesty Of purpose and devotion to
principle. Seeing that you include in your
definition of ''workingman" those who
labor mentally as well as physically, or
organized Workingmans Union, based on
the principles Enumerated in your paper,
and | espoused the cause Of the working
men of this city. For this-and this only
was | discharged from my employment,
and am now subsisting on the scanty saw
ings of my too meagre salary. Lucrative
employment is out Of the question for one
who sides with the workingman's move
mans movement in this place. Why it is
| know not, unless the capitalists Of this
place are
AFRAID OF THE MOVEMENT.
| was told by one Of this class, with
whom 4 was in conversation, that as
''clerk I should not have anything 20 DO nth
,corking men," But thank COP, iii not
look at it in that light | took rOre cath
Ole view of it, believe labor t. be labor,
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Mr.. Robert ScHILLING, President of
the Industrial Congress, has been nomi-
mated by the Liberal and Democratic Con-
vention, Of Cleveland, - candidate for
the Legislature. Schilling and Fehren-
batch will certainly make strong team
though We would much rather see them
running on one ticket, and that ticket
headed, :. LABOR REFORM"
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CORRESPONDENTS
FROM GEORGIA.

I'VE do got hold ourselves responsible
expressed by our Correspondents.
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WORKINGMEN, CLERKS,
ANn
SMALL DEPOSITORS
in SAVINGS BANK.

M r viii receive i'll part or whole payment
w for property at Washington Heights. Morgan
Park, Irving Park, and South Chicago Properly cert
ned books u deposit, Checks upon Chicago Savings
Banks now doing business. Terms upon properly i'm
proved or unmproyed o. cash. balance in T. 2 ana
years, with interest At a discount NJ 90
per cent. for all cash. D. r. CLARKE q co.
Room, 4, 1922 la sale 81
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SAVINGS BANK |!
SAFE DEPOSITORY.
Paid Up Capital $2OO,OOO.OO
ITS NEW FIRE PROOF BUILDING,
Nos. 143 las and lat Randolph street
Opposite. THE COURT HoUsEl
CHICAGO ILLINOIS.
THE SfT.I.FGS B.aIK.

Both departments the SAVINGS BANK (which al
lows interest on deposits and the SAFE DEPOSITORY
are under the special direction and supervision of
THOMAS b. BRYAN, FOUNDER ~ the Depository an,
JOHN q. HAINES
PRACTICE SAVING, and encourage your children
domestics and friends 70 save.
Deposits o. FIVE CENTS and upwards received and
INTEREST allowed thereon
INTEREST ALLOWED
On deposits Of One Dollar and upwards.
Societies
May deposit Money from time u time and before max
ing the rst Deposit. may Provide ~ Vote hos and IN
Whom Il shall be drawn out and provided a copyt
the Resolution be furnished u the Saving, Bank ~
money will he paid, unless IT, provisions ARE strictly
complied with
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JOHN G. HAINES. President
THOS. b. BRYAN Vice President
JARED GAGE, Cashier
CHARLES J. HAINES. Asst. Cashier
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Half Alive.

1t is a sad thing TO pass through life only half
alive. Yet there are thousands whose habitual
condition is one Of langpor and debility They
complain Of no specific disease; they suffer no
positive pain but they have relish for anything
which affords mental or sensuous pleasure to their
more robust and energetic fellow-beings.
In nine out Of ten this state Of lassitude
and torpor arises from a morbid stomach. Indi-
gestion destroys the energy OF both mind and
body When the waste Of nature is not supplied
by due and regular assimilation Of the food,
rupted
Now, what does common sense suggest under
these circumstances Of depression? The system
needs rousing and strengthening; not merely for
an hour two, to sink afterwards into a mere
pitiable condition than ever (as 1t assuredly
would do If an ordinary alcoholic stimulant were
resorted to), but radically and permanently.
How is this desirable object to be accomplished?
The answer TO this question, founded on the
unvarying experience of quarter Of a century,
is easily given. Infuse new vigor into the digest
i've organs by course of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. Do not waste time in administering tenn
porary remedies, but wake the system up by re-
cupcrating the fOuntain-head OF physical strength
and energy, the great organ upon which all the
other organs depend for their nurture and sup
port.
BY the time that a dozen doses Of the great vege-
table tonic ana invigorant have been taken, the
eble frame Of the dyspeptc will begin 10 feel it's
with appetite the capacity TO digest what it
Graves. Persevere until the cure is complete
until healthfu blood, fit to be the material Of IN
and muscle, bone and nerve and brain, flows
watery pa bulum with which they have heretofore
been imperfectly nourished.
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A New York Herald correspondent
interviewd DIR. Bissell, the surgeon of
the Hall Arctic exploring expedition,
on the arrival of the Buddington party
at Dundee, Scotland. In relation to
the sickness and death of the chief of
of the expedition, DIR. Bissell said
"Since arriving here we find by Amer
lean papers that several very silly and
absurd rumors of a mischievous ten
dency have been abroad. 1t is quite
ington prefers that We reserve what we
have to say for graver discussion, but 1
must emphatically contradict the state
ment that Capt. Hall died other than a
natural death. He died of apoplexy.
He appeared to be in perfect health
when entering upon the voyage. l no.
ticed nothing unusual in his health up
to the period of his illness. The rumor
that he was poisoned is too absurd to be
seriously entertained The rumor may
have been founded on the hallucination
OF the raving patient"
The Herald correspondent adds
Schumann, the engineer, says that Hall
was in continual apprehension of being
shot, but was not aware that any one
member of the crew more than another
excited his suspicious. Another phase
of his mania was o determination not TO
eat or drink anything unless it was first
tasted by some person. The tasting
was mainly don6lby Hannah, the Es-
quimaux womanycWhen he rallied, and
for while recovered his wonted intel
lect, he would say to Capt. Buddington,
"If ! die, you must still go on to the
North Pole" He would say, "My
last wish is that you strive to get to the
North Pole. Don't let my death be
hindrance to the accomplishment Of
this great undertaking."
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The Wheat Fields Of America.

During the period embraced between
the year 1865 and 1872, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Mis-
souri,, although growing immensely in
population and productiveness, fell off
in their relative yield of wheat while
Minnesota increased its production
from 100000 to $4,000, 900 bushels
Iowa from Ii, 100000 to 10000, 600
Kansas from 200,000 to 100000, and
Nebraska from 10000 to 100000.
And still the boundaries of the wheat
region are extending toward the west.
The finest wheat land in the world will
be the great stretch of country known
as the plains, and at the rate the wheat
fields are extending westward it will take
but a very few years for the great
American desert to become a vast way
in field of grain.
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Switzerland.

The little Republic of Switzerland,
which has reposed so TRANQUILITY in the
Alps for the last half century, unmind-
full of the great wars which have been
waged all around it, is at last impressed
by the necessity of arming itself with
the view to future contingencies. The
Government has commenced reorganiz-
ing the army and fortifying more
strongly its strategetically important
places. The alliances which have late
iy been made have alarmed the Gov
eminent, and it is now firmly believed
that the next war upon which armed
Europe will enter will have for its thea
ter Switzerland, or it's immediate vicin-
ity. In this event the Mountain Re-
public will be prepared to defend itself
Although the antiquarians have taken
away her Tell, the old spirit still re-
mains there.
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Down in Georgia.

To go from East Tennessee to North
Georgia, you go from poor to poorer
and poorest. This is not only as far as
the land, but as the people are con-
cerned. The people of East Tennessee
are poor, but honest and hospitable ;
those of North Georgia are poorer, but
every whit as honest, and quite as hos
pitable. When the women go out to
work in the fields they leave the baby at
home, but, as it would cry if hungry,
They tie string to piece of fat meat,
and, putting the meat in the young
Sand!appers" mouth, they tie the
other end of the string to his big toe. If
he should suck the meatdown his throat
and begin to be strangled, a naturally
vigorous kick brings it out again.
The people would all leave here if
they We're not too poor to go, but all
their efforts in these rock-hills will not
bring them far enough in advance of
expenses to take them away. They eat
corn-bread and ham, and ham and corn
bread, all the year round and seldom
think of anything better. 1 heard of
one fellow saying " If ever get fore
handed enough, L IL have as much SOW
ins and molasses as can eat for once,
anyhow" "Sowins' is kind of fried
stuff made from the gluten of flour, and
is a favorite dainty down here.
The names the people give to places
and natural objects here are highly GU
rious and interesting because they Illus
trate the mental tendency of the COM
mon people. There is "Shinbone
Ridge" and Eattlesnake Holler, J"
Devils Mouth" gap in the noun
tains Whisky Bottle" and Mocca-
SIN Gap" names of particular localities.
1t reminded me of North Carolina
names. There they have "Skunk's
Misery" "Hell's Delight" and the
Bellyache," swamp.-LQJayette
co. Cor. ST. Louis Globe.
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CAN TT RE Tnur within the last few

CAN IT BE TRUE ?-Within the last few
months considerable number of persons
have called upon Dr. Walker, the pro-
prietor of the popular medicine known as
VINEGAR BrrTEEs, and assured him that,
in their belief, his preparation is an in
fallible antidote for rum and tobacco.
The minute details which have been
furnished him forbid him to doubt the
accuracy of the statements. This new
claim of great remedy to the conf
dence of the public will give vast and
well-deserved impulse to its popularity.
Heretoforethe BITTERs have been rec
ognized as pure vegetable tonic and
corrective, devoid of alcohol, and
thoroughly adapted to the cure of stom-
ach and bowel complaints, nervous dis
orders, bilious affections, muscular dis
eases, and, indeed, a majority of the
ailments within the reach of medi-
cine but if it will also cure the craving
for liquor and tobacco, philosophers,
statesmen and theologians ought to
unite their voices in its praise. Can
the good news be true? 1t is easy to
to test the question. 3