The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-01-11

might be reduced TO one half without do
ing injury 10 the reasonable imagination
Of rejecting people.
WHERE n THE RENEDYl
The rich have the government, and have
no time to think Of lettering the cnnditifn
of the poor The manufacture has u
friend at court, because it is believed that
he controls the vote Of his mechanics. lie
plays with governments a. children play
with toys, and secures the legislation he
desires. While he is making from twenty
TO hundred per cent. from labor in his
shop, the workmen are walked out Of their
deep az daylight To make a hasty break
| fast, then away To work until under cover
Vi wsleonas night they seek reposs 10 be
ready and repeat the routine labors of an
other day. They have no time 10 study
or understand their interests, and il some
man endowed with capacity 70 understand
and courage to resist, shall dare ~ speak
II glaring injustice or existing wrong, he
is ~ once denounced
As DEMACOGrK,
or dlsturbcr Of the peace and should he
be within the reach Of such mems power,
how quickly they turn on the thumb screws
Of hunger, by dlscharging them from their
service. What shall be done ID there
no way by which freemen who work for a
living can be heard according to their
rights As other men In my last said ]
thought there was . way that it could be
done, without expense to the rarh and file
Of the trades, even to the spen' lIng Of fifty
cents per month Or night n each week.
There must be q central body Of self sacri-
hcing, determined, representative men t.
look out for and demand the rights u
those who are held in subsection by the
most unreasonable employers.
10 GET SUCH WORKING BODY
81 men has been troublesome ever since
mechanics began to see they had rights
that wealthy men ought To respect Po-
litical parties organize public meetings and
primary elections. Can We NOT do the
same Suppose dozen men get together
and form constitution 10 govern a stat,
council senate, or assembly call publ,
meeting u mechanics and submit it u
those who may see ft 10 attend, then Il
would be subject to an amendment, and
when agreed upon, let there he an execu
tive committee 10 carry out its provisions
II All association of tradesmen elect, lei
there re not less
. THAN TWO DELEGATES,
who shall be deemed the representatives d
that trade. When a trade has no assocIa
ton call a meeting Of the tradesmen, AMI
elect delegate, say for twelve months, o
until an association of his trade shall y,
organized, and send some other in hi
place, and should he fail to attend, or hi
trade fail to elect, let the representativ,
body make pro tenn election, 50 that ever
trade may be represented in some way
Once organized the rules might be mad,
sufficiently expansive tn react every city
town or village in the state AT first j
might DO county organization whicI
would npen into a more expansive en-,
comprehensive body, to meet once n year
while the city and counties would meet a
often as circumstances might require
THE BODY so ORGANIZED
could make all necessary arrangements 70
the election of delegates in each localit,
, where = number of mechanics were resid
Ing, 50 that each place in q state nigh
; claim the right to have in the council On
T delegate OF more We are told this vii
not bind the mechanics to act according I,
the requests II the council We do no
want to bind them; We only want tn
means of learning, encouraging and con
centratlng opinions, and using arguments
l to correct evil practices or misunderstood
ings among them % educate them up /
an independent and active standard t
promulgate the opinions Of candidates o
to measures of labor reform.
AND II THEY ARE INCONSISTENT
with labor interests say 50 in resolution,
: and publish them, that every man may un
l derstand what he is doing, who he is vol
ing for, and the effect Of his election.
| do not propose to form a labor party
but to agitate protection among mechanic
until they will command proper respec
and legislation from all parties havin
{ candidates in the field in other words /
cultivate determination to vote asains
men who are opposed to labor reforms, q
who will not pledge themselves in favor ,
z them. ! would control all parties by al
. sisting Their if they will assist us, and b
opposing, if they would vote, and by unit
ing upon our special friends, and agains
our open enemies.
WITH SUCH ASSERTIONS
and arguments | know | am treadinr O
disputed grounds but controversy wi
, produce thoughts that when developed
! may disclose some better plan for primar
organization
! It 10 the young men and the next geneT
alton that are TO be benefited hut Oh
men plant trees that those unborn ma
pluck and eat the fruit So should oil
men make the best Of their time by DR.
viding for the future of their descendant
! l should be pleased to correspond on tn
subject Of organization with the actlv
union mechanics of every part Of tn
world.
!. Every union Of mechanics in the Unite,
! States might talk with each other throug
the WoRKINGNAN's ADVOCATE, and q
should have a copy Of that paper, a. M +
see what is said and doing in every part o
, the nation A. NJ MIN