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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-03

Georgia has 1862 spindles in
operation, of which Columbus monop-
olizes $4,000. Alabama has 2S,O65
spindles. Georgia has g., 433, 265 in
vested in cotton manufactures, and
Alabama but 1921 eco in the same
manufactures.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-03

LIVER REG ULATOR is ALI it claim To he for
Indigestion and Bilious Complaints. I have
also heard many Of my friends speak of it. and
All agree that it possesses the virtues claimed for
it. A. II. HIGHTOWE
Conductor Al.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-03

YOU VINO lead sedenta!y iIves-Printers. Tail
ors' Shoe makers, etc will find a great relief
1or the Constipation fIom which Won so often
suHer py taking SIMMONS LIVER REGIJ
hAIoh- 1t is simple, harmless, vegetable
.oinpouha' sure to relieve you, and can do no
injury.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-03
CHARLOTTE, y. c.,
September. Doth 1879

-Ncss.-a. tiiiot%;-Having been APP
pointed one OF the Nice-P President, of
the Southern Historical Society, and
being c.c-cbicjo President of the aux
iliary society for the State of North
Carolina, I Shall attempt TO organize
the latter on the occasion of the State
Fair. [ therefore earnestly request all
soldiers, sailors and citizens who wish
to preserve the fast perishing mate
rials OF the history of the great civil
war, in which our State bore so distin-
guished part. to meet me in Raleigh,
on Friday. the 18th of October, for the
purpose above indicated.
z. B. VANCE.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-03
Wrink les are Unavoidable.

but the teeth may be rendered ti1ne-proof If
brushed daily WITH SOZODONT, a preparation
AS beautiful as the dew; they will never decay
or become discolored OF infested with tartar
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-03

such horrid feelings 1 experience no one
can imagine. feel Respondent. as though some
lnihg awful was going to happen. Use SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR, if YOU would
avoid such feelings
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-03

at the Augusta factory We're promptly
PAID of, as We're also the canal labor
ers and the city employees. The
Chronicle and Sentinel thinks that the
cricls in that city is over, and that all
the suspended banks will resume in a
few days.
IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE GOVERN
MENr president GRANT on THE
CRISIS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-The follow-
1g letter was written 10 day:
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. %, '73.
Ness''s. III. b. Cyaf7in and Charles H..
-1'ath0ny:
GENTLEMEN - In response to the
views you have communicated to me-
touching the present stringency in the
money market of the country, and the
necessary steps to restore confidence
and legitimate trade and commerce. T
have the homer to communicate the
following
The Government is DESTROYS of doing
all In its power to relieve the present
unsettled condition of business affairs
which is holding back the immense re-
sources OF the country now awaiting
transportation to the seaboard and a
market. Confidence on the part of the
people is the first thing needed to re-
leFe this condition, and to avert the
threatened destruction of business.
with its accompanying disasters to ali
classes of the people. To re-estabIfsh
this feeling the Government is willing
to take all legal measures at its com.
mand, but it is evident that no Gov
ment efforts will avail without the
active cooperation of the banks and
moneyed corporations of the country.
With the fourteen millions already
paid out in me purchase of the Gov
eminent Indebtedness and the with
drawal of the large deposits from the
Treasury, the banks are now strong
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-11-22
LET THE WIFE BE HEARD.

1t is often the province of women to
give wise counsel and he who consults
his wife in his every day business is, az
general rule, successful.
Would it not be we'll under existing cir
cumstances for workingnen TO consult
their wives as to whether or not they should
accept reduction Of wages, and continue
work during the winter season, or refuse,
and pass the winter in idleness.
1t is the wife who has the management
of the domestic atfairs-it is her who
has to study how long she must
make the bag or barrel Of -four last; she
has to meet the butcher and the baker,
and also the smile or the frown
of the groceryman. The children have to
be fed and clothed through long, cheer
less winter, and the mind of the mother
is in continual strain TO provide for all
The little wants Of the family. Would it
not, we say, be the part Of wisdom to con-
suit her before any steps are taken that
would involve her in sea of troubles. 1t
is safe TO presume she would feel the inn
portance Of the situation, and in ninety
nine cases out Of . hundred her advice
would be sound and reliable. There are
few women that would be willing to COM
promise their husbands-no true wife
would and the husband should not con-
slider that he il compromising himself or
losing any part Of his dignity or manhood
by consulting with his wife in matter in
which she is 90 deeply interested.
Women have keener perception in such
matters than men, and are more to be
trusted in the conclusions which they ar
rive ct. 1t il their business to know. and
they make it their study. It will be found
that the wife will be a. reluctant to favor
o reduction a. the husband, because it in
sure to cut of many little luxury or nick
mack that he knows nothing about; they
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full session that no work be permitted by
their members until the ''rats" were dis
charged.
BosroE, Nov. 2O.-The Washington
mills at Lawrence have delivered to the
homes Of their operatives this fall, l,700
tons Of coal at %. 80 per ton, thereby saw
ing the operatives IS per ton, or an aggre-
gate saving Of $5. $40 over the current mar
ket prices.
THE MANUFACTURE the manu-
factories ut Hyde Park have reduced both
hours of labor and wages, except in two
or three instances.
The paper mills at Mattspan are run
ming on short time.
The Merchants wooden mill, ut Dedham,
reduces wages 10 per cent.
At Marlborough, N. H., Winchester &
Mason, pail manufacturers, have closed
their mill.
The first OF this month j. Il r. KnOWl.
ton cat down the wages Of their help IL
per cent.
The Marlborough Manufacturing com
pany, Monadnoc Blanket company, and
Cheshire Blanket company hope to be able
to run on full time through the winter, but
in order to do this will reduce wages IL
per cent. on Dec. l.
The Manufacturer and Miner says
''The Youngstown rolling mill is now in
full blast, running double turn, the pro-
prietors having orders on hand sufficient
to guarantee the hope that they can con
tinue running during the entire winter
The prosperity Of this mill is due, to q
great extent, to the efficient management
of Mr.. George Atkinson, through which
it is giving out superior quality of iron
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A HINT TO THE INDUSTRIAL CON
GRESS.

Shortly before the Industrial Congress
convened in Cincinnati, the ADVOCATE re-
ferred to the advantages to ba derived
from selecting two or more subjects Of
general interest for discussion at its next
deliberations.
We think there are few delegates, who
have participated in the Labor Congresses
which have been held for the past ten
proposition. By the means suggested,
especial interest would centre in the de-
bates A great deal of the rambling dis
cussion, which consumes time and does no
good, would be dispensed with, and men
would be enabled to speak understanding
Iy, and with some definite purpose. This
system has been adopted in the old world,
and with the most perfect success. From
our English exchanges We learn that the
programme arranged for the sixth annual
Trades Union Congress, to be opened at
Sheffield, England, on the 18th Of Jan
uary next, is as follows
l. Appointment Of the Credential Com
miutee, examination Of credentials, and the
report thereon to the Congress.
Election Of officers to the Congress, and
the President opening address.
.. Legislative urttUu-rvFv'rt VI tire fHr-
liamentary Committee.
T. Future Legislation Criminal Law
Amendment Act. Conspiracy. Master and
Servant Act, Factory Nine Hours Bill, Truck
Bill, Compensation to Workmeu Bill, and the
Trades Union Act
}. Representation OF labor III Parliament
the best means t0 secure it,
&. The urgent necessity for providing q
sufficient staff of efficient and practical IL
spectors to enforce the Factory and Work
shops Regulation Acts and the Mines Regu-
latiOn Acts; and the advisability Of securing
a number Of qualified workingInen to act Al
inspectors.
Z. Trades Unions-tbe federative prin1i-
pie applicable to them.
$. Overtime, apprenti ceships, and piece
work, cooperation and industrial partner
ships.
9. Emigration and unemployed labor; the
employment OF women and children in agri'
culture, factories and workshops and the
employment Of soldiers in industrial trade:
and in agriculture; convict labor
TO- Trades halls, their adaptabilty and
advisability for the purpose OF trades sOcie-
ties
II. The application Of the Arbitration
| Act.
Now, here is something definite and tc
the point Delegates know in advance the
nature of the subjects to be discussed, and
prepare themselves accor Gngly. The re-
ports of the committee are drawn with a
thorough understanding Of the subject,
and embody the views of p large majority
Of the British workmen. This is a foreign
custom which we can prohtaoly adopt.
We earnestly hope that the Rochester Con
VENT on will take action on the matter.
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Now. IT l. not claiming too much to say
that these $40 oranges represent voting
population Of 300 900 souls. Already a
large number Of the most able and far
seeing Of their leaders are beginning t.
realize that it is more essential to secure
cheap D,oHeg than cheap transportation
and there is no doubt that, by well di
rected effort, the cooperation of the far
mers at large can be obtainsd in any flu
ture movement t. secure this boon. The
recent elections have opened the eyes Of
our Law makers, especially as our western
tillers II the soil have evidently deter
mined to vote as they think. Under these
circumstances it is with unfeigned pleas
ure we announce that, at the ensuing
session of Congress, bill, in consonance
with the financial principles enunciated BY
the National Labor Union, will be intro
duced, and, what is more, strenuOusly
supported by many Of the ablest states
men of the country and, although re,
suits may not verify our opinion, we
honestly believe, if the proper steps are
advisedly taken, if united action between
the mechanical and agricultural elements
is secured, land We have reason to believe
that it can and ,cW be,) that their united
demands will be needed, the curse Of the
country-the National banking system
destroyed, and the issue Of currency di-
rectly to the people, based on the wealth
and resources Of the country, sufficient in
volume to meet all legitimate business re-
quirements, elastic and inexportable a
legal-tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate, inter-convertible, at the pleasure of
the holder, into government bonds bearing
g. 60 per cent. interest, can be secured.
With the advent of this system, and the
abolition of the gold-basis humbug, a new
era will dawn on the history Of our coun-
try, lock-ups and panics will be unknown,
wealth will be more generally diffused,
honest labor will be adequately rewarded,
nonopolies will be shorn of their power,
and our country become a republic in fact
as well as in name.
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TO THE MINERS AT LARGE.

A few weeks ago the ADVOCATE con-
tanned the proceedings of the Miners
National Association, and also the prophe-
cy that if those most deeply interested in
its success would do their duty, that before
the lapse Of year the organization, in
point of numbers, wealth and influence,
would be second to none in the ranks Of
labor associations. To that opinion we
still adhere, though it is well to remember
that success or failure depends upon
the performance or non-performAnce of that
duty. We hold it is imperative that every
delegate to that Convention who endorsed
its proceedings land we do not know one
who did not, carries out, in good faith,
the pledges then and there made. Officers
were duly elected, and specific duties inn
posed upon them, but there was also stip-
ulated salary attached TO their services.
The Miner National Association"
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reads well on paper, yet the officers of such
association do not propose to remove to
Cleveland to DIT up offices at their own ex-
pense. They are supposed, at least, to
represent the interests Of their constitu-
ents, and Just in proportion rs these con-
stituents perform their duty, and sustain
their efforts by furnishing the "sinews Of
war" will they be enabled to secure and
maintain the objects for which the organ
ization was formed.
Friends miners this is personal ques-
ton No matter how many districts have
failed to perform their duty. the question
which concerns you most is, Have l
performed mine J" This investigation, like
charity, should commence at home. The
union in Shomokin which has failed 70 pay
its assessment, has no business to ask If
the union in Braidwood has met its re-
quirements neither has the union Of Bra
iii, which wants to see what they are do
ing in other sections Of the country, before
a post office order is sent to the Secretary,
any right to grumble if the miners i'll the
Mahoning Valley have been guided by the
same considerations. He'll is paved with
good intentions Handsome is who hand
some does.
A vote in the right direction Oh meeting
night, AMI the prompt payment of the first
assessment, is worth dozen cargoes of
well wishes. Sympathy, like everything
else. has msrketab lie price, and its worth
is determined, like note, by the amount
Of value it represents.
The Miners National Association ,riH
be grand success. The men who have
been selected to guide its affairs equal
to the emergency, and certainly 1t is not
stating too much to say that the miners at
large are worthy of such officers But,
then, the proof Of the pudding is the eat
inc Of II. Faith without works is dead
and ought to be.
Miners, remember the interests ut stake;
act promptly and in good faith, and you
will ever remember with pride-the first
Convention Of the Miners National As
ISOLATION.
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TO THE MINERS OF THE NORTH
WEST.

We desire 10 draw the special attention OF
the miners Of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and
Missouri to the call for meeting Of the
third annual session of the Miners Benev-
client and Protective Association Of the
Northwest, to be held in Springfield on the
first Tuesday in January next AS the
convention will have to vote on the ques-
ton Of joining the Miners National Union
Of the States, every miner must see the
necessity If being represented at the
Springfield Convention There has never
been time, sine, the association was or
gained, when an expression Of the united
body was 50 requisite as at the present
Few can peer into the dark future, and
fewer still can forsee what it contains for
the working people Of this continent. That
there Is a systematic effort to reduce labor
70 ITS lowest point. there can be no doubt,
and the only hopes Of the workingmen to
meet it, is by well-timed and perfect or
ganization
To be organized, here and there, is little
better than no organization at all. To be
effective We must be thoroughly organized.
This fact the miners Of the Northwest
ought to recognise. They have some Of
the greatest corporations in the country to
contend against The National Union Of
fers to the miners If the country the
pivot, upon they can turn. Let us hope
that every miner in the Northwest will
make it his especial duty to be repre-
scented at the Springfield session Of the
association, and that the delegates will be
guided by wisdom and discretion in voting
for or against association with the National
Union.
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LABOR ITEMS.

THE Trades Unions of Cleveland en-
brace the following: Two lodges Of knights
of St. Crispin, two Printers, two Mold.
ers', four Machinists' and Blacksmiths,
two Iron and Steel Heaters, three Coop
ers'. one Cigarmakers and two FORCES Of
the Sons of Vulcan.
ALL the mills in Lock Haven, with one
exception, are shut down.
The ironworks at Allentown have blown
out two of their stacks.
The rolling mill at Kittaning is to be
sold at sheriff 3 sale on November 10.
THE Labor Party at Pittsburgh on Sat
urday effected permanent organization.
There are some eighteen or twenty Labor
Associations in Allegheny county, and the
Labor Party in strong one.
ST.. LOUIS, Nov. 8.-The Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railroad reduced the wages Of
employees in their shops at Sedalia, Mo-,
1t il said the men will refuse to work on
these terms.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 20.-The wages
Of employees Of the Memphis and Charles
ton railroed will be reduced 20 per cent.
tomorrow. 1t is thought there will be q
strike in consequence.
RICHMOND, Ind, Nov. 20.-The black
smiths and machinists Of several establish
ments are on strike against reduction
Of 80 cents per day.
Paterson. N. j., Nov. 2O.-Two large
locomotive works here have offered to re-
sumo work if their late employees win SUBJ
NIT to reduction of wages.
PITTsBURGH, Par, Nov. 2O.-The prin-
ters' troubles culminated here to-day in Q
general lockout against the proprietors.
The Leader and Erewing Journal attempted
the publication OF their paper with non-
Union men. A meeting was called by the
typographical Union No. z, and resolu-
ton unanimously passed BY that body In
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FROM ILLINOIS.


BRAIDwooD, Nov. Al, 1873
10 the Editor % the woRKIxssAys ADvoCArE
The men 81 Brodie Shaft, owned and
operated BY j. .. A. King, u Joliet, are
at present on a strike The strike com
menced on Monday last ia this place. On
Saturday last, the miners working On the
pillars were notified that a reduction would
be made on their present prices Of twenty
five cents per ton, commencing on the
Monday following The workingmen re-
ceived this notice, and took 40 action on
the subject, on their own account. but i'm
mediately notified the President Of the
Association. He made all haste, and called
special meeting of the members Of the
different lodges in the vicinity, which took
place last evening at O'Clock
Mr.. Dale, from the shaft at which the
trouble existed, stated the cause, plainly
and truly, which was then taken up and
discussed by the meeting. The general
that if the men Of this shaft acceded Ia
the reduction, ON the grounds that some
places were easier TO work than Others and
the men in these making more wages than
the average Of them, the same rule could
apply = all the shafts o. the prairie The
employers Of any shaft in the whole dis
trict could select a dozen places in their
mine, and 20 to the workmen employed
therein and say to them, with the same
propriety, "You men make all Of one dol
lar per man each more than the average
run Of our shaft, and in consequence, to
equalize all, we shall reduce you twenty
five cents per ton" 1t hardly ever enters
into the head Of such a man a. Mr. Tur-
ner's Superintendent of this shaft, with
whom the whole trouble has originated. to
20 to the men who are working below the
average rate Of the district, and say "a
them, Here, you men are below the run
Of the works in your wages, and, TO equal
ize you, we will advance you twenty i've
cents per ton until your places get better i
No, no. The object Of such men is not to
grade either the miners or the world up,
but to grade them down in every way.
The meeting, after weighing the whole
matter carefully, agreed, and unanimously,
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are the sslf-sAcrifcing part Of our nature.
II workingmen consult them now and
be guided by their counsel in the present
crisis, they viii find them ready and will
ing to lend q helping hand when the hour
Of duty calls them again 10 act. Again,
We repeat to our workingmen, take your
wife into counsel, and while she may NOT
dictate TO you, if you are guided by har
counsel, Whatsoever follows, she viii bekr
with lighter heart
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THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE.

In our last issue, after briefly referring
to the outlook for the ensuing winter from
a labor standpoint, We promised to refer
to the bow in the clouds, and show the
means by which the laborer can attain the
fruits Of his toll
An ounce Of prevention is worth pound
Of cure With almost AS much precision
as we can count on the appearance of q
new moon, the mercantile and industrial
classes Of the United States can tell when
so-called financial panic will pay visit
to our commercial centres, and thence tc
the industrial classes, on the same prin.
ciple that a student can tell why effect
follows cause, or why two and twv make
! four and with this process Of argument,
we feel satisfied the careful reader If the
ADVOCATE is already familiar 1t is simp-
ly an arithmetIcai question. which any
schoolboy c." ,oive
How long eau a manufacturer. merchant
or farmer, who pays ten per cent for
money, and whose average returns on the
capital invested are but three per cent.
afford to continue business 1t is mat
ter Of time ana endurance, but the re-
suits are as memorable as the DEGREES of
fate 1t may be compared to an hour
glass, which empties in twenty minutes at
one end, what it requires sixty minutes at
the other end to FILL The one process is
always under the manipulation Of the rob
Der the other under the supposed control
81 the victim.
For yeart past, the mechanics and work
ngmen, through their representatives,
have yainly endeavored to enlist the sym
pathy and cooperation Of the agricultural
element, to secure their demands for a
recognition Of lsbor's rights, or redress
Of labDrs wrongs. The efforts and mis-
representations Of partisan, subsidized
press have unfortunately been more potent
than the dictates of reason and common
sense. Its a long lane, however, which
has no turn. The seed sown is beginning
to bear fruit. Monopoly has but one def
milton. Charity, honor, or even justice,
are terms to which it is a stranger All
are tish which come into its net but. I'm
fortunately for its own selfish purposes, 1t
has OVershot its mark, and secured for
labor what labor, apparently, was unable
"a secure for itself The farmers. who
have suffered till forbearance has ceased To
be a virtue, are at length awakened To
realization of the fact, that the common
enemy can only be defeated by union Of
sentiment and action. Hence We find, on
every hand, disposition manifested to
secure the influence, moral and political
Of the mechanics -overtures. which, we
are happy to say, have been met i'll the
most fraternal spirit To consummate this
union essential to The welfare Of the Re
public should be the, persistent aim Of
Of every labor reformer The new ele-
ment Of strength 70 be secured by such
an amalgamation is certainly worth an ef-
fort From the latest aud most reliable
data furnished, We find the number Of far
mers oranges that is farmers trades
unions Sin the several States, to be as fol
l.u--