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md balancing supply and dor,and, provont tho
eylls that now give rso to MI onr tlificultioB.
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PUT INTO PRACTICAL OPERATION.
Tho prcHs publishes tho commercial roporta, boz
ca,,Bo they aro tho nloBt valuable ,oWH to tho
merchant, md by thoir oxuellouoo thoy totor-
mine the rank and salo Of tho paper In h gront
nloas'iro. Some pnpors llnvo boon known to DO
well supported on account Of tho yaluo Of their
reporta whom, II doponlont on politica and otllor
nowH, thoy would lave boon dond md -.
Newspapers. by their criticism Of ono another,
keep up tho trlth md excol!oncc Of their reports
among tho whole. II 1.abor-reports worc fur
nislicd to tho newspapers, 1t would bo to their
interest to publish thcna, for those publishing
tho hoht would 'nrEoly ncronao tlor circulation.
Worlingmen would ilavo n monoyad ntorost in
buying parora then they would road them aa
part Of their hnRlneBs.
now MUCH IT WOULD COST
to support Board Of Trades (Which might not
as nj Employment bureau nlao) ia malttor to
would not cost tho workingmon of Chicago moro
thnn 325, 900 year. StrilioH lnst year coHt you
moro than $500 0o0,--,cnough to pay for tho sup
port Of two such institutions forever, By tho In
tistics for publication every day, difficult as 1t
might soom at first thought, could not present
any moro difficulties tllnn tho making up Of tho
commercial reports. Tho results accomplished
ma1,, M all would DO bonolted thereby. All
would DO united in ono intorost. Fivo conts
would place cvory man In n position to advance
his own intoroat md ovorybody-olso'a ut the
Ramo time.
I am gladly surprised to 500 that, In tho pro-
Bontatfon Of this plan, / havo In somo measuro
bcen anticipated by the Labor Congress; but,
to tho oxtent TINT 1,aro shown, 1t ca1 aud must
be adopted to becomo truly bonotlcinl. Tl,oy
contemplate aaking Goyorrtnont to organize
bureaus ito gathor stntiatics to DO placed bo-
fore tho Houses Of Congroaa." You do mot need
those Btatiatica for tho uso Of Government, but
FOR THE DAILY, PRACTICAL USE OF EACH Isp1-
v1pUAL.
It ia not subject for philanthrorio assistance,
like bliud nTa orphan aBylnmH, hut d purely
business operation, which belonga solely to the
parties concerned: Government Inns nothing to
do with It. Ours is not q patornnl Government,
ouch ns aro md hayo been tho Republics Of
Franco, but ono which IL organized to govern
nation Of men, who aro capable, or supposed to
DO capable, Of Attending to their own private
concerns.
Government did not establish Boards Of Trade
for tho merchants; they did tllat themselves,
aud not for the purpose Of furnishing informa-
tion to CongroaB but for thclr own bohoof md
bonoflt. Government has, aftor their ostabfiBh-
ment mainly for its own benefit and conduct as
Government, organized aud maintained Agricul-
tural and Commercial Bureaus; but oven then
their min business Is d compilation Of tho re-
comlnorcial AgoncieB. They havo organized q
Signal Service; but It can no more DO BRfd to
bolong to the capitalists than tho lighthouse
systeua or military and police force. ANY help
tho gxea TO- tho snpse3lst g. Is incl
Workingmon,. do not wait until Government
shall mid you; do not depend OIL parties or poll
tioinnB to do that which you only can do right
and we'll. You arc capable Of
ORGANIZING AND SUPPORTING TOUn OWN AFFAIRS; !;
do so If Government shall afterwards help
you, so much tho better; but they who expect
var agsinsta prejudeea press. Make it proi{ta-
ble to the press to bo as projudcod on your
aiHh nnH thnN ms hnhu nf that Jityt1rp n1an