The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-03
CALL FOR A NATIONAL TRADES
ASSEMBLY

20 " lAlNh - AAtaNllth tllN - iANN'AAto NJ
Presidents Satf /. F,1renbatch and Foran,
and Secretaries Walls and Collins, all rep
ryscutative men, enjoying the confidence
Of their respective organizations. We
trust Messrs Mclaughlin, Noerr Ennis,
Kirby. ana Wright Mil alsu lend their
powerful Influence q. insure success, 50
that every organized trade may be repre-
scented thus giving to the deliberations u
the Congress National Importance and
authority, which Will prove that 1t Is not
intended q use the projected organlza-
ton III the interest If any special trade OF
calling In few days circular, setting
forth THE objects sought to ~ accom-
yhshed viii be tprW arded ID every Trades
mon u the United States, and We ear
usstly trust that tAe response Will be such
az u ara the efforts III those Who have
devoted both time and energy t. secure
tly success III thr enterprise.
Tie location Cleveland Is an adntra-
u.eoue perhaps the most central and con
,ymrut which could have been selected
ah.e the season II the year. all things
considered. Is also uuobJectiouable.
Nvw friends uur ana MI. let us go to
work Ia earnest. pun together tor com
mon purrose. and that purpose the eleva-
'.'i III IT'S ''--.l'- -I-'s9-s ''' III ''s''
most energetic ana reliable members be
selected As delegates from among the sew
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WIG VIII 't .''' ''' '''' III
honesty and practical wisdom any body u
men which has ever assembled ou the
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'r4nd Army n Labor
The following Is the call
d. the Work .n-u % l- United state orsaulled for
PROTECTIVE, purposes
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National .,yl International Trade As.,c,a-
t.ns and tbr.4.b rhe,. 5Iuterl National
Associations have f.ra rfIua. Az least. les
..uri rb.. ,Y..,.I III -h,. y,hIr.ytnd that was
r,-a.irv ..,rr,.iu., rh. pr,Iu..fny masses INTO
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.bIp,.. III Cat..+,I
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b.r.. ..,,,I7.r,t. t,.,.,.,rer C,,,t,I - daiy
hac..,,,,,,., .,,,,r..r Nam. u Tr.j..- T-,,ion.
W.. ILL.,. IN 4 staid-.riII Tba rapiJ ana
alarm1p., concentration II Cai,ital plac4d
under the control If A few men and the
fact thar almost til, entire LEGISLATION Of
The cnpntry botb STATE ana National i IN
the interest # ,.us concentrated Capital
giving II aluo,, imperial powers. should
admoni.h VI tht III Ionte stand still.
means randi decrease " our power A.
Trade Cuions in CO nparison with that Of
Capital.
While We are kept III continual alarm by
the eft Of the psop-s representatives to
enact conspiracy laSs against Us, by their
refusal tu grant rs even the smallest boon
asked for. they are fostering huge mOnopo-
lies that are slowly hit surely grinding the
very life out q the producers. These mo
NJ iJI openly defy n, they buy and sell
our iaS makers, and wprklngmen resting
IN la st security. are rapidly drifting into
practical srrfdom 10 A tyranny far greater
than THAT IF the most desporic government
on The. FACE. If tb. earth
Already TN. farmers of the Vest and
Northwest driven M d4sr4r.f,on III tb4
bold bare-faced robbery III Thy fruits IL
their industry by localized menopolv. have
organized powerful state nominations
and while " have thousands III organiga-
tons scattered throughout the North.
South. East and West. vet there is no con-
centrated effort. they are as far apart ex-
cept in individual trades. Al II their inter
ests we're diau,etricallv opposed. to each
other. and while they thus remain they are
al easy prev u those Who glory IN their dis
inteprated condition, but whu tremble at
the idea of their invincibility when organ
lied As they must be-
What Trade nlnnists have been for
years taacbipg ~ the members of thar
trad. must nov be ta11yht 10 Trade Unions
themselves. that is uri0n-closer union
common brotherhood pledged VI labor's re-
deunptinp Let NOT the faIIuras Of tho mast
d..tar ma firm, maxim, ra,a,r.d Efforts bn+
urobtin5 III opr dear bnu,rbt exnerianca
bnild ~ ana p4rfect an or9anization sucb
as was Contemplated in Baltimore in 1860
We, the undersigned, have for some
months past. by correspondence and other
wise, been agitating the question Of organ
ling An Industrial Congress. or National
Trades Assembly, and believing that fur
Their delay would be preludiclal I'd the cause
Of labor, do hereby call on every Trade or
ganzation I'm the United States be il local.