The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-07-12
THE LABOR BI REAL
Extracts from Il, correspondence.
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A Wurklngman, ut tltchburg says
Il The cause presente is too important
To be without what assistance We can each
and all give to il The points We seek 10
gam must be won by our own eNertlons AT
first, but will eventually gain the respect
and support " all good and wise men, and
will prove in future % be the good Of all
mankind. and t. the civil government II
Is the best step yet taken towards obtain
ing better equalization. While We have
done 50 much towards freeing the African,
let Us luoA "a our own homes, ana try ana
free ourselves, and place ourselves IN
position worthy of men who are the
wealth-producers Ot the country While
We are doing 50 much for foreign missions,
can We not do something for uur hard
working. il! paid men and women all
through the States There IL a large Held
for operation here, and instead Of using all
our influence for the aggrandIzemrut Of
f-H spectators let AS try ana u" some
thing that will benefit the majority. Let
Us choose men that will stand by rs. and
elect them to office, where they ia return.
vii help as, Ia placing ourselves On a bet
ter footing than mere slavery IA disguise.
g. Let US have an eIght-hour- system to
began With. ur else let us organize cooper
atlon, 50 that the proceeds ut our labor
viii be divided more equally among the
working class With their bare living, ana
less 20 into the hands ut those already
oyertioWIng with worldly goods All the
working class are willing to acknowledge
that the cilht huur system would he bene-
heal, # they could get 1t. They never wall
get it, If they don't - for it themselves
The capitalists viii never offer u w their
own free will But the thing Is started.
and the people are getting their eyes open
Ell little. and | think that before long.
humane. reasonable. common sense men
will stand good chance 10 be- at the head
OF our government W. have been the
tools of political managers long enough.
We want 20 see men at the head 0f affairs,
that Will prove t. be our friends When
We find men that Will say long hours ana
small pay are beneficial to the working
class, let us consider them unworthy Of re
presenting the people VT TINS enlightened
country.
II Long hours lead To- small pay, and hat
means poverty and All it, iuiserie- If a
man ls unable to pay his bills he Is con
sldered mean, he then feels disheartened,
and is more liable to drink, and ~ down.
till he IS by degrees reduced to nothing.
and is a lit subject for disorder or rebel
hon. or anything to change his condition
They say We are better paid here than IN
other countries. 80 we are, hut there IS
little difference at the years end; the four
aunas, or l25 cents per day, uf the Ben
galese in Calcutta, furnish the necessaries
Of life, and that IS all We get, a bare hv-
my, with few comforts. ur time for culture
am sorry to intrude on you ~ much but
feel AS if | would like to say or do some
thing to advance the interests Of the poor
people Of this ana other lands am ~
tired, after a long hard days work, that |
cannot collect my ideas very we'll, which |
trust you will overlook.
From another correspondent at West
vale .
II If you pay a visit to Marland factory
Andover, Mass, you will find one Of the
dirtiest and most unhealthy factories you
ever saw The means Of egress, in the case
of fire, is as limited as it is possible to be
The wages Of the operatives especially the
spInnersD are lower than anywhere else
know Of
q At Hale's factory, South Groveland,
children Of tender age have been in the
habit of working year after year, without
being allowed to attend day school. In
place Of this, however, a night school for
the factory children is open six months Of
the year, five nights week, the chill
dren being compelled to attend, and to pay
for the tuition. Those children after elev-
EN- hours toll, are exhausted and many Of
them, during the nocturnal school-hours,
fall asleep at their desks, while trying to
master the rudiments of knowledge The
children employed by the Cordage Com
pany, Seaside depot, Plymouth, have
lsbored year after year without attending
school