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mining and the manufacturing business in
this country previous to the panic, is now
idle, and the same average will hold good
throughout the State.
"Reminiscences are being signed by
steamboat engineers against the repeal 81
the law which forbIds the employment 81
aliens as engineers, pilots, etc, on vessels
on the lakes Exactly such a law exists in
Canada and is strictly enforced against
American engineers who apply for licenses.
The Schuylkill Iron company, of Potts
vile, Pa, are about to locate blast fur
mace at Hackettstown with ca ital Of
$2OO, 900, Of which 500, 900 is to be in
stock and 500, 900 in bonds, half Of each
to be taken by the company and one-half
to be subscribed by the friends Of the enter
prise in Hackettstown
A HINT FOR CARPENTERS ON A STRIKE.-
A firm Of Waterville, Me-, are erecting a
mill, 50x95, three stories, for the purpose
of manufacturing house frames All the
parts for an ordinary house can be had
within few days after the order is given.
The building is entirely framed by ma
chlnery, and ready to be erected. 1t is
provided with machinery to plane every
part, even TO the posts and stills. 1t will
be the only one of the kind in the State.
The factory operatives of Lawrence,
Mass. will have ''ten-hour banquet" on
Monday night the 22d inst.
The Wyandotte, Mich, rail mill is run
ming double turn.
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that the object Of the meeting was TO hear
the report of the various committees that
we're sent t. the several companies, but
owing to none Of them being present the
chairman called upon Mr. Dsndo to adj
dress the meeting Mr.. Dando addressed
the meeting at some length, after which
John Keir, Peter Daley and others deliv-
cred short addresses, when the following
motion prevailed: Moved, that we submit
to the fifteen cents per ton reduction on
the price Of mining, If trey will not alter
the pushing providing, however, they
will give us an answer on or before Mon
day, June 8th. If they fail to give us an
answer by that time, we shall demand the
full price that was formerly paid. The
meeting then took recess for half an hour.
Upon resuming business the delegates
had arrived from Chicago and from the
Superintendent Of the Diamond Mines,
but their reports were not Of a very en-
couraging nature. The Chicago delegates
did not see the President of the Company,
and consequently had no report to make.
The delegates from the Superintendent of
the Diamond told the delegates that they
should buy newspapers and see the price
Of the market and they would see that they
were offering them fair He was not pre-
pared to deviate any further than he had
done. He offered to add one cent advance
on the first proposed reduction, making six
cents for eacn one hundred yards after the
first one hundred and thirty
The meeting, after a little further de-
bate, adjourned to meet again on Saturday,
18th, at / O'Clock, when John Slney was
expected to be present NJ D,NDo.
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GEA>b RArIp>, June :, 1877

GEANr RAPIDS, June :, 1874.
e. Eit.r NJ -ne NuselNss,>s Advocate
In tins growing city, where the entire in-
terest Is that II manufacturing. times are
very dull, and many men are idle some
Of our manufacturers have suspended oyer
atiun altogether. while others have simply
gone back G." ...uiv ,..ll-s, VIZ three-quar-
ter time.
Nov, MIR Editor, Why Is business IN thus
CONDITION. AZ thIs season n the year Ac-
cording ~ our wise unAncIers 1t is because
there is tuu much work to be done, henl,
the wuIknen are Idle. But, sir, the only
reason that any man can give is the scarcity
OF money. Onc year ago employers we're
seeking employees ~ WORK IA the cIty, and
now many men go through our streets
seeking wurk bat nndIng none. Ana Presi-
dent U,rant, the alsy man, would say the
reason A too much WORK causes TINS stale
OF affairs tu exist. Men ut our city Nhu
borrowed money between tine passage ut
the finance uii and the veto of san nIli AZ
per cent. cuurI loan tie same AZ 10 PER
cent, and wherefore, because vt the ahuud-
ance IT money Mr. Editor Il Il nut
strange that our very modest President
dId not think w ans matter when he was
initiating ms "Wn sal.sry, or dld ne thluk
he had tpi much money hy Is a that
~orkIngInen pay go per hushel for pota-
toes AZ the present time Because there are
:" many potatoes "a the market But, Mr..
Editor, uO our people stop to think, does
Il occur ~ them that should we return tO
specie payment that We would also return
t. - cents and 81 per day. Just as We
we're previous to 1850 And how many
men w"rkv.i tur less than ~ cents : Men
~urkei ga farms fnr - per month. Do they
aISh a. return to the rurmer state Of al
falrs Gold basis leads direct To tins state ut
affairs. and every man from Grant uown
Nisu favurs A return u a gold basis would
return e. low wages and long hours. Look
al Carl SchuTz pleading for gold Tie y
an arIst.-crAtIc German VIII" thought tins a
goud country a. visit, and came IN quite a
huTry gold leader Ia favor Of low wages
and hong hours but the people a Missouri
vii not initiate HIM to the Senate again
He has to- much Senate does not require
any more Mr.. Editor, is it not strange
that the American people allow their rulers
t. ensiave them We are enslaved by the
monuyed power of the Eastern states.
We. the SONS of toll, should see t. Il that
no gold ~OrshIper is returned 10 Congress
81 elected t. .ly office IN the gift Of the
people The suffering Of the people last
winter IN all large cities was very great,
but It was but furetaste Of what we will
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The Machinists and Blacksmiths.

From the last issue Of the NJ. and b. S
Journal we learn that new Unions have
been organized IN jackson, Mich, and
Waterloo, Iowa.
A new feature has recently been intro
duced in the organization, by which its
members can purchase their food and cloth
ing on an average Of - per cent below
market price. Mr.. Fehrenbatch estimates
that its adoption Id the city Of Cleveland
alone, in a membership of five hundred
and fifty, a yearly saving Of 1913, 640 can
be effected. Arrangements are made with
certain firms to sell to all persons present
ing certified check. clothing and provls-
ions at a reduction at from 10 to 20 per
cent below the quoted prices As the
Union issues these checks, none but Union
men can derive any benefit from its opera
ton In all cases cash must accompany
the order, and to prevent collision orspecu-
lation as far as possible, the checks are
changed quarterly.
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Ohio Items.

State Inspector Of Mines, Mr.. Andrew
Roy, has established his headquarters in
the State House, Columbus. and is vigor-
oRsly at work He receives all parties
with great courtesy-all parties promising
willing compliance with the law.
Work is very dull in all the mining
district Of the State.
The coal field of Southern Ohio is one
of the finest in the country The veins
run from seven to thirteen feet thick, and
of an admirable quality, being adapted to
the smelling of ore in a raw state. The
State is yet destined to be great mining
and manufacturing center.
The strike is still in progress in the
Hooking region.
Measures are under way for the estab-
ment Of a national institute for practical
miners.
General Thomas Ewing proposes to
donate tract of land for a miners school
or school Of miners.
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expect, that the members Of the Industris
Congress will take a prominent par {, am
that the officers of the organization VII
prove equal to the emergency. IL rs AIM
! impossible to over estimate the I"' ~,
tbev can exert provided their en-
'"'' ~ ,bn-. best interests
| they represent -
H.. think We can hear a response gen
,.,,,us response from every quarter " W.
,ciU ~ or duty" Well, So far SO good
but what. friends, do you consider your
duty Nothing can be accomplished un-
less the sinews Of war are furnished
An empty treasury will tie the hands of
any president No matter how energetic
or faithful he may be, he cannot do impos-
sibihties, and 1t is an impossihlhty to carry
forward the movement while the means
required To do so are withheld. Every
organization, and every member If labor
organization, and every friend of the move
meut, should make II a point to forward,
without delay, "a the headquarters at
Cleveland, such contributions as they are
able e. give. BY 50 dong the good work
can he pushed on, organizers placed IN the
field, labor tracts distributed, and labor
unions established. Without such and it
is the sheerest folly to expect any material
results can be accomplished. A contribu-
ton Of hve cents from each member will
furnish all the funds required, and enable
the President to devote his entire time to
the interests of the Congress. These are
the facts III the case, and the sooner they
Ar. KNOWN Tho hrttrr
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COUPS DETATS

are the only experience lacking to fully
affiliate our experience with that Of other
oligarchic nations
Should the United States Supreme Court
decide that railroad men, after sucking the
life blood from producers and consum ers
by watered stock, imperial salaries, parish
tic subordinate lines and other Credit Mo
biliers have right t. sell out the homes
of the farmers and others who have
mortgaged their property to obtain nation
al highways, it will follow as a corrollary
that United States troops will be called to
enforce the decision.
Those farmers and others, knowing that
the government had 1854 600. 900 to loan
% the corporate usurers at one per cent,
and not a dollar to help the producers,
will feel their blood boil and their muscles
twitch to dash their oppressors to the
earth.
But farmers don't you do 1.-THE next
step will be to suspend your States from
the Congress of the nation, and the Elec-
torial College. and secured rant third term,
backed BY the ballots of New England
and New York, and the bullets, bayonets
and bullion of the Imperial International
lists Of Europe
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ENprrtA DEPARTMENT.
Industrial CONGRESS .f thy uit.d stat

ENtyTrItk uErAKrNENT,
Industrial Congress u thc uited state
I) Az HhOm Il Nag toac.rp
At the late session of the Industrial Con
gees prize 81 one hundred dollars nifty dol
lars of which are to be contributed by Mr.. 4
e. tameron twenty-five ny Mr. John Nney,
and twenty-five by Mr. Horace II Day, was
uh,! ed for the hest essay ou the best method
q secure the cooperative efforts " the work
luEInen and worklngwomcu "a America under
one organization. All who may desire g
compete for tins przr should mail their pro-
duytluus " my address before Jun, ~. 1874.
To guard against au, partIaIty VI any KIND,
NO name should be- attached t. the articl,
sent. 1t may be written under a pu0,m- ~
plume, ur have motto attached, AMI the real
name, with the Hou,ut, Nv p.nus, pr motto
chosen. should be sent III a scaled envelope.
The aw ards shall hy made before the real
name OF the author Is known e. the committee
making the same.
The person writing the best essay shall re-
cvINe s,1euty-n,e dollars, and the person
sending the second hest ESSAY shall receive
twenty nye dollars
EuBFEr ~,HIll>o. Pr-,. Int toa.
Attest Rl tH> ruFF. N,.r.tarl
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WHAT NEXT I?

The emphatic Endorsement which the
platform presented and adopted by the In
dustrial Congress has received in all sec
tons of the country, and by all branches
Of industry, must certainly prove crafty
ing not only to those who participated in
its deliberations, but to every member Of
the community who has the interest or
welfare Of the producing classes at heart.
The South has wed with the North, and
the West with the East, in ratifying the
programme there adopted and the princi-
pies enumerated. For once, it can truth
fully be asserted, that the Labor Reform
Movement has assumed national aspect
and mportance-that sectional lines has
been obllterated- partizan issues ignored.
and the Working Glasses secured a clear
and comprehensive understanding of the
causes Of the evils Of which they 50 Justly
complain, and the means by which they
can be removed But as tree is known
by its fruit, We earnestly trust their future
actions will prove that the impressions
made have been lasting in their character
We cannot too earnestly impress upon the
attention of our readers that the political
issues of this country are now passing
through transformation, and it is at THU
juncture especially that they should exert
q powerful influence in molding, and Civ
ing them permanent shape and character
Now is the time for an aggressive warfar,
against the tOssilized ideas, custems, and
financial theories Of the past, to deter
mine whether labor or money is king. In
this contest We expect, and have right t
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LABOR ITEMS.

The Boston freestone cutters have issued
a proclamation proffering their labor and
services to any capitalist or builder who
may choose to embark in the stonecutiing
business. They say eve have hereto
fore prescribed all from engaging in the
business who are not themselves practical
stone-cutters. We now give notice that
we will work for any builder or capitalist
who chooses to enter the business. The
same privileges as have heretofore been
extended to those who haye monopolized
the trade"
The Altoona Sun says From what in
formation we have been enabled to obtain,
about One-half Of all the labor employed in
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the MINER.

The coal mines of Porter, Dennison 4
Co, located in Allegheny Township, Pa,
are now working about sixty miners, being
but about half the number employed
previous to the panic.
The Clair County Iron and Coal Com.
pany, located at Bennington Furnace, Pa,
employ, upon All average, about fifty min
ers and about one hundred men at then
furnace and coke ovens. Griffith Bonner
is the superintendent Of the mines, which
position he has held for the last fourteen
years Few men of the bituminous Goa
regions of the Allegheny mountains, I'M
derstand the mining business better than
Mr. Bonner
The Kittanning Coal Company, Pa, are
now working, on an average, fifteen min.
ers. Previous to the panic the company
employed forty miners.
FOREIGN MINES
From our English Exchanges, May "
FURTHER sTRIKE OF DURHAM MINERS.
Five hundred men employed at Watson
kepling, and Company's Blast Furnaces
Works, Seaham, came out az strike OF
Thursday against reduction of ten pei
cent.
STRIKE OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE GOLFERS.
Sixteen hundred golfers in Manveri
Nam, Lundhill, Wombwell Nam, ant
Darhel1 Main Galleries, South Yorkshire
struck work on Thursday
THE WELSH MINERS.
MERTHYER TYDvIL, Thursday. A con.
ference Of the miners delegates Of Mon
mouthshire and Glamonganshlre was helC
here to-day, when the reduction proposed
by the masters was agreed to as REASONABLE,
in the present state Of trade.
FIFE MINERS.
1t is generally believed that the las
intimated reduction Of wages will be tn,
cause Of general strike among the miner
of Fife and Clackmannan. In severa
mining districts meetings were held on
Saturday, at which great dissatisfaction
was expected at the low rate of wages pro
posed About 300 miners have left tn
county Of late, and general strike an,
exodus is considered impending.
The surface hands at Minerva Lea'
Mines, Wrexham, have resumed work a
the : per cent reduction.
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want you to give me some information
on this subject"
Such men as those ought 70 b. watched
very carefully, and notice sent after them
either through this office or the press, and
when lodge gets them hope they will
see to it that the back charges against the
party be collected, and a proper forfeit
given for the fraud committed.
Very truly yours,
JOHN JAMES, Sec'y NJ. n. A.
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The Scottish Miners.

Serious tp@ible Is again threatened ~
the mining districts " scotland The dis
satisfaction seems 20 be general, the cause
# complaint being an attempted reduction
on the part uf the NINE owners from p
To- ~ psf cent in the wages paid to the
men In Mid and East Lothian and Lam
AYRSHIRE II is doubtful whether a couPru-
mise cau ~ effected
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Twelve Dollars for Two Dollars. and a
Half

Having purchased the plate q the mag
nihcent steel engraving Morning in the
Valley, painted for Hon schuyler ColfaN 10y
Elkius. Of Chicago, the copies of which sold
tor $1,000, We Will send post paid To- any
address IN the United states a copy y the
same, with the Advocate for one year. "a any
party sending Us the tull price Of subscnp-
ton - 80
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Paid Up Capital : S2OO,OOO.OO
NITs NEW FIRE PROOF BUILDING.
Nos LAB, las and lat Randolph sire
Opposite THE COURT HOUsED
THE S.FV'TFGS B.4AK.

Both departments, the SAVINGS BANK (Which
lows interest depnsitsl and The SAFE DEPOSITORY
under the special direction and supervision .
THOMAS y BRYAN founder ~ the Depository Az.
JOHN 4 HAINES.
PRACTICE SAVING. ana encourage your children
dume~tic- auI friends w save
Deposits uf FIVE CENTS and upwards received An
INTEREST allowed thereon
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LAWS impairIng the obligations Of con-
tracts are unconstitutional. How about
the overrullng Of Arnold contract to de-
liver West Point to the British in the
Revolutionary War;
The Man IN THE Moon.
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"I have had great deal "a de- To- ret
the members to withdraw their cards The
lodge Is q trife in debt because II cur seal
troubles, to the extent of about zoe I'er
per man. Some Of the members refusing
to pay, saying they would rather JOIN soae
other lodge, and get entered for % cents.
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OFFICERS.


IHuNA- Z BEyAN, ions t HAI>E9,
IrncE f.. =. WILLIAMS. i,EEp GAGE.
FRANK r. TuEEy.
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INTEREST AII.OWE

INTEREST ALTO WED
on deposit. ~ One Dollar ana upwards
societies
May depo-it Money from time to time and before max
ng the first Deposit may Provide il Vote, hos and 2,
whom n shall PA drawn nut aud, provided copy ~
the Resolution be furnished tl the Savings Bank ~
money viii he Iaid unless q, provisions Are strictly
complied with.
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have good many such letters as these,
but deem the above samples sufficient tea
all purposes. There Is another kind. how
ever, which | would call attention t., and
ask that it be closely watched, tins Is a
species of fraud, and whomsoever practices
it is not fit candidate for abundance into
any lodge.
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Nav q. IS14

WAY -, INFF-
g am sending for -s carl Ills
name was not sent In with the tIrst list
They will not accept his local card ~Ith"ut
the National, and hope YOU anil scnd At
as soon as possible, for they will not let
him work till he produces Il.
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j. JAMES, Sec'y, Dear Sir: The owner "
card No. -, dId not see l. worth ms
while to take his card with HIM when he
lett this place 70 return to the old country
some time ago He Is willing nov e. pay
his dues, and would be very glad To- get
his card, as they will not allow hIm o.
work here until he can produce Il. May
this be warning to others intending Ia
journey that way.
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FLIPPAST HYPERCRITI0SsI.

The Banner copies sentence from
an agricultural paragraph in this pa
per where it was stated that egg-meat
dried, ground and put up in air-tight
cans, may be carried round the earth
ION the equator Indefinitely, without
injury. The criticism implies that the
words under the EQUATOR are better
than son." In that connection. The
language may be as good, but We fail
to see how it is any better. Seamen
speak of crossing 'the line" when they
sail across the equator. Webster de-
fines equator as 1.-THE line which divides
the globe into two equal hemispheres, -
or half-sphcres. a line which cuts the
globe into two hemispteres, must be
as much under a ship as over it; and 1t
is as proper to say ship sails due east
or west on this line or equator, as under
it. Our neighbor must have been in
perilous labor, when it resorted to the
agricultural columns of this paper for
something to criticise, and found
nothing better adapted to its taste and
capacity than the little word "on."
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WHAT THE NEGROES DEMAND

Among the coloIed men in Washing
ton battling for the Civil Rights bill,
IS John n. LangstOn, who is Professor
of Law in Howard University for col
ored students. Prof. Langston made a
speech, near Washington, on Decora-
ton Day, from which the following ex-
tract is taken:
I'VE want the Civil Rights bill
passed and enforced, and in the name
of our dead soldiers we demand its
passage. We demand that our wives
and daughters shall ride in what We
hicles they please, when and where
they please, so long as they pay for the
privilege. We demand that our chill
dren shall be admitted to the common
schools of the country, and I want it
shown to inflated white men that the
colored mans blood is not inferior to
the white mans blood. We demand,
in the name of our dead colOred sol
diers, that there be given to us COM
plete equality eUeTyaohere. Then are
tViU exercise oar Judgment where we
viii 60, when we Will 90, and how far
we shall go, if we are able to bear the
expense. When we pay for room at
the Arlington Hotel, we want to 60
there. In the name of our brave dead
we ask for equal rights. This conceded,
we will enter upon life and do that
which cultivates American citizenship,
and carry forward our government to
a destiny grand and magnificent.
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LAND WARRANTS.
FINANCIAL.
LOCAL STOCKS!

Business is still reported as very dull
among the banks and brokers, and We hear
Of no change in rates nor Ct any tranSac-
tons in stocks and bonds.
Gold was slightly better, closing in New
York yesterday at Ill. There is no de
mand for gold here and dealers buy to ship
to New York, paying 1O9d110, while they
hold at Ill. Silver is taken at 103 for
halves and quarters.
Exchange on New York is bought by the
banks at par and is sold by them at 81 per
thousand premium.
There is but little done here in Govern
ments, as they are considered high. The
5-20's of 1867 are quoted at 1901. Our
dealers wotIld pay 119R and sell at 1901.
Tennessee bonds are lower, being quoted
in New York at 796S1 and at 61t for the
funded series. These bonds are difficult TO
sell here and dealers will not buy except
at a good margin below the New York
rates.
Our local stocks and bonds are dull.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railroad stock may be quoted as firm at 25
and the Decatur stock as weak at As.
For quotations of other stocks and bonds
We refer to those given by the Nashville
Savings Company, corner Union and Col
lege streets.