The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-25
must yet be fought with railroads, middle
men and knavish politicians.
THE NIsDOM-LEARNING SouTH

must yet be fought with railroads, middle
men and knavish politicians.
THE WISDOM LEARNING SOUTH
The great lesson of home production Of
all necessaries, including manufactures, Ii
being rapidly learned. The Nashville
Bulletin gives voice to the general senti-
ment thus 1.-THE country may grow corn
until every hillside waves with it, and
every valley is crowded with its graceful
stalks and waving arms, it may raise stock
until every meadow is Aocked with lowing
kline and bleating sheep; Lut just SO long |
as the people have to send East for -four,
pork, cloths, white goods, ETC., Just 50
long will the peopl be poor and miser-
able. F."
To one who has preached this doctrine
many years, it is pleasant TO see the awak-
ening all over the country to the fact that
next to working for good system Of gen
eral laws, the prime duty of each township
is to set to it that, as far as possible, the
things consumed within its borders are al
so produced within them; while growth IN
wealth is to be derived from the sale to
outsiders of surplus products. From such
policy alone can stable independence
come, and the abilities to stand any sort
of financial siege.
ALL is NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERs."
On the Pacific coast we see the fortunate
collapse Of many dangerous frauds, that
we're doing their best TO debauch the whole
world; and chief among these the idea
that California was prospecting, through a
bullion currency. There is no part 81 the
United States where money il 50 scarce
and times 80 'close" as in California
Money cannot be had, we are told by San
Francisco papers, short Of one and a half
to two per cent. per month. Up To the
first OF November, California has shipped
over Sl4, 500, 900 more coin than it ship
ped to the game time the previous year.
MEIEEY OF sLAvERIKs
The progress of the enslavement Of the
people there has been marvellous for such
new country. All monopolies flourish
like green bay trees, and principally
that of land. 1t is said that our Eastern
, people, tired of waiting for a return Of
prosperity, are preparing to move in large
parties to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansa,
: and Colorado. Even the advantages o.
Arizona and New Mexico are actively dis
cussed. Let them steer clear Of California
unless they have at least 80, 900 apiecs
J with them. 1t is no place for poor small
} farmers, bedeviled as it is with absurC
Spanish and Mexican claims, and enor
nous railroad grants. / have a map D
that State, showing that the railroad res
e ervations cover nearly all Of the great cen
A trial valleys, leaving only the mountains
. The alternate section" business does no
r trouble the railroads at all there The
manage to control the whole region t,
the limit of the reservations. by working
{ upon the fears of settlers as 60 the VALIDITY
D Of titles.
Y Mechanics AMI laborers also will fin,
. California good place to stay away from
s Women willing to be servants appear t.
e be the only human cattle in demand Their
: now. Where there is choice between
!, tiunkles, the shod1yites Of the people still
{ prefer white women to Cinnamon. as cham
h bermaids, etc. The Chinese have absorb
. ed nearly all the light work. The IRIS
!, washerwomen first gave place to them
\ then in due order the German cigar maker
the Italian gardener and fisherman. tn
slipper maker fell first in his line, tn
shoemaker next: women and tailors hun
on upon the sewing machine for time
! but soon had to give way; store porter.
boys to clean offices, cooks in kitchens
chlld's nurses and second girls. box an
bag makers, employees in cordage, woole
and silk factories, at turning lathes, an
IN all lighter mechanical occupations, Ia
borers on farms, IN placer Tines, on raj
roads, all made way for the cheaper As
T attic laborer. Those degraded people liv
+ upon almost nothing that they import fror
. China, and thither send their earnings.
Is horrld for our American people To d
' brought INTO competition with such lone
enslaved and down trodden races. Tn
. great fruitful earth mother has still room
to afford nourishment for all her children
Z Portions Of all the thinly settled countries
ours among the rest, should be thrown opel
! to the overcrowded Chinese. but peopl
who have long enjoyed comparative free
dom should be carefully guarded from con
! tact with them, until they can have time t,
; recover from their really bestial ''econ
omy" of living, which now makes it DOS
sIbie for them to starve out races tina
have been comfortably raised.
AND THAT Is NOT ALL.
The startling thing about this is tAa
what the Chinese are doing for California
they will soon, if allowed, do for,sAe whole
country. happened to be the first East
ern journalist to visit aud drils the
Chinese laundrymen that camsA torseife-
vile, New Jersey. One Of my head lines
IN the World was Eve are coming, Uncle
Samuel, three hunorsd mllioa more"
Unless the laws exclude these Pagans. !
see but one safeguard from them. Go
operation" is the magic word that shall be
our talisman- With European pressure
Of almost equally degraded peoples on one
slde-the Asiatic on the other, we shall b.
ike Israel, with ''the Red Sea in front
and the Egyptians behind" Our magic
word and work shall open this sea before
us. Let birds Of future flock together.