The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-04-03
FROM CALIFORNIA.
san FRAN,I>,u. March 10. 1871

staples we're cold ham. tongue. and veal
stew. and TOR entries. lettuce salad and a
prime article 81 food "a the Emerald sic.
vulnriy termed spuds H. Ice sure there
Na- q liberal supply 81 bad c.arrt. with the
.orks an drawn but freshly labelled When
shall Sc -yt a,er THAI habit NJ making
hose Who don drink vine ~ a feast pay
.nr yhr Niue hihbrrs Leaving 1ul this \
TEN. and any uHt tuud ~ vine would have 4
preferred 20 pay higher prite for better. I
the price pald, II 90 would. have secured I
4 dinner &C any " our best hotels, The I
hrOnicis OF tins morning terms Il 4 frugal /
feast But notwithstanding. the utmost .
good feeling and hilarp prevailed. The |
speeches were good. and several ladies |
participated One prominent feature If |
the meeting. and one well worthy the
attention IT working men : associations all
over the country, was the proposal. which
was acted upon BY the agpointin. of a
committee, "a devise plan t. lnaugurate
public Sunday afternoon meetings To dis
cuss financial and political questions. affect
my the labor interest
I am reminded by the perusaI Of the
letter Of friend Bray IN your Issue of the
9th inst. that the time Is approaching for
the meeting Of the greenback convention,
and feel ii a duty for every person who
has made tins subject OF finance a study
D. Hy 70 throw all the light possible upon
-aa question. Not because il is dirticuit
Understand, il stript of all the fallacies
Nth shien 1t has been surrounded. but
-7f the reason that II has become 80
'ei'aned III with false laAxlms. that the
'1aA question itself is seldom seen
h. 's'scusslon vt this SUI ryt It Is not
n,essSry 70 Suggest remedies as To- ex-
~ronzs that our present currency
flct When We all thoroughly
y SIS, there will be no difficulty
change, and for one man OF
~ .=t. n propose plan is to
a sia. ~ rhem centrallLes the
a. W tae paticn. The world
ejing TO hang with in
1T sdom Of e.
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The as4ses So l.v. 49,.
> : period Il o. I-.erQial sv.l,,.
~irzed asyet ~ cut few .ople tba,
2 and silver IS not needed az m.n.v
IS true the capitalsats are detyfg-aa5 !,
-''aA q y, s'f the reason is he,-o.s ,hss
fsc'gii' @e the fact ahsv ,.i-si the prec,..'.
metals are oily consumed IN the arts ,b,.
TN money sc~PsIe vii pos rom their hands
But upon The use ~ gold and silver h,,..,.
another question no less important 10 the
working mau whose whole ANXIETY Is
conferred upon the questions Of work or no
work. While tn working man sees only
the fact thar mining and reducing the
precious metals affords him employmeut.
no" Is 70 possible Tor him t. recognize the
possibility u their use beng entirely dis-
pensed with. ever brnehtin4 him But
when tins will be Is orIy question Of
Time, and until they re the condition #
the working classes ..sIt never he a,,,.I,,r-
--eS4 Ia1s. tH t. a. may seem al rttsssss4
ssHls.s 49, sa.sss 7sx. -fssz,Ak e,+.
sa-s..a... - = lz ss'As f,.w
working classics are dUlr a. realize the facr
that the time must come sooner or later.
when every man aud woman will be COM
pelicu a. work for their own maintenance.
This . only question II Intelligence. and
when that time arrives. 10 IL perfectly
prepasterous tor us t. suppose that We are
going 60 throw away the vast amount Of
time nov expended iii useless labor. Inln-
lng coming, guarding and transporting
silver ana g,id. Even nov our bullion
products are more valuable for expectation
IA bars than Ia CON. MINIS are a useless
and costly appendage, the reiict Of an age
u barbaris,n, and the principal purpose
they nov serve Is t. fatten place-hunters
AZ the public crib.
II w attempt only TO improve our
money system, while the masses have so
lItt!e knowledge of its principles as they
have nov, we will 20 ON repeating what we
have already done" jumping out Of the
frying pan into the tlre Our money
system must be re- ulated before il viii
ttturd any relief to the masses. and these
very likely will take place together. We
may, however, congratulate ourselves that
things arr constantly growing worse, if lt
IS really fact that when they are at the !
worst they must mend. Before the war |
VI the rebellion, We had a commerce of our |
oNu uvallIng that Of England What has |
brcame " II uOS IL has disappeared. /
and the fault lays with our money system.
Before the war the average rate OF inter Y
est for long loans IN any Of the greaM
money centres was not over 4 per cent.
Now u Is nearly double that, and with the /
taxes added that are needed to pay the
interest nn the public debt considerably
more. Where is this thing going to end
Ali DIR hEzHclal legislation during the
past decade and halt could not have been
better devised than II has been for the
benefit "a English money lenders IL the
lASs had been passed by the English Par
lament The interest of capitalists Is
every here alike. They have no country,
no patriotism and no God but money, and
since the legislation # our country has
iurned III 5heir favor, our suplns wealth
VIII soon cease to accumulate. and there is
IA" other avenue to apprlse the public Of
the manner ia which this wealth is being
swept into the Golfers of Europe, except
through the pages of Labor Reform paperx
The masses, while they recognize the
tact that they are poor while others sre
rich, seldom investigate whether OF not =
that they should be horn menials to do the
b lding Of others. When the daily prints
sre abusing, calling them Communists,
what they should be in fsct) all they ash
Is to b. allowed 70 work for their maxters
1t fair prices for fair days wvrk, bat IN II
stead Of securing equity and justice ut
their hands, they are requited for mann
tanning thsmlin luxury and idleness blythe