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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09
THE WAY THEY LOOK ~ IT.

The immense meeting Of the labor
ers held in Chicago July "a, was ad-
dressed by several speakers. among
the rest by \. r. Parsons. dis
charged printer. He thus presented
the case:
The time has come in the history OF
this country when the working classes
will no longer be starved and ground
to death in the interests of the money
power. The Union Pacific to-day has
conceded to the demand OF It's en-
ployes, and also the Northwestern,
which pays it's employees 90 cents a
day. ["Oh oh - groans and Kisses.
AS | was saying, the great North
western pays it's employees the PIN
nacle starvation price OF 80 cents a
day and charges 10 cents to take them
out to work. Fellow-Workers, it IS
upon such wages as these that we are
expected to raise our children. that
we are expected to conform our lives
to the lives of the Cinnamon. 1t Is
expected that we should rear virtuous
daughters and honest sons to rule this
republic on 30 cents day. Voice,
1--WE can't and we won t do it. The
great Union Pacific railroad is con-
trolled by man named Jay Gould, of
the state of New York. This man
was in the Territory of Utah three
weeks ago, and on the question Of a
reduction of wages he said: IF the
tramp won t work ut our prices we
can send to China and get workmen
who can live on a rat and bowl OF
rice Il day. Cries of chang him;
groans for Jay Gould. This man Jay
Gould in this mornings paper. this
president of the Pacific railway, is
reported us having said that the re-
cent demonstrations in Pennsylvania
and the east are the first steps toward
II great revolution which cannot be
resisted till it has accomplished the
destruction Of this republican form of
government. This man Gould has
said this. What do you think should
be done with him Voices-''Down
with him; hang him, and wild COM
motion. This man-Jay Gould-says
this: that this movement will be the
destruction of the American republic.
Renewed cries of hang him. He
said he would gladly give one million
dollars to see president Grant i'll the
White House. Voice. He never
will What do you think of this! :
Those men who have Joined together
and become wealthy from our sub
stance. now undertake to rob us of
our liberty. What do YOU think
should be done with such men
Voices, Stirring them to the tele-
graph poles, down with them !"
He argued that the laboring men
should organize great national party
and take possession of the government
and use its powers to promote their
own prosperity.
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That hollow old shell. Henry Ward
Beecher. went around the country
last winter making speeches in favor
of resumption and contraction. Now
he has this to say about the labor out
break:
The necessities of the great railway
companies demanded that there
should be a reduction Of wages. There
must be continued shrinkage until
things come back to the gold stand
ard. It was true that one dollar Il dav
was not enough TO support a man and
six children. 1t was not enough if
tue man smoked. if he drank beer. and
if he aud his family want superior
clothing, food and shelter. But is not
one dollar day enough to buy bread /!
Mr.. Beecher continued: Water costs
nothing. Man cannot live by bread.
it is true. but the man who cannot
live on bread and water is not fit to
live. When man is educated away
from the power of self-denial he is
falsely educated. \ family may live
on good bread and water in the morn
ing, and bread at midday. and good
bread and water at night. Laughter.
Such may be called the bread of Attic
ton. but it is lit that man should eat
the baead of affection.
Thus discourses the eloquent friend
of Mrs. Tilton. living upon SO. 900 a
year!
Why don't Henry ''eat the bread of
affection" if it is so wholesome and
salutary! Why does this man of God
| q draw $4,000 per year when he
could live in affluence on a dollar a
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Mr.. j. W. MeClung, of st Paul.
who. by the way, is just and gene
rous-minded man. writes a letter to
the Pioneer-Press. in connection with
the suicide of well known citizen Of
that town. in which he says:
Mr.. Connellee while healthy man
had many manly characteristics. An
annecdote is told Of him illustrative
good TO he lost for the sake OF its eX-
ample and rs a Just tribute to the
man. \ boy was drowning at the
lower leyee. Connellee was standing
on one of the boats. and as the boy
came up Sc he could see his head. in
he plunged. reckless OF his own safety.
and seiZing the boy brought him
safely TO shore. He had no interest
III him. Dida't know him. But he
know he was drowning and he went
TO his relief. And Yet society allows
such nohlemen TO perish and comes
not To their relief. but passes bv on
the other side. like the Priest and the
Levite. No good Samaritans. | have
written these facts and reflections
for the moral lessons they teach.
They cannot help poor Connellee. but
we have in st. Paul and all the world
over hundreds of such cases yet living:
and for the sake of stimulating a
broader humanity. a more searching
and pervading charity, larger heart
ed religion and philanthrophy. which
will helm the living 10 firhT the hard
battle of life, and not wait TO pour
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day and support his family.

And in the name Of the bare-foOted
Christ this well-fed old voluptuary
shakes his gray hairs n the face OF a
starving multitude and tells them that
they should be happy upon prison
are.-bread and water and that
they can vary the monotony OF the
diet by going without water at noon
And his full-bellied parishioners think
that this is an elegant joke, and in
dulge in pleasant laughter F!
\ working man Of st. Paul, Mr..
II. Y. Russell, writes to the Pioneer
Press a well considered letter in which
he says:
The conscience of Christianity has
not yet earnestly been brought to bear
upon the labor question, although we
pray daily that Gods will may be done
upon earth. The church will undOubt-
edly grapple with it some day, else it
will forfeit all claim to respect in the
eyes Of intelligent, believing men,and
take its place as q mere tradition
trampled under foot by the advancing
secular life of the race. For myself,
I belong by spiritual nativity to the
Christian faith, but l confess with
shame that a shocking Indifference
exists in the churches to all this vast
problem-and more especially perhaps
in those religious circles which either
cultivate q frantic solitude to achieve
personal safety at the Divine hands.
or which exhibit a preternatural &C.
tivity in the matter of candles and
chaSubles.
Surely such mockeries and shams Us
this Beccher tend to bring the sacred
name Of religion into contempt.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09

The California crop is almost total
failure.' Russia is engaged in war
with Turkey; Austria is getting ready
to sail in. This closes the great fields
of wheat supply in eastern Europe.
The MarIt Lane Express Of July 30th,
says:
AS the harvest approaches, more
numerous reports as to the present
condition and probable result of the
wheat crop come to hand and their
general tenor is decidedly against an
average yield. Complaints are made
from many Of the principal wheat
growing districts that the ears do not
appear fully developed and top sets
have been rendered barren by blight
or mildew. The dissatisfaction is not,
however, universally expressed, al
though in no cases are we given to
expect an abundant yield. Everything
now depends on the weather. for as
the time goes on, the deficiency be-
comes more noticeable.
In the Mississippi valley alone the
prospect is good but in Kansas we
hear that the crop will not yield as
much as was expected: and a good deal
of the brag will subside when we come
to thresh in Minnesota. But the re-
ports that have gone forward have
broken down the price in Liverpool.
The Mark Lane Express says:
! The main feature of the week has
been the Sanguine estimates which
| have been foreshadoWed of the Amer
lean wheat crop. Although it is OBJ
vious reliance cannot at present be
placed upon figures it seems clear that
there Is at least q promise of abund-
ance. This fact cannot fail to be of
Importance. having regard to the di-
minished power of Russia to forward
her usual supplies may tend to keep
! prices on more moderate level than
at one time seemed likely.
/ That the way it works. When we
have a good crop the harpies who
prey upon us SO eXaggerate its proper
tions that even in the midst of for
eign war the price falls below peace
rates.
/ The millions for a year past have
/ been. as they say themselves. Giving
| from hand TO mouth. and by LAYING
! in no large stocks have managed to
keep down prices. And now. with
500. COO bushels of wheat in sight in
the United States and Canada. against
| 10.341.2 SS bushels in 1876. at the same
/, time: with 100000 bushels in New
\ ork as compared with 2.505.105
/ bushels in 1876. and with a great war
raging in Europe. we find wheat
worth about LOO per bushel in Min
nesota
And our enemies hope that we will
rush our wheat on the market after
harvest and break down the price still
farther. We trust that every farmer
will sell Just as little wheat as he can
possibly help. When the empty mills
and granaries begin to howl for wheat.
as they would in a month or two.
prices would go up to such figures As
circumstances iusfify uS in nvno~ks~n~n
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THE REJCTENiI'ED SOUIH.

There can be no question that the
southern states which were in the
hands of the carpet-baggers were
shamefully misgoverned. The gov
erning population. the negroes, paid
but little Of the taxes which they i'm
posed: their ignorance was necessarily
dense: they distrusted the white man
Of the south. while they had the most
unlimited confidence in the white men
of the north and thus they fell a
willing prey to the desperate northern
adventures. whose politics were SIM
ply plumber. These thoughts are
suggested by an interesting article in
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Antl- ss}lclsopollst.
Go C. q
D0NNELL4. EDITOR.


"Yours for strong government,
closes dispatch from Pittsburgh'ana
it has good many echoes about TINS
time. Pioneer Press.
DO these people imagine that lib
erty can be stamped out and monar-
cny established without one OF the
most bloody struggles ever seen IN
the world.
Let the issue be drawn there ana
the rioters would be reinforced by
the best men of the nation.
A king, an aristocracy, starving
populace held down by bayonets. NO;
no: that were worse than mob law.
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unavailing regrets and charity ana
benevolence on their collins and their
graves, these lines are written Let
the church. the Masons, the ODD Eel
lows. and all philanthopists note the
moral and apply it to the living.
Very true. In these trying times
the broadcast philanthrophy is requlr-
ed. 4 little help at the right time
might have saved ''poor Connellee
from bloody grave.
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A. Those who live by physical
labor. the doom Of the great mass of
mankind.
@. What then is the purpose Of a
republic!
A. TO promote the prosperity Of
those who live by physical labor.
Q. Has the republic performed its
function when the great body Of it's
laborers are starved into insurrection!
4. Certainly not.
@. If conflict arises between the
few and the many in republic who
must yield!
\. The few.
Q. What is the highest province Of
craftsmanship!
A. 70 so govern as to secure the
prosperity of the many and at the
same time protect the rights of the
few.
@. Can republic long exist where
the powers of government are used to
enrich the few at the expense Of the
many!
A. No; the result will be the i'm
poverishment of the laboring majority:
their degradation and decentralization
and. as they constitute the governing
power of the republic, the fountain
of government will be poisoned at its
source.
@. What then is nece ssary in re-
public!
A. To subordinate all things to the
prosperity and elevation of the labor
ing majority.
@. Is poverty OF prosperity the
natural condition of civilized peo-
pie?
A. Inasmuch as the fertility of the
earth and the capacity Of human labor
are practically unlimited, nature is
not to blame for the poverty Of the
people. There is no poverty that does
not spring from the operation of bad
laws, or the absence Of good laws.
G. What is the meaning of the
troubles that now affiict our country I!
A. 1t is the logic of the Dnclara-
ton Of Independence moving through
blood towards reforms that should
have been peacefully affected by wise
craftsmanship.
G. VIII it be possible to lift the
labor force OF our country very much
above the status of the labor force of
Europe!
! A. It will:
/. Because it is necessary to the
continuance of republican Institutions;
and the republic must not perish.
?. Because rs the labor force of
America rises in the scale it will lift
up the labor force of Europe, and
make republics possible there.
3. Because the past growth of our
country has been due to the fact that
labor heretofore has been elevated
and honored among us.
4. Because the laborers Of America
having tasted the sweets of liberty
cannot be trampled back into serfdom.
Like the young lion that has once Tapped
blood,
The soul can ne'er be coaxed back to aught
else
@. What good effects will follow
from the present disturbances
4. The ''bloodv shirt will be laid
away forever; the quacks and charla-
tans who trade in the passions of Sec
tions will be retired and the public
mind will be forced to consider the
financial and labor questions. the real
issues of our age and nation and
hereafter the first duty of political
parties will be TO conserve the welfare
| of the men who toll at the anvil, the
plough and the loom. and not the
wishes of the SCOTS and Gouids and
Vanderbilts. Muscles Will be once
more rendered honorable in Il land
which of late has worshipped only
cY.r,,ipn
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iCITECHLSMFOR THE TINES,

Q. What is republic
4. It's government Of the peo-
pie for the benefit of the people.
@. Who are the people,-the few
or the many!
A. The many, the majority.
, 1877-05-20


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and frade or other eood property in part either
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ness large lot IN best part Of the City OF MIlwau kce
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In the name Of God, Ameni /, Timo-
thy Doolan, Of Barrydownderry, in ths
county Glare. farmer, being sick and
wake on my legs, but OF sound head
and warm hearl-Giory be 10 Cod do
make this my first and last will and old
and new testament. First, give my
sowl TO God. when IL PLACES him 10
take it--shure, no thanks 10 me, for
can't help IL then--and my body to be
buried in the ground at Barrydownder-
ry Chapel, where all my kith and kin
that have gone before me. and those
who live alter. belonging to me, are
buried, pace TO their ashes, and may
the sod rest lightly over their bones.
Bury me near nv godfather aud my
mother who lie separated altogether, at
the other side Of the chapel yard. /
lave the bit OF ground containing eight
acres-rale old Irish acres-to me old
est son Tim, after the death of his
mother, IL she lives 10 survive him. My
daughter Mary and her husband, Pad
dy O'Reagan, are to have the black
SOW that's going to have twelve black
pigs. Teddy, my second boy, that was
killed in the war in Ameriky, might
have got his pick Of poultry, but rs he
has gone I'll lave them to his wife, who
died a week before him. i bequeath
to all mankind the fresh air OF heaven,
all the fishes in the sea they can take,
and all the birds OF the air they can
shoot. i lave to them all the sun,
moon and stars. lave to Peter Raf-
fertv pint of potheen I can't finish,
and may God be merciful to him.
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Weighty Brides.

Throughout the Empire of Morocco
there are villages where the elder mem
bers of the adult population follow
professionally the pursuit Of fattening
young ladies' for the matrimonial mar
ket OF Barbary. The Moors, like the
Turks, and most other Orientals, give
decided preference to ''moonfaced"
wives over lean ones, and are more So
licitous as to the number of pounds
which their brides weigh than about
the stock OF accomplishment they pos
sess. A girl is put under the process
of fattening when she is about twelve
years OF age. Her hands are tied be-
hind her, and she is seated on q carpet
during so many hours every day while
her papa" stands over her with big
stick. and her mother at times pops
into her month ball OF ooueoassou or
stiff maize porridge kneaded up with
grease, and just largo enough 10 be
swallowed without the patient choking.
III the unfortunate girl declines to be
crammed she is compelled; so that ere
long the poor girl resigns herself TO the
torture, and gulps down the boluses
lest she should be beaten.
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u 'XEGETlNE q
is MY FAMILY
M is DICINE; J;
Wish No Other.
prOvIpFycr, April I, 1915.


Mr.. II. II, SrEvrss-Dear SIR; When I was
about 3 wears OF age n humor broke out upon me
which my mother tried 70 cure by giving me
kfew Of, but IL continued 20 grow worse until
nnally she consulted n physician, and ne SAID
had the salt rheum, aud dOctored me Tor thal
complaint lie relieved me some, but SAID !
could not he permanently cured as the disease
origi mated Ia the blood. remained great SUI
sulte-l phy stefan. MO said nadthe scrofulous.
huInor and n l would allow him TO doctor me he
would cure me. did 80, and ne commenced
healing nm nv sores and succeeded In eHecting
an external cure hut IN a short time the disease
appeared again I'm a worse form than ever, as
cancerous humoT, upon my lungs, throat ahu
head. | suffered the most terrible pain. anu
thought must soon die, when my attention was
called, while reading a newspaper 10 NhSE-
TINE testimonial OF MIS-. NaterhOuse, NO. 90
Athens street, south Boston, AMI i, formerly re-
siding in south Boston and being personally ac-
quainied With her and knoHing haI ioriAtr Zee
bile heaith, Y concluded wonld irvine Ncgetlhe.
After hal taken lss Bottles n ,sS sSen ~ MINI Y,
sores in nav head which Tor tins. were very
painful. bnt I continncd 90 take thdNeretlne un-
In had taken about 70 bottles, my health pn-
proving all the time from the commencement OF
Inc nfsi bottle, and the sores 20 heal: COM
menced taking the Negetine In issR, ana contln-
ued its constant use for SIX mohths, a. soe
present time my health is better than II ever mas
been since I Vas q child. The Negeune u W hai
helped me, and most corfLnr recemmenn -
20 ali sufferers, especially mo frenas had
been a sufferer for over 81 wars, shd unth y used
the Negetine found no remedy; now use IL as
my family medicine, and wish no oter.opvp other.
49, -. &C.,, nrovtHance n
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Crossing the Danube.

Napoleon's passage Of the river Dan
ube in the face Of the Ausirians before
the battle Of Wagram is thus describ-
al by n military writer in the London
Telegraph. "He had prepared on the
island OF Lobau n number OF fat-bot-
toned craft and the materials for float
ing bridges, in canals which he had
cut INTO the main stream, keeping the
boats concealed by trees and brush
wood from the enemy's view. Kaking
a feint at another point, he sent, Mt p
o'clock in the evening, two battalions
OF infantry across, who at once became
engaged with the Austrian outposts.
but held their ground till the floating
bIidges were constructed over the riv-
er, there l50 yards wide, when whole
corps passed over and seized the near
est village. By II o'clock several
bridges were constructed, another
corps was already crossing, and before
daylight 10000 men had effected their
passage. The night was very dark.
and there we're torrents OF rain.
The passage Of the Danube IN 1873
was a bold and brilliant undertaking.
The Turks had OWNED the Ruseian in
tentions from the preparations being
made, aud had entrenched themselves
opposite to Satunovo, the selected
point Of crossing. To reach the river
bank here the Russians had TO make a
causeway no less than 1000 PAGES in
length, 1900 OF which had to be car
ried on wooden bridges, and the troops
were under fire from the Turks while
Mt work. The Russians had a hotilia
on the Danube, and when the causeway
was complete detachment OF light In
fantry and Cossacks were sent across
the river in boats and landed below
the Turkish intrenchments, concealed
by a wood. The Turks did not discov
or their presence, and the Russians
rushed upon the rear OF the nearest in
trenchment, taking it by storm. Ther
the Turks, more than 10000 strong
were seized with panic and fed, ans
the position was abandoned.