The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1877-05-05
NUMBER %.
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Respectfully Yours,
THR COMMITTEE.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO

JAN AAF~AS~uy APfh ~ AOtts
To the Editor q the woRAIssHAxs ADVOCATE
The Sovereigns Of Industry are now en-
this State it presents q more practically
profitable prospect than anything | have
seen or heard Of dunng the forty years |
have been engaged in trying to improve
the condition Of men Who are compelled to
get their bread by hard work. We ind
that in almost every article they consume
can save the profits Of the mlddleman,
sometimes amounting to one-half or fifty
per cent. The wholesale dealers will sell
to a representative from n council or body
of men just the same price they will
sell TO the trade.
GROCER
will reduce his prices ten Per cent to
those holding trade cards from . Council
of Sovereigns. The miller, butcher, fruit
man, etc, will make similar arrangements
Dry goods and clothing stores will do
much better. The unity Of q hundred
persons purchasing at one store makes
vast difference in ITS trade facilities. The
hundred persons become walking adver-
tIsements in favor Of such house.
THE eRANGERs
have business Incorporation here, where
the farmer deposits his wheat, corn, cab
bages, onions, potatoes, and all the vege-
tables in use also poultry, and meats of
every kind they need not be stale aud
shriveled. The Council purchaser can 90
there and order cheese, butter, meat, veg
etahles, etc. and the next day get them
fresh from the farm, at Wholesale prices,
which may be divided among the members
that evening, at any place selected for
that purpose.
THIS PRINCIPLE
may extend to wood and coal, and indeed
no article of consumption il exempt from
its practical application. Once the poor
and middle classes here have seen its
workings, | am inclined to think il will be
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tion we get from the east, particularly in
manufactures, is very encouraging. Coop
orators starting with few dollars in pur-
chasing by aggregation Of small sums, soon
grow 70 profitable stores, owned by the
members Of the Council
THE ONLY TROUBLE
will be in getting men who will be content
with the salary for buying and selling,
without IL creasiDg their personal profits,
BY the common method Of taking too much
toll but We must trust somebody in some
kind Of business, and this ought not to be
an s3eeRlloR, As rule there IA mora
honesty amODg the poor than the rich, but
there are too many exceptions to that rule.
JOSIAH EARL
is the Deputy for this State. and 20 far
has established four Councils. He is an
energetic, industrious man, and throws his
whole soul into the work. There is one
obstacle in his way the want Of money to
hire halls and hold public meetings, where
the theory Of the system might be ex-
planned, and facts made Known 10 the
multitude this il essential for active, i'm
mediate success He is the manager and
motive power of the grangers' emigration
bureau.
FOR SOME YEARS
he has been engaged in this business, %
that now he has very fair knowledge Of
where lands can be had, and where new
comers can be located TO advantage. The
grangers have wonderful establishments
here for various purposes: shipping grain,
banking, insurance, and shipping fruits,
meat, etc, to the east. in car loads, 50 put
up az to be an good az when they left this
market 1t is intended that the Sover-
eignS shall be the counterpart of the
Grangers, including all the industrial
classes, as well az farmers, and &c are not
able to understand Why it may not be o.
BUSINESS
Is excessively dull. The stock market has
broken to such an extent that the bravest
of spectators stand IN dread of what
next !" The merchants, manufacturers,
and in fact almost every class Of our peo-
pleto the bonanza kings have bctn dealing
in stocks, until they are totally demoraI-
iEed. none knovirg what to do. However,
it will be good lesson to the people We
hope 50 at leasl.
r NJ. WINN.