The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1877-05-05
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The WesteyH AdUdnce Of thin Stato.
IN speaking Of the Labor Reform proaA.
shoots of the following solid logic:
They have no stock held by bankers.
bondholders or bullionists, on which to
make assessments. No wealthy corpora
ations 70 turn fat jobs into their hands.
They have only their honest convictions.
and the limited support Of the toilers, mil
hons of whom do not realize the necessity
for action. Hence our press, to live at all
must make ITS subscription list prLpOr-
tlonate To its needs, and make no cAlculA-
tIons upon receiving donations from
wealthy corporations
This from friend Lamborn u the Sparta
wis GreenJdck:
Before ms Is a postal card from a man
who paid us twenty y-hve cents more nina
months ago, and who now first seems to re-
alize thatthe amount was not compensation
tor an unlimited supply Of the Gyeenback.
Tor he "suppuses the time for which he
paid for ls cut, and desires 1.-The paD.r
stopped"
Is that anything less than downright
dishonesty We ask IN sorrow if we are
dishonest among ourselves, what will
avail our efforts against the dishonest prac.
tees Of others
Looking over our books few days AQo
We found that some Of our subscribers had
not paid US for four years. The bills, with
I friendly letters, had been sent. and Ana
wered, with regrets, promises, and m some
instances with the inquiry If We Thought
them dishonest, etc.l II they % not send
on the amounts they owe, and that right
speedily, We shall not only think they are
but knotc that they mean to be.
The money question will divide the
country shortly IN a struggle a. earnest
and savage as the slavery contest from 1850
to 1861. The trimmers and time servers
Of that time tried to keepthe slavery ouea-
tlon out Vt politics, but they failed their
puny hands were too weak to tie up the
storm. The same pusilanimous aud mer-
cenary forces are now at work, and they
Will again fail. A false system is TO be
weighed, investigated aud torn to shreda.
al Old oppression is to be DESTROYED, q
great wrong ls 70 be set right. The time
iUr tnls revolution has come, and the Deo-
ple should set their faces towaIda the
! works-gsyFe ftbafe Express
Hullo What's the matter with gold
Though gold was ''fixity," an unhuctu-
atIng, reliable commodity. Here we wera
sailing beautifully along towards "pAr,"
All the result Of the resumption law and
President Hayes policy, you know when
all of sudden little war-cloud appears
away Oh on the other side Of the world.
aud mp goes our beautiful basis to IO7R.
lt can be said that 1t is our greenbacks
which have deprecated. because ouI lends
winch are simply interest bearing green
backs have not deprecated. II may be
urged that the rise in gold is not permA-
nent, but Is simply the result OF the ma
nlpulatlons of spectators. If so il a strik.
my argument against the benefit Of "spe-
Gle basis that in can he controlled and
n"pped up or down, and the whole com
merce q the country be deranged by q
few reckless and selfish Wall street bulls
or bears.-Grand Rapids GreeHBack.
The independents of Cleveland, Ohio.
pOlled g. votes for A b. HalliWell. thelr
candidate for mayor. They run q full
ticket. and for one Of their candidates
polled 800 votes. This is e gratifying in
crease over their vote last year-PaiHss-
rille Herald
On the departure Of two hundred miners
for Neveda the Mahoay Record hAs the
following
! If this kind of an exodus continues sv-
cry week for a while longer, workiDRIneu
Will not be SO plentiful in the coal reQiona
40 the now are. u will be a blessing IN
those who have left to take their chances
IN other parts q the country, prosper, a
the surplus labor in the market will be re-
duced, and those who are left will be in =
better condition 10 demand wages esuivA-
lent to the labor they perform.
Miners III some of the coal regions %
Pennsylyania are said not I'd earn sufficient
70 support themselves even most fruRally
They carry their dinner cans to their
work empty, to hide their poverty. Think
ct tins, gentlemen Of the press, and ye, oh,
public, that are want to gruInble at the
price Of your coal SdWdrd Coal Journal.
The Independents entered the field With
the best ticket that was ever nominated
IN BraidwOod Great credit ia due to the
independent republicans and democrats
Who dared 9" break their party ines aud
vote Tor the best men From the Atlantic
to the Pacific the independent party Cur
taIns no advocates uf national banks Or
other mOnoPolIss. The victory IN Braid.
wood Is nothing compared ~ the uncour
agenent that Il viii give the Independents
Greenbaek party throughout the county.
The followlng is the ticket elected Mayor,
Daniel Mclaughlin Aldermen, J. McIn.
/ tyre, Frank Lofty, John Cox. ir.. John
Greedy City Attorney, Wm. Mooney
Police Magistrate, NJ. Dando City Clerk.
Wm. Steen City Treasurer. John Ki.r
City Marshal, =. Muldowny B,a.d,cood
Ph0HiL
The Wo'kiHgmans Nap, has the follow
ing on the exhorbitant prices paid for
Sewing Machines. AS compared with their
cost
IL has been demonstrated upon invostisa-
tlon that tie actual total cost of producing a
S15 machine, is 81 IS, as follows
Wood work and stand, o. 90
Walnut. O0
\ 45 lbs. Of iron, al
| Bed and posts, n