Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-06-22
How the SocinIists were TauEht 90
accumulate value" BY some Of
Their Speakers.
Phiiadelphin Times. June n.

Their Speakers.
Philadelphia Times, June H.
The Accumulation Of Value"
was the topic under consideration
at the SOcialistic Labor meeting
which was held last evening at
Rlehl's saloon, Thirteenth and Gi-
lard avenue. Mr.. Gustlve Becker,
who said he was put out Of his
house, S66. North Thirteenth street,
on last Saturday, for not paving the
rent, opened the debate with obs
meeting, will IL come 20 ORDER
There were four persons elected
chairman unanimously, George
Miller finally securing the coveted
position. Mr.. Becker began the
discussion. Accumulation 1f value
takes the same position IN political
economy as the fall Of Adam and Eve
does i'm history. In de beginning of
dis mighty world dere were two
classes Of peoples, dc industrious
and de lazy bummers. DE first
class got work and de second got
none. Dat is de philosophy Of dc
subject" Mr.. S. III. Atkinson, who
"never likes TO speak unless he has
W lhAk NtNAAi AlN
walks the streets all day hunting
for labor, without finding any. 81
do not care 10 be wealthy" cOntin-
ued he; "I do not want 10 aCcumu-
late value and see my fellOw-men
starving. One thing 1 would not
be, that is a policeman" and here
the two special officers from the
Twelfth district, I'm the back room,
Uttered. 81 was asked o. take "a
public positition Of $4,000 year.
No! i could not do 50 and see my
fellOw-men starve."
Mrs. A. B. Cochrane, a lady Of
suburban appearance, after ar
ranging her spectacles, said that she
was heart and soul with the meeting.
"Organize-you are men--organiZe
organize, organize. Your children
are starving-organiZe, organize,
organize. My feelings overcome
me, but organize, organize, organ
ize," Here Mr.. Gustave lleckcr
broke in, and in speaking Of Eng
land, said that there were men there
who had an income of Gl0,O00 an
hour. Mr.. A. Mitchell suggested
that at the rate of el0,000 an hour
in year these men would accumu-
late fS76, ,000, 900, and as no man I'm
the world has so large an amount Of
money he "didn't understand it."
Mr.. Becker attempted to explain,
and concluded his remarks by
stating that as he was agent OF the
Cincinnati National Socialist "sub-
scription TO de paper will be received
through me-" Mr.. Becker did not
receive much financial aid i'm the
way of subscriptions 10 HIS Journal,
and the meeting broke up.
Another body of these Socialists,
perhaps the same one, made an at
tempt TO secure the Academy Hall
for a demonstration TO take place
this evening, but failed 10 secure il,
because, as the ianitor says, they
could not agree upon the price, tif-
teen dollars being demanded, which
the committee were unwilling 20
pay. On Sunday night dispatch
was sent from this city all over the
country by the Associated Press,
stating that the Mayor had Forbid
den the renting Of the hall 10 the
Socialists, and recOunting "a tremei1-
dous excitement among them at a
meeting on Saturday evening, az
which threats Of shooting the Mayor
were made and applauded. ON
seeing the account in the papers
yesterday morning Mayor Stokley
said "Therc is not one word Of
truth in IL. 10 is manufactured out
of whole cloth. fuever heard Of IL
until ] saw the publication. would
not give such AN order, except IN
case of the greatest public danger
a riot or insurrectiOn, such as we had
last year.D