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The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-23
CITY BRIEFS.

A fire occurred at 11:3O O'Clock last
night on Blake street, just opposite the
Palace 1theater, which did, one good
thing for the laboringmen Of the city
roasted out an opium-smoking, rat-eating
heather Chinee 1t also burned out a
secondhand store The loss will not
amount toover $500.
The Ira es Assembly will meet to.morrow
in Justice Crotty's rour; room at the usual
hour.
AS the time approached for the arrival
of the train bearing Nine. Christine
Nilsson Yesterday evening large crowd
collected at the depot and awaited with
feverish anxiety the coming songstress.
Among the interested throng was b large
number of SwedeS come to welcome
their countrywoman to the Queen City
of the P When the guest arrived
she entered carriage which awaited
her, and. headed by band Of music, the
procession started on its march to the
Windsor. The delegation Of Swedes car
ried banner bearing an appropriate
= inscription, and also an arch upon which
was inscribed motto that our limited
knowledge of the language prevents US
from translating.
Union Assembly No. 1927 Z Knights Of
Labor, will meet in Odi Fellows hall at 7:3O
O'CLOCK sharp.
A fall attendance is requested at the
meeting of the Trades Assembly to morrow,
as business q; impors snce will come up Tor
consideration.
Letsl committees have full report in
readiness to submit to the Trades Assembly
Tomorrow
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Benefit OF Unions.

A London correspondent OH the New York
Graphic answers in the affirmative the
question, do trades unions succeed in
raising wages? ?" He says that looking over
the trades unions in Great Britain, no impair
tial observer can doubt for one moment that
the masters have been gradually giving way
He cites the case of the baking. trade in
Glasgow and other Scotch towns, before 1916
In this trade the men were little better than
yassals They lived with their employers IN
cherries celibsey. They were locked lH
their rooms at o'clock at night, but beng
driven by oppression into union; they raised
wage5 20 per cent, and improved their condr
ton, and sre now sober and steady class OF
men. He also cites the case of the GenersI
Alliance of Operative House Painters IN 1910
They asked for higher wages; the answer
was an increase of f3 900 year; the Amai
CANA led Society of TaYlors the same yeSF
shows an increase of 100000 per annum'
while the amount paid in strikes and IocE'
onIs was oplv little over 8540. Mr.. Tho'
Brassey's book on "work and WAGES
contains several tables showing that wages
have increased during past years; he shows
this is due to unions, and M better author on
the employer's side can be found than he
The Amalgauated Society of Carpenters aud
Joiners have advanced wages to amounts
of Is to 4s a. week in eighty nine different
towns, while in some of them hours were
reduced in proportion, varying from half an
hour to nine hours per week. In the great
Newcastle engineering strikes the masters
admitted the condition of the trade permitted
an advance. yet no advance was made till the
trade union pressure brought it about.
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Does Advertising Pay ?

1t is sometimes questioned by mer-
chants whether advertising pays. The
question will hardly bear discussion
in the light of the following facts,
rates for transient. advertising being
figured: "The Chicago Tribune, it is
said, for a column year. receives
$685. 900. The New York LHerdId re-
ceives for its lowest priced column
$37 ,723, and for it's highest s358,O0O
The New York Tribnne, for its low
est, $Sj,G4S, and these papers are never
at aI0S< for adVertisementsto to fill their
columns. Theirpatronage comes not
from any desire to assist the respect
i've papers, but from business men
who find it profitable to advertise"
The sensible business man does not
cOnsiderlWhether he likes the, paper
he adYertiSeS in the best or not
What he wants to know is: In what
paper shall / insert my advertise
ment so that it will reach the great.
est number of readers? This ques-
ton can generally be answered by
looking at the papers themselves and
seeing which ones have the largest
number of live business men adver-
tising in the columns. 1t does not
take these men long to find out by
experience where. it pays them best
to advertise. That it does pay, they
have no doubt and raise no question.
Long experience with almost every
business man who has succeeded has
proved that beyond a question \
I
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Progressive Society.

The twelfth annual ball Of the Denver
given last evening, at East Turner hall.
The entertainment was of tirst-ClaSs
order in all respects, and the society are
to be congratulated upon the complete
success of their twelfth. The music was
furnished last evening by the excellent
and deservedly popular ko'nigsberg
band, whiIethe irrepresiblc John Lewis
occupied his uspal position at the head
of the hail. The programme was car
ried out in full, the number being con-
cIuded about o'clock this morning
The usual refreshments were served at
the regulation juncture and were par
taken Of with a zeal highly compliment
tary to the caterers Among those at
tending THE ENQUIRER man noticed Miss
Kate Sullivan, Miss Sabina Mcclure,
Misses Nellie and Kate Fitzgerald, Miss
Susie Gilchrist, Miss Brewer, Miss Kate
Common, Misses MolIie and Annie Henry,
Miss Kate Reiley, Miss Annie Heiferen,
Miss DQnnelIy, Miss Ducey, Miss Nellie
Ryan, Miss Kate Cunern, Miss Britt,
Miss Mary C.aharty, Miss Mary Nc
Mahon, Miss Him, Mr. and Mrs. FOody,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford, Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Gin. MIR. and Mrs. Balfe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Reed, Mr.. and Mrs, Barr, Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis, Messrs. Ben Brewer, Charles
Flaherty, Henry Foy, Thomas Holera IN,
John McCormac, Captain j. T: Smith,
Messrs. Ed Burk, Williams, John La
vela, Henry Conway, Patrick Gilchrist'
John McGovern and Tim Drew. m
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AN INCONSISTENCY
Regarding Wages Which, as Shown
by Wageworker, Should
be Corrected.

To the Editor of The Labor Enquirer.
The prices of the ordinary necessities of
life in Denver, notably, and in majority of
the towns of the state, are from 10 toA0 per
cent higher than at any point east of the Mis-
souri, river and these outrageously highirates
of living are very likely to continue until the
agricultural resources of the state are deVeE
oped to an extent that will make it COMPARE
lively independent of the east as source of
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And now the "crankg'' talk of organ
izing Payne club. Jbst what its par
ticular sphere of usefulness will be is
not apparent. Heaven knows there are
of this kind enough, and
'twohld be far better to relieve the pain
of some sufferer at home than to erect a
monument to one who cannot now appre-
ciate their charity l?)l
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Man and His Buttons.

j Isf-#f-"-. IhdL anu Ills NDutIOIlS. Ne r. v
Did you ever see man in the soli-
tude and privacy of his study attempt
to sew a button on by himself? 1t is,
in all its details, one of the most in
teresting performances in the world.
First, he hunts for a button. Gener-
ally, to secure it, he fobs Peter to pay
Paul, and cuts from another garment.
This button may be much larger or
much smaller than the size he is
wearing. Next, he hunts a needle!
Probably he goes out and buys pa
per Of needles. He always chooses
the largest needles, having an i'm
preston that large needles will sew
stronger than small needles. AS. to
thread, he gets the coarsest he can
find, and this heHdoubles. He would
thread his needle. He. takes his big
needle in one hand and his coarse
thread in the other. He bites off the
thread to a desired length. Then he
tries to twist it to fine point. Gen
orally in this he succeeds in making
two, and sometimes three, fine points
out of one end. Of course he can't
get all these fine points through the.
needles eye at once. He tries hard
to make that needle and thread 90 on
friendly terms with each other, but
they won't. They don't want to get
acquainted. They do not wish to
have anything to do with each other.
Sometimes it is the needle that kicks
and sometimes it is the thread. At
times he really imagines he has sue
ceeded in threading his needle. 1t is
an ocular deluSiOn. The thread has
missed the needles eye by half an
inch. 1t is harder work than saving
wood. AT last the needle is threaded.
Now he tries to sew the button on
without taking his trousers off. This
proves a failure. He twists himself
into an uncomfortable position, and
so would sew. But he can't sew so.
He runs the needle into himself, and
the contrary thread always insists in
fouling or in doubling around the
next button. Then one part Of the
doubled thread won't work harmOni-
ousl y with the other part. One part
draws through the buttons eye first,
and leaves the other part behind.
Then it gets hitched up and the en-
bassador sWearS. Or the needle then
breaks. And then he sWearS again. =
He may not swear audibly. But the
recording angel knows what is going
on inside Of him, and debts him with
every item. He seWs hard. He has
, forgotten all about the necessity for Il
thimble. He jams his thumb down
on the needless head and it punctures
his thumb or runs under the. nail.
By and by he SeWS the needless eye
full Of thread. His big needle won't
7 pass through any more. He must
stop. He ends by winding the thread
as MANY times as it will go under the
button. And perhaps he leaves of"
with two or three inches Of thread
sticking outside. A woman can, by
many outside indications, tell when
a man has been trying to sew but
ton ON. lie doesn't know the shib=
bolcth of needle and thread, and it
catches somewhere every time. At
last the button is SeWed on and he is
proud Of his work. ~ y. GrdDhic.
The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-23
LOCAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS,
TRADES ASSEMBLY,

NIne Trades Assembly, of Denver and
aGl clhlfy T m meets ON the second and fourth Sun
RICHARD WATsoN, President
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We would be pleased to have the time and
place of meeting of all labor organizations
in the city, together with the names and ad-
dresses of the secretaries, sent to us for pub
licatinn.
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kNIGETS OF LAROR.

montgomery Benevolent Assembly No.
~ d4SA meets every Friday evening, at Mitchell
Guards hall, at 7:30 O'Clock. .
Union Assembly No. 1927 meets on the
second and fourth Sunday evenings of each
month, at Odd Fellows hall, at 7:30 o'clock.
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supplies. For the high rents prevailing in

supplies. For the high rents prevailing in
Denver there is no excuse to offer. All the
principal materials used in the construction
of buildings are at hand, and there"is no
earthly reason why ia house that can be OBJ
tanned for from SIS to $40 month in Kansas
City, St. Louis, Chicago or Cincinnati (and
even cheaper in towns east of the Allie
ghanies), should cost tenant here from $25
to $50 a month. On these two points the
workingmen in Colorado (and particularly in
Denver) found grievance which should be
speedily corrected With prices of living
from 10 to 20 per cent niger here than in the
east, why should employers insist upon pay
ing for their labor upon an eastern basis? The
world over the basis upon which wages is
fixed is the ruling prices for the necessities
of life. What inducement is there for work
ingmen in any branch of labor to come to
Denver with the purpose of making it their
home? And can Denver hope to attain sub
stantial and permanent prosperity without
the presence in large numbers of the labOring
class? There is food here for serious thought.
| venture the assertion that in no branch of
industry in Denver are the prices of labor as
high by 10 per cent as in eastern towns,
taking into consideration, always, the differ
ence in the prices of living. The employers
in no mercantile pursuit nor branch of indus
try in Denver profess for single moment to
sell their commodities at eastern rates. Why,
then, in the name of common justice, should
they expect to have their labor performed at
eastern rates? cts poor rule that won't
work both ways" and it seems to me that an
adjustment is Sorely needed on the points
alluded to. WAGEwORKBR.
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TYPOGRAPHICAL.

Typographical Union No. 40 meets on the
first Sunday of each month at Knights of
Pythias hall, at O'Clock p. m.
[. j. MORRIS, Financial Secretary.
g. M. CARTER, Recording Secretary.
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TAILORS.

Tailors' Protective Society meets on the
first Monday of each month, at Justice
Crotty's courtroom, at O'Clock p. m.
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BAKERS

Bakers Union meets ON the first and third
Sundays of each month, at East Turner hall,
at 9:30 a, m.
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y STOEECUTTERS.

Stonecutters Union meets every alternate
Thursday, at Mitchell Guards hall at 730
p. m.
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IRON MOLDKRS.

Iron M0lderS Union meets every alternate
Thursday, at Mitchell Guards hall, at 7:3O
p. m.
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--S--
Our Shame.

The dispatches of Thursday contained the
following account of an outrage perpetrated
upon girl who had to work for her living
Of an honest man who is in position to know
what be is talking about Read, you men of
families; men with daughters and sisters,
aud then if you can, say you are satisfied
with the way things are in this great and
glorious land Of the free
Benjamin Schlessinger was Superintendent
than 100 girl2 including Kate Holthusen,
worn tor wages averaging about "a week,
Miss HoUhusen sued him for alleged seduc.
ton under the promise OF rparriagz. Tne
cnse was rried in JulEe Barrett's court, and
III giving it. to the Jury he said "There is
something to me nexpresSlbly sad about this
case. fud nothing amusing in it. At the
same time am not sorry, revolving as are
many Of its details, that it has been brought
before US. E0tirely indape ndent of your
verdict entirely independent of the particular
I0I6FSsbS U. tueso paEtleS, GuIuh IL Is we'll
that the community. should occasionally see
some of our boasted civilization see Just
what it means, aud be brought face to face
with what there is beneath the surface. To
me it is very pitiable picture, that of these
100 girls employed at low wages, wages
barely adequate for sustenance, surrounded
by every possible temptation, may be the
greatest of mptations, that which springs
from actual want and pressing need. There
is another very sad thing to me about this
case, and that is the low atmosphere of vulgar
anlmality which runs through it and the
cheapness with which female virtue anc
female honor has been treated. That feature
| of the case is positively slckening. The uttel
disregard of those sacred things which ar
implanted in every decent mans breast, th'
lightness, the levity AID even the brutality
with which reterauce has been made to tbt
weaker and the gentler sex. | shall say nj
more upon that subject lest my feeling
should affect your judgment, for l confess
that feel too much about it." The jar!
were directed to bring in a sealed verdict.
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The numberyof business failures for
the past week was 1877.
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The Richards Annual.

Christmas evening, Monday, Decem-
ber 25, the Richards Hose company No.
will give their second annual and fare
well ball, at East Turner hall. This
company gave an exceedingly ENJOYABLE
party last year and convinced their large
number of guests that they thoroughly
understood the art of entertaining. We
feel assured, from the manner in which
they are making their arrangements for
the coming event, that the boys will
make good their promise to excel their
previous effort. They deserve large
attendance and we feel satisfied they
will have it. The various committees
are as follows:
Arrangement-Theodore Smith, O. w.
Marty, J. F. Speer, William Morgan.
Reception-E-Marshal Cla ayton, Mar
shal Pearce, Assistant Marshal Hinman,
Foremen RembIe, Kruse, Bailey and
Watson, Captains Seerey, Kaub, Welch,
Hill and Banks
Floor Managers Theodore Smith, J.
w. Alter, Peter Dornin, H. 5. Nc
Fadden.
Following is the programme:
!. Grand March . =. Merry Christmas
,. Quadrille Our Lady Friends
3. Waltz -. Mayor Morris
4. LancerS a. r.. On Time
g. Waltz Quadrille -.r. : Dirigo
T. Waltz . EX-Marshal Clayton
s. Waltz Lancers Broadway No. 6
9. Virginia Reel Marshal PearGe
10. Newport VINO Does, is
II. LanCerS Committee on Fire Dept
-. Racquet . r. NJ. News
Is. FiremanS Dance Truck No. |
INTERMIsSION.
IA. Quadrlle =. . Asst Marshal Hinman
Is. Waltz Our NeighbOring Dep'ts
16. NQuadriIle Tribune
II. SchOttische Steamer No. l
Is. QuadriIle . Labor Enquirer
I9. Newport . Hose NO.
20. CaledOnian Republican
21. Waltz l.. Relief Society
%. QuadriIle =. -. Hose No.
%. Polka Evening World
"a. Quadrille -: Hose NO: ;
25. Sicillian Circle 'Sl-Everybody-'82
3G. Home Sweet Home "Good Morning.
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Disabled presses caused us much trouble
this week; but we are out though patched. I.
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NOTICE.

Advertisements in this column for stua-
tions are free, and We invit" all to make use
of them.
WANTED BhardprS, at 36S WeIton; day
w board $40.
WANTED-A solicitor to do outside work
w on the Enquirer.
XTANTED-WO Orkingmen out of employ
w mcnt to advertise for situations, free
WTANTED-Everyone to know that we do
wv all kinds Of book and job printing.
1TANTED-Agents to canvass for Rubber
w Stamps Apply at $50 Larimer street,
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the first one held. He very cOolly dis
misses the greenback party as a politi-
cal organization in this summary man
ner. al can congratulate your con-
vention,r he says to the committee,
''that hereafter you may well lay aside
the word .greenback' as designation
of your party. In behalf of the
'greenback' or legal-tender note your
labOrs are done, and the mission of
your party is as completely fulfilled as
is the mission of the republican party,
which was the abolition of slavery"
He declares himself to be in favor of
competitive examination for office, and
to give a test of his sincerity upon this
point he says he is willing that the plan
shall commence with the highest Office
in the gift of the people of the state.
He plays upon the popular strings of
the political bow, and if he does not
because there are not that many. He
poses as II patriot and a reformer, and
the letters address themselves to "the
whole people," instead of those at
whose hands he has been nominated.
The branches of this dual combination
must find an evident relish in the sup
port of candidate who is unwilling to
thoroughly identify himself with them.
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Vermont Railroads.

Wayne Bailey, the railroad commits
sioner, in his report for the two years
ending July 81, 1882, reports that the
roads are in safe and an excellent
condition. There are $50 miles of
main track in the state and eighty
eight miles of siding. The total re
ceipts the past two years were 81 ,49S,
5S4 S3,935, 248 for passengers and the
rest for freight, mails, etc. operating
expenses, S5,5I5, 253 ; taxes, 500, S48 !;
dividends, S228, 61O. Twenty -One per
sons were killed and sixty hurt, thir-
teen being passengers and fortytwO
employees.
The length of the main road and
branches of the Central Vermont road
is 336 miles number of stations, 80 !;
number of miles of steel rail, lS2 !;
number of locomotives, I07 number
of freight cars, 1891 number of miles
run by passenger trains, 1884 1868 /;
number of miles run by freight trains,
,, S39, 1888 number of passengers car
ried one mile, 43,O65, BOB number of
tons through freight carried, ,43o ~ l ;
number of tons way freight carried, u
059, $50 earnings for two years, S4,-
10 ,3O5.42 total operating expenses,
50, 7S4 ,046. This road carried ,269, 59l
passengers, only one of whom was
killed
The length of the Passumpsic main
line and branches is 16S miles I; num-
Der of stations, 30 number of lOcOmO-
tives, 40; number of miles run by pas
senger trains, 296,037 number OF
miles run by freight trains, 249, 522 /;
number of passengers carried one mile,
7,I9S, $50 number of tons freight car
ried one mile, %, 589, $50 earnings
during the year ending June 30, 1882,
1851 ,74S.6S total expenses, S547 ,903.-
81 dividends declared, Sl5S, 400. This
road carried 2OO,24O passengers, none
of whom were killed.
The Montpelier and Wells River rail
road company report the earnings fol
the year ending June 30, 1882, $70,-
1856, and total expenses, S73, 1880
excess of earnings SI6,776.36.
The st. Johnsbury and Lake Cham
plain railroad company report totaI
earnings for two years ending June 30
1880 S42I .262 "a.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-10-13

General Butler has accepted the
democratic and greenback nominations
for governor of Massachusetts. The
letter addressed to the democratic COM
mittee is long, and in point of sophis-
try. unblushing egotism and personal
appeal is characteristic of the writer.
He does not accept the nomination as "A
democrat, but says that, if elected, he
shall take the office unpledged except
To faithfully administer the laws, care
for every interest of the commonwealth
and of its people, and faithfully, indus
triously and earnestly fulfill every du-
tv imposed on him by the constitution
and the laws. Indeed" he patheti-
cally inquiries, chow could ! do other
wiser At this time in my life, what
other ambition could i possibly have
save to show myself worthy of the high
trusts conferred upon me Z"
In his letter to the greenbackers he
refers them to his letter to the demo-
Gratis for his platform of principles,
thus making the ag-baby advocates
the tail of the democratic kite, al
though the greenbaek convention was
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-10-13
Legislative Melange.

The organization of both branches
of the Legislature was announced last
week. Gov. Farnham delivered his
valedictOry message and Gov. BarstOw
delivered his inaugural. COpiOus alb
stracts appear on the first page of the
CdIedOnidn.
A list of the standing committees
was reported, Senator lde having a
place on the committee on the Judicial
~, chairman of the committee on rail
roads on the part of the senate, and
Senator Brainerd on military affairs
and federal relations.
Senator Ide introduced the second
bill in the senate, being an act relating
to time IF holding the supreme court
of Caledonia county, fixing the time
the second Tuesday of May in each
wear.
Senator Dart of Windsor county, at
the request of the Woman's Christian
temperance union, introduced bill
providing for the study of scientific
temperance in the public schools.
Among the appointments on stand
ing committees are the following ::
Jenkins of Kirby, federal relations +;
Stone of Danville, military affairs !;
Carter of Hardwick, judiciary; Fol-
som of Sheffield, claims Taft of Suit
ton, highways, bridges and ferries !;
Fairbanks of st. JOhnsbury, banks !;
Robbie of Barnet, manufactures Bell
of Walden, agriculture; Gibson of
Ryegate, land tax; Wadleigh of Con-
cord, grand list Bolton of Peacham,
general Clark of Stannard, state pris-
on; Humphrey of Burke, town lines
and buildings; Welch of GrotOn, mile
age and debentures Hubbard of Lyn-
don, insane.
Speaker Martin appointed his COM
petitor for the Office of speaker, Love
land MunsOn of Manchester, chairman
of the committee on rules.
The lieutenant governor has ap-
pointed c. B. F. Palmer as reporter of
the senate.
The governor has appointed George
! W. Wales of Burlington as secretary