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The Labor enquirer., 1884-09-06
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i Is js! 0s1sni1e evesy branch of il
] inltsyi Hold ycur yotes = one man
\ i isw poliasal corpss nicely laid ont
By tho wo1hipe man Of this country will
work mizzclsA Nominate your own
tiekst ana 1ll q With wozkingmen. Stand
firmly shoeldex 10 shoulder-in unity
there i sena and you win very
soon make your power felt Look around
you, on every band you ses Organizations.
There are the hardware and steel asso-
CATIONS. tho dry goods associations, the
grocels' exchange. the wool growers
association, etc. THE effect Of their
work s fell in every market and can be
traced down into your laws. You alone
are waiting, unorganized and fritterina
away your strength. while the wslfare Of
your families ana homes demand that
you should at once show your over and
assert your rights,
But day or 50 ago We saw all of the
wealth Of the Union Pacific railroad
company arrayed against a band of
brothers. That road undertook to do
indirectly what it had failed to do few
months ago directly. Quietly, men that
it feared, were retired from the shops.
But suddenly, every lathe ceased to
move, every plane stopped its motion
and every hammer, chisdl and saw lay
idle. The trains stood quietly upon the
side tracks; while the blood of COM
merce poured down competing arteries.
It was now test as to the manage
ment and executive ability of the con-
tending parties With consummate skill
these brothers laid their plans, with the
finest executive ability they carried
them out, until at last We see this power
full corporation yield to their honest and
just demands.
One has some respect for a robber who
always has the tact to carry out bis
wrongs. We must respect his ability if
we do condemn his acts.
There is a man drawing $4,000 year
that shows his readinesss TO take from
the tables of these men their bread.
But in a trial of intellectual strength and
management, he has shown himself to
be the inferior of the men he would
have robbed and stands convicted. NOT
only of being without principle, but of
being an incompetent ass.
All of this was done quietly,
peaceably and without any violation of
law. Therein all the honor lies. = ~
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KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
The Preambled Declaration Of the
Principles Of this Great
Order.

The alarming development and aggression
Of aggregated wealth, which, unless check ed
will inevitably lead to the pauperization and
hopeless degradation of the toiliug masses,
r.nders i imperative, it we desire to enjoy
the blessings Of life. that check should be-
placed uponIits power and upon unjust acca.
mutation. and system adopted which will
secure 70 the laborer the fruits Of hii toll
and a. this much desired object can only be
accomplished By the thorough unihcation 81
those who labor, and The united efforts 81
those Who earn their bread by the sweat ol
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|e}sss furnsees q s. llslnbex /. but WI
only put Two bottts ilfnaoss Ia blast y
that date, two weeks siter, however. I'll
their furnaces viii % put in operation.
Ewindell 4 Co. start up their window
glass factories on the Hrst. also two bottle
furnaces while September 5 viii see al
their furnaces in full blast. Prospects for
= large demand for bottles are good: Is
patent medicine men ire said to be
pretty we'll ont Of stock.
A case to recover will be brought up in
one Of our courts this fall, and as some
particulars may interest glass blowers, I
viii make brief statement here An
apprentice to Baker Brothers was killed
on the railroad, and the mother Of the
boy sues to recover the 5000 forfeit in
the hands of the firm. This amount is
the aggregate of small sums deducted
weekly from.the boys wages which was
stipulated to be paid over at the expira-
ton Of his apprenticeship or forfeited in
case Of quitting services before that time.
The boy has certainly quit the employ
of the firm, but as his taking off was
altogether beyond his control, Justice
would demand the paying over of the
amount to the bereaved mother.
The baseball game under the auspices
of union No. IL, Cigarmakers Interna-
tional, for the benefit of the locked -out
cigarmaksrs of Cincinnati, was success
in every way; an attendance of 1000
people marked the occasion, and also
some very brilliant playing.
Baltimore merchants say there is every
prospect for a good fall trade.
Oystermeh here express indignation at
Governor McLaine's appointments of in
spectors, claiming that they are all
politicians and nothing more, aud that
the interest OF the trade was not at all
considered in the selection.
81 FREE PRESS
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1Oe 10 ouPpooO ehae yoo3 NY iOdoOi,
have been giving little attention to the
sayings and doings of the labor men,
that you have read and thought suhi-
GENTLY on the subject to have a pretty
good general idea Of their principles and
aims, and that you find yourself more or
less in accord with them; that still you
entertain some objections and difficulties
and your mind is in condition of doubt
and uncertainty. Now, let us suppose
you have among your acquaintances two
or three persons similarly disposed, and
that you invite them to meet you ex-
presslY to talk over the subject Suppose
that, as a result of your first meeting,
you are all sufficiently interested to wish
to meet for the same purpose again and
again, sometimes In the apartments of
one and sometimes in those of the others.
Finally you meet regularly-say once a
week and from two or three your num-
bers have increased to half dozen or
more. In the meantime YOU have OBJ
tanned for yourselves and have read and
discussed together, or passed from one to
another. some labor literature. Perhaps,
also, you have thrown yourselves into
intercourse with some well-informed
labor advocate.
Now, my reader, will venture to say
that the desire which you first had to
study the subject for your own sake, will
have expanded by this time into desire
to spread your views everywhere within
the circle of your influence, and the same
desire will animate your companions.
Suppose, then, that each of you while re-
tanning your organization as little club
Ia group should make, himself the
starting point or nucleus of just such an
other club or group, composed of per-
sons perhaps living in his immediate
nelghborhood, or associated in business,
or in some other way. The formation
Of these secondary clubs or groups, and
their development, will be easier than
that Of the first, as each will have the
advantage of an intelligent teacher.
You see that in very short time instead
of one you will have eight little clubs or
groups, each having thread of commu-
,nication with the first one, which will
continue to hold its regular meetings.
Within another short period these eight
clubs injecting, perhaps, in different
wards or Suburbs Of a city, or in little
centersof rural population-will each in
like manner make of its members the
nucles of other groups or clubs, and each
of these again Of still others and so on
ad infnitum.
This Is the system of organization
adopted by the International. Bear in
mind that it is for educational purposes
only.
Up to this point, it will be seen, that
this method of organization is very sim
pie and quite natural; it is also free from
any expense for halls and advertising,
and no constitution or bylaws or other
5ormality is at all necessary. The time
usually spent in society meetings in what
is called regular business" is entirely
saved. AS the meetings are quite in
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Edltor Lnboe Enanzres. s;
Dtxvna. Angus Is This y tbs time
10 inquire what il the cAnse Of al the
distress and the poverty Of the toiliue
naases Of to-day. Wesre about to come
face to fsce with our law make1, and i
will be IN order to ask them few peril
nent questions upon this subject.
Why is It that the poor are daily be-
coming still more poor and the rich
constantly growing richer7 Is there moi
. screw loose somewhere; are there not
'some who are getting, BY some means,
more than their share, and others less?
Are there none Of your aspiranta to
office who can answer these questions?
Why this unequal distribution Of the
products of labor; why does one SOW and
smother reap; one live upon the fat Of
the land. clothed in purple and fine
linen and another hungry and clothedin
rags? Come to the front, gentlemen, and
answer these questions or otherwise take
back seat. Stay at home for few
more years and study our monetary laws.
and try and ascertain why money pos
sesses this power to accumulate in the
hands of few, who neither toll nor
spin, plow nor SOW, who monopolize all
the good things Of this life. Somebody
has got an advantage over somebody else
certain.
Money possesses a power to accumu-
late. say you. Why does it always 60
into the hands of those who do not pro-
duce2 We admit that it has power to
accumulate. Who gives it this power to
eat up all the fruit of labor? Our law
makers, of course; they have fixed the
weight of the pound, the size of the
bushel and the length of the yard but
they have left unfxed the value OF
money, which is to pay for these things.
What gives money its value? The
material of which it is made, say our
lawmakers money being made of gold
and silver gives it an intrinsic value in
itself Is that SO. Mr.. Law-maker, when
you put your money stamp on silver
dollar, is it of any more value than a
paper dollar. Is a five dollar gold piece
of more value after receiving the i'm.
preston of the money stamp than five
dollaf greenback? ? Why then waste SO
much precious metal when paper would
do as well and be more convenient for
all the purposes for which money is
used. If the gold dollar will purchase
a larger amount of goods than the paper
dollar, then it must be better, not other
wise. II
/ wonder what the democratic law
makers had in view when they inserted
in their platform that they were for
honest money ?" Did they have an eye
to greenbacks, or to5gold and silver, or to
something else? All money is honest
when honestly used and not when used
as the republicans used it at the prima-
ries last Thursday-to bribe and corrupt
the voters-so that these great monopo-
lists may have another chance to go to
Washington to rob the people by making
and perpetuating unjust monetary laws.
A UNIoNIsT.
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Paterson Paragraphs.

| 81
PATERSON, N. j., September Profess
sor Apgar,s of the state board of educa-
ton, desires to make it appear that there
is very little illiteracy among the chill.
daen throughout the state. But in this
effort the factory inspectors cannot agree
They emphatically adhere to their origi-
nal statement that the grossest illiteracy
prevails among those young people
owing to their being put to work at a
tender age.
A man named sVanderhoven, who is
we'll, if not favorably known in this
county, and who publishes wretched
weekly sheet in Passaic, is making war
on the child labor law. The organized
workers will in due time attend to his
case.
A most elaborate educational bill has
been prepared and will be submitted by
| the legislative committee of the federal
trades and labor unions to the legislature
next winter.
The experience of the factory inspec.
tors goes to show that the school attend
ance has considerably increased owing
to the educational clause of the child
labor law ~, n
The chairman. of the federated trades
and labor unions will issue his call this
week for the conference to be held at
Newark on October g. Since the forma-
ton of this body extraordinary progress
has been accomplished in the direction
of organization. Heretofore the various
organizations assembled annually to dis
cuss their condition and suggest methods
of Improvement by resolutions which
were permitted to remain a dead letter
on the minute book. At the close OF
this congress the delegates returned
home to report progress" to their several
bodies, and silence prevailed for another
year, until last October, at Trenton, when
they resolved themselves into a perma-
nent representative institution with an
active body, known as legislative COM
mittee, empowered to carry out the aims
of the federation. And how effectively
these behests were advanced, a glance at
their labors at the last session of the
legislature win show: They succeeded
in abolishing contract labor, the factory
inspection and other laws equally bene-
fetal to the wage class were enacted.
The political policy of the federation
has been and is to identify itself with no
party. but to support those of all parties
favorable to their objects. Governor
Abbott has given them his warmest CO.
operation.
Some labor organizations in this state,
believing there was no likelihood >of'Mr.
7. V. Powderly being appoined national
labor commissioner recently, without the
knowledge of Mr.. ]. P. Mcdonnell, who
favored Powderly or Douai, commune
Gated with the president and his friends
in behalf of Mr.. McDonnell's appoint
ment. They have been given to under
stand that their requests may be favor
ably considered.
The Progressive Silk Workers branch
No. /, West Hoboken, are making extern
sive preparations for their projected mass
meetings, September ID. Mr.. P. Nc
Donnell and other speakers have ex-
pressed their consent to be present.
PATERSON LABOR STANDARD.
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thsit brow. W have formed ths order of.ba
Knishts Of Labor. With ! vlew Of secur;ns
tie orEsnizatio1 and direction, BY oo.oper,
tive sfort, of the power Of the industrial
olasses and ~ submit 70 the world tbs
objects sought to be accomplished BY on,
|oseanizatan. calling upon ali Who believe in
securing "ths s,satest good 10 the greatest
nunber, to aid and assist M. {
l. To bring within the fold Of organization
every department Of productive industry
making kno~ledse stand point for action
and industrial, moral worth, not wealth, the
true standard Of individual and national
greatness. II
2. To secure to the toilsrs proper share
Of the wealth hat hey create; more of the
leisure that righsfully belongs to them more
ociety adyAotages; more OF the benefits,
privileges and smoluments of the world; in
1 word, sll those rights and privileges necesl
ary to make them capable of enjoying, ap.
prsciating. defending and perpetuating tie
blessings Of good government
8. To arrive d the trne condition Of ths
producing masses in their educational, moral
and financial condition. BY demanding from
the various governmsntsr the establishment
Of bureaus Of labor statistics.
4. The establishment of cooperative in.
atitutions. productive and distributiye. y
s. The rsserylng Of the public lands--ths
heritage of the people the actual settler.
Not another acre for railroads or corporations.
6. The abrogation Of all laws that do notbear
equally upon capital and labor; the removal
of unjust tecnnicalitiss. delays and discrim.
nations in the ADMINISTRATION Of Justice; and
the adopting Of measures providing for the
health and safety OF those engaged in mining,
manufacturing and building pursuits.
7. The enactment of laws to compel
chartered corporations to pay their employees
weekly, in full, for labor performed the
preceding week. in the lawful money Of the
country.
8. The enactment of laws giving mechanics
and laborers the first lien on their work for
their full wages.
9. The abolishment of the contract system
on national, state and municipal work,
10. The substitution of arbitration for
strikes, whenever and wherever employers
and employe are willing TO meet on equitable
grounds.
II. The prohibition Of the employment Of
children in workshops, mines and factories,
before attaining their fourteenth year.
IL. To abolish the system of letting out by
contrauk the lahore of convicts in our prisons
and reformatory institutions.
Is. To secure for both sexes equal pay
for equal work.
IA. The reduction Of the hours Of labor to
eight per day, so that the laborers may have
more time for social enjoyment and intel
Electual improvement, and be enabled TO reap
the advantages conferred by the labor.saving
kmachinsry which their brains have created,
E15. To prevail upon governments to estab'
lish purely national circulating medium,
issued directly to the people, without the
aforementioned any system of banking cor
porations, which money shall be q legal
| tender in payment of all debts, public and
| priyate
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Fact.

Our friend Clayton has received quite
number of fall styles in mems and
boys stiff and soft hats, which he is SELL
ing at low prices. Visit bis mammoth
store, 2s5 and 2S53 Fifteenth street, and
examine styles, quality and prices.
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HOW TO ORGANIZE.
The Most Honest System Of organiza-
tion Ever Presented t9 the
People.

ENQUIRER: The Rocky Mountain Dr.
vision Executive of the |. w. A. desire
the publication of the following article
on organization. 1t fully explains the
International system of connected
groups, Salut Oil,
The Labor enquirer., 1884-09-06

BoYoorr Appel & Co. They employ
cheap labor, and refuse to acknowledge
the rightof tailors and other working
2en to organize tor protection.
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Wanted

A situation in a fruit. confectionery o,
grocery store. nave had several years
experience in business can write fair
hand and give good reference; would
take half of my wages in groceries.
]. d. B., 275 Antelope street.
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NEW YORK, 1884.

About sixty million copies of THE Sun
have gone out Of our establishment during
the past twelve months.
If you were to paste end to end all the
columns Of all THE SUNS printed and sold
last year you would get a continuous strip of
interesting information, common sense wis
dom, sound doctrine, and sane wit long
enough to reach from Printing House square
to the top of Mount Copernicus in the moon,
then back to Printing House square, and then
three quarters Of the way back to the moon
again. -.
But THE SUN is written for the inhabitants
OF the earth; this same strip of intelligence
would girdle the earth twenty-seven or
twenty eight times.
If every buyer of a copy Of The Sun dur
ing the past year has spent only one honr
| over it, and if his wife or his grandfather has
spent another hour, this newspaper in 1883
has afforded the human race thirteen thou
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It is only by little calculations like these
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ofthe most popular of American newspapers,
or of its influence on the opinions and actions
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THE Sun is, and will continue to be, a
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Immigration.

The Immigration Association, in addi.
tion to receiving inquiries from every
section of the country in regard to
Southern California, have also received
the prospectuses and circulars of several
Independent colony organizations, the
advance agents Of which will soon be in
Los Angeles, in search Of lands and
homes. A few weeks ago a committee
of gentlemen representing a large mum.
Der OF families came here unheralded,
quietly looked the ground ever, secured
large body Of land and went east to
report. That colony leaves Chicago the
last of October for Los Angeles, and is
only the advance of Others to follow.
They start q new town at once. These
agents were evidently prac;ie aud OBJ
serving men and made their investiga.
tons while here in thorough manner,
and IN their circulars speak very highly
OF the business houses of Los Angeles,
and recommend the members of their
party to bring very few household goods,
as the prices here are so close to prices
in the east that it would be Improbable
to bring much Of anything aside from
wardrobe. 1t is by such painstakinp
representations that the advantages OF
our country for homes are becoming
known abroad, and the character and
stability OF our business houses recoe.
nized.