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"A Single Fact Is Worth a ship-LOad OF


Mr.. w. b, Lathrop, OF South Easton Mass, under
date OF Jau q 1854 says; MY father had for years
al eating cancer on MS underllp, which had been
gradually growing worse until II had eaton away
his under lip down 20 the gums, ana was feeding
itself the inside of his cheek aud the surgeons
said horrible death was soon TO come, We gave
him uipe bottles OF SWitps Specific aud he uo, zen
entirely cured. II has created great excite Q
this section
Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed free,
The swift Specific company, drawer g. Atlanta,
Ga, 100 West Twenty. third street, New York, and
1905 Chestnut street, PllilRdelphiNa
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The cool and exhilarRting atmosphere, the Wild
mountain scenery, and line drives tho baths and In
valuable medicinal waters, With good rare render a
at Rock EnOn delight not soon to be forgot
ten. From James u. Fitch, esq, Washington d. y. J
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09
u.IsLETT, SIT MARKET SPACE,

a(--YFs RUBBER BLANKETS, AIR PILLOWS
~ sponge and Ice bags DC; also other rubber
goods. kept at Coughlin's Temple Drug store
- HOMEOPATHIC PELLETS, TISCT-
Eisl3 uTgs and Diutuns, Ilumpherya SgGcihCs,
Ind'si xtract Witch Hazel Of, lurlburTs TIDcheal
Drops, AtCOuGHLINS
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PROPOSALS. FOR ANNUAL SUPPLIES.
TnnAsuNy DrrAnrMrNr.
OFFICE or TiIE SFrRETARY,
WAalIINnInN- ID L. MINI II Iala


WAsuiNGruN, ID. G., Jun" u. 1871.
sealed proposals will be received nj tho Office of the
p erlntendent Tor furnishing supplies or tie uge of
IN treasury Department, In this city, fl~ he fiscal
year ending Ju 80, 1880 PrOposn'swill be pened
at z o'clock D. m on the following named days.
For Dry Goods, Forage Furniture, and Up
toi.tee iS oNoclN'''....s hOnluy, June lU
rue. and TueSdoy, June IT
imnDrr "Wednesday, June If
~ uftUay, June ~
MSCtllhheOlB Friday, June 20
Bidders must be regular dealers in the articles
named In their bids.
Printed schedules with instructions to bidders may
be had at ihe OH 90 of the Supcriui endent
The Department rycs the 1T to reject any or
al bld9 o. plr'S @ Any hid, and to waive defects.
No Contin tw i be awarded for tho supplies herein
rcicrrcu 10 rntil IN appropriation for their purchase
shall have been made hy CCurresa
jo7-Ot ClIAS, j. Fol GER SCcfetnry
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May 30. 1854.
Scaled proposals will be received at this Depart
mpnt until IL o'clock M MONDAY, TUNE 10,
1854 ior furnishing miscellaneous Supplies to the
Department OF the Interior during the fiscal year
ending Juno 30 1850, consisting of brOoms, brushes
clocks, e-holders, portfolio drawers, soaps, hard
ware, book cases (reVOvugl, CHAIRS carpets, dcskr
tables, dry goods, lumber. forage. &c, &c
Hank forms of proposals, ghOwlng the items and
estimated quantities required, will be furnished on
application to the Custodian, Room 1Ol, Department.
OF the interior.
the Interior and Endorsed on the envelope "pr0pos
sails for Miscellaneous supplies
II. NJ. TELLER.
my20, 31-iu36,9 ,13-w2t SecrGtary
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DRoPosALs FOR SUPPLIES.
orEIcE or rnr COMMISSIONERS,

DISTRICT or COLUMBIA
WAsmSuToN May - 1SSA
Sealed proposals will be received ut tho Office az
above until ~ O'Clock noon TUESDAY, JUNE TO-
for furnishing supplies comprising stationery. Blank
Forms, School Books, Furniture, Hardware,
Forage Meats Fuel, Curbiug &c. &c, to the var,
Gus branches ofthc District Government Tor the year
ending June 80, 1883.
The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any
or Nll bids or parts of bd7
Information, samples and blanks viii be furnished
upon application Mt room II, Morrison Building
Four-and-u-hulf street
by order ofthc Engineer Commissioner, d. c.
nly2S-llt L. o. BECK Eft, Property Clerk.
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KTTTAYINNY NOUSE,

DELAWARE WATER CAT. PA.
Remodclod, enlarged, repletc with all the modern
cOnvencncos, including passenger elevator. Send
for Circular. w. A. RROAOHEAD d. SONS. Prons
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DRoPosALs FOR STATIONERY,


WAsiuNGToS, d. O., May q 1884
Sealed proposals Will he received at this depart
ment until IL O'Clock M, on THURSDAY, JUNE5.
1854, for furnishing stationery for the lse of first
and second class posoice5 for one year from July L.
1884.
Hank forms of proposals. showing the items and
estimated quantities required together with circular
relating thereto, VIII be furnished on application to
this department,
Proposals should be addressed to the First Assist
ant Postmaster General, and Endorsed "propoBas for
Stationery"
The Postmaster General reserves tho right ito
reject any or ull bids.
w. O. GRESHAM,
myb-m&th-iw Postmaster General.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09

Tho glare oflight on the eastern horizon Sat
urday evening was caused by the burning OF
frame stable on Washington street, Anacosta,
d. G., owned by Henry Tolson. Tho structure
was entirely consumed The fire resulted
from children playing in a hay pile with
matches.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09
BUSINESS MENTION.

Mr.. w. W. Corcoran, in response to tho
order of the equity court, appeared before
Examiner Frank p. Gloss last saturday
morning and gave his testimony in tho case
of Lorin Blodgott, trustee, against Grant and
others.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09

Judge Wylie last Saturday sentenced Tho5.
II. Etchison to tho Albany ponitentiary lie
WAS convicted some time since of forging tho
name of Chauncey j. Reed to promisory
motto for $6i.4l aud obtaining the money
thereon.
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j. II, jerks, - committee.
EDW. q. HOFFMAN,
No. JAMES II. McGILL, AKcHITECT
Nay PERSONAL TAXES,

Office No. 0OS street. prepares plans and specihca-
tons for all classes of buildings and superintends
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PROPOSALS. FOR WASHING TOWELS.


WSsuINaToN, d. G., June o. 1884.
Sealed Proposals VIII be received until IL o'clock
M, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1854, for Washing the
Towels Of this Department and It's several bureaus
for the year ending June 80 1855.
Instructions TO bidders will be furnished appli-
cation to the Custodian, Room lO4 Department Of
the Interior.
Proposals TO be addressed to the Secretary ofthe
Interior, and marked. proposals for Washing
Towels" H. NJ. TELLER
je6-f,m ,w3t-Wlt Secretary.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09

In the competition ut Miss S. w. Kelly's
Art school, for the gold medal awarded for
the best drawing from life, the successful |
competitor was Miss Genevicve Paul, daughter
of Gen Paul.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09

DRoposALs TOR sTATIoNERY.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, May 10. 1884.
Sealed proposals for furnishing Stationery for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1855, VIII be- received at
this Department until the l7th DAY OF JUNE,
l,laniS orms for bidding will be furnished upon APP
The bids will DO considered and accepted rejected
item by Item; and this advertisement and the pro-
pOsul, so far us accepted by the Secretary Of the
Treasury, and the bond accompanying the same,
shall constitute tire contract between the Governs
mcn and the bidder or bidders, and no further con"
tract viii he executed
The articles contracted for must be furnished from
time 90 time during the year, IN quantities pursuant
to orders nom the Department. Tho entire uuuntl-
ties VIII, however, be called for during the year
Each proposal must be signed by the Individual or
firm making IT, and be accompanied by II bona with
Sufficient snrecs In thCBuu oftwO thousand dollars
2OOOl, approved by United states oihcer of tho
| n form to be furnished by the Department, cOndi.
TONED Tor furnishing such portions OF tht articles ~
may hcawhrded under II, aud the performance ofthe
| Proposals unaccampanled by such bond viii not bo
considered, and contracts VIII be awarded only to
| established manufacturers or or dealers IN the
Proposals 10 be addressed to the undersigned, and
| marked "prOpuaals for stationery
Deliveries must he free OF charge ut the Treasury
DCpnTtmpnt Washington, ID. g., ana will DO subjeca
To inspecOn by an expert detailed for the purpose
by Tho Secretary OF the Treasury and the delivery Of
| All Inferior article will be deemed sufficient cause to
ainui tho contract nt the option OF the Secretary
Tho department reserves the right 10 waive defects
| aud reject any or all BIDS,
| No uvnrd VIII be made until Congress shall mako
'9 CTIAS. j. FoLGER,
myl3.mdt Secretary the Treasury.
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\. s, PRATT d SONS, Managers,
AOl Ninth street northwest.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09
PROPOSALS. FOR WINDING CLOCKS.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WASIIISGTON, u, O., June Is, 1884,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WAsIISGroN, u. g., June IS, 1854.
Sealed proposals will be received until IL o'clock
III. FRIDAY, JUNE 81, 1854 for Winding and
Keeping in Repair the Clocks Of this Department
aud iis several bureaus, for the fiscal year ending
Instructions TO bidders viii be furnished on appli.
cation to the Custodian, Room 1O4, Department OF
the Interior.
Proposals 10 be addressed to the Secretary of the
Interior, and marked "PropOsals for Winding
Clocks" IL. NJ. TELLER,
je7-3t SIN, tuW Wit Secretary.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09

John Hit has filed o bill in equity against
Gertrude Hit and others, asking decree OF
tho court in regard to the disposition of the
legacos under the will of the late John HitS
ST., that the complainant may be relieved as
DlaCo,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09

EDROPOSABS FOR REPAIRING BITUMINoUs
i CONCRETE pANEM ENTS.


WASutSgroS, ~. C., June o. 1881.
BY direction ofthe Board o tCommissloners sealed
prQposll1 VII lc rec siyud at this once until I1
pclo * m. MONDAh \. June iU lSS4 for llppnir.
lns Bllnminons Concrete ravements upo1 various
streets hnd avenues In the city of Washington, u. &.
Biank io1uS of proposals aud specifications can no
oninllcd ~ tbs oilc'upon application therefor, to-
grthcr with all 'ury intOrinntion aud bids upon
these iornis Will alone be considered
Jhe right Is reserved TO reject any and all bids or
parts OF DDS. g. j. IHDECKrR,
Major Of Engineers u. s. A.,
Je1'6t Engineer Commissioners ID. g.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09

In our manufacturing department in Baltimore
we lind ourselves overstocked. II you are seeking
Bargains in clothing you Will not be disappointed
by calling on u.
EIsEMAN Bios, corner Seventh and L.
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DRoPoSALS FOR SUPPLIES FOR FREED
Il MANS HOSPITAL


lIIy : q ItD8'
Sealed proposals will be received AT this Depart
meut unit ~ o'clock IN. THURSDAY, JUNE II.
1854, for furnishing Supplies, consisting mainly Of
meats, groceries, dry goods, clothing, medicines and
fuel for the nse of the treedmans Hospital, in this
city Tor the fiscal year ending June 80, 1883. Blank
forms Of proposal specifications, aud schedules,
showing the items ana estimated quantities required,
VIII be furnished ON application 10 this Departments
mvoS AMINO b @ 1O-W2. snrrrinrY
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09

Fresh Attorney butter Churned every morning,
and delivered In u pound WARD prints, nj AOc'
per pound. Also cottage cheese, DC per mali nutter
milk, &c. per quart and sweet milk al De- per quart
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, PROPOSALS FOR ICE.
DEPARTMENT. OF TIE INTEnIoH,;

WAsuINGToN. D. O., June 4. 1854.
Sealed proposals will be received until 10 o'clock
m. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1884 TO furnish this
Department aud It's several bureaus with daily
supply of the best quality of Northern Ice for tho
fiscal year ending June 60 1855, to be delivered at
such times and places and III such quantities as may
be required
Instructions to bidders will he furnished applica-
ton 10 the Custodian, Room 10I, Department Of the
Interior.
Proposals to be addressed 10 the Secretary of tho
Interior, and marked proposals. for lee"
ic5-3t-t,smWlt H. NJ. TELLER Secretary.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT brings release from dirt and
gronsc?" urocer-"Don't you llnOw?-SAroLlo'
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Our so


True blue English serge suits. Nothing TO equal
them from Maine to California.
EIsEMAE Bios, corner Seventh and Z.
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ANsTSSONE UFTICT.
wAsHINGToS, ID. C., June ., 1854.
Taxpayers on personal property are hereby notified,
in obedience TO law. that they fequired to make
out and TO this office statement Of their per-
Bonnl property, under oath, within fOrtyiiVc days
from this date, and in default of such return the
assessor IL required by law 10 mike out such state
ment from the best Information that can be obtained
and add thereto n penalty Of 90 per ccnum.
Blank schedules can be obtained at this office
10y order of the Commissioners Of the District of
Columbia ROBERT r. DODGE,
ic2-Bt Assessor, ID. g.
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sprtinI SlOtitrs.
~ -, UNITED STATES ELECTRIC LIGHT
A5skS ING COMPANY.


wAsHiN0ToN. d. G., June 3, 1854.
scmi-annual dividend Of per Gent. mas 10, heen
july L. 1894. The dividend checks will be pre-
pared by the Treasurer aud made payable on and
AFTER June 10, 1854. Transfer books VIII DC closed
June 10, 1854
iy order of the Board of Directors,
SAMUEL NORMENT, President.
WILLIAM DICKSON, secretary.
icO.3t Sll MOJR W. TUILOCk, Treasurer.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Safes can be rented at 90 90 per annum accord
ing to size and location. An extra size for Corpora
tons Bankers, and Capitalists. Call and see them
There are no duplicate keys held by the company
and safe IL rented twice with the same lock on IT,
No two locks alike. The depositor has possession
OF the only keys TO his safe.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-09

IL THOMPSON
a 1000 PA. Az. n. w,
This morning vt IL o cloc; shall soil nc NV aus,
uon rooms n complete limo OF household effects.
Terms cash. -
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BAR uARBOR, ME
This hotel opens June 20. Located Oh tho ISLAND
or MOUNT Descent coast of Maine InValds
should remember that Commits Compound NapOr
Baths are connected with this house. For terms cir
culars, &c, address the proprietor.
Cottages To rent T. q. DIES ISLE.
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posrorF1cE. NEW Yonx. June 6, 1854.
g,-4ss ATTENTION, COMRADES.

HEADQUARTERS KIT CARSON POST, No ., G. a. r.,
DEPARTMENT OF THE POTOMAC
All comrades Of the T.. A. X. of this aud other De
partments are fraternally Invited to accompany Kit
union of the Society Of the Army, Of the Potomac,
which takes place on JUNE ~, 1854 Round trip
tickets good for ivo days be obtained Tor ESQ,
and cheap and comfortable hotel accommodations
have been secured For further particulars inquire
of the committee or members Of the Post.
JOHN G. = BURGER
]. II, JfNKS }Committee
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To MAKE II salad that is certain TO please all
tastes you need only use Dlrkeo's Salad Dressing,
Nothing equal 10 II was ever offered, aud none 80
pOpulnr. IL Is superb table snuCe.
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DEPARTMENT. OF THE INTERIOR,

PROPOSALS. FOR MISCELLANEOUS SUP
n PLIES
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HOTEL DIES ISLE,

For copies send stamp to T. p. CARPENTER,
General Passenger Agent Lake superior Transit
Company, Buffalo, n. V mv@I-2m
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Rock EnOn Springs and Mineral Baths
Great North Mountain, near Winchester, Va,
OPENS JUNE IL, 1884.

Terms $50 to $50 per month Of four weeks.
Tickets from Washington to tho SPRINGS and re-
turn, $500 good until oct, 81
Illustrated pamphlets, giving all information may
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9lartiso.

OOSF-BENNETT.-O June 4. at the residence
Of the brides mother, ~ Manassas. Va, by Rev. NJ
NJ. Todd. Mr.. ELMER +. LOOSE to Miss ALrnEA L.
BENNETT.
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litO.

METzEROTT.--On Saturday, June z, 1884, at 4 p.
M. WILLIAM q. MErzERorT, In the 03d year of his
age.
Notice of funeral in Evening star.
BOERNSrEtN.-sunday mt 1870 o'clock on
LANnO CHARLES, Infant son of Aug. - and Jennie II.
Boernsten, aged month and 10 days
Funeral takes place Monday at O'clock
Requicscat in pace
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-20
Artemus Wards Campaign
Against Lee.
The Mauhatta2,l


What was the question, Colonel,
you wished to put to friend Browne::'
said the proprietor, whose ruddy
countenance shone with pleasure.
"Well, simply this; partly for my
own satisfaction and partly to answer
those who have asked me the Ques-
ton. Pray, MI. Browne, did you
fight against us during the war;"
This was uttered in all sober ear
nestness: We felt that it was out OF
place, and yet we couldn't help ad-
miring the Colonel's genuine honesty
and simplicity of purpose asking.
Artemus's eyes twinkled, though
his face was composed and lis man.
ner serious, as he answered.: "Since
l came South I have been frequently
asked that question. Permit me to
answer it in my own fashion," He
drew himself up and folded his arms.
W. drew closer around him, anxious
to hear the humorist for once..express
himself seriously.
II did my duty faithfully, Colonel,
by sending a substitute to the war.
l have never met him since. Doubt
less, he will yet return to his family's
bosom, to draw a pension in my place.
l was therefore excused from actual
service. But I always openly pro-
claimed it." here he was exceedingly
impressive, 'that as long as Gen. Lee
kept away from me, l would keep
away from him. I would never 20
after him. Blu, I said, nevertheless,
repeatedly, and without concealment
that if ever Gen. Lee and his 50, 900
men came marching up into north
west New York State, where my
mother and l lived on my humble
homestead, and Gen. Lee was to
order his $4,000 men to attack my
homestead, I did say, as I said before
that I would send my old mother to
the rear, and I would take down nv
grandfather's old musket, and I'd
load her up with buckshot, and then
I'd send Gen. Lee word, and if he
and his $4,000 men didn't retreat. I
would attack every man of them and
follow them to the Potomac. And
you see, Colonel. Gen. Lee must have
heard of this, for he never once came
near mew
Amid the burst of laughter which
followed, he departed, and l never
saw him again.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-20
Needed Seventeen Languages.
ICrOtlut in Chicago Tribune

lCrOhul III chicago lflDune.l
1t was at a dinner, mainly of rail-
road men. recently where everybody
was called on for a speech. Mr..
Simon Stevens, late president of the
Tehuantepec Railway and Canal
company, responded humorOusly,
and apropos of legal yarn that had
just been related told the following
as q true story:
"When l lived down in Pennsyl-
vania thirty years ago I knew James
Buchanan pretty we'll. It was years
before he was President; he was
merely a prominent lawyer who
practiced in the courts of the county.
One day he asked three or four of
his rich clients home with him to
dinner, among them Henry Mussel-
man, a thriving German farmer from
the next town. Judge Hopkins, /
think, was at the table that day, too.
It was a handsome table, the fine
damask table cloth reached nearly to
the floor. They had all been helped
to turkey, cranberry sauce, sweet
potatoes, and the trimmings, and
were preparing to assault the repast
when Musselman, who had set his
plate close to the edge of the table,
upset it, hot gravy and all, into his
lap. He sprang up in modification
and anguish and exclaimed; "Mein
Coffin Himmel! 1 Wish I vos in
Hellum minute! !" and made for the
door, hopping his hot face with his
gravy-soaked napkin and calculating
IN broken fashion. In an other in
slant there was a general start OF dis
may around the table, as if they felt
the foundations of the earth giving
way. For Musselman, who came in
town on horseback, had accidentally
hooked his spur firmly into the ta-
blecloth IS turned, and as he rushed
out the door he dragged the whole
dinner to the floor with jerk! When
Buchanan had another dinner cook
ed and Musselman tried to apologize,
he said he wished he understood
seventeen languages.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-20
Age Wrongly Reckoned.
lChas. Dudley Warner in Harper's.l

lChas. Dudley Warner in Harper's.l
This fragrant injustice is still more
marked in reckoning the age of peo-
pie. 1t assumes that all people grow
old at the same pace. Notori ously
this is untrue. Women feel the in
justice of this calendar, especially
single women. No wonder, therefore
that they refuse to tell how many
years they have been in the world,
for our habit is to reckon age by
years. For this reason q woman who
knows that she is only 2 does not
like to confess that she has had forty
birthdays, not because she is ashamed
of her real age. but because of the
falseness of reckoning age by the
artificial periods we have adopted.
Some people are old at 20, Others are
young at 60. Some people live three
years in one, and come to old
age before twoscore. Others live and
grow old slowly, and it is a mere
Misrepresentation Of them to say
they are 50 years, as We must say in
U artificial method. 1t Is absurd to
reduce life to a mathematical state
ment.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-20
WOMEN AS w
Effect of Their Competition on the
Labor Market of Chicago.
(Chicago News,1

"There are 25, 100 women employed
in various occupations In Chicago"
| said Joe Greenhut, tenement inspec-
tor and labor statistician. yesterday,
and their influence is having a most
| disastrous effect upon the labor mar
ket. In almost every case they take
| places that would otherwise be filled
by men, and the effect is a ruinous
competition among wage-workers."
"What trades do women chiefly
follow"
making ready>made clothing Oc-
cupies $500 women; cloak-making,
$500; mems furnishing goods, $500;
saleswomen in stores, $500; hotels
and restaurants. $500; tobacco and
cigar manufacturers, 800; millinery,
1900. and almost every occupation
has its quota. These women work
for one half the wages men would
accept, and are rapidly invading such
other fields as bookkeeping, stenog-
raphy, and t~elegraphy. Women
work for whatever they can get, and
as they are not capable of forming
trade unions, they continually cut
each others Threats, Nearly one half
of the working women OF Chicago are
out of work to-day, many having
been discharged after the holiday
work was DONE"
"But why can't women get the
same wages as menu"
"Chiefiy because they work only to
support themselves, always hope to
marry and relieve themselves Of the
necessity of working, and never form
trade Unions. Under these conditions
they have no opportunity or incentive
for organized effort to better their
condition, and the only effect of their
presence Is to cut down the wages of
their male co.workers. When labor
machinery is introduced the
male operatives always demand that
they shall receive, In the form of in-
creased wages, a share Of the enlarged
profits, but the women work on at
the same old price, and the employer
reapS all the benefit. At present
there are more men than women in
Chicago, and consequently the evil
of female competition Is not
Rs clearly e as it is in some eastern
where the proportion of men
to women is reversed.