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The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-06

Sn0uid no longer ltnOuRn perhaps u VIII
be) be drugged by such calumnious as
surances. That these accused persons
are the honest and accepted championa
Of labor was unmistakably attested by
the $1,000 wofkingmen convened last
Sunday in Hyde park.
Evidently the unemployed mechani6s
of London represented in this huge gath
ering do not acquiesce in the assump-
ton that Messrs. Burns and Hyndman
are conclusively discredited by the cpl
thetof Socialist. The term. it seems, has
lost its terrors, if indeed. it ever had any,
for the British proletariat. The laborers
collected III yde park had for months
been out ofWork and consequently out
of food they were too woebegone. too
hungry, to amuse themselves with in
quiring whether the political economy
preached to them was heretlcal or ortho-
dox; they had time and heart only for
regarding the immediate and practical
outcome of the so-called Socialist doc
trines. But they saw well enough that
Burns and Hyndman and the other men
accused of seditious utterances were
trying to get them something to do.
something to eat, and they could detect
no fallacy, no crime, In the suggestion
that government so lavish of money
for political. esthetic, sentimental, and
decorative objects might spare little
for the purpose of helping them to earn
food. To earn food, not to get it gratis,
be it observed for the $4,000 toilers who
on Sunday tried once more to make
themselves heard in London, agreed in
this point also with the Socialist speak
ers, that they want no eleemosynary aid,
no Mansion house gratuities, no parish |
relief. They want a mans right to
prove himselfa man. They want a fair
days wages for fair days work. And
if such work is not forthcoming from
private EMPLOYERS they demand it from
the government, the almoner of taxes
whereof they bear the brunt. fAT Il
The official supporters of the estab-
lished order in Great Britain will make
a fatal blunder if they punish men like
Burns for saying what the toiling masses
think and feel. They will make an ire
trievable mistake if they do not rudely
reprimand and discipline the police for
brutal interference with a peaceful and
pathetic demonstration of the harmless
poor. They may waste the last precious
opportunity if they suffer Mr.. Chamber
LAIN in the local government board and
Mr.. Childers in the home Office to mock
the outcry of the starving with circum-
location and delay. Yet we see but
little reason for believing that such
mistakes will not be made. A commu-
nifty whose courts clap Stead into jail
and whose law officers pronounce Dixie
guiltless Of anything beyond customary
indiscretion will hardly scruple to incar-
cerate such inconvenient agitators as
Hyndman and Burns. Nothing short of
the social earthquake, whose rumblings
are already audible, seems likely to dis
lodge the so-called upper classes of Great
Britain from their FOOLS paradise.-New
York Sun. r.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-06
lonaed not to the individual but to the
nation, and was not in fact salable ex-
cept under peculiar circumstances"

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These quotations from column O
criticism: q ~
Theirs xfs.trosssocial principles and
there is q false Socialism. Every man
who believes in free institutions, equal
rights, Justice and pure government, be-
fieves in all the righteous doctrines upon
which the principles are founded. He
believes that society has the right to re-
press asything that endangers its we'll
being, whether it be bag of infected
rags at the seaport, or wrongfully ac-
quired colossal fortune, or a tyrannical
monopoly. He believes that every
laborer should have the exclusive bene-
fit and use of the value of his own
labor. This last 'is an especial object of
all good civil laws. To cover such prin-
ciples under Socialist1c ideas, and call
them Socialism, is to deceive"
The learned preacher has defined
what Socialism is not-he knows better
than any other. Now hear quotations
from his positive definitions:
what, then. is Socialism ? 1t means
that A. B. and his wife, who have toiled
for thirty or forty years for small COM
petence for their old age, shall be des-
poiled of it, and have it thrown into the
common trough from which true men
and swine-like men shall feed in COM
mon.n l-~g.- 49,,
Shades of the great Lexicographer
noted Webster arise! Tell us why YOU
presumed to define Socialism as Justice
applied to the science of government"
Stand aside for this Daniel come to iudg-
ment, and note with reverent attitude
the. god-like dignity with which the
true definition is given. Stand aside. I
say, We would-be pretenders, who claim
to know what ye are, and let welghty
wisdom tell ye what ye claim
Enough
Let me say there are three "nots" for
Socialism:
1t is not petty. base plan, worked out
in cobweb and conceived in egotism.
1t is not patented. Everyone is free to
learn of it who can shake up enough
mental energy to say, my souls my
own, and my mind lean and will use y
All the wisdom OF the past is common
property to the extent that you and l
learn to use it.
1t is not, emphatically not, bright,
beautiful dream simply. 1t is reality,
as surely as to-morrow's sun is such. All
history, sacred and profane, proves the
progression of man.
But it is, o, comrades, it is progress.
1t is an unfolding or evolving of mans
destiny. 1t is dependent on the worlds
going forward. 1t may be fastened by
wise and persistent education on the
part of each. 1t is working as gentle
but wonderful power in the minds of
men. Like the gentle sunshine that
lifts oceans to the sky, and carries tie
grateful waters over thirsty lands, it is
working with gigantic sinews and tre-
mendous power. 1t is our hope, our
stay, our sheet anchor and civil refuge.
Gather, if you can, every copy of the
name Socialism on the face of the earth,
and burn them in the furnace seven
times heated, but from the ashes will
arise in radiant freshness the principles
which we propose to live for, to work for
and to welcome. DER1NG.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-06

If the new Social Revolution now
going on in the body polite and social
is right, then the old theorists must &C.
knowledge themselves to have been in.
tie wrong. If this movement is wrong,
then why are all the bookish theories
thrown aside and the teachers thereof
scrambling for preferred place in front
Of the procession !? Craftsman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

in defense Of the COMMISSIONERS aud Audi
ilor OF these charges made time and
again by the JOURNAL.
l'lre editor Of the Register docs not know
tho ohicancry uscd by these nrrant knaves
10 squelch the JOURNAL for exposing
these frnu,ls, in attempts 10 poison the
MINDS Of our employees, their psid tools
liIch ifotn our files county exchanges from
which we expected to furnish tie proof Of
their guilt IN their own language AMI
Ggnres; the using Of every tff,rt to cat
down our subscription list aud prcvcnl
subscribers from paying their aues: their
threats TO start an opposition paper II we
woHld not consent to sell oil, aud in the
campaign last year nn almost complete
blockade Of our usual excellent IN ,il incil h.
tiles WAS Hscted og 'itrt s wiNn we
could scarcely gel reply 10 most trivial
business lHiers from any point, FAR or near
But 7hclr eEnrt4, while annoying and hnr.
rsssing, have been fnti;e and the JOURNAL
is sill on deck 10 point out Lle monuments
OF infamy they are bniljing for themselves
IN The deeds done in The Hssl,, aud "in
their mind4.' The JoUaNAL fingers with
them, mi eXptciI 10 continue 10 linger, 10
ascertain ii there ia any righh for White
mOu in "Free America that legalized
tieves and deal beats may bc compelled
to respect.
If fhe editor of the Regitcr knew all
these tlings aud more than Il thousand aud
one others, he could find subject mater
to illustrate The crying need for reform
which must come III one form or an
other ere long, to fill column OF his
paper for every day in the year.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

SO 600 were FOR blanks, blank hooks and
stationery. is there n remedy for this I
There ccriainly ia and the ,cirrrtrl Assem-
bly, has the power to save the people on mn
average 81 900 pcr nnuum to cnunty ON
stationery, blank books nnd Glngss alone,
The Commissioners slroul,l by law br re-
qnired To let The conrto To the lowest
bidder for all these items the contracts TO
be based on bids by responsible printers
and ain,iomers'en the fiNt III )nnunry In
each wear IT Is 10, diffcGlt Ion each Of
iicer TO lnrlisl the Comnisi oucrs nj the
beginning of the year n complete lis, OF
articles lie will need for his unce for the
year.
The GNrcrnl Assembly plnnla mi lin
II 10 the official iees aud snlnTics,, snd IL
should l,nt an end 10 this cxlrnvngance
which savOra oi bribery in the lfIirclase of
stationery.
ln,this cnrnty the expenses Tor station
cry and printing were at hnBt $500 more
thnn were needed, aud that $500 could
have bcen RtTcd Ivy the pussage of such n
law ns we sugges'.
The 0veh,urdencd tnxpayer will aak
why we have no surh lava. Let him ask
the member from this county to introduce
measures ot this kind, md the answer will
probably he i he gets any answer that he
must wait until the party caucus meets.
The real secret oil the nbsenre oi such
laws is iIisI The average Legislator is
under the influence Of tho officials and
his party newspapers in his county. He
desires Il re-clection or an advancement,
lie can not politically afford to make enc-
mics OF the court house ring and the eii
tors OF his home pnry papers. He is II
coward Politics, not conscience, makes
towards Of politicians. The politician has
no conscience, hut he has ambition, and he
is afraid TO do right for fear doing right
will interfere with his ambition.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23
Brace I'm,

Yuu are feeling depressed, your appetite is
poor, you are troubled with Headache, you arc
fidgetty, nervous, and generally out of sorts, and
want to brace up. Brace up, not with stimu-
lants, spring medicines, or bilters, which have
for their basis very cheap, bad whiskey, and
winch stimulate you for an hour. and then leave
you in worse condition than before. What you
want is an Alternative that will purify yoar
blood, start healthy action of liver nd idneys
restore your vitality, and give renewed health
and strength. Such a medicine you will find
in Electric Bitters, and only so cts. u bottle al
Taylor & Miller's Drug Store.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Among other changes proposed in Con-
gress is one substituting the 18Th of April
for Inauguration Day instead Of the 4th of
March. 1t ia maintained that the latter
day, which was selected by The Continent
al Congress for the Installation of the ne "
government, now occasions much public
Inconvenience in curtailing and limiting 6
the second session of every Congress
The first President was inaugurated the
18th oil April, and il is proposed that tile
one hundredth anniversary OF George
Washington be commemoraled by the in
auguratlon of his successor on the same
day, and that this shall be designated as
the day thereafter, for the beginning O.
successive administrations.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Ju'tice Of the peace Kurganowski, OF
the Provinces OF Perm, In Russia, while
holding court was twice interrupted. his
vile, once with the announcement that
dinner was ready, and again that the soup
was getting cold, whereupon lie fined her
three roubles Tor disturbing the dignity Of
his court and then paid the money from
his own pocket The dignity of the court
was saved If jIstioe was expensive.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Although England is the monarch Of Tie
seas, she seems 10 have become so at
heavy cost. A recent investigation SHOW
ed that the existing navy of Great Britain
has cost S2lO, 100000, and that lis present
value, after making allowances for ships
that have became obsolete, does not ex-
ceed $50 600, 900, showing total loss Of
Sl50,000,000. And yet there is a hood-
lum demand in America 10 expend mil
lions in navy 10 compete with Eng
land
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

si,SVo oo
Wood county has n population OF 50 600,
and she is not rc! IN this worlds goods.
The total paid the Auditor IN 1888 was
S4,l0S.l ii and in 1884 it WAS S4,73l.57.
The committee appointed BY the court to
examine the report condemned the Com
mirsioners for paying the last item. The
committee also report 10 the Court that
The Commissioners report has an mir Of
extravaganza about it, but that the law in
many instances is in iault.
1t is not alone in official salaries that
this extravaganza is shown. There Is one
bill OF SGG.46 laundry for prisonersj an
other of over $50 for tobacco Tor prisoners j
another Of $2650 lor shaving prisoners.
The grossest extravaganza is seen in the
purchase Of stationery, blank books and
blanks, the bulk Of the money being paid
outside OF the county 10 firms pretty well
known as uery friendly to county officials
who paronize them. We give these bills
m samples Of gross extravngance
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Two bills in the interest Of forestry pass
Ell the Connecticut Senate lew days ago.
One exempted from taxation for twenty
years land not worth over SO an ncre on
which 200 trees 10 an acre have been
planted and have reached the height OF six
feet. The other 10 prevent forest fire',
with severe penalties on those who kindle
fires in woodland.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23
The bill-mokine capacity of our repr

The bill--making capacity of our repre-
sentatives in Congress increases with the
progress Of time. In 1861, the Thirty-sev-
enth Congress brought 1871 bills and joint
resolutions, the Foriy-third Congress pro-
dnced e,435, the Forly-sixth produced 10,
067, and the Forly-eigth IL ,443. In the
present session 1855 bills have been pro-
duced and more are coming
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Voluntary contributions to the amount
of about Sc ,099 week are being received
at ST. Louis from all over the country TO
and in the maintenance Of the railroad
strikers. The district Assemblies engaged
in the strike have issued a statement to the
piblic asserting that it has become danger
ois to travel on the Gould Southwestern
roads, owing to unrepaired tracks and the
lack Of skilled hands. This assertion is
n lily contradicted by the railroad officials.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

The greatest foe of American people is con
sumption; its victims number many thouands
each year. Physicians and druggists have a
last found a remedy which they feel justified in
recommending. This is DR.. Bigelow's Cure,
which cures consumption in stages that other
remedies are of no benefit. II cures coughs,
colds, and all throat and lung diseases speedily
and safely. Piice, so cents and 81, of Drug
sists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

III am in favor" says ex-Minister Lew
Wallace, "of changing the name OF our
country from United States TO America.
You very seldom hear OF the 'Uuited
States abroad. In Vienna, where every
traveller IL obliged TO sign his name in II
book upon his arrival and give his Nation
allv, no one from the United States writes
United Ststes,' but simply 'Ancsican.'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

The annual report OF the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton railway shows the
gross earnings for the year ending March
81, 1886, to be 50 1855, ,9F.35; the gross ex-
penses, S1,sl3,943.5l. A surplus Of $751;
6s5.70 is left after paying dividend of
6per cent. The common stock of the road
sold on Wednesday at 100. The road has,
moreover, spent large sums in betterments
and for real estate, The Jay Gould's,
juniors, however. seem TO he making a
desperate effort to get the controlling in
terest i'm the road.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Tbebesto oneafthc cantruiy besaid o i0rigg's
Glycerine SaIre, which Is u sure, safe aud
speedy careior cuts, bruises, scalds. burns
cure piles. telier and al skin eruptFohs. TRY
this wander healer. Satisfaction Guaranteed,
or money refunded Only 25 cents. sold by
druggist
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

II will surprise many OF our readers TO
learn that there are probably more than
fifty million slaves in China. 1t is impos-
sible to determine with accuracy the num-
her in either of the four classes into which
these slaves are divided, but careful es,i-
mates place them at rather more than the
Gpnre mentioned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

In the United States every 20Gth man
takes college course in England every
50Oth; in Scotland every 600th and In
Germany every 2l3lh The United States
is the only country in the world which
spends more upon education than ON war
or preparation Tor war.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

The ca,nels turned loose in Arizona
some ycofs ago have 80 multiplied that
they roam tho Gila Valley in herds Of 100
or more. The hunters of the territory
have great sport in chasing them. A cam.
el hunt IL long way alread OF the old
fashioned deer drive.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

The frat slave ship in this country was
the ship Desire, built in 1926, at Marble
head, in the state of Massachusetts. The
first cargo of slaves (aside from few
brought in slave ship was imported in
the ship Desire irio the harbor of Salem
Mass, in 1888. One hundred and fifty
years afterwurd Rev. Jeremy Belisnap, in
his history Of Massachusetts, says that rum
diatilled in Boston was the handspring TO
the slave traffic,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

As supetb hair dressing and renova,or
Ayers Hair Vigor sun,versally commend.
ed. II eradicates scurf and dandrnff, cures
ernptions and itclhngs Of the scalp, proc
NOTES renewed growth OF the hair and
prevents It's fnding or turning gray.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

The Senatorial committee which have spent
no little time and money in investigating tho
Cincinnati election frauds have divided on par
" lines-whatever difference that may be-
nat double header report will be submitted
next week for the entertainment Of the Senate
md Lieutenant Governor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

A bill is before the New York Legisla-
ture providing for commission TO report
apon the most humane method OF capital
punishment. The autlior Of The bill favors
electricity ms the instrument of execution
Ii is proposed to utilize the electric light
plants in Urge cities for the current needed
The humanity OF the proposition com-
nenls il.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Mr., Powderly, the head of lhe Knights
of Labor organization, says the fact that
so many strikes are now in progress does
not signify that there is concerted action
contemplated by the order. lie remarks
tha, the strikes are merely incidental, and
chiefly owing to the fact that this is the
beginning Of the spring trade and the
opening of period of prosperity in bus
imese. ffe counsels arbitration when pos
siblc, and striking only az last resort.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

The word Shenandoah means "the
daughter of the stars" The boys who
amhled up and down that valley 23-4 and
25 years ago don't know what they miss
ed by not knowing this fact.
"Frcqucnt in park, with lady at his sidc,
Ambling and prattling scandal MS he goes"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Professor Huxley says that AN anxious
wa ching of affairs ior many years past has
persuaded him that nothing but some
sharp and sweeping national misfortune
will convince the majority OF our country
men that government by average opinion
is merely circuitous method of going TO
the devil, and those who profess to Lead
but who. in Iuct, slavshly follow tho aver
age opinion, are simply the fastest runners
and the loulest speakers OF the herd which
is rushing blindly down TO its destruction. :.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Erysipelus and Salt Rhenm were driven
entirely away from Mrs. J. c. Anderson,
Peshtigo, Wis, by Burlock Blood Bitters.
No equal as II blood purifier.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Fon RHEUMATISM. LuMBAeo, NEURAL.
utA, GRANT aud Collie there In no remedy
superior 20 the genuine DIR. Thomas Ec-
leetriG OIL.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23
BuckIen,s Arnica Salve.

THE BBsT SALvE in the world for Cuts, Bruis-
es, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores,
letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corus, and
all Skin Eruptons, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
25 cents pcrbox. For sale by Taylor 4 Miller
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Jay Goud and sonio OF tho leading knieh's
Of Labor are occupying much space this week
i'm interviews before the Congressional Strike
Committee.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23


The second volume OF Baine's great
work is beng delivered. Now let us
have few volumes from Senator Sher-
man on his tweniy-Hix years experience
In the us. Congress. In manipulating gov
ernment bonds TO make great fortunes
for the maDipu alors and the syndicates /;
how TO teach state and county politicians
10 raise revenue 10 conduct campaigns
without politics In them, and how TO sup
press news Of any conventions except ihose
that are under his control. II will require
more than two volumes 10 make this clear
and comprehensive to the mass Of people
and the work would be Invaluable M an
explanation OF how campaigns are won;
how little county politician after one
term OF once is enabled to purchase enough
sotes 10 get there again and sgain,
and very much Of the depreasion
sh"' hangs like death grip over the bus
ipsss u The country.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

The Taxpayers of Hamilton, Butler
county, have pelitioned Judge Hume to
appoint lawyer who has the nerve to
press suits against the County Commission,
ers for unlawful extravaganza in building
the court house. The Prosecutor is charged
with standing In with the Commissioners.
Il viii be remembered that some of the
Toledo papers last fall were publishing
letters from these same Commissioners in
defense Of Mr.. Gibbs tho architect, when
tho Journal suggested that they had bet
ter send = reporter down and interview the
Taxpayers 10 get both sides OF the case.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

Iowa has ,2oO,0O cows and produces
annually $4,000, 900 worth Of dairy pro-
ducts, Of which IL ships $24,Ooo,OoO worth
annually,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-23

agEps Send 10 cents postage, and we
A ETn1i will mail You free a royal, yalu-
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III EA1 u that will put you In the way Of
.. making mOTe mOHeD at once,
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Both scyes hfal,ages can live N htmc and
work In spare Time oil althe tiuic. Capital not
required. We w,illstart yen. Immense pay
surc fur those VINO start ut on. SriSsoN &
Co., Portland Maine.