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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22

And we would remind you Of the
glorious era of freedom and prosperity
when our great ancestors, the noble Red
Man, roamed unfettered over these fer
tile plains and mountains, and which era
of grateful memory we have commence
rated in the institution of that most fit
ting monument, Tammany Hall, made
more illustrious by the glorious Tweed.
All. who can contemplate that era of
liberty without feelings of regret, when
not only wool and tin were free, but
buffalo meat and robes as well; when
even venison now the luxury of the
rich could he had for the taking. Oh,
most glorious example of Free Trade,
needing no statistics to prove your bene-
fetal influences. When shall we enjoy
Thy inestimable blessings once more?
Echo answers, from rugged peaks and
nights Plutonian shore-under Dem
ocratic Administration "Nevermore."
But this must not be! There is ct hope,
Awake, Arise. The country must be
saved Think of it, We workingmen in
shop and mine, think, ye poor farmers,
think, think of the great blessings Qn
disguise) that we intend to confer on
you through tariff reform and free trade;
think of your dinner pail that contains
more taxes than bread; think of the
cheap wool that will protect-well, no,
free you from the chill embrace of Re-
publicans, Shylocks and slave drivers;
never care if some of it covers your eyes,
as that is a wise provision we have made
to prot-no, prevent the dazzle of the
gol-ah, tin, from injuriously affecting
your sight. For under the next admin
iStration of the Grand Old Democratic
Party everything will be most gloriously
cheap, cheap, cheap, except whiskey,
which every one knows, we must pro-
tect to stimulate us in our arduous task.
In the name, then, of free wool, free
tin and whiokey we call upon every true
born An erican to do his bounden duty
this November, and return once more
to the nations white house. the husband
of the most illustriOus Frances Cleve-
land, Grover by name, SO that peace and
plenty, truth and happiness, may once
more smile upon this tax-ridden nation,
as they do in merry England.
His Mark
ROSWELL ?. FLOWER, $M,
NORVIN GREEN, SINK,
w. l.. SCOTT, $MXX,
JAY GOULD, SMXXN,
Golden CLUB, $MXXXX,
Committee.
STANDARD OIL, WHITNEY,
NICKEL PLATE, BRICE,
Secretaries.
j. f. H.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22
AWAKE

Wake, ye sleeping sons Of toll,
Brace your nerves, your muscles bare;
Wrest from idlers' hands the spoil,
Serfdom's badge no longer wear;
Dark has been the night and long;
Brightly, breaks the toiler's day,
Children. chant this earth-bOrn song,
Men are made of more than clay.
Through the night these words were
hurled,
From your patriot fathers graves.
Better far to lose world
Than to people it with slaves:
You, the children of our womb,
For whose cause our life's blood ran,
Tyrants hurled us to the tomb,
You complete what we began.
Man was made by nature free,
Tyrants birth to slavery gave,
Crime and want and misery,
Grim companions to the grave:
Would you be free. then dare and do.
With freedoms glorious flag unfurled;
United, man to man be true,
Lose your CHAINS, to gain a world
Truth.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22
THEY KNOW IT,

The problem of the wages of
working girls is a very important
one, considered in connection with
the movement for social purity. We
saw recently letter, written by a
young working girl from Auburn,
Mass. in which she said: 81 am do
ing stockings and get fourteen cents
a dozen. 1t takes me two good days
to do one dozen, but | am going to
try to do more this next week"
This was not written in complaint,
nor with any thought Of its ever be-
ing made public. It Was only a
daughters report of her work to a
mother. But what a struggle for a
young girl. And what a peril, too,
when the tempter comes with false
promises that lure to a prospect of
better advantages.-N. y. Ph,1an-
MrOpist.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22

the use Of machinery permitted
this.
AS the Philadelphia IageblaH says;
"Human labor force is not wasted
here, but it is as completely ex-
plotted as the most perfectly devel-
oped technique renders possible. A
thousand American workmen there
fore produce IN some branches three
to four times as much az an equal
number Of Europeans. They also
receive higher wages, but in proper
ton to their services their share of
the aggregate product is even less
than that of European workmen.
The idea that the tariff Is the cause
Of higher wages may be put down as
exploded"
And vet, even with the evidence of
capitalists before them upon this sub
ject, our political demagogues are
going about the country and dong
their best to make people believe
that their tariff makes wages better
here than in Europe.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22
SEPTEMBER % %, 1883.
TWO OF A KIND.

Most of the newspapers have IN
dulged in considerable nonsense con-
corning trusts, and we must con.
fess that Labor" papers more than
furnished their share of senseless de-
nunciation of mere Incidents of the
social evolution. Too conservative
Of their own private interests or too
ignorant to point out the real evil
against which the labor movement is
a protest, and against which the So
cialist Labor Party is the only poIlt-
ical organization that sets up ten
able argument and conducts it's agi-
tatlon, they join in the demagogIc
howl of their bOurQeoiS contempo-
rarles in shouting 1.-THE trusts must
60" But they don't do the first
thing towards aiding movement
that will effectively remove the evil
effects of the trusts and destroy
the cause which makes them an
evil.
One of the rare exceptions among
the ruck of newspapers we find the
New York Sun treating the subject
philosophically, and we reprint an
article from that paper which ex-
poses the demagoguery Of the ere
publican" and democratic" candl-
dates for the presidency, one of
whom, inconsistency enough, the
San recommends rs proper person
to receive the franchises of intclli-
gent citizens. 1t says:
Both Mr. Cleveland and General IIar-
rison have put into their letters of &C
ceptance about an equal amount of reg.
ular tlapdoodlc on the subject of trusts.
Let us look at their words side by
side:
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
THE TOADIES' PETS.

The Republican toadies hail James
G. Blaine as the "uncrowned king"
and the Democratic toadies call Mrs.
Cleveland the "uncrowned queen"
and each of the old parties refers to
the other as unconvicted knaves;
but the people hold the trumps, and
if they do their duty they will put
an end to the game, and stop to
the disgusting farce by electing
honest workingmen to take control
Of the government in the interest of
justice, labor and humanity. South
lCeSt.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22
BONFlELD'S GAME.

The trial of the alleged Chicago dyna-
miters, Chapek, Hronek, and Chleboun,
has been postponed again, Sevic, the
gunsmith, who was also arrested has
witnesses to prove his innocence.
Hroneks bail has been reduced from
$4,000 to $1,000. Chleboum, Bon
fields alleged witness, is kept isolated.
Only the "authorities" can exert an in
huence over him.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22

Superintendent lof bobtall horse-car
inel-The driver of No. 10 ran over an
old lady to-day, and broke her arm.
HeS'dent-Well, people ought to be
more careful
SuperlRtendent-And the amount of
money in the box indicates that he is
careless about fares.
h'estdent-Wha-at: Discharge him at
once
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22
CLEv BLAND.
HARRISON,

Such combinations Ordinarily capital
have always been con- shares the losses of
demned 10y the Demo, idleuesS with labor;
cratic Party The dec but under the opera
laration of It's National tiun of the trust, in
Convention Is sincerely come Of It's forms the
made, and no member wagcwurkcr alone suf
of our party will be ters loss, while idle
found eXcusing the eN capital receives its div,
istence or helittling idcndS from a trust
the pernciouS results fund. Producers who
OF these devices to refuse to join the com.
wrong the people. Tn bnation are destroyed
der various names they and competition as an
have been punished 10y element In prices is
the common law for eliminated 1t cannot
hundreds Of years; hnd he doubted that the
they have lost none legislative authority
of their hateful feat should and will lind a
ures because they method Of dealing fair
have assumed the iy and effectively with
name OF trusts i'll these and other abuses
stead of conSpira- connected with this
CieS sub pCt
While in respect of sense these two
declarations are about equal
they both fail entirely to comprehend
that these great partnerships form new
and natural departure in the develop
ment of modern civilization, and that
the business of a philosopher and a
statesman should be first to examine and
understand. leaving the denunciation
anu repression, IL IL SlOulu llnallI be
found necessary. to be considered after
ward.
OF the two, however, Mr.. Cleveland,
while equally ignorant with Gen. Harri-
son, Is more dogmatic and positive, and
finally he makes a great blunder. from
which Harrison is saved. He refers to
the laws against conspiracies without re
tlecting that, with the progress of soci-
ETY., this law has of necessity undergone
changes of the most profound and far
reaching character, especially in regard
TO the enormous combinations of work
ingmen which distinguish the present
day, and the unprecedented Labor Trusts
which they have SO widely established
However, the difference between Mr..
Cleveland and Gen. Harrison in this re-
spect is rather in detail than in principle
and they enjoy alike the advantage of
being in the fashion, and of speaking for
the purposes of the campaign the famil-
lar cant of those whose words sound
loudly, but are not Illuminated by intel
hgence.
Now, these demagogue candidates
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22
A POLITE TRUCkMAN,

old NrS. Bently-I might have been
run over to-day. Josiah, if truck driver
hadn't kindly stopped to let me cross.
old Mr.. Bently-What. stopped for
you:
old Mrs. Bemtly-Yes, an said: "Gwan
accrost, ye ould bag O bones, thought
it very polite in him.
old Mr.. Bently-Yes, he must have
been very polite.-N Y. Sun.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22
AN UNFORTUNATE CAST,

Mrs Hobson discussing an amateur
theatrical entertainmentD-It struck me.
MIR. Oldboy, that Mr.. Smiths Romeo
was very tame affair.
Mr.. oldbOy-Necessarily so. my dear
madam; Mrs. Smith played Juliet, you
know.-Jfied Observer.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22
PROFIT-SHARING FALLACY.

An exchange which now and
again attempts discussion of the
labor problem, thinks it has dlscov-
cred the solution of it. The panacea
is proft-sharing. Well, we don't
like to discourage well-intentioned
effort, and if our contemporary can
induce any number of capitalists to
enter into a partnership with their
employees on the basis of Il fair d.
vision of profits, We will endeayor to
look upon the experiment hopefully.
We also intend to 90 lark catching
"if ever the heavens should fall" In
the meantime, we find it hard to un-
derstand how the evils which profit
mongering has wrough: can be cured
by profit mongering, even though
the profits be more widely distrlb-
uted. -CanadiaH Labor Ret0rmer.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22

LIEBKNECHTS GLORIOUS VICTORY.
What a wretched, ill-lnformed,
sycophantic gang are the conductors
OF the capitalist press in Great Brit
ain. Our newspapers are never
weary of telling us of the extraordi-
nary popularity of the young En-
peror " illiam ii IN Berlin. To be-
lieve them We should regard him as
the darling of his people. The re-
suit of the election in the Sixth Elec-
toral District of Berlin shows how
well affected the workers of the Ger
man capital are towards the present
reactionary system. Accordingly our
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22
"SAVlORS OF SOCIETY,""
THE COUNTRY IN DANGER.


We call upon all true citizens of this
great and glorious republic to assist us
in our efforts to protect the farmer and
the poor workihgman from the evil
Vaccinations of the monopolists and
trusts backed up as they are by British
gold. And we would remind all true
Americans of the immortal heritage
gained for them by their forefathers in
the good old days of Washington. Jetfer-
son and Adams, and since then once
more renewed by the heroic sacrifices
of the Grand Old Republican Party.
The party Of lincoln, Of Grant and
of JAMES G. BLAINE. And we would
that you should not be unmindful of our
humble and virtuous efforts to make this
great country fit for civilization, We
have spent sleepless nights and feverish
days in constructing the great Pacific
Railroad, in order that the poor work
ingman could have fresh and cheap tea.
We have gridironed the country with
means of transportation, in the interest
of the poor farmer. We have spent our
hard earned savings in the acquisition
of coal and iron mines, thereby prevent
ing their monopoly by foreign despots;
in short, we have made the wilderness
to blossom as rose and this great
distinguished mental ability, has become
.tnl =,
honey.
And all we ask in return for these our
efforts in your behalf is, that you will
arouse like lions from your slumbers and
hurl the infamous party of millionaires,
bOndholders, contractors, cOpperheads
and free trade AnglO-maniacs back to
the condition of inocuOus desuetude
to which the real genius of the great
American people must consign it.
His Mark
CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw, $M,
ANDREW CARNEGIE. SMN,
JOHN J. ASTOR, $MXX,
WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT, SMXXX,
CMnnttee.
PIERRE LORILLARp.
EDWARD II. AMMIDOWN,
Secretaries.
THE COUNTRY MUST BE SAVED.
Once more He feel it dut5 we owe
to the citizens of this great and glorious
republic, to inform them that their lib
critics, gained through the blood of their
forefathers in the glorious revolution,
made ever memorable by the red flag of
Bunker Hill the locality from whence
our most noble Governor of the Empire
State has decended and from whence he
inherits his namel. And this same glor-
ious liberty, once more threatened dur
ing our late unpleasantneSs, was saved
through the heroic eXertions of our chief
magistrate, Grover Cleveland, and who.
in order TO cement this great liberty
more closely to the glorious American
eagle, has inaugurated movement to
tear up root and branch that great sys-
TEN of robbery called protection,
through the inStrumentality of which
the millionaire, the bondholder the con-
tractor, and the trusts have grown with
alarming proportions.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22

The Chicago I'Orb0te makes an ex-
cellent point in the following;
at is said of the Chinese in this coun-
try that they do not become Americans,
lied, but only seek to accumulate as
much money as possible, and then, after
IA few years, return home, One must aC-
know hedge that such an element is not
likely to win sympathy among the rest
Of our population; but the case is not
without precedent. Do the American
merchants and spectators, the money
changers and adventurers, who have
settled i'll Hong Kong become Chinese?
DO they at all assimllate with the Mon
golians? Do they become good citi-
zens' of the Celestial Empire? Not at
all. They gather wealth, and are not
always particular as to the means they
Use. When they have gathered suti.
cient they pack up and return home.
Americans certainly take more money
from China than the Chinese take from
the United States"
Nor is the American invasion con-
fined to the spectators and traders,
but mechanics, under the leadership
and IN the employ of the pioneers
of civilization, " are doing much more
to disturb the equilibrium between
Chinese capital and labor than the
Chinese immigrants are doing in
America. Now, let us be consistent,
and seek remedy for the evils of our
time that does not include injustice
to any one.
Well, what has been accomplished
by the Troy convention In another
column We have noted the most i'm
portant features. The Republican"
and democratic" political ma
chimes" were roundly denounced,
and the courts shown to have more
power than they should have. Of
course the convention could not ad-
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22

The folly of workingmen trusting
to self-appointed leaders is exempli-
fled IN the long list of such dignitar-
les who have gone over to the capt.
alist parties on one pretext or
another. They probably have Sub
stantial" reasons Of their own.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-22

Let us be practical-the main
fight is not between Socialism and
so-called Anarchism of either the
John Most or Ben. Tucker brands,
but between Socialism and Capital
ism which contains all the anarchy
the people can stagger under and
live.
A writer in Liberty, J. VIM.
Lloyd, in answering "Rlnctum's"
"Pertinent Questions" propounded in
the WoRKMEN'S ADVOCATE a few
weeks ago, says he doubts the editor
of the latter paper would give his
answer " cordial welcome. The
WoRKMEN's ADVOCATE has pub
lished polemical articles, from time
to time, from opponents of socialism.
But one of the requisites is breyity.
Many an interesting, if not instruc-
tive subject is diluted and weakened
in verbosity, and its value thus hid
den from the editor. We have never
refused publication of brief, pithy
articles intended to "knock out
socialism Sin the first round,' for
the missiles hurled at socialism are
worth exhibiting by way of con-
trast.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02
LII sCATIoN

The Senate Republicans caucussed on
.he Fisheries Treaty without the slight
es, consideration Of tie acknowledged
fast .ha; sal q question Of our foreign
policy should have ne politics in it.
They took hold Of j. purely as q pariy
question, and in the Senate unanimously
refused 70 postpone action. offered no
amendments and fatty insisted on re-
lecting The peaceful and reasonable way
Of stopping series of difficulties II
was q direc: refusal to take counsel with
he President upon such a grave matter.
The Herald says Of this that "the alti-
iude Of the Senate is notification in a
worse form than South Carolina devised.
because it IS aimed at the Constitution.
Happily the issue soon goes before the
people, and from the response already
made 10 the Presidents message, We can
not doub: what the verdict of that SUI
preme tribunal will be-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02

Lcadoa shopkocpcrs expect their GUS
toners TO know what they want and take
it if they fad il; French shopkccpers dis
play more wares on their counters than
they have got Oh their shelves in the hope
Of tempting weak human nature-the
weak feminine nature-to buy what is
shown, whether needed or not. In a
London shop customer will always be
treated with great civiAtv; in a French
shop a customer will not be- treated at all
she VIII simply he endured. Some
thing Of this passive disrespect Of the GUS
toner Is to lie encountered ia those great
private shopping institutions Of England,
the cooperative stores \ set OF for It's
unple2santHess in this ease, however. is
the ladoubtel cheapnesi Of the articles.
which are actually sold ~ wholesale
rates.-Oiive Logan II Boston Transcript
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02

Secuf..e. l.enaa llmc.ass c.p.c..ge.
is Che invention of Herr oc.oeuucg. and
haa been used M Germany ior tvo years
past. t.scomf .-el al a n.trafed hydro
carbon in combination with certain oxi-
0izlg agents, which rendered lame.ess
~ the addition o. certain proportion O.
an organic SALT j, emlts a spark Ia ex-
Ilolirs, but this spark is harmless rot
possessing sufficient energy 10 explode
in1amMa1le gas or coal dust. ~ 'ae
action Of The organic salt The spark is
almost instantly ex,ngu.-hed IN Tie
tests mentioned. de ilameless "securIts"
was exploded m vessels containing TIE
most highly explosive mixture of gas md
ar. AID. ~ some cases. this combined
with coal lus-, but while cuapoHder IT,
va..ablycauscs their explosion, the flame
less "seclrite' dil not ignite the gas --
the ccal dust, and i- wa- lemons,u..i
% be safe. even under more severe tests
and conditions than -ra ever prccat l
mining operations. Detroit Free Pcs
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02

Putting aside the question &C revealed
rtlig 1n. poets ami philosophers haze be-
gun TO see dignity n human nature. q
wisdom and beauty in llie as we know
H., and tO abandon those dark and dam
gerous srecuations which most COM
monly lead Thought INFO gloom and de-
spondency Things exist according 90
fixed laws. some Of which we have dis
covered and know 20 be Just. Wcreason,
therefore. that those laws which we
have not yet penetrated. and may never
penetrate. whose mamie stations seem
cruel and unjust. would. If properly un-
derstood. be found equally hcnehcent.
Let AS, therefore, obey those laws which
We comprehend. bear with patience that
which wc control, hold fast TO the harpi-
ness which COMES ia our way, and not
trouble ourselves too much about the
mysicfies n oar ext tence
Especially io- us recognize ourselves rs
a part of humanity Let us b. charlta-
be and sympathetic. so that others will
grant us similar fayOrs and tle sum II
hafp'ne ho increased Let u- uotcur.c
mea for faults for which from tac na-
tuec Of humanity they are mot response
be. LIT Us rather study the causes If
those faui.s and iry ii there Dee remedies
for iaem. Iot as consider that nations
arc Only aegrag.uous Of SINGLE men.
each Of whom is bound by the same
limitations as ourselves Charles Lotin
lI.lLreth ~ American Magazine.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02

Nj Blaine repeats his exiraordinar,
declaration on TRUSTS" and adds thai
Trusts have no place in political cam
paigns'
Thereby the Blaine stamp being fixed
on the Republican party, and he the con.
s.ituied leader, what can the party DO
but reirac; Us platforms, for the last one
declares tina: Trusts are wrong.
Now it will be understood by al the
faithful Of the G. o. = that taxes in the
worst form have no place as an issue IN
politics if The head of the party says so,
and that the real spirit Of the party is to
f. popular rights just within the l.mi.g
Of al arbitrary singleman opinion
The people say We don't want 70 pay
twice as much for sugar as we ought.
merely 20 enrich the sugar Trust" and
he Supreme Court Of State says that
trusts are an unlawful use OF the priyi-
leges Of charters granted
But w. Blaine BRUSHES aside people.
courts, and popular rightt by simply issu-
ING bis fat, Trusts have no place in
political campaign"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02

The sanatarians have been teaching
the people a most important thing in the
danger of walking or sitting On the
grass, which they say is so full Of malaria
and poison as to reach the yitals Of man
even through the thickest shoes. Hence
the benches in parks should be placed so
that the feet of the sitter will rest on the
bare ground or on pavement.