Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-08
LABOR ENQUIRER" AFFAIR.
Statement from the Labor Enquirer
Association-Ih Old story.

tor, that your sense Of justice will com
pei you 10 print it and hand J.. it
10 the editor Of Der Socialist, with It re.
quest that he also publish it,
The statement that money was Oh
tanned to found the Labor EalUUer from
organizations or their members is not
true. it was loaned tWo-thlrds Of the
amount by friends without any security
excepting BuChanals record outside of
the city, and une-thrd was obtained 10y
It mortgage ON the plant hy the type
founders all of which has, to my per
aunal knowledge, been repaid.
Early in May, 1884, steps were taken
to organize an association to assist IN
the publication OF the paper May -,
1881, an organization was effected and
trustees elected who, at Il meeting on
June 26Ih agreed, subject TO the APP
I prevail of the association, to purchase
the Labor EiYaWer for the sum of
81 900, payable at any time or manner
within TWO years from the date on
which the association should assume
control.
October Il, 1881, the association
agreed to take the paper and to assume
all responsibility for running expenses,
and TO pay the editor so per week from
the 9TH day Of July, 1887, not on his de
mand, but on the recommendation of
| the Board Of Trustees, endorsed unanl-
m0usly ~ the members present.
December p, 1897, the financial re-
| port of the Il ,sOCiatlOn showed an lndebt-
edneSs for running expenses OF $3.50, a
! great portion of which was owing to the
! editor for salary, and at that meeting,
10y request Of Buchanan, new agree
ment was made by which his salary was
reduced twenty-five per cent. During
the next three months, up to March 81,
oar $50 per week editor received sos, or
less than SOB per month,
On April ), 1883, that being the quar-
terry meeting of the ASSOCIATION, Il rCSo-
luton was offered and adopted uuanl-
mously, as follows;
WHEREAS, Owing To the lack of interest IN the
| association by ana the financial disability of
our members, rendering it Impossible for us to
| sustain the paper, be il resolved that j. X. Bu-
Ghauau be aDsuIyed from all responsibility To-
Tie associations ANA that lie resume entire con
troll OF the " Labor huquirrr ana assume all
| debts Of the asSoCiat il, and run the pjtptrus
long as he is auIe
The meeting then adjourned for one
week, lnstructlng the secretary to monty
each member OF the association to ap-
pear at the adjourned meeting, and take
final action upon the above resolution.
The meeting was held, and the action of
the previous week unanimously con-
lirmed. The financial statement pre-
scented at the above meeting showed the
Indebtedness of the ASSOCIATION to be as
follows
Balance Of purchase money!, 500 90
For services rendered, press
work, tc..,..,..,.........,,, 1872 30
Total Indebtedness. ..,.,. 81 PAP 30
Buchanan then made the proposition
that If he was able to continue the paper
he would hold himself ready to turn
over the plant and subscription list of
the paper at any time previous to Jan
uary !, 1889 for the sum of 81 900, to be
paid IN such manner and times as may
be mutually satisfactory. During the
whole time in which the association was
in existence the total amount paid by
the association averaged less than SIS
per week, including assistance from the
Socialist Publishing Society of this city.
The sum total paid to the as
SOClatIOn was. .........,.,.,.., SI2+ W
OF which sum individual mem
bers of the association, half
of whom were not members
of any economic OrganlHa-
ton, PAD .,............,,,., $50 w