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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-31
7HE9RYS AND THE WETS.
National Prohibition Convention
= Meets at Indianapolis.
FIRST DAYS PROCEEDINGS
Devoid of Special Intercs,-A "Dcfl"
to the Browors Voted Down-st.
John to the Front-Brewers
1 Association Mt st. Paul.

INDIANAPOLIS, ND, May S0.-As tht
convention hour approached this morn
ing the delegates to the Prohibition Ma
tional Convention began to gather il
Tomlinson hall, the place Of meeting
which had been neatly and tastefully
decorated with bunting for the occasion
1t was :25 before Chairman Dickie, OF
the National Committee, raped the
convention to order and invited the Off
GERS OF the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union to the platform with the
members OF the National Committee.
AT this moment Miss Francis Willard
APPEARED, moving toward the platform,
and was greeted with enthusiastic ap-
plause. .i'tr
Chairman Dickie then invited the
past nominees of the party to the plat
form, and as those present came in sight
the audience broke into loud cheers,
which nWeFe redoubled and repeated
when john P. st. John came forward.
Colonel Ritter, OF Indianapolis, stepped
forward nj the slIne moment and made
m address Of welcome, to which Chair
man Delano replied. The remainder OF
the temporary organization suggested
by the National Committee was then
plaCed before the convention and for
mally elected us follows: Temporary
Secretary, j.. B. Cranfll, OF Texas;
First Assistant Secretary, Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Brown, Of Cincinnati, Second Assistant
Secretary, G. F. Wells, OF Minnesota.
Delegate Needham, OF Kansas, then
stepped forward and presented Chair
man Delano with gavel made from the
wood OF the telegraph pole upon which
Governor st. John was hanged in effigy
November Z, 1884, at Topeka, Kansas.
After short address OF thanks by Tenn
porary Secretary Crantill for the honor
conferred by his election, Governor st.
John made a few remarks upon how ii
feels to be hanged in etIigy. The con-
vention then settled down to business,
and on motion OF Delegate Thomas, OF
New York, the roll of States was called
for the naming OF members OF the COM
mittees on credentials and permanent
organization. After the call WIS COM
pleted, ut the suggestion OF Judge Black,
OF Pennsylvania, the call was ordered
and made for the Committees on Resolu-
tions. and Rules. A recess was then
taken.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-31

[ CONTINUED on FOlrN Pdge',
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01
ATOMIXED FACTS.

Revolution. Rebellion, Insur-
rection; Bosh. Nonsense. All the
revolutions. instructions or rebel
lions that ever took place in Eng
land or America were in defense of
a mans right to hold fast to any,
thing that he claimed to be his
property, and especially to anything
which 1.-The law" had once declared
to be his. To 90 no further back
than the times of the Long Parla-
ment-the landlords of England
fought the king and beat him and
cut his head off, in a fight against
his attempt to touch their property.
The American Revolution was
fought out in resistance to King
Georges attempt to tax the property
of American landowners, and our
great Civil War was commenced and
prosecuted to the bitter end in de-
Tense of u mans inalienable right to
"wallop his own Niger" without
interference or black looks from the
neighbors. Depend upon it, it will
be long time before the inherited
idea Of personal property can be
reasoned out Of the Anglo Saxon
blood and bones. In proof Of the
correctness Of our opinion on this
point, we would call attention to the
facts that the acceptance by thous-
ands Of people of Henry George s
ideas has not lowered the price of
good corner lots; that the Anarchist
scare has not greatly reduced rents
nor rendered house-property unsafe
able, and that all the talk about re-
pudiating the National Debt, after
more than twenty years of it, does
not prevent permanent investors
cheerfully Offering $l25 for 500
four per cent. United States bond. -
H0ycS valley 1drertizer.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
HON EST, BTT-

The way in which so many United
States Labor papers are turning
themselves into republican or demo
cratic campaign sheets is far from
encouraging. We must presume
that our friends are honest in their
statements that they believe that
the cause of the toilers is to be ad-
vanced by this course, but what any
sane man can find in the platforms
Of the two monopoly ridden hacks
which is likely to benefit Labor-in-
terprcting those platforms in the
light Of the records Of the parties
we confess to being utterly unable to
see. Canadian Labor Ret0rmer.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01

plucking. Desultory attempts at
politics accomplish little or nothing.
We suggest that the Convention
adopt system and party that
means business, and is likely to last
for some time to come. Half-meas-
ures and begging recognition from
corrupt politicians is beneath the
dignity of a reputable labor organi-
zatlon, and the adoption of such
tactics should be impossible with
the representatives of intelligent
union men.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01

remedy and the only kind Of organi-
zation that will bring relief from the
cooperative private monopoly of
trusts and other capitalistic comb
nations, in closing his editorial ar
ticle. He says:
But suppose that, instead of suing
the sugar trust for acting as corpora
ton without a distinct statutory right
to do so, the State of New York should
determine to 90 into the sugar manu-
featuring business on its own account.
That would be different sort of war
fare. 1t would be Government Socialism,
and, while it would doubtless be expen-
sive to the taxpayers of the State the
sugar trust would hardly be able to con.
tend against it. The greater and richer
association Of the two would smash the
smaller one. But would the people gain
anything by the change: Would Gov
eminent Socialism, with the State own
ing everything, manufacturing every
thing, and carrying on every sort of
business, he better for the people than
the present system, with its private prop
erty, private farming and manufactures,
the free initiative Of the individual Citi-
zen, and the right Of association, of
partnerships and Of trusts which now
belong /" him.
OF course, it depends upon what
conception Of government and State
one has whether to answer unquali-
tiedly yes or no. The State of to-
day is not entitled to the name. A
State in which the people have the
power of initiative and referendum,
with the industries scientifically or
gained, in short, the Cooperative
Commonwealth indicated in the
Socialist Platform, would most as
suredly be better for its members
than the present system of lrrespon-
Slblo speculation and enterprise, Of
private trusts and corporations Of
which the people are not members,
but slaves. When the people once
know enough to maintain member
ship IN the controlling industrial
organization, there will be no more
complaint about trusts, nor will the
industrial status of any citizen be
unfayorably affected by the private
caprice or greed of individuals who
may inherit the damnation of the
present system of "free competi-
ton
And when the editor Of the Sun
says:
This is serious and far-reaching
question. 1t extends a long distance be-
yond the politics of the present cam
palgn, and humbug and cant cannot af-
ford any help toward solving the prob
lem
we can but agree with him, for he
never uttered truer sentence.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01
HOLLAND.

A vigorous Socialist agitation is
being carried on in Holland, The
workers of Amsterdam, the Hague,
and other towns, have decided to
overflow MiddIeburg and the sur
rounding land with leaflets and
pamphlets. The agitation Is carried
on with great energy and good sue
cess, nearly all the organized trades
unions having joined the Socialist
Party.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01
LABOR, WAGES AND PROFIT.
4 Consideration of the Sources of
Wealth.

In supplying the necessities of his
life-in paying the tributes levied by
nature, man is not required to add
anything to nature; for what does
not exist cannot be brought into ex-
istence; not a particle of matter,
not the slightest portion of force can
be produced out of nothing. His
scope of activity is thus confined to
transforming force and matter by
effecting changes in place and d.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01
EXPELLED.

Official notice, with instruction to
publish, has been received at this
office from the American Section of
Chicago, Of the expulsion Of Joseph
K. Buchanan from that body by a
unanimous vote.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01
SEPTEMBER |, 1883.
THIS PARTICULAR NUMBER.

THIS PARTICULAR NUMBER.
This number Of the WoKKMEN :
ADVOCATE contains some pertinent
thoughts for Labor Day. An extra
large edition will be printed, and 1t
will 90 into many homes where it
has never been before. 1t will be
noticed that this is a Socialist paper,
that it advocates revolutionary ideas,
and that it actually represents the
common sense Of an organized po-
litical body. The observant reader
may also discover that there IS con-
siderable truth in the propositions
made by the different writer's. He
may also remember how prejudiccd
he used to be against the mere
word, socialism. Let him now care
fully read the Platform Of the So
ciaiist Labor Party on the opposite
page
What's that?
Oh, you have always been Social
list, have you? Didn't know it, eh ?
Why, dear friend, there are many
like you, and as the real status of
the Socialists becomes clear to the
worklngmen of America the words
81 always was q Socialist will be
echoed over and over again.
But there are socialists and Social
lists. The conscientious socialists
feel that they have duties, and in
view of the condition of society, and
the constantly increasing lmpoyer-
ishment of the working people,
which means much more than the
mere absence Of comfort and mxur-
les, they must act, and act etrctU-
ally.
TO do this, the socialist idea is to
come together and consult as to the
best means, and then, upon an
agreement per vote, relying upon
the sound sense Of the members rep
resenting the greatest amount Of cX-
perience, acting together.
In these days of intercommunlca-
ton and intcrdependence, humanity
enjoys the invention of certain
means Of arriving at concerted con-
illusions and performing concerted
acts. The socialists have adopted
such a means or arrangement the
Socialist Labor Party.
To make our convictions effect
ive-rcal, live factors, they must re
suit in action, and united action.
To spread our publications, which
in the past have done their Qulc
work, has been one of the actiyitle
of the organized socialists; and OF
this particular occasion the sugges
ton may not be inappropriate tina
all who discover that they are Social
lists and wish to unite their friend
and fellow workers upon reason
able, progressive basis, assist in cN
tending the circulation of the Social
lists own paper, and thus lead man
more to make the same happy di,
covery, namely, that they are socia
lists.
We can assure the readers of tn
particular number that there al
more socialists and embryo socialist
in these United States than yO
can shake stick at"
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01


from the store -house to the field, by
placing them in contact with the nu-
trltious elements of the earth, he
brings certain forces to bear upon
them which cause a combination of
the seeds with the other clements,
and thus passing through a success
sion of transmutatiOns the seeds as
sumes entirely new forms and d.
mansions, and become trees. A
tree is carried into the shop, where,
certain portions being removed
from it, it is converted into boards.
BY Injecting the iron ore he digs
out Of the ground to similar series
of removals and combinations, he
gets nails, screws, levers, wheels,
etc. BY placing all these objects in
certain relation to each other he
has a locomotive with a train Of ele-
CANT cars. Then he places coal and
water on the locomotive. The
power Of cohesion of the molecules
Of the coal turns into the heat of the
water; this latter assumes the char
acter of movement, of sound. And
thus man gets moving, putting
creature, carrying hundreds of tray
elers from New York to San Fran
cisco in the space of week, and all
out of few paltry seeds, some iron
ore, coal, etc.
The most startling achievements
of civilized man consist of changing
place and direction.
How are these changes effected ?
Whence issues the force requisite to
produce them? For as no portion
of energy can be born of itself, the
origin Of the movement of the seeds,
boards, etc, must evidently be trace
able to some other form of force. AS
this movement is brought about by
man, the energy converted into it is
to be sought in his exertion, in the
brain energy expended in contriying
and in the muscular energy that
went to perform the above-named
transfers. The difference between
the apple on the tree and the same
apple when it is in the basket is the
amount of human energy bestowed
upon it in the process of removing
it from the tree to the basket.
The Brook yn Bridge is composed
Of the various materials plus the in
tellectual energy Of the architects
and the muscular energy of the
builders. In some cases the former
prevails, in others, the latter.
Labor, accordingly, can be defined
as human energy consciously best0wed
upon the outside nature, and directed
to supply some necessity or 2urpy.
The process of converting human
energy into something useful is
called production.
The amount of human energy ex-
pended in production is returned in
the enjoyment of the product. The
human energy, the vitality impaired
to the grains in the course of con-
verting it into bread is restored in
the eating of the bread, in the same
manner as the heat used to raise an
object to given point is reproduced
by the fall of the object from that
point back to the point from which
| it is raised.
This return of invested labor in
the shape of products is called
wages.
Thus, the loaf of bread consumed
by the man who produced it, or any
other commodity given in exchange
for the loaf of bread and represent
ing an equal amount of labor, IS his
wages. The manufacturer BUYS of
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01

by one who makes no return Tor II
is called profit.
If | exchange a chair containing
five hours of labor for a table repre-
senting seven, have the profit of
two hours of labor.
The storekeeper earns onl y wages
if he adds to the cost of his goods
no more than the value that attaches
to them in the store and that spring
from the labor of delivery. Every
cent he charges above that is profit.
If the manufacturer who superin-
tends the works at his own estab-
lishment instead Of paying $1,000
to a manager has an income of
5000, he only ma kes $4,000 of
profit, $1,000 being due to HIM for
the value added to the goods by his
services. Should he free himself
from any participation in produc-
ton by engaging a superintendent,
he relieves himself of the "disgrace"
of wage earning, and his whole in
come is composed of pure, unalloyed
profit.
Now, as gain implies loss, the
profit of one must necessarily pro-
coed from the loss of anOthe-. In
deed, if every portion Of the labor
expended in the process Of produc-
ton be returned to the producer,
then whence comes the share of the
thousands of oilers who consume in
a minute the labor of years? How
can they defend their claim to what
they call their earned increment in
view of the scientific fact that moth
ing can spring from nothing?
Neither will all the metamorphoses
through which labor passes add any
thing to its volume. A card party
leaves the green table with the same
aggregate amount with which the
game was started, no matter how
many times their coins have changed
hands.
In the case of the trader, the
money lender, the railroad man, the
landlord, the origin of profit is pat
ent. The trader intercepts a portion
of the labor that passes through his
hands in the course of exchange; the
landlord, the railroad man and the
rest derive their profit simply by
levying a tax on the workmen.
Far more difficulty is encountered
in discovering the source Of the gain
of the manufacturer, who claims to
return to his employees the equiva-
lent Of their labor, on the ground of
the very theory of value as based on
the nature of labor. For the value
of a commodity, being determined
by the amount of labor it represents,
the labor bought of the workman
owes it's va ue to the labor con-
verified into the productive capacity
of the worker !. e., to the values ex-
pended for his maintenance. Now,
as the employee gets his vitality
back in the shape Of bread, butter,
clothes, etc, which he buys with the
wages he is paid, his master would
seem acquitted OF the charge of
withholding just wages, As the five
hours labor which the workman
consumes in the shape of necessar-
les enables him to work ten hours,
he thus becomes to the capitalist
sort Of soil into which the latter
puts one hours labor in order to re-
celve a crop Of two.
To answer such an argument we
BEG to refer our farmer capitalist to
the process Of growth in the vege-
table world. 1t is by absorbing the
earthly matter, by converting it into
sap that one grain of seed corn be-
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01
THE TROUBLESOME TRUSTS.

porarles when they attempt
to consider economic questions. Su-
perfcial and dependent upon the
gros8est perception, they fail to re-
cognlze underlying causes or perceive
logical results; or, on the other
hand, they are deceIvlng their
readers.
The New York NUH, for Instance,
IN defending the existence Of trusts,
perpctrates the following:
Liberty Is the true law for all f a
trusts viii rise M to r"mpete With it.
a big capital maybe requisite, but the
that where There is free r1mnetition the
thing will b" done" The West Shore
,,.a, fnrthco,i,im,," 80
Wo noos ovor tho coroIoss and c,or
oroI ro,rorL tho+ eIhor+v 10 +bo
trno Iaw for all Tihortv MN. yc :,
No Iow Of all
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trnst makes vary mncb uonov o+h.r
trus,s will r;so my to comnoto with
itn is to sav tbo Ioost lohatah1o
Tbo yorv ro+,ro of . trnst 10 70 ,ro
want oonno,i,;or and uhoro d trr,.
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ta)ant ongaccd in tbo hns;nass nnd.r
tbo control If tbo +r,s+ thoro; !, I,4
@ yE,, oboroo for tLo formation If 9
com petlng trust III That particular
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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01

New York State is great in law
makers. The "act to regulate the
employment Of women and chill
dren,' etc, s., informs us that
under certain circumstances a per
son employing more than five is con-
sidered a manufacturing establish
ment by law. New York has a
large number of such establish
ments."
The people who take issue with the
EHqHirer'S advocacy of free trade do not
accept the invitation to discuss the case
i'll It's columns. Are they afraid, or is it
really true that they do not know what
they are talking about? Come up; face
the music. Intelligent people soon get
ont of patience with mere carpcrs. - hi
cagO EH4u(rer Cleveland organ.
Perhaps the people who take is
sue don't care to perform in that
particular "circus" for the benefit of
the proprietor. Intelligent people
take no stock in mere political
caterers.
Once again the Central Labor
Union is to make a political attempt
at securing justice for labor. The
Convention to be held at Troy OF
September t., may or may not strlk,
the path that leads to ultimate VIC
tory: but whatever is done there, WI
may rest assured, will take mucl
time to bear fruit that's worth TIL,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01
NOT

The erudite editor of Ho,per's
Weekly warns the readers Of the fas-
ciuating novel, "Looking Back
ward" against sucking in the poi
son Of socialism. Still, George
William Curtis may admit that what
is poison for one may be salvation
for another. Socialist "poson" is
only trough on rats" George.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-12-18
BUILDERS OF STEAM MACHINERY
In al its branc e.

Steamboat, Steamship. Land Iue5Lee
High Pressure or Com ou n5.
STEAM VESSELS % all kinCs hs-Ef e.-a7,.eff
with hUlls OF wood, iron or coulrr -tel
ORDINARY ENGINES comp ,ou6ez eaar .f
visable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges all Stesn eEs ecu-
structed with reference TO the fl8ze ia e. .-E
they are TO be employed. Sped to1 mage a1-
draft Of water guaranteed.
SUGAR MILLS and Sugar Mains eFsclfEere
made after the most aF5proveE plans Also ~
Boiler Iron Work co n nee ted -EerF7y-tE
WATER PIPE, OF Boiler or Sheet Eroa. 81 auv
size, made IN suitable lenf as Ssh connecting
together, or Sheets rolled, p sEceoa ard packed
for shipment. ready to rivctec "a the
ground.
HYDRAULIC RIVETING, Boi' er SIS .rF and Water
Pipes made by this establiS a-c-t -ivetaE ~
hydraulic rivetiRg MACH ne. fEat r.ea1sf v ~
work being far superior to l5 o-oEk
SHIP WORK, Ship and Stea Carzfere steam
Ninches, Air and Circular E prraus made
after the most approved p1a
SOLE Agents and manufact1re-s scr .-e pse=se
Coast OF the Home Safety 3 }es-
PCMPS-Dtreet Acting Pun far -risassoe -
city works purposes, built 1-l-E she cesefseetes
Dayy Valve Motion, superlcr So a1v e4Hsr
pump.
y. ~. :. Williams ..... IL s,fst,t,,4,r
Room No. 5, upstairs, SpgeoAs-Ss I.lc.s
4l-Sm Agent for the Hawn. Islands.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-11-27

The c.oads hE1g Low sae livef0ax tag,
/ cy134 n9s see their sIIv@r THING
And out Il some dap ranking eAja,
Ny heast VIE henry with resgEln--
TIE bird Within sis Elt4ert csge
Broux1i 4reaans % tsgQy taps dep 4rSeif-
A pr5aon@t pla5nf IN every &c
Sa1Ose memory sui the te.srs1-0gs z-ar6er-.
NJ psaIal sf Life EAs oEs Of 5-re
lss manor chords were full o. ss~11e-s,
Nor could reach the upper he5gaG,
The sudrl. hills Of 10Y sad x-Ai1ess,
The spIead0r 81 Ion. Vlalstet tsgs
MOcked the dead .Asa1 OF s1Iar& lro1-ft me,
The broken ca4fns Of EtiGhl-ss lore
Seemed stronger gaaa 81. sSes t1-l5 oo1zt ne
Oh bitter l.aes Of dead EIiGa,
Thai sprinkle every At So Alsar
The echoes 81 : lost loves VI ia
Thai makes Iss sTert renewals EA-i+r-
know Ehy all sae SelrT Dap
Nj EezrG c9glt Etser 10 Ta.Ac ai-lg.1--
And wig The aarE4.1 u lIfes fret
Had made il serrl -o- %orG4 Gae .17Ic<-
Ard yet teAr hil4s El.lt eiA.c II owa.
Fond *Fes ia2t - & ne zen Ter +19-.-A,
! E0g4 forx@6 ...-s e.s5er t'A1---s
Eor saAs you 2.v@ IL q! = -L.-i@a
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a4sr ; .oa. u: a.4.gg :. - -r~s
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