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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-02
Paine'S
Celery Compound

Is prescribed by physicians, recommended by
druggists, endorsed by ministers, praised by
users, and guaranteed by the manufacturers,
as a spring medicine which viii do all that is
claimed for it. Use 1t this spring, and see how
quickly it tones you up.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-02

take up it's abode where everything
is settled and peaceable. The least
public connection, and capital takes
unto itself wings and flies away.
We smile at the picture thus pre-
scented to our Imagination of the
factory lord packing up his works
and betaking himself with them to
foreign parts; the landlord slowing
his broad acres into capacious pock-
cts, and the railway shareholder
filling his carpet bag with perma-
nent way and rolling stock prepare
tory to making a bolt. Our critics,
seeing the smile, hasten to inform
us that these things do not comprise
the kind Of capital they mean, and
then they 60 on to inform US that no
capitalist will invest his money-his
capital where the public mind is
disturbed by a revolutionary agita-
ton. Lond0ss Justis.
Some humorist says he would like
to be present when the water COM
pany pays it's gas bill and the gas
company pays its water bill. Yes,
it's funny notion. And no doubt
he would like to see two pirate ships
fighting as to which shall have the
plunderng of the next merchant
vessel they may meet; or two hordes
of bandits fighting for the privilege
Of robbuga church or rayaging a
village; or two gangs of railroad
barons struggling to reduce freights
for the benefit of the public; or two
big newspapers abusing each other
solely for the good Of the working
classes; or two great anti-Chinese
Statesmen" winking at each other,
by telegraph, clear across the CONT
nent when there is to be decisive
vote on some exclusion bill, and the
one is not we'll enough to attend and
the other is ''paired off," Oh,
there's lots of funny things one
would like to see-but they don't
come off in public. As for the
water company and the gas company
and their bills against each other,
we presume that the managers ex-
char 60 bills, shake hands and, like
two great lawyers dividing their eli
ent's estate, agree to "call itsquare. "
Hayes Valley Advqtlser.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-02

ence was to damage the property;
now men and women may live as
they can, starye and die; it Affects
no one but themselves. Charity
and its numerous adjuncts cannot
and will not in any way affect this
condition of things. Tailors in
sweating shops are known to work
from thirty three to thirty.six hours
at a stretch. Laws regulating hours
Of labor, while lessening the strain
on the one side, do but increase it
on another.
Labor-saving machinery is an all
important factor in human progress.
but when that factor is used to de-
crease the returns made to labor and
its facility of production is used to
employ the wives and children of
the men no longer profitable and
now become surplus, then a change,
not of administration of that sys-
TEN, but a change of system is abso-
lutely imperative.
Nothing can remedy matters but
such an action; therefore socialism
demands for the people the estab-
lishment of a governmental possess
sion of land, machinery, and all
other properties necessary to the
common good.
1t ls said of socialists that they
would destroy society. Does not the
noble lord himself say that the foun-
datlon is rotten-that it will fall to
pieces? Assuredy we desire to recon-
struct society upon a scientific basis,
one in which such conditions as he
deplores shall be impossible.
But socialists stand as watchmen,
warn men of the gathering storm
they tell them there must be a
change, and whether the world be-
leyes them or not, that change is
rapidly being forced to crisis; they
ask in vain for a solution; we pre-
sent to them a logical, natural one.
They assert that it involves loss OF
caste, destruction of class, abolition
Of privilege, and we assert that these
things are necessarily evil and must
fall. We ask men TO be wise and
not to stand in the pathway Of nat
ural development. G.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-02
A QUEER C0NBIN E.
Continued frons first page.)

Continued frons first page)
simply get my living, such as it is,
for my work
"You, free trad er, claim that
free trade will lessen the cost of
goods, lessen the Necessary expenses
of living, but under the operation
of your politico-economic law of
demand and supply'-which I'M
der free trade is the law Of untram-
meled cutthroat competition-the
employer, unless he changes his ma
ture, will force wages down till they
reach the level of the cost of ex-
istence again, and what have |
gained? As before under protec-
ton so now under free trade, | sim
ply get my living, SUI ch as it is, for
my work"
Protection, free trade, each is a
see-saw, under present conditions,
and the worklngman is kept on the
lower end all the time.
The true solution OF the problem,
which we would commend to the
economic politicians lis that it p of
the Free-Trade-T ari if Reform Con-
vention is something like this:
Protection plus wages, minus cost of liv-
ing equals tweedl edum plus 0.
Free trade plus wages, minus cost of Iiv-
inc pouals twaad Ie-i9p minus0
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-02
NOTES..

"What book should | read to en-
able me to see the fallacies Of the
single tax theory" Prof. Gar
side answers Progress and Pow
erty.'
Does anybody know why Thomas
G. Sherman should be accused of
being an economist Surely q man
who says that socialists want to
divide everything up may plead
not guilty to such a monstrous acCu-
satiOn. G.
The French bourgeOisie and anar-
ChlSts have their General Boulan-
ger; the trades unions in America
have their General Secretaries; the
Knights of Labor have their General
Master Workman; the "Grand
Army and American "societv'
have their generals innumenble;
and the Socialist Labor Party has
its General Vote to settle questions
in dispute.
Millionaire Leland Stanford, of
California. Is preparing for a con-
venton of the Worlds Arbtra-
ton League, of which he is the
President, to be held in Washing.
ton next September, for the purpose
OF " lnaugurating reign of uniyer,
sal Justice and peace. - Leland
might do something towards i'm.
proving the prospects of the era Of
peace, but he'll have to change his
politics.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-02

O0tWhed from WSt WeeE.
A single glance at the distinctive
features Of this period will show
that they are all summed up in
"free competition" The bourgeois
producer, in ind ustrial as well as in
agricultural production, knows
nothing Of particular rights. All
the distinctions and conditions
which arose out of the recognition
of "rights" have disappeared; in
their place we find the one essential
condition; that of having capital in
hand to make the necessary advan-
ces, without which there is no pro-
duction. All the old limitations
having been removed the principle
of the division o f labor comes to the
front, and prod II ction is divided up
into never ending series of partial
operations and of productions for
the, wordcommerce. All is now
exchange value; everyone produces
that which he does not want and
cannot use; and, as opposed to the
services and the production of value
in use in the Middle Ages, we have
now the products of industry ex-
changing with each other in the
money form.
This is as much the case with ag-
ricultural as with industrial produc
ton; for the latter form stamps the
character of the aye. Anyone who
now, for example, produces corn
does so not for his own consumption
but for the world-msrket; and he
can no longer discharge his liabili-
ties with the product of his work,
whether he uses large capital an d
incurs great expenses, or is only a
small producer, with liabilities that
press even more severely upon him;
he depends upon the prices quoted
in the great markets Of London,
Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam: so
that even in the supply of food he
produces only exchange value, and
the production of use value sinks
into shadow.
The law of Ricardo that the prices
of products are regulated by the
cost of production is now in full
force. In the Middle Ages prices
were fixed by the producer, who
could always insist upon regular
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-02

produce worker D.? Evidently only
just so much as is required to enable
another worker to obtain the abso-
lutely necessary means for su bsist-
ence for himself and his family.
Give him this and he will provide
the youngster fast enough, though
not, solely, perhaps, for the capital
lists sake, and Will not even require
to be tempted by a profit as do the
producers Of other wares, In short,
wages under free competition, or the
cost of production of labor, consist
solely Of the cost OF producing work
ers.
Where it is Necessary to employ
children in the factories, fresh
calculation is made. us very soon
found that the father does not re-
quire the means for subsistence say,
for family Of ave rage number, but
can do with less, as the children
themselves contrib ute towards their
own support.
1t requires no explanation to show
that Of all prod ucers the seller Of
labor is most un favorsbly situated
under the system of competition.
Where would the sellers of other
wares be if they CO uld not keep their
produce back when the demand was
slack? The seller of labor cannot
do this. He mast sell. Hunger
compels him. Further, when the
price Of labor rises, it only makes
the lot Of the workers ultimately
worse, for it brings about an increase
in the number of the workers.
Neither need we explain how it is
that no charitable employer can al
ter this Whoever attempts to do
SO is struck down by the dagger of
competition.
.Under free competition the relation
of the employer to the employed is
the same as to any other merchan
disc. The worker is work, an d
work is the cost of its Production.
This is the leading feature of the
present age. In former times the
relations were those of man to man.,
after all, the relation Of the slave
owner to the slave, and Of the feudal
lord to the serf, were human. The.
relations in former times were hui
man, for they we're those Of rulers to-
ruled; they were relations between
one man and anot her man. Even
the i'll treatment Of the slaves and
serfs proves this; for anger and love
are human passion 8; and those i'll
treated in anger we're still treated as
men. The cold, inn personal relation
of the employer to the en- loyed. as
to thing which is produced like
any other ware on the market, is the
specific and thoroughly inhuman
feature of the MIDI lie Glass Age.
The Middle Class hate the idea of
a State; they would replace the
State by Middle Glass society per-
meated by free com petition for in
State the workers are still treated as
men, whilst under the Middle Glass
regime the workers are like any
other merchandise, and are only
taken into consideration according
to the cost of production.
Ito be concluded nert week)
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-02
MARCH ,, 1889,
FIRST THINGS FIRST.

This expression has been heard
before, and has been used by others
before us. The question is, what
are "frst things p
Well, each according to his light.
For us, as Socialists, it would
seem that our Party interests should
be first considerations; not because
they are Ou Party interests, but be-
cause, if we really believe what we
profess, they are paramount consid-
erations. We have adopted a plat
form and formed an organization
with laws expressing the intelligence
of our membership, calculated to add
vance the principles of our Party,
And these are first principles, bot
tom principles.
For the sake of sharing with those
who seemed our nearest neighbours,
we have assisted in the formation of
other organizations, and in the heat
of our enthusiasm have in many
cases lost sight of the main question.
The recent experience of the San
Francisco Socialists, reported in
another column by Comrade Wiley,
Is but repetition of many such ex-
perlences in various cities, and his
conclusions are the same as those of
many faithful workers in our Party.
1t is undenlably true that many
labor organizations, or organizations
composed of labOrers, have been
brought into existence by the de-
voted efforts of Socialists; and the
fact that they have proven anything
rather than beneficial onl y goes to
show that the mere organization OF
workingmen into trades unions is
not sufficient for their ultimate
emancipation. They lose sight OF
the fact that the system must be
changed, but magnify into prime
Importance such subsidiary ques.
tons rs come up i'll the discussion
OF points between their employers
and themselves, and the main ques
ton with them becomes the wage
question--how much of their pro-
ductshall they have for their share
thus acknowed ging the wage sys.
tenn and private capitalism as per.
manent Institutions. They viii
even 60 80 far rs to antagonlze each
other when their personal interest il
involved. Socialists who are mem.
bers OF these organizations find
themselves pressed into service, and
the result is that they too are drawn
into the vortex of small contentious.
Each one, then, must decide for
himself as to FIRST things Either
he is Socialist first or he is some
thing else first, If the duties per
tanning to membership in the Social
list Party are of secondary import
ance to the mind OF the tyro in labor
reform, then, to be sure, his idea OF
"frst things" though somewhat
nebulous, will never lead him to
much more than taking active part
in contemplate squabbles in reac-
tionary organizations, if he belongs
to such, or perhaps his activity is
confined to his own personal affairs
of still less importance to the
people.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-02

AS for the Socialist Party, it will
not fail to appreciate the true COM
rades whose activity evidences their
conception of "first things" as So
cialists, and whose modesty is as be-
coming as their zeal in the presence
Of and for the Great Cause.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-02
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
TIMlD CAPITAL.

We are often told by our oppo.
nents that whatever good end We
may have in view, our agitation will
work incalculable mischief by fright
enlng capital out Of the country.
Capital, these wiseacres inform US,
is exceedingly timid, and will only
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-02
WHAT is CAPITAL?
Freely translated from Lassalle's " Herr
BdaiQt Sch1lLze non DeltSch"

BY F.. KEDDELL.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-02

letarians In all parts of the world. Letters re.
curing answers should contain return postage
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20
Tulane University of La
VIM. PRESTON JOHNSTON, Ill. D.;
P.RBSIDENT.

The next Annusl Session of High
School, College, and of the II. Sophie
Newcomb Memorial College for young
women, will begin Tuesday, October /:
Entrace examination on Monday, Sep.
tember 30tll.
High School Course years. College
Conrsc years. All departments sun
piled with laboratories aud other aids
to practical Instruction. Tho Manual
Training department is we'll equipped
with apparatus fer wood working, black
smlthins, forging brazlng and solder
ing and machine construction.
Parallel iCollcgt Courses lead 20 the
degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor
of Sc ence There is q practical course
in ectlical Engineering and COM.
pl eplant of the Edison System for in
= uction.
The II. Sophie Newcomb Ncmcraf
College for young women offers full
course in science and letters.
Special courses in Art and Literature:
There is al Academical Department.
which prepares students for the Col
lege. College course, $500 per annum:
Preparatory course oftwo years, $50 per
AMMAN.
The Law Department opens Novem-
Der 18th, H. G. Miller, Dean Medical
Dcpastment, opens October 2lst, Stan,
ford 4. Chaillc, N. D., Dean
For general catalogues, address VIM.
0. Rogers, Secretary of the Tulane Uni
versity, New Orleans, La. 80 6-m.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20
Closing Of School.

Ihe fall session of the school as
CIa'horne College closes tins even
ins and will re open the first
arnday In January, 1890. The
services Of Prof. Spann have been
secured for the next session. The
school has been doing well under
the management Of Mrs. Law.
rance and Prof Spann, and We
trust ouSpeople will give them q
hearty support next term.
We are informed that very su-
penor advantages vii! be afford
ed all those who desire to take
music, either vocal or instrumen
tai, and that neither pains or
means will be spared TO make the
school equal to the demands Of
the town and community.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20
Crayoa Drawing,

Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Andrews,
art teachers, are III the city, the
guests Of the Key House. They
nave a new and easy method of
Crayon Drawing, by which any one
VINO can learn to write can learn to
draw. The press Of Texas, and in
TACT every where, speaks in the
highest terms of their method, and
highly recommends DR.. and Mrs.
Andrews to the public. The Gle
burne Chronicle says:
"Iheir method of free hand Crsyon
Drawing Is indeed wonderful, vet
requires little or no talent to make
remarkably good crayon picture,
Under their instructions no in
strument Or mechanical device
Is used, the work being perfectly
Tree hand 8ketcliing, They taught
a select class in this city, and it is
due the doctor and his accomplish
Ell wife to state that they gave to all
the most perfect satisfaction. The
Chronicle checrfully recommends
them to all who. wish to learn the
nice accomplishment Of Crayon
Drawing.'
This system is being taught with
the view OF making teachers of the
pupil.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS.
Office of the Louisiana North and
South Railroad Company.

Notice is hereby given that a general
meeting of the Stockholders of the
Louisiana North and South Railroad
Company will be held at tho donlicile
of,the company, on Wednesday, Janua-
ry Is, 1890, between the hours of IL
o'clock noon and 9 o'clock in the even
ing of that day, for the purpose Of de-
ternlining whether ornot tho company
shall sell and convey the property Of
said railroad, consisting of road bed,
anchises, right of way and all the 9th
er property of the company, real and
personal; and also in case the said
stockholders shall authorize sale and
conveyance Of the same, to determine
whether said corporation shall be dis.
solved and to elect commissioners to
effect such dissolution. Said meeting
will also consider and determine any
and all matters in any manner connect.
ed with the general purposes for which
it is called or incident thereto.
BY order of the Board Of Directors,
Dec. 2, 1889.
DAVID A. BOODY,
Prosident'
W. DARLRY,
Assistant Secretary.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20

The press Of the South have
undertaken the task OF building a
monument IN honor of the beloved
President of the Confederacy, Jefs
ferson Davis. No cause yet es.
poused by the press Is more laud,
able than this, and We heartily
endorse the movement. ANY
sums handed in to the GUARDIAN
will be, promptly acknowledged
and forwarded to the proper au.
thoritics.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20
From the Cradle TO the Rocker,

Nethins attracts tho attention nor
iascinates the eye of a lady moro than
elegant and handsome furuiturc: and
II is to them that we desire to say that
AeSsrs W. J. Taylor & Son have the
hnest, handsomest, most complete, and
tho best of all, the cheapest stock of
furniture in Homer. They have cradles
for the babies; they hayc rockers for
the fair bellies; they have elegant bed
room sets, and in fact, they have near
ly everything in the furniture Inc.
which would require too much space
to enumerate.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20
PARTITION SALE.
State of Louisiana, parish of Claiborne.
L. N. Miller rs. c. Il. Miller, ct al,
DC. Claiborne Par, La, No, ll,S.

NOTICE is hereby given that I Wilt
IN sell on MONDAY, DECEMBER 3d.
1899, at the lato residence of Frederick
Miller, deceased, in said parish, to the
last and highest bidder, all the proper
ty belonging to the estate and success
SION of Frederick Miller, deceased, con-
sistlng Of household and kitchen furni-
ture, mules, horses, hogs, cows, corn,
fodder, cotton seed, wagons, harness,
farming implements, &c, sc, and tho
following described land, situated in
said parish to-wit: SW4 soc Ia, and Ell
of SCI aud sE4 of NE4 see Is, and tho,
NWt of SE4 and Ell of SW and SCI Of
NWt and WI of w of sec Is. less wv
of SW4 ofSWt, and the NJ Of NWt aud
tho SW4 of NW4 of SOC %, all in tswn-
ship 20, north Of range west, 700 acres
more or loss, with all the improvements
thereon. Terms of sale cash to effect a.
partition betw cen the heirs, ss set forth
in tho Judgment in the above entitled
case. j. II. KIRKPATRICK,
Nov. %, 1889. Sheriff.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20
ATTENTION.!

I have recently established a Green
House in Homer, on College street, and
am prepared to sell cut-fowers and
choice Kot-House plants at any season
of the year. | have over 300 specimen
plants that | wo2ld like to have all
call and see, among which are quito a
variety of Fish and Fancy Leaved Co.
raniums, Bouvardias, Fuchsios, Hello
tropes, aud about lS varieties Of Bago-
MAS, and a great many other rare
plants also large lot of ever-bloom-
ing roses, including "Marchal Mel"
"Cloth Of Gold," "TLe Bride" Sunset,
Malmaison, etc. ,....
Address all orders to
/. CLYDE WHITE,
Homer, La.
Po,- 1lI
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20
Succession Sale,
SUCCESSION OF Il. X. WHITE, DECEASED

SUCCESSION OF r. X. WHITE, DECEASED.
by virtue of q commission, issued in
- the above named succession by tho
Clerk Of the. Third District Court, in
and for Claiborne parish, Louisiana,
and to me directed, will sell at pHb-
lie cutlery to the last and highest bid
der at LISBON on SATURDAY, the
l4th day Of DECEMBER, A. D., 1859,
within the legal hours of sale, all the
personal property belonging to the
above named succession, except q few
articles of house hold and kitchen fur
nituro. The property to he sold con-
slsts of mules, horses, cows. hogs, way
on, hack, a lot offarminS implements,
COTTON, corn, &c.
TERMS OF SALE. Ali articles that
bring (S2?O0) twenty-five dollars Or
less to be sold for cash, and all articles
that bring more than twenty five ($25.
dollars to be sold OH twelve months
credit, the purchaser to give his note
with approved personal security, bear
ing Spor cent per annum interest from
day of sale.
... z. T. WHITE,
Administrator.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20

A thief in some mysterious man
ner worked his way into Walter
Wards store last Monday night
and appropriated q few dollars to
his own use and benefit. 1t is
thought he concealed himself in the
rear part of the store and was lock-
ed up without the knowledge of
Mr.. Ward when he closed the
doors.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20
SUCCESSION SALE.
Succession of J. NJ. Joiner, Deceased =
. III Third District Court.

RY virtue of a commission issued to
- me by the Clerk of tho District
Court, will sell 10 tho last and high
est bidder, on TUESDAY, tho 14th day
OF January, 1890, at the late residence
or }. NJ. Joiner, situated about two
miles from Tulip, the following lescrb-
ed tract of land with all improvements
to-wit: The NA of NJ OF SCI sec. 10:
NW4 of S\V4 and ST ofSW4 of SW4
sec. IL, and that part Of NW4 of NW4
sec. IA, and SE3 of SCI soc. 10, and n
of s! soc. 10, lying north of tho
Athens and Trenton road, being tho
land purchased by J. NJ. Joiner from p.
Marsalis on tho 1sth day December,
1885, and known as the home place of
the deceased, containing so acres more
OF less. Also two mules. a lot of corn
and fodder and large io5 of personal
property, household and kitchen ft,rni-
ture. Terms of sale cash with benefit
ofappraisment to pay debts.
a. NJ. r. JOINER,
-'. Administratix.
Jan-15
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20

Dir. W. A. Johnston, the popular jew
elor, would remind his customers that
he needs money badly in his business,
and all parties INDICTED to him will
confer favor which will never bs for
gotten by calling and settling tho same
at tho earliest day possible. Don't for
get your jeweler WHOM payday comos
and that time las now arriyed.