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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23

ericaIly small political party in the
United States. Still, they are
growing,
A coed, straight-out socialist
ticket at the spring elections, no
matter how small the vote, with a
thorough agitation and the spread
Of our principles, may induce
others to make the same retreat as
the Hooid, though they may be
honest enough TO acknowledge it in
stead of trying to hide themselves
behind their own shadow.
Socialism never retreats. 1t can
not retreat, if the Party even would
desire it. Society is going that way,
that 3 all,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
INJURED THE BUSINESS.

The Chicago Times published an
article showing the cruelty and hard
ships to which working girls are ex-
posed in a certain cloak factory in
that city. The proprietors com
mcnced a libel suit against the
Times, laying the damages at $50, 900
for injury to their business. The
Times now retaliates by going to the
root Of the evil and is publishing a
series of such articles, showing a far
greater degree Of oppression than was
at first described, To the very limit
allowed by law human slavery ap-
pears to exist in some Of these Chi
cago factories. Before commencing
their libel suit the proprletors should
have paused long enough to consider
the fact that the abolition of slavery
injured the business of quite num-
Der of people.-PreSS amt Printer.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23
NOTES..

There's happy condition Of
things on the Isthmus of Panama.
The following news despatch was
published in the papers the other
day
"PANAMA, Feb. -, via Galveston
Five thousand five hundred men were
discharged from the canal works at
Tavernlla ON the 18TH. The contractors
continue to Curtail the work on all the
sections There is strong military
force ON the line of the canal to main
tain order.
So the poor devils will have to
starve to death in good order, mill
tary fashion. They haven't got
money enough to travel with, and
there are not factories there with
kind bosses to offer them work ut
reduced rates " for charity sake. -
A beautiful illustration of the capt.
talisuc wage slave system. The
lnborers may conclude that if they
must die they might as well die
fighting as to staryo to death slowly.
Among our communications this
week is long letter from J. G. I'm
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23
FEBRUARY %, 1889.
ATTENTION.!

The attention of all Socialists is
called to the subject submitted for
general vote, as printed on the next
page. .Organizers will please see
that it is placed on the order of busI-
ness at the next meeting of their
Sections. Authenticated reports Of
the votes cast must be in the hands
of the Secretary of the National EX-
ecutivc Committee by March Is.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23
THE BETTER WAY-WAICH

Society IS an organism. Organism
is result Of evolutionary growth.
In the course of organic evolution
from low types to high, the inter-
mediate stages are passed through
10y insensiblc notifications reforms,
in procession, DOW as ever. The
doctrine of evolution does not admit
the theory of great cataclysms and
sudden breaks between the past and
present in the organic world; it does
not admit special creations at special
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23

lied will actively engage in the
movement, and we don't know any |
one who does believe it, Under
these circumstances would it be |
right to er courage the few to make |
an attempt which must be fruitless ?
On the other hand, we do believe
that when the people Of this coun-
try own and control the capital, the
people can dispose Of their own as
they will. What that will may be
depends upon the degree Of civilian
ton they have attained, and upon
their past experience. The proper
means to be used are prescribed by
the Constitution, and the Socialist
propaganda advocates measures in
accordance Herewith. The people
have right to decide for themselves
what they want, and their votes will
be counted when they are cast in
sufficient numbers.
When the people own the machin-
cry and manufacturing plants, the
land and appurtenance8 thereto,
then and only then will the people
have a legal right to say how and by
whom and how long the factories,
shops, mines, farms, etc, shall be
run. But as long rs the people re-
Cognlze the right of individuals to
own land and capital, SO long do
they also, by implication and in fact
recognize the right Of such owners
to say who shall and who shall not
work upon that property, and how
long his hlrcIings shall work while
they remain in his employ. The
ordinary trades unions acknowledge
individual right to capital, and the
Socialists do not. The former are
Inconsistent, the latter consistent,
when they demand as a right
the shortening of the hours of la
Dor. The former dream Of organ
ling the laboring class into trades
unions without political action. The
latter, following history, seeing the
tendency, bid the people profit by
experience and opportunity, and use
their political power to accomplish
their ends.
The people will adopt the Social
list plan when they have decided
upon what is best for them, for the
people still have confidence in the
ballot, and the integrity of the con-
stltutional authorities. When they
lose that confidence, then there will
be war or absolute slavery.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23

in any particular "reIigion" makes
a person more susceptible to the
teachings of socialism than one who
has no such belief. On the other
hand, there can be no objection to
Christians or Jews or Mohamme-
dams voting the straight socialist
ticket, and converting their co-reli-
gionsts in the matter of politics,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23
NO RETREAT!

1t seems that the Chicago Ucraid
only recently discovered the antag-
onlsm existing between Socialism
and anarchiBm, between Socialists
and anarchists and it is amusing
to note the very wise manner III
which the editor of that paper un-
willingly gives the public the result
Of his discovery, and at the same
time "damns with faint praise" the
very people whom he has wronged
continually by Misrepresentation.
AS the Hcrald may have occasion to
record more of the activity Of social
lists in Chicago, well just pin lis
wonderful statement among our
own. Here it is:
"Current meetings of agitators show
that the larger mass of disaiteCtcd pe0-
pie are drawing near To society rather
than breaking away The socialist
warns the anarchist that the 'anar-
Chsts' are foes. A few anarchists per
sist in their social heresy. They ask
nothing Of society. They will throttle
the law, They welcome the Indignation
of the sovereign people,
"Thc tardy promise of obedience on
the part of the socialists is therefore cs-
peCially wise and commendahle. The
socialist who Oheys is not a bad citizen.
The anarchist who welcomes martyr
dom is politically the most dangerous
criminal who can confront a State. He
has no proper fear. He has no proper
reverence. out of sixty million souls
he obcys one himself. That all Thought
full men should retreat from him in
alarm is only natural, judicious, human
'lt is not the less Il hopeful sign that
the large political sect which advances
the notions of socialism should publicly
begin this retreat, They certainly have
no enemy 50 powerful for evil as the
anarchist who advocates their VIEWS
and proposes military revolution as thu
method of giving effect TO the anarchist
and socialist plan. The man who obeys
the law-whether through respect CT
fear-is safe and useful lie will soon
be serving on the skirmish line against
the small phalanx of insane and out
lawed anarchists
The Socialist Labor Party has not
begun any retreat, it Is not retreat
Ing, nor will it retreat. 1T ism t
hnilt that Uav Vhnr. J.. this
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23
FORCE.

1t is evident that the press and
public and a number of labor re-
formers are determined to misun-
derstand and misrepresent me. At
one time | am accused of being too
slow; again, of being too fast; then,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23
EIGHT-HOUR MOVEMENT.

-
ready we hear of mass meetings be-
ing held under the auspices of
trades unions and the Federation Of
Labor, at which the workers are
exhorted to yet ready for united
demand and, if need be, strike, on
the first of May, next year, for the
reduction Of the hours Of labor to
eight per day,
viii it succeed? All, that is
another question, and it depends
very much what is meant by auccess.
We cannot see any reason to hope
that the movement will be sue
cess for the working class, though
few of the well organized, skilled
trades may possibly, and barely 50,
succeed in reducing the hours of
labor for those who are members Of
their organizations. At the st.
Louis convention Of the Federation,
some of the delegates were opposed
to fixing a day, because they fore
saw that for some trades the first Of
May might be an lnauspIclOus time.
A particular line Of business might
he dull, and many workmcn idle,
TO strike under such circumstances
would CertalnIy not be polite.
Manufacturers with large stock on
hand, perhaps in anticipation of a
protracted strike, could tide over
the excitement. of the day, could
calmly await the operation of hun
ger, and then, when the property
less worker applied for work, die
tate terms. And if this is 50, what
would prevent the employers who at
the time Of the demand found they
must aCcede to it, from doing lit
tie striking themselves rs soon as
the rush of business WAS over, and,
closing their factories. await the
time when hunger-that trusty
friend of the capitalist manufacture
ers- would compel the workers to
ask for work on such terms as the
employer was willing and induced to
give under the law of supply and
demand?
1t is asserted that the hours of In
Dor have been reduced, and that
they can be again. Undoubtedly.
But many necessities of the workers
Of to-day were Injuries in the eyes
of the workers Of years ago, and the
main question is not the reduction
of the hours Of labor, but the in
crease, ut least, of Labor ) portion
of its creations. And the attempt
to obtain these 10y private organiza
ton, under present conditions
when Capital is mighter than ever,
will surely fail. The movement will
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23
THE VIRTUES OF ROYALTY.

What farce all this dedication
Of royalty really is How absurd it
is to see nearly all Europe joining in
one funeral dirge over the suicide
or shooting of the Crown Prince
Rudolph. Here is young rip, who,
though he possessed some ability and
charm of manner, had done some of
the most outrageous things that even
a debauchce of the old French no.
bility ever was guilty Of. He ends
his life in q manner az little beCOm-
ing as he lived it, aud straightway
columns are filled with tales of his
kindness and with anecdotes of his
virtu0us nature and scientific at
tainments. For our part we care
much less for this thorough going
scamp than we do for the poor
drunken wretch whose body has just
been flung into the pauper graveyard.
Though both We're creatures of their
surroundings, the prince had much
more choice as to whether he should
be a man or a blackguard. lie chose
to be a blackguard, and the world is
well rid of him anyhow. -L0MlOH
JuStice.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-23

AN OUTSIDE VIEW OF SOCIALISM.
OF all questions prominent in the
present day none is so little under
stood as socialism. 1t has been used
in this country time and again rs a
synonym for anarchy, until many
have an adherence for the very
term per- Sc. And yet some of our
best and abIest writers have been
and are warm advocates Of this VERY
despised doctrine, and among them
stand out Greenleaf Whittier and
Russell Lowell, Christian philan-
thropists. And above even these
stands the Galllean, the carpenter s
son, who, if he taught ANYTHING,
taught socialism in its broadcast and
most comprehensive sense. Sym
pathy for and love of our neighbor
that prompts the division Of our
goods with him in socialism. As it
is difficult to practice Christianity
in this selfish age, 50 it is difficult to
find adhcrents to a system that
would compel them to divide their
goods with the poor. And yet the
world is moving, and some day, pre-
judlce being laid aside, the people
may fully comprehend the beauty of
a system that abolishcS greed and
gain and substitutes good will, at
the same time destroying poverty
and want. 1t Is EARL to expect it
now. but everything points at pres
ent to some system that will abolish
the temporal want and poverty of
the masses. - Coum0Her and Glass
,r.,. l.,..
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-07
A New Discovery.

The new discovery Of silver bearing
ore made a few weeks ago by Geo. S.
Hopkins and A. A. Mccoy will probably
cause stampede to that locality. As
says made Of the first lot of rock brought
in gave returns of 1876 ounces of silver
per ton. The gentleman above named
went out again last Sunday and made an
open cut, or trench, on the property forty
feet in length uncovering the ore which
is apparently fiat sedimentary deposit,
They returned late Tuesday night with
some more of the ore which was assayed,
the result being 300 ounces ofsilver per
ton and large per cent of lead. Both
assays were made by Mr.. Goehring the
Homestake assayer, and consequently
there is no reason to doubt their correct
ness. Previous to returning the last
time the above nameu gentlemen sur
veyed and located seven claims for them
selves and associates Messrs. T. J. Grier
and DIR. b. Il. Kelly. The location is on
the head of Little Rapid. about fonr
miles from Coleman's Bulldog ranch, on
the old Davcy salt road. A Apeculiar lime
formation is found in the vicinity, being
almost pure white, and from appearance
hasbeen subjected to the action of
water The ore is known as the liver
colored, intermixed with black porous
rock, the pores of which contain what is
thought to be black sulphates of silver.
All of the parties interested are highly
elated over the discovery and propose to
at once through!y develop it.-Pioneer
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-07
Pierre Pleased.

Pierre is doubtless highly pleased
over the decision of the Capitol Invest
ment Company tos locate in that city,
and well she may be, as it is believed
that such action practically settles the
question If the location of the capitol.
Referring to the decision of the COM
pany in favor of Pierre, the president in
an interview with Pierre Daily Capitol
reporter, says:
"Yes, we have decided to locate in
Pierre. 1t was the only thing we could
do and adhere to the will Of our stock
holders. We have sold the limit of our
"B" stock, which is 10000 shares and it
was very nearly all sold east of a
straight line drawn from the west end
Of Brown county through the state.
Thus you will see by looking on the
map that the stock was sold in territory
that naturally is not friendly to Pierre.
Now when the vote Of all our stock
holders was taken by letters sent out
asking them for their first, second and
third preferences it was found that a
majority were in favor of Pierre for
their first choice. OF course the vote
was hardly fair for Pierre as it showed
that voting portion of the state COM
prisipg 10000 voters were not taken in
to consideration. This was the reason
We located at Pierre. 1t was the only
just thing we conld do. expect the
other capital candidates will do their
utmost to destroy the influence of the
company, but that will be impossible as
our stockholders are with us. We will
open up our Office in Pierre Monday
morning and win work in connection
with the board of trade of this city"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-07

The sentiments of Black Hills voters
on location Of temporary capital was
well illustrated by vote of the jury
the other day. There were twenty
jurymen present, eighteen cf whoa
voted for Pierre, one for Redfeld and
one had no preference. II is safe bet
that eighteen twentieths Of the Hills
vote will be cast for Pierre.-Pioneer.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-07

An exchange says Every Dakota
house should be supplied with Dakota
made -four, Dakota made oatmeal, Da-
kota made pearl barley, Dakota made
crackers, Dakota made cheese and Da-
kota cured meats. 1t should be painted
with Dakota made paints and oils, and
swept with Dakota made brooms.
Every Dakota farm should be plowed
with Dakota made plows, and narrowed
with Dakota made harrows. Every
acre of grain should be bound with Da-
kota made twine, and every bushel of
grain carried to market in Dakota made
wagons, hauled by Dakota raised
horses"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-07

The Chicago Times will, In few
days, change its entire force of editors
and reporters. The new men will be
the former associates of Judge Luse,
formerly Of the Times, but now living
here. This will be good thing for this
secIon, as under the new management
the Times will pay more attention than
it has in the past to the Black Hills
Rapid Republican,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-07
Republican Nominees.

At the republican state convention at
Huron, the following nominations were
made:
Congressman, o. S. Clifford and J. A.
Pickler.
Governor, A. G. Mellette.
Lieutenant Governor, J. ii. Fletcher.
Auditor, l.. T.. Taylor.
Secretary of State, A. o. Ringsrud.
Treasurer, w. l.. Smith.
Attorney General, Robert Dollard.
Supt. of Public instruction, e.. l..
Pinkham,
Commissioner of School and Public
Lands, o. II. Parker.
Supreme Judges, ID. Corson, A. &.
Kellam, J. Z. Bennett.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-07
Psnnington county Democrats.

&eneheStN NS1ueS OoaaooNht1-
Following is the the ticket nominated
by the Pennington county democrats
State senator, NJ. II. Day.
Representatives, X. b. Hughes, and
Joseph Jolly.
County Judge, Levi McGee.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-07
VAN DEVORT & CO..
-DEALEEs
IMPLEMENTS, LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN,

% Head Of horses and for sale at low prices and on
liberal TERMS This all young Smooth American stock from 500
SOO lbs Broke unbrske. few Saddle Psnies at your
own price.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-07

We Challenge Binder Trial with
he Deering Goods. - w
VAN DEvoRE SC CO.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-01
WATER IN AUSTRALIA.
Discoveries of Underground Rivers in Arid
Portions of the Continent

Discoveries of Underground Rivers in Arid
Portions of the Continent
Some years ago l ventured to assert in
these pages, says writer in Macmillan 5
Magazine, that the future of Australia
for the next thirty years rested with the
engineers. The recent discoveries of I'M
derground rivers in the most
arid portions of the continent have
given those words q greater signif-
canoe The difficulty of Australia has
always been the fear that the land will
not support large population. These
discoveries of water dispel that fear. 1t
now appears that the volumes Of rain
which fall about once in five years over
the greater part of the Australian CONT
nent, covering with floods the plains
which for four years previously have not
known more moisture than might be
given in England by good fall of dew,
find their way through the porous soils
into channels and chambers beneath the
surface, where at a depth of one
thousand or two thousand feet
they provide an ineXhaustible
store of the most precious commodity
known to the Australian squatter. 1t is
impossible to say at present how the use
of these underground supplies of water
may change the face of the Australian
continent. The overflow from one bore
at place called KerribTee has already
cut a channel of several feet in depth
through the sand, and now forms a per-
manen. river of several miles in length
in what used to be an absolutely waterless
country. It is only to be expected that
as more water is brought to the surface
the clouds will take up more moisture by
evaporation and the rainfall Will in
crease. Then, with regular rainfall and
inexhaustible tanks and creeks even the
Australian squatter might begin to be
cOntented.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-01

5000 steers, which, we venture to assert,
was the largest steer herd ever rounded
mp in the territory by one firm or COM
pany. Grass in the San Simon was never
better at this season of the year, and
stock is in good condition.
Statistics of sleep may not prove any
thing of Importance, but they are inter-
esting. According to statistics prepared
IN Russia the need OF sleep is greater in
women than in men,, the duration OF
sleep being longer and. the percentage Of
tired morning and evening and of not
tired being three to two and two to three
respectively as compared TO the men.
Students sleep longer and are less tired
than other men. The time needed to
fall asleep is about the same in all three
classes-20. S minutes for the men, II /
minutes for the students and PIP min
utes for women. In each case, however,
it takes longer for those who are frequent
dreamers and light sleepers TO fall asleep
than persons of opposite characteristics.
1t is not calculated to arouse much en-
thusiasm IN the cattle trade to reflect
that cattle are lower in July, 1889, than
they were in July, 1888: but they are
lower nevertheless. The depression has
been somewhat intensified IN the last two
or three weeks, under circumstances
which afford little if any encouragement
for expecting high prices at an early day.
There may be several different reasons
for cattle being low, but one of them GER
tainly is that there are plenty Of cattle.
Somehow all philosophiZing as to cattle
becoming more scarce ends up from sea-
son to season IN more cattle being for
sale than ever before. This is a fact,
ana in the face of it the current July is
affOTding nothing especially cheering to
the cattle-grower.
So many farmers have no special aim
in their breeding, and raise horses who'll
" without discripiuation. This of course
might answer if reproduction were the
object, without any attention to be paid
to the production Of the most saleable and
profitable animals; but when the farmer
wishes to make the business of horse
breeding profitable, something else is
necessary. In the first place the choice
of the mare must be made with special
reference to the kind OF a horse that Is
desired to be raised. Here IS exactly
where so many farmers make their mis-
take; they think any scrub mare good
enough to breed, and so raise from their
Old, lame, TingbOned, spawned mares
miserable, scraWny, scrub colts, with all
the ills OF their dams bred into their
bone and system, to crop out again at
the first opportunity. Then having
chosen good mare of undoubted breed
ing of good bone and substance, choose a
sire OF equal merit, or superior if posi-
BILE, and so as to correct as far as possible
the faults of the dam in the offspring,
and improve upon her good points.
Have an aim III this population and do
j Il.
likely that a fine colt will be the result.
f Kansas Farmer.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-01
A arereiless Law of Civilization.
Washington Post.

1t is said that the Western Union has
applied for an injunction on the long
distance Bell telephone on the ground
that it viii ruin their business. The i'm
proved reaper mas driven out the scythe
and the rake, and the hand-tied
wheat sheaf has yielded TO a
better binder That what is quickest,
cheapest and surest shall drive ont ali in
ferior methods is one OF the merciless
laws OF civilization 1t has been sunshine
for the telegraph companies, and they
have made considerable hay.