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Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21
SHORT LESSONS IN ECONOMY
 HEIGHT HOURS.

hE illb|tliltIIb 1lHS tHustu flow of economic literature in the capitalist organs, which, though worth. less from scientific standpoint, de- serves passing notice as an evidence of class prejudice and bad faith.
 The chief argunent--the argument intended as 'clincher' by such pre- tentious mouthpieces of the mer- cantle interests as the Journal of Com. nerce and the Commercial Bulletin of this city-was, that "all other things remaining equal" the production would be one,tifth less in eight hours than it was in ten, and that, consequently, no matter what the wages might be, com puted in money, the actual wages, com puted in commodities, would be one- fifth less than before.
 Of course, for humbugological pur- poses, it was assumed that the share of labor always bears the same proportion to Its products; which is an unmitigated falsehood.
 Let us first consider more closely the captalistic reasoning which is substan- tially az follows: Under this blessed wage-system of our creation, labor itself Is a commodity, subject, like all other commodities, to the operation of the law of supply and demand; so that, 'alI other things remaining equal it's value, computed in the commodities of it's production, might indeed be expected to increase with its comparative scarcity. But all other things do not remain equal Scarcity of labor is accom-. panied by q corresponding scarcity of
 
 the commodities of it's production; so that the value of the commodities, com puted in labor, will rise in proportion to the value of labor, computed in com modities; in other words, the relative value of each to the other will remain the same, and in the last resort one hours labor will purchase no more necessaries and comforts under the short than under the long work-day."
 The artitice in this argument consists in taking production as a whole instead of dividing it into two parts, viz: the part that is paid out to labor as wages, and the part that is kept by capital as profit; or, to put it in more scientific form, the product of the number of hours that labor is allowed to work for itself. and the product of the number of hours that labor is compelled to work for the capitalist class.
 As soon as this proper and necessary division is made the artltice in question becomes apparent; for it is evident that the scarcity of labor created by the shortening of the work-day enables the laborer to obtain for eight hours the same wages, computed in commodities, as he formerly received for ten hours, while the profits of capital are reduced to the amount of the decrease in pro- duction. In other words, the laborer continues to work the same number of hours for his own sustenance, but works l
Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21
Reform party

Considerable space is necessarily given in the WoRKMEN's ADVOCATE to the present condition of affairs in the New York c. L. U. The battle raging here IS of national importance. Upon it's issue the labor movement throughout the country largely depends. It is a battle for poodle politics and the perpe- tuation of industrial slavery on one side, and for honest independent political action and economic emancipation on the other side.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21
JUNE q, 1890.
SEPARAT E.

The performances, last Sunday. of Delegate McKim as speaker against time, and of Chairman Conklin as gag man, have seldom been surpassed in the field of parliamentary trickery,
 In the councils of a poodle party, or in the halls of poodle legislatures, where public opinion is no more con- sidered than honesty and fairness, sim liar practices are common, in order to prevent the passage of resolution or a bill distasteful to the minority. But in the councils of Organized Labor, those who unscrupulously resort to such methods accomplish nothing but their own ruin.
 Let us state plainly and dispassionately the condition of affairs
 The real question at issue in the c. l. U. last Sunday was not so much the re-admission of the reporters of the Volhszeit,tng and WoRKMEN's ADVOCATE, as whether the Democratic party, chief ly represented by MT Archibald, and the men who were compromised in the disgraceful Legislative Reform" scheme of last year, had such a control of that body, or constituted such an important fraction of it, as to make any bona fde movement of Organized Labor a prac- ical impossibility.
 By gagging and babbling, Chairman Conklin and Delegate Mckim succeeded in preventing vote upon the motion to re-instate the labor reporters; but the the real question was as truly settled as if q vote had actually been taken. The majority either way, in full house. could not be more than very few votes, and the fact is established beyond dis pute that about one half of the Central Labor Union, as now constituted, is in favor of poodle politics and poodle practices.
 ,Fl peatedly ignoring constitutional and legitimate motion to extend the time. finally dropped the gavel few minutes before the regular hour of adjournment, the progressive delegates quite properly availed themselves of his mistake. They remained in their seats while their on. ponents were filing away The Vice chairman took the gavel and put the pending motion to a vote, regardless of Mir. Archibals curses and billingsgate. By re-instating the labor reporters. the sell respecting element or the t. l.. |. at least and at last asserted the rights of the labor press; nay, its duty to be vigilant and tearlessly to expose corrup- ton and intrigue in the ranks of labor. But this does not alter in the least the actual condition O. affairs, and as already observed, the paramount fact remains that there is no hope of so purging the c. L. U. of its corrupt and intriguing clements as to secure in that | body unity of action for any sort of | honest purpose. Its economic utility in the future may
Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21

Some members of the Radical Club, while emphatically protesting that its object IS not public debate, but social intercourse of purely private charac. ter, affect to believe, and would have others believe, that our recent criticism of the attempt to form such club with the most incongruous materials were prompted by 'Socialistic intolerance" !" How ungrateful and sly those Radicals can be! The fact is that we advertised their scheme freely, to the fullest ex- tent that our limited space allowed. Nothing would please us more than to see Pentecost and Henry George, Ben Tucker and Augustus Levey, MCready and Croasdale, Archibald and Louis F. Post, Powderly and Chauncey Depew, Silbernick and Archbishop Corrigan, Van Buren Denslow and Prof. Summer in brief all the Radicals, so-called, in- ciuding land-taxers and vacant flanders, greenbackers and self-coiners, free thinkers and Roman Catholics, scien- titic anarchists and indiyidualistic eyo- lutionists, protectionists and free trad CTS, political workingmen and captains
Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21

We begin in this issue series of let ters on "Woman Suffrage" by Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake. The position taken by this eminent writer and speaker is one that Socialists will heartily endorse. Political power and it's inteIli. gent use are as necessary to the economic emancipation of working women as to that of working men, to the emancipa- ton of sex as to that of class.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21

of workers-united into one happy fami- ly under the same roof. We should, indeed, rejoice in the sight, especially if the sign at the door should read, as some of the founders proposed
Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21

The receipt of sample copy of this paper is an invitation to subscribe.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21

The total area of New Zealand is 66,O00,0O0 acres, 20,000,000 of which have thus far been transferred to private owners. Now 18,000000 acres of that land Is owned by 1,615 persons, LAO of whom are permanent absentees, who employ the colonial labor in raising sheep for their benefit and draw from that land and that labor large incomes which they spend in England. While 36O private owners, banks and con- panies own between them more than 7,0o0,0 ,0O0 acres-or 35 per cent of the whole area appropriated-there are 7,50O families who own each from 10 to 90 acres, and 9,170 who eke out a miser- able existence on freeholds varying in size from to 10 acres.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21

Ten thousand cloak makers and cutters of this city are out: The disgraceful condition of affairs brought about in the tailoring trade by the capitalistic system of competition had reached point where the' most patient and en. during wage slaves could no longer stand it. Their demands are extremely moderate; still they have been rejected with contempt by the heartless employ. CTS, whose scandaIous profits enable them to maintain palatial establish ments. But the workers are united; they will win, and we trust that vic. tory, in the light of past wrongs, will keep them united not only for their mutual protection, but for the abolition of the wage system.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21

Interesting correspondence solicited from pro. letarians iu all parts of the world. Letters re- quiring answers should contain return postage,
Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21
THE "ClTIZENS."

The following correspondence explains
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
Greyhounds for Wolves.

1t is officially estimated that no fewer
than 40, 900 wolves are roaming at large
in Russia, and that the inhabitants OF
the Vologda last year killed no fewer
than 5000, and of the Casan district
$1,000. In the Canadian Northwest
there are also wolves, but these are not,
like the European ones, of a very danger.
Gus character. The coyotes, are, how.
ever, at times, very troublesome on the
plains, especially to fiocks of sheep.
Some time ago Sir John Lister-Kaye i'm
ported number of Belgian and French
wolfhounds and Scotch deerhounds for
the purpose of hunting down these co.
votes, while other breeds of dogs have
also been tried with fair success. By
means OF these the number of COYOTES
has been much reduced, as many as sew
entecn having been brought down in a
single day on the Cochranc ranch The
hounds are, however, scarcely fast
enough, and with a view to giving them
greater turn of speed Mr. Dan Gordon,
the veterinary surgeon of Ottawa, Cana
da, has just imported two OF the fastest
and best-bred greyhounds ever shipped
from Overwhelmingly: .Instinian, by
Cupi Bono, out of Stylish Lady, and
Jetsam, by Royal Stag, out of Castaway.
Il London Times
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
The secret of Happiness.

Happiness comes most to people
who seek her least and think least
about her. 1t is not an object to be
sought; it is state to be induced. II
must follow and not lead. 1t must
overtake You, and not you overtake it. |"
In the course of his sound philoso.
phizing he saws: "A contented mind 10
the first condition of happiness, but
what is the. first condition OF con-
tented mind? You will be disap-
pointed when tell you what this all
important thing is, it is so common. SO
near at hand, and so many people have
SO much of it and vet are not happy.
They have too much of it, or else the
kind that is not best suited to them.
What is the best thing for a stream?
1t is to keep moving. If it stops it
stagnates. So the best thing for man
is that which keeps the currents going,
the physical, moral and intellectual
currents. Hence the secret of happi.
ness is something to do; some con-
genial work. Take away the occupa-
ton of all men and what wretched
world it would be- Half Of it would
commit suicide in less than ten
days. John Burroughs, IN Chaal-
tduq9tdn.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
Mortar Balls.

There is no hod-carrying in Japan,
writes a correspondent from Toxic. The
natives have method of transporting
mortar which makes it seem more like
play than work--to an on-lookcr.
Three men were repairing the roof of
a one-story building the other day by
resetting the heavy black tiles in mortar.
The mortar was mixed in pile on the
street. One man made this up into balls
of about six pounds weight, which be
tossed up to man who stood on ladder
midway between the roof and the
ground. This man deity caught the
ball, and tossed it up to the man who
stood on the roof. This was playing
ball to good purpose.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
New Use for Buttermilk.

DR.. Stanley NJ Ward states that he
has found fresh buttermilk very service.
able in relieving vomiting OF various
forms. The remedy is administered ice
cold, in doses of about half teaspoon.
ful, repeated every fifteen or twenty
minutes. In the case Of children with
cholera infantum, he has often succeeded
in quieting the stomach by interdioting
everything else, and using few drops 81
fresh ice cold buttermilk at intervals
varying in length according to the sever
ity Of the case, RI Commercial Advertiser.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
q OF cARpu! for Weak

rlain's Colic, Cholera
'nedy. For sale BY ]. 4 at last reached DIR.
famous physician
,o,~. 49,. .,;rh+ :. e,.Fplus fat. BY close
dency is to SO lower tie of taking the
. the sufferer becomes as ribs he has i'm.
10 any prevail emit disease. ,st;tnt;op ord 10.
y NJ a cold would yua II low of his former
hanger. founsel with doc
.,,. ding up tissue as
.sa - "a as,. u;t, -, and they ad-
that measured % inches Tea '-'e'. i'S
IL inches in circumfer- soSss,v )o'n'iessiy
a regular daisy, and we was urs Inis ne
~ much. Mrs. Millsapps all couPssloie the
hadv. and knows how to knownom he has
5y. WY his natural
| for blood disorders can So
Ser aparilla. Thcrgl .ane says: Henry
'and powerful tnl' me he accomplished
Srsn as we'll ga adult onal Associatio,
tommend it in prefersncs1en, has just rem
Price g. Worth $6.t decision. He de-
arding Of such prizes
ARDui. Tonie Is, cn as wearing ap.
6gsf szsehr and the like is all
,ncw eandv sFrom the time of the
ound. lian Games" writes Mr.. Gar
"when the victor received sim.
ope rae wreath Of laurel, down to this
rofit y, The prize in all laudable competi.
bali fions ~ every manly sport has been.
Al and should always be, regarded merely
y the emblem Of victory, valued, not
because Of its intrinsic worth, but as
souvenir Of success. Men who
want food and clothing should earn
them By honest toll, and not by row.
ink boat races Such men have no
s places in the amateur ranks." This is
we'll and sensibly put, comments tho
Now York Tribune, and It adds: "A
s. prize ought 10 be something to wreaths
around the brow, like laurel, or to
ilaiae 81 tho breast, like : medal. You
cannot Wreathe barrel of -four
onnd ne bow. neither can you ef
51liys1y pin 81 ulster q paper bag
IS 1Sntaipine twenty- 1--we pounds Of -four
IN III lapel Of dress-coat. Hence
It'll Gar1eld's decision will commend
se6if 10 81 LOVERS Of TIE higher pro-
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
0xpof1xnel
$4,000.

The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser thinks 1t must be gratifying to
the Territory of Utah to learn that in
spite Of its Mormon hindrances it has
advanced rapidly in population, and
can now boast 22o,ss2 inhabitants, OF
an increase # So per cent. since 1889.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
Dress M AkIuc.
LESSON iN
Garments Cut. Flttsd and Donned in a
Surprisingly hort Time.

earments Gut Fitted and Donned In ~
Surprisingly n hort Time.
The style Of wo} hans gown has be-
come matter Of u u much Importance
that, not only is the country flooded
with fashion mag ZINES. but even the
stald news and erary journals sue
cumb TO the rui demand, and pub
nsh one or two 3 lumns OF fashion arti-
cles. Ladies Al these with anxious
interest, and sVend hours and days of
precious time in constructing garments
IN accordance with them. [ wish to
draw contrasting picture.
Last spring received an invitation
from friend, the wife of an army Off
Ger, to spend the summer with her at q
post in New Mexico. OF course / ac-
cepted, and rich visions filed my mind.
making II Kaleidoscope OF noble red
men, cowboys, bronchos, brass buttons
and military bands as only young
girl like myself can imagine
| was going on the war-path and
must put on my war-paint--i. e.. pretty
clothes. ] hadn't great deal Of mon
ey and that went for material; the
making was to be done at home. For
tilted with fashion plates innumerable,
mother sisters, friends and myself be-
gan months siege OF cutting, basting,
trying on, etc, till when the day came
for my departure, with my well-flled
Saratoga, l was worn to shadow of
my former self. But there was conso-
lation in the contents of the trunk,
which were to array me with SPLEEN
| dor that neither solomon in all bis
| glory nor the lilies Of the field could
approach.
The long ride over the plains was
nothing, so filed were my thoughts
with pictures Of my new life: picnick-
ing in the canyons by day, with gal
liant lieutenant by my side, and dancing
and flirting to my hearts content with
the same or another lieutenant at
night, with medley of Indians and
cowboys thrown in. / confess my most
anxious consideration was which Of
the many pretty gowns should don
first to make the deepest impression.
Two of equal beauty lay conveniently
near the top of the trunk to be decided
on OF a moments notice.
Well, | arrived and saw the Indians,
the cowboys, the canyons, the brass
buttons and other wol ders, and was
duly amused and awed by them. But
it remained for an Indian squaw to
give me my greatest surprise.
One day as was wandering about
the grounds, saw squaw, wearing
an exceedingly ragged and dirty calico
dress, go into the post-trader's store.
In few minutes she emerged from the
store carrying roll of gaudy calico
in her hand. Seating herself upon the
steps, she produced from some region
about her person, q needle, thread and
pair OF rusty scissors. With these
she proceeded to manufacture dress,
and in an amazingly short time it was
finished. Then with dexterous firt
in full view OF the disregarded specta,
tors, she slipped it over her head, and
after some mysterious sleight-of- hand
inside of it, she arose, doping and
leaving the old garment on the ground
as snake discards last years skin.
Fully equipped with clothes for al
least six months wear, she walked
away unconcernedly back to her quar-
ters.-Lady Cor. Detroit Free Press
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

The Calcutta (India) Public Health
Society have addressed strong repre-
sentation to the Government on the
subject of child marriage. They urge
the Legislature to raise the age of con-
sent to marriage from ten to twelve or
thirteen years.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Just at present there seems TO be a
great deal Of talk about flying ma
chimes. The principal defect in Al
flying machines that have thus far
been constructed is that they FONT fly /;
and the New York Tribune ffcetiously
suggests that inventors devoh their at
tention to that little detail b lfore going
any further.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25
AT EVENING PEACE sHALx
COME.

Because my sun OF life has set
Why yet the day is young,
Why burden Others with my griefs
With accomplishing tongue?
Why idle stand and fret7
Tbs world is full OF woe and pain
And ! am only one
An otom in the total vast.
Aud |, what have done
To meiit more of gain?
Then let the lips be dumb;
flushed the heart-broken cry.
Flu all the hours With busy toll,
And let the days slip by;
At evening peace shall come.
-tMauds Meredith.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

The penny-post system in Victoria
Is : decided loss to the Government
Thus tar. The first six months of the
experiment showed 3 deficit of
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

According to the New York World,
one agent has bought GAO Kentucky
shorthorn cattle on an order from Eng
land, where the animals are to be con.
verified into Christmas beef. The
"roast beef of Old England was
never SO good as since Old England
began buying it in America.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

There are soo,sse women in the
United States employed in remunera-
tive occupations, which il thirty per
cent OF the entire female popula-
ion.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

The procession Mt Corr; on tue anniversary
OF the birth Of Father Matthew was two
miles long, and consisted of delegates from
the total abstinence societies of Scotland,
England and Ireland.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

iron journal states that
in the new navy are
'g men to the front in all
not the least Of which is
In the modern
! on to the great triple
engines, with all their
=, there are dynamos.
'. teerers, and auxiliary
|, kinds and sizes, scat
iaseparated parts of the
the small number Of
I'D, a large and intelli-
, achinists 10 q pressing
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Since 1857 Englands small wars
have cost her abopt 10000, 900.
The war with Ching in 1s57-s2 cost
$50, 900, 600; the Abyssinian expedi.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

What called this to my mind to-day
was the dinner attended at Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Strings last night, where
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Masterson were the
honored guests As watched my fair
haired hostess, thought of her sad days
in the studio; and prayer for her future
happiness rose to my lips. Il Frank Les
lies.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

.a ,U $41, 500, 900; the
re. war in 1880, $14,-
Nile expedition in 1884,
- the Afghan war,
J and 1885, s15, 900. 900.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

[onday. December
Long officiating.
, have the hearty
REPORTER.
night has the larges
stock of Jewelry
Er town. Call and 8
reat misfortune 70
|iddls aged to be gra
b and appear youni
Remover, a re
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

An artesian we'll in Dallas. Texas, Yields
] 100000 gallons Of drinking water daily.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

She would give no address, out wd
call again, some day, she said, and ses<
we had any more use for her.
Weeks passed, but we never saw or
heara a word from her, and Jack, what
with his troubles with his sweetheart
and lbs troubles about Ada, was wretch.
edly unhappy. Honest Jack could not
deceive, and every thought he gave the
little model widened the breach between
him and his love.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

W6lLeQ.
Suddenly the door opened, and in
walked a little woman. ada, by
heavehs" heard Jack whisper; and
surely it was she, but Ada so thin, so
pale, SO sad, it made my heart bleed.
Without noticing Jack or me, she walked
up to Bradford and said:
'sThis is Mr.. Bradford?"
eyes
Is Mr.. Stirling in q"
NO. madam, !" said Bradford.
"Where is he? Oh, where is he?n said
Ada with a trembling voice; she ought
to be here. It is late-see, it is eleven
o'clock and he is not here. Oh. Mr..
Bradford am his wife, and | have
come to find him. ] have not seen him
for months, but know some i'll has be.
fallen him. Last night dreamed
Here the door opened and in walked
Stirling, but Stirling greatly changed -
so old and haggard that we scarcely
knew him. The moment he opened the
door and saw the woman, he said .
" Ada" and with cry of Alfred! AL
fred I" she flew across the room and fell
sobbing upon his breast.
And this is the story we gathered from
the incoherent remarks of these two peo-
pie so strangely thrown into our lives.
Two years ago, Alfred Stirling, who
was Bostonian, went up into little
New Hampshire town to spend the sum-
mer, and there met Ada, who was teach
ing school. Her beauty and innocence
won his heart, and after very short
courtship they were quietly married
But his mother, proud old Puritan,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-25

Pockets, Picture Fl
Hubbard's drug ste
Beavers and Miss
b married at,he res
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