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Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15
BRITISH MINES AND MINING.

The report of the British inspectors of mines for 1889, includes the following summary of statistical information on one of the principal industries of Great Britain; The total number employed un- derground was 4S9, l19, against 4G5, ,006 in 1888. The total number employed above ground, but immediately about the mines, was l17976, against ll3,4ll in 1888. The total number above ground on branch railways, etc, was 1S,074, against 14,239 in 1888. Adding these figures together, we get grand total of 625, 229 last year, against 592 ,656 in 1888, or an increase O 39,5t3 Compared with the total ten years ago, the increase is lOl, ,359, or very nearly 20 per cent Examining the figures relating to mines chased under the coal mines regulation act alone, we find that the increase was | almost exclusively in connection with these industries thus the total for last year was 5G3, 735 or 2S, ,790 more than in 1888, and S6, 926 more than ten years ago. The output of coal shows conti- nuous growth since 1886, the total quan- tity raised last year being 6,9l6, 124 tons, against 169, ,935,219 tons in 1888, l62, 119,S12 tons in 1887 and 157,51S, ,4S2 tons in 1886. During the three years l lSS4-S6 there was a continuous con- traction; but a renewed impetus fol- | lowed this pause, the force of which can best be understood from the fact that the British output last year exceeded the output ten years ago by upwards of 43,OOO, 900 tons, and the average for the fifteen years 1S73-S1 by upwards ol of 31 ,000, 900 tons. This increase must of course, be largely due to the con stantly extending use of steam shipping and, bearing in mind the economy il coal consumption per horse power which has meanwhile been introduced and the mildness of the past winter, tho upward movement in prices is a very significant indication of the strength O. this influence, not only directly, but il consequence of the recent exDansion il the demand for vessels and the resulting
 increased demand for fuel in the iro1 and steel works. Meanwhile there ha, continued to be a very noteworthy de crease in the quantity of ironstont worked, Last year the output was S,210, 542 tons, against s, 635, ,032 tons in 1883 and an average of 10, 0,006, 233 tons during the fifteen years 1S73-S7. During tn, three years 1S15-T the average wal upwards of 12,000,00 tons per annum
 The returns relating to fatal accident under the coal mines regulation act ar. suggestive. The total number of acci dents causing one or more deaths i given as S4S, and the total number o persons killed as ,04S.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15

The Carl Marx Liedertafel of New Haven, Conn.,, has made extensive ar. engagements for theatrical performance and ball for the benefit of the Labor Lyceum Of that city, to be given at the said Labor Lyceum on Sunday evening, November 16 The title of the play is, "The District Attorneys Daughter" :" It is confidently expected that our com rades of New Haven will do everything in their power to make this entertan- ment a pecuniary success.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15
THE SOCIALIST VOTE.

The following table has been compiled from the official returns SO far as pub. lished in the various localities named therein. lt already shows n Socialist vote of over O,00O in New York State. with many places to hear from, and the probability is now that on the final ac- count it will reach at least il ,000 or con- siderahIy more than the legal minimum of one per cent. of the total vote neCes- sary to constitute the $. L. F. an estab. lished party of the State,
 We call attention to the significant fact that in most of the places mentioned in the table, our party had no organi2a. and did not expect to receive one vote. Some good seed was in some way drop. ped there, germinated and bore fruit
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15

name but in fact State Road of Geor- gia," owned and op,rated by the State either the profit made by the lessces would go into the treasury of the State, thereby decreasing the public burden, or the cost of transportation on that road could be reduced to the extent of that profit.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15
RENT IN PARIS.


 From the report of the Tax Commits sioners of the city of Paris for the cur rent fiscal year, it appeals that the total value of improved real estate in the French capital, including dwelling hon ses, stores, shops and factories, is 2, 200 million dollars, yielding a rental of l55 millions There are SO4, ,0ll hdbitatiOnS, the rental of which is 80 million dollars. Of course, the cost of rent varies greatly according to location, In the aristocra tic and business quarters, such as the 9th ArrOndissement, the average rent per inhaLtant is $ll3 year, whereas in the poorer sections, such, for instance, as the 20th Arrondissemeut, it is only Sl2.5O a year per inhabitant. But the average for the whole of Paris is only S37 year per capita, or about $l5 a month for a family of five persons.
 A glance at these figures shows that the cost of rent is about ten times as high in the dirty tenement quarters of the city of New York as it is in the goth Arrondissement of the city of Paris, al though the population of the French capital is one million more than that of the American metropolis, and in spite of the lavishness of municipal expendi ture in street cleaning, lighting, sewer age etc., by the French municipality as compared with the niggardly and inef fectlve administration of our political bosses. Why is this? Why are the value of property and the cost of rent so much higher here than there? Why is the difference in this respect so much out of proportion with the difference in the rate of wages, computed in money, ir these two cities. Is not this on it's face sufficient evidence that our monOpolists receive larger rate of profits, amount ing probably to not less than five time. the rate prevailing in France? Our fellow wage-slaves of Paris are by no means happy and contented. The great deb piled upon them by previous kings anc emperors is to them heavy burden and France, though rich, cannot com pare with the United States in the ex tent of her natural resources. Were they hed by their capitalists at the same rate as we are by ours, their condition would indeed be intolerable, But few revolutions and the fear of another seen to have taught the French plutocracy that there is limit beyond which it i not safe to venture. Even as matter. stand the French proletariat is far more advanced and restless than our workinl class, and we may receive from it, be fore long, one of those revolutionary lessons that always prove quite instruc tive.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15

River Railroad Company reports as fol" lows for the quarter ending September 80:
 Gross earnings. gs............. $90Gt,2t4 Operating cXpensc,,,.,,.,... 6,23l,5f!
 Not earnings ...,,........ S@ S2G, 7l2 First charE"s, 2,oN2,ooo
 Balance. $1iA712 Applied to diyidend,.,...,,. o0l,@83
 A compared with the corresponding quarter of last year this summary state mcnt shows a decrease of $GSl ,0OO in the gross earnings, $l36,000 in the operating expenses, and %jlj,000 in the net earn ings
 1t will be observed that in spite of this reduction in the ret earnings, conse Quent upon the strike, sum of nearly S9OO ,OO0 was "applied to dividend, This is, however, $4j0, GOO tor 30 per cent lcss than was applied to the same pur- pose for the corresponding quarter of 1880; and in order to pay out that re duced dividend it was necessary to take | $l50, ,000 from the previously aCcumu- lated surplus, whereas in 1889 there was left d surplus of S52, 5l4 after a much larger dividend had been paid.
 It therefore appears from the above figures that up to Sept. 30, 1890, the strike had cost the owners of the New York Central "lOss of profits amount ing to $5l5 GOO. It's total cost cannot be known until the returns for October are published,
 Before dismissing the subject we may call attention to the extraordinary ratio 1 that the "operatlng expenses of that corporation bear to it's "gross earnings" " We need not observe that such a great trunk line as the New York Central, with it's enormous traffic and perfect equipment, can be and certainly is operated at the minimum rate of cost; a rate that probably does not exceed 90 the above statement, however, it is made to appear that the cost of 0perat- ing that line amounts to nearly 70 per cent of it's receipts, OF considerably more than the average for the whole railway system of the country, and even more than on many of the poorest lines. Such thing would be possible under two suppositions only, viz: 1--that the rates of transportation on the New York Cen. tral are considerably below those of any other railway; or, 2-that the New York Central is managed by spendthritts whc pay for everything, including labor, higher prices than are paid by any other railway corporation. Knowing, as Vt do, that these two supposltions arc equally absurd, we are forced to the conclusion that the statement of the New York Central as tO the amount of it's "operatmg expenses" Is false and intended 10 deceive the pubic. An itemized account-which, by the way should be required by law from every orporation-would of course show that under the head, "Operating Expenses are included imperial salaries, barouia commissions, gargantual royalties, and other wages of superlntendence" through which the chief owners of the road make preliminary distribution of profits among themselves, before allow ing their poet Depew to tearfully declare pauper dividend.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15

.tantIy increasing in numbor, who realize not only that railway cons oDida. lion is inevitable, but tha. it will immc. dmtrIy he followed by natjonalzaton of the means of transportation.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15

A new Section of the s. l. P. has been organized at New Britain, Conn. The charter was granted last Tuesday by the National Executive Committed The Organizer of the Section is Comrade X. Hartmann, formerly of Meriden.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15

Prophet Georges favorite bulldog Croasdale was ignominiously beaten at the last election, although his candidacy for Congress was endorsed by the Cleve. land free trade wing of the Democracy and kindred reform organizations of men who never thought for a moment of reforming themselves. The ridicu- lously small vote he received in district that nearly gave George majority in 1886, was the fit reward of the man who, next to George himself. did more than any other to demoralize and wreck the political labor movement by his mulish and dishonest opposition to Sc. cialists.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15
LUCY PARSONS AT COOPER
 UNlON

Parsons noble widow, after cruel de tention of four days ln the Newark Jail consequent upon her outrageous arrest by the police of that disgraced city, was finally admitted to bail in time to address the Cooper Union meeting of the Anarch ists last Tuesday. All the advanced labor clements of the American metropolis regardless of intellectual differences and personal antagonisms, turned out to honor her, and Tuesdays meeting, like that of the previous day, was a most imposing and significant demonstra, tion.
 The receipt of a sample copy of this
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15

Are we on the eve of financial crash: It looks indeed like it, not only m Wall street, but in Lombard street. Beware! the people of America and England know somewhat more than they did in 1874.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15

The receipt of sample copy of this paper Is an invitation to subscribe.
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15
COST OF THE STRIKE.

The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company reports as fol" lows for the quarter ending September
Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-15
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.

Under this caption the Raii'ray Age of Chicago had the following in its last issue;
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11


'.lfay was selling In Grants Pass last
week for $50 per ton, says the Courier,
.'and # thofe is any in The city now, we do
not presume the price has declined any
The Willamstte Valley arrived at yaqnina
Bay at IL O'Clock yesterday and the passeo.
gors were brought TO Albany on special
train. and As we'll the grocery stands have
become rejuvenatod.
Tbroe car loads Of stoves ank ranges were
sold by Matteewa x WasbburD. Albany,
Oregon, 10 1859, the first year Of their bust
ness in Albany; they expect to double thai
| this year..-JefIsrson Review.
Oregon will soon be great woolen menu
factafing state Ashland, Salem. Browns
vile, Albany, Oregon City, eech have /
woolen fsctory now, and the Corvallis paper
ssy 90 eastern manufacturer will move hi
woolen factory 70 that place soon
The Oregon Press Association will hav,
its annusi meeting in Portland on the I4sl
aud 18th of nsxt August, aud all be a
tended by snch representatives of tho dif
iefeht newspapers NJ eais easiest Be spare'
from their respective Offices. .-Ex.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11
The D y Reaten.

SAN FRANCISCO. April z.-Judge Finn to-
day gave judgment in favor Of Simeon b Foly
for $os,ooo against the Oregon Pacific Rail
road Company, The action was brought on
twelve promissory notes aggregating SRI 900,
and to foreclose mortgage on the steamer
Eastern Oregon, formerly called The City oi
Palatsa. Defendant resisted payment u the
notes on the ground that il was defrauded il,
the sale Of the vessel. The notes were all
a lowed except one for $40, 900, owned by J
" Quintard.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11
NEy 5IrTnELEss
We're shs Most Favored section IN ,as D. ).


Mr.. Ashby pearce has shown the DEM-
ocRAr n copy Of the Interior, published at
Chicago. II contains an article headed
Oregon In 1874 and In 1850, which Ii full
Of interest, and 10 those not familiar with
the facts would astonish many. II shows
that In Congress In 1874 Mr. Dayton, Of
New Jersey, made the following remarks
about Oregon, and were he alive now and
10 make them he would receive one Of the
biggest castigations imaginable for lying
about perhaps the most promising section
81 the United States
HWith the exception OF land along the
| Willamette and few water courses the
whole country Is among the most irre-
claimable and barren wastes tf which we
have read, except the desert OF Sahara.
Nor Ii this the worst the climate Ii no
unfayorable 10 human life that the ma
! tives have dwindled away under ita naa-
/ iaria TO degree which defes all history
TO furnish parallel. OF al the countries
on the face OF the earth IL Ii the least
favored by heaven. II Ii the mere rid.
dllngs Of creation. Russia has her sibe.
ria, and England her Botany Bay, and Il
the United States should ever need &
country where 10 banish It's rogues and
scoundrels the utility Of Oregon would bs
manifest. BY water It's distance Ii I8 ,00s
miles, by land 5000 miles. We ar,
nearer the remote nations OF Europe thar
TO Oregon. Talk of steam communication
: Who IL 10 build q railroad across $50
miles Of prairie, Of desert and Of noun
talns, and who 10 10 supply the means
The mines Of Mexico and Peru disem
boweled would hardly pay penny In tn
pound OF the cost"
Other speakers were as severe. A Lon
don paper said 'the whole territory i
dispute Ii not worth f20, 900 . The Edir
burg Review said "the desert extend
from the Mexican border 10 the Colun
l bia." One Capt sturgis said tina" "rathe
than TO have new states beyond th
Rockies the Union would be better Off
. Oregon would sink into the Symmel
hole" Even Thos A Benton said the 60
Terminus should be set on the Rockie
!, Senator McDuffie Of South Carolina sal
he wouldn't give pinch Of snuff for II
> whole territory. He thanked God Il
u the mercies Of the Rockies.
y Then the writer said, "what woul
u Dayton and Benton think II they coul
take Pullman at Chicago to-day an
], visit the Oregon of 1885," Further, I'll
history Of the Pacific slope since that d
bate In the Congress oi 1874 has bee
marvellous beyond any precedent in II
annals of the race" Then he goes on
show what "the mere riddliBgs Of ere
~ ton" have become, and az We all kno
=, IL In not necessary 70 repeat IL. Hear b
or peroration, for he IL q Californian IL
or the readers OF the Interior look towar
OF the setting sun and realize what an ei
pire IL growing up there 10 be kiss
daily by the lingering beams ere he sin
into the ocean % rise upon the far oriei
% We Of California are proud Of our Nor
90 Western sister state. We rejoice ms
So heartily in their prosperity and th,
g3 prospects,"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11

MAYS LANDINo, y, J., April 4. The
misfortune which has come upon the farm
ers OF the town OF Germanie causes intense
excitement all over Southern New Jersey.
Owe, forty families are now homeless.
Sheriff Johnson, OF Atlantic county, has
sold within the last two days 400 farms TO
satisfy mortgages which have been fore
closed.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11


KANSAS Cry, April a.--A Farminglon Mo,
dispatch says. 'Yhis morning The crusaders,
headed BY Mrs Williams and Mrs Foster, f,open-
ed the campsign. Armed with hammers, ,thoy
stopped Thompson's beer wagon and smashed
sis barrels, cuptying the beer Into the street.
The women then took possession Of the wagon
and started for Iassus, fouE miles south, where
carload Of beer belonging TO the Kiauaman
brewery Company was side tracked. They In.
tended TO destroy all Of It,
They are Paraiysed,
MILWAUKEE, April a.--The republicans
throughout Wisconsin are paralyzed at Tho
sweeping victory ofihr democrats In Milwaukee
The result Is lasd TO the blttes fight made By
the Catholic priests and Lutheran minister
against the BENEFIT compulsory education law.
Many republicans predict defeat Of their spaftl
next fallif The fight Is made on the same lines
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11

have added about two thousand
dollars worth Of carpets 10 nv
stock this spring. Ne.s styles ia
) ply ingrain Tapestry and body
Brussels; also hall aud siair 10
match. rugs, cocoa ard napier
mating, semp carpet c.ina mat
ting. etc. have also connected
with my carpet department, lace
curtains and curtain nets. poriiers,
window shades, wall paper. lin
oleuni. and Aoor oil cloths.
have and am receiving the largest
and best assorted stock In these
lines of any house this side Of
Portland. These goods are all
on the second tioor. where | have
them arranged so that buyers
have very little trouble In select
ing what they want. Plenty of
room and light. Thos. Monteith
has charge Of this department
and will take pleasure In showing
the goods AT any time.
SAMUEL E. youxs
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11

SANTA BARBARA. April A special TO the
Press says; A terrible accident occurred AT
Adams canyon, near Santa Paula. this MORN
ing, where Hardisou 4 Stewart are boring a
tunnel for oil. An explosion of gas occurred
IN The tunnel. aud sheet Of flame shot out,
blowing away building TOO feet from the
mouth Of the tunnel. Two men were terribly
burned. one Of whom has since died.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11

semi-annual report Of the County
Clerk oi Linn county, State Of Oregon.
showing the amount and number Of
claims allowed by the County Court Of
said county, for what allowed, amount oi
warrants drawn. and amount ol warrants
outstanding and unpaid, from the lst day
Of October, isSD. 10 sho 3ist day oi
March, 1880, both inclusive:
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11

LONDON, April 4.--Adviees irom ST Peters
barg reaifirm the reports oflhe serious eondi-
ton Of affairs Ia Russia. The car is suffering
from nervous fever.
The scheme inF the Rusi6calion Of Finland
is received with extreme dislavor in lha: coun /.
try. Trouble is certain TO follow.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11

BEWARE or THE FRAup.-If gray
haired woman.of f.ty, in moderately re-
spectacle attire. Is put off the cars at your
town says the Da, ton Herald, because sh.
cannot pay her way further; II she almost
immediately receives a telegram urging
her TO come home on the next train be
cause her husband Is dying, and she tear
fully and desperately announces that she
is goingso walk a hundred miles, you lie,
her walk. She and ner confederate who
sends the telegram have worked the dy-
ing husband racket In g dozen towns In an
adjoining state at an average net profit oi
fifteen dollars day.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11
PRIMARIES.

The democratic primaries met In the
various precincts of the county, and as
nearly as We can learn. the following was
the result:
ALBANY PRECINCTS.
Geo. Humphrey was nominated for
justice In the Albany precinct and O @
BurkhaFt for constable. and OF course both
viii be elected. No nominations were
made In the West Albany precinct. In
Albany and West Albany delegates were
Instructed TO favor q vive voee system OF
voiingsn the county convention.
For Justice in East Albany John isom
was nominated. For Constable. Frank 5
Campbell
In East Albany o A Arehibaid. w A
Mccain. K Z Houston and A Miller
were nominated delegates.
Io3 votes were cast IN Albany, 81 In
West Albany and 90 In East Albany.
nAIsKY rRKctscr.
tIALsEY. Or. March SIT Black. .Robs
Andrews and II ) Owen we're elected del.
ega,es 10 the County Convention.
LEBANON PRECINCT.
LEuAsoS, Or. April Delegates to
the Democratic convention as follows c
ID Montague. c Hackleman, A beard.
) o Wallace. Z e Keebler and r Z Ham
mack.
sagpp PRECINCT.
SnKpDs, or. April s.-The following
delegates were elected TO attend County
Convention n Duncan. Worth Ius-
ton and 4 g Farwell.
HARRISBURG PRECINCT.
HARkissuRc. Or, April s.--iSeo Al
ford, Thoe Grimes. John George. Judge
Tandy, Oliver Hyde and S May were elect.
ed delegates.
TANGENT
D jerks, Bas Cooper and A Bleyins
were nominated. IS votes were cast
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11

Mr George Fish, Of Corvallis is 10 the city
Mr. W L Jester has been in Portland te--
dav
The residence of Sam Mills at Fox Valley
was recently robbed OF $22 in hard cash.
Easter tomorrow. Will it rain If sothe
tradition sayslt viii rain on seven Sundays.
Each 81 Spokane Fails four wards is to
have new school bailding to cost $4,000
each
Mac Monteith has accepted clerkship
with Shanahan Bros in their new dry goods
store VI Astoria.
Drill for the Merchants carnival at 80
to night at the @ A r Hall. All are re-
qested TO bring their banner STATS.
Regular meeting Of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety Monday afternoon, April 7th. at ESQ
o'clock, At the residense Of Mrs G o Kelly.
Those wishins screen door and windows
should call on R B Nunk, who will put them
10 oomplete on short notice. Shop on corner
t3setfltslti s1ls eta
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11

semi-annual summary statement OF the
financial condition Of the county Of Linn,
in the State Of Oregon, on the 1st day Of
April, A d 1890:
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The aehaaI s'easus.

SALEM, April. 4.-1he school census Of
Marion county show 794S scholars between the
ages Of and 40 In the county being an in
erease Of yS4 over the school census Of last
year. This means an Increase in the coun.y's
population during the year Of nearly 1000.
Heavy Threw.
SEATTLE, April 3.-Ma.sada Sofekiehi. the
champion Japenese wrestler, was drowned last
nigh, for the frs. tins BY burglar who enter
cd his room in the Rasa house IN this ei.y and
took his watch and chain, valued at $500, and
some ssoin money. The Jap awoke this
morning 10 find himself not only done up. but
the door Of his room locked On the outside.