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The advocate., 1890-11-12
IMlLORALITY THR RRarLT oF RlcnEs.

Az Spring Valley Illinois, the condition OF tho
minors ls now worse than Mr., Lloyd IN hIa ln-
NAlQahlq book, THE Story Of spring Valley" de-.
aerofp ", Inc men arg averaging about 46 -
month ln Wngea, and tho Chicago Herald SAYS
that Things bhve come tO such "a pilsa that "a
miner with good looking wife can Ret "a posi-.
ll0n When others cannot, The Herald gUlYely
reports that Che managers Oi tho mines are now
hhblhnlly taking advantage Oi the poverty OF the
minors 70 use the most attractive 0f the wives for
halnll purposes. Precisely thlg stats OF things
WAS the last phase OF social enOrmiy preceding
the French revolution. Tpcmich Ccnbuh
"llethat hasteth 10 be rich hath AN
evil eye"
The pampered children Of The rich,
brought up In ldleness and accustomed
10 submit 10 no restraint, and 10 consider
the children Of the poor their interiors IN
rights, II not designed merely 70 minister
to their wants and serve their occasions,
can hardly reasonably be expected, In
the matter Of their lusta, 20 stop at the
line Of righteousness or morality
Where the very rich and very poor live
In the same community strict morality
never has existed and never can exist.
The invention Of great soulless corpora
tons has greatly increased the number
OF these reckless deapolers Of virtue, by
large number Of ON ial sta
tlons, TO hll which requires no moral
qualifications, only a capacity TO secure
all the money possible for the corpora
tlon. % h. l.. IN Flaming S,cord.
The advocate., 1890-11-12
THE DREssEn RREF NprsrRY.

FROM OOemhn's Rural World,
The business year Of the house Of Ar.
mour n Co., Chicago, closed on October
/, and the exhibit which this firm pre-.
sents for the past year is interesting for
the magnitude Of lts operations, The to-
tol dlstrIbutlve sales were slxty-nve mil
Hon dollars. The extent Of the beef pro.
ductIon q. .ne mouse is stupendous. They
slaughtered six hundred and fifty thou
sand cattle during the year, and also
three hundred and Atty thousand sheep.
The gross weight Of these animals was
approximately five hundred and seventy
five thousand tons, equivalent 70 an aver
age exceeding one hundred and flrty car
loads Of dressed beef for each business
day OF the year.
The pay roll amounted 10 three mil
Hon five hundred thousand dollars and
allowing an average price for the beef
and mutton bought (better than the mar
ket has been), this expenditure for cattle
would amount 10 about forty.three mil
lion dollars, which, taken with the cost
OF labor, would still leave the Armour's
surplus on the years business twenty
two millions OF dollars. These figures
are all rather large to grasp, says the
Miles City St0ckmdi,, but still one can
easily see that on II the beeves bought,
with labor added In, there Ia still mar
gin OF 80 per cent advance on cattle
bought for slaughter, 80 that the evi.
dence adduced by the Senatorial commit
tee, which investigated the beef com
bine, goes for naught The dressed beef
men, II will be remembered, then claimed
a profit OF from one dollar TO one and
half dollars on each head. The Ar
nours annual statement shows that for
A thirty dollar steer after
being paid for and the labor Of convert.
ing him Into dressed beef, glue, fertilizer
and other products, 10 also paid for, the
iressed beef man yet has n profit OF
fifteen dollars when his product is sold.
There ls never any trouble about dispos-
ng Of dressed beef products, 80 that the
Iales are as sure as the existence OF the
iressed beef to sell, and thus on each
Iteer bought the dressed beef man, after
he cost OF converting into dressed beef
has been paid, reRps anadvance Of fifteen
lollars upon the amount invested.
The advocate., 1890-11-12

Senator Ingalls, appeared upon the
stage last evening with diamonds glitter
Ing among the flowers on his breast and
with white rose In his hand. The Sena-
tor evidently is not catering for the vote
OF Lyon county farmers, -Emporjd Re-
publican.
The advocate., 1890-11-12

No change 10 Denver, Ogden, Salt Lake,
Pocatells, Pendleton, Portland ST. Louis,
Chicago, etc., ETC., via the "only line," the
Union Pacific. H. b. Harrington, city pas
fenRer and ticket agent, B25 Kansas avenue.
], y. Gwin, depot Rgens.
The advocate., 1890-11-12

! NhV i"H"i bio Hlhbh1 khh NMChlubEy, tne
whole Of the means whereby wealth Ia
produced, are In the hands Of a few peo.
pie, and the great majority Of mankind
are forced 10 compete for starvation
wages,
The same pressure that drove capital
10 organize its forces and institute Joint
stock companies for mutual protection
and benefit Ia also mpeIllng wage earn
ers TO form labor unions and kindred as-
sociatlons. These organizations, neces-
eary az they are 10 tho welfare Of work
lngmen, are yet apt to occasion trouble
and conflict. Union men, percelylng
that industrial salvation lies In organlza-
tlon, refuse TO work with non.unIonists,
and employers, unable 10 discern the
changed conditions Of industrial life, re-
fuse 10 be dictated 10 by their men. Thus
Il spirit OF antagonism is engendered be.
tween employer and employed. As labor
organizations increase In strength and
power, and the good Of one becomes the
good Of all, reduction Of wages in one
direction, or the importation OF and EN-,
ployment Of foreign labor, may occasion
a strike Of such magnitude as to seriously
affect the Industries Of the entire country.
The industrial question is complcat.
cd one and needs 10 be carefully studied.
The growth Of society must be recog-
nized, and the changes now impending
seem TO be the necessary results Of that
growth.
We are In transitional period in
every sense of the word, and changes
from ono order Of life to another are al- |
ways fraught with danger We must
learn what the law Of competition is, and |
how and why il 10 at the present time
operating banefully upon society. Thon
we will begin TO understand the meaning
OF labor organization, and see that II il
an effort ofhuman reason 10 control the
operation Of what is known as a natural
law" namely, the struggle for existence
or competition. Then we will also see
that, despite the troubles incident to the
organization OF industry, the movement
must 80 on. For under the condition of
things as they are to-day, with capital
into great corporations with
almost unlimited power; with machinery
constantly superseding human labor;
with women and little children taking
part In the struggle for existence with
,he markets OF the world being opened
md competition from Asia 10 the United
States acting with unrestrained license,
here will be, without the counteracting
Effects Of labor organization, a social sys-
,em Of wreChedness, vice and crime en-
rendered such as the world has never
een.
II should never be forgotten that all
he available wealth Of the world has
'een produced by labor, and that capital
the accumulation, the stored energy Of
abor. Without the vitalizlng power Of
abor civilization would cease TO exist.
labor Is TO the business world what the {
oul Is TO the body--its vltali2ng, con
tructive force. Up TO the present time
he full value and power Of labor have G
lot been adequately recognized. From
SO to age 1t has been held in bondage 8
ontrOlled and directed by the power !
hat lth activity has called into existence.
Now, however, labor has the power
through cooperation TO obtain control of
The advocate., 1890-11-12

| ing IhlB la not all the relAtlOn6Ol Capi
tal and labor must be changed, and prof
sharing and industrial partnerships talk
Che place Of the present wage system
David Dudley Field, In an article ia th.
NORTH imerican Reriew, risks: "I
there any reason why corporations Great
ed tor profit, that heretofore hay,
been aggreggiiona Of capital only shoulC
not be made also aggregahons capi
tal and laborY suppofe a manuiac
turing corporation ia 70 be formed with
a capital OF half million Of dollars, dl
vlded into shares Of 0ve dollars each
three-tiIths OF them payable In cash and
the other two.iiiths In prospective labor
the former 10 be invested In lands, build
ings, machinery, materials for manuIact
ure and supplies for the consumption OF
the working shareholders; one hundred
workmen 10 be received az members Of
the corporation; the skilled workmen Ia
'be allowed wages, say B3 day, the 9TH
ers $3.50, and each one 10 be inscribed
on the books for four hundred shares.
II the earnings were per cent on the
capital, each skilled workman would be
credited in twelve months with about
5000 for wages and Sl2O FOR profit. With
care and economy he could In less than
four years pay Tor all his four hundred
shares Of marketable stock. The fixing
Of the rate Of wages, the purchase Of sup
piles, the admission or dismissal Of work
Ing members, and the discipline Of the es-
tablishment should be vested in the
hands Of all the members; but the anan-
cial department, the purchases and sales,
should be In the hands Of the actual
stockholders
In the development Of any greatmove-
ment or social tendency, natural law
produces four distinct stages. First, the
birth Of the idea; second, its propagation
by missionary work. third, its embodi.
ment In practical forms; and, finally, the
growth OF these forms into permanent in
5titutions. In regard 10 cooperation in
this country, only the second stage has in
reality been reached. For although CO.
operative societies exist in various places
hey are more the result Of individual
energy than any common social impulse.
But the thought, the idea, ia in the world,
md II has come 10 stay.
Fifty years ago cooperation, in the
ense In which the word is now used, was
almost an unknown term; now IL Is on
he lips and in the hearts Of MILL ms.
Forty years ago the principle was fol the
irst time being outworked by tive ty-
light men in Rochdale Driven al ost
o desperation by want and suffering nd
With only faith In God and the INN Ia
lie lags Of right TO sustain them int cir
undertaking., the result of their lab Jrs
lands before the world to aid and inspire
he actions Of others. Thegerm planted
y the men Of RoChdale, and nurtured
y the untiring devotion of Kingley,
laurice, Owen, Neale, Holyoake and
theirs Is bearing rich fruit, and is des-
ined TO transform the existing indus
rial system and bring in a new social Or
er based upon the principles Of equity.
The work In the United States is to |
ow the seed and make known the moral
nd economic benefits Of cooperation.
he harvest is sure to come, and the dif.
erent cooperative enterprises that are
oming TO life in all parts Of the coun-
The advocate., 1890-11-12
FEom journal OF the knights OF Labor

FEom journal oi the knights Of Labor
Civilization rests upon and Is dominat
81 by the competitive system. This sys
tenn Is the outgrowth Of the selfish pro
pensities Inherent In humanity, and Is II
the social world what the struggle for OK
istence and the Survival of the iittest' II
in the realm Of animal life.
Through the struggle for existence the
human family has moved onward from
one stage OF development to another un-
MI great industrial civilization has been
STAINED, OF which the controlling forces
are capital and labor. Capital is the ao-
cumulated wealth Of labor, and labor is
only another term for the energy OF the
Bace; one Is a passive instrument; the
other Is the living vitalizlng force Of hui
manity Under right business system
bhe apparent distinctions which the
names imply would ceOse 10 exist, for
capital would be recognized as a form of
labor and labor as the source and creator
Of capital. As 1t is, however, growing
divergence and conflict characterize the
EelatiOns Of these two forces. A few
words will outline the canse Of the dis
turbanCe. In the course Of two decades
the wealth Of the country has increased
to such an extent as TO be the marvel Of
the world but not only has this accumu-
latlon Of wealth been accompanied by no
corresponding improvement in the con-
dltion Of the toilers, but during the past
ten years wages in many instances have
fallen, and where reductions have not
taken place it has been largely the result
Of the controlling power of labor organ
izations.
1t must be remembered that labor is
hired by capital; that, apart from organ.
ization, 1t has no governing power over
It's wages no voice In the control and
Of business; no ownership
in the means Of production; It Is simply
hired by cR. ital like any other com
modify and It's abundance or scarcity de-
termines It's market value. This is the
condition Of labor What are the indus
trial conditionsH During the past thirty
years machinery has multiplied until It's
productive force here aud in England Is
equal to the working power Of a thou
sand million men. This new force that
has been thrown into industrial life Is
owned wholly by capital, and, acting
under the law Of demand and supply, is
In direct opposition TO the interest of la.
Dor. For whenever the supply OF labor
exceeds to any great extent the demand,
lnd men compete for work. wages must
'all.
This is what political economists call
lhe "iron law Of wages" They saw that
Under the competitive system the natural
Increase of population would in time
make the supply of labor greater than
he demand, and that the results would
)e increasing concentration OF wealth
Ind the keeping Of wages down to the
mere point Of subsistence. That this is
he tendency of the present wage system,
ave as it is modified by other influences,
here can beno doubt. This tendency is
aggravated by the introduction of ma
.hineTy and the great tideof immigration
hat for years has been pouring into this
country These three forces--the natural
Increase Of population, machinery and
mmigration--render the continuance Of
he competitive wage system a constant
The advocate., 1890-11-12
A COMPETITIVE SYSTEM,
INDUSTRIAL SALVATION LIES IN OR.
GANlZATION.

labor Has the Power Through Cooperation To
Control the Means Of Production All the
Available Wealth of the World Has Been
PrOducedby the Vltalzlng POwerOf Labor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-09

with great prudence having kept all the
state buildings at Orono well insured
and for It's completion it will be neces-
sary to ask the remainder of the neces-
sary sum of the next legislature. Not
withstsnding the fact that by the late
generous endowment Of the National
Government the State College will
receive s2j 900 per year, no por-
ton of this can be expended for
buildings. Hence il will become
necessary for the State to make
an appropriation for the erection Of thi,
building; and it will be done the more
cheerfuily when il is understood that
hereafter the STATE will not be called up
on for appropriation for instruction and
other expenses. When the'United States
is making such magnificent yearly
endowrnents to the college, it seems the
least the State can do to provide the
needed buildings for the various depart
meuts of the institution. That this vii
be done eheerfuIly and promptly there
can be no doubt.
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mechanical engineering upon the north
side. The north side front Of the second
floor will be occupied by the rooms Of
the Yogng Meas Christian Association;
while in the south VIII be one and pos
sibly two private room. Tor professors,
xlth lecture, apparatus and recitation
rooms. The third floor will be used
entirely for drawing rooms for the civil
and mechanical engineering depart
ments, and being lighted from above
will be most admirably adapted for this
purpose The removal of the class and
drawing work Of the mechanical depart
meat from the shop will leave III 1t
building entirely free for the enlarged
demands Of practical shop work. This
new building will be finished on the
inside much IA the style of Coburn Hall
and an estimate of It's cost from the
architects places 1t at 50, 900. There is
available towards the erection OF this
new and greatly needed building tho
sum of so 900 which was the amount
of insurance obtained when WiDgatc
Hall was destroyed by iire-the trustees
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Proposed New Bidding at tbs esatc
College

Through the kindness Of President III.
C. Fernaid Of the state College, We pub
lish this morning an elevation from the
architects plans Of the proposed new
college building az Orono for the hngl-
neering Departments. This building l.
designed to take the place Of Wingate
Hail which was destroyed By fire year
and half ago, and the plans Of the safne
made by Prof r. F.. kidder, q graduate
of the college, ard the architect who
designed Cobarn Hall, have, 1t il under
stood. been accepted by the trustees.
This new building * designed TO be a
rectangular structure without an ell II
will have a frontage Of eighty i've feet
and depth Of sixty feet Il is to be Of
brick. three stories high, with some
what imposing bell tower in the front
centre of the building. The first
hoor will be given 40 to the Engineering
Departments with Instrument, draw
ing and recitation rooms for civil
upon the south side, and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-09

A syDdicste Of Augusta gentlemen vss
formed Monday which hss purchased for .
soodly sum the right to h, n lie the Shaver
Molecular Telephone In Kennsbec county.
A corporation will be formed for this county
and meanwhile they propose putting in
over hundred telephones ~ soon - pos-
sible. The syndicate 10 composed Of he
feilovina gentlemen; J. II. Marley. @.
A. Cory. c. n. White. E. Stone. D. A
Cony { Co.. B. T. Sanborn, c. 8. Heb
borne, Z. z. Davis & Co, Edwin c. Dsr-
leigh, Thos j. Lynch. NJ. 8. Campbell, :.
II. Walker. g. A. Robertson and =. 8.
Lyman.
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Mr.Smallet the London CORE poniept
of the New York rihun, Ia whiting of
the Psrneil case in hi> pager of Dee 6.
says that ruiz prevails among the Lon
don editors that nothing IA n a Ae said
or done Ia tleir ,nlaDn~ 20 p.eiu ice
either parry tn Peudiug g. ipn.
Whether the sciioH h, vi,iI 0r criminal
the rule l. the sAme aud II
is for the mos, part observed
with extreme eXsttness, "rhe pigeon
holes of the OH = nse be- stuffed with
the most sensational details. which
nevertheless remain in tlia pigeon-holes'
until the case Is disposed of What q
good rule this would be for our own
country provided American editors would
agr,e to H. SeBsalion1lism is the hane
of the American press and does more
harm than any other bad element in
journalism which can be imagined.
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AsHI.ASD.

have uafd DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup per-
son,lly and in NY family for two or three
yesrs, ard can say that there is nothing 10
compare 10 it as a remedy for coughs .coi1s,
etc Jas. Corrie, Baltimore, Nj.
"Whs. msfes that jor. that rierri mt Mt -
Rheumatic paias, nelralzic gou,,
Ssys ian Oil has pat to r5ut-
Salvation Oil. for besiing sent,
Salvation Oil, the liIimens.
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About 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon, SIS
Ffenchmsn was driving one Of frsenss
Coombs teams on Water street in the vicin-
ity Of the bridge, the runner Of the slsIgh
caught 10 the track Of the electric railfesd.
the sleigh was upset, the occupant throws
out, and the horse took bis ov, course
down Wafer street, which led him plump
into Mr.. c. NJ. Stureis's team, to Which
mot much damage Was done. bat II.
Coombs sleigh was well nigh demolished.
The horse sustained 70 serious injury.
Coombs' horse 10 said 70 have cleared Sssf-
gis's sleigh q . hound.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-09

The ladies Of the Unitarian Society will
hold their annual Xmas sale in their church
parlois. Wendesdsy and Thursday Of this
week Dec. 10 and H. There will be useful
and fancy articles for sale. FaysI baskets,
home made candies. jellies and preserves.
Door open at ten o'clok Wednesdsy morn.
ing. Thursday night supper will be served
from half past six to half past seven O'Clock.
Admission thjrty-five cents
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BACH CLUB GOSSIP.

They tell good story on the Parson aud
wherever he ia about the club and one o.
tn party has a friend in who is a stranger
.ome one will tell that storys The Parson
however. usually sccaeeds in keeping hi.
.empeI we'll in check.
Il ses ms that ore day the Parson walked
into tie p st Office to mail letter.
he stamp Office was closed at thu
tine SO h rummaged over bis
Pot kets for stamp TO put on his
Letter. Finally he unesrthed a couple Que
cent stamps that hadn't been torn apart
He maistened the stamp. when they fell
out IF his hand onto the floor. He looked
at them in disgust (the Parson has rheums
tism and disllkes to stoop) and then tried
TO pick them up LATE was with HIM at the
time and tells the story AS follows: M
sooner had the Psrson stopped over than hs-
Strengthened up in surprise to see the
sfamps slowly move along the f lor As
the Pars0n sazeu at the m they cor tiBu-d to
float Sloug in an easy iHde pendent way
toward the wall He ran his fingers through
his h4ir and pinched his ears TO see if he
were awake Ths n he followed the stamps,
which bad begun to slowly ascend the wall
You ought 10 have seen the appeslir z
lock in THAI mans eyes as he turned to me-
Whats the mater Parson, better go out
and ct drink to rt-ady your nerves-he
couldn'itrll gin from sulphuretted by drogeu
rever drank in bis life-you're going to
have fit.'
Better cal Norcross and have me driven
tn the asylum. just look at those stamps
At that moment they rose from the floor
and waited toward the ceiling
why man alive said, those
stamps are on the h)or directly in front CT
YOU, the trouble is in yourself though for
the life of me / couldn't tell what allied
en-. That made the reverend gentleman
mad and be made grab at EN- in the air
We'll boys right Underneath those stamps
was a large fly. The moistened stamps had
fallen on him as he was on the floor and
stuck to him."
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G. A. & II. Cony are putting 10 nearly .
complete new stock of sleighs owing to the
loss of those they had stored in Clark's
carriage shop at the time of the FIRE. They
have just purchased six single sleiehs and
one double sleigh. Russian, Of Wingass.
Simmons & Co, Union. The new sleighs
are beauties and thoroughly made.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-09

The amount Of mail handled at the Post
Office last week was 1854 sacks. which
completely breaks the record. 1t 10 the
largest quantity ever handled in the ZANE
length Of time, and 10 OF les.t fourth lsrg.
er than last years record would show, and
abou. double the showing Of four years
sgo II 10 expected that the amount for the
coming two weeks will be about the same,
owing to the holiday season.