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The advocate., 1891-09-09
HUMAN LIFE IS CHEAP.
STARTLING REVELATIONS OF THE
SWEATING" SYSTEM AS 1T PRE-
Walls IN CHICAGO.

Hours and Scarcely Earn Enough to Buy
Their FOOd-The Trades Assembly Begins a
Crusade Which Brings to Light State Of
Affairs Disgraceful to America.
From the Chicago Times.
It was a trip to be remembered, and
yet there was nothing romantic about it
IL was only q run through homes where
want and squalor reign; down into damp,
dingy cellars or up among the garrete
and Cobwebs OF a tenement house 70
where profuslOn Of silken plushes, rich
velvets and expensive cloths, seemed out
Of place among the pale, wan faces Of the
men, women and children who slave,
exist, fade and die that the shoddy aris-
tOcracy Of the country may be clothed
at the lowest possible cost. The expen-
sive cloak and the swelllsh coat may look
we'll upon the wearers, but they are
bought at the cost of the lives of the
operators.
Most of the operators are foreigners,
and as no one knows them no one cares
for them. A few hundred of them, more
or less In the year, do not count for much
to the millionaire manufacturers and
dealers, and no thought Is given TO the
blasted hopes and aching hearts across
the ocean, where there are hundreds Of
others awaiting news that will never be
penned by the stiff, cold fingers that have
at last found rest in some quiet unknown
grave In potter's field. %.
Yes, they are only foreigners, and they
are the slaves Of taskmasters of their
own nationality, Unable to speak the
English language, they are unable to
know what American liberty really is,
and they bow to the mandates of the
Sweaters" ss submissively as they ever
did to royal edict or imperial ukase In
their homeland. The sweater" is the
one man who stands between them and
starvation. To be discharged by him
would mean q choice between death or
crime, for no other sweater" would en-
ploy them, aud their inability to speak
English would leave them unable to
make their wants known. His word Is
their law, and none dare disobey.
COMING CASH FROM BLOOD.
And yet these are the people who are
brought into competition with the free
American workmen Of to-day-not for
their own welfare but for the benefit Of
the few, and that the blood Of all, whether
Of the foreigner or his American COM
petitor, may be coined into golden dol
lars.
It was q trip through small section
OF the Nineteenth ward yesterday that
revealed many strange sights. II was at
tended by Health Officer Barron, M. H.
Madde, Mrs. Thomas J. Morgan, and Mr..
M. J. Mitchell of the trade and labor
assembly, Bernard Milisky and III. Ma
hensky, representing the cloakmRkers,
union, and members Of the press repre-
sentlng the public generally. There was
hurried walk from the hall on Twelfth
street, over to Clinton street. where
shaggy, frowsy heads bedecked with
many colored shawls and handkerchiefs,
protruded from numerous windows, and
formed the only brilliant relief to the
ruinous buildings In the nelghbOrhOod.
Open garbage boxes called loudly for re-
.,...,,nI hO% tho,, aoarnod IN ho tha Rovorlto
The advocate., 1891-09-09

horse could be seen sweltering in the
heat and vainly trying to get breath Of
the fresh air. A wooden stairway on the
outside led to the upper floor Of 445
Clinton street, where M. Weinschenker
resides.
AFRAID TO TELL THE TRUTH.
The place seemed badly ventilated and
overcrowded. One little pale-faced girl
sat beside a pile of boys knee trousers.
SLOW old are you" she was asked.
"Eleven years."
"What'S your nameY
aida Harris"
"How long have you been working at
this?"
"Three years."
Mrs. Welnschenker had been listening
and watching the girl up to this, and she
at once poured out volley of uuintelli-
gible lingo.
"That is | mean I've only worked a
year, but I'm four years In the country. ;.
/ went to school three years."
"That women told her to say she was
only working three weeks instead Of
three years" said one of the cloakmskers'
delegates, "but she would not say Il"
He referred to Mrs. Welnschenker.
"HOw much do you get?"
"One dollar week."
"What do you do for it?"
"Sew buttons"
"How many?"
81 sew ten DOZEN"
"On Sunday tooY"
eyes, but we get Saturday afternoon" !"
She said further that her father was
dead, and that with the earnings of an
older brother and sister they managed to
keep house. Thirteen people in all were
crowded into the space necessary for less
than half the number.
SHE GETS TWO DOLLARS A WEEK.
s. Messenger has q small room at 101
DeKoven street where six people were
employed. One girl of fifteen said she
had been there two weeks and could earn
$3.50 week while learning the business,
but IeveFY word she said was noted by
the employer, who is sub-contractOr for
Heilprin & Co., the Market street whole
sale dealers In clOaks and ladies' furnish
ingS at Van Buren and Market streets.
Other employees declined or were unable
to speak English, and no further infor-
nation was received.
In the rear of the same building was q
small room barely large enough to hold
the bed, table and chairs that furnished
It. There, too, was pile Of boys knee
trousers. A middle-aged woman refused
to talk English, and in the Italian Ian
gusge she roundly berated little girl
for giving any information. The child
was overswed by the officer, and answered
readily that she "worked TO help mamma"
and that her name was Josie Fredricka.
She was only 10 years old, and made
button holes, Jsewed the bands, and put
the lining around the bottom Of the
trousers for cents q dozen. She could
earn nearly 81 week.
A call was made next on Beres Sissman
ct Canal and DeKoven streets. On learn
ing the object OF his visitors Sissman at
once flew into q terrific rage. and hA-
The advocate., 1891-09-09

DR.. Prices stands for pure toC
one little girl of 13 years striving hard to
earn 81 a week for ten hours work.
Several other girls few years older took
the chance to say that they were earning
only 81 to 1925 per week. At the door
was the following notice signed by 3
junior slave driver.
.,........... Observation-Disclosures.
|: When you want to leave give two days
{: notice. s. BERENsON. {:
ats all the same," said one who once
worked there, "they keep enough OF your
wages to make sure you will have to
come for it."
A small dog wrestled with a bone at
445 Canal street. He had evidently been
trained up in the way he should go, for
a dish of corn beef stood alongside on the
filthy floor. Several flights of stairs led
to the upper floor, portion of which
was occupied by Herman Raffowitz. The
workroom was somewhat brighter and
cleaner than others visited. The work
men were all Polish Jews and they
seemed to be contented. Their working
room Is their sleeping room, and in one
corner Is closet filled with straw mat
tresses, which are duly used every night.
Reffowitz supplies the firm Of Grlswold
& Palmer with plush goods.
At $50 Jefferson street the proprietor
and his wife had been duly warned and
the operators were gone. The machines
had been crowded together so as to give
the little, stuffy rooms q more airy ap-
pearance, but 1t failed In Its object. The
place was in charge of Isaac Qullp, who
works on plush goods and cloaks for
Louis Adler & Co.
WORK SEVENTEEN HOURS.
The semi-co-operative concern Is oper-
sted at 395 Jefferson avenue. The place
Is small wooden tenement surrounded
by filth, for which, however, the operat-
ors are not to blame. The stencil Is sim
ply horrible, but they endure It from
o'clock in the morning until s, or 10
o'clock, or until tired nature refuses to
bear the strain any longer.
ayes, we work twelve, fifteen or
eighteen hours most Of the tlme," said j.
Berman, one of the operators, "and we
get 81 q dozen for these" holding up q
pair of boys trousers.
"Whatl Just for putting them to-
gether?"
"Oh, no, no! We get the cloth. We
pay everything-buttons, buttonholes,
finishing thread. We pay express to
bring them here and take them back.
We pay all and get about 40 cents doz-
en- clear"
"How many do you make In dayHn
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-03

inz wbelpsw Gnd even ~ no thus used
LANGUAGE whict cannot he written, the
bark evung her yar,ls 20 a. ~ iill upon the
sails. aud lettinA 90 Captain Jones b +,
which drpped. s.nieily rocking, a.
riided a,s..g hsr couise. her Tying Som
end pointing at something vest
r.n,si,, I,,c. .tood lookipr n
bereft Of bis reason, and many n.
sew the see wori. ;. > le1 ,ed fro'a .is
llps. AgNr 'ookp. 5rs 'serteu
decks. There ,as nothing be seen 10
tte sha.c human nature 80 single
ma. 'N'rin. In the forescuttle, and this
heau ap9..rci 70 b. graphically describing
what :; ey'-s Jcheld to the hidden mob DO
nea,n, else ~ should Captain Zones a.
count for the continued roar OF dsris
laughter which saiutcd hisearsi Hesivod
aloue upon bis deck, either the Only Mate
and tho carpenter had bcen kidnapped Or
thoy had deserted him. and Captain Jones
was perfectly right In not doubling for a
moment that they hal deserted him.
lie rushed forward.
"Men," be hawle,l. up with yei You
shall have your way I'm lonely man.
D0n't stop to consider ie shall have your
way. but you must bear hand
Upon this. mp through The hatch, with
the agility n a scfman sprang Black sam.
lie was followed by the cook aud Peter,
and In lilly all hands wcru on deck.
see that bark" roar,d the captain.
"rhe mate and Mr. Chips have deserted
me Tor her. They've stolen my boat Nol
I'm not going to stop TO pick herup She'll
lc fifteen pounds against Nj johnson and
ok months atop u It for robbery. I'm go.
Ing TO follow that bark, I'm going TO ge,
those two men out Of her. 1.-THE bark dont
surrender EN- I'm going 70 run her down.
Tnrn to now, NJ ,ds' and you shall have
your way"
"weli. We ZEE you're Ia q hurry, cap'n.H
aid Black sam, "and NJ SO Know Wha;
our wrongs l., and as " mean 10 right EN-
IN the manner took the liberty " point
Ing out yesterday, W. wen turn tn. Give
your orders. and you'll find NJ willing"
The captain forthwith gave hIs orders.
fIls commands would not he Understood
by the landsman. Enough II say that In
= very short time the Rose fully clothed
IN canvas. was standing with her head %.
rect for the bark. IN able seaman NJ her
wheel. the captain pacing the quarter
deck. the cook preparing breakfast Tor the
men IN the galley. and the sailors, each u
them with glass u grog IN him, looking
~ The distant lRufu " the bark over the
bows
The Rose, a. have said was clipper
The wind bad somewhat frvsheued. aud ln
this pursuit the vessel brought IL about q
point bgfop tho beam. Far ahead leaned
the bark. tall aud unsghily. hcellns Out 10
the SUI space u green copper, while NJ
this moment q fortupmast studdlnTsall
went slowly soaring 10 the yariarm.
Captain Jones gave a loud laugh 81 con.
tempt lie knew that his ship could sail
three feet to the barka Que, even though
the chsso should heap the canvas u
Royal George upon herself lis went on
10 his iorccastle aud sent man M Tor a
large blackboard. upon which he wrote In
chalk
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-03
TWO mslNlres.

lonely way. and as went mine eyes
Could not unfastsn FROM the sprinK's rves,
things
La.h sprou,ed Fras,. and all that climbs and
cinKa
N loase deep hedges. where the primrose lies
10 her own fairness-huried blDofns surprise
Tho piundcfef bee and stop his mnfmurinEs-
And the gisd hu,ter Of = nnchs wing,
outstartlas small blue spec klcd buttsrnits
Blis.fuliy did one .pecdwcii plot bexulle
Ny whole heart long ! loved each separate
flower.
Kneailug. looked up suddenly O0di
There stretched the shining plain for many .
mile.
Tho n,4entAirs roo with what inyincible
ruvefi
Add Lou the sky vas fathomless and broad
-Ldwarl DoNdon In Englilh Illustrated.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-03
Health is Wealth

ph z. Q, Wssr's Nrnyn AND BRAfk Tan,
sAsf, guAr.hteed speOiae Tor IIystsria' M,
snes., You kulalnns, nv, Nervous NeuTaiFiA
~ ~ Anohpl u tonaecp, aketsisafa, Mental
n'lftssion, aoftening % tho Hrain. resaitin.
y insAnu Ahu leading ~ misery, deeay ani
" over eheflpn of the BRAIN Eaeh box enn
aus one months treatment 81 90 a bon ~ ~ ~.
osass Tor b0, seat BY mai prepaid on feesin,
WI GUARANTEE sIx noxIs
10 cure any ease. with each ord. ,.'-,.
~ v, ivf "a boxes, accompanied Wiih t,hc
- WI s.hi me purchaser our written gu.r.n
seilfd the money u the TeAtmsnt ass.
I'm Sue,t cure, anAfAnteaa lg.ned II.
IoiNsoNi PRATT a co, DTursisis All.
~.'n"' " hAiA street, s-lt LAko Ciiy, UtaA.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-05-28
First publication May IA, 18O1.)
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the payment
of the sum of three hundred and forty-nine
dollars and eighty-twO cents (S349, 82)
which Is claimed to be due al the date OF
this notice upon certain mortgage, duly ex-
ecuted and delivered by Albert Amerman and
mortRagors, to Chas. K. Clark as mortgagee,
bearing date the eleventh day of March, A. D.
1859, and, with power of sale therein con.
tanned, duly recorded in the office OF the reg.
wood, and State of Minnesota, on the 18th day
of March, A. u. 1889. at two o'clock p. m in
book ten OF mortgages, on page $685. and NO
action or proceeding having been instituted
at law or otherwise, to recover the debt Sc
cured by said mortgage. or any part thereof;
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that
Dy virtue OF the power Of sale contained in
said mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in
such case made and provided, the said mort.
gage will be foreclosed by sale Of the prem.
Uses described in and conveyed by said mort
gage, viz:
Lots numbered one ~ and two () in block
MI bered sixteen Q6). in Watsun's third (3d)
addition to the city of Redwood Falls accord
office of the register OF deeds, in
Redwood county and State of Minnesota,
with the Entertainments and appurtenances
which sale will be made by the sheriff of said
Redwood county at the front door of the court
house. in the village of Redwood Falls in said
county and state. on the Goth day OF June A.
D. 1891, at onelo'clock p. m. of that day, at pub
lie vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, to
pay said debt and interest, on said premises
and twenty five dollars attorneys fees as slip.
ulated in and by said mortgage in case of fore
closure. and the disbursements allowed BY
law; subjectto redemption at any time within
one year from the day Of sale, as provided by
law. Dated May 14th, A. o. 81.
.ao CHAs. X: CLARK,
Attorney for mOrtga9ee,
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HARD SENSE.

Congressman Deliver, of Iowa,
whose reputation for brilliant rhetoric
has become worldwide, made most
happy speech at the banquet of the
American Tariff League in New York,
in response to the Observation-Disclosures
Versus Cheapness." Speaking of the
sentiment of President Harrison's re-
mark: II am one of those political
economists that have an impression
that some things may be too cheap
Mr.. Dolliver said:
1t is a great mistake to sit at this
table, rich with the display of luxuries
distinctly American. | live in the corn
country, in the center of the agricul-
tural empire of the Northwest; on the
alluvial prairie between your great riv-
ers, where men in fifty years, by the
miracle of homestead settlement, have
done the work of five generations
(Cheers) It is land of plenty which
has welcomed with open hospitality
every race and tongue and never YET
refused to an industrious man the rea
sonable reward of life. (Applause.) Il
is true, as Senator Hiscock has just
said, that we have furnished to the
people of New York some mortgages
Most of our people crossed the Missis
sippi river with little beside strore
hearts and willing hands, and in &C
years have achieved an extraordinary
material progress. Our debts stant
for our investments and not for ou
losses. They represent our enterprise
and not our misfortunes, our propert!
and not our poverty. (Applause.) The,
will be paid to the last penny in tn
legal currency of the country, not ,
coin clipped nor a dollar deprecated
No community in the United States
has more perfect understanding O
the relation of the farm to the factory
than the people of Iowa.
They believe in buying what the,
need as far as they can at home anc
in selling what they produce as far a
they can in the market places of thei
own country. Being largely engaged
in buying live stock for sale, they Sc
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-05-28
Blue Fr0Qt,

But if you want suggestions for
dinner, breakfast or tea, call at the
Blue Front.
How would a rasher of our prime
Sugar cured Ham or Breakfast Ba-
con do for breakfast.
Whether you observe lent or not,
there are many ways in which Fish
may be served to vary your bill O
fare. We have best quality, in bul
or pals. Mackerel in tomato sauce
Relishes, such as Tomato Catsup
ChowChow, Pickles, etc.
Pettijohn's Breakfast Food, Oat-
meal, Flake Hominy, etc.
New England Mincemeat for pies.
For sauce, California and dome S
tic canned goods and dried fruits
Fresh consignment of Lemons and
Oranges.
Best Teas, Cofees and all staple
Groceries.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-05-28

Todd Co. Argus. 1t now appears
that the appropriation for the binding
Irvine mandatory at Saltwater will
not be available until August and con-
sequently it can do the farmer no good
this season. Besides this the hemp
Irvine offorded by the state for cash at
ten cents per pound is no better
than the hemp Irvine offered at the
same rate by dealers with time till fall
for payment. 1t was shown fully to
the satisfaction of business men before
the state invested in the plant that it
could not be of any value to the farm
ers but would entail heavy expense
on the state. Notwithstanding this
such visionary and impractical men as
DR.. Fish, of the Great West, and a few
others of his ilk who are accorded
leaders of the Alliance worked the
scheme up and crowded it through to
getting the Appropriation. These men
who are responsible for it may have
meant to do good thing for the farm
ers of the state, but it will only result
n spending the state funds,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-05-28
Virst Publication April Esd. 1871
MORTGAGE SALE.

Whereas, default has been made in the con-
ditions OF certain mortgage executed and
delivered by A Andrew Lidinberg and Anna,
his wife. mortgagors, to the Colonial s. United
States Mortgage Company-Limited, mort
gagee, dated the 1st day of De emher, A. D
eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and record
ed In the office of the register of deeds of the
county Of Redwood, in the state of Mimi esota,
on the nth day of January, A. D. 1882 at 10
o. clock a. M, in book of mortgages on page
543 on which there is claimed tt be due, at the
date OF this notice, the amount of 1894 and no
aetO; or proceeding has been instituted at
law or IN equity to recover the debt secured
by said mortgage or any part thereof.
Now, notice is hereby given, that by virtue
OF power of sale cont aimed in said mortgage
and OF the statute in such case made and pro-
vlded, said mortgage will be fOreclosed by sale
OF the mOrtgagcd premises therein described,
at public auction at the front door of the
court house in the village of Redwood Falls,
in the county of Redwood, and state of Minne-
sofa, on Saturday, the sixth day of June, AID.
eighteen hundred and ninety-one. at two
O'Clock in the afternoon. to satisfy the
amount which shall then be due on said mort
gage, wit the interest thereon, and costs and
expenses OF sale, and attorneys fees as stipu-
lated in said mortgage in case of foreclosure.
The premises described in said mortgage and
so to be sold, are the lot, piece or parcel Of
land situated in the county of Redwood and
state of Minnesota, and known and described
as follows, to wit: The east half of the north
west quarter of section ten, in township one
hundred and nine, in range thirty-eight, west
of the 5th p. m.
COLONIAL UNITED STATES MORTGAGE CON-
A. v. EASTMAN. Mortgagee.
Attorney Of Mortgage.
Dated April 18th, 1891.
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Carleton college observatory recently,
making it one of the b st equipped OBJ
servatories in tie West.
Twenty-one thousand pensioners
joined the silent army, on the tenting
ground of the Great Beyond, during
the year 1890. The hand of death is
very rapidly eras:ng from the rosters
the names of the grand magnificent
army of those who wore the blue.
Silently, yet swiftly and surely is the
grape and canister of Father Time
decimating their ranks. Hereafter
there is not a doubt but that the death
rate will more than equal the number
of new pensioners enrolled. Then let
this talk about the immense sums ex-
pended for soldiers pensions cease.
If loyalty and decency will not do it,
then let cold facts temper your utter
ances, and stand guard over your SEN
timents. To be sure there are, here
and there pensions unworthily be-
towed. These are the exceptions rather
than the rule. Onethird of a century
ago, the men who today walk with
faltering footsteps, went forth to save
oar nation, with firm and gallant tread
the youth and pride of American
homes. All too soon will the boys who
fought with Grant, and Sherman, and
Sheridan, be followed to their narrow
homes on the hillside. All honor, then
to the Grand Army of the Republic
Fix
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, In Probate Court,
Sss. Special term,
COUNTY OF REDWOOD, Nav 18th 1891
In the matter of the estate of Randall Whit
ing, deceased.
letters of administration upon said estate
having been this day granted by said court to
FIX: Whiting, of said county of Redwood
II IS ordered that the creditors of said de-
ceased be allowed to present their claims
against said estate. for examination and al
iowance by this court, on any day hereafter
until the 18th day of October, A. D. 1891
ordered further. that the first Monday n
each month thereafter, until and includp 2
salo 18th day Of October, AID. 1891, at the gen
eral terms of said court, at the city of Red
wood Falls. in said county of Redwood proofs
to substantiate such claims will be taken be-
fore said judge, and all such claims have to
oe presented end fled in said court during
the period fixed by this court.
ordered further, that notice thereof be CIV
en- to such creditors. and all others concerned,
by publication of this order four successive
weeks in the Redwood Gazette. weekly
newspaper printed and published in said
county of Redwood BY the court,
E. d. FRENCH. Judge of Probate.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-05-28

A decision of the Z. S. supreme
court, holding that the original pack
age law is valid, and that it went
into effect in all states in which pro-
hibitory laws prevail, was made pub
lie last Monday. Thus the law is al
lowed to do just what it was framed
Tor doing -permit states to regulate
or prohibit the liquor business as they
see fit, without outside Interference
under the specious plea of freedom of
inter state commerce.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-05-28

The alliance and democra' ic papers
Still insist that the republicans ran the
last senate. And yet those words of
Mr.. Donnelly, "the combine has Or
ganized the senate; it expects to get
the blame for bad Legislation or no
legislation at all; and it insists on hay
ing the credit for good legislation y
are still heard ringing from the pine
clad hills of the north to the green
prairies bordering on tie Hawkeye
state.
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Redwood Gazette.
THURSDAY, MAY Is, 1891.
That shrinkage of 100000 in I'll

That shrinkage of 2,5OO,OOO in the
exports of North Germany to AmericA
for the first quarter of 1891, as COM
pared with the corresponding period
of last year, means that substantially
S,5OO,OOO worth more of goods has
been manufactured in American work
shops. American mechanics and farm
ers are not displeased with this sort of
thing. Boston journal.