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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24
BUY CORONA COAL.
John K. Warren, Manager.
Telephone 1920.
Their Heads in the Basket.

Washington, d. c., Sept. 23.-The civil
service commission is informed by the
treasury department that 1t has discon-
tinued the services of William Springer
and John Terney, deputy collectors Of
customs at Port Huron, Mich, who were
charged by the civil service commission
with having received political contribu-
lions from government employees.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

DANCING AT EAST LAKE.
Only a few more nights re-
main till Oct. u for Monta-
nos band and dancing at East
Lake. Go while you can.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

Fresh bread ana candy made
daily at G. w. Cody's, 1920 to
1926 Sd avenue. y5Fsv
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

FAIR GROUNDS SPECIALS.
On account of the bicycle
races and fireworks at fair
grounds the Bessemer and
Birmingham railroad will run
special trains, leaving I'd and
18th at 1880 and every hour
till fireworks display is over
this afternoon and evening.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24
At w oodlawn.

WOODLANDS public school opens Mon
day. The attendance will be very large.
Registration of pupils begins tomorrow
at o'clock, continuing until II; same
hours Saturday. The school building has
been thoroughly overhauled and many
conyenienees have been added. Professor
Dewberry's administration of the school
has won for it an enviable reputation.
To her educational advantages Wood
lawn owes much of her growth.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24
NOT ICE.

A meeting of the executive committee
of the democratic party of Chiffon county
is hereby called to meet in Clanton on
Saturday, the 26th day of September,
1896. 1t is necessary that each member
he present. Upton MULLINS,
a-o2-tf Chairman.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

MUSIC AT EAST LAKE.
Weber's matchless band will
play at East Lake again next
Sunday. Don't miss this.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

DANCING AT EAST LAKE,
Only few more nights re-
main (till Oct. u for Monta-
nos band and dancing at East
Lake. Go while you can.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

Go to East Lake on the new
electric cars.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24
GALES IN THE CHANNEL.

Bulbs cheap at. Godden's drug store.
CAN for catalogue 9-2s-tf
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24
GA GToHTA-.
ATHENEUM CAR

leaves city at 8 a. m. and
Atheneum at 3:O6 p. m. on
school days only. tt
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

A pipe of the largest Queen
olives ever seen in the city
was received by John Fox's
Sons yesterday.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

Mrs. B. Meyerstein has re-
moved to 1918 Sixth avenue,
north, next door to First
Methodist church, where she
will be pleased to receive her
friends and patrons. o-24-et
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

BUY
MOntevallo coal. Sold in car
load lots only at So. 25 pert ton,
delivered.
GEO. T.. THOMAS,
9-24-1m Agent.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

GRAND SACRED CONCERT
Weber's great brass and
reed band will delight the
thousands at East Lake this
afternoon. Go out.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

the old silver dollar. The fact that it
was omitted from our coins was referred
to In debate
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

Montano's band at East
Lake till October / for dances,
five nights a week. Go out.
Go to East Lake on the new
electric cars.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

WANTED-Meu in every county to act rs
private detectives under Instructions; ex-
perience unnecessary. Address Universal
Detective Agency, Indianapolis, Ind.
Q-o2-d3t-
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

WANTED-Situation to cook by a settled
woman; country preferred; best of refer
ences. Address Mrs. NJ. A. p, this office.
as At
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

WANTED-On October l a limited number
of boarders with good references at No.
3l3 22d street. All modern conveniences
Location central; best table in the. city;
table board a speciality; try one week ana
be convinced 9-24-10t
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

observation-disclosures to board with q
private family at No. 1872 West goth street;
references desired. 9-24-2t- thu-su
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24
WANTED.
-~~-~~~~~-~--~~~~~--~-|
q BIRMINGHAM 90
4 ALOAN COMPANY, 81 o

liz North Twentieth Street.
Call and sec our bargains in diamonds.
solid gold filled and silver watches, charms,
rings, jewelry of all kinds, adjusted
watches, pistols, cartridges. Money loaned
on all articles described above at reasonable
rates. Business strictly confidential. Pri-
vate entrance from the alley. oc29-tf
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

AN EXPERIENCED teacher desires posi-
ton as principal, assistant, governess
or hotel help Miss ''B. s. NJ Talladega,
Ala. 9-20-6t
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

MANUFACTURING for nice rooms in
new brick residence centrally located on
Northside. furnished or UNFINISHED, with
or without board, at very low rates. Adj
dress Box 723, city. 9-24-4t
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

Observation-Disclosures of dyspepsia and
Indigestion: Send for free samples of
to anyone; our tablets will permanently
and speedily cure any case of stomach
troubles. The Preston Chemical Co., Gin
cinnati O. 9-20-4t
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men. His name is Wildemouth. He
lodges 391 persons in his house every
night His rooms are by q feet and he
receives u cents per night for each of
these rooms.
/ went from there to Commercial street
lin WhitechapeD where | saw a place
called the Victoria home Qkept in the
same manner as the one on Osborne
street,, where the roOmers pay from 6
to II cents per night. Then | went
through the thiCkest part of Whitechapci
an alley called Petticoat lane. The
meat hanging in the stores and on the
sidewalks was so filthy that it sickened
me and | could not tarry long enough to
even ask the price of it. | asked the
price of herrings-l cent each. Bread
was l cent loaf and it was hard look
ing bread; potatoes one-half cent
pound; onions One-half cent q pound; 3
pounds of carrots for cents Such
filthy trading market would disgust
stole. They live in filth. breed in filth
and die in filth, knowing nothing else
The Casual Ward"
Then | went to a public institution
known as a casual ward. the same one
| visited eight years ago. l found il
Just as it was in 1888. The keeper, or
guardian, told me this ward had been
in existence for more than thirty years
and that there were thirty such places
in London at present. These insr;tutions
are kept as public places and are rely
pOOrhOuses. If a man has no money, he
can 90 there and apply for admittancp
which he Gets if the place is not already
filled. When received. they are kept in
confinement for two nights aud one day,
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ground floor of this clearinghouse is a
large room for the men TO sit in. The
kitchen below contained a large closed
cooking range which was red hot and
the 0dor of the cooking going on made it
anything but enyiable to be in. The lodg-
ers all cook for themselves and have a
variety of things to cook and they are
not very particular as to how many diff
ferent things are cooked together in the
same pot We went upstairs and saw
800 beds, which are let at three differ
ent prices-G, s and l. cents per night
The 12-cent lodger has u place boarded
off 10 hlmself-nO water. no towel.
Wealth and Poverty Mixed.
Manchester, with her 50O,O 900 popula-
ton, boasts Of her wealth and manufac-
turing resources and one would suppose
that all of the people alike lived in pail
aces; but to examine into the exact con
dition | find quite the reverse. Thou
sands of these people live on alcohol.
When they earn any money, il goes for
alcohol chiefly.
Coming back to my hotel. the Queens 5.
facing one of the finest streets in Man
chester, is the Royal inhrmary. all along
the front of which there are seats which
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the working people and comparing their
wages with those of Americans. Four
years ago / made a second visit for the
same purpose and on August u, 1896,
left New York, for the third time to
make another investigation | arrived
In Manchester on August 20 and there
began my investigation, where | found
more restitution than l had ever seen
In any other city.
The "Cesspool" Of Manchester.
Standing. looking up Angel meadow,
q graveyard on the left and behind one
of the worst courts in Great Britain
public houses of course, and all around
population struggling in the ocean of
moral and social degradation, it has
been called the 'ceSspool of Manches-
ter" Its history is a history of dirt
vile crime, drunkenness. riot, cruelty
and robbery. The houses are low and
dilapidatcd. and many are yillainous
holes, unventilated. undrained. corrupt.
reekiEg with smells. utterly infamous
and sickenng both to body and mind
all this within few minutes walk OF
the Queens hotel, the Exchange and
railway stations.
There are scores of rooms furnished
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to manufacture your goods and supply

to o manufacture your goods and supply
His answer wasI 1--WE want the Amer
lean market. 1t is the greatest market
IN the world and during the time the
Mckinley bill was a law our manufac-
tuTers were quite paralyZed."
There was exported from Bradford
during the last nine months of the ex-
istence of the Mckinley law STATS 900
worth of goods. This was from January
!, 1894, 10 September 80 1894 During
the corresponding period of the following
year from January l, 1895, to Septem-
Der 30, $500, under the Wilson bill,
the exports from Bradford amounted to
$2l,11l. 600. Five times as much under
the Wilson bill as under the Mckinley
bill. The total exports for the year 1895
from Bradford amounted to S21, 745, 900.
hese exports include thirty-seven items,
but consist chiefly Of card clothing. cot
ton goods, iron and steel, machinery.
hosiery, stuffed goods, worsted goods,
yarns, silks. etc.
Mr.. Meeker. United States consul at
bradford, furnished me these statistics
which were taken from his reports to the
state department.
We manufacture similar goods in
America, but on account of the Wilson
tariff bill We have been deprived of the
| chance TO manufacture them, and the
money which should have been paid TO
our own working people has been paid
to the laboring people of Great Britain.
Our ChImneys have ceased smoking
while theirs are in full blast Our
working people are idle and deprived of
a living on account of this ubiquitous,
free trade, Wilson tariff
Business Thrives in Birmingham.
| left Bradford on August "A for Biz
mingham, passing through Leeds and
Sheffield, whose iron and steel works are
in full blast. Not only in these places,
but all over England, this line of in
dustry is prospecting. And the factories
are running full time and the greater
part of their product is shipped to the
United States. And while their works
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with q table, chair, a thing called a
BED and a few pots. These rooms are
sublet for lS cents a night for two
size II by 10-where people eat, cook
and sleep. | entered some of these
houses-if such name could be given
to the novels | saw-and in one | asked
Of a woman:
reply; !, go, nov for -" ~ronr and
SIX (S10Sl a week
Have you the whole houseE No,
sir; only this room" lSiZc l. by 10
"Do YOU sleep in here Yes, sir;
we sleeps, eats, cooks and everything
You have room above-up the
stairs = NO, sir; that's another par
tvs"
Can I 90 upg' yes, I dare say he
will let you.
What do you do fer IiviugF My
husband sells sandstone. sand and blue
mole or he gives the stone and gets
rags, bottles, bones or old iron for
them"
what does he earn in a week."
Al this question the woman smiled.
well. it depends sometimes more,
ling ~ centsl, another day i and .
(56 cputs@ and 50 on.
should say here that the agent finds
the pots, pans, bed and fire, such as
thu, are, for l viii not attempt to de
ser h. them. This l viii say-no dog
Of min, ~auu1 ever be allowed TO sleep
on what is called q bed in those places.
The whole outfit was not worth 10
cents.
Have you back yard?" NO. sir"
Where IS your closet, them
there, sir pointing to three closets
In the street.
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England for each person taken from
reports published by Parliament is about
$3.50 n difference in favor of America
of sos per capita. Now there are thou
sands of people in England who do not
receive one-half this $3.50. We pay our
angle iron smiths 80 per cent. more than
they are paid in England; our black
smiths, lO2 per cent. more: our boiler
makers, A per cent. more; our brick
layers, 125 per cent. more; our boiler
shop helpers, 50 per cent. more; our
carpenters, 165 per cent. more; our con
ductOrS ton express trainsl. $40 per cent,
more; our locomotive engineers, l91 per
cent. more; our police. 26O per cent.
more; our telegraph operators, 1913 per
cent. more: our train dispatChers, 3l6
ers. 15S per cent. more. The difference
in all classes of labor is the same as
these examples | mention.
The engineers who run the fastest e1-
press trains on the road in England get
but $1O.SO per week for ten hours per
day. The fremen get $500 per week or
9S cents per day. The guards (who
correspond with our COnductors) get
from $3.50 to S6.72 per week. The por-
ters 1--WE call them brakemenl get S456
per week. This is A sample of the pay
of English labor. Our engineers In
America on the express trains re-, sc
SID per week, our .aiuu,-,yrs S26
and our brakeman SIS. We pay more
than dUuGle the wages paid in England,
mere railroad fare Is higher and the
coal cheaper than in America
The following table of wages answers
all the freetrade fallaces of the Demo.
cratic party and cannot be disputed:
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Ibis court" was horseshoe pattern
and contained houses-1S dwellings
. on one side and t on the other. and
these three closets were all there was
1or this whole court"
Board and Lodging.
These novels are inspected by the DO
ice. | found a certificate in the hall of
one Of them dated March %. 1893, and
signed a: T. Wood, chief police super
lntendent. These certificates are signed
at his Office, and probably he never Wis
its the places.
One man told me he had for his break
fast bread and butter and tea-no meat
and for his dinner bread and bacon,
but meat was a luxury he could not af-
ford. The tenants fOcked around me by
the dozen in Aliller'S court. | would
have been glad to have taken some pho
tographs of these scenes and courts. .
but the weather was too cloudy for any
satisfactory results
| passed from this court 70 another
and, going to door, | asked, What
do you do for living?' The man there
answered, Il take in dodgers"
What do you charger "Fourpence
Is cents per night or sevenpence IA
cents couple" CThe man saw there
were two of u.s.
Passing on, we came to the largest of
its kind. containing 1916 beds. On the
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are running full time our people are idle.
Today the goods that are being made in
Leeds and in Sheffield would were it not
for the Wilson bill, be made in the
United States.
| spent day in Birmingham, which
is another thriving and prosperous manu-
featuring center. Here also the people
are very DESTROYS that no change be
made in the present American tariff
schedule which would result in depriying
them OF our market for their goods.
The British Chain Gang.
After leaving horc I went to Cradley
IIeath-am0ug the women chainmakers
and women hla.ksmiths-to witness the
misery there which | had visited in
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are occupied by poor people from the
SlumS. | was informed that many sat
there the whole night. so | arose early
the next morning and went across to the
seats and found that 30. 2 Of whom
were women. enc with "a child, had sat
there all night because they had not the
necessary & cents for a bed.
The trade of Manchester is very much
depressed at Notwithstanding the pres
idential election in the United States.
The merchants of the United States are
ma king very small purchases now, be
cause they fear q new tariff bill and
because American consumption Is less
ened through the idleneSS of the people
and their inability to buy. The manu-
facturers and shippers here DO not want
any change in the present American
tariff. But they say they would rather
have Mckinley for President than Bry-
an, for if Bryan is elected and a silver
standard declared in the United States.
they cannot sell their goods at all TO
America. Yet they despiSe Mckinley
for, as the London Times stated a few
days ago his infamous tariff bill
Trade Paralysis in Bradford.
Leaving Manchester. visited Brad
ford. which is the largest wooden and
shoddy manufacturing district IN the
world Trade i paralyZed there as tar
as United States shipments are con
cerned at present. The manufacturers
are awaiting the election Of the PreSl-
dent of the United States, 10 know
whether he will be a free trader or pro
tectionist. The merchants are very much
agitated on this accouut-for they can
get hut few orders from the United
States. | said to one Of them: y on
have now the whole British empire nm
Guiding Indial with a population 81 al
most so. OO0 600 controlled by her ma les
ty. to supply; Why are you not .etistleo
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two) and he told me it was hi. wife

two) and he told me it was hi. wife.
who was very sick. All around were
signs of poverty. 1t was not fit for hui
man beings. 1t made me chill with
pity as looked on this terrible scene.
Going through a little court about 10x
10 feet, in the rear of this house. l came
TO the shop where one of his daughters
makes chain with another woman. !
asked her name and she told me Clara
Boyley. Her age is - years.
She has been making chain for five
years and receives from S1.I5 to SCI
a week for her work. She makes three
eighths inch chain and Is paid S1.O2 for
112 pounds. For breakfast she has
bread and butter and tea and sometimes
a piece of bacon. She told me she
worked from O'Clock in the morning
until in the evening; that the only rea
son she SJaid there was because she
could not save enough money to pay her
fare away from the town.
The buildings look as if they had stood
for centuries, and as | passed through
the little court leading into the house
and which i walled on every side by
houses | counted fifteen little children
from to 8 years of age playing to
gether in all the filth that could sur
round a blacksmith shop in this district.
Across the alley was another shop where
another daughter was making chain.
She is married, has one child and makes
S2.16 per week.
She has been making chain for twenty
years, having commenced when she was
u years old. Her husband, a chain
maker also, earns from So to $3.50
week.
Mrs. Polly Fowkes has four daugh-
tiers making chain. She is 81 years old
and has made chain since She was
years of age but is now too old to work
at it any more. Each of the daughters
makes from $120 TO $50 per week.
They live in a little old house. with
stone flooring. Here they cook and eat
and live in the same room all huddled
together. The girls are very smart at
the forge. | set five girls to work in
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There are 80 friendly societies of
trades unions in Great Britain with a
membership of 1,o43 900 taken from re-
port of House of Commons. Several
If these societies are located in London
and include some of the trades enumer-
ated in the Booth table The societies
control the wages of their various trades,
and were il not for the stand they take
their wages would he reduced by the
manufacturer to a lower standard than
they are at present. which is less than
one-half of what IS paid in America.
HlrEer Wages "a America.
Our last census report of 1890 gave
US 4.712.622 people employed in manu-
featuring. the average yearly earning ot
each person being SASS. The average in
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One pauper to every 81 persons. TWENTY
eight paCpers 10 every 1000 persons.

One pauper to every 81 persons. TWENTY
eight pRCpers 10 every 1000 persons.
Cost TO maintain these paupers
annually. ..................... s57, 1884.
Cost TO maintain the queen and
the royal family. ...........,.. s2,9o3.77,
and his secretaries. ...t...,..~-. $500
The population of the British empire
including India and the colonies, IS $40
10000. There are 30 colonies and 40
distinct governments.
Life in LpuGo Or.
I arrived In London August 2s. and
made a visit TO Whitechapel l visited
a lodging house on Osborne street.
asked for the proprietor and was intro
duced to him They call him the gov
ernor" to distinguish him from other
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1883 and in 1892. There are women
there by the thousands who make chain
for q living in old, low buildings adjoiu-
ing their houses.
One man, William Boxley, said he
was % years old and earned so cents a
day as a IabOrer, when he could work.
He has five daughters and five sons
Three of this daughters are chainmakcrs
and one works in brickyard, carrying
brick. went into his houSe. On the
lower floor was room with a slonn
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FREE TRADE MISERY,
Nathaniel Mckay Tells of His Tour
Through British Manufac-
turing Centors.
PEEP AT POVERTY IN LONDON,
Working Women at Masculine Labor
Stern Facts for Our Wage
Farmers.
PEEP AT POVERTY IN LONDON.

Free-trade slavery still exists IN the
I1Flush empire Notwithstanding the re-
euctIon Of the American tariff, which
ssenents the English manufacturer but
does not reach the British workman.
Eight years ago | visited England for
the purpose of studying the condition Of
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are no p0orhouses in Brownsville staring
these workin. people in the face" They
make from six to EIGHT times the wages
Of the poor people at Wjgan. and here
are no women at work wheeling coal IN
the United States.
Pauper. in the British Empire.
Population Of Great Britain and --,.,o.,
1at,-.-s - IOIS. OBS