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Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-12-17

BY B. J. SHARP.

Production and consumption would
keep pace with each other because the
producer would be the consumer
as well.
This method would simplify distri-
button by withdrawing from the
ranks of distribution the vast army
of needless employers and employees
who in trade for "what is in it,"
a group Of producers combine to- car
r-y on business under the system by
pledging themselves to accept labor
or its products in return for their de
posts and to not demand legal tender
payment.
The Labor Exchange is a system of
portable accounts by which the pro-
ducer of value is enabled to make ex-
changes with his fellow producers
without paying the exactions of the
legal tender medium.
Increased production instead caus-
ing stagnatiOn and panic by outrun-
ming the purchasing power OF thecom-
1nunity, as at present, would simply
give added stimulus to trade and Wild
en- the area of consumption.
The idle, unemployed, and preda-
tory classes would be driven into the
ranks of production, thus reducing
the strain upon the overworked pro-
ducers and more event distributing
the burdens of the social structure
Under the present system the value
of all labor products is regulated by
the demand for gold. As the gold sup
ply is but a tritle when compared with
gold obligations and the volume of
business, the necessary result is to
give purely fictitious value 10 gold
and to depress all other things. To
prevent the stagnation of trade which
would result inevitably if all balances
had tobe settled in gold, the elaborate
system of checks, drafts bills OF ex-
change, notes, etc. has been devised
a system of CreditS-but at every turn
the screws ofinterest, discount, profits
are put on.
However men may blind them
selves as to who foot the bills thus
added to the legitimate expenses of
distribution the student knows that
there is but one man who Ioots any
bill and that is the producer An the
tools of the existing system are paid
out of the sweat of labor. The labor
exchange strikes this tax off at once.
Its paper is purely representative, has
no intrinsic value, claims to haveuOue
but represents value i'm conSumablc
produtS in the hands of the local de
pository. Its volume is as large as
the value OF stored product and keeps
that relation under all conditions of
trade.
Business is conducted by the issu-
ance of certificates of deposit upon
marketable commodities. These GER
tihcates are negotiable and pass from
hand to hand upon endorsement in
the same way that bank checks and
drafts circulate. They are essentially
the same with one difference and that
radical. Bank checks require cash de
posts and are legal tender demands;
the exchange certificate is based upon
labor products and makes NO demand
for cash. 1t is the application of bank
ing methods to the business needs of
the wealth PRODUCES without the bur
dens imposed upon laborbv the yumb-
rouS medieval and childish methods
incident TO the coin-baScd legal tender
system.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-12-17
I Ractical Remedy.

Caller (withmauuscript) -Thenyou
can't use the poem? May ask what
ails it?
Editor-Well, it lacks what might
be called the true poetic fire.
Caller-Couldn't that be-ah-im-
parted it in some way?
Editor-well,you might try sticking
it on the stove.-Chicago Tribune.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-12-17
THE LIVING CHRIST.
BY JAMES G.. CLARK.

This latest inspiration by our gifted towns
man, James G.. Clark, breathes the loftiest
and profoundest thought of bard and seer. 1t
is like the sigh of the Master by the grave
of Lazarus, or as he looked down upon Jerusa-
lem and uttered the words: so Jerusalem,
Jerusalem how often would I have gathered
your children. 'l-Pasadena Daily News,
The Son of Man appears once more
The Christ who taught in Galilee
Proclaims His trnth on every shore
And walks the waves of every sea-
Unsullied by the faint of brides
He challenges the proud and great,
Rebuling Pharisees and Scribes
Who guards the doors of church and state
He comes in signs He comes in clouds.
Whose hidden lightnings bde their time;
He wanders homeless in the crowds,
That Mammon drives to want and crime:
l see Him stripped and bleeding lie
Beside the road to Jerico.
Where lordly bishops pass Him by,
AS in the ages long ago.
O, Christ. the tender, loving one
In whom all deathless graces blend
The goal to which the cycles run
In spiral paths to one vast end:
As torrents in their courses turn
To mingle with the Mother-breast,
All tongues and tribes and nations yearn
For what is found in Thee expressed,
O, constant, patient heart Of Life.
Whose warm pulse beats for all the zones.
While meu still waste their powers in strife
For gods of gold and petty thrones
| hear Thy voice amid the roar
OF trade and war on land and sea,
Repeat this message DER and DER:
Take up the cross and follow Me"
see Thee smitten by Thy foes
In courts of law and noisy marts,
While virtue from Thy presence flows
In healing streams to wounded hearts:
I see a drowsy priesthood
In solemn form to watch and pray
Who slumber while in bloody sweat
Thor Master waits the dawn of day.
l see those sad reproving eyes
Still search the cringing Peters through
And one whom PLATE iustifes
Rejected 10y the church anew.
Again the robber is released
The saint to crucifNion doomed,
Again the Caesar and the priest
Conspire to keep the Lord entombed.
Again the surplice hangs revealed
Behind the warriors cassocked head,
Again the sepulchre is sealed
Where justice sleeps but is not dead;
But who can stay the awful birth
OF Truth from out the age-long night?
Though all the armies of the earth
Their leg ion hurl against the Light.
As rock-mailed shores submissive throw
Their armors down upon the strand,
And towering SUBMITS plumed with snow
Obey at last the tides command.
So all the warning things of Time
Shall turn to Thee at last for rest,
And Thou, O Christ, with love sublime
Shall draw all races to Thy breast.
April Arena,
Dedicated ID Prof. Geo ID. Heron.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-12-17

MY motto, said the new boarder,
lis to pay as you 90,
The landlady shook her head.
1T wouldn't dom my business, she
said. "A man might hang around a
month and then forget his motto.
My motto is pay Saturday night or
go."-N. Y. Journal.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-12-17

A Tangled Web. Tommy-Pa, why
are single women called spinsoers?
Pal expetit's because they are al
ways spinning a web to catch a man.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-12-17

The International Typographical
Union in biennial session at Syracuse,
New York, voted to abolish the refer
endun.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-30

Highest priced seats nearest the
door Monday night, April 4th-Eli.
None OF the queensware bought
at Thompson's will craze or crackle.
You can get ten different kinds
OF breakfast food at Hecox & Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. |. Maxwell. Of
Rocky Ford, visited friends in this
city yesterday.
Why not own your own home
and save rentl Look at the list
offered by Buckley & Hart.
Don't go to hear the Denver
boys unless you have strong sides
they will ache with laughter. They
sing music that is funny; they sing
music that is the best in the land.
T. |. Pruett, OF Lebo. Kan, a
cousin of Mrs. w. n. Dunbar, ar
rived in this city last Saturday
morning and will become a perma-
nent resident. He will be joined
by his family the latter part OF the
present week.
There was quite an increase IN
the number OF names registered
at the booths yesterday, many new
ones being added. There were
nearly 100 new names registered
in precinct No. /, and about one
half tha, number in precinct No.
2, making total OF 525 in the for
mer and about 375 in the latter.
II is, or should be, the highest
aim OF every merchant to please
his customers, and that the wide
awake drug firm of Meyers q Esh-
leman Sterling, H., is doing SO, is
proven by the following from MIR.
Eshleman: "ln my sixteen years
experience in the drug business /
have never seen or sold or tried a
medicine that gave as good salts
faction as Chamberlain ColIc,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy"
For sale at the Palace drug store.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-30

Topeka, SIX crews from Argentine
and four crews from Arkansas City
have been sent there to help while
the rush lasts.
The work OF REMEMBERING the
engines on the Santa Fe will COM
mence on April Ist and has to be
completed by the 10th. The road
engines will re numbered from 100
to 1000, divided into their several
classes, and the switch engines
from 1000 up.
The first OF the new Player con-
solidation engines to be built in
the Topeka shops this year. has
been turned out and numbered 97S,
under the new form of numbering
the engines according to their
driving wheels and size Of cylin-
deEs and class. The new engine
has been sent to Ration, where it
will be used in the mountains, the
work for which it is intended, pass
ing through La unta Monday
night.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-30
H. G. BOURNE,
Real Estate Loans, insurance.
NOTARY PUBLIC.

For SALE-I6o acres. under Cat
lin ditch; will sub-divide or sell al
together at bargain.
FoK SALr-Several highly culti-
waited ranches, near La unla, I'M
der the La junta and Lamar canal;
these all on very best terms.
For SALE-2S acre tract, near
La unta,. under La Junta and
Lamar canal; here is bargain;
good place tor dairy farm.
FoR SALE-Good five room brick
house, cellar, pantry. closet, water
in house. stable, etc; here is a
good bargain; terms easy.
Fox SALE Cheap tor cash; d-s-
ert fling relinqu,shnient on forty
acres; good house and fence; near
La unta; many other desirable
properties IN all parts ni th.. county.
Acre, garden and orchard tracts
near La Innta on best terms.
Call and see me when looking
for home. can show von some
OF the most desirable properties in
the valley.
Y. 6. souRNE. L. Junts, Colo.
Room ., Over First nstIessi Sank.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-30
LOCAL NEWS.
Trade at Joys.

Trade al joys.
Kid gloves at Smiths.
G. S. Thompson, funeral direc-
tor and embalmer.
For sod1 water and cigars the
Palace drug store leads.
Henry Hildebrand l.ft for his
home in Denver Yesterday morning.
Now is the time to buy crockery.
Thompson is closing out FIVE differ
ent decorated patterns at big dis
count.
Peninsular Sarsparilla, the best
on earth, at the Palace drug store.
Mrs. Blanche Plowman. OF San
Marcial, n. NJ, arrived in La Innta
last week TO visit her mother, Mrs.
Anna Burns.
The celebrated Platt's goods,
such as lemon cling and white
Heath peaches, Lawton blackber-
ries, extra grated pine apples. white
cherries, sifted sweet peas are the
finest and handled only by p. ].
Hecox & Co.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-30
Bustles at Smiths.
Opera house. April 4th.
March u. 1898


Ice cream soda every day at the
Palace drug store.
Carpets and art sqnares.-J annie
son House Furnishing Company.
r. S. Beall, one of the legal
lights OF Rocky Ford, was in the
county seat on business Monday.
The Baptist and Presbyterian
congregations held union services
at the latter church last Sunday
evening, Rev. A. n. Cameron, the
Chinese missionary, conducting
very interesting services.
|. II. Read leaves tomorrow
morning for Pueblo, where he en-
cages in the same business he has
conducted in this city for the past
year and half. Mr.. Reads many
friends in this city wish him un
bounded prosperity in his new To-
cation.
r. G. Dalton has concluded his
auction sale Of jewelry and nearly
completed the packing up of his
drug stock. He expects to leave
Thursday or Friday for Boulder,
Colo, where he will engage in the
same business he has conducted
in La Junta.
The suit OF w. E. Kingery vs..
Atkinson & Harriott, was tried last
Saturday in the county court be-
fore Judge Parker and a jury Of six
citizens. The case was appealed
from the justice court Of Rock,
Ford and was brought to recover
SI3 in wages. An offer to COM
promise for $3.50 was refused by
the defendants. Judgment was
rendered in favor of the plaintiff
for the full amount claimed and
the costs of suit, which amount to
over 500 in the county court.
desire to attest to the merits OF
Chamberlain Cough Remedy as
one Of the most valuable and eff
cient preparations on the market.
1t broke an exceedingly dangerous
cough for me in a. hours, and in
gratitude therefor, l desire to in-
form YOU that l will never be with
out it, and you should feel proud
of the high esteem in which your
remedies are held by the people in
general. 1t is the one remedy
among ten thousand. Success to
ito. r. Downley, Albion, Ind.
For sale at the Palace drug store.
Holly claims the distinction Of
having within its midst ..neat,
smooth, wire fence" We respect
fully suggest to the farmers of the
Hoibrook country that they inves-
tigate this new invention and if
there is anything in it, adopt il.
We made . visit recently to the
Holhrook country and not heing
able to find = front gate we had 70
crawl through wire fence to reach
the abiding place Of the farmer.
The fences were anything but
..smooth," aud in order to get
through We csrromed Oh from one
wire on 10 another, and BY the
| a A~tA.~u~l
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-30
Free Sugar sect seed.

Every farmer oi Otero county
who desires to plant one-eighth OF
an acre to sugar beets will get two
pounds of seed free by leaving
his name at this office.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-30
Motto. to Melon Growers.

THE BOOKS OF THE ROCKY FORD MELON
Grp~ets' Association will i'e closed on
May ist and no new members cxI be received
after that date
The shipping station AT Swink will be oper-
afsVi fr,an the date OF the iirst shipment fr,m
any point. not vii h-tst'idinx any misrepfcseti-
fation To the contrary.
March Il, 1875.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-30

Items Picked W. condsnssd snd
S4oisn Tor the Special Edisestioo
Of RaIlsosd Men.


fifty he receives the title Of "Dad."
Engine sos came out Of the back
shops yesterday after a general
overhauiing.
Elmer Jacque, of Argentine,
Kan, is the new foreman OF the
Ration boiler shops.
The $40 has been transferred
from the middle to the western
division for service
]. Mcintosh, formerly foreman
of the shops at Ration is now work.
ing there as machinist.
Fireman Ayres has been trans
ferred from the west end to run be-
tween La Jun.a and Dodge City.
Over 200 carloads Of stock were
qnartered at the stockyards at var
lous times during the present
month.
Engineers Tay lor and Elliott
lett last week for Albuquerque, to
enter the service of the Santa Fe
Pacific.
The work of filling the order for
100 5o-foot furniture cars has com
menced in the car sheds of the
Santa Fe
Several of the Las Vegas fire.
men are about 10 be called to To-
peka to stand the examination for
engineers.
Engineer McMurray, who has
been pulling the throttle on the
537, has been transferred to Den
yer and assigned to the S95.
George T. Nicholson has been
appointed general passenger traffic
manager Of the Santa Fe railroad
to succeed w. F. White, deceased.
The appointment takes effect MayI.
Foreman Tom Gibson tested his
railroad bicycle last Sunday, max
ing several trips TO Swink and re-
turn. The trial was very satisfac-
tory and after few minor details
have been adjusted, he expects to
place it in the crackerjack class.
The national debt of the United
States on Dec. /, 1897, was S847,-
365.62o. The liabilities OF the
railways of the United States are
SII,6I5.74o, I45, or nearly fourteen
times as much and FIVE times greater
than was the national debt at its
maximum al the close OF the civil
war
The total mileage of the railroads
in the United States is IS2,776.
but the total track mileage is 2+o,-
l 2S. or more than 81 per cent addi-
tional. There is one locomotive
for every FIVE miles OF road, one
passenger coach to every six miles
OF road and nearly thirty-fiv.
freight cars to every FIVE miles OF
road.
Foreman Tom Gibson has in
vented machine, at an expense OF
about IS cents, for manufacturing
ground glass and was busily en-
gagged Monday in preparing plates
for the REMEMBERING of headlights.
The contrivance is very simple,
sand being fed from hopper and
ground into the glass by air
pressure.
After April 1, all through Santa
Fe trains will be met at Dearborn
station, Chicago, by corps Of
uniformed attendants, whose duties
will be to assist passengers to
reach omnibuses, cabs or street
cars, carry hand bags and perform
other necessary service. The serv-
ice will be absolutely free, and ii
is believed it will be particularly
appreciated by ladies travelling
without an escort or accompanied
by young children and by the old
and inhrm. The attendants will
wear blue uniforms with red caps.
The stock shipments on the New
Mexico division are at present the
largest of any individual class OF
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-30
Foreclosure Of laorg.ee Sale.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. THAT BY
~ virtue Of special execution tssisd ny
the Coaniy Cs,urt of Otero County. I'm the
State Of Colorado. and TO me directed la y GER
tain Cause lately pentinx therein wherein tie
FIRST Natipnsl tisnk of la Junta. Colorado. -
pinintin. and z !. Honmife AMI James Hon.
rnir- are defendants " terein sm command
sd sell certain y, efnre- thei Elm and ertii'-
Rftrr de~cribe.i. for the purpose of satisfying
the JUDGMENT and dec rendered Ia srid
cause an,nintiux tn three hundred and twenty
sne dollars and y seven cents with Interest
and cs-.is. in favor OF said p.ainti6s aud against
sai.i defend mis-
Now therefore. I will on the 18th day Of
April. lss>. Ut the north frsuii door OF the q urt
House, IN the Town OF Ii Junta. In said Coun-
~ and Stsfe. Mt the hour of two o'cio.k In the
Afternoon of that day. r.'ii at public auction to
the highest and best bidder for cnsh. the fol-
lowing described premises situate In said
Cninfy az Stat tewii: lots number, d
rwenty-ooe f,ll and Twenty-Five In, In Block
numbered Thirty-Dine tsQl IN the Town of La
Junfa according tn the recorded plat ereof
subject to all rights OF REDEEM pfon provided
by law. for the purpose NJ nyipR on and di y
charging sHid Judgment and d-crce.
GEoHGE BARR.
Sheriff Of Oiero County. State Of Colorado.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-03-30
Msadoiin Club.

All my pupils on various instru-
ments are requested to meet at the
in Commercial Col
lege building at 7:3o o'clock We'd
nesday evening, March goth, for
the purpose of recognizing my
class Mandolin Club. Leave your
instruments at home.
Will P. DANIEL.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03

sitions that they command a view of the sea, and signals may be transmitted to ships many miles out. In the actual tests that have been made the system worked perfectly. When signals are re- ceived from New York for transmission to ships, which may be done in few seconds, the signal men mount the tow CTS and signal to the nearest of the patrol fleet.
 The army and navy signals are trans mitted by means of a flag, torches or the heliograph. The instruments are put through such movement or manipu- lation as to signal the letters of the alphabet. The flag signal may be seen on a clear day for about a mile, but is generally used for shorter distances. The torch is used only for short dis tances at night. The heliograph, how ever on a bright sunshiny day will work effectively at a distance of over ninety miles. It can also be used to flash the rays of an electric light at night, but it's exact limit has never been ascertained.
 The handling of the flag consists en- tirelv In waving 1t from side to side and up and down. By certain combinations of the waves and movements the entire alphabet is sigp~le~a, the sans as
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03

was only a little over a minute. The greater portion of the time was con sumed by the messenger running to the telephone. The transmission of the words between the heliographs con- sumed only few seconds. It was al- most instantaneous, in fact.
 The system which Uncle Sam has just esta ablished along the Atlantic sea- board is of course much more elaborate It Is known officially as the Coast Sig nal Service and is in charge of Captain Bartlett who attends to this as well as the work of the Naval Board of In- formation. The system has the services of 2300 men, stretched along the coast They are divided into thirty four cen tral stations, about sixty to 100 miles apart. The stations are in turn con- nected by telegraph with the coast sig nal office of the Navy Department and operators are on duty day and night keeping the department in touch with the entire line of Atlantic and Gulf coast.
 The signal corps of the Naval Reserve has established signal system along the Long Island coast which places the entire coast line In communication with New York.
 These stations are placed in such po
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03

message Is then signaled from the first station to the intermediate station, and from there to the third station.
 good illustration of this was per- formed some years ago right here in California. It was desired to inform certain official in Stockton of what was going on in 0 little cove just south of Bolinas Bay. Of course the cove could not be seen from Stockton. But certain other points could, and this Is how the message was sent. A certain point that commanded a view of the cove in one direction and of Mount Tamalpais in the other was selected. From the top of Mount Tamalpais Mount Diablo can be plainly seen, and from the top of Mount Diabio the courthouse dome in Stockton is visible almost every day in the year
 Men and instruments were stationed on all these places. First, the men that had view of the cove flashed the in- formation that q certain vessel was coming to anchor to the top of Tamal- pals. From there it was flashed toDia- bio, and from there to the Stockton courthouse dome. from which point messenger ran to the nearest telephone and called up the official who received his message. The time of transmission
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03

fectly. The messages have been sent over the entire distance within a very few minutes. Altogether this makes the most efficient system for observing the approach of a hostile fleet that has ever been put into operation.
 In order to thoroughly understand the necessities for and the importance Of this system some facts must be borne in mind. If telegraph stations were located at all points along our coast there would be no need for wig wagging. AS it happens. though, there are miles and miles of coast that are miles away from 8 telegraph wire: and in some instances there is not a house in miles. With such a state of affairs 1t would be an easy matter for hos tile fleet to land an army on our shore without anybody being the wiser until after the damage was done.
 It is to overcome this difficulty that Uncle Sam has established his signal corps.
 Of course the wig-wagging can only be done between two stations that can be seen from one another. But it fre- quently happens that two stations are established which are invisible to one another, and connected" by third station that is visible from both. The