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Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20
How to Send None

In making remittances. send Post
ONCE Money orders for amounts of
one dollar aud upwards: stamps will
be accepted for smaller amounts. In
no case send bank drafts or checks.
We will not accept them.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20

Only Illnesses Due to Clearin. Virgin
Soil.
From copy of your colony paper
learned of your whereabouts and of
the good start you people are making.
l am thinking very seriously of in.
vesting with you. Have you any
chance for pill men or are you too
healthy?
California. DR.. J. M. Jones.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20
Yes: They're Coming.
Massachusetts.

AS | understand it Industrial Free.
dom is the organ of the whole B &C.
not merely of Equality colony. Men
tion has been made of two other col
oniesi one near the Canadian line. the
otner in British Columbia. and ! sup
pose that Ohio party are forming one:
why can we not have some notes of
their progress: | sometimes have
literature that | would like to send.
some to each place, being duplicates
of that send to Equality. In fact |
think the sec atlarge would be let
ter pleased with mole particulars.
They are, of course, vitality interested
in what is going on at the front. else
why have they joined;
Montana. Eva w. Collier.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20
233 Per Cent Profit.

In connection with the baking pow
der business, it is admitted by the DR..
Price Baking Powder Company, who
boast ofthe only pure" etc. that they
have sold to the United States govern
ment nearly 100000 pounds of their
article in the past five months. The
government pays them only II cents
per pound, while the jobber is forced
to get more than double the price from
the retail trade, and the consumer has
to pay 80 cents per pound for it, De-
troit Herald of Commerce.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20

g76. In New Zealand the state-owned
roads are very profitable inspite OF
low rates. In New South Wales,
Australia, the state-owned railroads
sell tickets for $3.50 for 1000 mile
ticket: with half rates 1925 for a
1000 mile ticket to workingmen, good
from to s in the morning and from
) to ! in the evening. School children
may secure passes which will enable
them to ride to and from school free.
Yet these state-owned New South
Wales railroads earn a profit of 81
per cent on their cost. Truly Ameri-
cans are paying heavy tax on their
cowardice and ignorance.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20

The government has appropriated
one million dollars to pay telegraph
tolls, 1t would ruin the government to
own the telegraph system. And then
what would become Of the poor tele-
graph millionaires: The people have
TO pay this million dollars out of their
hide and tallow. and the telegraph
monopoly smacks its lips as it swallows
them. And public ownership would be
the hideous socialism. Appeal to
Reason.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20
A Request.

A Request.
| would ask you to give notice in
the next Issue of Industrial Freedom
to all members of the B CC in Cali
fornia that colony is being advoca-
ted by some of the members, and all
who want to joint the same, or feel
interested therein, please communi-
cate with
w. T. Goodman,
6l4 S. Hill,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20

Glad We Are Prospecting.
Put my name down for 81 on insu.
rance fund, as am heart and soul in
Equality welfare. Am glad to know
you are prospecting so well.
California. Edmond Smith.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20
An English Comrade.

etVlN' =
| am very pleased to see that you
are gaining so much ground, and also
the success of your colony. We have
opened here new store and Labor
Exchange. This is in connection with
the brotherhood trust. | am going to
write a pamphlet shortly. 1t will be
The Proposed Manifesto of the Eng
lish Society of the Cooperative Com
monwealth." The objects and meth
DDS will be fully explained.
England. F. j. Lambert.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20
The Only Salvation.

The Only Salvation.
Perhaps l might as we'll say here
that will subscribe 81 to your fire in
surance fund. l hope to join your
colony very soon. l think it our only
means of salvation from the tide of
sin and wrong to humanity.
Mrs. O. F. Cleveland.
Washington.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20
WORDS OF CHEER
From Our Member and From Other
Patriots.
An Educator.

An Educator.
Every person who reads our paper
is we'll pleased. 1t is an educator.
Some of our best members do not vote
for socialism, so hammer away.
Ohio. Otto Steinhoff.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20
Should Begin to Work.

1 saw copy of your paper, Indus
trial Freedom, today for the first
time and was well pleased with it.
Now that the war is about over every
socialist should begin to work with
renewed vigor for the cause.
Pennsylvania. Turl Delp:
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i i X
The Value Of A Scalp.-A New 9or


Judge has recently decided that be-
cause a child is of no commercial val
lie to its parents therefore they are
not entitled to damages when the
child is killed by the carelessness of a
railroad This ermine-clad ex-rail-
way-attorney seems little muddled.
''Value" means desire or aversion
(mere feeling as measured by the
offer of goods" If he was thinking
of the feeling" of the general public
decide from that the value" of the
child: he should have remembered
that American public sentiment re-
CARDS childhood as too precious to be
sold. There is no value" set on a
child just as there is no quotation of
the market price of scalps. Now sup
pose this ex-railway-attorney-judge
were scalped. The fact is established
beyond doubt, but the court decides
that as scalps have no value" the
scalp-loser can get no damages The
feelings Of the parents, or OF the
loser OF the scalp, would of course
count for nothing. Yet some corpor-
alton turnkey is always shouting
Don't shake popular confidence in
the courts, Is Jetfreys, judicially
numbering Englaud's noblest sons,
above reproach simply because law
less power has clothed him with the
ermine? Or shall we say with Lincoln
concerning the bred Scott decision Of
the L. 5. supreme court, "The deci-
sion is wrong, and |, for one, go for
reversing it,?
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20

Make yonr letters shorter, and wen
print more of EN-.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20

Secretary Bliss has decided that the
Chicago lake front land, worth many
millions of dollars, does not belong to
the United States. which, we presume.
means that it does belong to the ILL.,
nois Central Railroad. That is what
he is secretary for San Francisco
Star.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20

That financial statement of the Bell
Telephone company which we pub
lished last week was an astonisher to
most people. They collected over five
million dollars. and their expenses i'm
GLIDING fixed charges were only nine
hundred thousand dollars. Literally
robbed the people OF four millions, and
Pueblo was one of the jay towns that
helped to do it. Some people call it
business. We don't Pueblo Courier.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20
Capitalism Is Itself Not Very Old.


Many eople will be surprised to
learn that capitalism" or business
methods" IS less than 200 years old.
Robbery, tyranny, and oppression are
as old as the race, but anciently it
was by right of birth or right of con-
quest rather than by right of "capi-
tall that the workers were robbed of
the fruit of their toll. Hear William
Morris. one of the best authorities on
the Middle Ages: ITO buy things
cheap that you might sell them dear
was in the fifteenth century a INSIDE
meal or called forestalliug. and was
punishable by law: to buy goods in the
morning and TO sell them in the af-
ternoon i'm the same place was for
hidden under the name Of regrating
(the taking of any interest from a
debtor was called usury and forbid
den by both the Church and the
State, he might have added" Tn for
bidding "u7ury" the Bible writer's
forbid all interest however low; and
not merely as many people suppose,
an Illegally high rate. Curses are
pronounced on him THAT vithholdeth
grain" In order to put up the price.
Rents iu English law were fixed. that
is. although a city should grow up
near q farm. the landlord could not
exact T. higher rental "Rackrent-
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20
EDISON, SATURDAY, AUG. 20, 1898

- THE subscription price of In
DIrsTRIAL FREEDOM from this date
will be so cents year to everybody
alike: 25 cents for six months.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-08-20

GERMAN socialists polled more votes
than did any other party. 1t will not
be many years till the twin relics OF
barbarism, divine rights of kings and
divine rights of capitalists, will rest
quietly in the same tomb.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
Contracts Awarded.

The Board of Trustees of the Delaware
State Hospital for the Insane at Farm
hurst met in regular monthly session
yesterday. The following members were
present:
Drs. J. J. Black, Of New Castle; VIII
liam 2. Orr, Of Lewes; J. b. NAPLES, OF
Georgetown; r. II. Gilpin, OF Middle
town; p. T. Carlisle, of Frederick; Dr..
Wilson, Zebelon Hopkins, of Farming
ton; II. W. Baker, of Seaford, and George
S. Capellc, of Wilmington
The population Of the hospital IS
10 males and l20 females, or total
of POO. The number Of admissions dur
ing the month were males and &
females.
The Committee on Finance ordered
bills paid to the amount of S1,3l4.4o
The treasurer reported i'll hand 5,594
The superintendent reported having re-
ceived $50 during the month for the
board and treatment of patients.
The following contracts for supplies
were awarded:
Groceries, +. b. Turner, Wilmington
bread, II. {. Loller, Wilmington be, :,
Aeal and mutton, Fred Kcinle, Whining
ton; dry goods, clothing and shoes, Jesse
Shepherd, Middlctown; crockery,
Lewis Row, Wilmington; drugs, n. B
Danforth; coal, George W. Bush x Sons
! Wilmington.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
Meeting Of State Pharmacists.

SMYRNA, May 6-The Pharmaceutical
society Of Delaware, held its 18th annual
meeting here yesterday.
The retiring president. W. +. Dunn OF
this town, presided and the report OF
the secretary, F. W. Fem OF Whining
ton, showed an increase in membership.
The subject OF patent medicines was
discussed Tut no action toward doing
away with the sale of the foreign medi-
cines and making OF local preparations
was taken.
DR.. d. NJ. Il. Culbreth Of Baltimore,
Nd, made an eloquent address on "The
Relation of Physicians to Druggists, or
the Success of the Practical Druggist OF
today"
The society held its annual dinner at
the Delaware House. W. +. Richard,
Wilmington; A. Homer Smith, Smyrna;
Holiday q. Jenkins, Camden; Edward
Farier, Odessa; Howard Milliken, Mil
ford; Albert Dougherty and Warren
Thompson were admitted are new mem.
bers.
The society will meet in Wilmingt on
next year. The officers elected as as fol-
lows:
President, J. NJ. Harvey of Whining.
ton; vice-president, for New Castle
county, +. +. Gallagher Of Wilmington
for Kent county, E. L. Clarke Of Dover
Sussex county, DR.. Z. Haines Of Seaford
secretary, +. w. Fem Of Wilmington
treasurer, Joseph P. Williams of VIII
nlington; local secretary, William Poole
Of Wilmington; executive committee
Owen G. Spear, Garrett $. Smith, j. NJ
Harvey, entertainment committee, IL
x. Watson, b. B. Donaldson, Fl. X
Bringhurst. ....
The names of J. Harvey Spruance anl
owen G. Spear of Wilmington, W. +
Dunn and G. b. Raymond of Smyrna
and J. T. Challenger Of New Castle wer'
sent to Governor Tunnel from which HI
will select a member of the State Boar'
of Pharmacy. L. E. Bostic will repre-
sent the society at the meeting OF tn
Pei II iylvania Society and u. James Bel
will attend the meeting of the Nationa
Society.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
SAMPSON WILL MEET
SPANS ARMADA
Continued from Page One.

And the Gijon massacre, instead OF
putting down the riot, has increased It's
violence. Cries against the throne are
open. Mutterings Of revenge against the
soldiery are on all lips.
One party OF rioters has attacked the
Casa Blanca and almost demolished IT..
The infantry fears to venture from the
barracks.
The artillery made an attempt to cap
ture the gun carried off by deserters the
day before, but their effort was half
hearted, and they retired undera shower
OF hot water, stones, dead animals and
added eggs. :,
The gun has been taken into the back
country, and desperate men are collect
ing around it, ana a band of cut-throat
bandits who are ripe for spoil. Weylers
secret emissaries are whispering that ne
is the friend of the poor, that he VIII
make bread cheap, reduce taxes and
humble the hated Americans. =,
In Barcelona the yankees of Spain
are expressing their disapproval OF the
Government BY run on the bank, de
handing silver for notes. In the harbol
there have been heard mutterings o
mutiny in the navy and of plot to cap
ture torpedo destroyer. -,
Cartagena bubbles and seethes Will
revolution. Thirty miles away, il
Murcia, great army of miners and thel
sympathizers, estimated at from 1900 t.
10000 men and women, has been tumul
tuously shouting, Death to thieves!'
"Down with Sagasta!" "Who stole on
tax moneyT'
, This great throng fired the railroa'
depot and threw dynamite into the quar-
tel. Then they started Tor Cartagena
, the war port.
Troops were hurried to meet them
The angry rioters refused to disperse an
withstood two volleys before they ral
Reports place the dead and wounded a
more than fifty, including many women
, The ringleaders rallied the mob an
, began shouting 'Give us Weyler or DO
; Carlos ~ They gathered on the height
and gave battle TO the soldiers. At las
! accounts the troops were on the detens'v
. and reinforcements were hurried to the
support.
Martial law has been proclaimed
Cartagena itself, but the authorities al
q powerless to prevent gatherings and II
n cendiary speeches. One crowd from II
/ parouc central stoned the house Of tt
h Mayor and looted a storehouse whe
4 supplies for the navy were housed.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
Boats Washed Away.

The schooner CALVIN b. Harris entered
this port yesterday with ii cargo OF ice
from the Kennebcc river for the Con-
sumers' Ice Company.
The Ncitic Champion, which has just
discharged a similar Cargo for the same
company, had ar"ugh passage.
one of herbOats was washed away, the
gale broke her boom, and the mate mar
rowlv escaped being washed overheard.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

Values OF Flour were firmly main
tanned. and mill limits were again ad-
vanced l3G" 25c. per barrel, as a result OF
the recent sharp rise in wheat. At re-
vilpd quotations, however. business was
difficult to work, buyers and sellers be-
ing widely apart in their views. Spot
Bran was in good request, firm and Ill
small supply. Demand was equal to the
offerings OF no. | and choice Hay,
prices IF which ruled firm. Straw was
steady, with moderate but ample Offer
ingS Refined Sugars were quiet and
steady. Provisions were in fair jobbing
demand on a basis OF quotations. Wheat
was unsettled by the sharp fluctuations
in other domestic grain centres, and
prices at p VI. were &c. off from last
evenings rates. Offerings were light,
and nothing was done in options
Cables again advanced and demand from
exporters was good, but sellers We're III
different and business was dull. Corr
options declined C. on call, under lower
cables and slackcned demand from
abroad Local car lots were in meagrt
supply and firm. Oats were tirmcl
under continued scarcity, but trade wa:
quiet. Cotton was unchanged.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
Sent to the Supreme Cou TT.

In the case OF the Ewings VS.. the
Mayor and Council, the city has ordered
the record sent TO the Supreme Court,
where it may be argued i'll June. The
plaintiffs secured a verdict OF $4,000 for
injuries to Mrs. Ewing on West Ninth
street and the city appealed.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

SPANS financial collapse is indicated
by the frghttul fall in the purchasing
power OF her paper money TUESDAY IN
Madrid tIc premium on gold wa" $780,
When business closed Wednesday it bad
reached III, this being equivalent t" Il
fall in the notes OF the Bank Of Spain.
The Bank Of Spain is apparently a part
of the National treasury system and in
return for advances has been authorized
to make additional issues oi notes. 1t is
extremely probable that Wednesday :
fall in the value OF these notes was pro-
duced not alone by the Threatened rev.
olution, but also by further Issues OF
paper impending under pressure of the
very urgent needs Of the Spanish gov
ernmcnt.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
DEATHS,

COWGILL-On May 9th, 1898, James
Albert, son of Albert and Anna D..
Cowgirl in his Goth year.
Funeral services at his parents resi-
dence, No. S45 Orange street, ON Monday,
9th instant, at $50 a. III. lnterment at
/ Dover Del.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
In Dry Dock.

The Standard Oil tanker Maverick,
which has just had new Scotch boilers
placed in her at the Harlan 4 llollings-
worth Company's yard, was placed in
the dry dock Yesterday morning. She
will be scraped and painted while in the
dock.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

TIE ships that left Key West are as
crushingIy superior to the Spanish force
a. Dewey's squadron was to that OF the
lucklcss Montojo. With American skill
and daring to fight them the result OF a
collision cannot be for an instant in
doubt. Md when the battle is over and
the Spanish squadron destroyed the way
to Cuban liberty will stretch ont broad
and clear.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

AMERICA has captured the Philippine
Islands. But it would seem too early
to discuss tn final disposition Of these
rich possessions. 1t is pity that the
idea Of hesitancy i'll final disposition
does not prevail more generally. The
United States will be obliged to occupy
and hold the Islands until the close of
the present war and would certainly
have a light which no other nation
could judiciously question, to hold them
permanently, provided we are victorious.
The obligations in the Orient so sud
denly and gloriously imposed on the
administration, Will doubtless be met
with full understanding OF its weight.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

Ir is not generally known that Mark
Twain was soldier in the civil war,
having served two weeks with Jeff
Thompson in the Confederate army in
Missouri. The shortcomings OF his brief
military career are thus explained III
one of the humorist's private letters:
''We never won any victories to speak
Of. We never could get the enemy to
stay still when we wanted to fight, and
when the enemy felt like fighting we
were generally on the move" The first
experience applies to the present situa-
ton between Sampson and the Cape
Verde fleet, and we hope that the second
experience will never be attributed tc
the brave admiral.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

A WASHINGTON paper is authority Tor
the statement that the Secretary OF War
has issued credentials to siXty-nine jour
nalists, fourteen newspaper men and one
reporter. Where are the war cores
pondents?
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

THERE is a prevalent. impression that
if our troops in Cubf can be insured
against yellow fever, the other ills that
may befall them there will not amount
to much
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

Ir is believed the Spanish Cabinet
would gladly send Weyler back to Cuba,
if it were certain that he would be cap
tured by the insurgents.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

WHEN Sampson heard Of Dewey's VIC
tory he realized that there may be some
advantage in being $4,000 miles away
from headquarters.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

Ir might not be bad idea for Roose-
velt's Rough Riders to practice awhile
among the Florida palmetto scrub, be-
fore starting for Cuba.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

THE Spanish warrior who is anxious to
fight Lee and Sigsbee is still safe IN
Canada
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
Saturday, May Z, 1898.
GOOD morning.

GENERAL BLANco has not even Kllleu
an American pig as yet.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
PERSONAL.

KNIGHT-Informatio wanted of children Of
Mrs. Jane Knight, formerly residing in Brooklyn.
Address WALTER COLLINS. 343 Washington
street, Jersey City, N J.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

INFORMATION wanted.-Daniel +. Daven-
port, formerly of John Il. Gowen and Co., con-
tractors, or his heirs, will please communicate
with WILLIAM z. MCKINLEY, ls9 Herald
Downtown, New York.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

If MichaelC C. Walls, born In Ballintra, county
Donegal, Ireland. now about ~ years of age, sup
posed to be about New York would communi-
cate with his cousin Michael Flood, Rossyile
street, Londonderry, Ireland, he would hear
something to his advantage.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

INFORMATION wanted of the descendants Of
Henry Caldwell O'Neil, who, in 1915 Git is be-
lieved) resided at 81 Centre street, and also of
the descendants of Alexander Mcclure, who, in
lo95 resided at l3i Henry street, both of whom
" "a, and SO Mulberry street. in the city of New
York FREDERICK BELTZ, Counsellor at Law,
Ill Broadway. New York citv
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

MRS. ADDIE GRAMBRUSH.-News of impor-
lance. Any one knowing her address notify j.,
$40 Broadway, Brooklyn, n. y.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

YANKEE pigs, the spaniards call u.s.
Well, we are taking everything in sight
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

WANTED-Would like to purchase good
second-handed breech loading shot gun. Give
price and full particulars.
Address -"
sun OFFICE
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

The George W. Baker Company, OF
this city, has shipped a morocco glazing
machine to Alden, n. j.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
Crtered at the Wilmington Post o"ce
as second Class Matter

THE SUN is published every day in
the year and is distributed thro SlIa ~
the City of Wilmington and the state go Oh
Delaware by authorized agents. SUD-
scr;nt;ons should be sent to the publlca-
ton office by mail or telephone.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

IF Frederic Richardson, late pro. cricketer,
Woodborough, Notts, England, and Montreal,
Canada will apply to II. 0. s., 1872 Lafayette av.,
he will be gladly received. Cuban papers please
copy.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

uIANTED-A man of ability to repro cent a
w firm of high standing; must have small
capital for goods carried. ". H. Kelley man
ager Gibson House.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

FuERSTNER, ROBEkI-lf Robert Fuerstner
son of Zacharias l.. Fues:ner, will communicate
with platzek, StrOok and Herzog, 800 Broadway
New York city, he will hear of something to his
advantage
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

NIANTED-5G boys to sell the 81 nday edi
w ton Of THE sun. Biggest sale on record
last Sunday. More Profit. Apply l0s East Sixth
street.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

WANTEp-EDergetic agents either sex. Char.
.eter must bear strictest investigation. Address
Sun office.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for coachman v house
w work in private family. Address SO7 Tat
nall street.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07

WANTED:-Position wanted by indus.
trious young man, willing to do any.
thing for legitimate living. Address
- Sun Office.