Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-06-18
THE ADVANCES OF
UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD

The Socialists have elected :,
assessor at East Greenville. Ohm
Reno, New, will put in a new va.
system and also build an eler,.
light plant.
Labor Exchange of PfaHtown N
started on practically NOTHING
now operates a brickyard, a tannss
mill, harness factory and ste
The municipal electric light nj,
of Anderson, Ind, has carr ed %
cent on its cost, in competition NJ
natural gas, during the first wear
its acquisition.
Duluth, Mimi. will soon issue 80,
600 worth of bonds at 1 per cen,
pay for the plant of the Gas
water company which the CITY yo.3
to own and operate.
Jacksonville, Fla, is putting in
electric light socialism,
is furnishing lights for less than
cost of coal oil. But co-operas
won't work, you know.
The quarterly statement of 4,
Trenton, N. j., cooperative sociSZ
shows considerable gain in busina
during the first quarter of 1898 or
the corresponding one in 1897.
California Socialists are doing ca
sidera BILE effective work with tn
wagon campaign of agitation. She,
ers are travelling overland. sowS
literature, delivering addresses, et
Social Democrats report M
branches at Murphysboro, South d
cago and Evanston, H.. Milwaukel
Wis. and Redlahds, Cal. Debs a.
Goodwin are holding big mass merl
ings among the Illinois miners.
The British national union of j
glnemen. cranemen, etc. is s.notbl
organization that has got into d
progressive swim. John Baker
well-known Socialist agitator.
been appointed general organizer
Des Moines, Ia, is to vote soon
the question of erecting a municlu
electric light plant. A munich
telephone exchange is also to be mi
the private company now operatin
the plant having failed to make
pay.
Milleraud, the new leader of I'll
Socialists in the French Chamber
| Deputies, received S,7S2 out of 9g
votes in his constituency. Grouss
and Vivian were also returned by h
creased majorities. The middle-cla
| papers now admit that the Socialis
secured an increase. Their vote
Paris, on the first ballot, was 203E
The Socialist party of italy poud
5000 votes in 1892, the first electic
in which it participated after its
ganization. In 1895 the vote
vanced to $1,000, and Furthermore.
the general elections of March, ISL
it rose to l35, 900, and II deputies wei
returned. The franchise is ven
limited, there being only 2,50OG
voters in population of 81, 100000.
There are in Germany 1869 coo
eratlve distributive societies. IL
dustrial, and l.165 agricultural pr
ductive societies, 9,4l1 credit band
or in all nearly $4,000 cooperative 81
cieties of various kinds. This won &
prove that besides the formidable ID
litical Socialist movement there
also strong cooperative effort ina
gurated in Kaiser Wilhelm's countr
In Hungary the persecution of 81
clallsts Is still going on. The govern
ment, through its police func tiOu
aries, disperses Socialist and working
men meetings with brute force
shooting down people deliberately
| If they were wild animals. on eel
tain day 2l3 Socialists were fined |
| total of -, 900 francs for 'gatherin
together without the permission
the authorities.
The Berlin and Frankfort holde1
Of Swiss railway securities have nd
presented petition to the Germa
government asking it to protec
them against the Swiss people a1
their government who recently ID
cided TO purchase their railroads at
price which didn't quite suit the Gel
man money sharks. The Germa|
government will hardly dare to iute
fere with the sovereign will OF IA
Swiss people.
Chief Mccullough, head of the sd
YORK police department. and who ID
MED the Socialists of that CITY IN
right TO parade on May Day. has led
removed from office by Mayor NaI
/ Wyck. who declared that he w0u
tolerate no infringement of Dbl
rights OF the citizens" The Socia
lists were hot upon McCullougha raj
and, quite naturally. they feel soma
what elatcd. That shows that cge1
a -olidly-organized political minuri
has some power that must be recs
oncd with.
The cooperative consumption d
clety oi'Baslc Is the largest in Switzcr
land. It's commercial transac tior
during lS91 reacht d the sum of I'd
81 francs, an increase of over J.. lJ
900 francs above the year before.
has a large general store and deals
all the staple commodities of cod
sumption. a total of 30 person I'D
employed. The net profit of ID
years business was 81 $40 francs,
OF which lG',6l6 francs. or 10 per cesy
oil the purchasing price, reverts bad
70 the members.
Al the court theater of Gothi
Germany. seven popular perforu
ances are being given this seaso
AZ the uniform price of II cents pa
person. All parts of the theater I'D
accessible 10 the general public "a
cept the private box of the duca l.
family, and before each performandX
tickets Tor seats are drawn by lot.