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EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL; SPECIAL PBIVILGE? TO NONE.'
Vol. 1-
FAYETTE VILLE, IV. MARCH S3. 1.
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LET US HEAR FROM YOU.
We are receiving hundred of letters
each week from our subscribers in the
West and South and on the Pacific
slope, and they invariably org running
a l&bor candidate for President this foil.
But while they are all a unit n tht
point, they are not united on what the
name or' platform of the party shall be
Some will accept nothing hut Henry
(reorge and hi land tin or v, others want
the Cincinnati platform, other clats de
mand the old greenback name and plat
form, while a fourth want to see a man
nominated upon the platform and prin-
-ii.lM nf thfi ICnihtH of Labor. Now
this last platform suits us Vet of any,
hut we realize tnat we cannot elect a
President with onr vote alone, or evtm
if we hod tun nnited btrencth of all the
"K. of L. nu mbers in the country. w
woi td.s'tll in th- ntinu itv, ui tf.ose
w'i i sr?; 'i ,hii)r Mi ir cai us iu th
othe- I -h; r pa;iis sl'O'dd relz thf
satn thiut; and tudd tht-y do realiz-5
t hi, there ia iu hope f r a union of all
the forresj and until ihre'is a union
of force there is no show f so 0cct-s. A
disorganized army becomes a mob when
engaged in a battle, and are as liable to
to shoot friends as foes.
We have b en for the the past two
years advocating a union of all the labor
(dements into one errand labor nartv.
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and care not what the name may be so
long as the flig of organized labor floats
at the head. The difference in the
platforms of the several factions to-day
is not enough to quarrel over. Either
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vof them is a great improvement on
the two old rotten hulks owned by the
democratic and republican parties, and
"we believe that if a conference was
held, of delegates from each, that a
platform of principles could be formu
lated that would be acceptable to the
great mass of laborers who are to-day
outside of the old parties, and waiting
for a Moses to lead them into the prom
ised land. Such a union could be formed
if the leaders of the different factions
are honest in their profession. If not,
the sooner they are fired nit the better.
"What say our exchanges to this?
How many of us can apne npon this
point to start with? Advocate.
Each of the nine trusu-es of the Stan
dard Oil Trust receives a salary of
, $25,000 a year, and the preside nt S30'
000. The sum of $255,000 a year f r
ten men is not so bad, and they ought
to be able to keep the wolf from the
dcor. considering tbat it is S250.000
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more per year than the average pay of
ten worKingmen. xrn&ts are great in
? stitutionsj they keep up the wages of
their members without resortinsr to
strikes. The boycott is the weapon of
the trusts, and look out, you private
enterprise fellows, if von get in the way
of the trust's boycott.- Craftsman.
The labor party beran a nrotcst and
the worning was heard. If the party is
to dissolve, where will its members xro?
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To Tammany to vote at the bidding of
Kichard (Jroker, or to ti e republican
shambles to follow the dictation of Sen
ator Shook T If men who work for thier
livelihood are content to be as so many
cattle in Urokerand bhook's yards. verv
well ! But they can think, read, vote
and make ap their minds like other peo
pie.- We trust tbat as a JLabor party
thev may loner remain an active, intel
ligent, intrepid and intelligent force in
THE TRUSTS.
Just now the attention of tke conn-
try Is drawn to what the monopolists
term "trast?." though whv snob, an
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aggregation of free hooters and exploit-
t-hoold rrcnve eueh a nime is dif
ficult to Conhctnre. The Congress ot
W
the United State, made up as it is
largely of wealthy men and represen
tatives of corporations, have een fit to
tMrn tneir eye upon a growing evil
one which nntil the lijjbt of investigat
ion was turned upon it, was secretly
eating the life out of our industries and
in.p verishin the people. The New
Y rk Lgitdttnre, through a committee,
was the first to grapple this cuantic l
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evil. Ibe representatives of tlieUnrLlu !w- .i..
"trut'ts" -the robber barons of tbd
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nineieer'tb ce'.itnry t iirst uadt lijht
of t'i j offor ti yrv i ito thfir thiv
in fpt'inVr l-i.-. little fii-mn-
so 'v u'it t u i . tiiie
'lb r is t oi o. iy a reat iooonven
teiic in sr.ipt rliTia I b noholy at
lianci but they are a Fource of great
danger to our country and to our in-
s:itutions. So lone as workinmen
only were affected by their machma-
.1..,,, tUD puM..w u-uiu ou wnu iu- Hxmtr wages, rates and prices "hoi 1 a
difference, but the whole laud is now commission from the people or from Di
interested. Capitalists ' who are not vjne Prnvidenc?" 1
in th swim, manufacturers, inventors, The World has always counseled
farmers, and all classes are being mined against any unlawful act by Labor,
by this octopus and nnlest something hethar organized or unorganized. But
is done through legislation to curtail jt believe not ouly in the riMit but in
its power the people will find a way the necessity of union by working peo
to smash the machine and bring the pie for mutual protection. Amfitas
managers to a realizition of the enor- sure8 Mayor Hewitt that if there should
mity of their crime. Under the system be a political issue on this questiou it
of ''trust" we are returning to the meth- wjl not be, as he predicts, against
ods of mediaeval Europe, when "He organizations like Knights ot Labor,
may keep who has the power and he but against the conscienceless corpora
nifty get who can," was the rule, which tions, ibe devil-fish I Trusts and the
ao iii;..i.y auusieu w. it m a uuea-
tion whether the "neonle or the trusts
i -f
sha 1 rule, and in an open conflict by
ballot or othrrwiH it ohntihl not fkf
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ong to decide the issue. J he work-
ncrmen have been the pioneers against
efforts will be seconded by all liberty-
loving people. 1 be trusts must go.
wajisman.
vnr pi
ltT . , . . . ,
-"-'-. T eBo nuu yuu lUOl
are more nano-erous
than
standing armies.
uzjjci sun.
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If the banks of the day cansed JVf-
ftrson
uneasiness, what would that
grand old statesman think could he
look around to dav and spa almost thn
entire banking capital of the nation
power mounting legis'ation and con-
trn tr.. : WL.i 1
''..'."J- v"DH""l''"i tfUHi. no ynu
think? Answer at the noil Snuthr?i
Mercury.
The State Master Workman of the
Knights of Labor Fays: "If you can
not find our label, find the mark of
some othtr labor organization; insist
upon having a guarantee of some sort
that the toiler hus recived iust com-
cucatiuu jui uid tiui Kt
Here is a poor, pale, faced woman,
toilmg and working, making shirts at
sisty cents a dozen. Ihere is enough
real burning communism in shirts at
sixty cents a dozen to burn up this
country some day; mark what I tell
you. liev. ham Jones.
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A boycott has been ordered on Mil-
waukee beer by the Barbers' National
union.
HEWITT S LATEST TILT.
It Mayor Hewitt jhlind ia one eye
and deaf in one ear? One ibight think
to after reading bit speech t the Board
of Trade Banquet oq Thursday even
ing. He passionately denounced the
Knights of Irtbor n "a secret and irres
ponsible cabal," "woi-se than burglars
or highway m-n,w for instead of taking
te property of one citizen they rob the
whole community."
Thi will strike most people as a
more graphic description of the coal
kings than of their operatives. The
few erentlemen. inHtinr in a rwarnr
who arbitrarilv fir t,.r f
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words. I hey are ecreC and trrs
p ndiMe cabal' and thv urob th
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Ue K? i s'btp cer
w ". ly do not.
.f iv- nc tiii
.ig i' to r .r.iv,
vf.rltii- iinii i is rai ch
a- !thir 'ulore.v
have? Do the -Trusts'" m. -5i in puhlio
and proclaim their purposes from the
housetops? Do the "pools," the 4tsyn-
illnjti-B" am U At'. ( . .
bination for regnlatin? production and
nthpr nrmi nt i-nnct. r w anH n.nnnn
1a o.,k:..: ; i-..:.. r-
uc ouuotiiuilliv, tilllll'lUtLIUII 1UI
competition as the Uw of business, md
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wpj"tiK5iu me uo wui&tris Willi UI1W
ilun,i hiio mKK;n .u ,f .1
rl vrhh t, rtks. v, I'u... u'-j.7
Two sisters in London. 17 and 19
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years of aire, educited and cornel v. bi-
Mn& abletogt no more match boxs to
mnL'n at a lute nanniaj x rl .. 1 . U
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selves together an 1 drowned themselves
in the Thames. Thev left a Ipttr in
which
were these appalling wo
-rvnowing unng-r is stronger tuan vir
tue, and if we live we; must yield, we
havd decided to die.'l It is said there
are in London 100,000 such girls who
London ia not th
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UhousHnds Of vouno- rl nan I,a F,,.nrl
who decide to lead a life of shame
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rather
ier than die of starvation, and who
blame themf It ,is the system un-
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can
der which thev live! that is to blame
It is the men, who b cl iss lenislatio
n
in the interest of monbpolv force vnnn
rr
girls into this position th tt are t blam
ana not me gins. xut wbt a sin
commentary it is on our boaste l civil
ization. Labor Advocate.
push the work of educating tie peo-
pie in the principles of correct go vern-
ment and true economic science. The
public mind is now fallow ground, and
gco l seed sown upon it will fructify and
bring lortb many fold; New Order
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The Tredger Company, of Richmond
.Va., are building a six-ton Smith fur-
nace in connection with their 10 inch
tran.
Established 64 Years
WABREB PEJQ3 & SC3
Lwitk Okdzbs For Thi
-A.Taxxra Watch
Engagement Rings
Wedding ZRinffsS
1L.VER 1 SPOON
ILVER
FORK
ETS OP OARTftR1
AND ALL SILVER WARE
Warren Prior & Son.
Jewelers, Fayettevih N, C.
CaJUffiSSIOHEB'S SALfc Of W." CABLE
By viru i 01 i (?ecr -e f t.'., S Tper or
Court of C7uUl'. ;ri;in 1 a.uutr .. i iu a
special rfonii r .co.w. r t . i r
mil wi e, B. O. Vr.,t and i
parfe, I will, Ck)uiraus iouex appointed
w inai purpose, sell at
Vai, r . .on. onaay, March 12th.
at 13 o clock m., at the Market
House in Fayettelle, N. C, a tract of
land fronting 87 feet on Franklin street
and run nine- har.lr ino fw r,i;:: L
- . , OL " ' -"-' ou jvjimiitr Lilt)
lands of J. S. Starr. Henry Ifolmes and
v.. wu OI r ayetieviile, and
i uAi uwujinjr aescnixxi in the pctii
tion riled m said caase, -14
lerras or sale, Cash.
. Eexry Lu Cook. Commissioner.
This Feb'y 7th, 1883. ,
BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS,
And others about to
BUILD HOUSES, FENCES, &c.
Should call on or write to the undersign,
ed for nnces of huili'n-
, i.ii, sucn as
Mouldings, Ceiling,
WEATHERBOARDINS, FLOORING
PALINGS, POSTS, LATTICES, &C.
Ve keen a larero
hand, or can make any to order without
delav
Address
WALTER WATSOX,
Fayett-ville, X. O
I havejut recei7ed a first-class lot of
-MOUNTAIN BEEF
From Ashe County1
::-Y0UNS, JUICY AND TENDER-::
Beef-Sausao
IJaxdJI
Don't forget that I buy for cash and
will nave to sell for the same.
I thank the public fpr their pat paf.
ronage, and beg a continuance of 'the
same. u
Kespectfully
it- tomlixsox.
HOUSE ANDIGN
For the best and most satjsfiu iorv work-
under the best painU-r in thVsoutln "J
ItesnectfulU-,
X.
A. Lovitt.
Hope Mills, X.
C.
1VJ XxC-fXctu R S nme
R If AVrTPtPTrTMn-.
C?P?erSber 1 raakc the best Brick
made in th St.nt wsl ""Ci;