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i "EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL; SPECIAL PRI V1LGES TO NONE. Vol. . FAYETTEVILLE, IV. C. JULY 10. 1 IVo. 13. OFFICIAL OHO AN OF NORTH CAROLINA KNIOHTS OF LABOR. TON EIGHT HOURS. The following is the philosophy of the eiht honr movement a9 defined by the Boston Eibt-Hoar League: Resoloei V i it p r Vrty is the ?reat fact with which the labor movement deals; That co operation in labor is the final result to be obtained; That the redaction of the bonrs of labor is the first step in labor reform, and that the emancipation of labor fron ihe slavery and ignorance of poverty solves all the problems that now disturb and perplex mankini; That eight hours do not mean le33 wages; That men are . never paid as a rnle according to what they earn, but to the average cost of living; That in the Ion run within certain limits less hours mean more pay; whether they work by the day or piece, That reducing the hours increases the purchasing power of wages as well as the amount of wealth produced; That dear men means cheap prodnc lion and cheap men means dear produc tion; That six cents a day in China is dear est, and three dollars a day in America is the cheapest; That the moral causes that have made three dollars a day cheaper than six cents a day will make higher wages still cheaper: - That less hours mean reducing the profits and fortunes that is made on labor and its results; More knowledge and more capital for the laborer, the wages system grad ually disappearing through high wage Le-s p or people to borrow money ani less wealthy ones to lend it, and a natural decline in the rates of interest on money; More idlers working and m.-re work ers thinking, the motives to fraud re duced and fewer calls for special legis lation; Woman's wages increased and her household labor reduced, l etter oppor tunities for thought and action, and the creation of motives strong enough to secure the ballot; Reaching the great cause of intem-p- r.inc, extreme wealth and extreme povert ; And the salvation of republican in solutions; That whether national banks are abol ished, or bonds are taxed, or whether greenbacks or gold, or any system' of fin nce proposed is adopted, cr a sngle tax on land, or civil service, or one term for president shall prevail, are not laborers' questions necanse they have no appreciable relation to the wage system, through which the wage clssjs secure all that they can ever ob tain of the world's wealth until they become sufficiently wealthy and intelli gent to co-operate in its production, and wheher the masses have anything to choose between a Democrat, a Repab i lican or other candidate turns entirely upon the question which one of the candidates will be most likely to secure the legislation for rednced hours of labor as Well as the enforcement upon all government works of the law al ready enacted " Resolved, That the factory system of our country that employs tens of thousands of women and children eleven and twelve hours a day; that own3 or controls in its own selfish interests the pulpit and the press; that prevents the );TtUti c'a-ts froumtkii' the ti 89lvesfelt in behilf of lea hours through a reoairseles exsreisa of the po ver of discharge; that is rearing a population of child re 1 and youth w'joa sickly ap pearance an I s nnty or utterly neg lectd scho ding, is o-ovinr year by yeir the lord of the loi n an I the lord of the lash are nitnril alliu in the con flict betwean free lo n aal slavery. NATIONAL BANKS. We hive at different times lain be fore our re ilers the system on which our nation 1 bana were conducted an! the advantages offered them by law to make and control money. We now give the matter as stited by Hon. S. S. Marshall of Illinois In a speech in Congress in 1874, ani the same statute nw prevail with this ex ception at that time the btnks were limited in their circulation that limit has been re novel an! the power to contract or explain the curreuov at will is rrmted. Mr. Marshall states the thing as it actually existed. Hiys: Here is a plain, concisi statement the working of thit ' beautiful syatem" of bond backing and national bank bus iness which he who runs cin read and understand. "Au association of ge ltleran in an eastern state raised $300,003 in curren cy j. They went to the office of ; the Register of the Treisurv an! exebang ed their currency for $30,000 in six per cent, gold bearing bonds. They went to the office of the comptroller of the currency, in the same building, or eanized a mtional bank, deposited their $300,000 in bonds an! received for them 270,000 in national currency. They bad let the government have $300,000 in currency, mire than they received for hanking purposes, and had on deposit $300,000, on which they re ceived as interest from the government $18,000 in gold, and exempt from tax ation. This was pretty good financiering for these bankers to receive $18,000 a year in gold on the $30,000 in curren cy which they had thus loaned the gov ernment. Only f0 per cent, each year! Ed. J But this is not the whole story. They had their bank made a public depository. They soon discov ered that there was scarcely less than $1,000,000 of government money de posited within their vaults. ; They did not like to se this vast sum idle. They, therefore, took, $1,000,000 of government money and bought $1,000 000 of tweuty-five bonds with it. In other words, they loaned $1,000,000 f the government's own j money to the government and deposited the bonds recieved in the vaults of their bank, on which they received from the same government $60,000 a year in gold interest. Thus for $30,000 in currency which they originally loaned the government, they received annually in all$78,0o0 in gold." Compute the rate of interest, an 1 then vote the g. o. p. ticket if you are a fool. Commoner . When our manufacturers are grown to a certain proportion, as they will under the fostering core of the govern ment, the farmer will find a ready mar ket for bis surplus produce, and, what is of almost equal consequence, a cer tain and cheap supply tor all bis wants. -John C. Calhoun. A POSTAL TELEGRAPH. During all this session there has been before co i grew pr.ipisiti o that the Government shin! I either take p" sssion of existing telegrtoh lines or construct lina of its o vn for tha use of the people. T all these bills the Gould mmopoly has interp ned all kiads of objections. The olioohir eeus to be that the com non people do not use the telejraoh any way, and consequently can have no interest in any change. This, however is a mis take. The people make use of the tel egraph in numerals wavs, and wool 1 nse it still more were it within their reach as is the post iffioe. Every man wh reads a newspaper uses a telegraph, and ha 1 we a postal telegraph we would hive more and betterp tpers forth e Associated Press would not then be the censors of the peooles reading mt Truo, so ne "vested rights" might sof ter by the process, but the monopoly has already wrunj eeough from the people npoa which to live in luxury for the rest of its days. Then, too, we hive already precedent for Government ownership even without going to Eng land aid France. The United States Government once had a monopoly of all there was of the telegraphic busi ness. It disposed of this valoble dis covery for a mere bagatelle. Luckily it retained the p03t otfioe, thus allowio g t&9 peolpe to peruse their own. oonfi deitialco nmunications befire the syn dicate's censor revised them. No doubt the tim3 will ora j when the people will own telegraph. Until then the telegraph an! its managers will control the people. Craftsman. DrjRFiAJi, N. C, July, 12 18SS. Mr. Editor: Let me siy a word about the Labor ticket. Can't there be some concentrated action? See if we can't pull together and pile up a large vote for Labor's freedom in the Old North State. Can't the leading Knights and Alliance men come togeth er and form some plan for action. Those men that have been elected to political office should use all their influence for a pure unadulterated la bor ticket. We cannot trust either of the old parties. Let us make a begin ning and vote for President this year. No donbtyou will hear the old excuse, it won't do this year, wait. We cannot afford to wait. The sooner we begin the fight, the quicker that victory will be ours. Ani remember when you buy goods of any kind look for the . Union Label. BUILDERS, CCTTFJUrrCSS, And others about to B'JILO ROUSES, FENCES, Ac, S t uli evil on or write to the uadenig e 1 for prices of building material, such a Mouldings, Ceiling, WEITHEIMARIIIKB, FlOtnilS PAUSSS. POSTS, LATTICES, K. Wrt keep a lare stock constantly on ha, id, or can m tke any to order without deluv WALTER WATSOM, Fayjtteville, N. C Established 64 Years W.'RREX PRIOR & SQn Imvitk Orders Fob Tub Aurora Wax toll ENGAGEMENT R I N G K Wedding Rings ILVER SPOON 5 ! k t r W I L V E It Th semi annual statement of the KnigbU or Labor Cvoporative Manu facturing Tailoring Company - of Chi cago is out, and the Showing made is commendable, jf not remarkable, and shows what can be accom pished by co operation when affirs are pioperly managed by persons of experience. This company began business in March 1837, with a paid-up capita! of $305, and are. already doing a business of over $35,000 a year. They have paid out in wages to clerks, salesmen and labor in manufacturing over 816,000, and show a net gain for the year after all bill 8 are paid, of "about $27,000. The managers are to be congratulated pon the success of thoir enterprise, and co-operators generally should be encouraged to posh tbeir work of eman cipating labor by the introduction of a co-operative industrial system. ETS OF CASTOl AND ALL SILVER WARE Warrem Prior St Sox, t Jewelers. FayeUsviUe, N, J. D JRING THE SUMMER AI .ot'i8 e will 1er sp'-chl uidticer.iVg to .tli- tnul h-jfi in freshness o' fttxxl anQ 1 1 pri ces. 44 The nimn'e sixpence is better thin the slow shUlm," and we deair? the hetdi of fituiti and ih trade gen rally that we are reailj to offer Special Inducements To invite their paroa ani; to tlm ml e will be m ikiog special oEfers from, time to time For Saturdays Trade Lo k tn hiJ ee for yrmrelrea. Ch -t strong inducement at'riiia sasort ami we les-H t invite t:?e laboring man to come and visit our store and be preptrcd tD . s,Hnd a lit'le cash. C ui s odc. Come all. A. S. ITUSKE A CO. THE KING OF GLORY Til ICS! l2i:33 IXTZ QT CSSS7 S7IX TOTIDt "It is viry cheip, and 1 t.Titiiully "uod, low prices and quick sale. - Dox't be idle when tod can matte TROlf $75,00 to $100,000 PEU MOICTtt. There is no bo-k on the American mar ket that sell as ftt ms it dx s One agect h9 sold 1C00 in less ihn 6 months. .Virents are daily report i- from 35 tOO sales ' o-r week. On aent fold 140 BOOKS IN 5 DAYS IN WILMINGTON, N. C. Another 3 ld in Albany, G 0 King of Glory in 183 than a month. It is a book of vivid in terest and sells very fast.) One aent has c mtTACted to sell 3000 copu-s in le-s than a year. Sen 1 lor Illustr ated circulars and bio terms. Exclusive territory ifiven. Sud90 cents for complete outfit incladinz t complete copy of the book in its beet hiniioff. Hiz terms. Address. ! SUTOWESTER PURLISHINO Il0UEt 153 & 155 spruce st, Nashville, Tenn. N. B- We are the oldest and largest HUlwcription book house in the south. We publish an elegant line of bibles and other rork . OSCAR J. SPEARS, AlUrafv ia! Caasel!r it liw, LtLLiNOTox, Harnett County N, C 6ENERAL PRACTICE. PROtlFT ATfcntCB.
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