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EQUAL EIGHTS TO ALL; SPECIAL PRIVILGES TO NONE. Vol. FAYETTEVILLE, N. CM JULY 1888. IVo- 14. OFFICIAL OKGAX OF NORTH CAROLINA KNIGHTS OF LABOR. ORGANIZE THE HOSTS OF LABOR Will H. Minnick. Organize the hosts of labor, la one common brotherhood, He who drives the locomotive And the one who. turns the sod; Those who dig the dusky diamonds, And produce the shining g"old, Those in factory and in workshop - Bring them to this shephenTs fold. Bring- the fireman and the brakeman. And conductors, East and West; Bring the switchmen and the yardmen, Section hands, ond all the rest ; Bring them with the iron-worker, Sailor, soldier and the tramp; Organize and school them fully In the Knights of Labor cam p. Organize the western ranchmen, And the co w-b jy of the plains ; Bring1 the herder and the hermit, -. And the student with his brains; Bring them in and thus united, Drill and school them in their rights Moving on in quiet nrudence Till we've gained the topmost heights. Gain them through united effort, Organize and drill whh care In the tactics of our Order Knighthood teaches everywhere. Moving on in one direction," Labor's cause to guard and g-uide, By the wise and wholesome council Each assembly should provide. Some interesting figures in regard to salaries have been- elicited in a suit now in progress in Brooklyn against a baking powder company. It was shown that the president of the com pany draws a salary of $50,000 a year, the vice presidont $30,000, and the treasurer $6,000. The President of a paint and varnish company, who was introduced as an expert in regard to salaries, stated that the superintendent of Lis company received $50,000 a Vf-ar. while the yearly business did not exceed $3,000,000. Another witneet 9 9 stated that in companies with which Le was acquainted the chief executive officers received from $5,000 to $50,000 a year, while a representative of a ker osene oil company said that be knew rr r . . ? I - r received a salary of $30,000 a year, and two others who received $20,000 each. Theee figures are enormous, and were unknown until the days of trost8 and combinations. The explan ation is furnished in the testimony of one oi the witness, who. said that the business of the company with with which he is connected had been in creased until the profits had reached 45 J per cent, on the original ' capitrl stock. The bondholder and banker are fav ored citizens. The bond-holder pays no taxes and the banker next to none. They never go to war. The private soldier goes for eleven dollars a month in a dollar that the bond holder depre ciated, endures the hardship, exigen cies and perils, and if he is fortunate returns alive. A generous Govern ment then taxes him to pay the bond holder interest on a gold dollar twice as valuble as the one he received. Industrial Union, The K. of L. co-operative watch-case mill at Brooklyn employs 100 hands. UNIONISM FULL OF VITALITY AND LIFE. "The revolntionary novelties of yes terday become the conservative com monplaces of to-day,'1 is the way a well known writer e pi grammatically sums up the whole history of progress -na terial, political and social. And espec ially is this the story of the great labor question whose very examination, out side of the lodge roo n of the trades un ionist was sufficient, hardly a generation ago, to stamp the bold investigator as a fanatic, if not worse. That was the time when all combinations of working men were still frowned upon by the general public, denounced iu the pulpit and by press, and very raujh discour aged by the courts. To most of as that appears ridiculous, and now would be out of touch with the spirit of the times. But at the period referred to, this general, intolerant anti-tradesunion feeling was a very serious matter to the wagoworker. In England, where now the organi zation of labor is taken as a matter of course, and trades unions are a power to be reckoned with politically as well as industrially, all such associations were and er the bun of the law and ille gal to 1824. Prom that date liberty organization was grantel the En glish laborer, but in most countries this right is not conceded : to thia day. And even in Great Britian, the very comprehensive interpretation given by the courts to the common law act con spiracy made this liberty more appar ent than real: all combinations re straint of trade" were consider I con spiracies up to two deoades ago; and men who organised or took part in a strike were punishable by a criminal penalty and might be, as they often were, sent to prison. In fact, judicial wisdom even went so far as to declare it to be n crime to emoezzle the funds of trades nnions, as they had no legal status. In this country, workingmcn's or ganizations were accorded very scant favors a half century ago an A later. They were denounced as of foreign or igin, not in harmony with our institu tions; and while not proscribed here as in Englaud, the same old common-law interpretation was made to doty to dis countenance them and their tnetkods. And althongh the 'conspiracy' rule also has been considerably modified here, it is still in force in some of our States; while in at least one of them, where its repeal was generally sup posed to have beeneffected in the early 'SO's, a recent Ne'wYork judicial con. struction of expressjstatote law makes "sympathetic" strikes, where all the strikers are not employed in the same shop, criminal restraints of trade. And as if this were not enough, the liberal Court of Appeals of that State has just promulgated a further "warning to etriker8":holding not only that the Ex ecutive Board of D. A. 91 committed an indictable offense in obtaining the discharge of an obnoxious shoe factory foreman, bnt that any other than wages strikes are illegal. In addition to this, it has become the fashion ot late with a certain class ! of newspapers to do all that in them lies to stir np public hostility against j the Knights of Labor, as well as to sow the seeds of discord in the ranks of la bor organizations generally a scheme ! which is apparently advanced by the mistaken bigotry, or zeal of some trades- union leaders, who, umbleto look be yond the narrow horizon of their own trade, think they saa in our more liber al American Order an end to their own poar aa I, p3HriU, etisn i s j. fjtbor 03 i veiti 1 1 f t I if are as uuuiereus s th na of the ol ter political parties, and labor literature finds the readiest sale. The American labor movement is yet in its infancy, but is everywhere leaviug the social, political and inlustrial orgaaizuion. The sup porters of all eojnomio legislation for our ouotry are ringing the changes on its effects on the o minion of the Amer ican labjrer, an 1 both the national and local states nen ar njver tired of pro testing that to them the wishes of or ganized labor are law.-' He doesn't al ways live up to his protestations, but that is our own fault. When we show oar representatives that we are in earn est, tew will be so bold as to oppose our demands. That is evidenced by the history of recent years, which is re sponsible for all 'the important labor laws on the statute books. And this sinoe the most wonderful organization of modern times has come upon the scenes, the Order of the Knights of Labor, which has given tons to the whole labor movement a movement which now recognizes the unity of in terest of all classes of society, whose highest ood it seeks to promote. Krgawzatioo, education and agita tion are the watchword of our Order. Our goal U co-operation and the abol ishment of the vage system. Onr aim is to secure to workers a just share of the material benefits of the age. We deaire to "advance the cause of human ity, to lighten the burden of toil, and elevate the moral and social condition of mankind." And we believe tbat the realization of our platform of prin ciples will accomplish this end. But none of then is of more import ance to-day than the demand for State ownership of our telegraphic railway systems. It is a question big. with po litical, industrial and social consequenc es. Political, in that it is a matter of life and death with the republic, wheth er the government shall own our trans portation monopolies or the monopolies the government, Industrially, jn tbat it signifies tbe cheapest possible transportation of men and material, and from localities where they are not needed to localities where they are. And socially, because cheap railroad fares mean an easier straggle for ex istence all along the line cheaper con sumption and tbe re 1 ret of an over crowded and constantly overcrowding population, which would then be able to live in tbe cozy suburban cottage, instead of the filthy, disease-breeding and expensive city tenement. Journal of United Labor, The Union Labor presidential ticket is being dubbed the "farmer ticket." Well, the farmers and farming interests comprise the greater part of our count ry 8 greatness, and as we have never, since its organization, had a farmers' ticket, why ehonld we not have one now in the year 1888? We have had tbe lawyer, the soldier and the man on horseback lone enoncrh. Let's have one of the people for once. Et.reka Vol,) Watchman. The employes of the Cook Loco mo tive Works at Patterson, N. J., are on a strike. : BUILDERS, CQ3TMCT03S, Ani others about to BUILD HOfJSES, FENCES, &a, Sluuld call on or write to the undersign e 1 for pric a of building material, such a ' Moaldingrs, Ceiling, Srowsr J?&oo vista Himimmm, floorihs - PALIXBS. POSTS, LATTICES, Wd k-i ip a lara stock constantly on h vil, or oi l m ike any to order without d iLlV A 1 i.M? J: WALTER WATSOtf, Fayattville, N. C Established 54 Tears WARREN PRIOR & SO!! Invite Orders For Thr Aurora Watch ENGAGEMENT DlNGS Wcddin? Rings ILVBR SPOON I L VER FORK ETS OP CASTOR AND AM, SILVER WARE Warren Prior & Son, Jewelers, Fayettevilie, NC BURINS ."THE '$BMflEn M iot'13 we will oCfer snecitl tod ice moat 8 'O tii t-a-le, tti in freshness o (?ooda and in prts. Tho nimb e sixpence is better hin tae alo v shilling," an! we desire tn! leuls of fi niii ? and j trade generally that e a e ready to offer Special Ipdoeeoents To i.ivlte the-r naronag-, an 1 to Ihit rnd we will be m iking special offers from time to time For Saturdays Trade Look :n and -ee for youreI vea. Cash in i strong inducement at this season and w lesire t invite tlie laboring man to come nd visit ur store and be rvptred to :nd a little cish. C mi ne. Come all. A. 8. HUSgE&CO. THE mr'S OF GLCI1V tki lbsx ssAixxra lot or czxxsr rroi ' toxh SSTlt is very che-fp. and U heautiiuily "nndt low prices and quick sale-. Don't be idle wires you cjln kaxi from $75,00 to $100,000 per mostb. There is no book on the American mar ket tbat sells as tt ns it do-a Oneagert has sold j 1600 in less than 6 months. Aeents are daily reporti'igfr-mi 35 V50 per week. On aent sold 1 4Q ESfltS II 5 DAYS I lYILUimON, ff. C. AnotbV? sold in Albany. G 30 King of Glory in less than a month. 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