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ff1fl ill 4 I it EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL; SPECIAL PRIVTLGES TO NONE. Vol. FAYETTEVILLE, IV. O., lXJOXJS1 3 2Vo. Iff. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF NORTH CAROLINA KNIGHTS OF LABOR.' THE REASON WHY, Why is it that lab ir id not allowed to nnjoy the wealth it croites? Why is it that the laws or this an 1 any other cointry are rnide ia the interest of property aa 1 the expen-JO of men ? B-cans9 labor ha permitted capiat tl is.n t do its thinking an I legislation. Beomsa laK)r hs periuitted cipi i.srn to aq'ms on nil t'io nuunl sources of weilth and co npjl it to pay for the iiS4 of them. Bsinse labor allowed cipitilisn to obtain and retain p session of the cir culating cnedinm of railriys an J of all other me ins of excha ig3 in 1 com pel it to pay miry fir their mo Bica'i.se labor h irnhs t r it parties while cipiUlis n uses its parties. Beci'ise labor puts a silent biit pret ty effectual b ycott in the labor press and starves it, while praising it; and t;u j ports, while it curses, the organs of capitalism. Because thxi'i it sees that capital ism is everywhere thoroughly orgsn ize 1, labor rem tins, practically unor giuize l, eich man competing with his lcllo v and bilding against him f.ir the privilege of earning profits. for capital ism, Bicans), thmgh labor sea3 that it is bein robbed of thi results of its toil, and is pretty wall aware bow it is done yet wofkiug.nen arj co iteut to let about one in every hundred of them fight against the unjust system which r.b the n, while the other ninety-nine stand btok and grumble when th 03J makes a mistake, and sner waei he makes a failure. Beciuse, though labor his the poirer to stop all the robbery and change everv unjust law, it either has not euo'igh energy or enough sense to use that power. In a word because there are a deal to t many fools to the square acre in thU and every country. Labor Refor mer. THE ONL Y REMED Y. Hon. A. J. Streeter, the Union La bor pirty candidate for the presidency, the farmer statesman, talks straight out coiiciQ!n the eoidhim of the toilers iu Held and ftctory, an ! tells theyi that the on'y ro.ndy is in the organization of a new prty, at both the obi parties are guilty of having brought the c niutry to this 'n lition. This pirty mu.t be of the people, a pirty of reform, orginized purposely to bring relief to the oppressc people. "It mnt" lie says "take the govern ment from the grip ot tin aristocracy, and undo vici U3 legislation c iao ed to rob ns. The laws must be ad ninis terel to aid tLe people to pay their debt." The bonded debt must bo paid so that capital cm no lonr skulk behind it an I evade lAffs, n r gt interest on aue a year in adauce. "Wo need," Mr. Stroller savs, "a radical change in affiirs, an I if we have c mrage to vote o i our convictions we can secure this cbauge. If we have not then we have at good a government as we de serve and are fit material to make slaves for our ma&ters, the moneyed aristocracy." This is plain talk, but there people enough in this country who are oppres sed an I enough who are able to see the oppression if they do not themselves feel it, to cast votes sufficient to elect this man to the office of president and thereby institute a ra lical change of atfairs whose resalts could he no worse than at present conditions at all events. The administration of government in the last 25 yeans Mr. Streeter graph ically says '-has begotten an army of tramps, made a large per-centag- of the peopl homdess and living in tene ment houses, increase i suicide, insanity and crime until we have had to con struct an I maintain ra re and more pen etentiaries an 1 al ns-bous) and begot ten an organization of anirohists which is increasing, whose avowed object is th. overthrow of our gvern neot. We havj the only remedy in our own hands, if we are tt it wie enough to apply it, and orga usj a granl anti moaopoly arm, t battle fjr the rights of the people and save this co intry from the inevitable destruction which has overtaken every nati n dominatd by a inonind plutocracy. MilwiiJcee Libor Review TAKE THIS HOME TO YOURSELF. A writer in one of o ir exchanges tells more truth in the following short letter than cau be f.iuul in alt the moiopoly papers published in this onntr. He 8 ys: "I wish to ask the frienls of liberty whit is th3 principle weapon of mo nopoly? Is it not the siD3ilized prfess? Dies not th presj create and manipulate publ c opinion? Take a way the sabsi lizei press an I at the first geneal clectioi monpoly wjul l be disho mred and disinherited of thj people's wealth. II w loig will an independent pre3s be able to dompete with a heavily subsidized J pres3? Could one class of far nrs 0o upete with an )th jr cla-js that rec n vadj a roy alty for every grain seat to market? Could we expect an independent press to compe'e with a subsidized, press that gets a bonus f r every issue? But we are aked what are you goinjg to do about it? I answer we must organize press clubs all over our monopoly-ridden country. We must fig'it m u3poly with its own weapons. I hava seen the monopoly ticket routed two, to one ly a quiet and ooscure person distribu ting and soliciting subscribes jfor in- depen lent newspapers. There is time and money enough spent in the labor assemblies to make the indepen dent press all powerful to break the letters that are being forged for us. Monopoly is a snake in the grass, the subsi iized press the f in 4-3 tb It pierce our p ditical system, and the poison spreads throughout the entire organiza tion. I know of one case, and there are doubtless many, wb.2re they bought out an in dependent newspiper and obligated the ed'ror u U to -ugige in journtlisui for two years and six; months. Why this two ears and six months? Is it not the limit of lime that we are allowed n iudepe ident prsi-r Whv wait u it'd a Piukert.m asissin s'ands guard over every printing prss in thi- co mtryf In he namj of liberty let us orginiz; organize a free press fcociety in every school district !or ward in lue laud. Call a m -otin, J elect a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, an I begin the work of sub scribers for the anti-monopoly press. Don't get discouraged. At first it is surprising what three or four Jean ac complish in a year. And in two years and six mouths we can say as did a general in the revolution, We have met the enemy and they are ourg." THE BURLINGTON CONSPIRACY. Recent developments in the exam ination of the alleged dnamiters ar rested at the instance of the Burling- lu Hul way offiouls at Chicago con rirmod the ra st seriius predictions male by the J our ml two waeks ago, an i make of o ir for ne article a veri table prophesy. Tu cVief ooispira tora to wreck trains an I destroy life and property tarn ouii to bavj teen two 'detectives wh ) were employed by the railway officials almost ai the very be gianiiig of th j s'tr.ke of t!i3 engineers and firemen. It ig true they appear to have iudjcrfd others ta. have joined them in their depredations, but all the waythronxh can be sen the work of train I scoundrels who have been dig nified with the title of dejtctive. Tnere are upn the statutes of Illi nois stringent censpirasy- laws, nnder whi ;h it beoomej unl iwful for tw or more m -n to agree to quit the employ of a master if by so doing they mean to c erce him into submitting to their demands for shorter hours, and more pay, or other regulations of their cail ing. Yet here seems to nave been an agreement (shall we not call it a con spiracy?) between th officials of the road a id a cut-throat detective agency to not only destroy property and life, but to draw into the plot the hot-headed i npetious elements of two pe ice able organiz itioni of labor, and if nec esary bring their officers and members tothegillows and destroy the usiful ness of beneficial labor organiz itioa by (.ringing into public disfavor and con tempt tue Brotherhoods 'of Engineers and Firemen. Hippilv for the work- Lmen, the sjheme was not wholly suc cessful. The company was compel lei to sho v its hand early, and public sen timent canaot do otherwise than con demn such a barefaced conspiracy, as this is shown to hive been little short of attempted murder of innocent men. Without the prod ling ofithe dHectives it is n )t probable that any of the men arrested would have entert line 1 any thoaght of dyn unite or train wreck ing. It therefore follows that if lives bal been sacrificed by any' of the a' tempts alleged to have been made, the compa ny and its hired assassins would have been the real murderers, and cot the blind dupes who, smarting un ler their defeat, were drawn into the plottings through their desire for revenge. Wh?n workingrnen combine for mutual protection and assistance it is a conspi racy. When the Chic jgp, Burliogton and Quincy Railroad Company an 1 the Pinkerton Detective Agency form a combination to down a labor orgmiza- tion, even at the. expense of human life, it becomes a purely business tranactioo. Oh, consistency ! thy name is Lz in the State of Illinois. f Ia 1868 thera was thirty-two million dollars raised by the graduated income tax. This money came from the pock ets of rich men who had accumulated their wealth from the poor men. Now what did the poor med do? They went to the polls and voted these rich men, or their representatives into pow er, and they repealed tbe law. Now, this thirty million dollars has to be paid by the poor men, for there has to be the same am unt raised, whether it comes from the rich or poor. But all right, Mr. Wortingman, vote the same old ticket and set 'em op again. Labor Review, I BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, And others about to BQILD HOCT3E3, FENCE3, &o Should call on or write to the undersign ed for prices of building- material, such as MDaldinsa, Ceilings, mmmmmi aooniNS PALIN3S. POSTS, LATTICES, &. We keep a larre stock constantly oa hand, or can mike anv to order without delav. 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