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London Times which Is the
THE and especial organ of
British interests puts the whole
etnoney Question in a nutshell as fol
lows
It Sems impossible to get bimetal
lists to understand that there is quite
a large number of us for whom i gen
eral rise of prices lias no charms what
ever We like them low and the low
er the better If they all went down
to half their present li mires we should
rejoice because we have nothing to
sell and a great many things to buy
For those who have things to sell we do
not feel any great concern
Now says the Atlanta Constitution
this is all there is in the whole business
The London Times speaks for what is
technically known as the city the
banking interests the interests of
Lombard street When it says we
have nothing to sell It speaks for the
large and growing class In this coun
try and in England that produces noth
ingthe class that collects its annuities
and clips its coupons having nothing
to sell and everything to buy
Honest people ought to be thankful
to the Times for speaking out so plain
ly It states the whole case in a nut
shell It speaks for the whole class of
those who have nothing to sell but ev
erything to Jury This class represent
ing one man in every one huudred thou
sand of the worlds population maybe
lessors undoubtedly right in desiring to
make prices lower and lower all the
time They care nothing for the pro
gress of the world nor for the state of
business All hat they are interested
in is the increase In the purchasing
power of the money in which their
debts and the interest on them are
paid
That is the main thing They do not
look to the future nor do thej antici
pate a moment when their debtors will
be unable to pay in gold They know
that if liquidation occn is they will get
in the neighborhood of gold values for
whatever may be realized and so they
are content to wag along under the
gold standard which makes money
dealers richer and all producers poorer
The Constitution has stated hereto
fore that the money question was mere
ly a question of prices a simple con
test between those who deal in money
and those who buy money with the
products of their labor The Londou
Times the organ of the British gold
monometallists makes tiiis perfectly
plain when it says that a general rise
in prices has no charms whatever No
charms of course to the creditor class
for then debtors would be able to pay
their debts on easier terms Producers
would have to give a less quantity of
their cotton and wheat in order to pro
cure a given quantity of debt paying
und taxpaying money
When the Times says that a gen
eral rise in prices has no charms what
ever it means that general prosperity
In the United States has no charms
whatever for the British shylock We
have no criticism to offer on the some
what selfish remarks of the Times
From the point of view of an organ of
British interests the Times is undoubt
edly correct A general rise of prices
in the United States or what is the
same thing general prosperity instead
of helping Great Britain would hurl it j
and hurt it very seriously It would j
have to give a larger amount of gold for
our products for our cotton and wheat j
and as a result its profits would be
tremendously cut down j
Great Britain is the buyer of cortun
wheat and other staple commodities
and the people of the United States are
the sellers A general rise in prices
would bring about general prosperity
here at the expense of Great Britain
The gold monometailists would declare
that we had no sound money but prices
would be sound and Great Britain
would have to give up her sound
money in order to obtain our cotton
and our wheat
The whole business is as simple as a
sum in addition to those whose minds
are not confused England being the
buyer of our food products and of our
raw material is interested in low
prices The people of the United States
being the producers of food product
and the raw material that Great Brit-
ain is obliged to have are interested j
in higher prices j
By remonetlsing silver they can at
one stroke secure higher prices and a
return of prosperity The question is
will they allow the politicians to fool j
them n this business
Not a Novelty
Bimetallism is no novelty It is 4
000 years old Gold monometallism is
not yet GO years old in this country not
23 yeans old Bimetallism for centur
ies was a triumphant success If we
may judge by the conditions prevailing
in the treasury at Washington gold
monometallism is a failure
The Director of the Mint has shown
that the world now produces as much
gold as its total product of gold and
silver in 1SG3 This means that the
worlds business is thirtj years ahead
of its supply of standard money It is
beyxiiul dispute that if gold should be
generally demonetized it would lose
value as silver did Why should men
deny with respect to silver that which
they must admit with respect to gold
The stock of wheat is not enlarged
by issue of elevator certificates The
stock of sound money cannot be In
creased by the emission of paper notes
and other bank credits A vegetarian
who would starve to death when beef
was available because he could not get
vegetables would be pronounced a
fool A nation is not less foolish if it
permit scarcity of gold violently to dis
order its business when it may have
security nnd peace by using silver with
gold The period of greatest prosperity
the world ever saw followed immedi
ately upon discovery of gold and silver
deposits in the West No nation ever
had or can have too much metal mon
ey We have deliberately discarded
half of that which the Creator gave to
us Manufacturer Philadelphia
Puzzles of the Period
Why was silver demonetized Who
knows
Who were the beneficiaries Who
can tell
Why was a prosperous industry crip
pled
Why does everybody favor bimetal
lism
Why do some who faver i It oppose
it
Why does everybody admit demone
tization was wrong
Why do so many of them assent to its
continuance
Why if it was wrong can it not be
put right
Who stands in the way of Jt and
why
Who is running this country any
how
Who are they runuing it to benefit
Why should the English banker be
more favored than ihc American silver
miner
Why should the United States Gov
ernment stand in with the Englishmen
Why do bankers assume the aver
age citizen ihas no sense
Why does the average citizen submit
to such an assumption These are thu
puzzles of the period
This Is a Clincher
The Denver News says that one of the
arguments now floating about the coun
try as a clincher upon the advocates
of free coinage is that a very large
proportion of all bonds and other in
struments of indebtedness is payable
specifically in gold We are trsked what
good it would do to restore bimetallism
since those debts must be met in one
metal only Those who advance this
statement do not seem xo realize that
the trouble lies in the appreciation of
gold
If silver were restored to an equality
with gold as primary money the appre
ciated quotation of the yellow metal
due to its leing the sole money of final
redemption would fall Gold would
come down Sixteen ounces of silver
would buy an ounce of gold In rela
tion to all inanuer of commodities gold
would fall likewise and a bushel of
wheat would exchange for as nearly
as much gold as It will now procure It
follows therefore that the redemption
of bonds payable in gold could practi
cally be made In gold or silver An
automatic law would quickly adjust
the relations of gold with other pro
ducts of human labor and strip the
metal of the valuation given to it by
the selfish legislation in the interest of
the gold owners
When Will We Sec
At Berlin at Vienna at Paris one day
last week the Eastern question had so
unsettled the stock exchange thai
shares fell 20 22 40 and -14 florins and
that since the memorable collapse of
1S7 no such startling panic had oc
curred at Vienna It is only two
years since our panic was induced by
shipping gold to Austria to put her
finances on a sound money basis
When will common sense open its
eyes and ee the position to which gold
legislation has brought the world that
the iiuances of Iho world are so in the
bauds of the brokers and speculators
in stocks that a war rumor is in danger
of nkrupting business everywhere
In Europe all governments but Russia
belong- to the gold syndicate and a crisis
anywhere breeds in the language of
the press dispatches ruin And yet
every effort is now being made to in
clude the United States in this ruin
Russia is free from it because she is a
silver nation makes and uses her own
money
Tke Way It Works
If the people have confidence in tlnj
banks to leave their deposits with
them and the banks have confidence
in the people enough to loan freely and
in each other so as to work together
everything may move swimmingly
But if one eighth of the deposits
should be withdrawn it would call for
all the actual cash In the vaults It
would compel the banks to call in loans
in even greater proportion It would
mean hardship and trouble especially
for those who are weak financially and
dependent on their credit
Or if the banks become frightened
as they did In 1893 and they always
stand on ticklish ground they may
precipitate disaster for all the weak
and dependent both among theniselvfs
and their customers
Why is the practice of the Chinese
in making the feet of their females fit
their shoes and not making the shoes
fit the feet like the gold standard
Because the gold standard makes the
business of the country fit the volume
of money and does not make the vol
ume of money fit the business of the
country Silver Knight
SAD ELEOTION MUSINGS
The Democratic donkey is dead
Ah me Ah mo
What a very sad sight to behold
It died of goldbug founder alack
Or ponderous King Grorer may have
broken its back
There is grief in the thought it will never
come back
Boo hoo -Boo hoo
The cuckoos are all moulting J
How sad How sad
4H their plumage will soon be gone
Those innocent birds so fleet of wing
Pathetic they coo and sweetly they sing
They will never bloom out again in the
spring
Boo hoo Boo hoo
The mugwump is rapidly passing away
More tears More tears
This political missing link
lie came forth a mushroom sprang up
through the dew
A tory in principle his merits were few
The mugwump died twas all he could do
Boo hoo Boo hoo
One by one these Democrats humbugs
decease
Tears flow Tears flow
Unwept and unhonored thoy pass away
Sound money huuibuggery its die has
been cast
Public office a trust G rovers humbug
has passed
And revenue tariff went off with a gasp
Boo hoo Boo hop
Dallas Mercury
The Octopus Reaches Out
The trusts not content with pooling
the railroads now propose to lay their
unholy hands on the great inland seas
over which passes the mightiest inter
nal commerce in the world A few more
turns of the screws and they will have
every vessel owner every shipper and
every dweller on the great lakes as
completely at their mercy as a mouse
in the claws of the cat As soon as
they get the toils drawn they propose
to demand of Congress the legalizing
of their unholy pool And just at this
juncture the plutocratic press shout
with ghoulish glee The Populist party
is dead Only thai party stands be
tween them and universal dominion
Never was there such a demand for
the growth and success of the Populist
party which is the only one that offers
a- hostile front to just such conspiracies
as that boldly described in the press
dispatches Let every Populisl read
this infamous story and highly resolve
that he will fight as never before to res
cue the people from the awful fate with
which they are threatened This is no
time for despondency no time for
weakening The logic of events the
very instinct of self preservation will
drive into the reform ranks many of
those who refused to listen until they
felt the screws tightening but will be
forced to resist when they find them
selves being made victims The Presi
dents Agreement and lordly sweep
to grasp the whole universe will prove
an effective recruiting agent for the
principle of Government control Non
conformist
Wlial It Means
The result of the recent elections
Means down with humbug Democra
cy
It means that the bankers cannot run
the government
It means that Clevelaudism cannot be
palmed off as Jefferson ianism
It means that the Monroe doctrine
must be enforced
It means that English boudocracy
cannot run this country
It means that tory ism in the White
House is not popular
It means that this government can
make money and will do it
It mean that the people know when
they have had enough of a bad thing
It means that death awaits any party
that deserts the masses for the classes
It means I hat party bondage is brok
en and that the people will hereafter
vote independently
It means thai a political revolution
is coming in i spfi and that the peoples
cause will win
It means that the people will not
longer submit to a dictator in the White
House
It means that the people- do not want
the treasury of the United States turn
ed over to the Rothschilds
It means many things that the lead
ing men of the country should study
and understand for the people are
hereafter to control
It means that there is public wrath in
store for a party that defies Ihe people
and robs the laboring and wealth pro
ducing masses Let all future admin
istrations take warning
Senator Sherman Has Soured
Toor Senator Sherman is growing
sour in his old age The publication of
the remarkable confessions he has
made would seem to indicate one fact
very clearly That fact is that the
magnates of the Republican party arc a
lot of scheming rogues and they treat
ed the Sherman boom like a football in
college fashion One thing the Sen
ator asserts which shows that for all
his political experience he fails to un
derstand the institutions of his country
He attributes the perpetual defeat he
has sustained in his efforts to attain the
presidency to the selling out process
He is mistaken He would have been
nominated in spite of the politicians
if ho had won the confidence of the
people He failed to get nominated be
cause there was never any popular de
mand for his nomination Sherman
was never a man of the people He was
always on the side of the money power
He could only have been nominated
through the favor of the bosses But
the bosses could not rely upon him any
more than the people could Whei
thieves fall out honest men get their
due and it is a good tiling that Sher
man has begun to quarrel Twentieth
Century
How Fared Ihc Peoples Party
The Peoples party vote in the States
where the party possessed an organ
ization has as usual been about dou
bled In Ohio the reports show that the
Populists polled about 100000 votes
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This is more than double the vole ever
casrby the reformers in Ohio In Ne
braska there was a close race between
the Peoples party candidate- for judge
and the Republican candidate The
Nebraska Populists claim to have dou
bled their vote this year The peoples
vote of Iowa was greatly Increased
The Peoples party carried a majority
of the counties in Colorado nnd In
Utah the Peoples party loomed up in
reasonable proportion at the very first
election where statehood is an issue
In Boston Mass where we never had
ia ticket out before more than 4000 re
form votes were polled
In Mississippi the Peoples party
ticket gave the Democrats a hard tus
sle and gallant Burkitt ran close on
the heels of the old parry ticket The
result is highly satisfactory to the
Peoples party Exchange
The Populist Candidate
The Pops dont want a fisherman 101
Presidential candidate
Who all the time with polo and line and
demijohn and bait
Will fish and fish for suckers but a sea
serpent ofteuer sees
While the nations destiny and weal is
floating with the bieeze
The Pops dont want a President who can
not live at home
In the White House built by government
but every year must roam
With Wall street bankers in their yachts
thro rivers sea and bay
Who fills the office only when he draws
his annual pay
The Pops dont want a President uJl
stomach feet and fat
Who can slip his collar over his head and
never doll his hat
The Pops dont want a President whose
self esteem and gall
Eclipses judgment common sense his
reaon mind and all
The Pops wont have a President save
hes honest brave and true
And loyal to his country a tory will
not do
The Pop wont have a President who
wont dare do whats right
The office fill do the peoples will and if
need be who will light
Southern Mercury
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Nation Needs Men
If ever a nation was needy this na
tion is now If ever a 11a tion was bow
ed down to the knees by a lot of arrant
demagogues this is one If ever court
of king or emperor was surrounded by
a lot of brainless flunkies and fawning
sycophants the court of King G rover
can show It points it never dreamed of
in this We speak of effeminate lux
ury which possessed the people preced
ing the downfall of the Roman empire
It needs only a glance to show how
rapidly we are approaching the dry rot
of laziness and the sappiug influences
of wealth and luxury on the one hand
and abject poverty on the other What
this nation needs most is men
Men whom the lust of dflicc does not kill
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy
Men who possess opinions and will
Mtn who havrhonoi men who will not
lie
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn his treacherous flatteries with
out winking
Tall men sun crowned who live above
the fog
In public duty aud in private thinking
For while the rabble with their thumb
worn creeds
Their large professions and their little
deeds
Mingle in selfish strife lo freedom weeps
Wrong rules the land nnd waiting justice
sleeps
The Caue of It
Certain Democrats who are a week
older than they were seven days ago
are very busy explaining how It all
came about and it sounds something
like this
It was all due to the obstinate asininity
of G rover Cleveland I think it will
effectually lay that old fraud on the shelf
Alfgeld
It is because all the Democratic farm
ers went wild over that 300 pound pump
kin raised in my State and thoy forgot
to vote Bill Morrison
We have met the enemy and we are
theirn bnrl and all 1 might have
known bettor than to bunco Foraker
Calviuass Brice
It was because Gorman was loyal to
genuine Democracy David B nil
It is because he wasnt Senator
Hurst
About all I can see in it is a Republican
occupying my seat in the Senate after
March 4 lStJT Daniel W Yoorhees
If was the fulfillment of my prophecy
that the Democratic party would inarch
through a slaughter house into an open
grave Henry Watterson
It is a vindication of sound money
f P Morgan
Too many Republicans in the Democrat
ic party Allen W Thurmau
Anion Our Exchanges
It is reported that the barbers havt
raised the price of shaving Democrats
Their faces have grown so long that the
barbers propose to charge by the yard
Owensboro Ky Journal
If you think more of your party tua
you do of principle you are a party
slave If you vote for party instead of
principle to avoid ridicule you are a
moral coward Morgans Buzzsaw
The farmers are borrowing money to
pay their taxes As they sign the mort
gage they can console themselves with
the thought that they are getting
sound money Auburn Me Fopu
list
Texas polls more Populist votes than
any State in the Union and she stands
square on the Omaha platform has
not got a leader that ever advocated
fusion ami had a State platform thirty-three
planks lung Morgans Buzz
saw
If a law were passed by which you
were to give fewer days of labor to pay
a debt your creditor would have a kick
coming wouldnt he You know that
It now takes twice as many days of
toil to pay a debt as it did thirty years
ago yet some of you call for honest
money and low wages by voting for
limiting our money to gold Are you
crazy or just a fool 7 Mead v ill e Pa
Sledge Hammer -
THE COMRADES FAREWELL
Around th grinning coal mine men are
whispering low
The bustle is all over now the engines
cease to go
How quick the change around the place
in but a moments time
Another soul is called on high from out
that dreadful mine
Th victim i young Michael Clarke bis
age is twenty three
Beloved by every one around a cheerful
lad was he
Twa in Mount Vernon No 0 he toiled
to earn his bread
A hardy faithful working lad -so every
body said
That morning as was usual he went
forth with n smile
To prosecute his labor- little knowing
thai the while
That dismal shadow grim death hung
oer his youthful head
Before quit ring time down in that mine
Ids noble spirit fled
Without a moments warning the awful
deed was done
A ponderous stone fell from the roof it
nearly weighed five ton
His little brother called for help and tried
to lift the stone
Assistance was of no avail poor Michaels
life was gone
To see the foreman of the mine none
sadder felt than he
He had an interest in the lad with him
he could agree
There can no blame unto his name no
one could stay the blow
His time had come his toil was done and
who could answer no
Slowly move the engines now he has
reached the light of day
Strong men try to stay the tear and turn
their heads away
And to his home they bore him forth
that silent bleeding face
Where in that household none on earth
can ever fill his place
Farewell our loving comrade then since
we must bid adieu
To 11 loving brother faithful son a com
rade good and true
Although we mi your cheerful voice
thy kind word and thy smile
Tis consolation for us to know tis only
for awhile
J hange
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A Great Shipping Strike
The great shipping strike which has
thrown 30100 workmen out of employ
ment on the Clyde and in Belfast and
paralyzed work on the new navy has
attracted general attention in Great
Britain from its unreasonableness The
origin of the conflict was a ciispufe over
the wages of a few engineers in Har
land WolfTs yard Inv Belfast When
times were bad two yofir s ago their
wages were cut down two shillings a
week with the understanding that the
reduction should be made good Vwfien
business improved Times being bet-
tor the engineers asked to have their
wages restored to the former level The
employers refused on the ground that
while there was plenty of work- they
had taken contracts at so low rates
that they could not raise wages The
strike in Belfast involved a lockout
and futile efforts have been made to
settle the trouble There was no ques
tion at issue between the workmen and
their employers on the Clyde Their
relations were friendly and a future
advance in rates had been arranged
but the employers there had signed an
agreement to stand by the Belfast mas
ters in all labor disputes and in obe
dience to their request- they declared
a partial lockout on the Clyde which
brought about a general strike
Work has ceased on the Clyde and
may be suspended in other shipbuild
ing centers for the simple reason that
a small group of Belfast engineers had
a grievance and their employers have
Insisted on a sympathetic lockout The
conduct of the latter is generally con
demned They have themselves adopt
ed an expedient which all employers i
denounced when it was introduced by
new unionists A lockout in sympathy
is the complement of a sympathetic
strike and is au equally dangerous ex
periment The business of a great in
dustry is suspended when there is an
abundance of work and when admiral
ty contracts essential to tjie national
safety are in process of execution The
pressure of publi opinion is so strong
that a compromise may be forced
Keport on Trades Unions
The British Board of Trade has pub
lished its report on trades unions in
189 Compared with 1892 it shows an
increase of trades unions of thirty one
registered and fifty one unregistered
societies but a decrease in membership
of 20010 Accounts were received from
bS3 unions showing a membership of
127078 At the beginning of the year
the total funds in hand amounted to
1002307 while at the end of the year
the sum was lwi0JS the income for
the year being L99f 5971 and the expen
diture of 224rir The unions chief
ly affected by the diminution in aggre
gate numbers are those representing
the less skilled branches of industry
Even with the heavy fall in member
ship the total income shows an increase
of nearly SV per cent due to the fact
tnat in tne unions where there was -a
loss of members the contributions wen
the lowest and that the organizations
ol the more skilled classes have con
siderably increased
Forming a New Federation
Already steps are being taken by the
executives of five labor organizations in I
the employ of the western railroads j
I rank B Sargent grand master of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Grand Secretary Arnold and Second
Assistant Grand Master Mayer of the
same order W B Powell grand chief i
M M Dolphin first assistant grand
chief and L A Tanquery chairman
the grand executive committee of the
railway telegraphers Firs Assistant
Grand Chief Lee of the railway train
men and grand chief clerk of the rail
way conductors to counteract the work
of Eugene V Debs lie has claimed
that on his release from jail he would
find no difficulty in reviving the Ameri
can Kail way Union and making It a
greater power than ever before Ac
knowledging his strength and fearing
his ability the men above named have
completed arrangements to form a fed
eration which numerically and in pow
er will not possess any less significance
than the powerful alliance with which
Mr Debs succeeded in tying up the
entire system of several of the largest
lines in the cnuntrv
jij Kurope
P J McGuiro fur vce presidour of
the American Federation of Labor
talks interestingly of rhe Labor Con
gress recently heid ar CinUft Wales
and at which American trade- union
ism was represent jv Mr McGulre
and Samuel Gompers Speaking of his
experiences and observations In th
old country Mr McGitre said
In Great Hritain and Ireland the
workingmen have genorilly the advan
tage of shorter hours of labor than in
the Tnited States the average working
time being from r0 to 3 1 hours a week
while here it is from 10 to 12 hours a
day I noticed too that in those in
dustries where the working hoars have
been decreased wages have increased
and the trades unions are strong
Mr McGuire found that the working
man In Europe does not live as well as
in this country and that many possess
ed of exceptional talents are kept down
by class conditions This latter fact
however redounded to the benefit of
the trades unions which benefited by
the advice and executive ability of
such men
New Labor Organization
Last week saw an addition to the
American Federation of Labor In the
Dorcas Federal Labor Union an organ
ization recently formed In Chicago and
composed of the wives and sisters of
trades unionists The design Is that
by enlisting the women the men may
be influenced to attend the meetings of
their various organizations Delegutes
will be sent to the trade and labor as
sembly the womens central council
and also to the convention of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor To the lat
ter Fannie Martell of the Bindery Girls
Union will be the delegate About fifty
members have already joined the Dor
cas union The officers are President
Mrs Alzina P Stevens Vice President
Mrs W C Hollister Recording and
Corresponding Secretary Mrs N D B
Maas Financial Secretary Miss Mary
M Hollstein Treasurer Miss Georgi
ana Jones Its charter has been re
ceived from the American Federation
of Labor and the organization duly ob
ligated by P L Maas the organizer of
the Federation in Illinois
Mnjrc lied net ions
The reduction of wages which began
in 1802 and continued through 1893
and 1S94 amounted on the average
to 20 percent says the Cleveland Lead
er The actual losses to labor by those
reductions during the last two years
and a half were at least a billion dollars
an average of 200 for each of the u
000000 workers or about S0 a year
The average advance of 10 per cent
received by 200000 workers means a
restoration of about half the loss or
40 a year For the half year since last
April the restoration has amounted to
-1000000 In brief but 4000000 of
the 1000000000 lost during the panic
has been restored to labor Only 20000
have been benefited by that restoration
In Favor of the Operators
Judge Little of Xenia Ohio who was
chosen to arbitrate the basis of wages
for mining in Ohio has found in favor
of the operators The mining scale In
Ohio is determined by the prevailing
rate in western Pennsylvania The
miners claimed that 00 cents was the
prevailing rate and the operators
claimed it was 04 cents It was shown
that seven tenths of the coal produced
in western Pennsylvania was mined at
54 cents and Judge Little held that wu
tiie prevailing rate Only the operators
having their own stores pay til cents
in western Pennsylvania On the basis
of the arbitration the rate in Ohio will
be advanced from rl to cents a ton
General Labor Notea
The painters have a union label
The Massillon miners strike has been
declared off
The silver burnishers of Boston
Mass won their strike
The bicycle toolmakers at Toledo won
their strike for a higher minimum rate
of wages
The constitutionality of the Califor
nia barbers Sunday closing law will be
tested in the Supreme Court
The labor organizations of San Fran
cisco are strenuously opposing the car
rying of mails on street railways
Cigarmakers are discussing the ques
tion of starting international co-opera-live
shops to provide work for aged
craftsmen
The strike of weavers in a Philadel
phia mill has been ended by the firm
granting a part of the advance iu
wages demanded
Thirty nine unions of the A K LT
have been organized in the Eastern
States Forty unions are to lie start
ed in Tennessee and Georgia
The granite cutteis national union
has decided by a referendum vote to
affiliate with the American Federation
vf Labor The official headquarters
are at Baltimore
The lake seamens union of Chicago
is reported as being in excellent shape
The men are generally employed
wages are good and the membership
larger than ever before and a good
treasury
The report of the secretory treasurer
of the American Federation shows n
balance on hand September 1 of L
7uIS7 receipts for September 1 J7C
17 total 2f3404 expenditures 790
54 leaving a balance rr 2143o0