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One More Apology.—Our regular editions will be resumed next week,We have presented this printing- “Emancipator,” edited by that grandunder circumstances quite favorableto our success, and to the improvement of the paper. The office of theFree Flag will be over Sidle’s Bank,on the corner „Nicollet Avenues, where we shall beForof Waskinuton andglad to see old and new friends, this week we must content ourselveswith a half-sheet issue, which willcost our subscriDers nothing.We know enough of the forbearing and truly co-operative spirit of our subscribers to feel assured of theirreadiness to regard the severe andprotracted sickness in our family as afull excuse for this interruption of ouroffice Sunday-work problem to a number of ministers, ivlth no satisfactoryold hero, Joshua Leavitt, was fightingresults.for freedom, the editor of the Flag,Iliving then on the south side of theThe writer of this article has seenseveral professors of religion makewhat is commonly called “shipwreckOhio, was at least as outspoken and as zealous in behalf of “down-trodden humanity” as his ability justified,of their faith” by trying to make aAndliving on daily morning papers, we do not care whether thean ! was never suspected of waitingfor a “cue.”i.paper oeior Mondav;thBut we admit that it is high time* *published on Sunday morning, the general result is same on type-setters, pressmen andaDd that result is not favor -for a fuller definition of the positionthe Free Flag proposes to occupy inHitherto it hasthe coming war.carriers,able to “keeping holy the Sabbathbeen an observer of the generalshipday. ”4/of the leaders who are necessarily inthe thick of the battle, and of theWe are not disposed to press this policy they are acting upon.regular issues.WAGES OF OUR C. OPERS.particular instance; for, according to our view of the ease, “the whole headThe Labor Standard gives all possible emphasis to the demand foris sick, the whole heart faint,” and the I eight hours as a nominal working day,As will be seen bv a notice in another column, the Coopers of thecity, generally, have united in ask-remedy, to be good for anything, must but the Emancipator emphasizes thebe all-pervading and radical.need of co-operation. For instance,The preacher who imagines that his exhortations to the hard-worked,ing from their employers a return to former wages. At that meeting ato visitpoorly-paid, ill-dressed, uneducatedin the present number the leadingeditorial closes with the declaration:sons of toil will have any permanent“This can blt;: accomplished by governmental co-novation alone.”committee was appointed the other parties interested, and to learn their decision in recrard to thisrequest.It has become evident to almosteverybody that lowwages for themasses means diminished trade, profits and incomes for all other producing cla ses. and diminished nationaleffect, shows his want of acquaintance with the miserable, slavish, unhealthy life they are compelled to lead, and his total unfitness to doNow, the Free Flag, from the be-ginmnhas given emphasis to theneed of less hours for physical labor,them good by his preaching or conversation. 7and has earnestly advocated co-operation; but it will not advocate any-We advise these reverend gentie-thing so impracticable as “legalpunishment” for all violators of the eight-men to disguise themselves for a sea-hour rule. And here, we may as wellwealth in rim shrinkage of values,Theand the decrease of production, commercial papers, as well as the labor reform organs, 1,1 b..^c testimony to the truth of this state-son, to dress as workingmen, to go and live in one, two or three smallcrowded locality; weexpose the Free Flag to all the can-non-balls and small shot thata reare giving theirment.In fact, no business mandoubts that it is, as a general rule,true. The necessities of business mayrooms, m some advise them to spend a few months or years in the woolen mill, the foundry, or in out-door labor, and be fed,prepared for enemies or luke-warm friends, by a declaration of deep distrust in regard to the expediency andlaw as apushed and lodged as men, women and children are now in these mammon-worshipping days, and therebyforce men to act separately and selfishly, each one for his own interestexclusively, but every liberal mindedbusiness man admits that the generalresult is evil; and that the tendencyto low wages should be resisted asqualify themselves for preaching to the laboring classes, and doing goodjustice of depending. upon means of social reform. We lookwith great jealousy upon the wholecentralizing policy which the inces-to soul, mind and body.CAUTION AT A DISCOUNT.sant demand for law makes necessary. This is one of the chief curses ofmuch as possible.The simple question then is: Arethe millers here in a position to act as humane and intelligent men desire todo, in all such cases? Is trade sodull, — are the profit! of milling solow that they cannot afford to pav theold rates of 16 and 18 cents, and mustWe have had occasion to commendour co-worker in the cause of laborreform at Cincinnati, and have doneWe liked thethey insist upon making a saving of 2 cents on a barrel at the expense of | suffering to many of the wives and children of the workmen.1We hope that their situation does notforce them to proclaim such discouraging news to the country, and thatthey will make glad the hearts of many needy persons by a return to oldrates.From what we can learn, even atat those rates, the earnings of a manwho loses no time bv sickness or vol-untarily will average but little over adollar a dav. Months of idlenessmust be deducted, and thus the yearly income is cut down to a very lowamount.WORKIN GMAN’S SUNDAY.Rev. Charles L. Thompson, of Chi-o with great pleasure, way in which the “Emancipator” dashed forward into the thickest of the battle, and, without envy or jealousy, modestly held back, prepared to rejoice in its success as leader of the hosts in the Queen City.But our modesty is not, as it seems to us, properly appreciated, for we are evidently regarded as over-cautious, cowardly, or, still worse, asHear what our Cin-the system of competition. In the endeavor to make men fight, and fight fair, it is forever encroachingupon personal liberty. The phrase«.free competition is a misnomer. Thereis no freedom about the system ofcompetition, except that which it gives to the strong to oppress the weak. And, in the effort to prevent the terrible evils resulting from thissocial despotism, all society is put into a straight-jacket. Consequently we abhor the very name of competition, as the enemy of liberty, justice and humanity. And we will not accept the same evil system and results under another name.time-servers, cinnati friend savs:“Below will be found a clip from our contemporary that has a very curious ring to it. Caution must belargely developed in the head of the editor, if we* mistake not.Why wait to hear how far the docu-And now we will give our Cincinnati friend the ground-work of ourcreed, as follows:1. We believe in “agitation, agita-tion, agitation, what ure can to promote it.as life, and will doFor thispurpose, without unecessary criticismand with the most heart-felt svmpa-ment represents others’ views? There , thv we intend to labor for the success should be no doubt in the mind of ithe man who is an advocate of labor’s !of the Labor Reform or Workingmen'srights as to the merits of any aver-liient of principles touching the elevation of the working classes. Either condemn it as false or adopt it as true.Party.‘2. We believe in the necessity of less hours for physical labor, andmore for mental labor and recreation.cago, preached what we call an excellent sermon in favor of keeping- holy the Sabbath day.” All the associations of vouth, all the studv and re-flection that we have been able togive the subject, lead us to agree withthe preacher.But we ask Mr. Thompson to go one step further, and show the workingmen how tliev mav be able to folO * 4low his advice. To use Sunday as headvises, requires that mind and body hall be fresh. Will he affirm thatthe business men who push and sweatall the week as thev are forced to do;The rabble have alwavs said, “away i with the truth, crucify it!” so they | ever will sav: even those who are to be benefited will join with their enemies to crush out those who dare speak the truth. If you wait to hear a good report in order to take your cue, you are liable to not represent the cause of town-trodden humanity. In the place of being “ The Free Flag,”there will be a good chance for your bunting to bear the Pirate’s colors. Tell us, what measures do you advocate :3. We believe in co-operative industry, applied to agriculture, andother forms of production, as well asto government, education and trade,as the onlv means of obtaining leisurefor enjoyment, health and education, and as the all-sufficient means of a°c-complishing all the objects aimed at in the eleyen articles of “Platformand Principles” of the Labor Party.MASS MEETING OF COOPERS.JPLATFORM AND PRINCIPLES OF THE WORKING-MEN'S PARTY OF THE UNITED states.We copy the following document, as it appears in the Labor Republic, of Indianapolis, Indiana, where the workingmen seem tothat the workingmen who exert alltheir strength and mind for six fullI davs, in the midst of dust, smoke anddiscomfort, arc hopeful subjects topreach to on Sunday?Mr. Thompson probably pays forand ree ls a paper published SundaytDoes he believe that themorning.printers who set up all night to prepare the Sunday morning dish of now;for him and for church-going peoplebewonderfully alive and active, We do not know how far it represents the labor sentiments of the country, and present it for the purpose of finding out. We solicit communications and expressions of opinion in regard to it, and will therefore keep it standing for weeks.At present, we can only say that, while we sympathize with the objects in view, we are not ^prepared to advocat e all the measures or means proposed in this declaration.—Free Flag.Saturdayan importantandeveningmeeting of the coopers, union non-union, was held for the purposeand vitalof discussing the vexedquestion of wages. D. G. Wentworthwas elected President, and throughhim the object of the meeting wasstated. A discussion followed, andthe following preamble and resolu-T**tions^were unanimously adopted:llii(EIgenerally, are in a fit state of mind orbody to engage in the.“services of thesanctuarv* ?» *jAnd if they attend church, and listen to such sermons as this aboutSunday, can they avoid contrastingWell, the “Fi'ee Flag” will remainfree, whether it roam the seas alone as an independent privateer, or as a properly commissioned vessel of war, but it will never be afraid[never oe airaia or ashamed to* avow its loval attach-ment to a good cause, ami we hope to convince the “Emancipator” thattlie expression, “If you wait to hear.Aa good report in order to take yourthe practice of the preacher with hiscue,tice.is one that does not do us jus-Whereas, It is a well-known fact that the resent prices paid for making barrels will not urnish sufficient means for the support of the workmen, and that employers cannot pay more without a corresponding increase in the prices they receive; and Whereas. Believing that tne present state of affairs is a gross injustice to the workmen, and is unwarranted, be it Resolved ^ As the sense of this meeting, that the employers and journeymen coopers here present ask: of the millers such an increase of the price of barrels as will give journeymen coopers 16 and 18 cents for making.D. G. Wentworth, President. John O’Donnell, Secretary.cctcfAt the time of going to press wepreaching?I learn that no agreement of the differ-In the days when the grand old ence had been made.€CI311
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