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LABOR AND CAPITAL. Their Relations Defined by One Who Is Competent to Speak* Views of a Man Famllfar will) Every IMmso of the Question. A Prominent Mmnfactnror Who Sots from the Rank* of tho Journeymen. The Hon* J. If* Wnlkcr* of Worcester* Mass.* Nffo-c tlio Congressional ILalier Committee • Toots and Opinions Derived from Prac tical Observation and Ex* perieneo. Something- which Every Working man Oan Bead with Ad- vantage. gprrfif Comspomfrets of Tht 7M&'*na. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 13.— At the session of the Hewitt Labor Committee in the City of New York, among the witnesses examined were the lion. J. If. Walker, President of the Worces ter Hoard of Trade, and one of tho leading hoot, shoe, and leather manufacturers of the United States. JIo Is the senior member of the great leather manufacturing Qrm of Walker, Oakley & Co., of your city. lit li!s testimony before tbo Commltiec In Auirust lost Mr. Walker said lie bad begun at the bench in the shoo business. When he was 33 years old be bad $1,500 which he bad arrumu lated. Ilia business now In Chicago and Worcca ter aggregated about 82,000,000 yearly; be made Ids leather in Chicago, manufactured It into shoes in Worcester, and then sold the shoes at Western points. Witness, speaking of the state of trade, gave some statistics of the shipments from Iloston of boots, shoes, and rubbers, which served as an example of the other manufactures of Massachusetts. In 1873 there were shipped 1,453,000 cases; iu 1874 the shipments were 115,* 000 eases less: In 1875 there was an increased shipment of 50.000 cases; 18711, on increase of 73 : UK) eases; and In 1877 on Increase of 337,000 eases. In the present year there hod been a decrease in shipments under the corresponding period of last year of about 157.400 eases. Thus there had been an increased annual shipment of about 350,000 eases since 1874, and witness sold it was the opinion of the trade that the prcsuut decline of shipments was due largely to the fact of the sales of rubbers not taking place. Yot they believed the entire manufacture uf 1878 would show an increase over the previous year. The Committee were so much pleased with the manner In which Mr. Walker rcap&ndcd to their inquiries that they requested him at the close of his examination to put in writing, to bo published as part of Ids testimony before the Committee, his views upon the various pronosl lions that had been urged upon their considera tion. This labor,ho has lust completed, and In ■view of Mr. Walker’s close Identification with Chicago Interests, and the fact that tbo fallacies he therein exposes are as prcvalcntut the North west as Id the Hast, I send you a copy of his answers for publication In Tub Tuibu.nb. They are as follows: Q.—What was Iho cause of tbo panic! A.—The abuse of credit. Tbe activities called out by the War and the Issuing oL paper muuey produced a delirium of enterprise, or, perhaps, more properly speaking, manufacturing and trad ing activity, which ha* reversed with remarkable distinctness and power the law of compensation, which governs in ill thing*. The abuse of credit 1* what baa drought npon belli Europe and America (he commercial revul sion of iho lan few veara, aggravated there as here by the lutlatlon of (he currency. Credit became as cheap as dirt. As every dollar of our circulating medium must be redeemed by one uf tntrlusic value, so every promise must ho redeemed by doing the thing promised. Destroy confidence m the ultimate redemption of either und it 1* Itself destroyed. Thu people suddenly awoke from their delusion, aim we hsd Iho panic. That, for all any of as can aco, things might bare gone on for ten years more as they hud done for the ten yearripreccdtnglKTU Is certain; but that the longer the day of settlement wan put off the more suffering It would cause is equally certain. We are sell ling our accounts fora now depart ure, Is the meaning, and the whole moaning and came, of the pmlc. It was and la no ••panic,'* Lula rational adjustment of affair*. Ulsaslm plesctilcincntof balances, tiieadjustmentof bank rupt promises. This period of settlement Involves the happiness of nil classes without exception, but it lias fallen with crushing force on that class who have hereto fore been capitalists. Them Is and has been no destruction of property; the country has actually Increased In wealth and power during the last four years, but tho amount of property distributed la the Interest of ttio mass ol the people, ami sub stantially to them, is Immense—almost oast com prehension. 1 csttlnuto tho losses to holders of what Is Known as trst-class securities, such os first mortgages, etc,, tube fully 10 per cent, and of oil other so called securities and stocks 40 per cent, and on real and personal property iUiS» pur cent. Un the Gov ernment debt, the holders have practically lost about h’O per cent, for the holders of Government bonds could do nothing vise with the money paid them other than reinvest in 4 per cunts. They have practically surrendered a 0 per cent bond for a 4 pur cent bond, the 4 percent bund being worth to them uu income oue-tulrd less than the one exchanged for It. If anv are disposed to Question the correctness of the assertion that a very large part of this immense sum has been distributed, lot them reflect that probably one-third of It represents tho waves |>aid laborers for building and equipping railroads, pub lic Improvements In towns, counties, and cities, bouses in cities uud towns, the improvements In farms, etc., etc..—causing a large Increase in all the trade and industry In tho country for the time being. Too accumulations of the abused bondholders was parted wub fur these evidences of debt Iwfore 1*73. and the money then went into the whole cir cle of the Industries of tho country, ami the de struction of the bonds, and other evidences of deal then, leaves It never to be collected. Take a railroad costing oue hundred millions, ballt to transport coal, the net receipts on which must be kept up to seven millions to meet'.he in terest on Its cost, —each ton of coal that Is carried over It is taxed In the form of freight, which Is pant by the consumer. in the universal settlement of balances, or the Sunerai settling of value, whichever term wo select, u* railroad now stands at twenty millions 5 the net receipts now need be only 81,400,000 to pay the same raio or dividend, and the tax on a ton of coal to the consumer, In the form of freight, ts perpet ually reduced four-Ofth#. winch, to tho laboring man as to others, is the equivalent of investing lohla crcdita sum suiticiontly large to pay this difference In freight on his coal, amt so on torough the whole Hat ol evidences of debt that have been destroyed. Q.—Arc wo to have these panics In the future as wo have had thorn! Coo they be avoided< A.—Nothing will prevent • • panics " until human nature Is radically changed. Their comparative severity will increase with advancing civilisation, unless the disposition to protect themselves from times of sickness and panics, by saving* portion of their earnings, is more universal among the people ihsn it now is. * Taey bear with equal severity upon tli classes though many Individuals escape. * Tho laws and institutions of the country can bo mure bo adjusted to them tbau tboy can to the conditions of yellow fever. Furthermore, tue absolute necessities of man or their cost do not increase; they relatively decrease, while the advance uf society is shown and meat urea by the increase of the comparative necessities and luxuries vnjoyu+by the mass of the people. Furthermore, these things Increase the depend* cuce uf each man's comfort aud happiness «u mat of all others, as witness the almost endless division of labor, which Is to go on increasing Indefinitely, Hence, when consumption begins to (all off. the circle affected by it Is larger uud more complex in each succeeding decade. The onlr Hung that will delay them or alleviate their severity is to instruct the mass of the people, through the agency of the public school, iu lbs necessity of personal saving and the fundamental law* of money and trade, and in the history of post commercial revulsions. Q.—Can oil unemployed find work, and what •hall wc do with them! A.—Taking Into consideration tho fact that tnsuy of them are wronglv placed, and also their mental and moral condition, prubaly not; but thoiuaude spun thousands who are now idle might him work If they would accept It at the price of the actual benefit that* worn woe to the person employ mg them. Again, while many thousands of them ore most repoiunjv people, there are still many thousands tuore whoso violation of every condition of cum furt ami happiness forbids the sympathy of every *i’ll-wUuer to the community. The best interests ul) concerned demand that they be separated Into a« stuull oodles as circumstances wl’,l admit of, aud oa many as possible sent into the country. Q.— Shull wc assist them where (her are! Is U uot the duty of tbo Government to aid them I A.—Nothing Is so destructible to (he moral fibre ascbxrltr; It never should lie bestowed on any man In sound hi-alln. If It can he avoided. Ortnm kind* of Governmental aMi*tance ran bo safely Klven. When an* man become* a pnhtic rlmrL'e, In; and tlio>Q di'ttcndanl on him should be transferred. when praclkahh-. to the place of til* legal eetllpincnt. tue certainty of which would etlimilaio to exertion, When this cannot bn done, they should bo fen. clothed, sheltered, and cured for. ua are laborers in building our railway*, and Put on some public work. No man In aound lirslth should over be allowed anything oxcepl in return for bune*t work, and the fact lhatno one will give him work and pay that will support him should. asarnle. lie conclnalve evidence that his lalmr la worth no morn to the public than bn •holier, .food, and clothing. Kvery eltv. every county, and every Stale onghl to project public works to lw done by ■nch per* sons, and every liealthv loan who cannot support himself should be compelled to work upon loom until such time aa he can himself Unit work. Q.—flow about auoply and demand I Will not auppiy exceed demand, especially in these days of labor-aavintr machinery! A. —No; not In ordinary lime*. Taking a Riven period (In the history Of Ihla country of about twenty yearal, production and consumption will equal each olhcr. tivillxalion la the increasing of rational want* by fully supplying those wo have. A want supplied, actually creates a dor.rn more; and our mtion.il wanU, and the labor neceaaary to supply them, are as illimitable as human progress. No assistance men can command from labor-saving machinery, nr from any other aource whatsoever, will enable Ihem to outattlp tbelr demands, nr van be detri mental to their interests. -and least of all to ihnso of manna) laborers. Absolute necessities are rein* lively less and less. Comparative necessities and luxuries are rapidly Increasing, and must Inevita bly Increase. They are tho exponents and sub stance of social progreso. They are not In them aelveg superfluities any more than are the higher brandies of menial training. IVobahly mom than nlne*ten(bs of the work of thu wage-class I* done in producing thing* nut ab solute necessities, ami nearly all of that douu by othercliMsea. No reflecting, candid man will assert that there Is any one of the myriad occupations, excepting Uiose which pander (o lha vices of men, that docs not iwrforrn Us share In thu workof social progress, and is nol (or the good of alt. No Injury comes to any one by money being spent In luxuries by those having the capital to purchase them. Qulln the opposite Is true. The trouble comes from men spending In Ihem the capital of others, —that la, living beyond tbelr Income. Thu money (hus spent comes out of cap italists; not a dollar out be taketi.froiQ any other. Of the many billions of losses during the last live years, ever* dollar falls nu the capitalist clua*;aud Ihe wage class only feel th« burden In Its lessening tho ability of capitalists to cootlnne to employ them. Q.—What, in yonr Judgment, Is the fact about the poor growing poorer, and the rich richer, ami the relative positions nf the two extremes of society, as compared with the past! A. —1 boilers the exact opposite to bo tra'e. rela tively and absolutely. The distance between the extremes of societv was never so little as now, and in this country the extremes of society, saving (ho drunken, the vicious, the feeble, and the willfully idle, is scarcely appreciable. In Europe, the dif ferent classes are divided by abrupt ascents, which may bcjlkoncd to a night or stairs, which roan shall try to ascend, each step to bo four feet high and wide, lie must have acquired a tremendous mo mentum (o rise-from one step tu the next, and so ocu In this country we are alt, without exception, on an Inclined plans of very gradual and easy an cent: and we are all constantly passing and re pass ing each other, none of us having any fixed posi tion. We take from day lo day such a place as wo are able to attain for the lime being, in practice wo find that those who wero apparently among the lost in their beginning ore first at the ending. It Is not only a fact that cannot be contradicted that every place here U open Jo every roan alike, hut It is literally true that nearly every prominent place io the Government,in bclcnce.m profession al, mercantile, and manufacturing life, and every other so-called higher position, Is now filled by tbose who began by earning their living by the labor of their bands, or their fathers did If they did not; and their children or grandchildren will return lo tne doss of handworkers. • Hie history ] have given uf the personal of the trades with whicb I am connected is substantially tnu history of ail tbe trades and professions in the country. Q.—ls Is practicable to make\tho employes In any way partners in manufacturing, or to gira them a share of the profit* t A.—l have never been able to do ao, and have not known of others successful In doing It. To (ho common mind the percentage of profits of manufacturers (tu tbo capital employer) are sus piciously small. Furthermore, they wish their earning* in tholrown hands Immedistelr. In the winter of IHdO. after a protracted and se vere struggle between the booi-and-shoe manu facturers of Worcester and a combination of operative#. I made a great effort to Induce ail per sons in my employ to become interested in tbe results of our business, which utterly failed. The basis upon which I proposed to divide wna upon the cash capital employed, counting out all the plant, and no compensation to any member of the firm. Each person leaving any of Ins wage* in tbo hands of the company to draw such a percent age of the profits at hla capital bore to tbe whole capital. Not one, below the position of foreman, was willing to practice the self-denial necessary lo benefit bis condition, end no argument I could present would Induce them to try tne exuenmout. Quo of (bo largest shoe-factories In Worcester tried to interest their workmen in their business on a different plan, winch was to divide one-quarter of their net orufits among the workmen who were in their employ at any time during ihu Yearlong enough to earn 550 for women, Sluofor men. Thu object of the dividend was to Induce them tu bo saving in the use of the material given thorn to work Into the goods, and also tu do belter work. This experiment was continued six yean. The dividends to each employe wore made in the pro portion which the amount he had earned bore to the whole amount paid for labor during the year: Pirirtt'ni. Hull ptr rent. For 1«N S 8,010.83 1 U‘lo For it«ni...<NoinoDcrmaJ«). F«fl«W 7, 07*. 17 i\i For 1071 4.3MM4 ;t For 1873 11.11U.73 S For 1873 O.MJI.IW * Tout amount dlrldad .*•.•0.010.13 It waa found to be Impossible to convince the workmen that the dividend* wore honestly made. They thought they ought to be many time* larger. Tho common remark waa: “Tney made more money than thla shows." “They gel It out ofma Borne other way," etc., etc. When tho attention of tho workman waa called to any waste of material madobythom. and that ooo*quarter of it would come out of thorn, with very few exception* It madu absolutely no Impression on their minds. The usual reply was. 1 • Ob. that’s so small It dou’t amount to auythinitt" Except for the little time Intervening between declaring and paying the dividend, it hud no per ceptible influcuce, It could nut pe soon by the Company tlial it waa any benefit whatever either io them or the workmen as a whole, but rather a cause of suspicion and annoyance to all parties. Q.—Can a State, by legislation restrict the hours of labor of its clUsons, ami coulrol the conditions under which It la performed, to Its own advantage or that of tbo class It seeks to bcncQtf A.-So State can shorten the hours of labor by Itself alone. If the mills of Massachusetts are re stricted by legislation to running tea hours, and those of Rhode Island run elvun. tho only result of making such laws would be tu drive capital from Massachuietts tu Rhode Island, or of tbelr being a dead letter of the statute-book. I thiuk that the hours or labor in all factories, andibe conditions under which i( Is performed, should be unde? tho most rigid control of iho Buts, —whether done by men, women, or children. Tho Commotion ortho United States confers power upon Commas to “lay imposts on foreign commerce, and to regulate trade between the sev* oral States," with power to enforce those provis* lons by appropriate legislation. Whatever Is necessary to he done to protect mr man or class of men in any portion uf the country in ttiolr natural ruble, from the oppression of any cuimuarciul custom or habit incident to me prose* cuilunof the trade that extends beyond the bor tiers of tho State. Congress has a right to do, us it lua by the enactment of a tariff to protect out artiMna and laborers from falling.lnto the tie* grading condition of European laoorer*. To enact that the mistaken enterprise of work* Inn factory operattvea thirteeu hours in one State to undersell in sister States tue labor of people re* •tricted by a humane public sentiment, or the compulsion of the law, to.working eleven honrs. will be found comititutlonal, and tne time will Inevitably come wbeu the right will be exercised by Congress. Xdo not believe in unlimited and unrestricted competition. Q.—Would you extend the supervision of tho States to these tenements and the schooling of their children! A.—l tbtnk the tow should compelwvery mso using or offering for rent a tenement, factory, or place of resort to beep It iu good sanitary coaui* lion in every reeotet, with wide passages and fire- Jrk a £ e w Interest of public health and eafetv. •houlo be so arranged that tbev can be used witnout the occupants being forced to offend com mon decency. . A “ jr , place falling In any of these respects should order by the nubile officers at the °, f . tho owner. Education should not S. * ?S W,C but also compulsory W. he limit of the grammar-schools. .**••**b«Jsshould be uiamialnod in all factory communities—half the children working one-half the day, and ball the other,—to the end that first and great object of the founders of this country sou its most intelligent sod valasble im araute may not. bo defeated,—which was the making of the highest order ul mm rather thou money. ■ \ Tk* wealth and power of this nsilon traces directly to the CetermmailoJ of iu founders that tnuoAood should bo the first and .almost tne only object sought. Wealth and power have followed' as uutufully and Inevitably os day follows night. Q.“l# U practicable (Or the Government to assist laborers to become land-ownere and farm ers) A.— l think thst scheme one of the most Im practicable of the long list of remedies proposed TIIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE; MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1873. for the Inevitable. The wa?cs of acrrlcnlttirslisw. including the Income of email farmer*. I* not half that of average mechanic*, excepting cotton »nd woolen ouirative*: and.a* Ull a oue-tlon of >vai.-f* more to.m of work, the avenge chron:r for work would only be ln«iilteri, when, b«»tii;s upon hi* land, he learned the stmmetics practiced and work done by «mall fanner*. So-called charity I* very lantely responsible for the apparent heip!e**ne<* of ihotmnd*. who. conscious of the fact that dome one will feed them, make no real, determined etfort to feed themsMvcs. Helping them In the way soggexted would only aggravate their helplessness. CJ.—Which la for Urn beat Interest of the workmen nml the public,—work done by the day or olfiecf A.—ln all work that la practical to do hy the Rlcce. labor I* very much more efficient and of a eltor quality when so done. I suppose piece* work covers contract work alao. f.Vmiractors are •elf-appointed foremen, or director* of lalror. with a capital in hand that guarantee* tho efficient direction of the laour required and excellence of work. If anything else la got It 1* the aolo fault of the inspector, whether. Hie principal he the Govern ment or an individual. I’lece-work contributes to tha Independence of the workman, and secures tor him a more Jnst compensation. Q.— Ought tho Government to Impose what Is known as the Income tax I A.—All taxes nro Income taxes, and are, and roust bo. paid from incomes and nothing else. It I* a recognized principle that the same thing shall pay hut one annual tax. If a man has re ceived s too or SIOU.OOU, ho either has it or he has spent it. If lie has It, he is taxed for It ns property: If he has spent If. It is not destroyed - some one else ha* ft, and 1* taxed for It m property. If he has it still. It Is both Income and property, and he Is doubly taxed. Attempting to tax a man because he Has Aoda thing, but has It not now. Is one of those exercises of arbitrary power clearly prohibited bv the Constitu tion and repugnant to every sense of right. Again, attempting in do so Is one of those act* that are the most corrupting to public and private morality that Government can do. The very existence of a man's haslnei*. In a very large number of cases, depends upon his se curity In the possession of the secrets of his methods, which are an imtrh his Invention ami property as those of the author, which are secured to him hy copyright, or the Ideas of the mechanic, which are secured to him bv patent, and a roan will fight for them as for bis life, tbe bread fur hts own Smooth and fur hla children's dependiogun them. In defending himself he defends the best inter ests nf sll other men from the attempt of the (Government Ui violate a national right secured by the letter and spirit uf tne Constitution. . All taxes on persons who are strictly capitalists, —that is. men who only draw interest or rents, and do no business, and of which there is not une In this country where there are hundreds In En eland, —is purely andslmptr double taxation: taxes being collected first on their property out of the Income derived from It, ami then another tax Is collected on what income the Government has not already taken in taxes. Again, tins not Smith as good a right to have SSOO os his neighbor Jones, and shall the Government pot clogs upon ami hin drances In the way of Smith's honest effort to get what it protects Jones In haringf Taxing Smith, who has not so much property os Jones, tu excess of Jones, is pulling the money Smith earns into (bo bands of Jones. When the Government puis a tax op Smith's 52.000 became he has saved it this year, and does not tux Jones* $5,000 because he earned it ten year* ago, it actually takes exactly five-sevenths of Smith's tax and given it to Jonra to odd to his 53-000 ho already has in excess of Smith's capital. But the great injustice of the Income lax is most clearly seen to Its effect upon the Isbonjg classes in discouraging enterprise. It Is for the interest nf the wage class lo have as many different industries and as many employers aa possible competing for their labor. To a new industry, ora man beginning in busi ness. secrcsy Is absolutely necessary to success. A revelation lo the public of his success turns me eves of all meu upon bis enterprise, and enables those stronger in capital and credit to rob him of the result of his skill lo discovering and supplying the wants of the consumer by taking, the business he has Just built up after years of struggle mid sacrifice out of his hands Just as it begins to be profitable, and In many cases the bread for the mouths of his children. From my experience in business, and my knowl edge of the practical working of the laic income lax. Ido not hesitate to say that the damage done to the business of the country J»r the attempt tu enforce such a tax would be an hundred.fold more than the Government could possibly collect by it. * Q.—ls It for the advantage of the mass of the people that men should ho discouraged by special taxation, or In any other way, from accu mulating large masses of capital I A.—lt would be injurious to tbo best Interests of tbe wage-class lo discourage in any way the accu mulation of capital. Capitalists ami largo masse* of capital under one management are absolutely necessary in the cconumv of civilised society. This necessity must inevitably increa*c with human urogress. The mass of men aro more indifferent to the residence of the title to capital, but demand more and more to share In Its use. Every dollar Vanderbilt put into railroads obvi ated ths necessity of other men's doing so. and loft thulr capital fur other service. Every dollar Astor puts into houses, stores, and other improve ments in New York, loivcs other men free to use their capital in developing otaer Interest*. Capi tal is the servant of the whole community; it is Its essence amt definition. The masses use the capital In the community every time they uso anything represented by ft. Capital is interchangeable with labor. Every man who Uvea in civilized society, governed hy Irno-ir- Hat laws, equally nso uniunjoy hath, and is helped by them In proportion to thsir volume and hla own capacity. Q.—Wnat rate of intercut bare borrowers of undoubted credit had to pay on money during the last throo years, and would an additional Is sue of pancr money by tho (lovornuient benefit the manufacturer, tho wage-class, or anybody lu tbc community! A.—To borrower* of the highest credit tho rsto of Interest per uiiiiuin la from 1 to a per cent on call. Our own note* havu Hold nt llio rale of 4to .*> tiff cent, and notes with unu Indorsement for j!*4 to Hi* percent. In view of the rate of Inlereattn Dullness centre* being scarcely double the rale of taxation, to all who can give ample security for a loan, and the in* disputable fact that largo amount* of capital can* nut find profltoolc employment. It i* Incunceiva* bio, were nut tho fact before onr eyes, that any man can honestly think an Increase of rodceinaule paper money, much more irredeemable, can favor* aoly affect business or any other Interests of tho country, and Icutl of all lti« wage class. Tho wage class la the creditor class wilhont ex* coptlon. If any Issuing »f paper, no-called money, |a mado’by thedovurmnetit, nut a dollar of It cun reach tnohandi of any one of them In anv con* celvablo way. except in payment of wages, or by distribution of it nru rata. The honcat working* niun who la now receiving cold or It* equivalent would receive a poorer money and Ida wage* would be reduced thereby to just the extent of the liana of paper money. Thu debtor classes are In fact the ao-callcd cap)* tall-ia. huldcra of real-eatate, manufacturers, mu* cbanics. hankers, etc., etc., Including alt thoao known a*middle-men. All property lu the country, aa a rule, la held on margins, represented by notes, bond*. mortgages, etc., which can only be paid by passing llio money that la to cancel them through tho baud* of labor ing men in thu shape of wugvs very many Hmea. It Is tho class owing these notes, bond*, inorl* gages, etc., and only those, whoso burdens will l>o lightened by the Uiue of any mure paper tnouev, aud at too expunae of the laborer. The inevitable effect of auch an Issue being (o letaen wages. It would bo tbo clast whoso Income waa In tho form of wages that would soonest uud tuoat aeveroly Buffer. Because caplialiata ace and know Ihat In (ho end ell claaiea would bo brougut down in a common ruin la why they oppose irredeemable paper money. From tbelr atndy and experlenco they know that thu inouey of any people It simply and only u meat, uru of value, and must necessarily mcosuru oiucr value* by its own intrinsic value or tbs intrinsic value of that which It represents. Forty men, or forty million of men in combina tion, have no more power to change tola fact than any other fact in nature. Tuuy may be able to make tbemaolvea believe they have changed it. and fora time act upon that belief, but the fact will remain, and be lurcad upon them tu time, to tbelr utter aorrow. Q.—Complaint to made of the exlatonco of merchants, brokers, commisslou men. lawyers, etc., ot&,—so-called uun-uroducurs, Can they bo dispensed with ( Wo ask you as a practical mao ana an acknowledged producer, having no personal interest In the class kuowu as middle men. A.—Wc know from our experiences that these f ersons handling the producu of labor between the actones, tbo shops, the mines, and the farms, and Its owners wotlv in their custody, are as necessary and inevitable In the processor exchanghnt and distributing to the consumer ibe results of labor as are the men who carry the simplest products uf the rudest industry to the village store, or the wagons on wmcb they are drawn, or tho railroad over which they are transported. Every one uf the persons who are engaged in tho business of collecting aud distributing the products or industry, whether culled merchant, trader, clerk, oookkeeper, or by sav um«r name, is iu necessary to the wage class os the pick, the shovel, the plow, iheeugiue lathe, the loom, the steam engine, or any other contrivance to make moor more effective. The broker who assists in the holding of the producu of industry from the day tbev are ready lor use until they are needed fur consumption; the lawyer who adjusts honest or dishonest dis putes between individual* or corporations; the physicians to cure our diseases; and so on. ureas necessary as are tbs men who hold tim plow, or sow ttiu seed, aud vvvry man uulug 4 work of value 14 a* much a producer. Any mdn in me above-mentioned classes may souse their power and become roboers or swindlers by making what are called '‘corners." or m otaer ways, as may auv ioau t or combination of men, in the wage-class by depriving their fellow msu of the chance 10 do honest work, or by stealing their wage*. As bitmap estate cow U, the necessity for tbs msn who offer* himself lo Ihcpubllc ad the distrib utor oT anv article, hsviita a large pecuniary In t-Tost In In* diicceM to n'nrlnz U in the hand* of tic* l UTMiiuifr. is as ;il>*nlnf-j a* any low of nature. A/«ln, llio o Vu;>! of tbe •* middio-nion ” rannutn* J»'*rroriiH*il liy <al.ir oil n/ents. at thu tmnil »vlioii thin ;s Are rctdr fur too eoii«ii>uer. and mini tlior ro icfi him. for mere t« no f«iicii ttnmr ns s ilxod price for anythin/. All values nro relative, and thoanuiior normal orlco of everything tint /old, bv which all value* dre.inaasurcd, is sn variable ns the weather. A/ain, when there I* no disturbance of relative value*, were that conrplvahlu, the turn/Itself increxsimr or decreasing In valne by */o. and .i tbou«ami other agencies, personal ac countability to a principle t« t(ni»o««ihle. and trie personal tain or loan of llio seller is Ihe only possi ble salesman! to tiie public. Q.—Please slate from your Jong and Intimate association with the mechanics and rmsmovs men of Massachusetts, your large experience as nn employer, vuur observations ol the practical workings of her political institutions, and busi ness ami social customs, what ore the means and method* i»v which men there obtain po sitions of Influence and power, as compared with those proposed by the Socialists, nod whether anything more can be done by legislation than Is belmt done for the wage clossf A. —ln conjunction with other .Stats* she might enforce her present law* a* to the hour* of bnmr mid msny other tiling* tn the interest of worker* in sumo of her factories; but I can cmicelre of nn more just an t Inpoy socinl.conrllliou toan irerl.tw* and Institution« are framed lo establish. In if,l* respect I sopo Hts she duos not differ materially from her nui/tibars. Idonntihfnk Socialistic Labor Hrfnrnmr* can have carefully eininlned and redretrd upon the principles upon which oar political ami uncial lit “motions and customs are founded and adminis tered. Everyman holds every dollar of hi* property, lit* liberty,and even bis life.il the will of the peo ple. The State command* her sons to face death even when thu safely or interest of tlie whole communi ty demand* it. ■ I do not think any Socialistic com inanities could exorcise tin* grunt power any more thoroughly ami Justly than It i« now done. The Mate own* And enforce* her claim upon every dollar of the property In the hand* of her citizens, even though it be Invested in other State*. Knowing that capital I* a* necessary to labor as labor to capital, sin- encourage* In uverv Jihi way Iter citizen* to accumulate cnnlul. and allow* every men the largest liberty in controlling nod disposing of so muen of hi* saving* as *ucietv m it* aggregate action does not absolutely nueif for it* imuieilato me. believing that ll I* immalenul tu what particular h*nd* the title to capital resides, the people allow the citizen* who have demon strated their capacity to bust manage accamulnted capital for tbc public good, by saving 11. to control It. Kite allows so much a* she doe* not imme diately need to remain In Ihelr hand*, ami further allows them to appoint it* depositories at will, un der her supervision. The state guatantec* to every person comfort able aheller. clothing, and food; and perform* her promise in this respect with a lavish expenditure. Again, the people not only elect who shall tid minister the public law hi their interest tn this and every oilier regard, nut there Is raretv a man In Aliy unstnesi position who is not absolutely elected to the position he occupies by the most wise and Jn“t law of selection that human mgenullv can de vise. In all places the man who is designated hv hi* fellow-wurxtiiisii o« a leader by the respect And deference be wins from them, by hi* character and ■kill, is made foreman in hi* department. Ill* executive aullily securing him the leadership over the foreman in othor depurlmeuts, he Is nude general superintendent, and Anally become* n manufacturer or merchant himself, tn competition with his former employers for the suffrages of nl* fellow-men In the form of their purchasing id* prod uct* rather limn his former umplover's. If he commences to manufacture boot* and shoes, overv pair of hts good* purchased nr the consumer. In preference to others, la the most tangible expres sion mmlble of Clio purchaser'* opinion that he should continue in hi* office a* a manufacturer. If enough are of thu mind of the first purchaser tn keep him employed, ho continue* In his alike, and If enofigh tu supply the demand were Before In Hie business he adopts. Home of them arc retired tty tno people who give hi* gooua an.l other* the prefer ence to some subordinate position. Tiutmannr combination of men’who show a aoeciul aptitude for anything, or. In other words, prove that thyv cun do it cacapesl, are retained In the specially Kiev have choieii by the cuustltnency they nave appealed to. This Is true of every po sition in the Socialistic community of Massa chusetts, There U nut a man in unv position, from Uoveraor. Senator. Alderman, Councilman, merchant, manufacturer, faremm. or employer of any kind, even to thu man who remove* the nlcht soli from Inc city sinks, who i* not there baeause lie couilUueucy he serve* hare by their action Appointed him to his place. It I* equally true that every place of every name and nature i* only held by he present occunjnt until another convinces bis constituency of hi* ability to better filliu That there arc occasionally men misplaced In position* that nnolh-r would better fill, is doubt less true, nut nut out where it 1* popularly sup posed there ore hundred*. Uy the present mode of securing the service of the people as u whole tn any other capacity than that of a journeyman, a man I* required to give a guarantee of hi* capacity to do so Inlne form of more or let* capital accumulated by himself. Again, capital, general ability, a thorough knowledge of the demands of the market*, and even comnlete familiarity with the process of pro duction, gained by large experience, will nut un able x man tn start any business which suali be •uccesMiii at first. Kvaryiblng l» ft growth, ami must Inevitably submit to tuo adversities typified by the discuses Incident to cnlldhoml. The owners mill employe* In a successful manufacturing establishment who ore In rvspoushde positions, from the bead to the man who lisa charge of tnu least Important part, have found their places by natural selection, anJ have, as U wore, grown Into each other, mid now form u homogeneous nrnu of mind tnuvlnit with one Impulse. They hare grown up with the growth of llio enterprise, and are a part of jt. holding their poMUoni oy u Icnmo little lea* per* monuiit than lue positions themselves. Tho munauer, compelled, select* hia agents with Impartiality, his success depending upon having each place Piled ny the man bcit qualified for It; and usually the nun In whom at Aral lie least ox* peeled to find the capacity. Is his foreman, and ultimately hi* ronipetiior. Again, nowever unrneroos. or however aole, the niemoers of a firm or corporation are. there must In? some one of their namiier whoso mind la the guiding power, nod from whom there Uno ap peal— wno*e word U law. Thla Impirtiality is inevitable, for each man must conquer his place in every department of Hie. Ills noth, the power of another to give it him. Any attempt to • ‘ placu " and keep uny man in any position tuat he has not won hy a power inherent in himself must result in failure. The results of the trials and aiifTnriugs both of body and mind Incident to the struggle arc • part of tnu very Horn of his Iwlng. ami are accessary to Ids development. Them Is, and can be, no other path of usefulness, honor, or happiness. All experience prove* Hint too n ippiness of the Individual, ami the progress of society, depend upon Ihe independence ol urn individual, nod Ine freedom 01 all to dll any political ortlcw, exercise nay social power, or govern in any business, wiieu hi* fellow-citixon* call upon him to do so hy any ul the manifold wnysen which meu expreMi tbclr preference fur ope mao above another. Modern Socialistic srnemes are at war with all hum m exiKirnmcc. Tney assume that all men are equally honosi, luduslrmus. and frugal; ;that Cheerful, patient, persevering Industry is the nor* mal condition of men. Tiiat syslnin would denrlva the imopla of die power to freely decide who smmld fill every po»i* nun in lilo, as they now practically do, saastitnt lag for 11 1 tie methods of pullin'*. Whatever atleinpia mav be made u* explain mod* cm Socialism as m harmony with individual ho urly, and as promoting the tv*t iniereaU of all clu»ses of the |M-ople. the fact remains Hut It Is Ihe parent and supporter uf ibose tyrannical com biustions d men who are attempting to increase their own wage* at Ihe exvtuaouf their fellow* workmen. There can lw no conrelvsblu ruanoQ In Jostlce whv one man t>Luuld receive any mom fur iidar's work than anuinnr. nr ilu uny work rather than an* uthor, excepting tliat the perauu wtshiug Urn work done freely pays more for (tin services uf the lirsl than the second could no hrl tor. There l«uu reason wlivu uny't work nt>un the land should nut command u* much pay us a day's worktulhu shop. uacvnltiik the proved caiwciiy of the worker in the sbuplo produce in the day that which hie fellow* iiucmo is worm the larger compensation. Ami tne wnraor hi uny shop. wan, by comimnm; with Ids fclltm-workmen, ornyany mean* whatever, hinders the worker uikmi the land froiiiprodueiiiganrlhlnjftii the simp, urnlsewhere. tn coiupeimuu with hia work. 1« lu ju»l that ex* tent uu oppressor of hi* fellow-ninn. All rniiuiimlions of nn-n in prevent ear other linn Iruni donor anythin.; in competition wnu themselves. U » clear vmUiion o( the fundamental law of liberty and nuUl. Such ucjmn endangea* the life, abridges the lib erlv, and destroys the happiness nf itiumcn com* hmed Hk'alitsl. anil ahnuiil meet condign paoislt uieut, eurv end without mercy. , A I'omfoftabla Traveling I’arrr. Last mouth u Turk. Kent I’adia, (iovonmr of tiniiutuka, with twelve wives. cuUdien, and a cu.rd uf cuuuchs, arrived in Vienna uim took iodirimrs at the Hotel Daniel. Three wives Were put in u room with a uiurd of twoeunuciis at cadi door. U look a whole dav to complete tltu registration of the party ut police headquar ter*. Cue moat of the,wive* were real beauties, wearing their ruveu black hair closely eat, aud dyeing their llngcr-ualls. Under Austrian law these ladles Were entitled lu their pen.on.il free dom, and tlie Herman reporter naively says, *• if they only know it" ivteh eunuch earned a gun uu urn arm aud a baby mi the other. lasueaatar Cuuuty, IVoiMylvuulo. Xt'C IV* Sinus. One of the very hot cultivated counties In the whole Republic is said to l*c Lancaster L'ountv, IVotiavlvauki, urhsmaljy settled by Mcnnonites, Moravians, and, Duukcrs, wnu lied irom tier* many an l llulijod lu'avoid persecution durlirf the cieatccalb ccutury. They were 1111111114 and agricultural people, uud tueir uesamdaut* to day follow Ibe same culling* that tbe.r ancestors dl l. Lancaster was laid out In ITdJ. m*d was the fourth couulv iu tbo State. It contains wiS •uujie miles; the value of the far.ua it oil* mated at abaut o.' Us agacaltuiai products. n rt arlf $00,000,000; ami It* minerals, some •ld,f»MJiO. Tint population Is ibotil 220.- IXW. The i.irms are small, from fiftv to IUO acre a generally, u farm of 200 mres being very rare. Tn-'sc are seldom sold. They an! handed down from sire to son,—the Pennsylvania Dutch, ns they are tummoply named, beinz amonz the mint industrious, ihrllly. and conservative of people. They have chanced very little In the last I.V) years, having Inc same notions, habit*, and prejudices in,it they nod u eenturv azo. They arc not enlightened In any sense; hut they work hard, pay their debt*, pro»per materially, and mind tneir own business. If the Americans generally understood farming m they do, this country would be the garden of the world. NEWPORT, it. I. The Hall for tlm YsllnwFsvsr Hnlfsrsrsa Dancing for the Dying—The Itslirrnphon Kerrptton— A Niro Man Who Cannot Dance—Admiral Ingleflrld In ttl* Cilory— The flreat City linli-11-tll nod Farewell. From nor Otrn VorrttponiUnL Newport, Sept. ll,—Three, or four, or five years a?o, I told flic story of thaaramlt dame, n real f/ratule dome hi real life, who said to mu In propria jwrwmr, when I pro tested at the defeat of the Horse-Car bill In the Legislature, on the grounds that It was unjust for tno rich people lo rule It out, “ Well, let the poor people tfo somewhere else. Newport Is made for rich people.” My rfrantte dame was not at all an unkindly person, a* this arrogant remark would imply. Neither was ahe a snob of the striving .Macgllllcuddy family. She was, on the contrary, a warm-hearted. Impul sive woman, of a generous nature. Hut New port was a Paradise, Imuzht and paid for bv such as she. For this Paradise to lw invaded ami cut up on Its drives by horse-cars wa* a sacrilege not to be thouzhtof.no mure than I toy ally would think of opening lU-Iprivatuparks to the populace. The royalty of wealth had taken possession. "Newport was made for rich people.” I have felt more convinced of this for the post week or ten days than ov* r be fore. For the past week has bceu, to quote the words of a vonng visitor, “The swellest swell time” that Newport lias Known in this genera tion. First comes oil the bait for the yellow fever sufferers. It was at the Ocean House, and said to be the suggestion of Representative Acklen, of Louisiana,—a suggestion which was taken up and carried forward with great hearti ness bv .Mr. Wymrcs, the proprietor of the “Ocean.” tins TICKKT9 AT $5 WJtMT OFF ItXFCDI.V; and. though the evening was Inclement.—one of Newport's pittliuM rainy mists, which deal* deatli and <lu*tructlon to crimps, and curl*, and crisp muslins and tarlatans,—the company was hr ho means asniatl one, and the result ol the un dertaking was a bum la tiie neighborhood of sftu. IJranetta, who always {rocs to ail the tall* far and near, went to this one. “ Was it a prettv ball f” I asked her os she came home limp and lovely. “A very pretty'ball;” and then she went on to tell of the decorations, of the fine comtmuv. ami zay and beautiful gowns. But site told It nil with an absent air. mil a queer look about thu eyes. Wlmt did It meunf »ltat wo* amNsf Was it the old story of Kobiu Adairf And 1 asked the qu- slion. “No, It wa* uiHblntr of the kind t but all the time the music pluved those zav waltzes, uil the lime the dancing went on, ond I looked at the gay faces, at the fine dresses, and heard the laughter and the murmur of talk, all the time I thought ol those sick and dying people, of the horror of the plaeuc-strickou cltie* at those re re moments, and h took every bit of the pleasure away. I never thought of It until I got there, ami then there suddenly seemed something ghostly In Urn apectacla’of ‘the scone,—some thing Inappropriate in raising money in Just that way lor such a purpose. DANUISa FOR TUB DTINOt It made me shudder morn thau ouco. Ucb! it makes me shudder now.” “But. ilrutictla,” I remonstrated, “think of the balls, the fairs, and the fete* for the soldier* during the War. They were constantly going on.” •‘That was different. Men went Into battle of their own free will. It had a fascination: there was somethin? heroic, somethin? of trade romance In it to many, and toull 11 kind of spirit and clan, lint this Is all horror,—the ghastly horrorof o«s --lllcnce, which makes IheUii/erence of tne prowl- In?assassin and the open foe. I’m glad weve IT'*' the money to semi them, but I think now it was u horrid wnv to raise it. Why In the name of sense and decency couldn't wo each have riven our to as we pul money Into the poor box, quietly and solwrly, instead of prinking ourselves for u dance.—amusing ourselves s.v wurlli for the sick and the dead! Dancing fur the dying!’’ I did not attmpt to answer this last outburst, for Urunettit’H eloquent earnestness bad over powered mo. and I began to see that she might nut lie altogether wrong, and perhaps It w;u a question of the quality ul our souls wnen we had to have our $5 worth of comiori for the fover-strteKen transmuted Into s*» worth of amusement fur ourselves. Bat. with Brunetu, I’m triad WB’VB GOT TUB MOXKV TO BBNP TO TUB BTUWKKH. “ When the Bellcrophnu grand reception carncolT. and dancing w.w the order of tti.* day, and when later came olf the grandest and big gest of big hallo given to the British squadron by the City of Newport, did yon have nov qualms about making merry I” atked llvndnthns of Bruneita u tew days after tills. “What was the dlller. etuis now, I iNjg to ask I" he went. on. •• | n one ease lli« money which result* Is tn cm in the stricken cities. In the other cast*, the darn ing 1* done all tho time the dving and MilTciing is going on. with no purpose but for thompiv nient of lliu thing. Now. how do you gut out of that!" and Mvadotlnw looked triumphantly at lirnnetta. “Aa fur os the clan-dug gm-s. there is no dlllerencu; ft* fur a* the appropriate* neaa of thing* gore, thorp Is a vast diiTomuco. Then; la a sentiment of titnons in things which 1 uto sorry to sun you don't possess, ilvaclnthiis." rescinded Urn net to. “Hut let us drop tins llttio wrangle oiiil hear about the ildlcroolmn reception nod the City Ball. Three years ago, whim the Kel lerophon was here, It wan later In tint season as I havo sold,—hi OctolKT,—uml by that time a good many people had clupariml. Tin* vi»lt now has been in tho very bight of the season, and tlm cottager* and villa people have Intou out in full for.n with their grand toilettes ami other lavish wavs of display. First comes the Hcllcrophim reception on Saturday. The day begun with a rain mist which hade fair to b>r through all the hours of daylight. Mat the Helloroplion imiAt sail on Tuesday irmu out of Newport's ImrlKjr. and there umli'l (m no delay* lug on Account of weather. a r 4 oVmx'k in thk Mimsivu. thru, tho ship was in pruc-H;. of decoration for tho grand event. Believing that tho iinwrv’ making and litudshakmg must go on nnihw Wi-eping skies, a double awning was pl-iced over the dock, mid sails over that. From *tmn 10 stern, ISO feel, the vikcscl uu« hinii with flag*. Tho roof was of ensigns, tho sines li*j*t«M»ru*«| with signal Hags, tho manta draped, mid frnn xvery imagmatde ixiint and corner Hags Hung and iloatcd. Hut Hie ensign rooi wa* tho mud conniietilcd on. Hero were the gay colors ot Mexiro.—rcd, widle. ami gnmn,—and here the ensign of Brazil, the British n*d, while, ami blue crosses, the Spanish ted amt yel low, and Italy's crown above a shield with a while centre, and the red and green bonier, uud here tint tri color of Franco, l lie blue and gold of Sweden. I lie red, ami white, and black of llio North tiornnsu Conicdcralioii, the yellow diamond of Hraxil, lbn given of Ira laud, and other colors of the various national!- this or States blond in and out in u nnrvelo.is comhhutiou of <x>lor. At Urn entrain* was a (lotliic arch ol two ensigns, the Kuglish mid the American. Thu bridge from the units connect ing Hie ship from land was brilliant with Haifa. In the centre was tho I'rinco of Wales feather. Ins motto, •• IcU dleu," tieneaih. Tho United States host ensigns ami those of Knglaiul and France were cro»»cd together «nt the bridge. Hopes were coiled gracefully Into seals, and hammocks covered with Hags were hung here and there. And hi and out ot t.ir who>e. dowenf in t*»u and bonqut-u added to the scene. And, best of all, just us tho guests began tn arrive, the laggard sun came torih ami nude everything dchglitlul. And the gucAia weru amongst Hie niiwt iluliucuUhed of New- IHWt's tosidenu ami visitor*. The French anti .KugUsh Ministers, uud Various sh* return* ol* Legation, tmnulter* of I'ai liumeutv Uaruux, and other sprigs of aristocracy, mmlu • tub UKanr. **r tuv lucuii.umiinr yauii.r utcsT iitou wmt axrscuTioN. * ■At three and n lull of the cluck Admiral. In- I'lcllcM ante Ibitmcnal, amt the hand of the lk.licru;diou broke forth witu “(Jo I Save the tyueeu." At the ilurn* of tint periurmaiicu the Admiral gaye another order, to form set* for a quadrille. Irene Macgilliciiihly h*dtcd wry blank at this. Auuadrille! What did she cure (or a quad* rillef .VVuat could »ue do—bow employ her batteries of fasciusiiou—lu a still uhl quadrille i Hut Admiral inglciU-U knew wiial In wu ulmiul. Ilu didn't turn UU man-of-wur into a Dill-room fur-nthe MasriJllvuddy fain*. i)v merely. Tbcfo ■ were a lot uf old fellow* like* tiir. Thornton. who must be brought gently forward m Ibe mild m.u«S and gentle juiites of the o|cl-la>mouc*l qualrdlw. luey tfuui-i certainly bu at humg there. Bat alas 1 for iho Admiral** kind pur poses and arrangements In their behalf, i’er* bans, aa things turned oat, It would have been hotter to have let Ml** MscgiUlcuddy have the phoning. Sir Edward Thornton, for instance, could not have done worse with Ml** Mucgilh cuddy’* slender arm on his shoulder in a round dance; Indeed, he couldn't hare been so utterly confounded under her hand-to-hand guidance a* he was In that mild quadrille, where he was left to his own devices, and did not know hi* way out. “Blr Edward Thornton Is A JIKI MAN AND A NICR-MAKNEURD MAN,” said Brunetto, quoting from that star of stories, “The Colleen Hue” In July Aw'rtons'; •* hut he Is not a nice partner In aquadrdle.for he knows no more of a quadrille than I do of Finnish or any other kind of atatesinsoshlp. He danced wllli Mtss Carroll, of .Maryland, Uo». Carroll’s daughter, and, poordear, how I pitied her. Hut there’s one thluir to he said: never a mure un willing victim went Into a dance than did Sir Edward. it was the Admiral's doings entirely. When Sir Kdward hunir Iwek the Admiral In alstsd. and so as host cjirrled the day. The Ad miral himself danced like a inlddv, and waa the Jolilcflt sailor that ever trod a deck.” On Mondav night came the grand City Ball at the Orean House. Aa evening is the appro priate time fur such festivities, so on this «*•*• slop the scene outshone the davilght fete. t*>- raiise of the opportunities fur eiteel with light and lanterns. Everywhere, outside and In, the gay lights streamed and flashed, and everywhere hunting and flags of all the nations of the world blended together in glittering contrast. At one end of the ball two medallions, one hearing the word “Prosperity.” the other ••Peace,” are placed against the wall. These are dniued with the American and English lings and decorated with flowers. Between the medallions Is a rort of stage, with u picture of a naval English linn of-hattlc ship receiving the salute of an Amer ican vessel. The portrait of TUB ntINCB OP WALKS Is in a l*o*| of flowers, nn l on Hie left and right, of Ihe iiorlrslt are llon-foolcil Bimiun trlpmls In which tmeiL'c hums. Ami flowers. Him its. at --very atep In corridor nml hull umdeanut mosiilicruof pcrhiiiiotl sweetness and a contin ual feast for the «>e. Everybody mt* there,^ — that Is, everybody ot tha great, gay world.— mid the brilliant Jewels, the flouting laces, tba rich iiiilforms. made u scene that will not soon Imj forgotten. And the squadron us it icitlcd away on the next noon tarried with It tinmitu liercd regrets and memories which mav wry llkelv blossom atmw upon another occasion. For In all the good-bys there was u hearty friendliness, mingled with a warmer sentiment In some Instances, which, taken together, strikes deep, and creates Itotuls winch ure not casllv severed. Ami so “As they aail. .iMlmv sail,” wo will cry “Hull and larenell” In u breath. N. I'. WF-STEIIS PATENTS. Lint of Patent* Issued tn Western Inventors. tipcat Pltvalch to The Tribune. Washjnoton. I>. C., Sept. !.*>.—a. il. Evans <k Co., Patent Solicitors. reiwrt the following patents Issued to Western inventors. II.UNOI*. A. 11. Dorllnrsnie. Kparu. rolllng-celur*. A. Donaoon. Miitpiitn. road-grader*. b. Elliott. Chicago, cultlng-gauges. ll,i;. Goodrich. Chicago. tKn>tand shoe soles. 11. O. 11. Ladd. Chicago. valve-gear. D. O. It. Ladd. Chicago. automsUo engine* governor. If. 11. Wstern. Chicago. sieves. •I. 51. (I. Adam*. Cblcnco. coal-oil stoves. W. K. £ J. Itarnu*. Chicago, scrull-satving machine. W. (I. P. Gifford. Ooleshnrjr. pralu-blnaera. 11. Hoopes. Walnut. wlud-wbeels. •I. R. Adams. Elgin. Dumps? D. lieishur, Efllugunm, sulkies. .1. A. Cowles, Chicago. lanterns. R. Dickson. Itosevillu. sulky-plows, K. <>. Denning. Jefferson. bat-holdera. E, Q. flood. Chicago, Steam-gciienilnrs. E. 8. & K. Moore. Chicago, door-hangers. W. C. Guyton, Chicago, window-cleaners: re lume. Graham A Barbour. Carboooalo. floor trade mark. WISCONSIN. Dentine A Osborn. Uconamownc. clotho#- drrers. T. J. nibble. CamnbelUoort. ratcnct-whevis. 11. Howell. CoJunilm*. t’uti-slyliU. MICIIMUN. C. Prlcdborn. Clare, churn-dasher. D. W. Palmer. Detroit, sulky-plows, W. A. Aldrich. Ingenull. ' •1. U. Pirc. Grand lUpius, railroad car draw bars. 8. IL King. slason. machine for erecting frame shutters. MINNESOTA. D. O, Fosgate. ItcJ Wing, iiilky-plow.i. tow*. J, 5L f'nffrjr, Wsahliictun. bnrber's cliair. J. ,M. Wolrnfge. Allanla. tiarlwr'ii chair. J. E. Garrett. Davcnmm. gate*. C. la-ach. Warsaw. drnfl-ri{uallzer*. J. Parmclee, Deiilolnc*. screw-pin rlscji. C. W. I'nsru, Keokuk, currycnmh*. Cl. Jtlfier. Kent, check-row sonchnietiU J. Boolhcrlon. Anic*. barbed fence.w.r«. .1. Ciniello, Cedar Kanld*. water-vaKe*. Orlniivll A llalkins, Wavcrly, carrlage-lops. INDIANA. 11. railnwslsrier, Ulcnmonl, pain pa. J. V, iUmilUo. Port Wavim, iiora?ahnea. 11. K Jncaaou. Indianapolis. cantloar fasten ing J. Coalrnefer. Fort Warms. car-cooptlo*. IL I. UrUtcil. Kenovillu. ac-ale-beamy. NCIIIUAKA. H- O’Keefe, Omaha. hoiallnj-Jackfc A Patient liny. He went to a neitrhhor’a house for a cup of *onr milk. •• I havmj’t anvthlmr hut sweet milk," auht the woman, pettishly. ••I’ll wait till itßuuie, ,, B«Jd the oolUrdm youth, sinkliu; Into n chair. Tia KTici me amisi jippi (ii’.si IN OflflliU TO ACCOMMUDATK OUH NUMKItoUH I putruos thrniisnout trie cliv wa liare f~.mli I.lied Branch unices In the different filvtslnna. as designated lx low, where advertisements win i.e taken fur th>* *tm.t price a* charged at the Mam Dlti.-e.ami will Ik- reueifl-d untllKoidocH p. in. durltitf Hie week, ana until 0 p. m, uDhaiuidayt: 1 j. * u. h'lMMtw lluukautler* ana htationert lid Tweruy-arond-al. IS-’' '•-."[Al'hKN. Newsdealer. HUtlaner. etc., IU» West Mitdltmi-at.. near Wratern-av. lIUKKItT THimMM'ON. We-st-.-ddo Neva Dtiwt, i BlueDUnd•«»,. curaer of HaUted-a'. M. C. XKllltlOfL Jeweler, Snwalcaier. and Paucr (iooda, TJi |jike-at.. corner Llueo n i*o iEi:nrr>siori(£3i«' M U'cal Mile. »PO I^R^T-#l•- , I*l.ll MuN I'll. NCU* liltll’K 1 li niMJt, .11 rillitiiife-su *nj 44j Irvtiiu.uiarM. quire at Western-ay. »PO IIKVI -KLKUANT TH’O-STOItV~UKHIiTKNi-B? t wltli larjre. Imautlfnl irronnd., i-onier of Oniro ar. and Admus-it.; aisowne ul tliellnest r.islden.'4-s on A«hland-a«.. No 147. ami Iron!, near M.mrcc-.i. These are rare chances (or 4r»t-i-.la*s liotm«- Koutb »i<te« r |HJ UXNT-PPRNIhIIKII. POU OS’K YICAU. A I luniM-un MlcbUan av . nnrili of TwrOft-sU. sit listed on the lake frunt. heau l with it,-am. with hot, cold, and soft wiiter.»,Mitll*li-d s -wi-ib.and all Mix mud am linpruyeim-nu. Addniaa K wd. Tribune ulltcsi. TO KIINT.ICOOIUN* Heat Side* f|M» IIRMT-Hr WM. 11. THOMPSON. -TB> WKKT I MadUni-sl.. a anile of tl rooms. No. xto West Mad aon-al.. •■■liable fur honsekecpliiK. with niodera Ini iimvemenls. alwt I of H r.ajins, mul scn-ral clicmp rot iw.-s on West Mde, cheap lu Kuod tenants. Kcaia >'*d- Ici-icd and esuiea managed. UAXTKD TO UENT. Uf ASTKD—TD IIKSI'—A LAUOE ROOM, l<|'llS'V (IIDU. amtuwmle by i-leval.ir. for an Kuirm maniirm-iur.]rof wlmlow-a.tali’ Ko.tta: muii i*a In llm tleluliy ut PruiiUlu aud Ma lUmau. .vidreu wait loi-atloa and liirnu. No. +u I'alnmr ilnuae.i \\t ANTED-TO HKST-TTVO oil THICKR KUIl • » nulled mum fur b>»iM-kie|>liiit wltbin a block nrtvuui rttaror lake and not ur iruinfuolof Slate -11. AiUrowOM, I'rlbuuo nitlee. WANTKD-TOUKST-A MKIMDMr.IKKD HOUSE, wllh all inudi-ru hn JiommuoU, khi.li .if birlit «ruili-»t, and eu[ uf Wabaa’i-ar. AdlrcMUo. Trlb* mm oflL-o. UOAUDIMI AND LOUCIKU,' Seaib Hide* AKD liH rALIIMKr-AV.-UOOMS WITH 1~l Umrd at Hit# vtrifaut location: everythin./ lu»i.ia*a in Uu* tiritUiai m-iiwi of iim term, pri.e* rentonablujur Ute mioiii nio.iallone offered: ruleremi-i. Norlb Mde* it AHII 7 Kfiuru CLAUU-ST.-PIRBT-CI.ASS «# Ihi«>.|. wiihmmn. 9.7 to pi per week. wltb uieuf piano and UelU- llOtOlfc H ARNES IIOI’sK. CoUNb.it CANAL AND HAS- Jail'll »t* -Term*. 9t..viperiiar: *4 in taper week: room* fl.dA R> 9d per week: D ur»l>, ft. (ILAHKVCR IIOITSK. NOS. S-M. AVI. *». AND S&7 • Male »!.. four block! Miitli of the Palmer liuu*e— Hunnl and room. i«r day, || mMiifj, per wecb.is.97> be. PuruUbed room* to rent witliout board. \\r in dsou ilousk. 'l7H”siAlt'srTT»m7lmr »l palmer Huum—Room and iward from 94 to 97 per week. traualeut. tl.aupet Jay. ACiIiMTdWANTtW, t OKNTS WANTtfD-TO CANVASS poll iID STEM'S* /* IVrfvciluiirutarir fliiur auJ meal aifter: Uu lump breaker, ami la tbe wulr aillar la Ui« Coluul siataa that JfIIbCELLANEOIIb. nEDHniX^COCKkoAirUI-.S.’'ANIV Moi'lis EX- I a U'rmlualed 0/ tuiilra. i (warrame.lt; cati-nnluature l.iraJiw. A OAKLEY. I-UO r-aat WaaulutfUm-at- jNpuiTriKU ~* pou «S ALK—TIIU E K SECOND-HAND DILUAUD I t*itfea.^iai^.i % -da Zeller taaba. Apuly to W. C. UOLWAI ._UStEaat Labu-at- PEIIbOWALa ~~ TNPOUMArtiis jTANTKD-tiPujLLTAETMRIIEK. 1-or Malur. xw of Uicbard Metier, a tailor: waa lu tbkako aiuut ilie yew* is-aj to Dm3: any peraou ac (lualuted a lOi cltAer oCu*.- Welter*, or wnu could alve aueiiioformationaiAklDjiad William Utber. wl.l im ueltrvwaidea *■» addrca4A|j JAWEs ADAMa. P.-U. UuAldld, iurobUi. CITY BRAL ESTATE# T. D. noyn, l!OOM 7. 17* MAPI. I/UU SA L son-«t. f S«pn fftoi-!,owM, aa or mo feet front tiy its fret deep, «m Indnnvnv. or I’rslrte-av., twisrrna K'lrir spcunil sml Korty-ihlrd-sts. Hife-t rare in front on in dlnns-av. Lane shade trees all snvind itie etUl'e hloclr. I win srit s |,i(, more not of this Work at >2*. perfi>ottluil ha* I>e.-n held st fttisrper fo u. ilhtiin prettiest residence properly offered anywhere. Ixnig at the property and «atl«ry yourself tf It Is worth SCI per foot. Von cannot tmy cheaper. fS.f«>-Thl* l* nearly nrw oclsaon-front brick nwellln*. harn. and lot stti.vi, south front, on on arew-si.. neap Morgan, anme sidewalks and every modern Improvement. I win sen at s crest r>ar»-»1n uo feet «n Holstnl-it, br7n feet deep on Adsm«*t.. with all ths Irattdlnc*. an.fviO-O m.r.11 frame dwelling ami lot Mi 117. cts\ fmau on luulsnaav., right at Twenty-fourthst. Terms easy. ' au.a’O—si.OO raah down—This Is 20-room, 2-ltnrj and Dssemcnt brink residence, oimervstory on t<mi brick barn Sdia); inn beds: -tone walk* around lh« houses * acre* of ground all set nicely tn ennleo, . I'..**!? shrubbery, The hoii«e and improvement* and la well worm tu-dar sio.uwstanc lion to snyone wlio want* Hue country hume. This property IS eltustcd in llorlcnn, iKslee County. Wfa,, only half mile from denotf house newly calelfflbied *nd painted. jniototfraph in mv office that you ean #*-e. if you are looking for bargains here Is the l«st now offered. no feet south af Twenty-fourth at.. on State, west front. *».*n-store and dwelling over, ami Ini an it 39. south front. os Twenty-sixth, right at uarlhaall-tt., fuudown. South Csrponter-st., Coe tiroom hrlek ivaideniie and lot Milan, east iroat. The best bargain you will nml. fM.<fli>-Kine #1 one-front hloek, 40sl0o (clear), oa Clark st., near onin. ltentsS3,vu. Terms cosy. **.v>r-Biore aod dwelling over, lot Mill'.. on Ms<tlson-«t.. between Campbell and Western-avs., fl.midown. * f£Bt«i-su»re and dwelling over. corner, lot Mtldn, wn . Morgan and tlnrlev-stn. «o and sco It and you will buy li. l.euis |:«t per month. F OR , "Af.lt-CIKIICE JUUUIINO I.HTS, N'OItTjJ I of Thlrtlelh st., on Michigan amt Indlans-ars.» tntrnle front at near rwetiiy-»ilnth-si.. ami nno near t-.lßhteeiilh si. st SIUUA on Mlchlita i-av. I.ot corner oak sitd Slsuiou ava. stay) and ouo on Flrty tnthl-st.. near Msdison-«v., at *l7 per foot. MyJa Tarn and Kenwood property. 15. A. ULUICII. u-J Wash- Ingtontt. I,’Otl SAI.K-AT A* IIA 111 l AlN—f VdSI, KI.KOANT I new marble from hou«e 891 West Adams-si.t ti.TJi. three »l»ry brick nrj« West Adaiu« *t. t mu««-s- Sloo k»*ru May f. Inquire of.l. H. (ii’WI.P. 14 Me (•ormtea lllock, Itaudnlph snt| ib-arunrn—t-. ],'<•» HAl.k-»ITI»'vTWILL I'DIUJUASK 1..». x..v73 I ftlth twu good huuv*; Sn.'i »i West I lilrtccruh-st,, n-sr A«tiUiid av I‘rcHM-rtv I* wiinh . MUIIUIt It A y If pun s.vt.K—?iu> will m;v a'iikautiittV I.Ot l one i.i.m n from depot, at LarraiiiM, 7 mile* fro-n t.lilcsi.*(>; f |v down arid *.v momhly: cheapest nmii.-rty lu inarkel. and sliuwn frm-s alislract frees rallrond fare, |o cents. llt A nmiw.v. I«j I. iSullo-st.. piMim 4. J CO tNTB V UKA L.E.STATE* i;*Olt J.IIJO MOWS. I »(»rr nrirt lnuesnent brick •Iwetlln;-. cost #l!Mrut lirlflt h«rn, »!*•«>. cost 9-l.f.UOs nil kind* at sltriinberv itsttieti ana fruit*. .*> acr**» of irrutirH. itune wnlki around lioiim; put iHscii newlyeale.linlned ai»| imluP-dt Imlf m<to itiim (]<■(•>>(. In tloncou. county. \V|». TUI* [ifoiKtrtv onuiit lu rell to wnnu one who want* i like* mini rv ■mumer hunir: It I* nice ■•i.guirii tor r»uy. body: It I* irlrliu; n a»a*. Call mid im I lie In fuv oitlo* nixl tiidae lor vmirwlf. pnrilc* win* Invt »«•«■ 11 rail 101 l you all shunt P. No fooling, if* t>rr u<-re..*i>i) arre farm, framed dwelling. || room*, ham l>ini-.«iiiUlt«r>or>: all mider KUuTrem-i;- "IK ai-rr* under pm *r. tulam >• me nlo w ami liajt land; i In) im-*| ufMilit ia mill** eon of i.ske Comity. Mid.. | mile from depot. Will take son.- tram-s unn l« cle.tr. 1. 11. IJUTM. Konm 7. I7ii M»dl»n:i-*i. KOI: SALK— Wi TO I.oo'AruKs WITIIIV k nnc limuticil uillrsof (ttil.-as >i>i reduced rail-*. I». K. Pr.AIP»ON«A-i <».. n.*.m-.•I M.-p.-■!.!< • • w WAXTLU-.71 ALE MCLl‘* Employment Ageucici* T\rASTLI>-lt»l HAII.ItOAM LAllOlucils AT 91 ‘l\ »* fret- rtr**: 2A f„rm hands: 2-4 tiw-oilli ||j ,li CIIKI9II AN A co . 21* South water «t. ffllaccllancutia* V\rANTKH-nv A I.KAMI NO GltciCKltV f t Mhoniuunlv competent and cxpcrlenred pucker. Addreiw ij.vi. Tribune olllfv. \\f AN T HI» —I.IV K MRS XI» I.AIMK* |<i sTTI • I oil-cloth Ar>rons,»jDOptlral nrp>Mr-ra«Ps.i;hMm»*, jewelry, uovrlilc*. nutlun*. *tAllunerv. ctr.; (tiiluie metit* uD«<]ualril; raislutrue free. ii. it.LININGton*, 4ftJscK«on-*t., Chicago. W ANTF.I* -Mil LAV) «:«Aj.-VINKUs. 39 .tlr-ntaser*. a n-stiMtcr*. fret fim*, at J. 11. MM-.UHKCK * CO. h. 21 West lUmlulph ■(. WANTEM-MKN you ONK YKAIt to ItßfllN work st ornv; salary fairs buslnew flm-daw. ilonliorOtis* Worxs. Cincinnati. O. WA?rn:D-FG.tIALE HELP* Domestics* ■\\rANTKn-A OOOM Ullll. TO DO OBNRP.AL » » _hou»ewnrl{._ Apply lu-diy al I2IJ Indiana sv. Utantkd-a' uiul to iki (Vknkk \i,i it7lfs work. Apply at 731 Kuitou-it.. early. WANTRU-AT Till: CITY HOTEI.. 3 HXI’KitM * 1 euotl dlniuK-ruum itlrls. WANTKD -AT ' INMUNA-A V., A OOUO. trunwoniiy girl for general huunewrork. • SITUATEO.VS WA.KTED-ITXAEfcs ISooltltovpcra* Clerks* Ac* CITCATION WANTKM-IN A IHJCG RiTlItK DY A O young man (>wed<'» 2:1 year* ni l: have coo l ciluca tloai con talk good l.iigllt i. AdJrei«Nr<. Irlbuau. JiSTjUATIONS WANTED—FC.TLALE* Don* calico* SITUATION WASTRO—II\ A GOOD. BTROVQ HwedUh girt tn do ix-coml cork la a private family. Apply t<*227 Tnwci*enil-»C. * TO EXVIIANOIb 'no KXcn.\NuK-nv r. it.' liovin nooM 7.17a' L u-siock of boots and shoes. inaiorc. In a town of |u,uu |***t»i*i«. M<n-k It well assorted and in ho .xt order fur bnatne<La. im dshnear claims of any kind. [ want • w ell improved I arm In Illinois, lowa. M.tmurl. or Knum. will pm in a nice 14 room imcH dwrlllnu al«c. and lot I.TJsI ri. flu.or)—Tiil» !■ b splendid n room ti-siurr brick dwcllfua, brick bam ami r, acres of Kruiiml clct-inuy art lu ■itrulil-vr)' mid (roll*. In Alton. I'l. itrcu urnt r’carj I want a nice house mid lot In tl'ili-am, Urdu I'jrK. or UiTL-raid-i will fXUxior cash. fn.wu—i>[ii«ii(lt>l dwidiimr. born,and 13 acre* of land, ail trt to Harden fruits and »hrulti*-ry, in Joliet, ill. dlftn Waul hivhl n*»ld mce or reuilaH property id ttib-aKui rill assume 110-uii! lann. i miles I rum Hnan, Woodbury Co.. liiwii. all under truce, huuw* of H tuunis. abed* tor ;i0 cattle. stable fur U burses. .-urn onb* lor :m*u humeis of curn. Idtn res good itniher. at<v mill in litll nula of It, and tin) last <i( land Price Cl.msi (clear). I ward ■> koo-l house mi l lot In city I bat will rein. uimuf thu UrncaVutid nm*at wiKiii-n mllia In lillnola. all the* ina-litmoy cuuudeie (clean *jlin bul:>.’uii aJuticcosl (•dd.uiiin Iwr7. I win I rode for cuod ,:ii i or Uiwtvnropcrij or firms, or Hood ,Su. I wili lands. Mill will rent fur per year Hl'warre lann. w»dl impruv cd. 17 inlltu (rum L'ltlcado, Hood dwrllliiH. orchard, water, etc.. | mnn ir<nn .la put. Slv’.tMi Waul «oml city or u>wa property. ur u> od wild land*. r uai~An ele;;an( outsauii mint brlcV rraid'ticn, bam. mid lot in| no un Adams »1., miiilli froni. t.n IftKkl wild Und in |uwa ur lllluuta. lluitse C‘wl iw.iuj (o build; It U near IVuud-at. 'l*o KVIIIIANDK-TtVO UOIID UKHIDKVCKB V'tiH 1 Kicnllininirr pr*i|wrty. JONES A IIAVI.S. 110-. m 4 tin Alwdlaon at. IN.STIl()(!TIO!Vi Aiikiiman i.ady w'iiu has p.Usi*:d mil |’rn«iio hum (-laminations, eo-ellu.il llntnl.t. Is lorruioK a sclrci elaJs to be Instructed lu ulj e luea* llumtl lirao. bes;rtlvreutuau~inlreJ. AddicaiiN hx Tribune oilico. \ inoiiM’-Atrmit'MsiiKti noui ii okuw\.n /V ladf Ollplomeel. evi-ollcnt IlmtuUt, drainx puplla, ur n |h.sl iton ui rlrlUiiH ituverncsi. Addict* li CH, I'rlbuno oiCce. I/UKNCII-IMtOK. JIISKPU MAIICIIAND (MMI.V.H I live t reriWi graded eliuse* from iluu u. in. I'iißMUraul ills* Addy'a Klnleniurdeu Hall. £> lllstf up-court. uimero> Mod'aun-n. WcJdi-mU)* at Mias ItrcK'a Aldluo Hemiiury,upou*U« Aldlne Niunre. j.'si Vtiiccnnea av. WVdnrnlara I tnU ami Ssmrdave d UiU b. at at Mra. UcuU a M-nebel Klutcnfanlen, corner Twenty-aecuuJ at. and fnlm-ay VnUluir in letauna. Hi.Mii Private classes and le|. tuns. *|aii:Ul aqnH-menc Iteginnlug Sept. 17, Itt, *J|. iHUSICAt* / MIKAT lIARUAIKh— * I UUKAT UAUHAIN9* HKt;ON » llANl) PIANOIL bLLONU-UASU PIANO*. bKCONII HAND OKUANb. bKCONU-HAND IJUIIANN. ► t’Abll, OU MONTIILV PAVHBSIW. CASH. W. \V. RIMIIAI.U _ Coruar tuaie and Adama-au. I lALLKTT. HAVIK* CO.'S M I.TUIUIITI’UNUH. Tbrae oeietiraieri piano*. •'fill oilier* of ocatniakca, cau Ur found at (be warerooiiu of W. W. KIMfiAI.L. Curuor suie and Adaan-iu. VIJCW UJ’niuiiT msoa iS NKW SOU AUK PI ANUS. NEW OUOANH. Tmreat or foridle uu luaiAlloicul idau, at Vi. W/KIMUaLI/S, Comer SUtn ami Adama-aU. MUUSKS AXU CUIIIIAUES. rpuk I»WfNOrKU WAUON- I Tbo iDoiUnl In *t»le. durability, eaj Oauli. AI.WAYs OP llli; lllilllEM liUADK. I’tdf.ivs to wnii hie hues. M) AibCiiMMIUADi. WOIIK MADE UU SOLD. lIENI.Y iIOUREII * CO.. PA MILV OARUIAUES. AUHOr. DOWNISIi CO.. CONCORD EXPRESS WORK. ui:cicm celkiiraied harness. Weamobave a fat* lir.lclio* *econd baud vehicles (bet we are deleruiioed lo clum out asu to ami wauash-AV. riNA.UUL. ADVANCES MADE on HI A MON Dn, WATCHES, bund*. etc., el LAUNULUS’ private office. uu Um* dulphaU.mar Clark. Uooiit*4uuUU. I‘UUbiUbcJ isji. / lASH PAID roil OLD UOI.D AND Slt.VbU' v > Wooer M loan ua wmlcAea. duxnuniU. sad taiuua.itt uf e«> a rr Je»»;rii'Oiiii at (iOLt>4Mill's l.uau ami Jiuiliua OlbcnllceumJ). UJ Laat ilaJUou-«i._hNubllabr J iso >. lIBSNIKS CAS JtK IIAD IN~KXCIiANUK Pull 1 carrcacr at Uio uuuiiUua rooia of tbu I rlbuoe. Sll.VhU AN AND NO CENT IMKCBSIN PACUAOES uf tlolu exeiianss for current/ at uouucbia'iuuiii uf 'inbuue Cuiubaue LOST AND IOST-A i'OCURTUOOit. ON ADAMS ST.. LiK• a tweeu fudeu-at aad L'liculs-*;. I'Uaa* letirj the fauia Ig ual AUauia-at-. aud be ruwaiJed. 'PARES HI*—IN I IHt" TOWN OP'I.VOSS,"ovU 1 Uorw aad two laulca. Tbu owner can batu lUvui bv srvviua* property aud paylua ebarjea. JAMi'.a U. ■ VffcLCU. luwii of Lroua. BUSINCSS CUANdEt. \ ICAIIR OPPOIITUNITYiruU AN EVI’EIUENCED .V liuWi-bcci'cx-Pgraatu lu fcg a i.ni-ci4>» Oi>tei In one of ilia amarWil low .# la the slate of I'cuoayl stnia: bolt-l aud (urulture nearly newt or would m!II oue-balf loiereal to aalleat banner aa au Inteatmem. or would acli bait luteival to au aetlrc partner. Uo»4 relaoua tiDi-u for MiliOKi tbc liuuac u dome • •i /vJ. truuiai'U outlueaa. Dor furtbcc Uluraatiwt wLlivr iliiAD/UiUi. Tribune o3tce. 3