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The Sentinel th e g n a t ! m a j o r i t y o f u s b e lo n g , r a t h e r 1 t h a n th a t he should be d e p r i v e d o f J t h in g s w h ich m a k e him f e e l th a t th er e is a vast c ha sm b e t w e e n him and the ones fro m whom he r e c e iv e s ns w a g e s im a part o f th e p ro d u c t o f his toil. It is our p r e d ic tio n thnt liot o n ly w ill w a g e s not g o to f o r m e r le v e ls but t h a t w h a t T h e r e a re m a n y f a i r |ieoplc wh o are re duction» a re m a d e w ill be m u de a f t e r b r u n e tte s . f a l l i n g p ric e s , i n s t e a d o f b e f o r e , us heretofore. O ld Mol is th e g r e a t e s t hot uir p e d d le r T h e r e is a so un d reaso n f o r th is pro- ! we k n o w o f . B usm e n* O f f i c e . . . . ____ __ 418 L o s t M u m die t ion, i f a n y d e m a n d a reaso n. A la rg e p r o p o r tio n o f la b o r is o r g a n . 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W h a t it w o u ld m ean to us to bo r e f l e c t e d in th e h i g h e r th an be it als o m e a ns to a n y ot h e r se c tio n f o r e th e w a r w a g e s w h ic h w e e x p e r t v ou s t i c k to it. w h e r e l a r g e n u m b e rs o f w a g e ear ner» to p r e v s i l . T h e p e rs on not to I» ' p i t i e d , III ou r a r e e m p lo y e d . W e a re in a p e c u l i a r po o p in io n , is th e j o k e r w h o g e t s sore s itio n to know » b a t th e result wo uld w hen it is on him. be. I f w e c o u ld b u y ou r m a i l s at h a lf o f th e f o r m e r p r ic e , th a t w o u ld mean B o ls h e v is m w a s a d v e r t i s e d to be th e A n i n v i t a t i o n to rn m e a g a i n m a y t h a t th e w a g e e a r n e r w h e r e these t h i n g s a r e m a n u f a c t u r e d is in th e same p a n a c e a f o r a l l th e ills o f p r e v a i l i n g s o m e tim e * be a hi nt not to mak,- tin c o u d if io ii t h a t th e w a g e e a r n e r here f o r m s o f g o v e r n m e n t . W h a t it w o u ld I pre sent v i s i t an e n d le ss one. • • • lo t o boss ru le nmi t h i n g s o f thnt w o u ld be i f t h e p r i c e o f lu m lier w a s so rt w a s a p l e n t y . T h e p r e d ic t io n s h a v ,. ! T h e p e rs o n w h o c a n ' t g e t up an np c u t in t w o f o r th os e w h o must b u y it W e a n t i c i p a t e th a t lu m be r m a y g o to c o m e true. N o t o n l y h a s b o ls h e v is m j p e t it e w it h o lit an a p p e t i z e r a l r e a d y has c u r e d a ll th e ills o f th e p o p u la r f o r m s > a n a p p e t i t e he c a n ' t s a t i s f y . a lo w e r l e v e l a l o n g w it h o t h e r com • • • m o d it ie s , but w e do not w a n t to see it o f g o v e r n m e n t , not o n l y h a s it done a 1 W h a t u h o w l there* w o u ld lx* i f mon* g o to u lo w e r l e v e l a h e a d o f othe r p l e n t y to th e o ld Ixisses. but it has j u s t | b o u t c u r e d a ll th e ills b y k i l l i n g o f f e y w o re M juamle retl on u p e n c e p ro je c t c o m m o d itie s. th e p a t i e n t , a n d r a ise d u p a new a r m y I th e w a y it in on u s e n s e lenii war. T h e g r e a t e s t d a n g e r n ow is th at • • • t h e r e w ill be to o r a p i d a b r e a k in o f bo sses w h o w i l l soon h a v e n o t h i n g to boss. 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