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r" L1R EfflHKE III PR MAY Possible Solution of the In r v dustrial Question. ' - AN OUTLINE OF ITS WORKINGS Vb Ban Francisco Branch Is Doing a large Wholesale Business Wholly Without the Use of legal Tender. By G..E..KBiyw, Vancouver, Wash. ; 'j f t While -'the' various political 'parties and the people generally are wrangling over the financial and labor questions, J there is being . established in our midst an organization, known as the Labor Exchange, which claims to be able to . transact business without legal tender money by basing its medium of ex change on the -products of labor, and eventually to furnish employment to the" idle by supplying a market for the products of their labor t This is not an entirely new organiza i tion, k Though it has .been operating successfully in several cities, no, sys tematic effort has been made to extend ' its workings, until within the last year or two. , Now, however, since a number of branches have proven the practicabil- f ity of the ' plan by actual business ' operations, the idea is being taken up i in every state , in the Union and over 200 branches have been established. s.As an example of what is being done in this line we would call attention to the San " Francisco ' branch, located at No. 823 Davis street, which has done a wholesale business of $28,000 within the last eight months, wholly without money., ! , The manager, Mr. Henry Warfield, has compiled a labor ex change directory of the different busi ness houses that have investigated the plan and now accept "labor checks" at their face value, as being as good as money. Evejy business nearly is'repre sented, and the list completes the cir cuit of necessities of man, bo that the holders of labor pxohange checks are in a position to " supply their wants with out regard to money. Any useful article may be deposited " with the exchange, and the depositor receives therefor a deposit cheok whioh , is "not redeemable in legal tender, but receivable by the Labor Exchange Asso ciation in payment for merchandise, for all services and for all debts and dues to the same; and it is based upon and .. secured by the real and personal prop erty in the keeping of the association." The property held for the redemption of certificates cannot, as per charter, be mortgaged ' nor- pledged for debts, nor can it be withdrawn, but may be ex , changed by, the association , for other property of equal value. 4 ' , The branches in different sections of the country exchange surplus products with each other. For example, there are such things as socks and cigars from as. distant a point as Heading, Pa., at , the San v Francisco exchange, broom handles from1 New Whatcom, Wash., fruit extracts , from Fresno, as well as fruit from as far south as San Diego. A consignment of shirts and overalls is .being,, negotiated for with a branch in Ohio; a lot of dried fruit was recently shipped to Idaho Falls, Idaho, in ex change for pork; and groceries were "sent to Armona in exchange for dried I fruit. 1 .The branch at Los Angeles is putting up a shoe factory; Forest Grove, Or.,;has a tannery;" Olathe, Kan., a grist mill; Red Bluff, Cal., a spice mill; Salem, Or., has a brick ,'yard, warehouse and wharf; Vancouver, Wash., proposes to' make coffins, and the Oregon ! City, Or., branch will ' operate a rock crusher. . i To make the subject more olear to the .reader, an illustration of its workings is given: Some farmer owning timber . land might out some logs and deposit ' them in the exchange, taking labor checks in receipt therefor; the owner . of an idle sawmill would rent his outfit to the branch and accept "checks" as rental; some men, now idle, would . work the logs into lumber; unmployed carpenters would manufacture the lum .bes into coffins, furniture, etc., and re ceive "checks'." for their : labor. ' The articles thus made would be sold on the market or exchanged with other branches for provisions, clothing, etc., which' would be again exohanged to the farmery, mill-man and , mechanics for their "checks." It must be reme.m 'bered that no "check" can be put into circulation until some labor or the product of . labor has been deposited with the branch, and whenever the "checks" are redeemed the value goes out and the checks are canceled. It will be seen that all branches of business will soon be represented, and f when the producers can market their products and supply their wants (with out the use of legal tender) by a me dium of exchange based upon, and at " all times equal to the wealth produced - a grand step will have been taken to ward the solution of .the greatest prob lem of the age. ' UnAer this sy tern, . farmers would 'hot be clothed in rags while tailors and . weavers Btarved; weavers would not go barefooted while shoemakers and tan ners needed clothes; ' and carpenters," . painters, bricklayers and plasterers would not be idle while people suffered for shelter.' " , I . Every American citizen should in- vestigate this. - , , A Three Friends Expedition. I j Jacksonville, Fla. , March 15. The . steamer Three Friends is reported to ..have left-Rodriguez key, ninety miles , south of Miami, : today, with a large expedition for Cuba. The Three Friends has a deputy marshal on board, ' or did have, and unless he has left the t Bteahiejr'bc. has been taken along. r, The ostrich farm of Majs? A, J, Tiffin, at Merrltt'e island, Fla.f is a puoeeit ...o.- f .;' Use the Only Spring Remedy in the World Stood Every Test of Time. PANE'S In March, April and May use Paine's celery compound. And only Paine's celery compound I For it is nature's remedy. ,- . Do not for , a moment confound it with any of the ignorant, catchpenny, short-lived patent remedies sarsapa rillas, nervines and tonics that bear as much resemblance to Paine's celery compound as the oarasite vines do to the oaks that they live on. ? ; Paine's celery compound cures dis ease. It makes people, well. It has saved the lives of thousands of suffer ers. It makes the weak strong.' It purifies the blood and enriches the nerves. Every condition of winter life has been detrimental to health. There has been a steady decline in nervous vigor. Now that spring comes the body is ready to cast off unhealthy tissues if it is only given a chance. This opportunity comes when the excretory organs, kidneys, skin and 1 bowels are made to work ac tively and the nerves are able to fur nish sufficient energy to the digestive organs. ' It has been ascertained that in Russia 673 per 1,000 girls marry before reach ing ijhe age of twenty. ' . .Mrs Humphrey Ward, the English novelist, has turned her energies to wards writing a play. . . A clever Parisian has invented a ma chine that can split a human hair lengthwise into thirty-six strips. Nine women obtained the doctor's de grees at the University of Berne, Swit zerland, at the last examination. t A dust excluder for vehicle hubs con sists of a cap secured to the outer end of the hub, being easily removable. An electrio roller for massage pur poses is composed of plated copper and zino and generates its own electricity, WISE AS AN OWL. The owl is said to be the wisest of birds because he keeps both eyes and ears wide open, says nothing and keeps up a good deal of thinking. When sciatica takes hold of a man, he is wisest who says nothing but keeps his eyes and ears open for the best remedy, who thinks and knows it may result in crippling, and who finds by trial that St. Jacobs Oil is the best known rem edy for its treatment and permanent cure. It penetrates to the seat of the excrutiating pain, soothes and cures it, and prevents what sometimes happens the use of the surgeon's knife to get-rid of the torment. The owl thinks and then acts quickly, and the sciatica sufferer should act promptly to arrest the progress of the disease and to re store the nerve by the use of St. Jacobs Oil to its natural condition. The lady manager of a California in surance company is credited with the largest salary paid to any woman 110,000 a year. " OVER THE PRECIPICE Hosts of invalids tumble to destruction simply because they will exercise no discretion in the matters of eating, drinking and the avoidance of exciting causes, and, above all, in the item of medication.' They persist in dosing them selves in season and out of season with drastic and violent remedies, opiates and mineral poisons. The best, the safest, the pleasantest substitute for such hurtful no-remedies is Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters, potent for malarial, rheumatic, dyspeptic, nervous and bilious complaints. . . . , . Illinois spends at least $2,000,000 a year in punshing criminals. It spends scarcely anything for their reform. HOME PRODUCTS AND PCRK FOOD. All Eastern 8yrup, so-called, usually vary light colored and of heavy body, is made from flucose. "Tea Garden Drips" is made from ugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale by first-class grocers, in 'cans only. Manufac tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen uine "Tea Garden Drips" have the manufac turer's name lithographed on every can. - HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 16 years, arid believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fin ancially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. ' i ' West & Trxjax, '' Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. ' Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. 1 Hall's Family Pills are the best. Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only cough medicine used in my house. D. C. Albright, JJiitlinburg, Pa., Dec. 11, 1895. Schillings Best is simply good honest tea, well grad ed, fresh - roasted, packed air-tight. If you don't like it, your grocer returns your money in full. There is no other such dealing in tea. A Schilling & Company San Francisco 419 CELERY No remedy in the world accomplishes these results like Paine's celery com pound. It nourishes, regulates and in vigorates the entire nervous system from the brain to the minutest nerve filament. It causes an increased appe tite and tones up the stomach to deal with the increased food. Its nourish ing action is immediately manifest in a clearing tip of the muddy, unhealthy skin, an increase ' in weight and more refreshing sleep. First discovered after laborious, scientific research by the ablest physi cian America has produoed, Prof. Ed ward E. Phelps, M. D., LL. D., of Dartmouth college, it is prescribed and publicly indorsed by'the best practi tioners in every city in America. It has been so enthusiastically recom mended by grateful men ' and women in every walk of life that it is today in every sense the most popular remedy the world ever knew. It has proven itself the greatest of all spring medicines.' , In New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, t. Louis and two or three GREAT deal of nonsense has been written and be lieved, about blood purifiers. What purifies the blood? ...... iEYS PURIFY 10 BLOOD AND THEY ALONE. - If diseased, however, they cannot, and the blood continually becomes more impure. Every drop of blood in the body goes through the kidneys, the sewers of the system, every, three minutes, night and day, while life endures. - puts the kidneys in perfect health, and nature does the rest. ' The heavy, dragged out feeling, the bilious attacks, headaches, nervous unrest, fickle appetite, all caused by poisoned blood, will disappear when (he kidneys properly perform their functions. ; ..'' There is no doubt about this. Thousands have so testified. The theory is right, the cure is right and health follows as a natural sequence. Be self-convinced through per sonal proof. Rheumatis Is a blood disease and only a blood reme dy can cure it. So many people make the mistake of taking remedies which at best are only tonics and cannot possi bly reach their trouble. Mr. Asa Smith, Greencastle, Indiana, says: "For years I have suffered with Sciatic Rheuma tism, which the best physicians were un able to relieve. . I took many patent medicines but they did not seem to reach trouble. I gradually grew worse until I was un able to take my food or handle myself in any way; I was abso lutely helpless. Three bottles of S.S.S. re lieved me so that I iwas soon able to move my right arm; before long I could walk across the room, and when I had finished one dozen bottles was cured completely and am as well at ever. I now weigh 170." ' , A Real Blood Remedy. S.S.S. cures Scrofula, Cancer, Eczema, and any form of blood troubles. If you have a blood disease, take a blood medi cine S.S.S. (guaianteed purely vegeta table) is exclusively for the blood and is recommended for nothing else. It forces out the poison matter permanent ly. We will , send to anyone our yaluable books. Address Swift Specific Co.,, Atlanta, G. Leading dealers everywhere sell- FERRY'S SEEDS Don't risk the loss of time, labor and ground Dy planting seeds or unKnown qual ity, i ne raarKnt is mil 01 cneap, nnrenaDio Bneas. rtKHT 1 sllus sreslwsvs tho best; do not accept asy euofttiiuw. oeea Annual r nw. . M.FERRY A CO., Detroit, llll 3 THE KID my 1 GOMPOUN other large cities, the leading newspa pers, making their own canvasses again this year, have found that the demand for Paine's celery compound surpasses that of all other remedies together! Paine's celery compound, taken dur ing the early spring days, has even more than its usual remarkable effi ciency in making people - well. It makes short work of disease. It rapid ly drives out neuralgia, sleeplessness, dyspepsia and rheumatism from the system. It removes that lassitude, or "tired feeling," which betokens weak ened nerves and poor blood. Women working in close offices, sales Women tired out and nervous from long hours' standing on their feet and wait ing on impatient, irritating customers; overworked, worried and disheartened mn and women everywhere will be astonished to find how much happier life becomes when their nerves have be'en strengthened and their blood puri fied by means of this great remedy. ; No other .remedy has the hearty ap proval of a like body of educated men and women and professional men, nor has there ever been a remedy that was Swept Away in a Flood. Mr. E. V. Smalley relates In a Chi cago newspaper a thrilling and very peculiar experience which be under went a few years ago In traveling in the Northwest With three friends he attempted to ford a slough of the Ya kima River In Washington, in a big wagon drawn by four horses. Mr. Smal ley says: .'.',, The river was very high, and the i broad slough was running like a mlll ; race. We know that the fordlng-place was narrow and the water deep, but we expected nothing more serious than to get our feet wet. But when we were about half-way across, the lead horses got their hind feet over the double trees and became unmanageable; and then the wagon was swept ofT the ford and into deep water. One of my friends swam ashore, and two others climbed out of the tall of the wagon and managed to keep their footing until they were rescued. I at tempted to get out in the same way, but before I could do so the wagon was swept Into very deep water, overturned, and wagon, horses and I were soon floundering in the current. I could not swim, and gave up all hope of my life. I went under water, and there had a very clear experience of what psychologists call the double consciousness. It seemed as if I were two persons, one a physical man, still intelligent enough to struggle among the horses, and the other a conscious ness that was entirely serene and hap py, looking with admiration at the beautiful water overhead, and wonder ing If ' the body would come ashore somewhere down the stream and be re covered. This part of me felt quite delighted at being released from partnership with the other fellow. How long this lasted I do not know. I did not have any of that vivid recollection of all the events of life which men restored from drown ing usually tell about The higher con sciousness only felt that It was an in dependent spiritual existence, now for the first time released from dwelling In a physical body. - But now the body, In Its desperate struggles, clutched the ear of one of the horses. The horse got Its head above water, and the man's head came up with It. The man was rescued by a boat, and with extreme regret my high er consciousness was forced to re-enter its old dwelling-place. Excerclsed Him. :. "This bicycle craze has done m a- world of good," declared Bloomley. "'Why, you don't ride!" , , "No, but I've been knocked a total of at least 1,000 feet and have run miles In my efforts to dodge scorchers." Detroit Free Press. FINEST IN THE WORLD. Enok's "C. C." .Razor In sizes 4-8. 6-8 and 6-8. Price, VS. 50. Can beexcnangeaii noi oaiiBiacwry. , Send for General Catalogue or Catalogue of , porting Goods or Barber, Supplies. WILL & FINCK CO.. 820 Market St. San Francisco, Cal. AMI R A combined Binding and Iwl W Facing. Outwears all others, nnnnn TJiimrn Dustproof, Waterproof. Can DRESS FACING not sWk or crinkle. Can ing. Makes the skin hang gracefully. your Dc wasneu wuiuut rcmuv dealer will not supply you, address Weber Manufacturing vo., (racinc uoasi Agencyi, 819 Market St., Rooms 23-24, San Francisco, Cal. Notice to Dealers e are open to propositions for exclusive agencies. FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK or "Just Don't Feel Well," UUIVER PILLS arc th One Thing to use. Only One for a Dote. Bold by DmirclBta at S50 box 8am plea mailed free. AddreM Dr. Bounko Med. Co. Phil. Pa. DA HO For tracing and locating Gold or Sliver nUUn ore, lost or hidden treasures. M. D.FOW 11UWM LER. Box 337 Southing ton, Conn, nhftMtS WHtRt AlTtLSE FAILS. I; J Best Cough Byrup. Tastes Good. Vt f J I'.l In time. Bold by dniralsta r 1 '9 MAKES ONE WELL. welcomed in so many intelligent, pru dent homes where pains is taken to get only the best in so vital a matter. In such ' families all over the country Paine's celery compound is the first, last and only remedy used. Prof. Phelps had studied the nerves in health and disease, . when . well nourished and when under-nourished, in men and women and children years before he looked for the remedy. Paine's celery compound is the outcome of his entire professional life. It is the one remedy that the world could not lose today at any price. Paine's celery compound induces the body to take on solid flesh. r Physicians recognize Paine's celery compound as the one scientific spring remedy, and it is universally prescribed by them wherever there is great need of a vigorous and prompt restoring of health and strength to the worn-out 'system. , Paine's celery compound is the best spring remedy because it is more than a mere spring remedy. It brings about a healthy appetite, complete digestion, regular action of the bowels and the Gladness Comes fXith a better understanding of the VV transient nature of the many phys ical ills, which vanish before proper ef-forts--gentle efforts pleasant efEorts rightly directed There is comfort in the knowledge, that bo many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis f stjRc. but Rimnlv to n constipated condi tion of the svstem, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt ly removes. That is why it is the'only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed bo highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have the genuine arti cle, which is manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. , If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system Is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely Jbed and gives most general satisfaction. Sent Free! To any person interested in humane matters, or who loves animals, we will send free, upon application, a copy of the "ALLIANCE," the organ of this Society. In addition to its in ' ' tensely interesting reading, it con ' tains a list of the valuable and un usual premiums given by the paper. 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That has other excretory organs whenever taken, whether in summer or in winter, but as the greatest of spring remedies it has extraordinary opportunities for induc ing the body to throw off morbid hu mors that poison it and cause rheuma tism, neuralgia, neart trouble and a general low state of the health, as in . spring the system is more pliable and chronio diseases so securely lodged in the system that they are with difficulty ousted, become more tractable. Thousands of men and women have found from personal . experience that Paine'B celery compound makes people well, and keeps all from sickness who take it in the spring. . ' Many a father and mother have no ticed the unmistakable improvement in the health of their' children from tak ing Paine's celery compound in the spring. 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