Printed on cornhusk paper... By & for the unemployed...

Item # 702127

January 01, 1894

HARD TIMES, San Francisco, California, January, 1894 Likely a short-lived newspaper--this is the volume 1, number 2 issue--interesting for both the focus and the paper upon which it is printed.
As for the latter, this appears to be a cornhusk paper made from ground corn husks, is a golden color and of very thick stock.
As noted on page 2: "This paper is the organ of no man or set of men. It may be safely accused of being the voice of labor...There is no excuse for any man going hungry...This paper is published for the benefit of the unemployed. It is not sold by boys or news agents...Issued and sold by the unemployed...".
Four pages, some archival mends inside, nice condition.