The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-17 00:00:00

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TILE STRIKE.

.nlip (*AN WORTH'S OPINION OF THE
EsTIONs AT ISSUE.

caused the publication of the
ts•- - t 411 4'item has •
.aqsatae• ita•l. limn Lord Cranworth as to the
t*• • II the masters and men. The Ant named
tt. r d J an. hi, and enclosing Lord
4•
~iiitouniestion, thus eaplaisa the eircum•
warn h it ha• been addreesed to him 1
10110'• molder
the sth, a letter thing me whether
Po,
•*. ..• au arbitrates. between the operative en-
-1 w 'I
et. r 4.101,10 1.. I wrote in answer, that
I
4l7til'ingdowutitce."l wwhieltdhelr'nardbitoraret
ttift. at upresent. On reca•ivine • second
• • - .1 I. • I has:. u.. 1 at once to London, mad pro
1 Urants..rth, whom, as I war told
„„aj ta reiotilt n
e•- • Lad .1.5tr..1 to place at the head of • monied
e▪ 7,:1at".. ter the .1. i.e..* of the questions sow taatortip
1"6
• I WII! enitroewil by the duts of his
ee W
ar 4 the ...Inert of my skiti.e he set
t,„„,„, D. devote his whole mind to
era. •••••'"
. • l . ~.olt e beat ',sown in the eliellierd
"4"-.". I I, • • I ke silted .. is .. sue n a err
ale lost .14 t was to tommanicate it to the
•• .tnala..mated Society ; but I could net
" pulite ee. It was not, indeed, without
P'
'"" • of inv ..eu part that I brought myself to
n •
.1 to the • t • • throe
• is .4 ',tweet ltn.4 All WSf th IP
.41 J m. to AC; 11111 my doubts were noosed
▪ I t • tali et whet side. ring. the operative es-
solo, tartly to lopee on themselves sad
the sibate purpose of obtaining what they
etc, bY !Mir Lord Crusiwortle pro-
, t.• I e tot All Ilt•.Ore Mein• •senhce, raw
pallaut band .it men, in • so brit of hem.
...T.:. .
T I ..snot but a Ine. ire t.. h. a mistaken ...mac
▪ •, r• to psi tot., them the imperiled and de.-
; ...I t.•theiees - enleghteued arbitr.i•
I .ao the wish tat their 'ceders at tete auunseut to
r.•
craanestii*. letter is a+ follows .
to. Upper Brook.strece Jan. In.
Rai Led AdViertom—sasee I saw your lordship this
1„,.....rg I hiss leen thinking more and more of the
, un-
• • ••.. r • which our convor•ition termed. I
...
c.v.,. ~.... vehicle mite. me gnat pairs. and the more
mac I k Anwt but COMe to the conclusion that the
•:a Vie *Tone. The mister, have grater wealth,
Q- . r, ion.• greater instructioninstructionif nut greater in.
• a it tile. I wish, therefore. not unnaturally,
:I:.at.. over the matt• r with you I could take the
ear...t th.• a. e'er body ; but 1 really cannot.
~.1!. on which the men insist are, tint and
tta • h e 1.. e OlasltTA 1:1004/ unskilled labourer., i.e.,
lieu who are content to accept low wages, to do •
1,,r,20f0re• done by skilled, i.e., by Co.-
:• s • %...n.i.e labourers; and. oceondly, that they
1..; .0 of ;heir noet dome by contract with persons
wens;. rte rem the it part of the coutract by employing the
• e.! •do by paver or trikwork what they have eon-
t .1 rte ; and, lastly, the uses insist that, unless
▪ e• ea spewed emergency. the masters ou ;lit not
▪ .lone by employing workmen overtime, i.e., at
teen b.e..n.1 the erilinary, hours or work.
I wows• that, en ad these points, I think the
ter ter. .at•nly in the wrong. The masters ought, surely,
✓ ity to employ whomsoever they may please for
es,'..aed %eery portion of the work. if it is work only to
• a. well by skilled workmen, they must employ
eel:m..ll.4nd utile.% they do so the work will be
We • . old the =tigers will be the sufferers. if it
e••,, r. euiring skilled workmen, on what po•sible
• .an the muter. he called on to employ them
11, ouirld to be at liberty to employ whom
L. may choose. Of course, the workman must
etkagy la left at liberty to accept the terms offered by the
taster. end work, ore) r. j, et there terms, and abstain from
wriang. 11. th parties usuilit to be left at perfect liberty to
ito •:..t Ito y think mot for their own intereat. So as to
• awl work overtime,—all the relations between
efar:eyer and employed are or ought to be those of contract
te:e...a two perfectly tree agents. The matter may pro
pe abates. r terms he eho.eee; the workmen may accept
w. ;.,t the,. terms In such a state of things, when there
it combinations on either side, the result must even-
ku::y is fair and just to both sides. If the master proposes
'Le as harsh and unreasonable, he will get no workmen to
• fee him. If, on the other hard, a workman insists
e: • rni• which fetter the ma•te r, the muter will nut give
c. yinent, and the workman will be unemployed.
. .• misfortune is, that in these disputes between those
s. work and those who employ workmen, things never
•o to take their natural course, i.e., the course tln
• :I.ike if each dispute was merely an individual dispute
•.. ...J. • avail themselves of the privilege which the law
go.. tlam of combining. I believe the law has done
mall in allowing these combinations. It is never politic
is preti'ea by law that which certainly will exist whether
ii mad or out. But the misfortune is, that in the game
(- combination, the workmen always eventually
L. Ih,) b. gin with the fairest and most honest inten-
t 'limy have not the least notion of putting in opera-
..-aeonst their employers, or against any of their own
• ,nythine like physical fuer. They think the justice,
w:
-..at whirl, they coneider to be the justice, of their cause
▪ by ns mural influence, operate on the minds of the
evils, et ,:se that the Usability to obtain workmen
. jam Cie toasters to secede to the proposed terns'.
1.• truth is. that in all such combinations the
man have an immense advantage over the men. The
ere that ran happen to them is, that capital is for
area. u unpreeluetive. The reason for their Meeting on
pt..et fneilom on the disputed points Is, that they think
tit %shwa .114 h fr. cduw they could not make their capital
el pettily pmelit. tire ; and so they are content to let it be
litartkar fruitlew fur a time, in the hope of • brighter
kat There is no dune eof any violation of the law on
b..: part, awl they arc therefore content to bide their
tro list Low is it with the men ? With them what is
ko surds. tits is not • capital on which they can at
lark craw for subsistence ; it is the labour which is their
My When that is unproductive they tun only
het tesappirt from funds to be supplied by others ; and
efteeesaty those supplies are in time furnished grads.
6;4. Tinn teens jealomiel and alarms ; some are in-
'44 to so. of outrage towards the ir employers ; others
ft mimed •;forceel, if you will) to quit their own party and
seion;goviont ; this leuel• to acts of injustice and even
er.:.-44. used the workmen themselves, and, in the end,
Se mote r. triumph.
I t•.l ai st deeply for the men, for I believe in my con-
tour that many, perhaps all, not only are most fully per-
th y are in the right, but they would smut the
red. nog or encouraging those who should offer
loaner, either to master or man. But, however pure and
Portable may be their intentions, 1 know from 'sleekness
MIA is the mavoitlable result. It has been my painful
dry tt, sad punish for outrages such as 1 hats adverted
It Mut! E. I, who, I have no doubt, when they entered
M. :be. trade combinations, would have been indignant
1.21 ray "tie who should have suggested that what they
rotr e tangle; in could ever lead to a violation of the Law.
11, r, it invariably is. I cannot wonder that
meter. refuse to agree to any arbitration that is to
ores, ou them any restriction whatever as to the
lota et, which they are to contract with their men. No
ilk meta to presume to defies.. such terms, any more
11a• to lend the men as to the terms which they
itsThr to submit to in favour of their marten. The ob- '
sus duty awl interest of the mi n is to treat the matter
b au•vtion of bargain. If once they do that,—if
mo'they .ilow that the master is at liberty to propose hie
Wit Urn... and the workman to accept or reject them,
dea...l tint It the muter, would - I am sure they ought—to
k•oatt. pwly to listen to any suggestions of the men, se to
117 sesleeetiens of the system which should be more
menestile to them, without infringing on the free sgeney
a,tthe'it employ, rs. I fear from what has pasted that them
°too mud, beet now to expect that any temperate advice
Ildl be attended to. Sure 1 am that • time will tome wheel
edn 'whim a will deeply !egret the steps they bare takes '
"4•117 ate I ndravouring by combination to deprive
Ito meter of their Natural right of managing their own
IWAWAI is their own way. I deeply feel for the mem, and
Phoned hare been very glad if we ennui have seen our
‘ll t°merziat any sort of arbitration which could solve the
idleatty. hat I really cannot.
I retellitt you said the men think there ought to be
seam ttd'u° who, should decide this question between them
mt•l lleir.n.i.loyere, and that such is the Cabe in France. I
flaunt ..) hit may is the state of the law there, but
it posaiLle that there can be • law regu-
l.';ellvdeet . 'tarot a nester shall enter into with his men;
Laot a tit subject fur • tribunal or an arbitration and
i'''L`".°•feaseon—the master, after the decision given,
~
to say' I will not enter into such a contract;' no
t's tae force him t', do so. When, indeed, the employed
6e.ct a ..s ..ent, not thenseire an equal with the em-
pi,. .r• instance a child or a woman, there we know
1.2.! dare has new:maid enough interfered. But I
Y
* lorry, nuked, 1,, that the adult workmen
tt't."'untry Amid claim protection on any such ground
!hat whirl, has led to the legislative protection of women
44'1.4411in in their dealings with their. employer.. I with)