The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-01 00:00:00

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X IRI /T OF THE PUBLIC--JOURNAL

The resolutions of the master tailors, published and
referred to in yesterday's Times, met wi -
probation and concurrence from all elases of customers •
—and if manfully persevered in will, we (.do.ubt not,
very speedily. restore the poor shortsighted journeymen
to their senses. We begin to find sympto-n3S'in-teni-
e
once
.or fear in the communications of dto "unionists.
It Weald be Well if there were also e ' ibited by them
ome glimmerings of candour and inith. One man,
,vho professes to write to its by ordertof his lodge, No.
1,5, of the United Tailors, complains .of the disposi-
ion manifested. by the press to misrepresent their
views, -and goes on to assure us that " it is one of the
trictest rules of .the United Operative Tailors, never
`o menan or intimidate any person that did not enter
'lle orike." (! !) If so, we arc compelled to say
that it is a fule promulgated more for show than use,
there nest certainly never was one less adhered
to by the turn-out tailors.. , WhY, did this ,avowed or
assumed secretary of Lodge 9.5 read the letter of our
correspondent, " A Journeyman," no longer ago than
,he 7 'bite's of yesterday, a letter which proved the tor-
menting- •picrsecution practised upon these . unhappy
xorkmen titto might wish to earn an. hertest. loaf for
their family, independently of the orders c,f.the union ?
Did the same apolOgi6-.t for the trades' union cast his
eye over the police reports of yesterday morning,
tvhicb brought forward three or four cases of the
mpaelpthaobslee
grossest abuse offered to non-members of the unions for
too fra.
multitudinous bullies ? The false,:
hod
to work without
wha ,:,zes this
to be listened to ;for a moment.
seers-
tan, or whatever he may be, mean bv,,Ailtli‘i.Ll.! t.ha!
the " constantly employed- Workmen" fiave; to preNen.l .
any loss to the masters, ". generously relinqhished 0ne,..:,.
sixth qf -their incomes, which," he says, " it.mikst be'
nern-iossdioits;
confessed, is Meeting them half way?" If the.:ioltect
,y*re to q relinquish" wages instead of grasping A higher'
es, . what occasion was there for a strike ? Jour
he-
ymen need, not make war upon their masters, we
presume, when they have no purpose to serve but the - .
voluntary sacrifice of part of their own incomes.
This, again, we must take the liberty of calling an-
other and a daring misrepresentation by the secretary
.of Lo dg e , 24. 1.1„, is.,,mu ful 44111,t,,through these,
mazes of absurdity, or sornefliiiig7ifill nonoldrensivt-
We are told, on the same high authority, that the pro-
posed increase of wages, or what is tantamount to it,
the proposed abridgment of working hours, will gives
employment to one-sixth more hands during the four
summer months, and to one-third more. during. the re-
mainder of the year. What is this but admitting that
the consumers •of clothing are ,to be taxed for the'
benefit of the trades' unions one-_sixth more in sum-
mer, and one-third more- ddring . eight months of
the year, for- so much of the cost of. all their arti-
cles of wearing apparel as consists of the, journey-
man's wages? This may unquestionably be what
the learned secretary deems a- q desideratum", for
the combining journeymen • but to-- i.:.4 it sounds
much like a '! deprecatalum" for all - the rest
of the community. And what must follow from such
forced and unnatural aggravations of price in articles
of ordinary clothing ? Why, that parliament will bo
forced to favour by some new law, if necessary, the
introduction of articles of that description from fo-
reign countries; and that French and German tailors
will overrun England, measuring and taking orders
1 for half the well-dressed people in the kingdom, and .
freighting hundreds of foreign ships with cargoes of
1 ready-made apparel. Is this, then, the consumma-
tion aimed at by lodge 25 and Co. ? If so, they are
but sorry speculators. We wish we had room for
the letter of another correspondent who writes in
a different and far better spirit. He well de- •
scribes the motives of these union schemers for
two among the laws which they are imposing on
the trade. Their insisting on all work of every de-
scription being done " on the matters' premises," has
for its object to deprive poor women of their bread,
who have served many years to the business of
making up waistcoats in their own apartments, by
wnich many thousands of industrious females would
be thrown upon their parishes ; and 2d, the rule ac-
cording to which all the journeymen are to congregate
in the one workshop, instead of doing anything at their
respective homes, is that they may exercise a more
severe and searching surveillance over each other ;
that the master's interest may be never too honestly
consulted,. nor the duty of the journeymen performed
with too much care ; and, above all, that the game of
conspiracy, dictation, and defiance, may be played
1 with more success against the master, when a strong
band of refractory unionists are assembled on a single
spot. That a mixture of fraud and violence like this
should long continue to prevail in an enlightened
country is altogether impossible. It may and must be
beaten at its own weapons. Suppose the higher and
middle classes of customers combine with the master
tradesmen for mutual protection and security, and act
upon regulations skilfully drawn up for creating and
- supporting a rival poiverfdlhat Of the predatory'consPi-
rators. How would the latter gentry relish. that
species of opposition to their unlawful course ? Do
they think it impracticable ? Do they think it im-
probable ? We can tell them it is neither. We have
seen a well-considered plan for a permanent union of
master tradesmen, not to operate by menace, intimida-
tion, or any particle of injustice (if it were, we should
be the first to decry it, and to denounce its authors),
but simply preservative of the fundamental principles
of free trade, and protective of the rights and per-
sonal
independence of indiviuuals among the indus-
trious classes, who may be assailed, as at present,
by fierce and selfish persecution. Collateral to
this is another plan, for engaging the customer in
a defensive alliance with the tradesman. But
it is not yet in a state to be publicly divulged.
When we can do so with safety or advantage to
the object, we shall willingly bring the matter
under general consideration. The unionists, when
their paroxysm of fever and delusion shall be dis-
solved, will judge who have been their most disin-
terested and discreet advisers.— Times.

Sir Andrew Agnew's Sabbath Bill is lost by a ma-
jority of 161 to 125. The Scotch baronet is progres-
sing in the crab fashion. Last trial he was within six
of his aim ; now he has 36 against him. The ab-
surdity, not to say glaring injustice and inequality at
the bottom of nearly all his provisions, ought to have
left him in a much smaller minority. It is really dis-
graceful to the age and country, that the notions with
regard to the line of separation between legislation
and the rule of conduct which individuals may pre-
scribe to themselves should be so very loose, as is
evidenced by the speeches in favour of such a Sabba-
tarian bill. We trust we shall never be found to ad-
vocate persecution of any religious sect ; but neither
do we feel disposed to allow ignorant expounders of
Scripture, and Sciolists in all that regards ecclesias-
tical history, to cram their dogmas down the throats
of others.—Morning Chronicle.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR APRIL.

In the present state of the atmosphere an Agricul-
tural Report is merely the notice of a long-protracted,
unfavourable season, of the continuance or periodical
repetition of which we expressed an apprehension in
our last. The easterly winds and night frosts still
continue despite all the auguries that can be drawn
from the phases of our lady the Moon, who very sel-
dom makes much scruple about deceiving those who
place confidence in her. Notwithstanding every dis-
advantage, however, the usual routine of the season
was observed, and all the various seeds were committed
to
to the soil, those on the heavy lands especially in a far
better state than could have been expected, an advan-
twaghiechleno'nvete
derived
mtheth
the dry, thin, and poor land. In some parts the bar-
ley sowing has been late, and must extend to next
other
drought gphrotv said id ‘‘
injuriousdmonth for its completion. Of course all the spring
crops, though above ground, are backward, yet in
t " o f
much March,
of
expected; and, should a truly genial season
appearance are to the full as healthy as could be rea-
sonablysucceed, may yet produce an ample return. The
wheats on cold, heavy lands, are indeed much checked
in their inordinate growth and discoloured ; but on
warm soils they retain a freshness of green, indicating
thus far no considerable damage, but the blooming
season may be critical. The wheat market for a con-
siderable time has undergone very little variation, and
the continental markets, accustomed to depend on the
export to this country, are in a very stagnant state,
the speculators being under the necessity of holding
their stock for an opportunity of disposal here ; for,
though their last crop was not equally productive With
ours, they still possess a surplus which will be ready
for any demand from hence, and which will generally
prevent any considerable rise in our markets, though,
after all, many calculators insist that our last crop was
below an average.

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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 29.
—We continue to have a very firm market for cotton,
at very full prices. The transactions to-day are 2,000
bags ; Bahia, 9:fd. to 9411. ; Boweds, Bd. to 9d. ; and
New Orleans, 84d. to 94-d. per lb.