The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-31 00:00:00

That Mr. Day

Joseph
Taxes:

Griffiths b pointed CollectOr,ind Mr.
binson, Assistan ollector of Assessed and Property
nd Mr. Edwar rachan, Office Clerk and Collector.

Thai Messrs. T. E:dtrtwrighi,"W. I:edg
J. Whitty, J. Brebner, J. Woods, and J. Jc

Committee to watch the progress of the Liverpool Sanatory
Regulations Bill, and, if necessary, to employ Counsel to defend
the rights of this Township.
That this Meeting, having been informed that some persons
are attempting to fill up the Pit commonly called "St. Domingo
Pit," protests against such proceedings, and directs that a
Notice-board be put up, cautioning the parties to proceed no

That these Resolutions be published in all the Liverpool
Slevyspapers, _ - • - -

Tina Ate thanks of this meeting be given to the Overseers and
Auditors for their attention to the interests of the Township.
The Chairman having left the chair, the thanks of the Meet-
ing were given to him for his able and impartial conduct in the
chair.

AT a MEETING of the MASTER TRADESMEN
of LIVERPOOL and BIRKENHEAD, which was held at
the Grecian Hotel, Dale-street, on MONDAY, the 23d instant,
and where Sixty-one Persons were present, representing Forty-
nine Firms, engaged in the various Departments of the Building
Branches,

Mr. JOHN TOMKINSON in the Chair,

It was intimated that the Strike at Birkenhead still continued,
and that (excepting the Joiners, who had resumed their em-
ployment) there was not at present any appearance of its ter-
mination. And from documents which were read, and from
information which was given, it appears that the Turn-out is
caused by the interference, and under the dictation, of the
Trades' Unions, and that many of the workmen now engaged
in Liverpool are contributing to the support of those who are
standing out ; and it being clearly ascertained that many
workmen are dissatisfied with the pro • 'ngs-oghe Clubs,
and would willingly abandon the
It was unanimously Resale , hat each of the Masters now
present will require eve orkman in his employment to sign
a declaration that 119., s not, and will not, belong to, nor
subscribe to, the lends of any Trades' Union, and will dis-
countenance any appropriation of the Funds of any Sick or
Benefit Society to the support of a turn-out of their own or
other trades.

And each Employer now present (testified by his signature to
this resolution) hereby declares that he will not employ any
Workman who refuses to Sign such a Declaration.
JOHN TOMKINSON, Chairman.
The MASTER TRADESMEN engaged in the various branches
of BUILDING, in making public the foregoing Resolutions,
desire to record their regret that circumstances have rendered
them so painfully necessary. Their object is not to reduce the
Wages paid to their Workmen, not to increase the hours of
''our, nor to revoke the concessions which they made the las'

Lucy made the last
year. They desire not to abridge the privileges or comforts of
the Workmen ; but t e baneful influence which is at present
exercised by the secret and irresponsible tribunals of the
Trades' Unions, so repulsive and unjust in all their tendencies,
have rendered it imperative upon the Employers to adopt the
Resolutions alluded to, not only in self-defence against the
dictation of the Unions, but for the purpose of shielding as
much as possible the well-disposed, and, in almost every in-
stance, the most valued of the Workmen, from the tyrannical
dictation of these dangerous combinations. So long,.as these
combinations are permitted to interfere with the freedom which
is the inalienable right of every man, whether he be an em-
ployer or an operative; so long as they are permitted to levy
contributions upon every man, even against his will; so long
as they promote discord, and cause uncertainty to rest upon
every transaction, there is no security for any man in taking a
Contract, nor is there the most remote hope for a return to a
better state of things, unless these Unions, so contrary to the
spirit of the times, and so repugnant to every principle, both of
justice and humanity, are completely broken up or rendered
powerless.

They hold that justice to the Public as well is to the Opera-
tives, requires that LABOUR as well as CAPITAL SHALL BE
FREE: that every man ought to be at perfect liberty to dispose
of his labour, which is his capital, when, where, and as he
pleases ; that it cannot be for the advantage of the Working
Classes themselves, that a dictatorial inquisition should be es-
tablished, and that an irresponsible agency should exist, to
create a monopoly, and tax the industry of the many for the
benefit of the few, who themselves in general are amply sup-
ported, and maintained out of the earnings of the well-disposed
and the industrious. They assert that all restriction and pro-
hibitions upon labour, all dictation to an employer who he shall
employ, what wages he is to pay, and how his business is to be
conducted, are the establishment of a monopoly of the most
mischievous description, and which ought to be resisted by
every man who values his personal liberty, and who claims for

himself that freedom of thougt. . action which is the
undoubted birthright of every man m England, be he rich or
poOr_
iUnions levy contributions, order or suspend,
strikes, Trades'
d
sendeavour, as far as they have the power, to pre-
ventan
any man disposing of his labour, unless he first enrols
himself a member of the Union, submits to its decrees, and
contributes to its funds. They interfere with that freedom of
Trade which is so essential to the comfor' Is well as to th

success of all Building operations ; and, at this time, great
numbers of men are walking about in idleness at Birkenhead,
Manchester, and other places—many of them most unwillingly
—while there is abundant employment for them at 265. per
week, which is an advance of 2s. per week upon the wages paid
• - of the. War. and until the year 1836. when a

rise from 245. to 265. was cheerfully accedeJtjo

These men are not permitted to work, andcundreds of others
are taxed to keep them in idleness. And it is well known that
the Workmen in Liverpool are directed to continue at their
employment, and contributes portion of their earnings to those
ht, Birkenhead, who, if they should prove to be successful, will
be required to contribute to the support of those in Liverpool,
when a strike occurs in this town.

The Master Tradesmen most cheerfully recognise the princi-
ple, that labour should be paid for at the highest price which
can be obtained for it ; and they believe that the wages paid
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