The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-09-27 00:00:00

SIIIPTEMBEIt 27; 1533;

inihilated. • The shopkeepers know that they owe their
'sses by the bank in question to-the unions: ..They will •
tousequently take care motto lose by both hands in fu
-
,ure--by the e'wOrkthen whom they formerly trusted; and
14 the bankers whom- these workmen have reduced to in-
solvency.
All this shows that the effects of these combinations are
only felt, in the long run, by the workmen. and their near
connections, the small shopkeepers.
B
ut let us return again to the penny trumpet of Bir-
I:lngham. It contains an article in the form of question
nd answer relative to the manner in which the members.
7,1 the unions are to become their own masters, and con-
Qua the building business- of the country by • means of
l'ersons chosen by ballot. The following is their scheme
Fur banking : " •
have 'given a general outline of the productive
IP:tt of the building business, but in what manner are the mem-
bers of these lodges to circulate the wealth they produce ?
!. B. -By establishiag their own bank, with its branches and
natttutions, by which their whole business will be conducted
bon estly, economically, and with great facility.
A.--Wilenee can the builders derive funds to support a
bank and its branches ? •
B.—Ey all the members paying all the common money of old
a--"`elY which. they receive weekly into the bank and its branches,
4:40 'receiving in return their own labour notes, which may. be de-
-1 uiivated,‘ The Builders' Union Notes ;' when, as I doubt
called `44 there soon will be, a union of all trades formed, they may We
The Trades' Union Labour Notes.' The common
gone
Y of old society, thus received, should be expended to pur-
'a'e at first hand, provisions, raw- materials, &c.; and the
'embers of the association should purchase with their labour •
notes whatever they require, better and cheaper than they can
livet Purchases,
.with common money of common society;
ePeedily they will exchange their building labour advan-
ii7tee,o,usly for all parties, for every other necessary or comfort of
do bits must be an- ingenious rogue,- and we have no
has ambition enough to became a bank director or
cashier. :How delighted would he be to receive the "old
Inoue
y the country," and give in return, to' his dupes,
;11,e labOtir notes" of the union ! would be a splen-
-41 speculation, and would undoubtedly give rise to a
Pleasure
trip to -America. Trust him! Oh, yes, trust
,„,ft° by all means; give him the " old money ;" that he
truld willingly receive, and then bag and bolt. In short
h;ia a seiteine for swindling
,upon the most approved
illueiples of COSTER, or Mr. JOSEPH ADY.
The following is the plan of infant education :--
A.—But hew are the children to be provided for ?
th-13yplacing them in schools expressly prepared to train
nz
ern fri; an- early age in a very superior manner to the children
°f
Producer: under the existing wretched, cruel, and unjust system.
A."--Who are to educate and take care of them ?
th a•---The best qualified persons, elected by ballot from among
e association ; or, if requisite, from general society, at the
nl
ant,ulnencerne Until the children shall be of an age to perform
14 task in very superior manner."
ROBERT OWEN, in his days of folly, used to talk in this
gannet,and we well recollect a project of his for rock-
t' feeding, rearing; and educating infants by steam.
poor oNyr.
we suspect must, at sotne period or other,
nave bitten this -Bruinlingem philosopher, for he also pro-
lo4es to do that which his made his greatteacher
ridicu-
lous
over the whole world. It is pitiable to see paper and
b wasted upon such drivel as-this. OWEN'S schemes
ave •
been tried and have failed. His philosophy makes
Warth upon human nature. It outrages 'every sensibility
lifeis interwoven with our dearest affections. It makes
ligfe Mother an alien to her child, and expels from private
We . those littlai and confiding interchanges of sympathy
glehlosetheir value amid the glare and bustle of con-
!tegated. families. •OwEs's principles have, besides,
il.irted hundreds of persons, awl in London alone, where
labour notes" were tried, some thousands of mecha-
-les, as well informed as this Solon of the Unions, could
beart, witness that the system under which they organized
nueulselves was one little 'better than • plunder. Mr.
vvwEN's intentions may be good, but his schemes are
Calculated only for Bedlam.
Chie word more, and we have done. The unionists
tell us that they will persevere in their plans even though.
they should perish in the attempt. This may evince
courage--it certainly indicates a sincere belief in their
but in -our opinion it is madness. The unionists
might as well passa resolution to commit suicide. Com-
pulsory conditions prescribed by the workmen have
'lever yet "stie'c'eedeiltid neve!. cad succeed. The com-
binations of the weavers which began thirty years ago
Save rise to the steam loom. Combinations among the
lace frarrie-wdrk knitters in Leicester and Nottingham
drove the trade from those counties. Combinations
among the ship-carpenters in Liverpool banished a great
Portion.of the trade of ship-building to the Isle of Man,
to the colonies, and to the most distant parts of the ern-
Pire• These are all undeniable facts; but the conse-
,rlaencei to which we have to allude are of still more
"dui moment. Combinations among • the. stoneina-
',°us Will cause the ruin 'of that trade in most parts of
- The 'master-masons, we understand, have
already begun 'to dispense with stone lintels and sills,
4114 new substitute iron. • Columns, pillars, and pilasters
Will in future be- formed of the same material. Window-
:lnes are also being made of iron. Tiles and slates are
h ready beginning to be dispensed with. Plasterers Will
ay.e less to do in future, paper upon wood answering
quite
as well as lime. Painters for the same reason may
corn a
moiety of their brushes, for painting; in many
in es, must give way to paper staining, and ornaments
oil be restricted to iron railing& and
.Water barrels.
40"ese are the natural effects Of folly and insolence. We
ctn°t .sPeak of them as likely to happen ; they have
"t/l/ taken place ; and in proportion as the unionists
Persist •
In their deMands their labour will decline in
th„ value', We. have•already, with every dis Position to serve
ai7 oPeratives, tendered them our humble advice as their
anatieere well-wishers, which advice they have disregarded;
lei novv that we are upon the eve of winter they find
hbo: Prospects more disheartening than ever—their
destroyed--their
comfortless--their garners empty—their credit
°Yed— their children ragged and hungry. This
Punishment_leavthese awards of retributive justice—they
corne ur9ught upon themselves. If a junto of fiends had
for e "t of "'darkness and thick night" to devise a plan
coo, the ruin of the working classes, they could not have
poseueted a scheme better calculated to effect their pur-
'ph e than this abominable conspiracy of the unions.
th4teY not see it, but disinterested' spectators do see,
tn
du these unions are working a revolution in trade which
.st create a ne'w generation of artizans to 'displace the
vili
its° do* their work in a new way, to eat the bread
scorned.,toe' they scorned., to touch, and, in fact, tit reduce the
piciaietuutents to pauperism. We are sorry for • it, but,
latedjuBtitia mat ! which, being liberally trans-
the p Mean; " things must take their course, although
°Pe should be hanged." • ;

, 'r4(liCal 'fleeting, for the purpose of. selecting a
:I.'l"llMittee to assist his MAJESTY'S Corporation Commis-
-4 was held in the city of London, on Friday last, ver vihich a
presided
person of the name of DILLON
t 1/.4; fame of this individual may not have extended
irola
• we'have to state that he is a junior partner
notoiriuu4 .cheap shop in 'Cripplegatethat he is
treat- •
all the little meetings of the ward of that name—
t conspicuous man in resisting the payment of tithes
tanthe l'icat of the parish in which he resides—and,
th"
arrem'ef, has been distinguished as a disinterestedocate
of ."
free trade principles" in the 'columns of
e_riniothinrs news
N paper, under the signature of DELTA.
g Particularly new or worthy of. notice was
said
or Silty
on tile occasion asion, and we should have passed
feer the ang hir as unworthy of the slightest notice, but
for the reappearance on the public stage of Mr. LAWYER
tPheitasort, and Mr. PEARON, the gin-shop man, to whom
tfe ei.tY of London was mainly indebted for the honour
being' twice Lord-Mavored, and, for a time, repre-
tBeanted in Parliament by the immaculate Sir JOHN KEY,.
Clonal
In order to inspire the citizens with addl.-
„_ tlal In
ix the wisdom of those leaders of the
_ec7l3le, M. FP,IaoN told them that " a general cry was
004.e,d. that the trade of London was flying of to Liver-
Tot this assertion we respond—" Sir, you spoke
Yoe
truth
and we, of Liverpool, are much indebted to
"Y 1 gentlemen of "the free trade system," for having
bulliedti the government into the adoption of your
ries--we thank you for having first opened the
"Nt • and' ndia trade to the enterprise of -our merchants—
(l lastly, for having annihiktted the• East India Com-