New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-05-18
industrial Anarchy.
From tie Eccnng Post u the 4M tas

especially Young fe.sies terse'r the in re-
ward Of the labor Is new occurrence IN e eeii, o. I
county Th. Of individual justice winch alter SOBER
reflection breaks direct indirect resistance TO OPP
prssson whether or r!s y always coffec au
In Lowell u an opositloi
% the combinations Of eah 4p! consequently The 0"sf
tina: attached it; aud the Of Individual justice
resisting the expressions which arc sought ~ DE- bhpseu
Upon II. This the principle whc ale 6aaed t
,6I.;cal distinctions Of the courtfq Wealth combined
aud afayed against numbers, OGe patty seeks Tor lcse
measures and that legislation which viii promote the inter
es Of wealth !c the ether contends most s;fe9uousiy gs
tina, course only which will tn rights ard tie Priv
i..es Of individuals, One party democratic aad the "trr
wing The policy of party would foster and cefi,
eal. oyerggosn riches and strengthen Its ifnposos
upon the masses for only the fe~ Of nation who are
wealthy aud the poor while The policy Of the other
party would the individuals far as possible uG-
der political system free and ccnre field for the e1cron
Of ali their powers aud abilities without hirraace or OBJ.
struction. In word the spirit that excites these strikes IN
private business and that which arises Ia The political ned
put down OF rights and expressions winch wealth
and power have been silently taking themselves is one
and the same and always receives and mct' honor while ITS
is marked by prudence, justice and moderation
We cut the above leading article from the Eve
ming Post some days since, intending 70 call the
attention Of our readers to 1t soon as we should
find opportunity. There is matter in it for much
profitable reflection and instructive remark The
Post has been for years leading champion Of
Free Trade in this country. When the journey
men Printers of New-York formed Associa-
ton and established tariff Of prices for their
work, the Post with it's Free Trade crony, the
Journal of Commerce, refused to pay those prices,
and denied the right of the Journeyrnen to estab-
lsh them. 1t long held out against the scale,
az the Journal does 10 this day. Its Editors have
spoiled reams of paper in arguing that every
man for himself is the true principle, and that
all combinations and scales of prices are wrong
that every laborer should sell his work as he best
could, and every employer hire by the same rule.
And yet here VIC have this same paper applauding
combinations to raise wages or reduce hours of
labor. and proclaiming that the principle involved
is Democratic y Can assurance GO farther?
But these wholesale assertions and assumptions
that the Posts party seeks to secure the rights
ana priviic,rs or i.,di il.ue while the Wing Pnr-
ty is devoted to the interests of wealth-how
shall we treat such assumptions with complacen-
cy2 Hor and ,ohere do this seli-righteoua, self.
named Democratic party do these great things
FOR the rights and privileges OF individuals
What have they done or proposed which has CIV
en- them the right TO take such airs upon them
selves Are they apt to pay better wages, or pay
them more promptly and surely, than their neigh
bors We have had some experience III the prem
ascs, and we cannot say that we have found the
Posts Democrats any better than thoa" :. f-'"e'
ly accuses Of devotion to the interests OF wealth
And as to the policy OF the two parties respective
". the assumptions of tn ePost are equally hagi-
tious. II is singular indeed If the Wing policy Is
such as the Post describes, that II should be most
popular in that portion of the Union where the Id
borer is freeman, while the Posts policy is most
popular where the laborer is the property of the
capi,alist-popular there with the capitalist, mind
YOU, for the Laborer has no will. How does the
Post account for this
But let us look at this matter in broader light.
The Post now approves Of strikes and combina-
tons to raise wages, but hints that they should be
marked BY prudence, justice and moderation. =
All. but how is this 10 be secured Take the
Pittsburgh case The Laborers in number Of
manufactures and shops had been paid Il supu-
lated rate OF wages IN goods-a most inconven-
ient and unsatisfactory payment, The men struck
Tor payment in cash. and for the same anoUnt IN
cash that they had formerly received IN goodS--ln
other words, not merely for change IN the medi-
um of payment, bu, for virtual advance of
twenty-five per cent. IN the amount Then the
women employed in certain factories struck for
reduction OF their hours of work from twelve TO
ten per day-theiy wages TO continue the same
in other words, for an advance of sixteen per
cent. The owners were willing TO reduce the
hours and reduce the pay likewise; but the &c
St,,1 ,l,a
should be changed and the same prce paid for
ten hours work formerly for twelve We do
not say that this was unreasonable; we believe il
has been successful; and therefore suppose the
prices demanded were not exorbitant Yet the
fact OF strike BY no means establishes the Jus.
tice of the change demanded, We recollect well
that in the Spring Of 1887 when all prices were
falling, and little demand for labor u, any rate
there was q strike of j)ourneymen carpenters in
this City for an advance OF wages to 81 per day
Two months after, numbers of journeymen car
penters were anxions!y seeking employment at
Sl,50 day. and could no, ge, ii at that. There
have been instances IN which woikmsn have
struck for an advance of wages which the en-
ployers could not have acceded TO without 6evot-
ing themselves to inevitable bankruptcy
Strikes may be right or wrong; we presume
they are ostener right; but where is the criterion
The labosers Judge that their skill and efforts are
worth more than they receive, and they strike
for an advance; Yet i; may be utterly impossible
for the employers to give it. We once urged
certain leading manufacturers 10 reduce the hours
of labor in their factories they replied ,ha. they
could only Go 50 by reducing pro rata the wages,
and the laboress preferred to this that things
should remain as they were. A reduction to ten
hours, they assured us-the wages continuing as