The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-07
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The cloyen foot of partisan prescription Is oss'h-
MING to show itself in the paaic movement 1t ap-
pesrs that the large manufacturing establishments
are seixing upon the new tariff as preteH' TOT
.urtang the wages Of their operatives, particularly
dthoe among them ,cho happen 10 be- kno'on al "e
nall, =, d,mocrets. To the New York Tribune, we
believe, belongs the glory of having first suggested
to its whig manufacturing friends this beau'ifol
method Of prescription In an article which appeared
on the l2th of November, 1874, this louo.'ongueu
proec,onist journal has the following passage;
"Bu, II. through this baleftl result, the ,corkn'en
IN on, fsctories and workshops should be deprived
Of employment, we say, Lei those 'oao haus ealG "a
dith6,llu and zealousy TO aperf these edtGuns oe
h,;r inst rict,s Il is their clear right They nave
NOT regarded with ,npY or hatred the prosperity OF
bs;r employers thew have not, Samson NE un'fea
"a null do,,u ON their o,rn heads the edihce when al
forded them s,ister,ce and shelter Sape Alb pos
sbis, and as long possible But save these " 'e
last"
We have no doubt that the wing capitalists
to whom this language was addressed VIII
v,su understand how to "better its instruction
NJ the master manufacturer has happened tt
L. among the laboicrs in his estaolishmen
soms sturdy and refractory democrat, who wouit
never take hint and vote on The right side after tn
masters way Of thinking, the new tariff Is seize'
upon as Offering most plausible pretence for get
ting rid of 40 troublesome fellow. "Some OF yo'
must go,n says the capitalist; "the new law glvn
me only 30 per cent. premium on my goods WI
| force me to shorten the number Of my hands ant
diminish the wages give the remainder. Here
chance for discrimination, and shall discrininal
on sound political principles The friends Of Amer
lean industry will stay with me longest ana at IN
best prices. The anti-,arif men among you wi
look out for another place or take short wages
1 A spirit like ths--and we cannot doubt that sue
spirit is beginning to show itsef-makes yer
| plain and easy Of comprehension, certain matter
/. which appeared at first somewhat inexPhc'
| be- We see in several Of our wing 81
changes. statements carefully quoted an
reouoted, to be circulated in every form, appri
ing the people that this and the other great mani
featuring establishment finds itself already, at Il
beginning Of august, obliged to stop to curtai
operations in view Of tariff which does not beg
to take effect until December We hear of orde
| countermanded, Of workmeh discharged, and
wages reduced. The New York Herald q few dsl
since gave one batch Of such instances, real or II
sginsry. The Tribune stated that the Vulcan Ire
Works Of Troy stopped wOrk Immediately y on
ceiving news Of the passage ofthe new tariff" Tn
we believe, turned out to be gross over-statemer
il not pure fiction. At any rate, in busine
point Of view, il was on it's face litts better than
sbsurdi,- Itwould seem to be impossible that =
new tariff should bona yfde produce such an efft
near half a year before it went into operatio
The whole thing--over-stat and all-look
n like weak invention OF the enemy TO get ur
panic beforehand But the Intelligencer Of u
morning quotes for us another collection Of cas-
somewhat similar, and takes care to record the &