The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1846-09-04
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ORCEST
Friday, SEPTEMBER 4. ls46.

FALsEHooD REFUTED The Transcript IS working
in aid of the other loco oco papers, attempt to cast
the odum of whatever reduction OF wages may be &C.
casoned by McKay's Tariff Bill the employers IN
stead of those who have passed the Bill where it justly
belongs In pursuit of this object, the Transcript of
Aug % states in an editorial artice-wren by the ed
itor himself and not cribbed-that much anxiety had
been te among the laborers at Ayers Iron Works in
Stockbrdge-in the expectation of 'notiee to quit on
account of the passage OF MeKay's Bill. III order to
make the case aggravatng as possible, the Transcript
represented the propretors as annually realizing I'M
iaefse profits and then went on to state that Mr. Al
ger informed them, however, that he should continue his
works in full operation and that he had determined to
make Just much money before, but in order
bic him to do So they must be the sufferers he should
take his profits of their wages by cutting them down"
The whole was surmounted with the heading of
HARD MASTER " and made a sweet morsel for the 9TH
er loco foco papers roll under their tongue and they
have copied it and circulated it extensively.
When the article first appeared, fasehood was stamp
ed egby its front, the tale was SO utterly improb
able and absurd that suffered pass with the thou
sand other articles of the same kind from that and kim
bred sources which, if we were 10 attempt TO expose
them all, would require time and space than we
can devote to them. We have, however, received the
following letter from the person implicated By the Tran
script with request TO publish it, Il places the whole
matter in clear light, most honorable TO the writer.
and does US much pleasure 10 comply with his request
STocKBRIDGE IRON WORKS, Aug 81, 1876
I the Editor of the Massachusetts, Spg:
My dear sir,-My attention has just been called TO an
article in the Transcript of your place of Aug o. head
ed Hard Master" In that article my name has been
very unceremoniously used. have only 10 state tina
the assertion there made, that had determined to make
Just as mach money as before by taxing the profits out Of
the ioages Of my LdbOrerS, is wholly destitute of truth
have not reduced the wages of ms hands neither do
expect or intend to do it long as the establishment will
pay its expenses. If the author Of the article in the
transcript had wished TO have ascertaned and published
the truth-he would on enquiry here have learned that
am now paying ID or 20 per cent higher plces for most
OF our labor than paid in similar establishment near
by, controlled by OF the loudest advocates of the
present Tariff, and whose views harmonises with those
OF the author OF the article headed Hard Master"
have thought and may have said The effect of the pres
ent bl will be such 10 operate badly upon operatives
IN all OF our establishments If iron continues 10 fall so
that our establishment will not pay expenSes-we have
but one alternative, to suspend operations or reduce
wages-and whether we shall suspend operations or re-
duce wages will be left for those employ decide
! am very respectfully your Obi. Svt
CHAs. G. ALGER 4 Co.