New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-03
Industrial Anarchy-The Cohoes strike

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fofG. Eaiioy Of The ISi1sHe
knowing that your columns are ever open TO the cry
q the oppressed end that you are striving TO Dnne
u, TIA, CONSULTATION Of labor TO the lsoong class o.
,o,osupity am tempted TO send you these Tow INES
nsehns uoOn the strike Of the operatives at Cohoes
ADD lat perceive that you have not entered upon a1'
,ne.,ns their cause with that slecrty that you are
$50, ~ do when the CRY OF the oppressed IS falsto,
"a In defiance Of the whole press advocate 'ne ilent
o,gh YOU we're the loser by H. say with regret tn-t
~ you have not taken their cause ana oafeo
word In their favor. ID You have permittea 4
aiming advertisement OF Mr oasteo 70 - ~.
s.oer thereby giving the lie 10 the opera.et VINO ssy
sv cannot hive upon the prices given BY Mr. Oms'eo
vhsn any one With common sense can see that tney
sht live 40 good any one would WISH al th9 ploes
eaoted by Mr.. Olmsted VINO Gays thst "ea'sis eau
mistake somewhere, As any one can see Our sewing
rs who make but S3 per week, are saushrd, ana ssy
hey make good living az thar ana GO NOT ask ioi
Az increase of wages. But the grand mistake 10 mere
,bo,e operstves were working for stipend, and
men M Olmsted wanted to cut them down from tha'
bsirs paid price that was not suhcent Tor them 10
i've on 10 the Summer, he wanted them TO live on less
m the Winter Noble girls they have taken inc rlghl
toar.e and may that spirit prevail wherever the iron
lod Of oppression lie lifted and may they show mat
Aouah Lnslaud grind down the poor operative INTO
To- dust and make the fair sex worse than Aires
dave they cannot do IL ia free America. why, ~
b. have their operatives strike for want OIL sulnclrnt
rsges 10 live upon In this free land. hope, Mr. Edi,
n that you will let this come before the public ana
n Them see the true cause OF the strike, and hope
n,means may be raised to help those poor girls TO
AIRY out their ends and regain their rights ana once
more stand Ia their true position In that place ana
\. A. they were wont 10 be, the ornament OF Society
md the blessing Of man. Yours &c n.
Remarks
We trus; our correspondent would not say, upon
ealm reflection that we ought TO have refused TO
mint an darcrtiscmcW from the Cohoes Company
setting forth indirectly some part OF their case.-
The Advertising columns Of a newspaper are 70
certain extent, the property OF the pubic unner
implied general regulations and 1t will be dark
day when an editor shall be required to refuse, or
even justified in refusing, any person hearing ID
those columns, upon the excuse that the matter
offered conflicts in any way with his own opinions
II the editor sdiudges an advertisement hbeIons'
indecent, or snbVersire of public morality he may
refuse to publish it, aud on no other ground that
we can now think Of Most certainly, the one
complained OF was none OF these, and az para
graphs have appeared in our non advertising
columns rejecting on the course Of the Company
In question, We should no, have felt justified IN
refusing them a hearing in the same way, had
they asked it. But they did not.
wo have not assumed TO decide which party is
r,eht In the Cohoes collision, for the very homely
reason that We do not know. Neither has set
before the public any conclusive or really peril
uont dats. TIE overseer seS that certain weekly
wages may be fairly earned at the rates he offers
the operatives we understand, fatty contradict
him, and say no such wages can be realized, at
least by ordinary hands. On what data are we
10 decide between them On what principle Grs
We called to attempt it
lieiiher party really wishes TO call in the public
or tho press az an arbiter ia the premises, that
party should furnish very different and more con-
easive data than has yet been given. What we
need to know is not how much either party est
mates AZ fair average weeks earnings under the
rates preferred but hoV these rates compare rnA
dose paid BY competing Embellishments generally
1.-THE mi-owners will show tina, the rates they
now offer are as high as those paid at Lowell,
Manchester. Fall River, Providence. Wooasocket,
and wherever else similar goods are made by
similar machinery In this country, then we must
decide IN their favor, should we pass any Judgment
IN TIE premises. II the operatives can show that
the rates preferred are lOrer than the average
paid in rival manufactures, then their case Is
made out But instead Of this, we have mainly
angry and windy ordinations, which shed no real
hight on the subject,
wshsve casually heard that the men who built
that, very cohoes factory and invested over $780,
900 therein sunk every dollar of their capital and
were sold ont 10 a new company, which, to say
he least. is not making money very rapidly. All
Ris does not prove that the prices they offer for
aeor are adequate, bat surely we need not argue
nat, while they are constrained to cell their goods
s-oPen aud fierce competition with those Of other
nsnsiao,aress, they cdano, pay such prices for la
boz " an ideal justice msy seem 10 dictate, but
'oy such as the market value Of similar labor shall
sc'sts. Suppose they should conclude that four
collars per week is as small a sum as female
weaver or spinner can live on aud resolve 70 pay
every one tnat sum, aud should thereby raise to
Doe dollsr the price Of cloth which they had pre-
'ioosly been selling with others at ninesy-iour
sso's-how long do you suppose they could 90 on
Sir, ssystheir agent to the Brosd-street Commits
''on or Peari-strees jObbing house, we must have
. doaa yard for this cloth hereaeer-we hsye
faised the wages Of our wsavers. - Yoa are mad.
'ephes the as.onished jObber; how can you sup
pcss will give you dollar for cloth that Is Of
Tered ne by others for ninety three and half
What have J to do with the prices you pay your
weaver-girls Tia; ia your affair entirely.
aoat care to touch your cloth at the old price, for
'anS can do better but If you ask single
cent more, am clear 90. Does not n. know
'ost Ibis the way Of trade, and that until the law
y supply and Demand shall be overruled BY
''sser law, no company can disregard IL
We bave endesvored to enghsen Ms IN.
'e'"snding at the risk Of crossing he grain OF bis
pe]adices. We are not afraid TO tell him sai his
.'oo0' that We have studied the general subject
"'ss'' more carefully more dspassionasely than
" aas' Nd hat We are very sure that he has not