New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-26
ADDRESS
To the Journeymen Printers OF The lnls'
STATES,
Bv tie Printer. conrea.ioa.

or some time past, inc lt4"JC~S VI
getber a National Convention OF JoufneyInen
Printers. has met with considerable attention ana
favor from the Trade m various portions OF the
conntrv aware OF this fact, and partaking also
in the general desire, the Unions OF New-YorK'
Philadelphia and Boston, about month SINCE
issued Circular. requestingthe different Societies
tbrougbout the country, to send delegates 10
National Convention, to be held IN New ORR on
Monday, Dec ., 1850. In consequence OF the
very short space of time in ervening between the
rsceint If the Circular and the meeting OF the
Convention. but five States have sent delegates,
viz New.York, New-Jersey Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Kentucky. These delegates met IN
Convention at the time aud place specified and,
through their committee, nov address you.
It is useless for us TO disguise from ourselves
the fact that, under the present arrangement OF
things. there exists perpetual antagonism be-
tween Labor and Capital The Tailors are IN
voluntarily pitted against the Employers one
side striving to sell their labor for as much and
tho other striving to buy it for as llts, as they
can. In this war OF interests, Labor, OF ltseh'
stands no chance The power Is all on the other
side. Every addition to the number oil IaooFers
in the market decreases their power while the
nower of CAPITAL grows in ratio commensurate
with the increase Of the Capital itself On
.be one side the greater the number OF dollars,
the g,eater the ability to succeed IN the conflict
on the other. the greater the number of aborers,
the less the ability to succeed Add to this the
fact that wealth accumulates on the enc SIDE
much faster. as the laborors accumulate on the
other. and the utter impoteRcy OF unorganlzed
Labor in warfare against Capital IS already
To remedy the many disastrous grievances
arising from this disparity OF power, Combination
for mutual agreement IN determining rates ol
wages and for concert OF action IN maintaining
them, has been resorted to IN many traces anu
principally in our own. Its success has a6un-
dainty demonstrated its utility. indeed, white
The Dresent Wages System continues IN opera
tion as an immediate protection from pressing
coion,;fies it is clearly the only effective means
Which Labor can ADOPT. So far as it extends, it
DESTROYS Competition in the labor market, unltes
the working people, and Produces a sort OF e4qi-
librium in TIE power OF the conflicting pafTles
This being the case, II appears evident thaf an
evtensivo ORGANIZATION. embracing the whole
country would secure to our own, or to any othef
Trade. a power which could be derived from no
othersourc The Delegates here assembled have
come together deeply impressed WIN t'iis con
viction They regard such an Organization not
only as an agent OF immediate relief, Unt ALSO as
essential to the ultimate destruction oil those IN
natural relations at present snbsistng between
the interests OF the employing aud the employed
classes All their actions have accordingly been
regulated with a view to the establishment OF
such an ORGANIZATION. They have recommended
the formation OF Societies IN all the cities and
towns throughout the country ihey nave rem
dered it obligatory upon all members oil the Pro
fession travelling to amy point embraced IN the
here, for work to have VITA them
Certificates Of Membership, from the Society To-
Gated in the place from which they come. They
have established National Executive Commit
tee to urge the enforcement OF their recommen'
dations and requirements They have also in
structed that Committee to use their utmost ex
ertions to have full representation OF the whole
country in the next National Convention. which
tbey have ordered to be held in Baltimore, Nd
on the 10Th Of next September.
The members of the Convention are well aware
that to secure the adoption OF the measures they
they must recommend those alone
which are best calculated to effect the immediate
well being Of the individual members otthe Trade.
The establishment of general Organization
must be effective upon certain principles In pro
portion az the advantages OF the opera alton OF those
principles are felt and observed the establishment
of that Organization viii be rendered certain er
doubtful. The principles, therefore, recommended
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those in one place may not be permitted to be.
come so comparatively high as to induce work to
ta sent elsewhere
Second The enforcement OF the principle OF
limiting the number OF apprentices by which
measure toorapld increase IL the number G work
men too little care III tue selection OF boys Tor
the business aud the employment OF herds OF
hall men at hall wages, to the detriment OF good
workmeni VIII be eilectually prevented.
Iprd The issuing OF Travelling Certificates
10y which those distresses OF brother craftsmen,
incurred III 0urneyiug from one place to another,