New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-23
Case Of the Working Bakers.

To the Editor OF The Iri0vns;
SIR: Permit me through the medium Of your
journal to lay before the public few facts in rela
ton to the trade with which am more especially
connected, namely, the Operative Bakers, AID in
conclusion to say few words to that body OF me
chancs 1t is generally known that this useful
class OF tradesmen agitating in order to get
q regulation OF their hours Of labor and although
Justice stands out in bold relief in every feature
OF this movement, we find We have our opponents
The idea of men working fourteen, sixteen,
eighteen and in some cases twenty hours per day
may, to the minds OF some, seem unreasonable as
to lead doubt the truth of the assertion tbstit
is the case. Yet the writer of this has continued
working from midDight till o'clock next evening.
ard from nine o'clock till five and six on the follow
ing evening, and so on, for months sometimes bet
ter and sometimes worse, IS the case might be, the
employ err having full command OF his time. | am
far from asserting that it Us the in all cases,
but positively assert that the system in all cases
hath the same downward tendency, being only
prevented from the extreme by the employer not
having sufficient demand to employ that animal for
such length of time who if designed for an opera
tive baker ought IN justice ~ the creature, to be
made devoid oil feeling.
Take common humanity view of this horrible
~ STEM and where is he who not lost to all
OF feeling, but will excaim, Away with it, Danish
il from the land Yes, Sir; away with the abon-
inatOn lis high time 10 do away with such op-
preston. 'Tis high time should know Liberty
in some otheriorm than mere name. Liberty
It's mankiDds greatest good bat to the ope alive
baker a solemn mockery' Tis high time that
the operative bakers should know the duties
quire0 OF them by Society generally, and the do
meslic duties which but lew bakers know neither
can, but by name, until they are freed from that
~ stem that saps and undermiues their constltu-
ton rendering so many thousands OF those who
9TH no mn, nl hot
ter than the brutes that perish How many Of
number are there whose minds beamed with rich
Intelligence, who were wont IN former times ~
take delight in and reve in pursuits pointed out by
a refined intellect, whose moral career promised
to be one Of q sublime, almost faultess description,
are now Frustrated beneath the system OF which
we complain! These assertions | am prepared TO
prove, ay and 10 prove, likewise, that the brutal
izing sy stem OF working Il hours aud upward per
day, is the primary OF no, only all this men
tai prostraIon, but OF hurrying thousands to pre-
mature graves. " Did YOU oversee dead Donkey"
and-fOmethlug Us TaTe-did you ever Old
bakeri They can both be found, know; bat we
have 10 search long time before can find Ell
ther. Where, Phanthropy are thy disciples
Here Is II rlch field IN which they may labor
Where are all our ministers, the expolnders OF the
truth as it is in Jesus Would it not be vel for
you, between the 5abbaths, TO endeayor to do little
toward r, moving the causes that prevent many
OF your fellow creatures from listening to the sound
OF the Gospel Know THIS that on the Sabbath,
when you are preaching The uasesrchsb!e riches OF
Christ they are preparing 10 get warm bread br
Your breakfast on Monday morling. Yol believe
10 be Gods vicegerenis on esrth: as such then,
tell you it Is your duty TO come forward and say,
We will eatn bread that is prepared on the Sab
bath; neither will we countenaDce system so fall
Of evil consequences 10 those under it.
FeAow-Trsdesmen the voice OF orr lsmenta-
ton hsth gone forth. We have whispered that We
shall be lree. To the work then with good heart,
every one 10 the work and despite opposition We |
sha be free, and soon hold that position among |
other mechanics that il is ri ght to occupy Our
requests are few, nipple and just. All we request |
is that our hours OF labor be COMMITTED TO twelve
per day, and that night work be abolished. Is this
unreasonable No Operative Bakersl We have |
muce TO encourage us IN the good work. We have |
Right on our side. We have many of the employ |
ers proilering their sympathy, and anxious TO as
sat US forward. We have the most powerful OF all |
Dstrumentaiities to effect a Reform namely, The |
Press. Why, then. with so much of encourage
meslt, will ye deserve the name Of laggards For
ward and let saturday evening carry with it, such |
n demonstration Of power in point of numbers as
vii brighten our Interest opponents into silence
am yours, sc Il 81 Hc1sou.t