New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-22
honorable Employers who will refuse to be go,

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erned by il.
FIN. THE EFFORTS or rEE MEr.
This, which should be the Erst, we have placed
lest, ior the simple reason that we feel the great
est diHcuty 10 knowing what TO say on this beet
| To your Committee It appears strange, nay, per.
fecty unnatural, that there shoul De any necessity
| 70 say anything 20 urge men u attend 70 their
own interests; and it's only by observing the short
! fiBi ted view which working men generally take Of
| their own Interests that We can aecoan. for the
tact that men viii 20 cary and stop ate thai they
! viii toll and work themselves to death for others
interest ard yet viii not bestow an hour or 70
once fortnight for their own they will DO consn-
utlly grumblDg at what they Term wrongs, AMI yet
| viii never make aEingle efior. % remove them.
il your Committee thouglt il necessary, or tina.
II would DC ccuduc We - the interests Of the Trade,
they would here introduce 4 whole string Of clap
trap and stereoty ed maxims with which leGIsrs
are wont TO snuse the people, such as Who
would be free, the mseyes must strike the blow"
Union is strength etc etc. etc, but they do
rot and they VII simply observe - their fellow
wOrAmen, that Il they want thing done. they
must al least hep 10 DO it. Ii they van. their
wagon out Of the T7t l. is ia at nresent tley Musr
put their shoulders u the Wheel, Tor arc quite
certain that It il only those who hep themselves
who either are, or deserve TO be helped.
Such are the means Which your COMMITTEES re-
commend for tie present q temporary relief OF our
Graft. The vi innate AMI ouly radical cure, We be-
leve TO be, THE EsTABLIjHABET OF JOIsT STOcK
PRINTING OFFICES, or n other words, Printing
0aces owned and worked by practical working
men-Offces in which oil the men who work In
them shall have an Immediate and peouniary inter-
est; Offices. in short where every man shall feel
that be is working for himself and not for another.
That such Offices can be established by the
bined efforts Of workingnen the worknsn OF France
IN considerable number of instances, and the work
men Of Germany, England and latterly Of America,
ho-a 81 fbaxrr ha tiNt ntlu and
probably conducted. might DO positively asserted,
levenifwe had pefience 70 guide US, from some
simple and undeniab.e facts-facts which We
would recommend all to ponder; namely, that all
large Embellishments hare to trust 10 ;0oTkssg'nen
for the proper to0risng of all the departments;
that nearly all large establishments were originally
small ones and, that The 1ost successful and best
conducted Offices II ktis city, are conducted By
those rho rere originally ,00rkiHgrSCn
If these propositions can be denied our whole
design falls 10 the ground, our whole labor is ysin
and workngmen must be contented to be the
slaves of capitalists toregeT but If it be true that
workinemen can successfully conduct business for
others, then we assert that they conduct it as
successfully and even more probably for them
selves. The question now arises, piH they do IL ?
1t is for themselves to answer.
1t is for us now briefly 10 recapitulat0 the main
points of this RAPPORT, and close.
Thus then, your Committee Report that notwith-
standing the state Of the Trade is much better
than it usually is, there is great and just cause Of
complaint Of
The exceedingly low rate OF pay;
Irregular and bad pay;
Unfair distribution OF Copy, end Rayoritism;
The great number of boys;
Bad and floating workmen
The apathy and indifference Of tho workmel-.
And they recomnehda as Present Remedies
uniform Scale Of Prices.
The reduction Of the number of Boys
The establishment of Chapes.
The efforts OF The Union with the Employers
The efforts Of the men.
For az Ultimate Rsuedy:
The Establishment of Joint Stock Printing Oh |
ces by the Workingmen.
And now regrettiDg that this Report could nos |
have been rendered complete in its statistics,
and more worthy Of your acceptance in all h fea- |
lures, it is respectfully submitted to you.
HENRY J. CRATE. II. A. GUILD,
EDWARD CUTIE, w. L. STUBS,
VIM KILDARE.
May 10, 1880
ER- The Committee appointed by the " Union" \
on Saturday evening, May ls, to call a general |
meeting of the Trade, behalf Of the Unon,' |
have procured Tammany Hall for that purpose,
and the meeting will be held at that place on satur
day evening, May 25, at 6 O'Clock PM. 4 full at |