The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-11

Tux TxuB TEPzAHcY CAVsD-AhA>s9A shs
Maine Liquor law, with the help Of " the Nav
wsrm" and "the wooly Hsrss," has hsen knssksd
on the head, We trust and hope that NE sauss Of
temperance has not been much injured by that fatal
ity. Oonnectieut, New Jersey, Pennsylvauia, and
New York, have declared in various ways that they
are eIpess to temperance the plan Of legal 60
ercion I; ard they are right Hereafter, therefore,
let oil those who justly united against the pas
sage of such an absurd blue-law as the Maine law
was be united together, and some reasonable, ra-
tionsl ground Of action be taken, upon which tenn
rcrance men Of all classes Of society may be per-
nittsd to enter. f..t eer.r t.s.as
In this city and in this State We have laws enough
which, if carried properly into execution by the
public authorities, would be sfcctu in restraining
the increase Of grog shops, and the increase Of
Drunkenness, beyond what could be effected
by any Maine law In this city We have thousands
Of unlicensed groggeries. Why are these permitted
by the public authorities Why do not some tenn
peIate, moral energetic citisens unite together and
investigate these denquencics on the part of the
public authorities and call upon them, before the
whole community, to do their duty in that and all
other respects
A committee of vigilance composed of energetic
men in this city, whose duty it should be to watch
the public authorities, and to see that they curry
into effect the laws now in operation, would be quite
sufficient to restrain intemperance and 70 promote
the of morality amongst all ranks of the poo
pie. One of the principle causes Of intcmperanco
and immortality, is the influence Of unlicensed and
other grog shops previously to tho nominations made
by both parties at the annual elections. If these
primary assemblies were attended by respectable
portion Of the community, and rowdies and rummies
drummsd out of them by force, under the coercion
of the police should less Of ntemperance than
is witnessed during these annual occasions, and less
in other walks Of society
The PRINTERS AND TIE PENNY PRIss.-A
number Of journeymen printers, formerly employed
by Messrs Beach, Of tho Sun newspaper, a penny
print, have published card stating that they have
left that establishment in consequence Of q reduc
tion in their wages to the amount of 6} per cent
upon the terms heretofore allowed by the same
employers. They couple this announcement with
. denunciatisn Of Mr.. Beach, for violating his
ngreement-made year ago--to give his printers
the rates which had been agreed upon by the
Society of Printers some time previously. Several
other remarks, not very complimentary to their
former employers, are also embraced in their
circular.
The employment Of these journcymen by Mr..
Beach, at such rates of wages both parties agree
upon is matter between themselves, and with which
the public has little to do On that ground there
fore, there is manifest improperly and empty
parade in those journeymen publishing pronunca-
mento, telling the whole world that they have left
the employment Of Mr.. Beach because he came to
the resolution reduce their wages 6per cont the
former rnes. According to all appearances the bust
ness Of Mr.. Beach has been declining for some timo
the sun, past meridian, declines west. The pa
per has exhibited symptoms Of consumption that
would seem to justify the proprietor in endeavoring
to reduce his expen diturc in order to meet, with
justice, all parties, at any event interval. 1t
may DO very true that rents, and beef, and pork,
and molasscs, and grog, may have risen in price
during the last few years but if the income of the
establishment has been diminishing that fact is .
sufficient justification for the proprietor to reduce
the rates Of wages, without reference to any selap
pointed. self existing society, who have right to
interfere between man and man--employer aud en-
ployed.
We think, therefore, that in this view Of the mat
ter Mr.. Beach is right in reducing wages, in ordcr
to meet reduced income, and that his journeymen
exhibit no delcacy in making parade Of his mis-
fortunes to the world If they do not wish to work
at tho rates which he has offered, they should have
tired to get employment at t;aeir own race else
where. without making fuss about the matter.
City Intelligence.
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