New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-15
pnINTERS AND STRIKES.


IF The .Jourral of Commerce did not knOp that its
nosition OH the Labor question is ndeensibe, il would
no be obliged 10 resort to such bubbles and subcrges
as EMPLOYS Our views of the Wages question not
now for the first time proclaimed, and have been set
forth as lucidy the English language would permit
Every reader knows that have denied the right either
of Employers or JOuraeymen TO frame Rates Of Wages
which shall be obligatory the other GLASS, and insisted
that such Rates should be established by the mutual
concurrence OF Employers and Journeymen fairly repre-
scented in a conference of delegates Yet hear TIE
Journal:
.. The T,flunc wonders why we will not combine with
employer, only. with employers and Journeymen -
gether in txipg, maintaining and from time T. time
modifying a scale of newspaper printing, l. prices, in
our CITY. We
- iecau.e we should deem combination of employ
ors ONLY 20 tx the prices of workmen riDH hf co4n
renee 81 te ior Objectionable in principle ls comb
nation Of workmen only for the same object
Nov. we never dreamed of " combination of En-
plovers only to fix the prices OF wOrhmen WITHOUT the
concurrence Of the letter." and The journal never under
stood us TO favor anything of the sort What we de-
sired OF its proprieors. ard believe they ought TO do
was simply ths-that they would unite with other En-
ployers in appointing Deputatlon or Committee to
meet n similar DeDutatiOn from the Journeymen,
in free and friendly conference consider the whole
subject of Printers Wages including the cost OF Living
tbe recent ALLEGED enhancement thereof and the relation
of Printers compensation TO that paid for similar ca
pacity and service in other vacations. JOINT Com
mittec thus constituted might readily unite upon one or
three retired Printers intelligent and upright TO whom
they might submit any difference that might arise be-
tween them and thus succeed in framing Scale OF
Prices which would be just TO all interests, and, being
adopted by both parties would be binding on both until
the delegates of each should in like manner concur in
recommending change In this way, We might be for
ever rid of collisions between Laborers and Employers
and place their relations footing of concord and
mutual good will Such an adjustment might have been
had ere this but for the lifelong hostility of The Journal
of Commerce. paper continues:
We believe il to be mpraccabe. The interests of
EMPLOYERS are various Large and strong establishments
NAV think it an object to pay prices sufficiently high to
break down the weak that they 1.-THE large Ones
NAV have the whole ground Small and weak establish
mens on the contrary obliged to economze expenses
or die Ii employers and workmen should meet 10 TX
prices &C. the elements of dscord would be further In
creased
Now we appeal to the recollection of all Printers
and not only of Printers but of Working Men generally
in support of our averment that large and strong
establishments" that abundantly able to pay full
prices have all along been their most powerful and per-
severing antagonists and have done than all others
to grind the faces Of the Poor The Journals own case
il in point. Now for years hired Journeymen when
there could hardly have been poorer employers the city
we were indeed obliged to economze expenses or
de-" but we never thought of saving dime by paying
our workmeu less than the fair and usual wages Of the