The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-01-24
fypesrapAieal Unions.

typographical unieas,
a A few days ago ws ssmsrked that ccmbk
aatons among either radesmea o. mechan-
ics are only productive of good according.
y q they assume high STANDARD Of motive
aud ackion. We do not know Of any COM
hinatisas among whom this remark holda
truer than II typographical Unions. ~
pseraphical Unions IL rightly formed. upon
q broad basis oil mutual heneht aud pro.
lection to their members, with proper dc.
fsrsace ., the came time 10 the rights OF
publishers, and correct appreciation OF
the mutual dependence between practical
printers and Publishers, are productive Of
real good to their members, aud never fail
TO receive the encouragement and support
of all right minded Publishers. We have
known such Unions, and respected them as
they dsssrpsd to be respected Their gres,
objects were to secure real substantial ben,
Gifts TO lourneymen printers--not Temporal
~ advantages over publishers, wrested b,
the force OF union among hands, unwilling
" yielded and never certain OF being re
tainsd By the spoilers, They were intend
ed to preserve members oil their cemeins
ions in situations, especially those having
families, provide for the sick and INDECENT
and prevent any inepositions on the part o.
publishers IL they were ever attempted
They were satisfied with aressonable com
pensation, and a. wen protected the pub
fishers from imposition as themselves. l
10 needless TO ssy that Unions thu. forme.
are beneficial TO oil concerned,
But there are Typographical Unions jus
~ much calculated to tgur. printers an
publishers. Taey are generally the cor
ception Of men who from their vices and in
competency have become loaiers IN III,
craft. They look with jealous eye upo
those occupying permanent places, ar
restlesa- and dissatisfied themselves and en-
deavor to make better men feel the sam
way. They are on bad terms with the pub
fishers, yet sinely are too weak to even ds
commodc, much less injure. They are Oh
ones who have tie sims and the dispositio
to start what they are pleased to desienat
"TypogrsPhicsl Unions" BY which the!
hope to gain some power over publishers
and impose themselves upon those wht
would not otherwise contaminate their of
ess with such typographical dirtiness. U
nions thus formed are constructed general,
upon the idea that publishers are the natura
Enemies of Joarneymen printers, and tn
main object is to secure the entire regula
ton Of the internal arrangements Of III,
mechanical department of printing Offices
| and upon the presumption tina. the service
of one man are worth as much as another
and that the labor OF an uncertain, drinking
filthy scrub who happens TO be a journey
man, 10 as valuable as thtt OF sober mas,s
workman. Such Unions are an injury Il
both publisher and jorrneyman. II the pub
Usher yields 10 the Union, he places himseI
and property more or lees in the hands Of
band OF irresponsible men, united TO wstcl
him and his class, to exact from him far a
possible, and to place him within certain
| eircumscribed limits out Of which he dar,
not move. He even submits TO dicta,ioi
which he would regard as an insult If offer
ed from any other source, and which b,
caasot believe, whatever his submission, i
tight and just. II he refuses, he is subiec
| TO oil the petty annoy sness which combines
| pettiness can infier, and sometimes off cei
are materially injured if not destroyed b
the refusal Of their publishers TO submit I.
what they regard IS base imposition. Til,
\ members of such U mons are in no name
benefited, il they are good men. Such me
make themselves The tools OF others. The
dare not even TO feed their families, accep
| work from An once under the ban o. thi
Union. even though the work be lighter an
the pay better than IN the Union Offices.
turned out Of a situation oE the edict Of the
Union, they receive no help from it.
sick and starving they have no claims upo
the Union for aid We are now speaain
Of irresponsible Unions such as that "
have in this city. II illustrates tibet elias
Of Typographical Unions which we hay
just been describing 1t is a combination 0
bad motives and bad action. and therefore
can be beneficial TO no person or class
The few good men in ii, should either en-
tiIely remodel the institution, or leave il /,
those whose compromising il neither hon
OF nor p.oft.