New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-06

Reef or Cloth, or Labsr-hes nens 70 Pos seoa
nrioe n. IL a, be chooses and 10 refuse to cell for
js.s And. thou,h the right Of different holders
TO combine to force q higher price thaa coaia
otherwise BE- obtained is not untusshon,oIs' !"
pr.ctc.ll, established. TIE hoIder', oil FORK Or
Cheese, or Copper, or Calico, may meet 10
clo.ed otice or privae p,ilor to unite in deS"ns
and executing the ways and means OF Pu'aos up
the Or CO OF their comuodity-they can aud VII
DO Il 10 defiance of al opposition II ~oa'd
be hard if those whose ouy commodity is the'r
Labor should rot enjoy like immunity IN de"'ns
and enforcing the means of selling it to the oe''
advantage.
III. But while the sellers Of Labor have right
to .eree on what they cousi3er . fair pncs Tor IL
And refuse TO sell for less, they have no highs 80
enforce their views on any who DO not choose to
mite with thep. A hundred bod cirrier', or ste
y.dore., or brcklsJers, or hat makers, have
riabt TO ssy that they will lot work for LEES tasn
certain rates; but they have no right to resolve
that others shal not, and undertake to prevent ~
violerce suy working below their staadard. II
the, DO uu iertahe this they are wrong doers' ana
must answer to the violated laws.
I'LL But it i, perfectly right that any number OF
workuen should unite in adVisiog their brethren
and the public that they have combined to demand
certain prices for their labor, aud tast they have
resolved net to work for lees. Others must Dc
left free to Judge for themselves Of the reasonable
meas Of the prices thus insist. ID op but it Il not
surprising that the great body Of workmea COM
r - aiv and hair fal0Wa
certain rate Of wages which they deem jest, should
regard with dislike small minority who persist in
looking ,cely TO their own Immediate, selfish inter-
est in defiance of the interest OF tho whole craft
or Guild of which they are members.
w. Strikes are industrial wars They are trials
of endurance, which, whoever ultimately wins, ia-
volse present and general loss. The employer
who bas o stock of his products on hand, may
afford to stop bis works, knowing that the price OF
his wares must naturally be enhanced by the
resulting scarcity; bus toe journeymau hiss no 'uch
eonpep sation. TIE week or month which he loses
BY strike is seldom made up to him; happy he
if come perncious habit at least love OF Id eness,
10 not added to the loss Of his wages. Journeymen
should ever regard strike as serious evil, to DO
postpor ed to the last moment and only accepted
then upon being well assured that no other course
will secure the redress required, sni that fnia
course riH secure it.
V. Whenever the jouneymen in apartlcular
calling and locality resolve on astrlke, they should
before proclampg 1t, devise and secure employ
uebt in .ome other vocation for the largest possible
portion OF their number. One week of industrious
thrift in other Ceilings will bring them nearer tue
triumph they seek than two OF sterile idleoes'.
LIE. them plow, team, dig, or do Any thing useful,
for twenty five cents each per day, rather than sit
down in utter idleuess. And vhsnever strike is
resolved on, a. many as possible of those engaged
in it should travel IN quest of work.
VI. We must never forget that necessity often
gives law to employer a. well as emPloyed-that
he who must sell his product for the most it will
bring, though that be less than its coat, may not
upre asopably suppose that he has right t. buy as
we'll a. se at the msrke. rate-shst the journey msn
WHO buys bis bat, coat and boots wherever he can
get them cheapest, not asking nor caring whether
hey coat Il seller less or more, caDuOt logically
coppl,in Of bis employer for obtaining labor on the
came pr,pcipe-snd that tyranny may be perpe'
tratsd BY numbers and brute force as well as BY
eppence AID wealth.
VII Ard employer should never forget that
human interests are common, human duties recip-
rocal-thst veil paid Labor 10 apt to be more effi.
cient than the other sort--aud that tho wages re-
ceived BY the journeymen to-day are apt to come
back over the counter Of not his counter, then
some oiher) to morrow. If all who need work
had it constantly with liberal recompense, Trade
in every laudsble department would be far ampler
and more prosperous than now. In short, live
"snd let i've" is the golden rule and blessed are
they who accept aud adhere to it.