, 1859-09-22

Dr the latest intelligence from Enclapd. We
learn Tint the builders strike still continued.
and that the masters were rs determined tn
resist the demands Of the men, rs the latter
were determined to enforce them. The suffer-
ing now experienced by the families Of these
nnemp'o!ed operatives can hardly be imagined.
Inc number Of men out Of employ is so larce
that 100000 week are required to dole out 10
each man onIy thirty cents a day, which is
barely sufficient TO buy bread for d fumi1v. to
say nothing 1f other common necessaries. But
so great IS the tyranny exercised BY the soeie-
ties over their members, that the masters arc
nlRlost afraid 10 employ those who are willing
to work, because the wages paid to them will b.
taken to swell the fund for continuing tie
strike. Few Of our readers, perhaps, arc aware
Of The c1tent to which the tyranny of these
unions is carried. Not only are men who are
not regular members Of q society subjected to
such annoyanccs as arc sufficient to drive them
out Of their employers factory, but skilled ar-
tizan's nre forced to submit to q code Of highly
artificial regulations, devised for the express
purpose Of restricting their activity, diminish
ing the productive power Of their labor. and
consequently keeping down their wages.
The London Builders Union iuterdicts brick
myers, under the sevcrest penalties, from work
ing with both bands ut once, md laying a. muny
bricks as they can within gircn tine. It is
. Standing order Of the trade that the brick
layer must never for moment put the trowcl
out Of his right hand, even though it prevents
bis getting on with his work. An average v work.
men, it is said, can easily lay thousand bricks
in dag If he we're allowed to put dorm or take
u1 his trowel at discretion, but the Union re.
strlcts him to laying no more than four or FIVE
hundred. In like manner it is dccreed that no
more than twelve bricks shall ever be packed in
bod at one and the same time, though the bod
would very we'll hold sixteen to twenty. Piece
work is prohibited; overtime is viewed with the
utmost Jealousy, aud only tolerated under Yefr
special aud stringen tconditions. Such laws as
these are enacted mud actually submitted to by
workmen in a free country like Englund. And
SO wedded are these persons to this absurd und
wicked 81 stem TINT they fierccly resist auy at
tempt Of the masters to procure the services Of
independent men, and are at this very mo-
ment suffering the terrible pangs Of hua-
ger, and Witnessing, with stoicism, the misery
Of. = their families, in order to sustain q
system 10 utterly. at variance with common
sense and common morality. It is a FIRST prin-
c,p!e with those who manage " the organization
Of industry" in the building line, that man
shall mt work his best lie must keep bis
his trowel ia his hand when it ia hiudrance
instead Of IN aid. lie must use only one hand.
xhcn he nigh. do double the labor with two.
lie must stop work when be would like to 70 on
Tor IN extra hour and earn an extra hours pay.
be must not take any piece work. even tbourh
le has the strength and skill to do two ordinary
days' labor in one. In aword, be must not do
the best be Gun for his employer and himself,
II nature has gifted him with any cxtraordinary
by the advantage. By this barbaruus code The
best and strongest workman must do no moro
than the worst md weakest. Industry md idle
ness are forcibly put md kept on the same dend
level Of dawdiing mediocri -FAitadelpAia
Gd=ttke.