New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-10

permit 10 men 10 work for tis pee veek than b q
raise the rates a. TO compel capitalists 10 smpiq
but % Of 10 pei weskt VIII not the proposed b
crease Of wages induce the proprstors Of large da
papers to seriously curs the amount Of general red
ing matter they now give the community. thereby u
pensng with the services Of many oompositorst
g. There Is an excsss-s groat excess--of printers b
tho market over the demand. Book printers are. q
general thing. idle. They not dissatisfied WITH
cents per 1000 ems. but they cannot secure work.
men unable TO ind employment at 10 cents Dor hsse
is it not she acme Of absurdty to demand 50 osst,.
There at ths writing. over 400 book printers xalk
Ing the streets. The scarcity Of labor 90 apparent
other branches Of industry does not exist In ehe print
Ing business. Singular 4 may appear. Ii u the oa
Ordinarily speaking. ourneyman printer Is not woeu
two weeks board ahead Of his wsges. Now, strik
Is ordered Ia likely that the chances for work Win
enhanced On the contrary Is Il not reasonable to ess
lecture that sfcr such fa to procure any kind
employment at either the present or proposed rasss
the Union" will either be compelled to support tksa
out Of its treasury submit to the humiliation Of -
holding them soliciting employment at any price tA
can obtaini -
4. II shcald DO borne In mind that "Typogrsptica
Union. No 6" arc not the printers Of New. York q
is crroneously con!ectured BY many. While Nsv
York contains over AGO compositors-book Job ~
newspsper-ths Union" has not 500 membera nj
but cl9ss which, BY studiously excluding from -
offices they control the 100 who not In It, ~
arc competent TO dictate what terms they 20 ct 10 ~
employers. Now should the employers resist the -
templa.ed advance, they would Of course, open ~
doors TO tho tabooed 100, the most Of whom voa1
jump at the opportunity Of earning from 81 To eS ~
week. What then. would become Of the Union
II the morning paper printers would preserve IT.
organization. keep their employment. avoid dihsreaca
and sehisms among themselves. their true course
compromise with their employers. who are under
stand willing to make suoh advance on the pressa
rates as will DO compatible with their pecunlsry ea>
ncA Can reasonable men ask mort
JoURygrMAs PRnrR
Ren,srks.-We certainly think the proposed
advance an unreasonable One--as We notified
the Union before it was determined arc mo-
disposed to concede to it. Should we DO c6aroet
into doing it, it must be with the distinct N
derstanding that We deem it unjust, and shaA
endeavor to escape from it at tho earlisA
moment. With thissview, we solicit proposas
by letter from compositors, whether already b
our employment or Others, willing to work %
Tax TRIBUNE for as cents per thousand. VI
shall not pay 60 if we can help it; and, If ~
do pay it, we shall sesse to do so at the carries
moment.
We protest against our correspondents ava
ment that we ore the friend" Of journeyma
printers especially. We believe in justice, al
would render it to all. We must dissent slss
from one argument sdduced above by "a Jour
neynnsu Printer" He asserts that most en
ployers cannot afford to pay the proposed I'D
vance. We do not consider that at oil to hi
purpose. Labor is worth whatever it will CON
mand; and he who cannot pay the marks
price must go without it-that is all. EVEN
printer has right to fix bis own price on hs
work, and refuse 70 work for less; and he I
equally at liberty to combine with Others b
sustain that rate. lie has no right to empIol
violence or intimidation to prevent Others work
ing for less. Let every ono respect the right
of every other aud there need be no difficulty
Ed. Trs.