, 1866-06-27
LABOR .1S>ttI+l.ATlUtS AMI
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protective uniou'> had discharged from e,n-
ll,.,me1.. the ilrec hundred s,anc cutters OF
Chicago. who since the fourth Of June haze
1t=t II ,:sln Per day, or a1'out zs;,u0 In all.
the police Of Chicago would lie hardly able
to protect tue discharscrs from the fury o1
the discharged. But men eau stand vast
deal ol oppression and Injustice, provided
they arc allowed thu Satisfaction Of feel
Ing that thcy have Inflicted II upon tLcm-
sclyes.
lift were true that sll who xuIcr by rrasoa
OF strikes had brought that suilrriu. on them.
selves, there would he little need OF either ar
suu,cnt Or sympathy Tor them. Iut u every
lhajusity there j. j slinorlty, and iu every
strike there arc large nnliIhtr whe, cout5ary
10 their avn 1ad.1ncnt, find t1cir right TO
rosItro1 their own Iabor destroyed, aud ,l1cal-
selves mndt Tic slavcs III tyr.nuical
uass of surn who rule tlc1u as slc>lso;ical,yas as
tAe late SolIthcE., stakeholder ru.ed bis argro.
Indeed, these labor associations cs>lavc las.or
as naniic>tly ~ dies A'ri.au slavery, tt: chief
difference bcins that Tie latter ci.sl4yes l4tor
I'M tAe benefit If The master, wlnic the former
fctttrs Il for tllc pretended benefit ot the
workman. But tue question undrrlyin. The
Wlole system uf labor osst,cla.iYtt., f,
whether labor NEEDS 10 Ic cnslaycl It all. or
y sctls.E Nurhiu.nieil, :lS i class, would uL.
bc better paid "hcrc lal.or were free.
II Is supposed to oe one Of the advantages
Of labor associations that they destroy c.,1li-
Petition between workIurulct, aud thereby
prevent thctn from unlcrworkin@ racls
"thcr. Tli> il true; hui is this gain 10
Morhtn..1nen As a class. The a..,cs@ate
a1nuuut which all tL,. hos st"ne cut.
trts in Chicago eau aas,rl to ray,
| to all tie werkintn for their labor does no,
tlcl,end upon tue inclination Of the bosses, U,
The resolutions passed At washiu:,ncn's meet
in=s, l'nt upon ll,c actual value Of ti.rr las.or
| THIS c.nnrt 'sc Inerca cd or diminished
iaTtili,'s l.s rcsolutons III either employers u
e,lpsn,eG. II dclect.t. 'ul,on tho relation 0
the snr,ly al la'rr to the demand, and I'll,
employer who pays niorc than !, is worth to
day Will have tn rectffy the error tomorrow
while the workman who nccrp:s les
tltan he is worth to~day can cn>il,
right the error In few days
In tho grand aggregate therefore the work
1nGii sf 4 certain clas@, slone cuttvfs OF an
| other, will aiways get iur their labor jus
what It is worth, no nure and no less. pro
, | vidcl It l. lett ffcc 10 seek its owI level all
| csn.nand its own price. The good, sapaI
,, skil!nl, improving aud aulbi,ious wofssua
: will ret ti,ure linn the qtlarrclsorle, iudulrn
;. nnskileh CT Inefficient workman. Bu, in Il,
0 aggregate they Will get what the
d raru, aud this Is ali til.
n can ret IL acting and strikir,
+ together in associations. If the lat1r
: NIL The stone cutters In Chicago for ten hou
rs worth twelve hundred dollars. employed
fcan at all tiracs MAXI snuncy by paying the
!. that amount aud will iherctore pay it /" the
- whether tl.ey act In as,oeiatI,n or eit,.l
!. 1Iut il th,y In an associated body d.fna,
II, Twelve hundred ds'llars for nine huurs wu
,r thry ask their employers to lose QUO hu
il drea aud twenty dollars i,cr daY, a,
~ such request Will nlwart rrae
cally fall If q resolution wou
= change the value OF a days work the stu
cutters arc IT fault III not resolving: tha. II,
y, employers should psy them full wa-cz
l., one b.nr's work instead Of for nine. IT
hr wonld a.iurd them eight hours more f,r rcc
he alton and study Their resolutions would
Of speedily effect one purpose AZ the other. I
IL objection Is not 10 nine hours' work-sio {
IN PLAYER 1e-ifrs his men 10 work more It
"a. nine hour. hut II Il to nine hours work
ten l.,urs' wages, and tho Tvssceetli,
,n- | Of The last stone cutttrs' zncrt.u- shu
mi that tins Is what thry want, and ,
ole take no Iese. THIS ss jn,t A. abs,
rms III a business sense aa 10 demand leu lo,
alf. Wages iaf enc hour s work When an a~s.
alton undertakes, therefore, 10 keep up
e,o rate os wa.ea for any !onS 1wI'nd \ te
ats'te Wl,at they Arr earning, 1t must tail:
Of Willie eocsciyc associations fctttr laso
IL, The aggregate to n" purpose us against Il
rel employers. thcy Prevent free and fair
ted tr.bu;iou Of the wages Of labor a,nnn- VIC
the mcn. They obllsc all members ,
lop work by shc day to arcrpt
y" Average that all ase worth, inst cad OF cac,
nee cciviu,: tl.c actual value ef his oun carni
linn " thsvc laborcss one OF whom is worth
ects day, ono n, aud onc IS, each will under
his associated system receive y, which Is
fulr waEeS Of only ono oi the three. The
i to dollar man, sflotn We may presume to L
oais Industrious. active, flrst-clsss workman,
iii cisen II Ter day OF *5l3 ycss to the
:eent lcut secot:d ,class workman. II workin:
,t.3e .ns fancy that they all get
al Of highest price that the best Of them
worth. they commit m ecrc.ious hlu,,de
Cop show but little knowledge OF tho ua
acnt. laws OF trade, which preclude such NJ
stIou surdhy- Nhal then, 1t may be asked
tads, the uses Of labor associations! We An
leans they can be made useful ~ means of cor
will advice and voluntary cooperation mt
loyal When they become cocrcivc, thew ca
The and ,mpoverisl later As truly ~ tic ria,
con- whip or oyertecr's lash. They then be
npos- power, which those who have CT
Like them win be amtitious to
may ! as European tcspota use their ftanlit
ugly mics, II only 10 sl,ow the utility Of n
lin as and sustaining them. The labor ussoci,
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