The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-06-20


hours Of work, and its effects. ADD wsH
iskea soanewhst long extraot from his srtirle
Published 10 the PAiladslphia Tri5vns last
rear: -r1r4o Alpr
Says Mr.. Steward, "When You are disturbed
b. the Qaefy whether men can produce a. much
in eight as In ten hours per day, then Femeun-
bee that the question of production IN not tha
thing n6w m6Ht In danger. ItIs distributIor
and while Il NAV be true that the immediate ~.
suit Of the eight hour system would be loss of
production Thar" there 10 some error by The
printer, though probably not materially Affect
ing the sense, re didn't judge moral. Or social,
or political changes By their immediate conse-
quences simply Nor can you expect that pri-
vate parties can run the risk Of the loss which
the eight hour system would involve The wav
must be made clearer than it i nov for them.
The 6rst step 10 be taken ia ~ secure the sys-
tenn 10 governmental and municipal works. own
ed by power that onn anbFd 70 run risks. I'm
such al experiment ihe people viii have the
nrS great revelation which co1trAdiets all pre-
sioos laeas ~ political economy, except la John
! stuart MIL, that wages cannot be reduced" (It
! h oct cutie 70 clear here % INV mind Al IL niahf
be, how this Is 10 folloS, a. a general thfnrl
| This revelation will emanciData tha masses
from this fear, that n the hours mr. radunad
their wages will be reduced Whsn ,ha-@ Y
more general assurance upon this point The
next revelation will be- land this I have n a
former letter mentioned that Ia reducing NV
hours Of labor, they have set in motion \ l,niD
Of moral social aud material Causes vh,ch
gradually increase Wages" (He might. Derhana
have told u a little more about these causes %
make y httle more evident how this increase
Of wages Is To follou) The next revelation
and this have quoted in a former letter. Twill
be the real meaning "a this increase IA wages.
which ~ more and more equal distributioa NJ
wealth Meantime The douOts upon the nro-
duction OF wealth will have been ..,tl,d nv he
tact, that the eight hour system has Welded
more than ever (But, ! may remark this
seems - require liGtle more proof That men
would be stimulated TO INDUSTRY Is nroh .ble-
or more work would be put INTO eight hours
! when working eigaI hours day than IA eipht
hours when working ten hour 4 dayJ ANA
putting everything together men viii begia u
SCI their way clear, '-lwsll, Nc. Steward there
must b. some stopping place TO siH ilrs W.
day, and shout TINS time, ~ shy almanac Nv
a moral atmosphere viii be created = .ich viii
be felt o. every hand. especially among the com
mon people, lh which peace ideas" n am pleas
J ca 70 near him say that Twill Degiu III prevail
Thus II would seem (and have iDtsrrupt.
ed him somewhat freely y that Mr.. Steward
bases this great reformation IN CIV first I'M
stance, on q reduction of TIE hours " er-
ployment in the public works. and in the
next, upon the operation Of certain "moral
social, and material cAuses,n set IN motor,
by this reduction 81 the hours of labor. -
tina It would appear fIOm all these prem tses
That the workingmen have only to peT,evers
to succeed in their attempts. For A. N u
said, "wheTe there Is a viii, there i q wav .
But it is necessary to have the will.
SEEKkR Aztec TRUTn.