Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-09
LABOR CONGRESS.
Strikes Denounced and Coop
Grafton Advised.

From The New York Mercantile Journal
It may seem strange that so far We
have made no remarks upon the topics
discussed at the Congress OF Working.
men" which was in session for several
/ days ia cur own city. 1t was not, how
ever, because we were unobservsnt spec
tat0rs of what it was doing that we have
hitherto rsfraiRed from noticing its pro-
ceediDgs, but because We were dssirous
thst American operatives should speak
for themselves. We were confident that
when the result of their congressional
debates should come before the world, it
would show that they were intellectu-
ally, morally and politically IN advance
Of their toiling brethren in other coun-
tries. And now thst their session has
closed, having adjourned sine die st noon
on Saturday, 18th uit., we are glad to
dnd that our confidence in their enlight-
sned patriotism was not misplaced. The
members OF the Belgium Congress evil
IDENTIFY did not understand the first pFin-
ciplss OF the doctrines OF political eeon-
omy. They seemed desirous not to heal
the breach between the two which God
and nation have Joined together, Tabor
and capital,) but to widen it. Accord
ing 10 these Solons, II the capitalist who
owns the leather places it in the hands
of a shoemaker, the product Of the labor
and leather combined, say a pair of
shoes, becomes the property of the arti-
san, while the capitalist loses his capital,
which was the leather.
In pleasing contrast to such contracted,
selfish and irrational views are the broad,
liberal, and, for the most part, philo-
sophical conclusions at which the mem
GERS Of our national Labor Congress have
arrived st on most Of the vital ecOnomi-
cal, questions, the misunderstanding Of
which, by employers and employed, has
greatly intensified the contest which has
bean waged for sometime psst, so un-
prdftab bly,, between labor and capital.
:, IN the afternoon sitting OF the ifsh
IS session, in taking action upon the
,I,l 1io otform to be adopted, notwithstanding
l Kesting's motion to obiitersts the
. uuse condemnatOry Of strikes, and the
rm discussion which followed, in
ich Miss Anthony and Mrs. Melon
~ participated, the latter asserting that
20 "6elieVed IN strikes and in special
Evidences" strikes were denounced in
a. vote which was taken, except iH e.
! ssi1ae cases and cooperation was made
Ouimportsnt feature Of the platform.
sOaAt the sixth and last days session Of
4ai Congress, it was determined, by an
-aost unanimous vote, that its next
, Sion should be held at Pittsburg, Pa.
uSore adjourning the President re-
that as the workingwomen were
y incorporated In their Organization
> 4ir strength would probably be very
increased and their infiu-
'CFe widely extended before the next
-lual meeting.
heir deliberations were conducted
ALsh gravity and decorum, aad mani
,anied throughout the desire OF the as
1bled delegates to improve, morally
AHd physically, the condition Of the
IAEking classes, and TO elevate them to
--ir true position in the social seals by
foursging them to practice the great
-iai duties Of industry, sobriety and
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