The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-04-11

aotun N'oH'g = - ~ necrt.a-
ry 81 ol kn<h tSSrs tninks shst thsy couI3
nos prefempln work much, WHICH would
bring them ID about half crown Tor days
wages. There % statement that Mr. Manlt
made TO which / wish to refer. ! allude 20
the statement respecting the miliers and tan
lners. Mr.. Hughes asked him the question,
whether he knew Of any particular trade
that had no union, and where employers and
got on pretty comfortable together. Mr..
Mault replied that the tanners and millers
lived in amity with their employers a. breth-
rem ought TO live. The statement struck me
so forceAbly that determined to investigate
the matter to the fullest extent. thought
If could find men living in amitY with their
employers, who were not In union, and who
at the same time we're receiving a good deal
Of wages, would advise our men to aban
don their union. issued, consequently, d
circular with . schedule attached to the
whole Of the secretaries OF our society.
will read the commissioners what ! stated
il vas as follows Several statements have
been made before the Royal Commission,
some Of which were highly colored, and others
altogether incorrect, and as the press has
commentel freely on the statements alluded
u TO- lQt TGSGiA Is LnAl tuc pQottC NIC ubtHtcu
and trade unions subjected to ununersted GEN.
sure. Whatever the faults of the trades
unions may be, I am willing, nay anxious,
| that they should be known, 50 that if possi-
BE remedy may be devised for them, but
am equally ANXIOUS that trades unions
should not be blamed for what they are not
1 guilty OF, and that every information should
be given to the commission truthfully and
Y fairly, both on the one side and the other.
I That this has not been done | have good
reason To know, having been present at
every sitting except two since the commits
4 sion was appointed. | have prepared Sc
I ries Of questions on which I think it is de-
sirable that the fullest information should
/ be obtained, and have to rec nest that you
will be good enough to render me your ac-
! tive and immediate assistance. You will
oblige by Immediately calling on the officers,
members or workmen connected with the
trades named, and having obtained all the
information you can, then fill in the answers
and return the form to me, as there is no
+ time to lose. I need hardly add that any
( information you give me must be correct be-
yond doubt; and in conclusion | feel as
sured that the cheerful assistance and hearty
cooperation that has ever been accorded me
by the officers generally, when in the inter
eSts Of tie trade have ventured to impose
extra duties on them, will be extended 70
me on this important occasion read this
to show the commissioners Exactly how
have obtained the Information. OF course
they can attach what importance to il they
think fit. ! vii just remark that the men IL
sending 4 Information, feel, when they
1--WE ne s..-. mems Of this kind, that the are
responsible for them, an that their reputa-
ton il pledged to them. | find, as Mr..
Mault states, that the great bulk Of the mill
lers are not in union; but a. to the terms
upon which they live in connection with the
employers. and how they get on, that will be
best summed up By showing the rates OF the
wages they receive and the number Of hours
that they work for them. | ind that in TIE
following towns the millers are not in UNION
''In Bristol they receive 24s. a week, and
work GO hours. In Cardiff they receive 25s.
a week, 4 work 63 hours. In Cambril re
they rece,ve 2ls., snd work IS hours. In
Davenport they receive 2ls. week, and
work IS hours. In Dover they receive 2Ss.,
ana work GO hours. In Doncaster they re
cef 2ls., ana work 621 hours. In Hartle-
po0 hey receive 2ls., and work 81 hours
m Kidderminster they receive 26s., and work
551 hours. In Kings Lynn they receive
49,, and work " hours. In Middlesbro'
they receive OBS, and work on an average
from 10 to So hours. In Mold they receive
l6s. and work y hours"
Sir ID. Gooch--Are these -four millcrs =
Yes
They are not artizans in the proper sense
OF the word, because there is no skill re-
quired in looking after null, | presume
They have to look after the working Of the
various stones, which, If they get out Of or
der cause a great amount Of expense, and SO
require some amount Of skill, while, as a
trade, il is most unhealthy. As vas say
,2g in Mold they get l6s., pe- vi I'd work
u hours in Northampton he m.hers re-
ceive 19s., week, and for that they work "a
hours. ] have written to the spot to ask
the question, and they assure me that is cor
rect.
The number Of millers employed in the
town mast be very small, The number
must he limited, suppose.
Mr.. Meriysle-You viii rem nber that
eiSIty-four hours is about fourteen ho1 4
dayf It IS.
Are these statements Of such trustwor-
thy character that you think We may depend
upon them Yes, it was IN order 10 show
you that tharI read the preface to the sche-
DUE.
10 BE Continued