The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-12-19
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| Some gentleman, .editor of New
York pap-r.' recently made visit tu
| the Morning Call office and expressed his
surprise 1T having met large numbers oi
mechanics aud laborers returning from
| California, aud requested 10 be uterine
Of TIE CAUSE. To this question the Call
d"ymsricaiiy replies g. Those mech~u-
rcs and i.borers have been drive" from
he Stale hy Chinese. 1t is possible
| thai IN. New York editor has too much
common sense to tie imposed on 10y such
L ,sern Journals do not convey very lucid
ideas # matters III California. It's to be
noped that further inquiries were ins'i-
tuted aud more reiiab e Information Oh.
famed from sources not SO entirely big
oted nnd inrrinsically selfish. II the
New York editor had asked the fmig-
ans themselves, they ~ouli have t"lh
him, as they have tOid Others, that they
were driven from California by the ac.
cursed tyranny and ohtu-e folly of the
Eight Hour Leagues; by their own class.
rhry would have informed t,m that
tno-- associations wire the only enem-
ies winch mechanics and Iabor-rs have
To contend against in this SAFE. HUI
dreGs of honest, capable men are deprl
,ed of emplnymeut-aI rates more re
muner.tIve than those obtsInahie at the
East, AND abich they would gladly NC
cept-by the thrra's and m-naces dir
ecrly aud ind directly hell over their heads
Several g-n'l.men OF this city, who had
commenced the erection Of stores. hotels,
aud orh-r edifices, and Others intending
10 establish new factories. have told us
that they were afraid to employ '.ten
hour men OF Chinese. They had Mt
remp,ed TO do so. bat were warned b,
the insurance officers that n Continuance
# such Il course rendered il necessary to
materially increase their rates of insur
suc-, because of the threats made by The
Eight Hour class. A. a result. the ten
hour men WIRE discharged and Eight
Hour Lesguers put IN their places, while
the contemplated factories have come 10
n dead halt. as the exr"rtionsIr terms of
eight hour iahor-rs will not permit CAPT
tai to embark in sues enterprises with
any chance of success. The unparai
l-ie5 dem ,nis of labor, coupled a it'll tie
shortened period of daily operations,
have so advanced the price Of all mae
rirls that enterprise has been ef-ciunlly
checked, and if mechanics and Iabo-er>
tnd themselves reaping the reward Of
their inexcus-b!e folly, they must expect
TO bear the odium. At their doors, ana
theirs only, is chargeable TIE pernirious
exodus which attracted the New York
editor attention The Call assumes To
be the workingman's organ, aud instead
of having independence enough to man
fully pOint out errors and advise them to
a better course, it pats them On the back
and attacks . people which it knows to
be innocent Of its accusation, because
it believes such conduct popular among |
ITS subscribers. Either the Eigh' |
Hour Leagues must recede from their
pr pns,erous demands, or this city will
become nOibing but a suuurb to Chi.
rago, wh,le every interest in the State
must laneuish and gradually wane out
of existence. Capital will refuse to
invest in California under terms which
hold out no promise Of adequate returns.
iuctantiy Withdrawn to seek other
fields. The product of our Diues will
20 to pay for articles Of consumption.
4 gricuIture must either be able to en-
ptoy labor on easier terms, or j; mus
iwindie down to a mere CIPHER Rates
Of wages must come to the level Of
hose current at the East. The Pacific
Railroads have brought our operatives
ace to face with those Of the Atlantic
md interior States. The struggle is
,ow virtually between them. Those
rho find no employ ment because they
re not allowed to accept it by The
yht Honr Leagues, under terms that
ammo, be entertained, will 60 where
hey can act freely, independently, aud
rot be bound band and foot, even if
hey work for less than they could oh
ain CO the Pacific Coast. The h~girn
# mechanics and 1.borers which has
commenced will 60 on Increasing in
Olume until our labor market 10 de-
er,ed But the scarcity will not COM
'el any yielding to the ex'or,ionate
demands of those that remain. Those
rho leave will be careful 10 spread far
nd vide the reasons which urged them
'sck TO Eastern fields. and the utmost
xerrioos Of . thousand Imwigrant
Jnioos would fail to erase or mitigate
be mslign Influence of bald, staring
acts uttered BY thoussnds Of disgssted
e,urned mechanics and lsborers.-Pa-
!fe. n