The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-27

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Tho chief outrages on tho rights of
labor are made Ia tha} hame Of labor,
and under pretencs OF lis protection.
ThaIirsI RIGHT OF labor, 1.-The right with.
out which al the others are or nd avail,
is free field for employment, the right
to make Its own terms With those who
deslre to enEageT 1t, ,pucontrOlled by
outside parties. II one tnah wishes 10
work, and af4other wishes to employ
his labor and. hkill, the two are the
Judges or th6 honrs of fRbor and or The
compensatory No other person has
any business In the matter. IrR man
wishes to work fourteen hours day,
or only Ave hours, II be chooses 10
work for half wages, or II the employer
chooses to pay dou BILE eswages, the mat
ter concerns those two persons, q nd
those alone. Aaisa'l 1Gfh q .arp'S ..Ha
While every man has this, right for
himself, he has not the tight 10 Inter-
fere with others In the same respect {;
and MI combinations that compel men,
hours OF work or their wages, by any
other standard tl1au their own iree will ,
ara contrary toIthe. whole spirit OF re.
llnklbAAlbh6s w AeA Aheu
bine, and say that only q certain num-
ber Of young men shall Learn, 70 be car
pentets, Or n1asons, or printers, or TO
follow ,anySother lawful calling, they
violate the plainest laws or political
economy, and 'inrInge upon the plain
est rights oEindividuals. II Is the right
OF every young man In the country TO
learn any mechanical trade that he
pleaSes, and then to- follow II, with
whatever employer he can make salts
factory terms, and this without dlcta~
tion or interference from any quarter.
To say that there shall be only y fixed
number Of mAsons aud carpenters in
the country, 10 to say that every poor
man shall pay i higher rent. To say
that there. shah be only anxed number
OF printers, IL to say that every poor.
man shalt pay more for the education
OF his chlluren, and that fewer children
shall enjoy tho privileges OF study.
Such combination enhance the price Of
everything, and by putting the dull +,
the awkward and the ndolent on q level
with the active, the smart and the Iu-
dustriong, depress the Individual am.
bltion., Ihe desire OF u man 10 better
his condition, for himsel tand hts child
ren, 10 the great stimulus OF cIyilIzl-
iton, It Is what tames the Wilderness,
develops natural resources aud buiIds
up States. And this ,nRIurai and Nor. .
ofablo ambition ia directly iufTinSel
upon by all these restrictions on Ihe
freed ON oilab6rs4N,isN shua0 1rTFf :
d A notable inAtanGe Of This is furniahed
In the coal region. irhete the miners
have combined, have fixed the ptics ol
their own labor enormously high, and
reIuse 10 take q snihcient number
OF apprentices, L. or TO permit other
miners 10 work at their own prices;
and the result is that every poor mar
pays double price for his coal that thesI
miners may earn ten oritftteudollalB
day, and work Two or thr9e days in tht
week. And yet the very men ,wht
suffer from this vicious system ARE en-
iorclngit rigidly, In their own calllngs
and aiding 10 strengthen the bondI
which restrain the freedom of labor.
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