The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-13
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against ali reason and sense Of justice
having seized upon the opportunity pre-
sented by the advent Of seVCuty.fve Celes'
tiRlS in Massachusetts TO manufacture cap
ital for political iobbery, has stirred up a
wholly bOotless but what may become an
exceedingly lnischievous agitation about
It. Already In the principal Eastern cities
those who perform the least labor but ar.
rogate 10 themselves the tito Of working
men, are holding meetings to demand the
prohibition Of Chinese emigration. Oakley
Hall and other toiling TRmnany politi.
clans have Get about organizing them into
a party, 10 elect to Congress such men as
our own champion horny.handed spouter,
making promises 10 accomplish that end
by legislation. H19.a Il
The movement Is not made because
there Is danger that the Chinese immi-
grants will OVerstock the labor market,
for their number Is insignificant as CON-
pared with the multitude annually arriv.
Ing from Europe. The undevelopGd re.
sources Of the country will afford employ.
ment, at remuneratiye wages, to millions
more than can be brought here from all
quarters Of the globe for centuries 70
come, This movement has developed
among the craftsmen who have no appG-
tite for honest toll, but by wind work have
gained the ascendenCy In the Trades
Unions. For the most part foreign born,
and but lately arrived III this country, In
stead Of attempting TO better their lot by
going to work, they have applied them
selves to prevent men who arc willing to
work, and have right at least equal TO
theirs, TO engage in any lawful occupation
for livelihood, from laboring or In learn.
ing the several trades. They have sought
to establish arbitrary regulations, limiting
the number Of apprentices and debating
to employers who shall md who shall
not work at certain occupations
It Is by such means TINT they
seek to obtain n monopoly Of their
trades and TO exact from the rest Of
COMMUNICATIVE consume their product
whatever rate Of wages they choose 10
demand. Offered wages equal TO those II
operatives Of as much skill, muscle and
application in otherindustries, they refuse
to work, and by unrepublican c0mbina-
tons, by threats, terrorism, and even viO-
lenCe, deter others from working. Every
avenue Of employment is open To them,
and If dissatisfied with that they have
chosen, none will hinder their entering
another. But in their determination 10
evade the memorable laws Of supply and
demand, they contcmptuously reject the
suggestion to seek other employment, and
especially derile the wholesome advice Of
MIR. Greeley To find homes in the country
among healthtul surroundings, and where
industry is certainly rewarded with com
DetGncG and independence, In the same
spirit do they rellel aMy movement toward
corporation, which would render them
independent Of the employers. They have
GntrIppel into their organizations mum.
bers OF bona tide mechanics, from whom
they exact In dues and assessments, what,
If deposited in tho savings bank, would
soon constitute funds sufficient to set up
each member in business for himself in Il
small way, and il added to the wages lost
by strikes, would, in u few years, enable
every one Of them to buy homestead for
himself. ...I.....
The Outcry of these fellows against the
introduction Of Chinese labor is that it
will destroy tho monopoly which they had
expected to build up through the Unions
in the manner indicated. The new I'M
migrants are apt, patient, faithful; their
habits are inexpensive; they are content
10 work for less than Union rates, and lose
no time in strikes. Hence, they will pro.
duce as much per capita Us any other
operatives, and perhaps more than the
Union men do; and as they work for less
in general economic view, they will,
while increasing the product, diminish
the cost Of production. Sewing and peg
ging machines, the p0wer-lOom, reaper
and mower, and all other labOr-Saving
machines, contribute To the same result,
These Gun only be said IN destroy labor in
the sense orrendcring 1t unncccssary-tlI
product Of labor being by them yielded at
less cost; aud the same Is true Of the
Chinese labor. What society wants Is the
greatest production at the least expense;
and If in China plants were found which,
without any care on the part of man,
would boar ineXhaustible crops OF
boots, hats, clothes, and, in short,
everything necessary 10 our phys
ical well.being, we suppose nobody-un-
less it might be the evil geniuses Of tue
UnionS-WOuld demand that their intro
duCtiOn he prohibited. Every increase OF
tho products Of the country, by any
agency that consumes less than It pro.
dICes, is an increase Of the general pros
perity; and by just SO much asthe China
men increase that product will they add
to the general wealth. And Chinese labor
will no more bring suffering and want
upon our mechanics than have the labor
saving machines. ma.r.
Besides, without immigration from
Asia or elsewhere, in tho present advanc-
ing stage Of the mechanic art, labor Is
rapidly becoming matter Of brain.wOrk
rather than Of musclc.wOrk, and all at
tempts to resist progress In this direction
must prove utterly futile. Tho lAbOring
man, TO keep pace with the times and
turn to profit all TINT takes tho place Of
bodily toll, whether 1t be machinery or
the influx Of cheap latlorers, must cult
vate his intellect, and himself in his trade
become more than an animated machine;
and all the improvements Of which ma
chinGrY Is susceptible are not equal 10 the
capacity Of eacl ndA TO improve himself.
The threats Of the Unionists that If they
arc not protected by Inv, they will protect
themselves by mob violence against Chi,
ncse competition, Is unworthy Of Ameri-
Gun citizens. 1t Is the boast Of this coun-
try that our institutions put MI upon an
equality and leave open to each every
employment; that there Are no privileged
classes, whether wOrkmen, traders, land
owners, manufacturers or Of the learned
professions; that every man that comes to
this land my select any occupation.
Whichever he chooses he enters into com