St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-05

it to the extent of two shillingS IL week ="
said Barnes, in rather triumphant
tone.
''Ncll just let us see, jim. replied
Johnson good humoredly 1.-THE matter
doesn't quite end shcrc well gna little
farther. Under such circumstances the
master will have got little if any profit
by the work. but at ANY rate he gets it
ont. and if he is Ia keep ON all his hands
he must obtain more. And now comes
what we may call the back wave. Wen
say that he tries for IL contract that
would give his establishment work for
Il year; we'll. us he employs two thou
sand hands. the two >hilliugS Il week
rise makcS Il difference of ten Thousand
pounds Il year to him. and we'll suppose
that he contents himself with try ing to
get only half of that back 10y Il rise in
his prices that would make his tender
five thousand pounds higher than il
would need To have been before the
strike, and such an advance would al
most certainly lose him the contract.
and send the work to some district or
country where there had been no strike.
The first consequence of that aS NorI
know would he il reduction of hands.
the dischargimg most likely beginning
about six months after the rise. and 10y
the end of IL wear half the men would
be Oft. TO make it worth his while to
drag on slackly with the other half.
he would have to reduce their wages to
say two ShiilingS IL week less than they
were before the strike, and work half
time at that. and they would have to
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'tht"' "l ne rl>e l"I ,lil'H NcehS'
'ii'' litIl "\'l 'ii' nan He"l' h''
""'li" ne til''' P"''ia''> " nl'''' an" 'h''!'
are NV" Iii'''N''''' vi u 'l''. IN
,il"cN,.n' '!. l''I''"> "on ven say 'n''
nan "l ''ieiI' navy 1t l',' d. '''r II r'iiS'''
=, total ,.,iu nf uiu, Thousand unuuJS
THAT i the cain" he went ON. land
now for tine loss. The widest adyocatr
i"f tht STRIKE No"l"l argue iil't ,il'
masters "o'l'I SlEe III ''noti niA N''',H-
! al me h'!ri' .tI wen ~ ",'' ""S "i'
'ilI'N >lll''I''@> " N'eN' ma, N"''ii "'
"'n' i''"' q man 'i''' u, i"
in 1h, slack tllu,. half of thr hands vnuId
taking one with another out at
least cirht weeks. that would rive an
other loss of wages of twelve thousand.
TIr uti,,,. half nt' The hands vnuIdh,v
tn work half Time. for. v,'U SAY. twelve.
,y,,l,- tI,t xnuId br .nntI,r min,
thun..,ud and w.'U say thar thc r.duc-
tiou tn t,yo shiIIipms - week. hrlov tbc
rate we struck against. lasted barely
two wears that would he ten pouuds :,
man. and an other twenty Thousand in
all r,,kiu,r, ,ftittv-,,iu, .tb,uS.uI
Talk. ,,yuI tr,m tI,,t IN, min. thnu-
..,mJ ,r.,;m,d and ,n,, h.,rn.,,n;.,I man,
,I los Of inst ttty thnusand unuud, :.
50 that Won see. Jim. the victory of the
moment turns ont to he Il heavy defeat
in the long rru.'
"AI. | see now" said Barnes. 1--WE
/ been loukin" at thiurS in 4 Yer, short
| sighted wav: begin to think now. that
/ striking i like cutting voui nose off to
spitc \ uur f;irc. ls the 81, inc i and in
/ fact ONLY wonder didn't see il of NV
own accord before. if seems 50 simnlc. :"
4 ..L >h,r1 linn said JnLnsnu .!lnnL
.t If h,v van viii , st,iLr i g, had
THING. both for masters and men. but
,.unri.,II, RI, mon. il i ,lu-,,. =, mis-