The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-25

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III IFrom the n X. Commercial Advertiserl
,.sEa "A witty writer in Black wood contends tina
/ there is always one tongue mo matter how
/ great 4 alinguist man may be--in which wt
81 always SCOUT, swear and pray Suppose
4 we cali this tongue the English for present
puf poses, and employ yiit for twoof the thret
II actions 'namedP Only the spIaInest sort o
Angles xop can DO justice to the Complies
tedtaffair Of the great strike-aad both par.
! ties engaged in that extraprdinarr contro
3 versy have had ample reason to sscounta the
cost Of It, and to pray: that il might come
to 4 speedy end. $50 ssssts 81 sas7s
4 On the 9Th of June the Commercial pub
Iished little series of calculations by which
it vas tlenlo onstrated thaet the advance OF twen
i ty-five per cent. In wages which was demand
- !. Ii nj OF our WOrkinginen, tc.
& getller with the reduction Of twenty per cent
III the products Of labor, necessarily cntailed
i y iossa To tie employing class equal to nine
\ millions OF dollars year, for which fo
4 7fequivalrnt was offered. either in the return
Of cspitaf, III the payment Of interest or the
+ Increase OF it was also sho wn
that this loss would necessarily have falEen,
in the long rnn upon tile whole community.
workingmen of course included. The ques-
tion was then asked: I'm view of all the
circumstances, do strikes pay? The answer
has been given sooner than we have reason
I to expec. Less than fortnight later we
4 find that meeting Of some hundreds Of enl-
F3p!oversi frees to establish 4 formidable de-
isfelisive combination, and issues an ultiinatnnl
which places forty thousand workhlgmen in
u dileTsi1a. tstts't 8s1s's ~ s7 ,'ssa f'tl'is
i These forty thousand men are now reqtlir-
ed TO make their selection between adherence
Ito trade-unions, starvation or flight to other
fields OF labor. The determination OF their
former employers ia expressed in these eni-
phatic words s:z;f III -#8 tEE II af -
4 RssotUed, That We will NOT hereafter retain
III our employ anv workman guilty OF an act
iookngsto the arbitrary establishment OF rela-
tions between the employer and employed !,
our mechanics individually 10 exercise their
eWngood sense in the present emergency,
and lo avoid evil contisels. II ssss5.g as
There Ii no possibility of mistaking the
meaning Of this declaration. ItvirtuaIly puts
into words the American emblem OF the
eagles thunderbolt and olive branch. The
are snlitten down, but at the
same time worknen who come olltgfrom tin-
der their arbitrary rule are made Welcome to
work and pay at once. Out OF the forty
thousand anefi, it is safe to infera large MAJ
Jofify wiilprefer to aeat tile bread of honest
industry, rather than to MUNICH the lus KS of
abjecrpoverty. Tne, strike,t therefore, may
be regarded as at-an end--for those who still
stu borniy stand out will find few syinpatill-
zers and no work noramoney. The employers
are ready 10 offer fair ,erilas, aud To re-oper
.thetr factories-buI the trade-unions must
stand aside. This is the imperative contli-
ton, and It il y proper one. ...
One month covers the whole period of this
reiliai kable movement--tiie trade-u,lion com i
bllallo9ns 9n having nla.e their first efforts
about The first, OF May, and the elnployer.
hlnging their, bold defiance at the trade |
unions in the middle OF ,lune.5 Lei us see
What has been the result Of four weeks of 4
contest. .5ts4s,{t es9..fs,..f H.. ss.ssf /
From first TO last $4,000 men have taken
part u the strike. Say, for the saISe oti,l-
srrting s. t accuracy, that one-half OF thisnlinl-
per remained idle for the tull period OF four
weeks. That is to say. tisltSiY45s@ ssEs. ssfu.exJ
TWENTY ] ID THOUSAND MEN HAVE LOST fouk
5 3sfilsgS1 s5st5 ~ WEEKsf PAYsfa a {g,t5isI
What, then Simply this: Each striker
formerly receisedlpay at the average rate of
~ per day, carpenters getting $500. cssbinet-
lhakers W. %. commomIabo ers $2.50. etc. -
on SIS fer Il weeks labor. MANY skilfedI
work,ne's received much higher pay, tut we
t:,kea low average as the basis OF
the .alciIlatIus-w with slis result: iis5
70 eOo work. IN men lave lost 81 10 ti5sss5it2
d, Pa tast 90. easi.i $50, 600 per dayI
10y, gvu per DAY e4uais 1856, ,DJv per week
saoJ, JpSper sseeA e4atis sI, il5, ,O5J er mouth
4 II, therefore. only 10000 men out ot 40.DOOl
'oif strike"ilav lost foi,r weeks pay 1l, up t,
he middle OF JUNE calculation lar below
tie reality they have already lost wages 10
10 enormous amount. of ST .44O. 900 4, no. one
MONTH! No trale-lnion fultl is ga capabIe 'al a.
his stinl to the mel, VIII. have
zen robbed by trades -anit,n ieaders-a,a - ,,i i
s not likely that tile riicl,anlcs, small de-
'osits in savings bank Nave suiiicesli' to Keep
heir families from want =, 'tt'''' s@
7 Once more. We now come to the
EMPLOYERS sipE or THn nAsE. an gsaI
y which there are two points to be coi1sil-
red. s~stss7ess s,yifa1FSf l5sH al
sf'fsa.--leoss Of products to supply tile mar
Sc. Sc. aiid conseql,eiatstoppage of trade. a.
;SscoJJly.-L"ss Of percentage Of profit On 4
ipiial Invested. Isl 39ss4s; fssais9sa sl il
Let Let t's see how this appears :'lsiss .sasstts r
We ily estimats,Isass tile ai,Ionntof pro- t
net net represented BY ti,efaynleiit Of ST .i4o.
" IN wages is equal to four times tie IL
Tue Wages-or ar aggregate 81 s5.76o0OJ Il
= SO ti't' period Of tour weeks. This vast sun, d
ss already been lost to- the iiiil,stry ot tl,el
,untry and il is also losa tu il,e taxable VA u
lflon ItI Of the year. Beng lot, beysnl te !.
ope OF recovery, let US debit the amount i
id go on. ilsll94s1 .sgFtssf esf6
The ll loss of The employers profit on manu-
ctl,red goods is next to be considered. sav n,
aI the average profit OH capital invested II I'm
il,siaetufes 5ls i twenty per cara fair Az Ire
age, alIio.igll IN some branches the return gi
much larger than fllis---sild recoIi,,g oiI h,
E base oi an ascertaited loss Of $5. .76O. 900 a
product rod We get tie following results. ri
80. EaPloYERs Lsss. M
Z aiues us q oa iaboi, spfesente.i i,y I ss5 M fnf
ss 81 80 ~ ~ 49, Il. 760, QUO per rEonfhi 10