The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-01-25
Associated Carpenters and Joiners of
Scotland.

0COLlduus
The eleventh annual report Of the
Associated Carpenters and Joiners Of Scot
land, for the year ending October 3lst,
1872, has Just been issued From the re-
marks of the General Secretary prelixed to
the report, We take the following
The past year has been very remarkable
! Tor the great number Of movements made
| by wOrkmen. While IN a great many
cases the question of wages was involved
\ III some Ot tine strikes, still II Is very salts
I factory to notice that IN almost All cases
shorter hours were the main grounds Of
! dispute between employers and employed.
/ While some employers could not Sc. the
I prOprety Of conccding shorter hours or
higher wages to their workmen without re-
sorting t. disputes, there were many who,
with good grace, granted that which
those who refused had ultimately to grant
During the past year our trade societies
have been assisted i'll trade movements by
what may be called an exceptional good
state Of trade, which has induced many
trades to move that have laIn dormant for
years. While admitting this favorable
circumstances, comparison is courted be-
tween the progress made 10y trades with a
good society and those having none at
all, or one Of no great consequence. Turn
my 70 our own trade, We have not Deen
idle Il and while our strikes during the year
have been trIiiIuy, our progress has been
most marked. While we EII not the great
movements some trades had, there is an
amount uI sat.sItctl ID lii the thought that
they were ouiy moving ON To the vantage
ground so Ion, held by the 5uIlIu- trades,
and y hIch the banding trades we're 5o de-
slrious tu see occupied hy their brethren Of
other trad Is. that th.y nl-Il then direct
Their attention To an eigut hours Uay. In
many VI our branches NJ labor ,Lch 0.rs have
been reduced from aity-scyeu t1 A-ty-One
I,cr week. while n al.u"s all the branches
an advance of wages has been obtained.
There is, however, great and unae
countdhle difference iii the rate of wages
paid III dit rent towns m Scotland. A
joiner in Wick works tiity-soven hours
for los, while one IN DJI5pu gets J3s 81
for the same hours. The difference can
not he attributed tu the h.-hyr cost uf lly-
mg in Duupon a. com pared with Nlck
Allowing that "a portion Ot the difference
ARISES Iu tine way, the nl-y explanation
chat can w gwen Tpr the remainder IS.
tba- tLe nu,. IjIa,. IT,, b.en uIdrr the in
1Uenoo oI CUR ASSOCIATION for years. while
the other ba, ur,l, become connected win
il duriuo tbe ta,t YEAR IN, members
VIII soon have tu consider tho proprlety uf
securing the amendment OF some of thc
aurs; and most obnoxious oi the clauses Of
che Criminal ~" Amendment Act. AZ
hiS been sad thdt thla Act refers to all
persons. auu uut particularly u trade
unIpulsti. haze admitting thIs much, IL
may bv answered chat n !, w uo moment,
although it does n"t specify th1t trades
uu.'hlata aIc Itc sreciai "!J Hcts oi lis
pcnnti r.. its HluS Hte trades un"nsts
amt their punishment, amt the penalties
have. IN numerous eases, rrgA awarded III
court. although n nearly ..ll eases the de-
,Isfnu of H., iDf,Tior courts have been re-
versrd by tae superior court. Itisa hard
sbfp anna Injustice. tbar riep ,h,slld lave ta
byht thr,,,,b ,u.h au ..>,.....i,,. ,.,,.rs,. w
Jrf.n., ~ tvo ,..,,-t. ha..,--r t,u u+.r-
p.rt,tIou nf aft un. .ust anI II .-s l,a M ra.
una, rStuoa Nv thu,, WHO lav, the duty pf
prosecution assigned tn thcn The re-
CENTS Ell th. YEAR amount t. .iOS- il, li.
being nearly 600 In excess of those WI
last year. Thor. "a, bygu .ud LI2Se igs
AL as SICK ailurut. t3ru as funeral a.loN-
ance. $50, Os 5sl As tools compensation.