The New York herald., 1873-11-09
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thank you i0r your cHortS Oh benali OF lne uD-
employed. Certainty something sAould be done
Tor the starving people who are una0,e to nnd EN-
ployment especially in a country that is governed
b. ana for the people. There is the same food
supply, whether they have work Or not. Nature is
never ide, though men may be cruel and unjust.
Why, then, sHould these people starve, with their
wives and cnidrel2 Ii s not the custom in the
present age OF the world for legislators TO hnd
ways and means OF getting work, money or food
for men who live by labor well as lor them
selves but thin the people are lett too much to
live upon and cueat one another as best thes can,
Always providing they can evade the law. lnere
are lots agents wanted. True, but man may
try one agency alter another till he staryes himself
TO death.
me unemployed want money, and cannot have it
without WORK, and work they cannot get. iaere-
fore they must starye, because IL is unlaw
iu TO beg. here are many, many who have money
enough and to spare, work or no work. Panic or no
panic, II IS all tie same 10 70 them.
men and true gentlemen VINO can afford TO be
charitable. Let US hope that they will come for
ward and hep the helpless and deserving unem-
Dyed on tue approach oi an American winter,
with It's severe lrusts and SHOWS. They are not
idle. Tney SIMPLY want WORK ana cannot get It,
Why treat them as professional beggars or va
grants
men who nave undertaken to advocate the cause
0. the unemployel, anu nope you may succeed IN
instltuting uLd Tor their peneht during the CON-
ing winter. K. DUNBAR.
NOVEMBER 4. 1878.
The Unemployed Tradcsmen and the
Panic.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In your excellent and well-timed articles and
reports anent the panic and its effects on the
laborng classes you have not yet mentioned the
letterpress printers, trade that at present is
suffering to an alarming extent, and with but q
remote prospect OF Improvement. 1t is well known
that in the ordinary course OF business, the print
ing trade, with Its adjunct branches or oGshoots,
should be very brisk at this season OF the year; IN
fact November usually usners In good harvest in
the topographic art. But the present month, in
stead OF improving the unusual dulness existing
Tor many months past, has seen the prospects be-
come more gloomy n almost every once, not only
IN New York, but all over the country.
or course, | DO not here lncluCo newspaper
oiices. which, whether IN financial sunshine or
storm generally keep on the even tenor OF their
way.n IL may not be known outside their own
clrce that during the past week several hundreds
Of the composturs IN the city have been reduced
to short tlme-nany OIL them to half and others TO
tnree-quarter time, or TO three and iour and one
half days work in the week. Now this tel IN s'hal
tlmen would lead the casual reaaer to believe that
the workman SO reduced Is Kept at work, earning
money at least three days out OF the six but sucn
Is Tar from the truth. There Is more precarious
employment in the lists Of skilled labor than that
OF the compositor; and | VIII venture to assert,
without lear OF contradiction, that II the 1000
members OF the Union in New York were poled,
tney Wouu aihost unanimously eject 10 ue reduced
TO 'three-quarter tlmer. the whole year round,
provided they were guaranteed constant work lor
the shorter hours.
lam aware tnat In every branch OF mechanical
labor there will be found at all seasons unem-
ploJ ed men-a position, alas too often brought
about by their own habits; but, repeat, tnat IN
no other department OF labor does the same un-
certain and unremunerative condition oi arrange.
ment exist as in the tart preservative OF al arts
Nor can at present see how tnis conaitlon IS 10
be remedicd. The typos are regarded by their
brother artisans OF other trades as Wnae
superior in points OIL intelligence ana eeleIM ln-
formation; but as legislators they are often very
lukewarm. AS an Organization the New forK
Typographical Union ranks "a /" Dotn as REGARDS
membership and financial stability. There are up
wards OF 1000 members enrolled In the Union
books and they have So 200 to their credit IN the
have also in hands IL very res. ectable nucleus to-
wards building iund, which, added to the above
$4,000, would be OF Immense service In any plan
the Union may devise to avert or relieve distress.
Now, sir, the Typographical Union Is not an or
ganzati0n for the relief or assistance OF men out