The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-24
the GOOPERS.

.rr,m thr Nnnth, JourrrJ f,r NJ,
The members IT q Ohio and " Va.
request an tramps 10 abstain from visiting
them a. present 4 OHIO i at present On
the war path, against reduction of
prices ~ the nail factory shops and the
prospects are favorable ~ a speedy resump-
tiun NJ work, provided they are let Sc
yrreli, alone bv "ur floating members
The iusisilctinn II I " Va, d. full To-
the hrlu, running over ~ fact.
SjN -.pd. steady. Erst-class tight Dbl
makers can procure berths W applying u
~ . lpaa They must w armed with
clear cards Prices w work NIii w. found
IN g luNas report Iu April Journal The
Iph viii Nv guaranteed steady
On uur issue. Me- forgot tu notice the
organization ri California. which took
place over a month az" Th. uIuu vas
organized IN Rr, Elrie. formerly II
Ont The following l'r's W-rc elected
officers Prs T. X RyrIe Nicc-Pres
VI Dempsey RE Sc Geo Reeves Fin.
See y ! Welsh Cur See ChaS Russell;
Treas Il = >tanhyry. ami TOR Scrg AT
arms Earnest t'lben, Bros Dempsey and
Welsh. ~ l.,.h-,c. ~, hai the pleasure Of
knowing n ri-sd,Illc. Pa Ii our sur
mise is CORRECT. W. can v,uch FIR their nit
ness fnr the pnsltnu I" which they have
been elected They AZ, men ~ whose ac-
quaiutanre ~ are proud Prom All We
can hear. ~. ! C.I will w. stauneh aud
solid hmh w the great I I tree. We
hope this viii not ~ the only union IN
the Pacific slupr. hut that " will prove the
fnrnrunuer IF a great many others
THE CHINESE AZ ~ r n"pE.
Jayncs 4 c.. IL - LOUIS are nov run
ning one of their shops ~ Cinnamon the
first attempt u usc MunsulIans Ill our
trade ia this country. About two years
ago. the famous, VI. rather, Infamous
kpupmansrhnopu konpcmup brought
number ~ Cinnamon across the continent
a. work on the Chattanooga railroad. But.
1t seems thcv met with indifferent success
IN that line II business. anu we're On their
way bach ~ California hen some sixty IL
them werc picked az ~ laynes \ c., Who
arr nov cNpcrimcutIn. upon this species IT
cheap labor The question may w asked,
"Will they succr,d Tua certain extent
the, may When Ne acre Va -. Louis.
last fall. wc made some careful estimates
uf the relative cost ~ the hand and ma
chime made barrels manufactured hy this
firm, and We found that the machines could
not compete with the men unless the labor
necessary t. run them could bc procured
At exceptionally lpw rates. but nov the
firm have overcome this obstacle Nv sccur-
my Chinese labor. and there H. a probability
that they will succeed III inluring the white
workmen Of st. Louis; that Is those who
make slack work The tight work men
have nothing to fear from the Introduction
of Chinese, except that Il viii throw a
number Of slack wurkmcn. Who are alsu
tight wnrkmen. INTO their market
We are not prepared to say, positively
that the experiment will hc a succcss. but
we do say that 1t would be well not a.
place too much dependence upon IT. being
a failure Should IT be a success, the com
pany will not reap the benefit 4 i for any
length Of time The Cinnamon are apt
scholars, and as soon as they master ~.
situation they viii demand more wages.
and there will be ~ question ab"nt thrIT
succeeding for, unlike white workmrn,
they do not strike very long they Inya-
riabiy cooperate and run the business
themselves. while they run the EMPLOYERS
ont