The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-04-15


men FOR the benefit efthc flatterers, though
even here the workmen are in part TO
blame They have become SO hahituated
10 be called 'brawny sons Of toll and to
being told that they aro the sole creators
OF the country'S wealth, aud as such en-
titled to the lions share otit-they have
become 50 habituated 10 talk Of that kind,
that they look for it and believe it. They
regard any one who tells them that such
talk Is false and misleading as an enemy,
ii he Is not Of their class rs n traitor if he
Is; and 50 men who merely want TO sell
their papers, or catch working-claSS votes
for anything, take the easiest way-fat-
ter"
"And then think US fools for taking in
their fattcry 50 easily, dare say" said
Barnes.
"Wen, should think they were often
surprised at their success answered
johnson. +" But to come more back 70
our present subject. there Is Just one more
point in connection with this threatened
strike that l wish You 10 see To force on
the strike would not be dong as We would
be done 10y, nor, as we hare been done by.
Ii is well known that our master lost
very large amount on those biS contracts
he had tour years ago, but he didn't try
to make up any Of 1t by breaking down
our wages, though he might have done ii,
rs trade was anything but brisk NJ the
time Nor he didn't make 1t : reason for
not giving Us our annual excursion, or
ANYTHING OF that kind. He bore the loss
quietly, aud, dare say, said to himself
that perhaps after while he would get
other coutractS that would make 1t up 10
him, and If those he has in hand now are
giving him any extra profit, l think il
would be very untair for Us 60 try % force
i, from him. Id the strike does take place.
IL may for anything we know be the means
OF making a bankrupt OF him, aud, how
ever IL might be with Others, know tina,
I would feel very uncomfortable at the
idea, that the fortune he had made hv his
own talent and industry hSd been swept
from him by an unjust aud uugcuerouS
proceeding upon the part OF men tor whom
hc had found work for years, and had
been 8 good master To-
Aud. beside" said Mrs. johnson, who .
had still been listening atjcuuvcly, IF
he bsd 10 close his shop many OF the men
would have 20 20 TO other towns 10 yet .
work, and their homes would bc broken
zap, and their wives and children have TO
- trapcSjug across the country.
+" Yes, there j. a good deal in that"
said Johnson; "aud mid3lcagcd men
like myself would be starting rs fresh
hands, and, being the last 60 come, would
be the first 10 80, and, perhaps, might
never work properly on lie the staff ct a
shop again In short, Jam, look st IL how
YOU viii. a strike Is 5 bad thing both for .
masters and men, but especially the men;
IL l. always q mistake on their part, and .
very often an injustice
During the next week Jim Barnes did T.
work oncr-etically with Harry johnson .
To convince Others Of what he had himself .
been convinced. that as regarded their iu- .
iu>trial interests masters and men were .
In the same boat. johnson and he be .
tween them succeeded IN getting MP an .
anJi-s,riGe party In the club. Il was not +
the most numeu,uS but 1t Included some .
Q, the lest men, and with such a party
against them, those In favor of the strike .
saw that il would not do TO peySevore in /
the movement" which was accordingly /
abandoned.
"Well, how did You get ony" asked .
Mrs johnson eagerly, when her husband .
came home from the club on this second .
night.
We won, LASS" he exclaimed Joy
fully: there viii be no strike this time"
Thank Heaven for that - she eNclaim-
cd, earnestly; "aud there Is many wife
besides me, Harry, that viii say the same,
and many a child too Ii husbands and
fathers would only think more of the
misery and suffering that strikes bring
Vpou their wives and children, they would
be less ready to engage In them
Is just because they won't think
that they engage in them at all, answer
ed Johnson However we have man.
aged to keep the boat off the rocks this
time, and hope the day Is not far distant
when workug.men ell think about such
things, and come 10 Soe-what q little
thought would make it so easy to see
that they and their employers are really I
in the same boat
"Capital and Labor are not, IS so many
unfortunately suppose, separate boats 10
be pulled in contrary directions. They
are plsuks Of the same boAt-the boat OF
which employers and employed form the
,rew-the golden boat, Industry"