Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-04
EMPHlIS APPEAL
WEDNESDAY. :: AUGUST 4, 1875.
raE PHIslEEs AID TIE PROPRI.


ETOEs.
There IL nots city in the United States
where such cordial relations subsist be-
tween the newspaper competitors and
the proprietors IS in Memphis. Between
them, in this city, there exists none Of
those chickering's and squsbbles which so
often break cut in other cities. They
understand each others wants and ne
cesslties, and instead OF any antagonism
Of interests, they are mutually depend
ent upon each other, and hence there
Is & disposition to extend reciprocal Ia
vors. There have been fewer strikes In
Memphis than any other city north or
south. This is 70 be attributed to that
confidence TO which We refer. The pro-
prietors Of the Memphis newspapers
have never asked anything just or Tea-
sonable that the protective union did
not willingly, promptly, aud uncom-
plaiuingly grant. The hard times in
ducsd the pr0prietors Of the Memphis
press q few days since topetition for re-
OHtAlDU
which was promptly made. This Ieduc-
ton will be saving 20 the Appeal pub
fishing company Of about five thou
sand dollars per year. for which
the Typographical Union has
the thanks of the stockholders.
This reduction never would have been
asked had business been prosperous, for
no one knows so well IS the prOprietors
Of newspapers, the hard lsbOrs Of a prin-
ter's LIE. Their work is mostly done ct
night, at a sacrifice OF eye-sight and
hesIth, and violation o. the laws of
nature. Printers are the most inteili-
gent Of all Glasses Of trades. indeed, the
world does not know how much they
are indebted to, the compoBitOrs of the
newspapers for the excellent English,
the correct orthcgraphy, and perfect
punctuation they fnd in thepapers they
d. " read It is no part Of the printers
duty TO make corrections. But their
knowledge and taste are 80 perfect that
-Lev supply all deficiencies with but lit
tie loss OF time. The finest critics in
the world are to Ue found in the CONF
posiDg-rO0m. The criticisms Of the
printers SIZE severe, Astounding il causI!5
wit, biting sarcasm, and pungent irony.
If the authors Of communication could
hear these commentaries, tLeV would
either be sbamed out Of the ne7''p.'
pers OF into furnishing -
bic chirography, better =" Eiish,
snd q stIicter obseI vance 10 CrtLog-
raphy and punctuation. II is the
printer that saves nesrly every writer
rom suicide. Yet they areunthanked ana
unappreciated by the very iDgrstes they
usve saved from humiliation. The su-
thor readsJhis communication, chuCkles
oyer its General perfection, but IL he
finds one error he curses the "siupid
printer" not seeming TO know that tEe
same printer hGs.C0rected one hundred
gross, palpable, inexcusable errors in bis
Wanted production. Without the aid
Of the printer, books and newspapers
would not add much to the literature Of
the country. Were the APPEAL TO pub
ish everything just as written by law
yeTs, pOets, teachers, and the. critics Of
public schools, our office would be be-
siegei by indignant women and en-
ragged men. We have no ambition to
try this experiment for even one day.
But we are depressing. We started out
merely to thank the members Of the
Memphis Typographical Union for their
Iberality toward the proprietors of the
Memphis press. Their appreciation Of
the situation and their sense OF justice
has strengthened their organization.
Cm sympsthies have always
been With tTades-unions. They
are the necessary combinations OF
labor against the avaricious. greed of
capital, by which last we mean aecu.
mulated property in the hands of the
few. It is all very well to assert that
labor and capital haTmonize, and that
one is dependent on the other. This is
true, but il is the harmonious depend.
brute. Asin all ages slaves were worked
TO death, because the product Of their Ia
Dor WAS worth more than human life,
and as the drsyman oveIlosds and kills
his mule, time counting more than
mule-fesh, 30 unregtrsined capital har-
monies with the labor upon which
these philosophers tell US it depends.
They are shooting miners in Fennsyl-
vanis for daring to demand living wages |
for labor, while the heartless capitalists !
are operating under q system of protec-
ton that made these mines sources of !
imme nse wealth. Without these trades |
unions the rich would become richer |
and the poor poorer, worse than the |
southern slaves Just liberated. Every |
trade should have firm, persistent or
ganizstiOn for Its own protection. This |
the printers have, and, so far as Memphis
IS concerned, there is just harmony
between prop-ietors and compositors.
Were the Memphis Typographical |
Union dissolved, it would be q saving |
Of Ten THOUSAND dollarsiper annum to the |
appeal publishing company, but this
saving would be ct tbs expense OF i'm /
pOveFishing the printer, and We have DC |
desire 10 thus degrade tine profession to |
which We belong. The sUfferings, pet |
tions, prayers and wants Of iaborcrs I'D |
mechanics will be az unsvaili7g = rain I
on 8 rock unless demanded though an |
Organization. The Memphis .'vro-
graphical Union Is g fsir, honOraO,n re-.
ganizsti0n, created Tor the pC-rC>s OF |
fair days wages fJr fair
DAYS work, REQUESTED by the times - .
he !Gw Of supply and demand, ana rs
sEch We wish 1t and its members pros
ngIiiy,
TIE CURRENCY QUESTIOE.
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