, 1875-12-04

tteRtruction OF capital There is lstsls tina.
4 miles from Manchester and 9 from r..
Town Of Ashton. Thia laau been chosan :.
boundary. All bricks laid in Manchor,..
must bc nnt1e on ono aide Of tho creea . N
those laid In Ashton on the other. rho,. !.
not very much building in the hitter; tbcr.
1a much in the former. On tho Ashton s;5.
OF tho creek, there Is An extensive bricly,ta
Whom tho trade.ution rules went into one,,
tton, GU, 900 brick wcro stacked there. ins,
aro there still. Tho bsickmalors and 1,i,t
myers OF Manchester have carried out H..
theories OF protection to It's utmost li,uIt ana
tho result is that tho capital formerly use, -
tue Ashton brickyard lies idle, and tin dt
n'inial4ed supply Of bricks in tho Alanche,ls,
market haa rafsod the price mud chech.,
building.
The unfons arc so strong that they l,v.
established nn mpe,7"m in tmperio, with 1s,,,
and ]udicnturs Of It's own. Their co,r.
aru az aecret as thouo Of tho VtAm. Cer,t1 =,
medieval Germany, and like those hear oplv
one side Of the case, md that tho pIa;nta,.
Tho unions flne any one, no matter WIN, ~,
occupation, who transgresses their rules. md
ths tine muas be pnid before the victim ,o,
have any more work done for him +,
Bolton, some bricklayors who were nae,;na
by n h1r. DAr's place Of busines.
heard some one hamuering inaide. rhe,
looked In and saw carpente,
who was fixing sumo }oiats lnoclt ont
briok Of two from the wall in order to in<.,,
one end OF Il joist- Their union fined D.,
92 for allowing tho carpenter to do lrioklav.
or's work.
at Blaelpool, the bookkeeper Of uousa
painting firm had to measure some work II.
found that tho 1narIs On his rod wero NEAR,
rubbed Of, and ho therefore took l}tt.
paint aud remarked them. His empIove,
soon after got latter from their opcrntise,
union, asking that the bookkecpcs sl,onM
not be allowed to do this again, "he no. ba.
ing q painter" Fortunately, no fine va
lesiaa for this heinoua offenae.
The unions forbid firstclass operativa.
doing moro tllan an average hand TAera ais.
regular scale Of iines for such oTenses 1bs
legal amount Of labor is often explicitly da,
fined. At Leeds, tony brother in tho union
pEasuming to carry Moro [bricLs1 than the
common number, which Is eight, shall be
fucd 1s.;" and my brother knowing
the Same without giving tile EARL.
eat information thereof to tic Com.
mittee Of Management Rhall DO fined
the samc." At Birmingham, the hod-carrisn
arc allowed to convey twelve brict9 to ths
first floor, and ten to tho second, but only
eight to the third. And II ladder reacles
the third story, holman going up only to
tho frat viii carry but eight bricks, alleging
IN excuse that the ladder Is s'tlreestou
ouo."
We might give many mora Instances from
the same authority it IL to be remeu.
bored that sfr. THORNTON IL an almost pas.
sionato champion Of workingmen,-h thaa
suffice. Such barbarously stupid rules ore
disgrace to the unions, ami Justify al,nos,
everything that has been said against then,
It is evident that labor is not sufficiently we'll
educated to tight its battles In roasonab:,
scnyiblc way. 1t Is but fair to say, howcvt.,
that all these u1onstrous mistakes can faa
parallels in tho measures adopted by proto
tionist omployers in this country. They ns
founded on tho basis Of all ptotection,-4bs
fatal error Of "1na1zing'' work instesd Of
doing 1t. ,-....