New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-28
SOME PLAIN WORDS.
From The Tribune Of July 20.

Coma MpSSTs Strikers. let us fNsthIhN. -
u;.,otion and demands cOOlly. II Is declde:ly
ETH while for YOU to make such eNaminauoh
before Won get yourselves shot ny N'ol"tlu5
low II Is decidedly worth while LOT Soclc5l
tn make that examination before IL eNbc"It3
,,,,,r,- nm bringing bullets to bear ON You. AZ
+ tboro IL n difference between Won ana
ddivil;,od society. If society Is wrohs' ]. "u-Nl
IN send home its troops, silence lts shciilS, "'"
ren.ol the laws upon which they aCt. II YOU
81, wrong Won ought TO dlshaud ana so h''u'
:" a. l,iclEIv rs possible first giving 90 Ihe au-
fhorities proof for the convection Oh ,lc per-
SINS who have inStigated resistance 10 1NI
Vou cal,not live upOn yOur wages III tutH
are reduced, Won say. ihat Is; E'" nl.',
rln INTO debt. But te I'lll"lu :. .-t.,
which employ Won have been tunniu~ ',"
debt for some years In part tneir uenls %"
hsen caused bv trying to pay hlGhtr wages 20
ypu for your labor, and TO sjochh"'VNVts9 ,ut.
their money. than either cOuiu earn .s
1nista lc since YOU have shared the nehcul you
c.nnct complain. Apart from that mistake
aU the leading roads have been running iht9
debt for wears. The fact l. the u,hes gre h"Iu
far railroads aud for wOrNint II. Is JhtIe guy
uposon why Won should not OtEiu' dJ ti'IN "',
f,v IN bear your share of the common burden
H. Ii is impossible TO support families upon
the proposed wages, YOU say. YET 10 y 'U'i-
ous that the family men among you are not
opvious To strike. Everywhere the great ma
;o,itv of Them vote in yOur consultations
9a-lipst throwing away small wages tlat can
h had for the sake o. dreamy possibilities Of
hotter The men OutvOte them VINO nave no
g,r,ilIos and whose expenses r personal III
5,i,enres often exceed tn" real cost OF sun
rorTin,, 4 family. l. 10 not possible that some
economy and sclf-dcni3l II those hduISenctN'
I'M I'M modes of life. rates OF HNlh$' or pi'ces
~ bo3,diur would enable you % ude over |
So hand tinesl Ina any case, have You pros
meet of better situations with no work ana no
wages than with the wages ohtied
I'm III is your right, YOU say, TO nave tle /
V.-,rps demanded. and tlc comforts, maui /
ed fUIf Hr. r.
TnGonHediv il is If yOu c'n got them in nee /
sole of your services 20 the highes' b4udeI; /
Did a railroad company ever arrest Nou anu
Dck vm up because You wanted 10 c2anSe
vour occupation or place Oh W0k, ana TO ee1
1er+r wages elsewhere Nobody G1e,1'hs
your rl-nt 10 do So. bnt other men sl4Aa
ready % do your work at lower wages uiih
vou demand. Have y0u any u-ht To- say lhd'
flev shall not sell their WORK 20 lho>e VINO
want n zoo terms satisfactory TO o0th II t-et
can live. YOU can live. Ii Your WORK Is worth
more tAan theirs, 20 sell III VA Ie you P'e"Se'
u1nody mnders. t.1-
ought 20 be able 90 pay what You want be-
cause obey pay % Important officers large 'aI-
s,i,. and tO faSt-treight and sleeping car ana
express companies, large revenues. Yet ID ls
nDtDuouS. ana ought Co le Known I'd YOU NI)
+har t.e men of the best business capacity can
h, held or obtained by the railroad, On-Y ny
payment of more money jnan the same ablliy
aud tict would earn elsewhere, ana tne rail-
road, would ice glad To- geJ better meL Tor the
same work dT lower wages ID thty cotlt ~
f.at lIt contracts with freight lines, originally
deemed necessary t0 draw business 10 CERTAIN
r....- ,.uuOf alWIrs be broken as soon rs
IIey .,r.vr less beneficial to the roads than 70
III, f.I-iit companies and CD tha. thc -ictl- /
uy-cIr contracts, originally most beuchcidl I'D
tIu companies, Caunot now De broken by tj-h
without great loss, until tAcy c.l OBTAIN equally
good accommodations through some "ther AZ
rtugeueut 40 one ha. more sharply cell
t.4
features . railroad management than IHE
IlIBtNE. but whatever wong tne Ellodu>
may have committed IN TINS respect or IN tile
ulf,lias OF their stock, or IN reckless manage
nf..lr -nelr wrong viii NOT in the least Vudl-
,ste YOU. ml-decd~ They are clearly lu TIE
rIza- OF ID uOW u refusing I'd ,quiddti tHe
fiuI, Of the trust they are managing pF pay /
ir- more chan tue market pIce Tor ldpc"' ana
van lf, clearly lu the wrong in Insisting tha. ,
you uIll not leo OuIc. people NoIA Ioi ueH
\. E1sf assured that the railway companies 1
arc nos the better able TO pay Sood "a-eS ilitI /
You nave destroyed property worth m'iiionc' I.
and brought IucIlculaDlc loss upon Tie Hu~l- /
ness W.lsu affords % railroads ihcr revenues. /
Whatever a company feels able t. pay To-day, .
IN WIl 80 teci able 90 pay as much ID yo1 /
DESTROY depOt, engines, cars, ana other cosby +
ant. necessary parts vt AS equipment. Ou alc /
EUiA- Zee goose tldt land tn golden egg, 7.
because j. would mol yield as many a. You /
wanted. Business Is Frustrated every Nhcir' /
and because OF tails strike. Your performance /
Mil lessen by many millions tine sum paid TO /.
riuways Ior transportation Can y0d not ,ee /
tnat ij must lessen by many mIiiiOhs ,Ae sum /
which railways can pay 10 YOU
Communism is war upon society IN aSser- /
non off gouI sup osed rights; ANA the result IS !
destruction OF tine resources OF soclety, anu I
wasting of lhe means by winch your HooI /
may be- rewarded, aud compulsory umon @. I
ouirr-lo.ing ana sensible ciuzens TO pGt down /
disorder. as "a country village rallies to put out .
a Ire iu the night. hen WHO work Tor wages /
iL tine jmtrd states cannot afford 10 be Com /
muni,.s They only rob Themselves. Against |
1ir lsmmumsiic splir are banded all free IN /
srtu,ious ana ii YOU could by any possibility (
force the establishment of a dosI otlsm, he /
dc,yot would be chosen, not by You, but 10y /
tae men who can hire armies, ANA would be /
their tool and not yours.