The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1877-01-20

great demand, has the effect OF check
log rise hy forcing men to bid Tor the
masters instead Of waiting quletly-like
good mArketers-untIl the masters bid Tor
the men. " Although this is a suppOsitlous
case. vet II Is somewhat similar IN princl-
BE 10 what has actually taken place IN re
..nt disputes between miners and their
empil, trs ia the west Of England and in
the north OF scotland. Ii was with
recollection f this that Mr.. Macdonald
recently AT DunfeInllne cOunseled the
miners to return TO work even at loss
rather than prllong the struggle. !
would he a thousand times better, said
ne. "to submit to a reduction OF even AZ
per cent. rather than bring upon them
selves the disastrous IT cts Ut the strikes
m the north II 4 = aud aud the vest OF
scotland. which had ruiued the Union, ana
had resu ted al the men nov working al
even loser Na-es.
A tribunal tn TX ~ discover definition
Il far dss cages Was limited at IN
preceding paragraph. The combination
ii the masters Ia = meet the combinations
al the men are preparing the way Tor such
A tribunal. though the hitter hostility and
the savage feeling Shich some masters
have displayed, oblixe "a 20 believe that
the dAN II fair btrStrIng Is not So nigh
A. Is wished 10 reflects great credit upon
the men that they exhibit desire t. ded
fairly with those con buuatlons az masters
which seem til have been formed more for
the express purpose IL insu .tIng the men
aud their [ moons than f,r any sensible or
legitimate object. The meu have always
approved + | al ms among employ ers, be
uvylu- thar by such means the labor ques-
tou stands better chance Of settlement
than II ever htl before Capita ana Labor
often h..,ncs the ustu tpr combining 20
force wages ~, IN It has not a word TO
SAY against che masters tor combining a.
force az down. The editor Of that
paper syluum ut-.rcts {. inform ms read
VT when miner makes book on the
20 rby. gives 800 for dog. or mistakes
ms master TOR q groom. lie Is. however,
silent on I'll" ylc-s 4 the capitalist. Mas
t-rs Who. hvin. uud,r the Tudurs, copied
their desp"tIs.u, could hardly have de-
mauGed more concessions from their men
than aid the West SuHIk Farmers De
Tense Association. They asked that the
men should give up their liberty The
60 strlAu power must be done away
with she Unions must be - demolished;
the voices Of Mr. Arch, Mr. Taylor and
Mr. Blli no more heard. and-are We in
England t-thr tHiuu Chronicle suppress
VA before the high and mighty farmel
would. as they Joasted, even negotiate,
much less yield. while almos, all the
Farmers Unions pledged themselves
never to employ another Union man on
any consideration. Imagine the men
making similar demands Suppose Mr.
Arch lug ID the West suffolk farmers,
ANA sasIug T. them, Gentlemen, when
you cease u combine and have the power
81 lpcAIls-out , when the Marquis Of Brls-
. I'll and Mr.. Hunter kOd~ell, z. G., speak
uo murt, anu when sou no longer derive
your inspiration from the leading columns
ut the Ntu8Jfi, but regularly lmblbe the
weekly Wisdom II the Bsshirs- then, Mr..
Farmer, We vii neg ptIate with you, and
tell Yea What We want. but not till then.
Surely common sense and the true British
1--we N fir Play ALLOW such demands to
proceed from the men as much as from the
masters. Members If the Masters Unions
have Sd lWn a more lnyeterate spirit even
Iu their individual capacity than IN their
collective character. Tho conduct Of the
lia.b.r: n farmers towards Canon Girdle-
s'pu ,N ny that they we're equal To Broad
head ftllAm. and Crook III everything
uut Pa k. TLey iusulted their pastor
wife aui children when they met them on
the r.al they Kissed him down when he
tried {, speak in the yestry; they ssure
Al him ana ahout MIN and ia every way
they could thluk III showed to him and the
world y hat a set Of mean. rutianly mis-
creauts they we're 1t IL indeed very
questionable whether any intelligent man
ia thls country could have possibly im-
agIu-d htt there was 50 much baseness IL
the Brush farmer until 1t displayed itself
Iu su-h vast proportions duru. the East
ern counties disputes The following is
taken from tie DaJy Nevs:
Farm r 90 one OF his laborers,
'lkriy Ad # 7)-'George. they tell me
you arr going Il % the north
''r"rge-" Well, zIr, You see, | BE-
TUrAIu- here fJr 3. week, and am told
! could get II. or Ia If | leave feyther
aud 20 10 farm up III
Farmer" Your father, George, has
worked on the farm man and boy tor forty
years, unl he has had good wages and. il
he duu get much wages nov, YOU know
that What with hls rhrumatIz ana his had
foot he don d. much work but he lives
u one "f my cottages, and your mother
and all 4 you-and you know your mother
can d. much, ami Your lame sister is not
worth much neither aud tell you what,
Geolgc If you be going, why, God damn
my eyes, | speak true, the whole lot Of you
father, mother. and brats aud all-they
shan stay a day behind you. There -
DO be Clntlnnedl