, 1877-07-17
IRADESuNIONlSM,

CutcAao, July t8.-Your correspondent "CAf-
roll /" mny be very authentic In hls Information
with rcfesunce to the lntc troubles In tho New
York Tribune. but t!.erca arc some Of his statements
that ttla public should receive With considerable
modification. Ills hatred Of Unioni4m leads him
to tic opposite cxtrcmc, viz. nnfaitncss. u tho
Tribune has paid ~ 1nuch na 500 for wattinE.
matter" III QUO week, 1t 10 more than has ever been
paid In any newspaper In tho country, and only
shows grcatIac Of management upon the part Of
sl1oac who run tbs paper ami furnish tho copy.
Chicago has three daily pRpefs, and venture to
asauIpp that neither Of them ever had snch rec.
ord, and lhc New York 1'rbtnsa nanacsske In Chi
cago haa as much enterprise aud employees engaged
upon It, and can furn!s. nothing Of the klpa.
Agun, te epcaka II The ~ - tyranny of tl,r TJpo;
Ersphiea n!on "of Eex w rots r. e HwaIG iii that
iayc heen peculiarly o1vmpt iron, said tyranny,
shnnsSst shannsss "a notkns Va a ,oms tims sso sti
ces q r.. c...sA"oTnngsk upS" arbitration ana M
grund panncea prescribed for lahos'tfoublcs.
Time woro on. sud ah oecaaton for It's
know low many objections It was met with.
ers during the.e hard TIME. ma ''carrol "eyer haa.
aud, while believe that conccssiUna ought to bc
an sS not IN fa?or of .ayiaE 10 ny, employees,
10 NTH ssa ynq % H.: enoS
10 % ask n,en 10 work for what will MT KEEP body
nnd soul together: Just M thore arc men mean
UnEonl 10 work tcrms tint arc neither more nor
lcsa than those extended to Bcrfe or saycs. cas.
roll" will l. also Ind that oanas of the Gn,on M t!s
the GREATER number Of them have ncrer served an
apprenticeship TO the husncas. Of hare been as-
IT, WITH reference to the saving oi money il the
first weeks !Haue. u the New York Tribune bY the
employment Of tho new ftaa. would like 70 cite
tjob printlnel. Tho employers decided to dis:
charge t4ctr Unlon men. Some o9 these men had
y ueoo S1G Tasy
amounted 10 hbort third loat the bill for over
hours and botchcd mud spoiled work brought thcit
old hands, besides loss Of customcra. What did
tho employers do, They scnt for tlsl old t,anls,
put them 10 works Ard declared II that they bad had
npon rcductton Of - per week. which the Union
shortly afterwards conceded:
Newspapers taovcrul Of them havo been reduced
from hvc to three cents In New York; In Chicago.
though pflntefs' wages hayc bern reduced consld-
crnbly OF latc still maintain their price. Why IL
i tbae such reductions operate only IN one d1Fec-
Tho powor Of un.on1sm may be disabled. hut |.
settle the lsSor qneston to thoroughly III, It.
We arc well awate that large corporations cali com.
because they know 1itlic o. nothing Of Tug struaaie
whicl. worknamen havo to earn their living; Gus
we also know that ehtrG arc men manly hnu tndo-
enough 70 M scsi:s 9pHressiS,a and T. at
| fair days work."
Newspaper work. especially to compos.tors Is
! unhealthy, and as . rute carries men oil rEeula.
tnrrlY. II H. venture to affirm, not paid ~ II
| ought to be. The life Is one Of nervous excite
| Ing to bo.h mind nnd bony. To married nun il
means The hseaknp 10 barga extent vi hnn,c tnnu
cncef, and BY sucll 'ifc his Children arc very apt
to zee him unlY hb1Hf once u week. lie WOI ks
whll lc othcrA sleep; he sleeps while o!trs wurk.
lie ue few p1easurea In common with pthcr nlrii,
ana h!s aequantanseshipsa arc limited 70 those in
| men because l .uoW from an cxpunence Oi
| aaxcrai ycRts' newspaper work in EnRlnnl, where
tois condition. m far m regards wages nut hpHrY,
IL superior to what il now Ii Ia An,crIea.
werk ago y short patagtapa teditostall ap-
pcarcd in THIS Tm.avxE With reference 10 ! tEonbls
with tic 1Snok- binders Union In Washington, Htt,ut
the snp!ny Of man whn had mot served his n,,-
prentceshtp. Your assDciattug ''5to!ly. .Navulr.
ISM with It was anything but facctious, and great
| numhcr OF peup!c Thought that your comment was
eployrrs paid mere attention to the Hiring of ap.
pfrntces, there weuld ho fewer incompetent work.
| n,cn: and, secanl1y, II wns unjust IN UnI0nit,u
| which son,c rauFlc, YHr 1'lunuAs u thu CONTRARY
| notwithstanding. 1eiteye has Ao1lp gon,l points,
tho nnr }nst mentioned heIng ouc. .Tu employer
tlce nnlc.s hp brtnss with a!m record " time
sersed, tcsson for 1eArtng, and i 1t Ia from uabtl
1ky, sons Dtliur cattsa: In all cnAcs. however,
thcT arc with thu Uniun IN this rcspect--thsy III.
| slst upun full turn 1T apprenticeship. In Amer.
cu, ai'' sorry to my, such Is not Tho caso. They
all auprcntce'h!p. aud tlInk they arc Rsttn4
cheap n'rn: tho fact is. they ure being rubbsd.
| Thu publication nf this wilt be but faIr 10 ths
othsr tldc. Yours. &c. AuAA CnAiu,