The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-28
LATHER AND SHAVE.

INDIGNATION MEETING OF BOSS BARBERs-
WAR TO THE RAZOR AGAINST FIVE CENT
sHAvERs.
mass meeting OF infuriatcd boss BARRIERS was held
last evening at Turner's Hall, Fourth street, to pro-
test against the existence five cent barber shops
and takc measures for their extinction. strong
comm mingled odor OF bay rum, Dandoline, bscswax,
rose oil and pstchoun hiled the room and made II
smell like forty horse power barber's shop In full
blast. Every man present shaved double close
ana had his hair vanished 10 the dnzzng polish OF
patent leather boot Every mustache ten times
waxed stuck 1ercey out in harmony with the in
famed and belligerent temper OF its owner. Tho
knights OF the razor strop have been blessed from
timo immemorial with tho gilt OF tho CAB, and they
proved this meeting to be worthy of that ira
dton Most OF the speakers spoke last and full ana
spoke alarmnGiy iuriousy. But one aud all
lathcred tho Ave cent BARRIERS without sparing the
soap.
There are 600 barber shops In New York and l. 800
BARRIERS. Out of this number $50 shops with 1000
BARRIERS have reduced the shaving tar 10 hvo cents,
and trouble aud all OF dark missvings
abroad IN consequence.
The meeting was called TO order by Mr. FRANK
Scnmdi, who stroked his luxurant beard with prde
and with an impulse 10 call attention TO The wonderful
ELECTS Ut his nair tonic. He said 1--WE must 30 10
work by declaring that VIC will have nothing 10
DO with any men working for i've cent BARRIERS
after give them iul and sufficient notice;
that no man IN THIS society will employ them
aitcr they nave been so informed II IS impossible
Tor shave for Two cents, and II We to
that then most OF tho shops will have to close up
Barriers arc a kind lot OF people, who don't make
money, aud are wiling 10 live ana let 1.-Two That's
how Is, aud the puoiic know It and will indorse our
shave to work u the time, sundays ana week days,
morning aud night, 10 keop themselves from
actually starving Tho public knows this and thcrs
oniy very few people that wants TO have
u hve.cent shave II they Afford cents When
rsut the cost oi periumery and the services OF good
BARRIERS are taken into account ten cents do not ap
pear 10 be any too much Tor shave" One pr bposi-
tion he would oder was that labor bureau for Jour-
ther starting cheap opposition shops, or gong to
those wuich started employ ment. Another
thug that should DO looked TO by the preies-
sion was the employment OF apprentices
These wero in the habit OF Ueing taken by shops with
oat any arrangement or understanding, aud alter
being six or seven months IN = place ,nsy would cut
away and set up as journey men Tor themselves. Now
10 Germany an apprentices has to be TWO years at the
business boiore he do this. and mostly all tho
BARRIERS in New York are Germans and have served
their two years; so is very annoying to nave young
fellows that dont know now handle a shears or
sharpen razor standing up beside man that has
been grouna into 1t aud getting as much wages.
BARBERS' EARNINGS.
The chief thing 10 do, however, to call upon all
those now employed III the two cent shops to leave
them or forfeit the chance OF over being made mem
bcrs oil their society Now, to show how little profit
there to boss IN shaving ~ the present rates. take
journeyman VINO gets $l4 week. The quickest
That would be torty cents an hour II he kept
going as quick as he could lather and hone up.
suppose ne works SIX hours day STEADY ior SIX days
anu three hours sunday, that would amount TO
$l5 g. leaving tho boss only 81 90 AS his share 10
rent and everything else.
MI. Strauss barber dyed IN the wool the top of
his head. next stood up aud exclaimed voice tnat
acted like q tonic on tho meeting and brought out
somo clipping rcmarks:-'Now let every speak
out freely and say what ought TO be done with these
five cent shops propose tnat, II II comes to that,
we cut our prices below i've CENTS and. we have The
soap, VIC eau stand the mpeulion longer than the
DINER fellows. and shut them up"
boss barber here keenly observed that alter put
y lY0 AM and mi he
position they might be unable get back 10 the
cent ratio and might have 10 stick five cents.
Another boss shaver said It was only old men that
the i've cent shops, thcy could get work,
the regular shops employing only young men.
Finally 1t was concluded 10 organize by wards and
freeze the five ccnters tho plan proposed by
chairman or the meeting The gathering OF tonsorial
bIadcs then dispersed and hllcd the cIrcumambient
air with the 0dors OF Araby.