The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-25

nearer tie obi aimed A. Weshali simply
have reduced The mill aud factory opsri-
hTes thfQ1ghout the Country one dSgTesI
lower In the scale u humanity; nhan sim.
ply have taken AEty from them oDe pro
portion more Of the small comforts which
thsy nov enjoy, and shall nnt haze benz.
Cited Ourselves 70 the amalies, extent, 10
Teeompsnss Tor the added pFiyAtlons to
which loser UHg,a will subject Us. We
ahall hnve Just the same amount Of work
% Do, not one day more in the year only
We shall have 10 DO II Tor 90 many dollaa
less, eat ~ much poorer iOO1. 20 "
much leAl comfortably clad, and pot
the Esme additional pFiYniions upon
our brsthTGn q the iEast, uhoso Siiug.
gle for existence Is no doubt already
as hard - ours and needs not to b.
any further embiuered. But the ben.
edt 20 manufacturers from q reduction oil
Wages will BE- no more than 10 Us Il will
simply give them al q chance 10 reduce
the price Of nail. little loser. Who Is
benefited By this7 The consumer per.
haps, but " degree 70 small ~ u be D.
appreciable. What difference does I.
make 70 man who buys key OF two Of
nails in & year whether he pays & % or
e I5 per kez Aud yet in order u give
him this II cents in \ year Il Is proposed
that the thousAnds Of mill and fictory
operatives throughout the country should
live In poorer houses and eat less bread.
Verify the end does not justify the means.
DIVISION or ADvASIAop.
II the cheap coal Of the West gives iaci,
tNfs ~
other sections Of the country, IL WRs not
intended by the God Of nature that all the
benefit theTeirom should go into the
pockets III the manufacturers. II this
Cheapness is 10 accrue to the bcneli. Of
any one let il be TO him who bears the bur.
den and heat Of the day 20 the operative
who does the work Let the greatest good
Of the greatest number be the rule, and II
nails can be made cheaper here than
elsewhere, let this fact be for the AdSant.
age OF the operatives, 10y giving them good
wages and thus assisting to elevate them
In the scale Of humanity.
That nails are selling below cost Is the
fault Of the manufacturers aud Of no one
else. Let them remedy 1t. They are pro.
teCted by \ tariff which gives them tbs
GAlhAIb Llullblull VI lut uuHlntad III tIlla
country. Having the power to regulate
this matter, lot them do il in some other
way than by degrading their labOrprs,
which will not accomplish the purpose. II
there are too many mills let them agree
among themselves to close some Of them.
There are ways enough Tor them TO do this
iith0y choose. Let the number Of mills
be reduced, and those OF Us who can't find
work in them will look for something else
to do, while those who do find work In the
mills will have u better living than they
now get. Instead oil the Western mills con.
tlnuRlly hRrping about Eastern competi.
ton let them unite with the Eastern mills in
some reasonable plan for gettinga decent
price for their goods. don't see why il
is for the interest OF Western working
men IN be continually encouraging the
manufacturers TO carry ON q Compel.
ton" with the Eastern nills-A Oompet..
ton in which the operatives always have
to stand in part and take the wounds.
don't think | want to compete with
Eastern mills and pay all the bills myself.
In fact don't knoW rs want to compete
at all. They have Il right 10 live as far rs
! can see, am willing to let them, so far
M am OouOsrned-especialy, when |
consider that they are likely TO die mighty
hard, and that may get hurt some my.
self in the fight. N0uBtruly,
Iron WORKER.