The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-16
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
Tho Fneli.h p.p.r. Of rhi. Mornins,

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Tho English Papsrs Of This Morning.
! The Commercial SAYS OF the cigar-makers'
strike; 1t seems to us that if the man J fac
turers will consent to the recognition OF
the Union in the terms to which impor-
tance is attached, the Union may expressly
abroeate their three fourths rule and pledge
themselves to peace measures. In the sb-
sence Of contest as the compensation OF
workingmen there shonld not be great diff
ficnlty in reaching an accommodation. If
the men are driven from the Union by su-
perior force, they will be only the more
attached to 1t. and the more likely to be-
come victims of the first intrigue. II they
do not propose to coerce fellow-workmen
into membership, their organization is de-
fensive, and may be made useful for the
preservation Of good relations The main
question is whether, If the Union Is re-
dividual members to discountenance under
propagandism? There are thousands suff-
impressed, need not be fought out
to the bitter end.-The suggestion that
fringe of ladies arrayed in all their
loveliness around the galleries, in the
Music Hall, on the night OF the
Southern Railroad banquet would be
brilliant aud fascinating feature, has
moved some of the advanced thinkers of
the female persuasion to holy wrath. We
have three suggestions to make to the
ladies. The first is, that they are not to be
conscripted to go to the hall. The second,
that they do not often have the oppor-
| tunity to see how men behave themselves
in partaking of seven courses Of eatables-
and, including coffee and water. seven
| courses of drinkables-and that it would be
well to improve this occasion. The third
is, that possibly the ladies should not stay
far beyond the regular toasts, for the at
| m0spheric influences of late hours upon ex-
tremely festive occasions do not promote
beauty, and are unfavorable to longevity.
The Enquirer says: The Ohio Republi-
can Convention will consist of $40 dele
gates of whom Hamilton County will
furnish SO. Three hundred and thirty-six
will be necessary to instruct.--If john
Sherman abandons.the attempt to coax the
Ohio Republican Convention to instruct
for him, will not the fact be interpreted as
a confession of defeat in advance? If he
can not secure instructions from his own
State, from how many States can he secure
them2 And what If he asks for instruc.
tions and fails to get themP
The Gazette says: The Chief of the Bu-
reau Of Statistics of Labor in Massachusetts,
Mr.. Carroll D. Wright, has gathered statis-
tics OF all the labor strikes in that State
since 1880 and has given their history. The
whole number is 1853, of which ITO we're un-
successful, 1S successful, partly success
full and 16 were compromised. About one
in seven gained anything in rate of wages
after all the loss of wages by the strike.
The strikes in the city of Fall River cost
the operatives there 81, 400, 900 in wages,
besides the amount drawn from previous
savings to support the strikers. A
strike of Crispins at Marlborough in
1878 cost 100000 in lost wages; one at
Lynn, $3.50, 600; cotton mill strike at New
Bedford in 1877 cost the operatives $40, 900
in wages. 1t is likely that the sums drawn
from former savings and from other sources
to support the strikers nearly doubled the
wages lost. The workman who stops all
his wages in order to get an advance, takes
the chance that even if he gets the advance
he will have to work long time in order
to have the advanced rate make up what
he lost by the stoppage. For example, the
long strike of 1879 at Fall River was for an
advance of fifteen per cent; if it had been
successful, the workmen would need two
years to get even with the
wages they lost by fifteen weeks
of idIeness. Victory would still be de-
feat, but they got no victory. The strike
is, therefore, foregone defeat to the work.
men. And besides the improbability that
they can get any increase of wages by
striking, which would not come without, |
or that the increase can make up for the
total loss of wages by the strike. it cripples
the employers ability to pay wages. This
affects the workman's conditions although
the labor unions assume the theory that
whatever hurts the employer helps the
workman. The tyranny OF capital over
workmen is nothing to the tyranny
of so-calied workingmen's unions-I
The election Of President is to be settled
according to the forms of law. The candi-
date is not going to call for the veterans of
the Union Army to muster, and be ready
to seat him in case of dispute of his eec-
tion. The country is not secure against
fraudulent practices by Congress to revise
the election of President, but it is not going
to call out the veteran volunteer army to
intimidate Congress. The only practicable
way to escape such calamity and to intinl-
idate the Confederate Congress is to elect
Republican President by clear majority,
and Republican Congress to back him.
A Congress will not be swift to seat Con-
federate who was not elected President
when Republican Congress STANDS ready
to step into its shoes.
The German Papers
The Volksfreund says: Sherman's friends
are not satisfied with the resolution passed
in Columbus of holding the Republican
Convention for the election of delegates to
the Chicago Convention on the 28th of
April. Blaire's friends, on the other hand,
who secured the passage of the resolution,
are jubilant and firmly convinced that
Sherman can not get more than one-half of
the Ohio delegation. In regard to the lat
ter, the Blaine friends are probably too
sanguine.
The Volksblatt says: The members of
Council no longer deem it unnecessary to
attend to the meetings as the term of the
present Board expires in few weeks.-It
is hard blow to those unselfish patriots
who neither SOW nor reap but who live on
politics, that there will be no city conven-
tion this spring.
The Freie Presse says: On account Of the
absence Of large number of our Solons the
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