Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29


the printers, is republished from yesterdays
! GLOBE for the benefit of readers of Sunday
| ISSUE.
THE PETITION And ANSWER.
After persons do hasty and foolish things
| they are liable to run wild in efforts for
self justification. As an effort is being made
to befog the public relative to the issue
which arose in the GLOBE Office, and to Sc
cure sympathy from craftsmen for par
ties who are not entitled to it, it seems the
fairest to give the arguments pro and con
beSore there was any undue excitement.
We accordingly present the following
petition which was handed to the manager
of the GLGBB a day or two subsequent to
its date:
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, April 18, 1883
To Mr.. 81. P. Hall:
DEAR SIR: We the undersigned, COM
positors of the GLOBE, desiring that the
Office in which We work should be "a well
regulated as possible and believing that it
il as much to your interest as ours that it
should be made first class in every par
tioular, and believing that you will readi-
ly corporate with US in our every en-
dssvor to make it such, respectfully petit
ton you az follows:
First believing that men of equal
ability should have equal rights and that
there should be no material difference in
the desireability of the different cases in
an Office, We ask that, as an equalizing me-
dunn, the two market cases be required to
pay bonus of eight hundred $500 SENS"
each on ssch market night; that the 'Ad'
cases psy bonus of fifty (5O) per cent. of
the type over and above ten thousand
100000 "ems," set IN one days work and
that the bonuses be divided among the
men who are working Oh the night the
Ads" are. set. The foregoing request is
made believing thst while you desire jus
tics in al matters, you are totally unaware
of the workings of the department cases,
and ss an illustration of the same we
would call your attention to the following
facts:
First-The markets are the means of
the gentlemen favored with them averag-
ing ten thousand 10000 ''ems" per night,
while others who work equally as hard and
are quite as competent men can at best
average but seven thousand (7,OOO) ''ems'
BY allowing bonus of eight hundred 1900
GEMS" they would still make far more than
the general Average, and much better
feeling prevail among all the employees.
Seoond-The 'ad'' cases realize the par
ties In charge an average of more than
twenty thousand 100000 ''enas" per night,
while they do not really work as many
hours as those employed on straight cases.
| Third-In the distribution of the city
ads special favoritism is shown, while
in justice to all parties they should be
given out as any other copy, each COM
positor having an equal portion of the
same as all are fully capable of setting
| them.
In submitting this request we would
earnestly urge your careful consideration
of the same, hoping that you will view it
in its proper light, nninfuenced by any
other than sense of right and equality,
and at your earliest convenience favor us
with your decision. Yours respectfully.
Signed by 80 compositors.
| THE ANSWER.
To the above petition courteous an
swer was returned. While it was not writ
ten for publication, it contains arguments
on the GLOBE eide which it would be well
| for those who feel sufficient interest in the
controversy to sit in judgment, to consider.
! It is as follows:
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, April %, 1883.
! To Globe Compositors; Gentlemen
Your petition handed ne day or two ago
has had careful thought and consideration.
The points involved 1 have given much
thought to, previously and hence feel pre-
] pared to render decision which believe
will be eminently just and fair to all con-
cerned. That you may understand my
views and position will give you the rea-
sons why have never inaugurated the bc-
nus plan on department cases.
Taking the market cases first, 1 have this
to say. 1 expect to make the market cases
a special inducement to thoroughly compe-
tent men, not meaning that there are not
other men who could become as competent
in time, but that the great advantage to
the Office is to have men who have had ex-
perience in this Office. expect to make
it an inducement when a man has market
cases in the GLOBE Office for him to con-
tinue on the cases and not be making fire..
quent changes, IS in the usual run of cases
The reason why the market men can han
die the markets to advantage to themselves
as we'll as to the Office, is because they have
had the experience to make them expert
and the fact that they have hot had to give
away portion of their work has rendered
it an inducement for them to become ex-
pert, and in case of any change would give
new men the same inducement. Accuracy
and rapidity are the two great essentials in
market reports. The markets must 90
upon the first side of the paper, which
makes rapidity of vital Importance. Very
slight errors in markets absolutely ruins
the value of paper as market exponent
There is no department in the paper
equally sensitive. The business man
who finds himself once mislsd on market
quotation will never again confide in the
reports of the offending paper. We make
no attempt to edit the telegraphic marke.
copy for the market cases bat give it GU.
| in ita crude shane as If roo ohas ~, TIL