Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-27

the golden eggs, while the resi- dent,
conservative union man IL left to con-
front the demands OF an unyielding
landlord and the reproaohes of fami-
ly whose comforts he has jeopardiscd
because che conldn't go back on the
boys" After "a strike" IL IL always
difficult to find man who endors Is il
much less inaugurated IL, and yet, while
II lasts, IL is equally difficult to find a
man with moral courage sufficient to
resist what he declares he was opposed
tol Was there ever tyranny greater
than this where even free mans
mental faculties and moral perceptions
are enslaved,
The unien encourages "tramping.n
One argument, in especial favor with
Typographical unions, used to prose-
lyte and 10 strengthen the backbone
OF weak brethren Is, that none but a
union man can hope to get work in
New York as well as Galveston; in
| Charleston as well as San Francisco.
| Vince a man wishes to travel over
the country for the benefit of his
healh or to look at the scenery, the
argument may have force but to the
maipf family, to the man who wishes
to sttle down, it has none. If he
doesn't want to go to San Francisco,
why mould he aid men who do in
malSig an unjust demand upon the
emplyer in Charleston Where a
, uni0 controls an Office no non
unio man can hope for employment.
Thenly road TO work lies through the
unid, although the employer may
. havtspecial reasons for wishing to
give certain man employment. In
? sonlnstances even residents are re-
fuse admission until the union has
ream to anticipate "a striken when
sucmen are udmitted--not to insure
! tho WORK, but to prevent them from
: tahg the places which the union
eXicts to vacate and to so cripple the
] erloyer that he will be forced to
cuede to the contemplated demand
t Biwhen the traveller drops in and
e Sins his card, he gets work and
Y mey, either to squander at the
, nFest saloon or to lift him still fur
# u on his voyage around the world.
G I existence Of union attracts ev-
e G traveller with II card. He knows
t Us solid in that town. The card is
e only requisite, no matter If the
IS ident union men are trying to save
If money to buy homes matter
c ut the inducement to continuous
l. br--the gentleman with the card
it ut have work, or, "the boysp are
1t lides.n
ut Senator HAwLEY is correct
"classes of laborers have right TO
b. associations for their united ben
" ~ Rrt they have no right to
g I'm addition tax on en-
b Bees 70 get IN with cows
d ~ Ahs for making utter ana eggs
on dff pecGaiN where employers are
ee .oNu into thei. own pockets to
OF intain a losing business and thus
Oh Fide employment for II large force.
eavV lher nave they the right To say that
ia employer shall not give work to
so. i-union men. Neither have thew
hs right TO deter other men from ac.
ling situations which they have
d. IN up. Neither have they the
VS. 1T to fix schedule, of prices indie
ou dent of the employers consent,
eii more than the clerk has, or the
'er bergman has to force his goods on a
III chaser ut his own price. Neither
Oh 70 they the right to proclaim
Gu mselves the champions of labor
oi- lie endeavoring to dissuade or force
ms brers from getting the work the
YES Ter came to perform. All "classes
ho h the right to form associations for
no, Er mutual benefit and all employ.
'ue have the right to say to whom they
ne give employment and to agree
eat n the price to be paid for it, with
submitting such agreement to the
alum of any association made up In
ue- / of men working elsewhere, and of
er- n with no interest whatever in the
ea' cess or failure of the business.
MAI he GAZETTE has learned its right
III a costly experience-but the lesson
all never be forgotten.
tho