National Republican., 1883-02-28
THE PRINTERS PROTEST.
rhey Object 20 MIR. Anthony's PROPOSE
tion I'm Regard 90 the Government Print
ing Onioo.

They Object TO MIR. Anthony's PROPOSE
tion In Regard 20 the Government Print
ing OniCo.
For two days past the halls and lobby sur
rounding the senate chamber have been filed
with workmen from the government print
ing office who are endeavorng TO defeat tho
amendment proposed by Mr.. Anthony to the
sundry civil bill directing the public printer
70 employ workmen at tho market rates in
philadelphia, Baltimore, and Richmond.
This is understood to be partly aimed at the
printers, binders, and presSmens unions
which now control the government office,
and fix rates and regulations as
TO employment of workmon. The rates now
raid by the government for its printing aud
binding are from - to 10 per cent. more than
are paid in private publishing houses, the
price of typo setting, for instance, being fifty
cents per thousand in the government office,
and thirty-five and forty cents in other offices
here and in other cities.
Many telegraphic protests from printers
unions arc being received by senators, a mum.
Der of which were presented in the senate
yesterday.
BALTIMORE TYPOS TAKE ACTION.
BALTIMORE, Feb. q. - Baltimore Typo
graphical union, No. 12, at meeting to-day
in regard to the employment of printers in
adopted resolution requesting our senators
and representatives in congress to oppose, by
all honorable means, any attempt to stihe the
voice and tramplc ON the rights of their fellow
craftsmen in the District of Columbia, and
through them all organized labor throughout
The United States. Also, u resolution thank
nR Senator COnger, of Michigan Voorhees,,
Of Indiana, and others for their manly and
outspoken uttcrances in the senate chamber
in behalf Of the rights and freedom of organ
zed labor
To he Editor
do not belong TO the GROWERS, but will
you allow me IA little corner of your paper
where may growl all by MYSELF The last
days of the senate arc being dignified by q
petty war on the printers, and some senators
are looking to IA dissolution of that bugbear,
gho printers union. The auimus of all this
seems TO be that some senator has taken a
friend of his, entirely incompetent to do the
work required of him, and tried to foist him
On the government printer as an easy way of
paying of his political debts. Because obiec-
lion is made to thus lowering the standard of
excellence established in that great establish
ment senators Immediately see Guy
Fawkes conspiracy or Wat Tyler rebellion
brewing. A proposition is made TO fill the
Office with nOn-uniOn men who will not inter-
tere with the rights of-senators or their own
rights. Where two or more men think alike
could be filled with non-unon men, would
there be less Of a unity Of interests or less 80
called danger to the government Our
government has announced policy
If protecting American worlimon from
European competition by tariff laws,
and from Chinese competition by treaty, and
now they would go back fifty years into the
past and crush out the budding germ of
emancipation of labor by legislation. King
or queen governed England, which we look
upon as unworthy of imitation, has granted
by law the right of union organization, and
has fixed a basis for such organization and
for arbitration, and parliament would no
more dare to interfere with such organiza-
tions than to tamper with magma charta. If
congress by law attempts to abolish such
organization, wo may us well restore the
ihackles to the black man Of the SOUTH tear
up our constitution, pull down tho stars mud
stripes and nail the black flag to the mast.
JOEY BAGsToCK.