Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-08-10
Maryland Independent
ERIDIr, .fayrw WM 1883
THE TELE4RlpHENN WINE

still continues. and tie broth, rlinud
has dealt another blow hy orhriu, MI
railroad operators 70 asr work lii.
" the most scriarp. step 80 Ear Il. The
public is concerned IN The who'll pro-
Rrsmme. harlly less - ttan cutting
wires aud tearing ~ tracks Nnf anlf
j. the main part x fir COMMERCIAL buzz
Ness Of the country carr ID ~ by tclc
grams, but the running Of trains with
any degree Of ,pfety is ab-oietety delsa-
dent upon the telegraph.
OF course this whoh. thing could ec
stopped BY the telegraph companies
yielding to the drmanis Of The operators
This they will rnw speedily do, N all
probability if they can -nli make rooney .
sitter granting the increase If pay ASKED
for. No one not even corporation.
can BE- expected to eontisee - any bust
ness al losing rate While 'be amount
If mcrrs.e il pa, asked or b. tn" oper-
aLrs may be- very small for each man
or woman. tie tsnl incressc in the pay
roll VI the several companies may nol
1uly deprive the .wuor- aud directors OF
nay profits but may soon sweep away
all the gains, ll-gotton and otherwise,
NJ that old sinner Jay Gould and the
rpst Of the wicked gang who have mis-
,..ed their talents and braius for so many
years y hr,png up wealth This may
IL all right and entirely in accord with
tue principles Of abstract Justice It
would probably Ire we'll to have it I'M
derslood that when a N has ama-sed
wealth by long cou'sc Of industry III
any field or enterprise he should devote
the closing years Of his life 10 dividing
mp among the laborers who worked for
him. or among their SUCCESSORS, all he
owns, isstrad Of saving it up to give to
his children, or de,oting it to such
philanthropic vr charitable uses as his
will and Judgment may suggest Such
an enforced division might be called
communism or it mig be carrying
out tie Divine Law, but if this rule Of
division were unbending We do not think
many poor young men, at this stage Of
the worlds civilization. would be melted
10 heap up riches or advance themselves
in any way -exccp, possibly in philoso-
ply. The rule that man may do
what be will with his own, SO long MS he
iajures not another thereby, has hereto
fore been considered sound aud just
However we do not mean to defend
the telegraph companies. nor are we suf-
hciently familiar with the inside work
iRgs Of their ofhccs nor have we suf
tlcient kno Wedge Of their profits to de-.
TEND the operators, although it seems t.
be the popular thing nova days to dc
ME- latter. We observe that many Of
the old political hacks" are having
themselves interviewed and invited 70
speak to the telcgraphcrs, 10y which
they are enabled to get of good deal
Of dislngeuuuus stuff about the poor la
boring man and hope to foist themselves
ato offfre. No one sympathzes more
with the laboring man than we do and
no one would render him more help and
encouragement in elcvating himself an.
lettering bis condition, but We would
have him go through the same school OF
earnest work and self dorfiai by whicl
we and al others of like calling hope tt
rise above our earlier condition.
No doubt there are two s,dcs TO thi
telegraph strike. Ffe Nation has ha.
some very fair paragraphs on this matter
Ia its issue Of July 10Th IL says
THE demands Of the telegraph oper
ors may, for au5it W kns~. to to
contrary, be perfectly reasonable. |
il quite certain chat if they are reason
able. the present condition of the opera
tors is very bad What they ask for
supposiug Sunday to be now one
their working days, is the equivalent q
40 per cent. increase in thcl pay leav
ing Sunday out If the question the
ask for reduction Of six hours pc
week in their work, and an increase Of !
per cent. in their pay. which are .ogctl
or til. equivalent Of 20 per ant N ths'
raw. If these dcmaAds are fair the
are now certainly very iA-uscd bod
OF men. On this point, however. n
outsiders opinion is OF much valsc,
could hardly be settled without KNOWN
great deal more Of the ratloof the SUP
ply of operators to the demand than "
make any pretsnco of knowing II, a
in case of strike may appear wee
hence, .here has been the same rusl {
young men into telegrophisg, a. eaeaf
genteel calling, that there has been int
all sorts of cleric, il work the demand
probably unreasonable. Every man
labor is worth what some other man wi
do it equally well for, aud no more b'
ofcourse. in this as il all eases, loin
athing equally well with somebody clt
means doing it with the same judgmcn
sdclity and honesty But is for Il
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