Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-25

| would leave the public under the impres.
sion that they employed thirty printers.
They employ not to exceed eight or ten
| iourneymen printers, and the printers are
the only ones that Typographical Union
claims Jurisdiction over. SupposiDg, then,
that they employed ten journeymen in
| 1879 and the difference was-as they claim
only cents per day, we have this model
friend p of the workingman discharging
his entire force to save so cents per day,
while nearly all the business men of the
city were giving their faithful employees
during the epidemic some valuable token
of appreciation. Comment is unnecessary.
The Ledger, in its article, mirRculously
stumbles upon two truths when it says
that ''they number 80 TO leo; that their
patronage is considerable" that "they
patro5 age for the benefit of their friends
and MOI their enemies" The patronage of
Memphis Typographical Union No. IL
does not amount to much say $500 per
week, or, in round number, S7S,G00 per
annum-but when we add the patronage
OF nearly 5000 more sctual workers, whose
average earnings are bout $40 per week,
to say nothing of their friends, we have
1918, S,OO0-a sum that Co.. nands the re-
SECT of even "the pubic he-damned"
specimens of humanity This is what ter
IL
we submit to an intelligent business COM
munity the proposition that no 80 or 100
or 1000 men in sny position of life have a
moral or legal right to dictate to all the
rest OF the community, or to snyone, how
they shall manage their private affairs."
The L'dger settles the question to its entire
satisfaction by exclaiming: Certainly
uot, when no Injustice has been done any
one and no complaint mas been made"
Now, Mr.. Ledger, be fair, be honest;
You may walk straight before tie Lord,
out you ought to have mirror u see how
you wabble when you are walking before
your fellow-men. Were you not doing
little dictating-on the sly, you know
when you dictated our brethren out of
your Cffica? These men are now telling
you and the public why they wi i not pat
ronIze you. Where is the moral or legal
wrong in refusing to deal with our enc
mics? Any man or body of men who will
not patronize his friends in preference to
his enemies does not deserve to have any
friends. You say we are intelligent, vet
you insult that intelligence by claimins
thst 1t is morally or legally wrong. In the
eyes OF some people it is morally or legally
wrong for salaried man to dare to assert
his manhood when it is iDsulted by some
lgnoramus with money. Memphis Typo
graphical Union is eminently conservative
and just; it has been, on that account, one
of the most successful under the jurisdic-
ton of the international Union, and their
relations with the proprietors of the city
news and job offices has always been
pleasant, and the Ledger has the uneviabie
reputation of being the only office in the
city Were committee from No. IL was
ever lnsulted. Now, you want us and
our friends to patroaiZe you, or what is
the same thing, those who patronize you.
Never!
The Ledger threatened to spend $4,000
bsfore it would recognize the Union.
Goodne gracious! Workingmen of Mem
phis, brothers OF the "Shield" and
Legion" Hhat will become of US? Cou,-
age. brethren, stand by the motto; An
injury to one IS the concern of all" The
Typographical Union will see the Ledger's
$1,000 and raise 1t $4,000 if necessary.
Where will we get this ammunition to
fight YOU with, you will doubtless ask.
The international Typographical Union
has a membership of Is, 600, and before we
W ll..allow our hammer, that has defantly
hoated for thirty five years, to be trailed
in the dust we will appeal TO the 1nterna-
tional U MON for aid. An insignificant as
sessm cut of 25 cents per member for four
weeks would give US $4,000. (rhe
Ledger.is respectfully referred to the pro-
The Ledger again excitedlY exclaims:
The announcement was made by par
ties on the corner, day before yesterday,
who set up to be leaders, that there would
be no such thing as Ledger thirty days
hence. A valuable property, built up by
twenty years OF toll, is to be destroyed in
month! This is the bold, unblushing
proposition. How it is to be done we do
not know. This, though, is the purpose
rf h hfaNl TuSa No II har
is all this 10 end? If the Ledger can be
wiped out will not other properly interests
be endangered? Property-owners and
Taxpayers had better think of these
things, ard frown down such movement,
else there may be greater troubles in store
for the people of Mem phis."
What tale of wee the Ledger pours
into the public ear in the above paragraph.
II was rather lnWise prediction to say
thst there would be no Ledger in thirty
days, for if it has $4,000 it will last some
time, and the advertising public can al
ways be assured that it viii have circu-
alton of at least thirty. we are not de-
stToying your property, Rir. Ledger.
You have been destroying it yourself
ever since 1878, as the accqmu-
lated mortgages in the registers office
show. We have faithfully tried to point
out to you in the most public manner
what We are doing and how We propose to
/ do it. There is no secrecy in our efforts to
| convince you that it is ID your interest to
| recognize, as You have admitted, "an in
| telligent body of men" who are seeking
| by lawful means to uphold cause loved
| by all intelligent toilers Of both sexes.
. "Property.owners and taxpayers had bet
4 ter think OF these things and frowE down
| such movement" Just SO. That is Just
what we are doing, Mr.. Ledger, at least
several thousand OF US in this bailiwick.
| We are both property owners and tax
payers, and We are combining to resis! the
eEau anu sCau employer in their
efforts to decrease the value of our prop
| erty-our labor TO brirg US and our
| children to the verge of pauperism and in
| dustTial slavery. Certainly, we are doing
all We can to frown down the enemy of
the taxproducer and the tag. payer, and
| are being ably seconded in our efforts by
the intel igent men and women of the city
and the ate.
| Lot them beware who grind the brethren
vi a common Father down."
One word N ore, Mr.. Ledger, and we are
done. we Esve conducted, and wa will
| continue to conduct, the boycott on a fair
and honorable basis. There will be no
lying or sneaking in the matter, and there
will be no tagging until we convince you
that the wsge-wofkers of Memphis, and
| Typographical Union No. II in particular,
are worthy of respect and honorable treat
ment.
"%hile the lamp e. life holds out to burn,
| The Evening Ledger may RETURN
whenever we succeed in convincing you
that the people are the "Cassius" that car
save you and restore your lost prosperity
We desire not the death of sinner, but
in true Christian spirit, would rather
that he repent and live.
MEMPHIS TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
The Silver Coinage.
The great question is as to Whist shall b,