Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-25
THE BOYCO TT.
a Clear Statemeat-Facts for Taxpay-
ers and PFOperiy-Owners.

The above very appropriate heading ap-
pears daily in the EUening Ledger over an
article intended to be defense against the
boycott row being carried on by the trade
and labor organizations of the city, and we
might say of the organized labor forcea of
the State. for at the recent State Conven-
ton resolutions were adopted to sustain
the Typographical Unions of the State
in boycott ng those who employ NJ H.
union or scab labor. These resolutions
were not passed for mere buncombe, as
resolutions often are, but they were passed
by a business body in the Slste-House at
Nashville, ard will be carried out ia a busi-
ness way.
The Ledger has already felt the effect of
those resolutions, and now frsntically ap-
peals TO the taxpayers and property-own-
ers to save it from It's fa!ly in auta2oniziDg
nineteeu-tWentieth5 OF 5he peopie q the
city and State by boycottipg Typographical
Union No. IL.
"The Ledger still lives, IN spite of boy
cot.ing and the unfair war yaged against
it." Let US look ct this claim OF unfair
mesa that the Ledger MAKES. Our brothers
of No. IL sealed their devotion 10 the
Ledger with their lives in 1873, and again
Loyalty stood by it in 1879. Verify, greater
love tnan this hath no man The printers
that survived and the orphans made by
| ly dismissed by the Ledger at the close of
the epidemic OF 1879. And for what, dear
| readers? Because he could get a few
| "rats' that returned to the city after the
| fever, SIS the Ledger claims, at 8 cents per
] day less than the price paid Union men.
| These "rats' were promised lifetime situ-
ations il they w1uld betray Typographical
| Union NJ. II. Three men ~ were found
| who barlered ''their birtbright for mess
4 nIa 10
| upon the Ledger for at least fair treatment
for their long and faithful service, and who
did not ask for an increase of pay during
| the fever, although the price ooi living living had
4 almost doubled2 Where, we ask a dis
| eliminating and impartial public, was the
| injustice? Business n en-, mechanics and
| laporers, is there another man in Shelby
county who has ever treated his faithful
employee in such an unfair manner; for,
as the Ledger claims, 8 cents per day ?
When the Ledger pirates OF fairness, it
talks OF something it nsver possessed.
Neither the taxpayer or business man,
ar tsSoer WI WI niay the part of "Cassius"
for yon. You may in your lreD%y and cry
of perss cution, shrek: Save me, Gas.
sius, or I sink" But the only ''Cassius
in this play is Typographical Union No.
il, and the Trade and LABOR Unions OF the
State.
| The Ledger is suddenly alarmed at what
it terms the de- tatorial spirit of No. II and
its friends. Did the Ledger ever dictate to
ita patrons? Did it ever threaten any ot
our C tizens with its wrath if they failed tc
patroaiz it? The Ledger is not expected
to answer these questions, but we viii
ans wer them in few days Our dictatior
frightens the Ledger, and it frantically asks
the taxpayers wIeI5 It will end. We are
taxpayers, Mr.. Ledger, and If you will al
low us to answer the question We will say
I it will end whenever you recc gnize tht
: Just demands OF Typographical Union
The right to run your office with rats" il
one of the inalienable rghts of this coun
try; but with the peculiar mental endow
meDts of the Ledger it very naturally fall
into the error of supposing that 1t is tn
; sole possessor of all the ''inalienabl;
rights" under this government. You re
fuse to deal with Us, Mr. Ledger; yer,
r well. We refuse to deal witt
, you except upon certain condi
, tions, and our friends and those VIII
, are bound to US by ties of ''Universs
! Brotherhood" publicly declare tina
they will not deal with YOU OR ANY ON
, THAT DEALS WITH you. II you have
: | right, Mr.. Ledger, to say that you will nc
deal with us, il logically follows that Type
| graphical Union No. IL and its friend
have right 10 publicly declare that the
| will not deal with you or any one tha
!. patronizss you. Poop g advertise to gai
q trada, and there is no surer road to SUI
= cess than liberal and iudicious advertising
: but when a paper like the Ledger is tn
!. svowed enemy OF nineteen-twentieths {
! the peopls, it does not require much dit
i cernment to see that an advertisement
such paper will not pay. We are not i
e a position to dictate, but we are in pos
d ton to inform the people of what we pre-
t pose to do, and how We propose to do j
}. We say to the people Of Memphis that W
}, cannot trade with any one that patron;z;
d the Ledger, give our reasons, and | bus
ness men can decide the matter for then
selves. If they believe that the Ledger
right, or that it is to their interest to d
q tronize it, there is no power on earth {
e dictate otherwise. On the other han,
n there is no power, not even the Ledge,
y frantic appeal to taxpayers and busine
: men, to make the printers and their alli'
a who work under the shield" patronii
either the Ledger or its patrons.
We regard a "rat" or ''scab" as pu
lie enemy thst endangers the peace ar
3. prosperity of the nation; it is these poo
weak, smasculated unfortunates th
7. the oppressor always arrays sgainst I,
people in their efforts to obtain even
modicum of the fruits of their toll.
IS was this miserable element that came
g the rescue of Gould's monopoly, son
t through ignorance of the vital questit
N involved and some through promises of |
/ increased mees of potage.
RS The Ledger says ii is the working-man
4 friend. From such friends, good Lor
rs deliver us. The Ledger slyly states that
employs about thirty regular hands, whit