Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-13
"Pnblic's" Views.

"Pnblic's" Views.
HE CRITICIsEs THE SAILERs APPEAL
To the Editor Of The Regista.
Sir: Ia reading the n~ailers, rollers and
heaters appeal for sympathy, and philippe
against toe manufacturers, one is forcioly
reminded Of The truth OF that ancient ad.
age: Whom the gods would destroy they
FIST make mao" Don't get mad, gentle
men, and remember that denuncisiion and
sbuse are arguments, and that facts
are not stubborn things, ard that the pub.
lie are about as well posted On the Incl
deuts Of your strike as you are. No use
to try 10 deceive people who read ard re-
member, ncr is it any good to howl ike
whipped school boys because you cant
force manufacturer 10 pay more for their
work than they can afford to. They told
you early las; summer that they could not
afford 10 Fay more than the l7.cent scale
aud compete with your ielloW-wofkmen in
the East, who were working on q Accent
scale, and they proved it, too, by incon.
testible figures. What was your answer to
all this2 Iou said il WAS a lie, and that
the manufacturers were "blufing." And
you laughed at their efforts to INTRODUCES
feeders and thus keep the
wheels Of industry in motion, Now
the public knows you did this. They also
know you never asked for q conference
until the strike was almost nine months
old, and that you then declined 10 rec
ognize the men who had taken your places
at the machines. You did this knowing
that the manufacturers could not discharge
them il they had felt inclined to do 30
You blocked the wheels Of that conference
most effectually By that refusal. The pub
lie know that you took the rollers and
heaters into your organization to keep the
manufacturers from getting nail pls,e, and
stop what little signs OF life there was in
the business OF nail making in this
city. If you over reached yourselves by
this move. don't blame the manufacturers
for your blunder. You cannot get rid oil
the rollers and heaters now; and you can
realize from This that the manufacturers
cannot get rid Of the feeders. There is
this difference, however, the manufacturers
don't want 10 lose the feeder.ueilers
The manufacturers adopted their scale
and appointed conference com
. in Nay; you
adopted your scale, and noufed the manu-,
.tacturers that no conference committee had
been appointed. From the tenor Of your
note the public understood you did not
want q conference, as you did not indicate
q time when you would appoint a confer.
encs committee. Finally, on the 9th Of
over FIVE months alter the
strike began, you did coudescend TO notify
the manufacturers that q conference COM
mittee had been appointed, which was
riling to meet their committee. At the
conference held last week, you blocked the
wheels at once by asking that places be
given to all members OF jour order, snd
made that q condition Of your entering
negotiations, knowing full we'll that the
manufacturers had no places for yonr roll.
srs and heaters without d,sohsrging their
vorknen And 50 that confer
.nce failed. And just here is the most
.lificult point 10 sIjGst. You tok the
.ollers and heaters iato your organization
stop supplies Of plate, and thus defeat
he feedes.Dailer projsct; aud the move va:
announced in the pubic prints ct the time
Is a master stroke of policy. Now I don't
ZEE how you Q avoid standing By these
men, nor 90 / zee how you can expect the
manufacturers to give them places By
liseharging their present roils.s and
Iestsrs. AS one Aton. Of the 2 est pablo
0 whom you appeal. think Won have got
en- yourselves into Q hole" right here,
nd l cannot sympathizs With yCu because
do not admire Jour reasons Tor admitting
hese men into ycur toO:ey. II you are
onpelled to ttsLd by the rollers and
eaters to the exert of securing
htm poi ioup, then | see no Eay
ut Of the dilemma exert by individual
ctiop, which is the only true way for men
} deal With each other st any rate Look
bout you ard see the Successful men oil
he day. Ask sEy Of them If hey attained
!, ikeir present bolo;skls or lucrative Do
tions By joining hands With their fellow
len aud striking. OF Shelhsr they reached
,e poiBt By individual Effort. Tbs aass
on 10 answered BY the asking Of il. Re
eve your members CT their obligations,
them 10 individual msnhao3, IS il
ere. aud let things take their eoErse. A
BOD General BsysE beti;A;ts to retreat.
ben 10 agAt longer is osly to sacrifice
'es needlessly.