Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-12
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noans aags sines iks eznplogss q -
Tnaoma Iii Compang Esqasated iaat
fhesr hnnrs 81 labor Be xsanssd from
sIsFsu snd half ~ dsy - aen- Ths
ntatsar uas tafen into conzdssation b
fbsosmpany, and 20 snsvss 3 snEiens-
Iyasaltsa b sbs msn, who fsei th.t
thslr ESaasss Il fsasonable one, ana
thas Il should rseefve ; faxorahls A.
nWar.
nm now several WEEKS sines ihe Pu-
~ MN Comvany Feaassd Ne beers q
isbos e ttelF thiss mills % tsu psE day.
This reaaslion vs. n0s ass0mpanisd
gaeosrsonding sedusiion - wages,
ana ths men WsFe Weli pisased q 4.
Ths rndaatsom h said 70 aEsot aecus
one thoaanna msn. An ~ man u ne
ooupany's employ, bolh 10 ne mills
ana cut e them. nov rsoeiFs ne aan1s
pay for tsn kouF5 usEk pr dsg - thsy
foEmssly ssseiysa for twelve hours.
They ere afforded to beers more for
nnus ana rsassasion. and many grave in-
esusanisnoes which existed undeT Ne
oi1 osdsr u ihinRs weEs abolished b
a. intrsdusfion q he neW system
Tha change uas % ssaEy resSest 40 ad-
mianbis che. and people generally we're
Disposed % give he PuRst I'm Cons
pnny orsdil Tor iss voluniaEy aeknowi-
edeamsut o. ne riehtOf its snspleyes %
oonadernti0n.
Twas s1pgosod b. The pubiio thai NE
exampls 81 he Pugst Min Company
vould. within 3 few days, Be fslloued b
she oGhs1 ntIling companies. and that
from one ana Of PuGsi Sound 70 the
ether, san hours would be recognized a.
fair days labor for which tie laborsr
4 aniitlsd 70 days pay. Il uas clear
thai ono esmpany would net long son-
time % pay . esEiain PRES fos ten
hours iabef while - oompetitoIg vsre
Esosising fsen their emBlsyss tBslvs
heurS labor for TIE same wages Such
an insquality vouid be oontKsEy 10 the
prInsIplas 81 business and 70 common
esuss, and, however stsona ths corpora
iion which tkus souaht 70 confer
bonsai upon ils amployss might be, Il
woaid ogeniaally Be oomRsllsd 10 aban-
don iis advanced position o. 20 leave
The hald 20 lsa Les gsnefo1s eompstisors. |
AZ yst. howsver, no other eompany has
followed the good example which has |
bees 81, and. exospi 10 tho oass Of the
employees Of the Taooma Mil Company,
no movs has been mads By tbs woFkmen |
IN favor Of . general reduotion.
The woEkinemsn Of Panst Sound are
deopIy interested IN securing . redne-
tion 81 ths uumbos Of hsafs Of labor for
which : days yaaoS is paid. Through |
out TIE Eastern States ten hours Is gen
ezaIly Assspssd as the ordinary working |
day, and for many months violent
agitation has been carried on By en- |
ployss Ia favor Of q further reduction |
10 EIGHT hours. On Puget sound, how
ever, Ne great milling companies cling |
% tie antiquaied gulo Of twelve, or
elogsn and oue half, hours par day.
Why thia should b 20. II wenld puzzle
the most astute observer 70 say. The
workman 10 ; Puget Sound saWmill per-
forms e. much work 10 an hour 81 does
his brother ii min on Saginaw Bay.
and there Is 20 sufficient reason Why
he former should toll for twelve hours
before his days labeF is regarded a.
cousplels. while the lalter's task Is done
when The labor Of ten hours b given 70
his employer. Justice and reason are
alike on The aide Of ,he employs IN this
matter. II he basiness would not ius.
tlfy the payment Of days wages for
len hours labor, such corporation az
ths PaGsi Min Company would NOT have
taken ths initiative IN q movement for
q reduction. The very fact that one Of
tha meet extensive employers Of labor on |
Puget Bound has voluntarily fixed the |
working day 81 Ten hours, should BE- a /
oanelusiva argument 10 thinking men
THAI such q reduction is Justified BY che |
stats q trade, aud that our vast milling |
Industry eoald and would stand it--ln |
faet would safer no ioss en- accent Of Il. |
II Ne tsn hour movement fails nov,
u vii not soon Be revived, and Il viii /
b many years before ne wegklngmsn |
obtain ths concoaaion which d now al /
most vithin their grasp. Il Il doubtfal
4 sneh movoment a. this vas sVeR In
augaEaisd under more favorable auspi- /
co. u b started. nsl as 60 agitation
amnng he elaplsyea. nol by 3 demand
mads b Ne wuFkmhn. not By = strife,
hut b. The voluntary aelion Of 0ns Of
Ne haavieas employers Of lahef. The
nature Of Vie origin Of Me movsmeut &
Ne siFongesa peaaibls aF4umena In iis
favoF. Il he employer urges The
s,ata u tFads does net warrant snoh .
redaation. Il oAnnst Be made. We
could noa stand il.n the smpioye Ia able
70 reply triumphantly, The Feduslion
has been voluntarily made b ona %
yeuEeempesitors. II be b able e ulaks
n Why no. yoaf II be regards q rather
e. IN advaniaRe than oshsrwiss. why
shoald not year What NE answer 70
gaoh questions woald be, Il woala 10
di1isult v imagine.
II is alioaeaher likely thai, Il the mat
teg we're pFoperiy presented b the work
men, the operators Of every min on TIE
SQUAD ueula fan gracefully into line
anA make she reduction 20 which the
employaa are satiaied Ths Yen boar
sysism onea established, tAsEe never
would b return 10 ne loneeF hears
nos IN vogae. n there Is q single asea-