The Irish standard., 1888-01-14
THE IRISH STANDARD: SATURDAY, JANUARY Il, 1888.

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and to make The lR1sH STANDARD a
fearless and out-spoken advocate of or
ganized labor. It was within the ranks
of the Typographical Union, we say,
that our own dim lamp borrowed from
the brighter lights Of those around US,
and while we live our warmest regard
will 60 out spontaneously and freely to
the men who are conscientio strug-
Cling to better their own condition and
that Of their fellow-craftsmen.
The Minneapolis Typographical
Union demands that each Of its mem
bers be paid SIG for every week of SO
hours. No one will charge the Union
with being unreasonable in its de-
mand. Can any mau. especially one
with young family to provide for, live
on less than $16 per week ? In only
two or three instancds did the Specta-
tor pay Union scale. All others re-
ceived wages ranging from So to $40
per week.
But this is not the worst feature of
the SPECTATORS boycott Of the Union.
The editor must be fearless man, in
deed, when he can come out openly and
speak disrespectfully of honest labor.
This he did IN the last issue of his pa
non yNho M horc of +bo TTo;o,, o,,1
the courageous young ladies not
belonging to the Union who
asserted their God-given rights
and shook the dust of unfair la
Dor from their sandals, are referred to
as being lost, strayed or stolen" We
would inform the Spectator in the
most delicate manner in the world that
the days of traffcking in human
flesh are no more, and that no
person, even if he be SO unfortun-
ate as to work for SO penurious task
master as the editor of that paper has
proved himself to be, should be submit
ted to che indignity Of such acontempt-
ible remark. In the cases of the young
ladies one would expect that the chiv-
airy which characterizes our American
nen would have protected them from
such vile insult. Every honor
able man will spurn the abandoned
creature who dares to speak of pure
young ladies as being 'Slost. strayed Or
stole,l."' Perhaps this is is sample OF
che journalism the Spectator intends to
give it's readers for the year 1883.
The Spectator insinuates that it does
not enter into direct competition Will,
any Union Office in the city. This is a
falsehnod. .4nE IRISH STANDARD has
reasons for saying so. We pay our men
the Union scale, and for that reason
openly confess our inability to take a
certain class Of work at Spectator rates.
If evidence OF this statement is re-
quired we can furnish the same to
any interested person any hour Or day
Of the week.
The attempt of the Spectator man to
pose as q martyr is disgusting. We ad-
mire the spirit that inspires men to die
for 9 cause, when they are consciell-
tions, but individuals, lit would be full
some ilattely to call them men,) who
desire to appear as martyrs by asking
honest men and women to work for less
than what will procure the ordinary ne
cessitlas Of life, can receive nothing
but The contempt OF everybody. Self.
constituted martyrs are q drug Oh the
market, and the editor Of that |
paper has Judged amiss when he
tries to ieguile the public into believing
that his trouble was Che result Of any"
thing but All attempt on his part TO de-
prive his iaelp Of that. to which they
were Justly entitled--a fair days pay
FOR fair days work.
But No AZ has still another duty to
perform 1t must inv yestigate the rela-
Nonshlp which every weekly newspaper
ia this city bears TO- the Typographical
Union Irregularities are known to ex-
st, and thev must be Strengthened out
before the work OF placing tue union
III a solid basis is satisfactorily accom-
}iisled. Thereare many weekly news
oaper Offices in which the name OF the
Union lis unknown. This must not be.
Il is said. with what truth We know
not, that several religious newspapers
we're, uDt2l recently. among this MINI
oay. 1t is hard to believe that the pro-
,rietor of q religious weekly would ne
elect to practice the injunction Of the
apostle Paul. written from Rome to the
yolossiaus. lie urged masters to give
into servants that which was just aud
quail. One thing is certain, however,
hat these same papers boast of their
'rosperity andin all other respects ap-
ear to be feeling quite we'll
Let the Typographical Union place {
very Office III this city on record. They
hat are not with us are against lis, and !,
very otfice in this city must either en- {
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