The daily critic., 1890-10-21

irCmen are IN the majority, and their
ORGANIZATION and federation Is The hope
of The country There is no fcud be.
tween capital and labor
WotkinCmen are not the enemies of
capital. Their life struggle is TO obtain
their fair snare of &C. They are the
enemies OF that class OF capitalists who
deny them fair share Of the wealth
they produce Workingmen know that
iheir interests are all bound up iu peace
iul remedies. They are determined TO
bavc righteous laws. righteouslv sd
ministcrCd. To THIS 30 Is coming
Every sign Is cheering, and though here
and there disturbances will come, and
in lie philosophy of mind as well as Of
matter it is well they do come, since
they are protests against wrongs. they
do not submerge the land In blood
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DR.. Bapshawe, Catholic Bishop of
Nottingham, England. after reviewing.
In his address at the social congress at
Liege, the inordinate hours of labor
required Of the working classes, con
cluded as follows "We confirm this
view, that man who labors has right
10 wsges such as that he may live de.
Gently by his labors, by considerations
from holy Scripture. II God has or
dained that man shall eat his bread in
the sweat Of his brow, he has also or.
dained that he who gives his work in
the sweat Of his brow shall also have
sufficient bread 10 eat And, again, st.
Paul declares that he who tills the
ground should be the first TO eat Of the
produce. But whether the laborer's
just right to adequate wages for reason
able hours be admitted or no, there can
be no question that for the public good
the State has the right to interfere for
the purpose Of limiting such hours of
labor as may be injurious aud exccs-
sive.
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The days Of strikes will never be
past, according to the editor of the
Rights cf Labor, until all men every.
where are free, industrially economl.
cally, socially and every other way. As
long as injustice sways the world
strikes will be resorted to to overcome
IT, Whenever workingmen become so
lost TO their own sense of protection as
To indorse the puerile and really idiotic
idea of no strikes, and act on that
principle, that. moment will they rivel
the shackles Of industrial slavery around
their neck so tightly that only death
will relieve their suffering An indi.
vidual who will not strike against
Injustice deserves not the name OF man
or woman. Then away with the fool
talk Of the day Of strikes Is past" II
Is ihe only weapon mankind possesses
20 kpht against the Tyranny Of organized
robbers. When labor receives the full
product Of its own oxertion, then, and
not till then, will the day Of strikes be
past.
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The sum Of all strikes investigated
during five years by the New York
Bureau Of Labor Statistics shows
total Of Gi,SO4 operatives engaged IN
successful strikes where wages were
involved, the result being an estimated
gain for the year following the strike
Of S5,s32, ,33777, with a total for the
whole number for the five years Of
Sls,623, ,06O,77. The gain per capita
during five years would be about 81
per week, the number of employees
being presumed as constantly az work
Besides the advance In money receipts
accTuing to the workers It is well known
that In many instances a proposed re-
ductlon has been defeated and a loss
prevented, which Is almost equivalent
to a gain. Nor must the very general
reduction Of hours be forgotten. A
wage earner's leisure rightly used Is
almost equivalent 10 money gain,
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Bad whisky aud much tobacco Is a
root Of many Of the troubles Of the
wage-earuer-ill,regulated lives, by
this or that violation of some law Of
health. Many laboring men are dlssI,
pated. Some may be even low in their
tastes and habits. some may be reckless
and dissOlute. some may be lazy and
idle, some may love more 10 gad about
and talk than 20 work. some may be
fTetful and work and loaf IN successive
spurts. There are vices Of the rich and
vices Of the poor, and no cause is quite
So prolific Of misery TO the workingmeu,
one might claim with a show Of fair
ness, as their vices, says the Labor
Lauder.
Sc
I'll e hours of field labor in the South
have always been from sun 10 suu."
White farmers who do their own work
and the freedmen also-adhere TO the
ancient usage The same rule holds
good IN other out Of door emplOyments
such as railroad construction and lum
beTiBg II Is these extra hours, says
the 81. Louis Republic, as well as The
low rate Of wages, that make the cost
Of all work done By unskillgd hands
much less I'm the South than ia any
olheT section Of the country.
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More than 1000 stOnemas0ns 10 Ber-
lin are without work OF money. The
builders say that the stoppage Of their
trade. from which this state Of affairs
has resulted, Is due 70 the recently
increased agitation of the social democ
racy. Every one Is afraid 10 contract
for new buildings for fear of a strike
for higher wages on the part 0f the
wuTkingmen as soon as the work Is un-
der way.
The average weekly wages paid al the
present time 10 agricultural lab0rers ia
England Is about lSs IN France. about
l4s; IN Germany, l2s Ga 20 l2s 9d, aai
I'm the United States about 25s but, iu
the latter case, board Is also included
In 1880 English labOreTs received about
9s I'd weekly; Fsench. 9ss German, Is
81, and American, los with hoardE
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