New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-15

NHEELBARROW: Articles and Discussions on the
Labor Question; Including the Controversy WIN
MIR Lyman J. Gage Ethics of the Board OF
TISde, and also the Controversy with Mr. Hugh
o. Pentecost and oil 9rs on the sngle:TaS 9ae cn
Court" Publishing Company.
This little volume is republication Of articles con-
tributed to The open Court" by writer whose Sros
sympathies with the Of the working people nave
not betrayed him into accepting all the 1aiacies "
common In discussion Of the labor qucSuon' "o
writes with not little zeal and heat al times ana
denounces all sorts Of mOnopoies and abuses "i'h d"
much e0rnestness any trades union aei'''oi
show and vet has behind all his zeal sred' 'e "
common-sense. Accordingly. his cnucisms Vi vi.
methods adopted by workingrnens ore"h1A'.o'' '--u
~ the policies TO which the labor ORGANIZATIONS ae
go .,n,,,,.d are also frank, shrewd and strong
A tow br,ef extracts will give better idea OF tno
writer. stvIe and tone of thought than can DC gwen
NV any description. Thus, In regard 10 CONVEY i"oo
he says: .. .,no,,,o,
have tried to analyze the principle Of non'eompe"
az enforced by trades unions. ana SO laf 's nov"
- h,e 70 resolye it into constituent clements lIs
cb.f ingredients appear TO be monopoly ana senS'''
,1,h sonc very foolish Gre0d Of the evils OF aoWue
II adding 70 the wealth Of country Is an INJURY.
THEN subtractne from wealth must be ihen'' anu
tnersorc the destruction tools and clothes ana houses
and furniture must BE- desirable tihg uhe
instead OF being great calamity was sINoO 0 '
ubs fallacv is firmly cherished by worSingmeh IL Is
guiding principle Of trades unions anu Is P
want and poverty incalculaole' 49, . -,
take this opportunity to explain my position on 'he
,r,no,.ant subject of organized LAT or. have been
g,dd nv many able and useful organs Of the wornhg'
~ oe an armament OF trades unions kniGhtS OF ioo''
and labor associations generally This Is m's'aAe'
bave merely criticised such OF their laws ana regulations
s thought were founded on error ana lnlusuce' an
mot discouraged the workingmen In Their aues
disagree with me their theory OF social economies
II that is the phrase 1t is not OF much
inst now whether woFkingmen in thef associS"o"e ~
thinking right or wrong; the sublime encouragement
Cgpnfn IN
cht in time That many OF the doctrines now heiu u,
the trades unions will lie radically reversed o' N''
have no doubt whatever. The unnatural dosm" ''aV
avery wo-lxncman is competitor" oil ever! o~N,
t,,,,r,an mus. co II makes death or illness OF
every waeeworAer benefit to all the rest doctrine "
in its full development, would make societS hu'o s
to live in. In its place must come tie No. ., nd
manier principle that every WORKER j WV f
friend Of every other ,,s ,rr
AS 10 the demand that the Government snouiu own
md operate railroads and elegraphs the WrlI 81.
1t would make the tenure Of Office permanent anu
settle tho question OF civil service reform Az the "
as,drt.l eoction all the mail carriers marched In he
Rsine nrocession Had all the railroad men ana teie
graph men and OF them joined In uhe Ihc' W.
should seen at once how hopeless wouu oe nS
tempt to 'turn the Iascas out" And II Is curious
phenomenon in this country that the ins are always e
rascals and the ''outS' the honest men.
Regarding speculation in breadstuhs, In reply 10
defender Board Of Trade PRACTICES the writer say
As making bread dear j. morally crime. leu Us MAKE
Z. crime bv law let us build pentcntiaries 70 ac-
commodate those of trade who make dear the oa
of the poor the lineal descendants OF e solu
Frvptan sreculators who tried TO corner all the corn ID
Feynt because there VAS famine in the land OF canaan
Statcemen OF brain tell NE that cannot POSSIBLY oc
hungry because statistics the increasing aess
" the land. / took seat In the gallery OF inc
limited States Senate order to hear the debate In the
Arena below me club Of millionaires. To my sur
brise they hod lost the Of natural speech
fhey could they chnked like dollars rus'lee III
bag In metallic monotone they told that Of the Joint
al tHe cla of al
lutely and relatively increasing while the share OF cspta
was relatively decreasing When ask for my dividends
I am told that Get them on from the statistics
It will be seen that the writer has not very large
hmm of reverence and is considerably eccentric and
wayward in his thinking, but he has some sensible
things TO say and says them tOlerably well.