The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-07
BOYC0TTs.
Tho Employers of Labor Express Them
selves in Regard to Them.


Tho Employers of Labor Express Them
selves in Regard to Them.
The followi was adopted at a meeting
OF the board of directors Of the Employers
Association:
The Board of Manufacturers and Employers Of
California believe that the time has come when
universal and systematic effort should be made
10 put an end TO boycOtts and tie pernictous in
teffefenee OF trades unions with The internal
analrS Oh trade. Unless this be done the alfeaay
suHerihg industries OF the city will s00D become
so Dauly handicapped as TO be practically out OF
the race IN the competition of tile world Every
line Of production has suffered from this cause.
ions OF lronwofk Of all sorts, formerly made
here, are now shipred Ia from the East Large
quantities OF printing are now shipped from the
East. Caliioinla produces some OF the best
leather In the world, and yet the amount OF
leather products imported from the East is
steadily increasing. The manufacturers of fur. o
Much OF the hardwood 6nishngs for ouf
buildings Is prepared ia lie East and shiDped
here ready TO be put IN place. The lumber out
put IS cOrlailed. COastlng vessels are laid I'D.
Although the second wool growing State In the
Union, our output OF wO0eD goods Is. ridIcIf,
lousy small aud growing less Eight hundred
white cigar makers once found employrlent In
San Francisco; now less than 200 work at their
trade. Eastern barrels threaten to close our
cooper. shops. Eastern Bottled beer completes
with superior San Francisco product Several
factories have gone East and more are expected.
TO fellow. Possessing al unr!yaled barber,
splendid location, rich and vast subsidiary.
country and plenty Of capital, tie city"ougbt I'D
grow faster Than tile cities Of the East Instead g
III the present rate, The next census will shaw -
population OF 100000 in place OF The 5O0,0 900 il
ought 10 show. The loss OF the city is the loss Of
the State. Siagnali0n means the consumption IF
Tess lumber, less grain, less fuir. less of every
thing he country produces. 1t means that thi
farmer must pay freight to distant markets Tae'
INNS in the Manufacturers Association employ
10000 people aud nay 100000 Ier~ day iu .
wages what ii these plants 90 East?
Wages are higher here than anywhere else In
the world. According to the Official report o.
fha EF abr SfHffu
than 10 per cent higher than In Illinois; more
than 20 per cent higher than IN New Y0ri mote
than twice The amount OF wages in England
and more than three times tire wages paidlu
Germany, France and Italy. While Wages ale .
higher the hours OF labor are shorter than ~
any other country except Australia, the cost OF
living Is less and The climate permits work air
the year round. This is nOt due to the unions.
1t IS natural to California. 1t would pEeyau #
no unions existed.
The manufacturers do not complain OF the
wages. There is 10 desire 10 reduce theih below
the normal rate which must always remain the
highest IL permitted to do business IN peace.
the manufacturers could pay these wages and
prosper. IL is the element Of uncertainty that
Kills. The labor leader seeks TO control the Elsn
and The manufacturer cannot manage his buS-'
ness 10 the best advantage. Ii is because the
life OF business has heretofore been at the
mercy OF boycott that manufacturers have :.
been afraid to launch into new undertakings.
Improve their plants or push for new avenues cI.
trade.
The levylng and agitation OF boycott is al
ways harmful; not, perhaps, 10 the particular
Industry sought TO be injured, but 10 The CON-
munity at large 1t fomenis uneasiness 1t
alarms capital intended for Investment. IL ere
aes that uncertainty which Is the death OF trade.
II gives bad impression OF San Francisco To in
tending set lers. Boycott circulars always tie.
1t IS not too much TO say that not single truthful
boycott circular has been issued since boycott
ing began. Their misstatements SANDER the
city and SANDER The men doing business mere.
They are pernciouS, destructive and. wholly
bad. The boycott Is crying evil OF our times
Ii is the persuasion Of brute force. II does moi
l.nIn IN graNr QfNT ia -
est. Walking delegates have been brlhtd 20 boy g.
colt conn Editors, and walking delegates have o.
exaeted brides for immunity from -bOycotts.
Ii IS never Just When Calm, NickelSDurg
& Co. Introduced new machinery In their factory,
a committee OF expert manufacturers reported
that The new rate on The new machines actually
increased the wages OF the OPERATOR yet a boy.
colt was levied. The Abend Post Is DOyeOtted q.
after the Typographical Union declared The boy
colt untenable and asked 10 have II raised.
Wellington coal Is bOyc0tied long afterthe Welt
ingtOn strike Is declared of. Breweries are boy :
cotted Notwithstanding the beer-drlyers IN a
body protested against The wrong, and declared.
that they would no longer permit The Federated
Trades 10 dictate what they should eat, drink,
wear or read. DTy-gGOds houses are bOycQtted
although all their clerks declare against it. A
bOycotIer Is In all respects highwaymau. He IS
all Industrial wrecker. His single and simple
proposition is, ''Stand and deliver"
These evils do not spring from the better judy
ment OF the wOrkmeH themselves They ate the
result OF the system OF paid walking delegates
IL Is matter OF common experience that uulOh'
supporting g walking delegate can 5HyeT be at
peace. Tie moment agitation ceases the men
grow careless, do not attend meetings and neg
lect TO pay dues. The paid walking delegate
finds his source OF revenue growing preeaTJOus.
and his reputation as a leader growing pale. He
fOments discomfort, creates labor war; fills .up !
his treasury, aud Is at the observed ofunfOn
men and the hero OF tie hour. The paid walk
ing delegate has everything TO gain from labor
war; the WOrkingman has everything to lose.
III a strike succeeds, the w0Tkingman Is Still a.
loser; but The paid walking delegate reigns su- .
pIenIe. Agitation is tile life OF unIoniSm None
know this better than labor leaders. IEey
have slogan: "AgiIate, educate, organize"
But 'agitate" comes FIRST and is the most in
portant. This activity is good for the paid walk
ing delegate, but IL is ruinOus TO business and
calamitOus 10 the industrious w0fkingman
When a wGrkngman steps 10 consider th'
the amount in assessments 10 assist other union
In trouble the amount he has lost In .ges bj
going out on strikes, lie secs at once that tbP
union has cost him much aud gained him uoEb
ing. The average wOfkiBgmaD does not desire
to belong 10 a union. He DOES notattend the
meetings. He only belongs because compelled
few men run The meetings, run tn unions and
bring on all The labor wars. The few gain BY IL;
the many suffer.
This condition OF things should n0I0uger be
tolerated. The boycott should be stopDed. The e.
citizens OF the State hold this evil in the hollow
OF their bands. Let them declare against the
boycott and it Is doomed. Watch your employees
and discharge boyeOtters. PdtTOniZe b0Yc0tted :;
firms. When hoycotting becomes dangetous.:
and bOyc0tts help more than they HARM, boy
c0tting viii cease.