New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-30

nor at the disposal OF any body OF men, Ihey
| knew his opinions when they elected him their
| Parliamentary Secretary. The opinions were the
same now as then and much as he valued his
! position he was not prepared 20 change theih
| for any honor which the Trades Congress or any
| other body was willing TO offer him. \ many
man. Mr.. Fenwick for all his industrial ana
economic eccentrcities.
Mr. Delves this years chairman. is perhaps
| new man to fame or to the general public. we
| are told that he becomes chairman. not by the
choice of the Congress but by the unwritten la"
law which offers this post 10 him as president Oh
the Norwich Town Council A young man or
! thirty or not much more. an Amalganated En-
| glneer and for many years leader OF the TRACE
! Union movement in what it is the fashion 10 can
! East Anglia of which Norwich Is sort OF
| capital. or one capital. That does not say much
| for him. The Trade-Union cause in East Anglia
| has never been n Furnishing one. Il is conser-
vative country, sluggish perhaps, not quick GER
tainly to take up with new ideas. or new move
ments 1t is not industrial in the manufactur-
! ing sense, but agricultural.
Mr. Delves is a Socialist who thinks that there
Is social question and no other sympathy with
Anarchism he dlsclaims; strongly for himself
rather doubtfuly for the Congress as whole
He thought that the Congress would perhaps
he united in .'repudiafing the cruel and vicious
| use Of gunpowder. dagger. and dynamite. his
political views are what YOU might expect Inc
House Of Lords T. the ancient and natural enemy Il
the workinrman or perhaps only Of the working
man I'm his collective or one might say coagulated
condition as Trades-Unionist. But Mr. Delves
will allow no Second Chamber at all. The House
OF Commons may become a useful body when
It's constitution has been improved and especially
when they the workers. assume their proper
place in the control Of its counseis.
As economist. his mind is saturated with the
heresies dear 10 the English trade-unionist; but
for which | suppose he would not be a trade-un-
ionist There is one thing which makes indus
trial organization "a travesty"-probably trav-
esty of what It ought TO be. but Mr. Delves does
not say-namely that markets dominate men
instead of men controlling markets. Adam Smith
has lived in vain. The British workman does
firmly believe that he control markets and
prices ard production: by legislation. whether
Of trade-uniOns or Parliaments. by Violence by
refusing to allow men to work except at the
pleasure of the Unions. by picketing. by other
means. The remuneration of the worker is to de-
pend not on demand or the state Of the market or
any such antiquated considerations. but on its
''value;' and the worker is 10 determine for him.
self its value: and find somebody TO pay It.
The only ultimate solution Of everything is.
according 10 Mr. Delves. Collectivism. Steps
must be taken to relieve the labor market"
Women must not be allowed TO work except at
the same wages as men, Whether the women
can earn the mems wages does not matter they
must be paid the same. The principle Is the
same which governs the trade-union mind with
reference 70 men, A bad workman must be paid
as much as a good one; the weak much the
strong; the unskilled or half-skilled much as
the skilled What Is properly womens work.
and what exclusively mems work. is to be deter
mined Of course. by the men. And as the proper
work of great many women now In mill or fac
tory lay at home with their children. that would
lead to a considerable relief in the labor market"
says the President Of the Labor Congress.
Mr. Tom Mann is another Tradc-Union Cele-
brty The world was told some time ago that
Mr. Tom Mann going into the Church. /
don't know what is meant by the Church. Here
1t commonly signifies the Established Church
but 1t can hardly be supposed that there
question Of his taking holy orders More proba-
bly, ne thought Of joining Of the Two
three hundred secis known Nonconformists
But he has rclinquished that purpose. and Is
now trying TO get into Parliament Meantime
he desires TO be Parliamentary Secretary To the
Trades Congress. In succession 10 Mr.. Fenwick
He is an enthusiast: religious enthusiast. per-
haps. certainly enthusiast for Trade-Cnions
and for Socialism and for Colleciivlsn. and prob
ably for other more or less attractive forms u
nonsense. Like Mr.. Delves he makes free with
figures He told the Congress that the workers
of this country were 'fleeced" by the capitalist
class out of Three Thousand Millions Of Dollars
every year. 4 not unffendly eyewitness de-
scribes Mr. Tom Mann an extremely eXcitahle
and excited speaker. breathing out his Socialism
with such fiery breath as made the passionate
vehemence Of his gestures and expressions quite
painful 70 witness" He attacked Mr. FcnWick
only TO be bowle1 over and crumplcd up by that
cool. hard-headed. practised debater. But ne does
not much mind being bowled over He has been
president OF the Dockers Union. and used TO
rough work.
He has now taken up among other causes, that
of the agricultural aborers OF Norfolk. He re-
vied them for not getting higher pay Somebody
had told him that some Of these agricultural la
borcrs did not get more than twelve thirteen
shilllngs a week. Every well, then" cried Mr.
Tom Mann. you freedom citizens Of Norwich are
subsisting on lees than II takes 10 keep pauper
in the wOrkhouse" GO not know how much II
takes 10 keep a pauper in the Norwich work.
house. where Mr. Mann got his figures.
does il matter. few shill!ngs way the
other nothing after that magnificent Three
Thousand Millions Of Dollars. But why pour out
this contempt the agricultural aborers? Poor
souls. they get what they can