Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-02


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Chicago has long been noted for ~
en'orprIsinr. pushing population aud
Ne wldc-awakc. up-to-dale newspapers
II was thc home ~ the Hevcn-iiy paper
before the custom was adopted else
where. and the papers have become a
part md parcel u the social fabric.
second 40 Importance 10 none. For The
| FIRST time ~ the history Of the city u %
about 90 have IT, newspapers shut m
FOR day anyway. perhaps longer The
cause u this Is The strike ~ the ntcrco-
typcrH IN the printing offices: they
want a higher rate " compensation
than tho publishers are willing 10 pay.
and 40 this distance. and considering
these times. the scale demanded does
seem rather cxorbltant. The sterco-
typors now receive ia25 for a days
work ~ clght hours-vcry fair compsn-
sa,lon. surely. but'they demand q and
seven hours work. an Increase nil told
~ about 20 per cent This H. on the
face m n. demand that could only 10,
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usual emergency or a sudden and great
revival In the business transactions "
The country. with things 10 near
the bedrock" principle No az present.
the wagc-workor should no, expect 20
greatly exceed tho condition In wages.
especially when doing 90 much better
than many others, and any prospect 81
improvement l. merely a hope. not a
tangible thing that the employers can
realize on.
No Just or reasonable person will
seek 60 withhold from labor fair rate
of compensation for services rendered.
That the laborcr Is worthy his hire IL
evident from the experiences Of man
kind as we'll aH by the prcccpt of HoI
Wrlt that question then remains ~
10 what fairness and Justice mean In
such connection. how they are 10 be as
ccrtalncd and arrived at The Chicago
stercotypcrr. like many other crafts
men aud laborcrs. seem 10 have coa-
atltutod themselves On * partc tribunal
and decided the matter FOR themselves
without permitting the other parties In
interest 10 have a hearing or rspreaen-
iatlon ~ any kind. II 10 wrong A.
an evidence Of this. II viii he observed
that the employers are doing exactly
aa the employed dds that H.. they do.
eide their own onso In their own way
without calling In the adverse party.
How much better would Il have been
to make the subject one for Joint con-
Hidoration. ana n satisfactory COM
clusion could not then be- reached. TO
submit u 10 the Judgment of dlsin-
terrntcd parties friendly 10 both the dis
nutani,' A. II h. the publishers will
undergo a serious loss IN money and
prestige by reason Of the temporary
dlrcontIuuancei the people wiz be bad.
ly dIscommoded for want OF tho news.
and this. too, az time when the news
10 more in demand than AZ any other
period within three decades. and being
made acquainted with an the clrcum-
stances, viii, In most caaea. hold the
workmcn responsible. ana perhaps visit
recruitment upon them. 10 that they.
too. may be- losers IN something moro
than the money OF which they VIII be
deprived
There can be- no reasonable fault
found with men who work Tor a llylng
securing az much for their services AZ
they are worth. provided no unlawful
or unIuHtlnahle means are employed 10
ofeo, such purpose. But they ought
always 10 keep IN remembrance that
their services are worth moro or less at
some times than al others. and the
compensation must also depend. 10 a
great extent upon the state u tho /
1us'neFa In which they are engaged. II |
II not hard 10 sec and understand that |
a days or a weeks work. or work for
any other limited period may be worth.
twice 49, much M one time a. another,
lr only half as much. an depending on
how valuable u % 10 the employer; tia
s, how much he rolllaea out of II. Il
ichoovoa him 10 advance prices Of COM
lenaatlon when hls business advances.
ma tac ompIoye 20 consent 70 a re-
lucllon when there Is q marked falling II
ln. For other 10 refuse 10 recoshiia
Dis rule is o. form OF tyranny. and ~
ueh, la Objectionable In this fres eoyh
ry