The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-03-24
given in tips does not reach the till.
.-,. Official View. - H.

given in tips does not reach: the till.
.~,, Official View. .,s f.,
observe that the official organ of
the trade boldly declares that it has
always been agreed among mast
ers that the practice Of tipping was
wrong and defensible, harmful to
their business and the trade, and an
enectual bar to a much needed in
crease In the prices charged for sal
Don attendance" In other words,
II the customers tip less they will be
able to pay more. But it is equally
true from the employees point of
view If they pay more thy will no
doubt tip less, and in the absence of
definite promise of an equivalent
rise In wages is there any wonder that
the assistants do not appreciate the
beauties of the proposed new ar
rangement?
Revenge on Postman.
Talking of tips, am sorry to see
that there is probability Of the post
man being deprived of his Christmas
box owing to his daring to the
nickname "blood-sucker" which a
Troy post master general had applied
to him. The proposal is made by the
writer in an English contemporary.
He says: II hope every unionist will
remember the postmen's Christmas
box next Christmas. A penny saved
is penny gained" What beauti-
full Tory spirit is shown here. Poll.
itical wrath is to be nursed for near
ly year, and then the Walls are to
be poured forth on the head of the
poor pOstman. And all to save
penny, too.
Boycotting as Political Weapon.
In many places however, the evil
day of revenge has not been post
poned for twelve months. From in
vestigations carried out by the
westminster Gazette in the Maldon
Division of Essex it appears that
regular system of boycott has been
put in force there against those who
supported the liberal candidate. Mr..
Pierce, a grocer of William, has re-
ceived intimation from eight CT nine
of his customers that they wished
their accounts closed, and they made
no bones about telling him that his
identity with the Liberal cause was
the reason for transferring their Gus
tom elsewhere. Mr.. Appord, book
seller and printer in the same town,
has had similar treatment meted out
to him, his particular sin being that
il the ordinary course of business
he printed some of the literature of
the successful Liberal candidate
"Quite a score of people," aff1rms
Mr.. Appord, @have come into my
shop and have told me 10 make
up their accounts simply because
executed orders for the Liberal agent.
Yet have been here for ten years
and have kept my politics in the
background. In 1900 did work for
both parties to the satisfaction of
each. Printing is part of my bust
ness. l am here for that purpose,
and to boycott me simply because
| carry out the orders of what has
proved to be the winning party is, to
say the least of it, contemplate"
1t is dastardly, I should say, but it
shows the depths to which Toryism
can sink.
Borrowed Tactics.
I took up Winston Churchhill's
life of his father the other day, and
[ happened to come across a passage
| in a speech by the great Irish lead
err Parnell which did duty at many
1orry gathering not so many years
ago, and which I have no doubt
scooped many vote into the ballot
box for the unionist candidate. Mr..
Parnell than in the heyday of his
power, was advising his followers
how to treat any one who offers as
sistance to their policy. He said:
You must show him on the road
side when you meet him, in the
streets of the town, at the shop coun-
ter, in the fair, in the market place.
| and even in the house of worship by
leaving him severely alone
you must shoy him your detestation
of the crime he has committed"
We can see now quite clearly from
| whom the Tories have borrowed their
tactics. But have they forgotten
that Tory governments used to put
men In prison for acting in this way?
A Black List.
A writer in the "Somerset County
Gazette who signs himself Fair
Play" develops, what is probably the
most complete scheme yet propound-
ed for ostracising political opponents,
After condemning the Liberal policy
he proceeds:
Let each one of us bear in mind.
and discriminate in our everyday
dealings, between those who allied
themselves, actively or passively,
with the party who are responsible
for what I have above described, and
let us give our full and hearty sup
port to all our daily transactions to
those who stood by the cause which
we hold so dear and who fought and
struggled so we'll for u.s.
Again l am reminded of Parnall's
historic words:
when we come out of the strug-
gle we shall remember that those who
were with us and who were against
us, and we shall deal out our reward