The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-26

| iHdteIldliy dIli liui any, lOSu' uAGsS ~
consequences to itself without feaI
OF or favor to anyone,
| Whether or not these high IDEAL:
have been met in the con,llct of The
paper its readers NAV Judge
| themselves That The Bulletins nrst
act was to denounce and break M
| the corrupt printing combine hat
1t has consistently opposed ana con
! batted the deeprooted and heaven
crying evils in the conduct of oli-
minal trials in the sheriff1s. office IN ]
circuit court; that it has contended
for clean and efficient police
gogernment--these are matters Of rec,
ord; and that it may claim soGle
small degree of credit for the I'M
proved conditions in these directions
probably will not h questioned by
readers Of this paper Nor has i;
been remiss In the matter of material
improvement in the rity; tts voice
has been for betterment always, far
greater and better Cairo"
1t ook much money ami much
hard, persistent work to req tie
newspaper business of Caro- nom lis
low estate ana place It where
| It could claim the respect Of people
at home and abroad; aud While TIE
Bulletin Co. put up the mcn7y anil
| its officers directed the policy OF tie
paper ii is not unmindful OF the part
taken in the work by its employees,
| Ii has no complaint to make now
of their services, and it comedies to
them share of any credit that may
be given to this paper for what good
has been accomplished But there
is a strong point of difference ber
tween The Bulletin Co. and it's en-
ployees: the former has so far
gotten not one dollar from its in
vestment and for its work, while the
latter were paid for what they diS
They were not paid as much as the
company would like to nave paid
some of them not as much as the
men thought they ought TO have
been paid; but they were paid as
much Cor more) as is paid generally
in cities of Cairos newspaper size"
in this state, they were paid
regularly every Saturday evening
whether the proceeds of the business
justified ii or not; they were paid
always to the last penny Of the
justified it or not; THEY WERE
PAID ALWAYS TO THE LAST
PENNY OF THE CAPACITY OF
THE OFFICE TO PAY, LEAVING
NOT ONE DOLLAR FOR THE COM.
PANY IN THE WAY OF DIVIDENDS
DURING ALL THE YEARS THAT.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN
OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY IT..
Could any reasonable man ask more
than this?
Why The Bulletins men walked
out" on May 1st in the manner tina.
they did cannot be explained upon
any ground that would make it ap-
pear creditable 10 them. From the
point of view of any fair minded,
disinterested observer the action
must be taken as serious olTense
argainst business ethics. The Bulletin
Co. certainly felt that it had a right
TO expect at least fair treatment from
the men-treatment that would par
take in some small measure OF the
generous good will which it mad al
kays shown towards them, as men
and as employees But let that
pass.
From union mans point OF view
the action of the men appears very
much like an offense against common
sense--very much like Ia piece of
rank folly. The Bulletin office was
a union office" the men had all
that the union mad asked for in the
way of control, regulations as to
hours manner of work. conditions
OF employment, etc. In the contro-
Versy which they precipitated be-
tween themselves and their employ
ers and which they forced to what NAV
be called an insane Issue, there was
no union principle of any sort raised
or involved they themselves declare
tnat the only difference between them
and the company was matter of a
few cents The Bulletin co. having
Yielded everything else. The more
IMAM 30 per cent OF advance in
wages which was granted was a gain
for the men and loss 10 the com
pany, under circumstances which
would not Justify any advance. But
for the sake of trifling difference