Workmen's advocate., November 29, 1885, Image 1

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ADVOCATE,
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sUiu ttaucn, Connecticut, Aumlay. iUmcmbcv 29, 1885.
K.
BY
SniiSpuK T.iViil ion. t iii-ii iiml
t ree ii ailc ((!ilcii Aire of ( iv
ilizuliou Ion W Mill ol' a
(noil I'll i im- I in I m -rile
(iilihcrisli.
It is a noteworthy fact, that how
ever put our friends. t lie economists,
an- with the laws governing t he nia
t.'.'rial well-being f society- there
seems, nevertheless, to he soinol hillg
a little awry in this pretended sci
ence. 'I'e hear them declaim ahuiit
the henelicciiec id' the present indus
trial system, line is hall' persuaded,
even though starving, that it's just
ahoilt pel'I'ecl. (Sec Sumner's "What
Social ( Masses Owe to Kach tliher.")
Yes, one is almost convinced even
when meditating whether it would
Hot he hesl to put an end to the
misery of his hivadlessi hildren with
poison or the knife, thai it is the
only true and relialde golden age of
civilization.
To a simple-minded person it
would seem a logical sciiienee that
tin.' aggregation of immense fori tines
in the hands of the few mu,-t result
in the distribution of inadequate pit
tances in the hands of Hie many, and
hence something must he wrong.
J5i.it no, this is just as it should lie.
How, do you ask, can this he? Von
.jay: "Why couldn't the fortunes
he a trille less immense and the pit
tances a little larger."
Well, th MM-onomistsdon't say any
thing as to that: perhaps they
haven't thought, id' it. Peradvont ure
if we keep real quiet, so as not to
disturb their laborious thinking,
they'll act lo that part of it. and
then we shall he told all about it.
Listen to t he w ords of oi 1 of I h esc
luminaries - he savs: 'There is
every indication Ihat we are to see
new (lev elopnien I s of the power of
aggregated capital to serve ei ili.a
tiou. and that the new development,
will be made riht herein America."
This was written oer two years
Ugo, Whether the "new di'Velop
nienis" didn't 'pan out" just accord
ing to tie indications, or what, we
e in't sav, but it appears as I hough
civili.al ion will have to "go it alone"
or tind some ol her. and we trust,
more relialde sorvanl than the
"lower of aggregated capital." Putt
let us ret urn to our lirst statement.
that there Seems to be something
awry in this science.
Of course a science of anything is
un lerst'iHil to consist of the facts
composing it and their relation to
one another. If the bets are mainly
"messed at, and their relations onh
dreamed of, then it's only a theory.
A thcorv is a tip-lop thing when used
as a tool, ro to speak, to get at the
real facts and t heir relations, but
sometimes people try to make the
fads tit. thcorv. which makes a bad
job of the whole hll.-iliess. Iloise
doetors, lawyers and. "political econo
mists" are very prone to make this
mistake. Now. civilization. during
the past hundred years, had been
periodically disturbed by so-called
crises, and these eminent men with
their presentiment science have been
trying to tell n all about it.
J5ut strange as it may seem, they
have1, never been able to agree as to
tjie real cause f the troiihle.
rie attribute! 1 it to the sun-spots,
4 . .. , .
.MUDDLED SCI EM
LABORIOUS THINKING
STAR ECONOMISTS.
agam laid it tu the lailuiv oi
its crops, then again one of the star
performers said, lately, that it was
owing to "improper taxation and
unwise currency legislature." And
this is where this "social science"
seems a trille oil'. Certainly one
would suppose that there would be
a little more agreement among these
learned gentlemen as to I hi' cause of
the hodge-podge their much-lauded
industrial system is continually get
ting itself into. We think the
sun-spot claim to be the most tena
ble of any advanced, and for this
reason: The sun is always around
when these social disturbances take
place. As to the matter of spots,
thai could be readily adjusted, for if
there were none of them visible just
about the time of anv speciticd
crisis, ii might still he maintained
that they were there in great num
bers in fad, fin uiuli for a dozen
crises but a little undersized ami
hence, lint discernible. Hut with
the other alleged causes this proced
ure will net work asVell.
When people, for instance, were
about convinced that t he "failure-of-erops"
diagnosis was the correct
tiling, lo! in walks another crisis
rio lit on the heels of the most boun
tiful harvests that the world had
ever seen, .lust as we are expect
ing to be told that too much of a
crop is bail for business on the
principle that "too much of a good
tiling is good for nothing," it is
announced that the money caused
all the trouble; but when the matter
is inquired into it is discovered
that the same trouble existed when
the money was all iilit.
Now, we have this free trade ex
planation, but unfortunately for this
interpretation, it so happens I hat in
free (rude countries they are having
just the meanest kind of a business
depression. No. I hese explications
are evident ly not equal to t he sun
spot alfair. We would ud isc the
gent lellietl to st ick to t hat. I t's de
cidedly I he handiest.
So we see, "things are not always
what they seem;" the pretended
science of political eeunomv is deoid
ly awry in t his. respect.
It is a line science when things
are serene it works like clock work
t hen; but when a tempest is upon
us and we uiv in sore need of sound
counsel, we are comforted bv an
imbecile gibberish of sun-spots and
free trade.
NEW LABOR LYCEUM.
nriilircjiorl Stepping Into bine-rum-pel
it inn Must (oi.
The opening of our Labor Lvcc
nm was a glorious altair. No stand
ing room, and as intelligent and
good-natured a crowd as ever tilled a
public hall. lJobert l'yne delivered
tin' inaugural address ami did honor
to himself and the occasion. The
gist of all the speeches Was: "Tha
workers must emancipate iriisrrrs,
and not look to those who are inter
ested in t hi' existing aiian hv for as-
i distance. h'ganize for universal i-o-I
operation. Competition must go."
! Mav our temple of labor soon be
followed bv others all over the land.
The workers have their destinv in
their own hands if tin v but act with
! intelligent unity.
! liridgeport does not propose to he
j any longer behind in the labor move
; meiit. Our motto is. "liove, Light
and Liberty. M;n.K!i.
"Yes," said the deacon, "our
Heavenly Father knows all our in
most thoughts." "Ttieii." replied
i'ogg, "He imist.bi-osfccssiil "fa
deal of worthless infuriiiVon."
AWAY DOWN EAST.
1 1 is encouraging to see the pro
cress made in the organization of
Labor aiming t he Yankees, and the
l'iue Tree State of Maine is stepping
forward in a manner t hat bodes ill
for white slave drivers. A I read v
there arc about thirty local assem
blies of the Noble h'der of Knights
of Labor carrying on the good Work
and spreading the new gospel of
freedom among the sturdy sons of
Maine, liesides this, they have an
able defender in the Lewistnii Lnnr
A'lcnriilr, which has a large ciroitla
t ion, and Hashes forth the spirit of
unionism in every column. In its
last issue, after announcing the
prospective enlargement of the
paper, the editor said:
We received a letter. Saturday, from
brother I 'rice, saving that at a special
meet inn' of. the Inclmiond Assembly,
Friday evenini;, one hundred lady mem
bers were initiated. This is I lie' largest
number of candidates thai wa.s ever
taken into the order in one ovenini; in
lliis State, lv i -1 1 1 n ii ii I certainly hikes
the cookey this time. The assembly
now number ;!iu. a n'uin of nearly :iiiu in
the i:tst few weeks. The ijiieslioii is
often asked, " What are the Knidils of
Labor com iiii; to';" lur answer is in
variably, "They are coming to (h(.
front."
Light, brother.
Tlien we notice shat there are
narrow-minded and frightened bosses
who try to defeat the object of the
Order by bull-dozing theireniploves.
One shoe-making linn in the town
of Norway discharged all their List
ers without giving auv reason for so
doing, and the Lusters' Protective
Lnion requests all lasters to keep
away fill (lie trouble is settled, lie
sides, instead of having the effect
hoped for upon the lasters, they are
thinking of forming an assembly of
the K. i.f L.
There is one thing noticeable in
the Liihitr Jinirni', and that is a
large heading to an article, as fol
lows: 'M. INK'S J I 'STICK IS I.IMi 1 1 Kit h'UM -OK
Mioiirv I'o. a; (i w.rrv."
Then I hey have the "eritlcr"there,
after all! If its poor quality is an
inducement to let it alone, it is
well. At any rate, Hurrah for
Maine.'
ON WITH THE BOYCOTT.
John .1. ( 'aville. w horn the trick v
scab cigar manufacturers, Straiton A
Storm, charge with eonspiraev
against them, on his return to New
York from t he west, Tia-sdav, said
to the editor of the I'aks-Xn'iiiii
t hat t he boycott against t hal limes
cigars had never been declared
ended, neither would it be until the
Cigarmukers' Progressive Lnion re
quested it. lie also said that he had
scut the following dispatch to the
Knights of Labor in .Massachusetts
and elsewhere:
' None of the secretaries of (lie Order
have ever heen authorized to declare the
boycott against Straiton iV Storm eiidtil.
Do not tim it the agents of that lirm to
throw dust in your i yes, and have no
faith in their false representations. The
boycott is still in force. This isforthe
informal ion of organized w orkmen and
for the pres,"
liesides this. Mr. Caville declared
that he was ready at any time, in the
presence of u representative of the
Yuiks-Zi iiinuj, to personally demand
of .storm proof of his charges,
in default of which he could only
regard him as a liar.
"Johnny, put that unibrell away
before you break it." "O, shut up."
replied Johnny. "What's that you
say j1" "Nothing, papa. I only told
the umbrella to shut up so I could
put it away, as you told me to." The
explanation came not a second too
soon, for the old man had already
arisen from his chair.--Ihnisrillr
flirf'i:
Henry V. Ih.rant. himself a law
yer, said: " Law is the most de
grading and narrow ing of all profes
sions. There is not enough of
I thought or principle in our whole
j system of law to occupy a man of in
telleet for aii hour; ;tll the rest i
mere chicanery ami injustice." Thi
is cyjHTt testation y.
(iOTimrs unions.
VERDICT AGAINST AN UNJUST
POLICE JUSTICE.
fliii airu ami IMiibuh Ipliia to limcott
AiiilM'.nr ib lp. lur (Joil Sake!"
Assistance lor I he Slrik
I'ln," Silk Uemcis.
Ibil Ib iil'sMork.
A very large number of delegates
attended the New York Central La
bor Lnion last Sundav. Ilefore
routine business was begun, a dele
gate moved the eom'iniltce be ap
pointed to draft resolutions condem
ning . I usl ice Jjull'v for his treatment
of one of l he members of he M usical
Lnion, LaM M'liesdav week John
Molleuhauer. a musician, and tiiein
ber of the Cenir.il Labor Lnion. was
arraigned before Police. lustiee Ihill'v
charged with obstructing- the side
walk in front of ihe Thalia Theater,
h giving out boycotting handbills.
When asked wlial he had to say,
Mollcnhauer said he would wail for
his counsel, who was not then pres
ent. illiout wailing for the coun
sel, t he police just ice lined I he pris
oner teli dollars, and I hrcateiieil him
with six months on the island if he
was brought up again before him on
a similar charge. The committee
subsequently reported Ihe following,
which was enthusiastically adopted:
.Vwiivi, That in view ol Ihe fact
that there is a United Slates law against
(hi iinporialion ol foreign cont rael labor,
it is in llaf.'1'ant opposition to thi";piril of
IW lora .lust ice ol one ol our cilv
police courts to line a Trades Unionist
fi r distrilmtiuc; circulars against Ihe em
ployment ot such labor; and
h'vsnlri'il, That Justice I Hilly , by his
action last Tuesday in lining a Trades
Unionist for distributing such circulars,
in denying the ileleiiilanl a brief delay of
sentence until his counsel could arrive,
and in threatening t Maid him to the
island for si. niout hs if he repeated the
act, has placed himself in a position un
iUe.stionablv antagonistic to organized
labor, and merits not only the heart v
contempt of all fair-minded workiugnien,
but prompt removal by the piopcr au
thorities from hisoilieial position.
The committee was instructed to
lake legal advice whether an appeal
could not be taken to a higher court.
I hiring I he d iseiissinn similar resolu
tions were read from Ihe Washing
ton Association, adopted at its last
meeting.
MMie eo-operat ion of I he ( 'cut ral
Labor Lnion and oilier labor organi
zalious in Philadelphia, and Chicago
will be solicited to boycott Mr. Am
berg's t healers in t hose cit ies,
A letter was received from an em
ploye of the Metropolitan Hold
calling upon the Central Labor
"for I iod's sake" to do some! hing to
improve I he condition of t he help in
that place. "The place in which
they have to eat," says the Idler, "is
disgustingly dirty, and they dou'l
get decent food." The matter was
laid over for fut ure act ion.
In a communication the Jewish
Workingineii's Lnion invited the co
operation of t he ( 'en I ral I ,a bor Cn ion
in starling a Hebrew newspaper
which shall be devoted to the inter
ests of the workers.
The committee n the Silk Weav
ers' strike reported having received
?s(l from the New Haven Trades
Council. The I Ian bury (Conn.)
Hatters' Lnion stand at the head of
the subscript ion list, haviiigcoutrib
uted b,"!i. MMie Central Labor
Lnion contributed last, Satur
day. The committee reported hav
ing hired Irv ing Hail for I teeetnber
:i. in which to hold a joint indigna
tion meeting on behalf of the Silk
Weavers and agitating the Light
Hour question. All unions were
asked to send contributions for the
girls still out of work.
It was reported by a delegate of
Typographical Lnion No. ii that
agents of the Trilnim- were 'oiug
around among the newsdealers of the
city and subsidizing them, said Un
delegate, in order to boycott the
good union newspapers. The proper
committee was instrtn ted
gate the charge
THE DERBY SILVER STRIKE.
f L on Peck No Siirrciiiler.
Houaitling Operations.
Newspaper reports to the con
trary notwithstanding, the striking
silver workers of the Her by Silver
Company show not ihe slightest
signs of weakening. On the con
trary, they are in lirsl-rate spirits
and more determined than ever to
obtain justice, and with the aid of
organized workers, will obtain it.
The District Ivxecutive Coniniit-
i
lee and the local boycott committee
were in session at the Kassett House,
Wednesday, where they held a eoii
feieiice with some of the stockhold
ers of thoOerby Silver Company,
relative to the strike. It is generally
conceded that if a national hovcot't
were placed upon their goods." they
would share the fate of other manu
facturers v ho would not take into
account the power of organized La
bor. MMie strike attracts universal at
tention in the town of Oerbv, of.
which Piirminghain is a part," and
the citizens are taking sides with
the strikers with hut few except ions.
Two grocery and provision dealers
in Shelloii. just across the river, are
being vigorously boycotted for as
sist ing t he silver company, by sell
ing them goods for the maintenance
of their imported scabs, who have
lo live at the factory because the
boarding houses will not harbor
them. A number of people who
had ordered their Thanksgiving
turkeys of these dealers counter
manded t heir orders in consequence
of I heir action.
Mr. Miller, one of the executive
moguls of (he silver company, if is
reported, told a hack driver who
toted him home the other evening,
that he would sell out his, properly
and leave the place he was disgust
ed wit ll it, Poor fellow, he will be
apt to tind that workiugnien are
everywhere organizing lo protect
themselves against oppression. It
would be wiser for Mr, Miller to
stay and "stand in" with the hoys,
live a happy life and be respected.
New liavcn looks with pride upon
the growth of unionism in the
" Valley," and the best wishes of
our " boys" go with the brothers in
Derby.
HENRY WILLIAMS.
MMie colored boy. whose history
was printed in the A nvoi a i i: last
week, has found many friends who
will interest themselves in his be
half. 1 1 is case is only one of many
similar ones that are never heard of
because of the humble position of
the poor dupes of rich and influen
tial tyrants. Organized Labor is
not so much dependent upon the
employing class as formerly -nor
upon the especial servants of rich
employers, the courts. (iood old
Lnele P.oycott is the right bovver of
the oppressed n'lm are artit niv;il . In
the ease of this boy, Henry, the
organized workmen are but extend
ing their operations in a proper
direction, and it is only desired that
justice be done, without delay or in
decent haggling.
EXIT SHEPARD.
MMie skin game bureau that was so
successfully advertised by the WotiK
mk'n'k Aiivik atk as a fraudulent
concern, has changed hands, it
seeras. W hether t he new incum
bent will continue the practices of
his predecessor remains to be seen.
lint the purchaser of Shepard's little
" oeailqiiarlcrs has found out his
mistake already, though the wily
"employment agent" had skipped
before tin- truth flashed ujion his
dupe. Shepard was inveigled to
this city again, and, while at his
lawyer'" otlice, was jKiiineed upon.
His lawyer gave bonds for him,
however, and the natural fuipMsi
tion is that the lawyer was (ixeil
with cnll iti rif ' I'nM-rirT If he
settles in
WIRY Tlill-()'-rA
UULLED, HOODWINKED Al
BLINDED SCABS.'
Ailti'ilisiiiif lor Sen Its In Valu
es! H i red m Hers Warned 1
Olbiiib'il Ambulance Dri
ver - Hoy roll Ihi nu
lla ii. Ale A ire nt,
W it Is the 1 1 resent week the fit)
month of the wiredrawers' strike brl
gins, and both the opposing partie.
are evidently as determined us eve
to continue the little unpleasaiifJ
ness, notwithstanding Ihe fact thai
the company have secured a good
number of the vermin who, possess-
ing neither honor nor i'cspeef;,bility,
become the pliant tools to cut
only the throats of their fellow I
but eventually of themselves.
dupes, to beguiled hoodwinked:
blinded into forging chains
binding them tighter and tit
annul ineirnecKs; to tie decetviJ
tine promises never intended
kept.
"lie o Hie pc
incuts of the Wire Company
iieareii in a vvcsiern paper wmi
i . . ii- i i
they guarantee a number of aVl
wiredrawers steady work anil
wages, but up to date hot a ml
t limed up from I hat section,
men in the West are fully aJ
the way the 1 wenfy-live lneiij
used who came here sliortli
the Hti'ikwalyl trwitrd-ietrtt
in the honor of thescab import)
MMie liner grades of work aft
pealed unsuccessful attempts
at last been abandoned, and
prospects of I he main out-put
mill (coarser sizes) do not if
very brilliant, judging from
anecs and t he ' necessity olj
shears being erected to dcrtul
accumulating scrap.
In our last issue we
oll'ended a certain empli
null, and I here arc good grl
other people in the
v iew with apprehetiNioir
of some new disclosure!
issue
MMie ostracised proprj
Hotel Syca has at last hi
eiiienf, the agent for
Brewing Company, 1,1
ban of Pine Street, Fi
ing taken pity on Uih
men of humanity n
four rooms in the yoj
I r...i....l,. .J':
i ' I I i., t ' M 1 1 1 1 i i y Tff
, . . ' ( if
ll. ( lose as a carriagi
well, Michael, you
that organized work
linger in the pie am
this paper reaches our
orous boycott will bi
vour XXX.
WHAT i
An exchange sfl
tlie stars in a nail ke
a rail fence to dry,
to soak, unbuckle t
nity and let out thn
never delude yourse
you can eseaie till
tory unless you ;
The editor of.
is permitted to
cell, but the In;
licicnt for bin.
at ail laminar .
ions bias of joij
this as the ve;
ty. Ilrooklyii
(loisl
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