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How Unions Are Unjust

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
June
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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TIhti' is a game now belng played by ;i body of men In ttote city whlch is nut Uhe leas interesting In that H l BO subtly carrinl on. Typographloal ünlon bolde the playera, and thelr ,-iim is bo gel a!l compositora nol Dnion men out of the offfcee. That may geem pertectly rlgöt, bul wneo one reflecte tint biuidrede of compositora :n-r not incnibcrs OÍ tile l'nion. there can casiiy be Boen thai there are fcwo Bldee bO the story, 'llir spii-il of aa.v tradea uudon is non-Amerlcan. The unions are not eompoeed of Americana to amy ezteot. Tney keep boys from l'iiin'nit traiic.-. 'J'licy put i premium on Lncompeteocy, lat they claim as iiiucli oiio member f the UftSon as for vnoMir!-. li a man is dlacharged beoanse he worthleaa, the Union men reqtilre liiin to be relnetated, not bocauae he is a good worker or unjustlv dieobarged, bal becanse he la a Dnfaon man. 'The TypoKrapliical lnion a.-kc.l all Knlght oí Labor to boycotl onc of the b.'st and cleaneel IifW.spapc'i-s publisheil in Boston. Why, ilo yon guppoee 1 Perhaps you tlúnk the workn-s on it are paid liareïy llTJng wagea 7 Not al all. Ite torce is ji.-iiii Bjnong Ue besi in tbe city. It keepe its old men wli have gpot b - yon;; the ability tO WOrk on daily edlhlone, and glvee bbem mlaceüao is work to do at regular ratee, simply to reward thcin tor the yeara they worked wbea in their prime. It paya the iamily ii part of Lts ï-i'portorial force hIki (Ked on duty, a pension, to be kuk'finitely coniinnod. It treats every momber of it toree, trom the cditor-ui-ehief to the Office boy, 06 II tliey were all membew of the Bame fainüy. Aml vet the Typographical inioii wante tiiat paper boycotted. wiiy ? Beoense they employ some compositora wlm are not memberfl of tliat Utóon. They want to turn all numen out of office becauee most men who hire women lite them botter than men as coinpositors. They are steady, reLiable, neat and qulet. The Vnion objects to them beeause they work in smaller offices at lees pay than Vnion workers deinand. Uut the liiion failsto eonsider that many papers whdch now nupport (rom live to six dozen workers WOUld be Torn il out of exi.-tence bad tlivy to pay doub'.e ratea, and tJiose workers woiild have ttótbing whatever to do, whkii la hardly au improvement to tibe wiirld at all. Il capital :■ labor as labor unions 1yraimize ovcr oinploycrs, t.lie world would be filloa wlth celes ol the slavery of ric'.L ovrr the poor ; lut the inipositions of the worklng men over oilicrs who do not belong to unions, and on employcr.-, ae aot beeded at al!. Thorc wlll come a day When üita sort oí il cease. The üni.ms by t íii-ir Injuetice wi:l brlng about their own dowafall, and tor the sake of tlie boys who want auil lieed to toara tradee, tor tbe .sake of the real working men who depencLs upon the quality of liis work to bring him more, for the sake ot the empLoyers Jn a email way avIio cannot compete witlí Mie men wlio can pay the heavicst w&gem, the tsooniT the downfall n 's the bette.r. A monopoly of labor is more wickcd, and its effects are inore evii than any trust on articles of commerce can be.- Massachusetts Ploughman. There are two doubts whJch ought tu lie removed Erom the public rnind and WO aid in the restoration of confidence. One - the apparent determination of President Cleveland to f orce on the silver bill, and rc-assemble congress in September next. That is now the most probable date for action. l'ublic opinión lias recelved some pretty severe object lessons on the silvcr questlon of late, and an Important ehange of .sentiment in tinwest can be depended apon to aid In repealiní;; the Shcrman law. Monover, the greal busiceee centers oí the i--t are mu si silvcr crazy as lias been popularty euppoeed in the cast. Another Important clement of doubt. has been taken nnu-h more seriously lli.in cleserved ; that te, the tariff ontlook. r.usiiies operatlona extendIflg iutu the. [UtUPe have often bern eiic,usiy eúrtalled tbrongh fear of carly tariíf revisión. Sueh fears are entircly gronndlesB. Congress Avill ciTtainly not begin the tariff questlon until the Bllver muddle la settled : and even sliould it be taken up at the gam time as siiver, it would be Late in the current year belore any general plan oí procedure eould be agreed apota. Moatbe would be ued in taklog tstimony, In compUing Bcbedolee, kn oommlttee conferences; and even sbould the questlon be expedttloualy handled, whlch does not geem ;it all Ukely, severa] months wonld probably elapse before the n ■■ bLll becurae law ; so that it seema mtt-riy Imposible for any cbange In the tarifi to Ik; put imo force Withdn ten or twelve montha. If the business mind were rclievetl of tbese unncces8ary unccrtaintics ïinii-U WOUld ha done towards a restoration of conlldouce. Thore aro perioda when m-iilimciit carrlea prlces mucb above their tntrlnslc leve] ; lmt llns is a time when dtetrusi Tled them aa ïiHich lx'iow thek1 true level. Thls la pari I ulai-ly i ru i rallroad ■ I the peri] - oí ion.

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Ann Arbor Courier