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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-9-4, Page 4l,. TEE WM. SANDERS, Edit,cr, HU'RSDAY, SEPT, 4th,. 1890, 4.SOUT STRIPES. The announcement that the Supreme Council of the United Order of Railway Employees at its meeting at Terre lfaute, lnd,, decided not to support the strike of the Knights of Labor on the New. York Central and Hudson River Railroad may be, to some extent, con- sidered ' as limiting the effects of the trouble. The Supreme Council repre- seats the Engineers, Firemen, Conduc- +rs,Switchmen,and other organizations connected with railroads; and its active co-operation had, been confidently counted on by the Knights. The Coun- cil, however, after several days' careful examination of the circumstances of the -case, has decided not to order a general strike; and, as if to show that they have thoroughly exhausted the subject, and that there is no possibility of them changing their decision, the members have adjourned sine die. In taking this stand, the Council appears to have been actuated by its well known disposition to discountenance strikes, except in the most extreme cases; and the present strike does not seemingly appear to the Council to come under that category. Probably, in its deter- mination to limit the justification of strikes, the Council has been somewhat influenced by a consideration of the interests of the general public; and determines to recognize the fact that :whendealins. with such large public. bodies as railway or telegraph compan- ies. and kindred organizations, on which the vast body of the general public—in fact, the State itself—is more or less dependent, from day to day, there are other interests to be conserv- ed besides those of employers and em- ployees, This strike on the New York Central has caused almost incalculable damage to a large number of helpless and inoffensive people, who had nothing whatever to do with the grievances of which the strikers complain; and the money loss sustained by these third parties will, most probably, amount to a great deal more than the money loss to either the strikers or the railway company, Business on the road has been paralyzed; freight has been block- ed lock-ed in enormous quantities, and immense loss has been incurred by the spoiling of fruit and other perishable articles; while much inconvenience has been experienced by passengers who were greatly delayed, or altogether unable to reachtheir destinations. In every instance of a railway strike, the outside •public, for whose use and accommoda- tion the railway was supposed to have been chartered by the Government, sutlers . more than the strikers or the company. A case in point has just occurred in Wales, where the railway hands struck, and the town of Rhondda, and a large surrounding district de- pendent on the railway for their daily supply of food, have been reduced to ethe verge of starvation. The whole district procures the larger portion of its meat supply from foreign countries, principally Canada and Australia, the ::;Meat being brought intothe district by rail; and as this source of supply was suddenly cut off, the price of such beef and mutton as could be obtained in the locality rose from 9d. per pound to two shillings• Potatoes more than doubled in price; the value of every article of food was greatly enhanced, and many articles could not be obtained at alb This, of course, entailed great loss and suffering on the whole population, which. lad nothing whatever to do with the quarrel between the railway hands and the eompany. The question of strikes is gettin to be one of the most impor- taut problems of the day; and especially in connection with railways, which, particularly in Canada,, Great Britain .and the United States, haye become the leading common carriers, and on them more than half of the business of the country rests during the summer, and practically, the whole of it during the winter in Canada and portions of United States, According to the pub Unshed report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, there are 700,000 men permanently employed onthe railways of the United States, The railway sta- tistics of Canada do not give the num- bee of men 'employed:; but taking the average shown by the United States of men employed to mileage of road oper- ated, Canada appears to have about 70,000 men permanently employed in connection with railways. Many of these men belong to some organization Veldt partakes more or less of the char- acter of a trades union; and should Sack a thing as a general strike of railway employees be soddenly- ordered it would simply mean ruin ' or starva- tion to hundreds of thousands, and those poor people who could ill -afford to pass through such an ordeal, An event like this is not probable, but it is possible, for at any moment the railway employees and the managers of railway. companies might have amisundorstand ing and a general strike thus sprung upon the country. It is the sudden ness of strikes in railway affairs whic renders them most harmful. In thi age of enlightenment and progress, n one but a Rip Van Winkle would dis puto the right of men to combine fo the protection of their: interests, and t use every lawful means to establish and maintain their rights. But the question forces itself upon the mind, is it quite lawful, or just, for two classes the employer and the employed, to corn bine in such a manner that that much larger class, the general public, should be made to suffer loss or damage—that public being in no way responsible? We' say "combine," because if the em- ployees suddenly strike and threaten not to resume work, unless certain terms are granted, and their employers refuse to grant those terms, although the employers and employed are oppos- ed for special causes and reasons, yet are they combined, so far as concerns the interest of the general public, by the cessation of work in which the general community is interested. If certain fairly provided notice had to be given before a strike could legally be inaugurated much might be done to ameliorate the suffering which such action entails on those not immediately connected with it. It strikes, as in war, the bulk of the loss and suffering gen- erally enerally falls upon the non-combatants, instead of the contestants. The princi- ples of modern warfare, amongst civil- ized nations, require that due notice of the commencement of hostilities should be given, so that non combatants may have an opportunity of removing them- selves from danger, so far as in their power lies. This principle has not, heretofore, been recognized with regard to strikes on railways. The suddenness and sharpness of the blow is generally depended on as a prime factor in the success of the attack. It 'is, therefore, the more pleasing to notice that the carpenters of Chicago, who are about to strike for higher wages have given two weeks formal notice of such in- tention, thereby enabling those out- siders who areinterested in the strike; but are neither employers or employees, to take such means as they can to pro- tect themselves. This principle of giv- hig:notice is most commendable, as tending to lessen the loss and suffering to those indirectly interested in strikes; and there is every reason to believe that if it was more generally adopted, it would not only lessen the suffering entailed by strikes, but would have a tendency towards the adoption of measures of arbitration between em- ployers and employees when differences of opinion arose. It to the interest of the workman that he should not lose his time or spend his money maintain- ing a strike—and it is of paramount importance that capital should not be forced to remain idle; hence, common sense naturally suggests that alt parties interested would be only too anxious to adopt some ` system whereby an understanding might be speedily arrived at, and grievances on either side readily redressed. DISSOLUTION O1 NO DISSOLU- TION. The Reform papers ' are working. h s o' r 0 themselves into an unnecessary state of perspiration on the subject of a dis- solution of Parliament, and an immed- iate appeal to the people; the principal reason attributed to Sir John for such. a course being the great probability of a large crop, accompanied by high prices, which will put the fanners in good humor, and make all other class- es of citizens proportionately happy, so, happy in fact that they will not bother about criticising the conduct of ' the Government, and will retain te Con- servative party in power. That's the rub, If the harvest had been a bad one and the people discontented, the Reform papers would have clamoured for dissolution; but as the case is they are very busy proying to their own sat- isfaction that Sir John has no right, whatever to dissolve Parliament before its full term has expired,and the Globe goesse far as to claim that Lord Stan- ley would haye no right to receive the advice of his constitutional advisers,' if their advice was that . Parliament should be dissolved. According to the Globe, the Governor-General should aet. on his; own responsibility—and the :fitendly tip" (iv;en hitrt;by the ".dobe —and force the present (xovormnout to continue in office whetheit wants to or not. Funny follows these so cal- led "Liberals". Here they`ll se in Can- ada claiming that the Government has no right to control its own period of existence, if it thinks it desirable to ap- peal to the people; w=hile ill England the "Liberals" thou by Labouehere in Truth, aro calling on the Govern- ment to dissolve Parliaineut 'and ap- peal to the people two years before time Why! The reason in both cases is the same.. In England the Liberals. want dissolution because, ,judgin,, from the byseelections, they think an election now would mean a triumph' for their party ;; in Ca. ndda, on the contrary, the Liberals do not want an election now because they know that it would result in an overwhelming defeat for them. Let the Globe and its satellites' contain their souls in patience; As was point- ed out, it does not all look like a disso- lution and to general election, to see prominent members of the Cabinet, starting out on journeys ,„which will keep them away for weeks or ' months; but of this the Reformers may sure,if it is in the interest of the people that an appeal should be made to them now, such an appeal will be advised, If such advice is given by his responsible; Ministers, the Globe may rest assured that His Excellency the Goverr"uor•Gen- eral will accept that advice, And the Reform press can also, rest assured of this, that whether the appeal to the people is made now or two 'ears hence;, the people will give their verdict in favor of the Conservative party, the party of progress, the party of prosper- ity, the party of advancement for Can- ada; and not for the party of blue ruin and annexation, of disloyalty to Can- ada, and retrogression -in other words,, the Reform party. 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