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23cruuck 3nfccpcnfc»eniIssued tvtRt Mio»t,ZDm. ii. IDoein,) S.W. Dickson.5. IT. Dickson, Managua €iitorKolCTfd for tmnsmluiOD through the m»i k Second CUm matter.Ptrrtoii s r,T • *in advance.FRlltA Y, MIVEMHER 27,Tilt CtT IN WAOES.There has heen begun in tliii* country r reduction of wages which in the end i-destined to affect many thousands o' workingmen. That it will he made w ah more or less trouble is very likely, as latsir leaders are advising that it n dsted Opposition, however, will avail little for reasons whieh it is well tor every workingman thoroughly to wider-stand lie fore he engages in conflict ovt r the mattet.\ v.-ar ago when wages on the averag* in tliis country were the iiigliest in tin-history of the world, employer* of lais.i, because of the rush of contract w.-ik. were obliged to pay whatever wage lab r demanded. Those contracts were remunerative and the employer could afford !■ pay higher wages than had before obtained. llut these contracts have now been filled. The price of product* haw declined, lancer price* to stimulate business have been established. Between restricted output and lower prices sotm -thing lias to lie done in order to keep mills going. Capital is less profitable, and wages must be reduced, lliis is the situation in a nutshell, and it shows th« futility of attempting to olistruet the inevitable. If it does not it is well to regard the matter one step farther.It is tin* employer who decides uhethci or not lie can make an article of commerce and sell it at a profit. If he In -lieves Jie cannot make the articlw and make a profit out of it, he will not attempt manufacture. If tin* element o risk outweighs the prospective protit In will not make the article. In time ot ♦Uikening demand whatever increase, his rjsk injures his workmen, for the only way he can insure his risk is to rcdun the wage* of ids workmen. It must b* apparent, therefore, that it becomes tin duty of labor to itself, in times like tin present, to do all ill its power to give sta-nility and safety to the business from which it draws its wages, thereby nurs mg the so-called good times and ju-gify-ing the continuance of high wages, rathei than planning obstruction to the busim s.-liecause reduction in wages is rendered imperative.It is tlie employer who determine, whether or not lie shall engage in busi ness, how lie can conduct business witi greatest profit, who takes the risk of bu»i ness, and who is best aide to doeidn wha' w ages he can pay in fairness to hitnsel auul iiis workingmen. If an emplovet decides all these questions honestly, h l air ness to himself and his employes, in is certainly deserving of more consider ait ion than is contained in tha advice ol labor leaders to resist the present reduction of wages.with by w sulut live i-anaregueitie four and com eitie our dem that nine rent mist lioU was exp f t!ti lilt i.treaii lit |Ulb rd, pm (lustra sen: •on tli# int. I're wm reelt; hs-rtnerntin!W’Ol\df
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Berwick Independent
Berwick, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Nov 27, 1903
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