| Show WAGES tie the coming semon bids fair to he be an n exceedingly ba bu bay y one and the p prospect is is rood good for a large demand for call cal labor of every description ioli the con ditino mechanic in utah is il as rapidly ebangi changing ng as the its social tiona of utah themselves every old resident remembers th the days when his labor was pid paid for in every conceivable article of barter ir except cash and ana when that article dawned upon the territory all al alo a remember reme nibe or alio th 0 or of the laurch chuoc h loader leaders to lo reduce their wages too la the munificent tango of 75 ornu to iio per day gospel wages bilich effort however A people them ichu ches indignantly i frowned down from that little to tho the present the condition of our carpenters painters bricklayers blacksmiths and aad other file die chanice has haa steadily improved and tho lila from the barter to a cash basis n is nearly consummated and all regulated by the natural laws of supply UP and demand notwithstanding ill all thi i our oar boat best me chili acl irly are ibi pila paid as liberally all a in many of the eastern and cities where the cost of living i ii AS aa low JOW as here one reason for this Is the lad lack of a proper avlo of prices and which during the last year resulted in a great deal of cutting under to secure a job there are two reasons for our bringing up the t at I 1 the h e present ti time toe one of which is ii that we wa are arc on tile the vidt of the bone and sinew of the country and are looking after their lest best interests te rests ind and the other it is that AS ag there has blien been I 1 some talk of forming uniting here be re wo we do not nish the members of such each to fall into tile the cimmon error of being tyrannical in tur tarn 1 when the tha power of 1 a I a trong strone union onion is i io in their hands while wo we believe that our meehan mechanics ICS are arc entitled entill cd to Us good wages as arc paid elsewhere we see gee a difficulty in so fo regulating i the scala that a poor work asyl shall liall not be entitled to the ra in e amount us as the toiled workman whose labor 0 is o of hsuch value flo to his hia cm employer this thi is one cue ol of the evils elili trades unions have not yet thoroughly overcome and is is as unjust to aho good nice I 1 into I 1 is as to the employer in mechanics of utah combining for tile the purpose of protecting themselves and for the better regular inc of prices we trust that the hint we have given will adl have due weight and enter into their deliberations our oar working men of the old resident class have hitherto been crowded to the wall with church exactions atil and we congratulate them that a brighter day is dawning and that yom years of toil I 1 and hard fare u is now likely to bo be rewarded with a better chance to provide fw for themselves sool and famili cf 9 |
