SHEARING DISPUTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2913, 17 March 1891, Page 2

SHEARING DISPUTES.

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iilili; iiiliii-iry fwrcrs mi Hi'! -W'l" , - "f atLimi, liiis iMiis-il the insurgents 1,, ■■ouniiiol tli-ir taolia-, :.i,.itl,-y nn-.v t.iU I'-'ci- .... iVir usniil plmisiiilii and hpuciniis |ii-iifi-sMuns will c.Mitiiii: tlieir at-t..mi.t...-!l cnwci'-ii nf i,f-ii.iini-m.<N:iii(l nili/r.yprs v.iihin llif liinil- "I I-'-''' l "<■"">'• Tl.i-iis.-iL'i-iiiit rt-.ill, i.. :iciii«v.! willim a wct-li, and if thn C.vrrn.n.-nt and ti.B lawahidin.' portion el Hi" pi , "!' , "' nnnitum their ptes-jnt (inn and unonnnrnmisim.' attitude tliijy may c\p..ct, a. s.iti-fuctory rtnlutimi i.f tlin ililficnltv. The sitnati'iii is .if S"'^ i:,l Hitoi'cst in Sydney. Tin! MiearerV s;."]c.-nien ar.-. re]v\xtAn(i tlio demand f-.r a c.intc!n:iicu v.-tiioli w.i- niii'li! liy Hit- wharf-labii'iver? and n-.i:i----men. IJ.it, ii, : f .in self.n-pe.'L.a- men can enter williniriy into a cuifnmici!, they must ha certain that it is nut a cunning trmU t<. weakon tlieir po.-itiun. If a ;ti-in ennsents tn c.infur as to wh-tlier "r li'.t, he may hec'iiim. an accomplice in a swinge, li'j admit:; at one-) that he is not honest, because an honest man will n-ivisr parley with possibilities of dishonesty The pastondist«. followinE th(i example of the .Sy-inoy whaitinu'en, refuse to confer ?.> lonsasthe sacied principle of tn-dr.m ot contract is allowed to remain in doubt. il they are not firm on this point, it seems to tliein only too clear that they will be :i-ko I to bocoino accomplices in a, tyrannical and uuscrupiilous scheme fur depriving nonunionists of uinploynißnt, and handing tliemsolvos and their interests over to the tender mercies of tlic Union leaders. It v-> just, possible, thou-h I. .idly probable, that siiiiiii measure of pi-.jiiparity mii-'at s'-.H b.: attainahlß, even on the lat to: hypothesis. Hut just as an Knglish T.ishop s-n-l, he would rathor see England free thai) sober, the, pa-toralMs say they would rather retain their present chances with freedom of contract than cnjnv sneli .-iiiditinnnl prosperity as the lab mr leaders mißiit confer upon them as a reward for putting their necks in the Union m».-e. <>~ the other hand, tlio (hiionisrs see plainly that unionism has .secured many beaetits for labour in the past, and they think it is impossible to have too much of such a #~>d thing. They fail to sen that there is a point at which unionism itself nm-t bo bound by the equities of the case. If the corporate conscience of its members is not sulhcietitly active to restrain it from aggression, the boijy-politic must in self defence combine against it, until the Uireateniiif! course of action is abandoned. The unions have been styled the "big brother" of the worker. But if the l*ig brother insists on becoming a big bully, it is in the highest degree .Icsirablo that ho should meet the tatß of other bullies. Unionists pivfess to believe that the existence of unionism is threatened by the employment of uou-uui'mists. Tlio fallacy of this contention is at: once apparent when wo remember Unit unionism came into existence in the midst of nn overwhelming majority of inm-nnioni.st-i, held its own against" them and was not prevented by them from attaining to its present power

uiifl iutlminiM, How absurd, thi'.i, it H to fiiar that Us nxUleiiuu, wnv it is su-one tan lie tlireiitiiiiiid by tilts Pinpl'iytinJiit- 'if ■'» lininiiiT lit' limi-uniiiaists ninfli sin;illi-.r tliau th:it; which faced it when ir, was \vi\ik. Tim liM.-t pnibab'.'i PNiilaiM'.imi is that its liiud Ims Ivi'ii tunicd bv sni»:ss, and it has btma simlikb'l into at'.omplitu; w!mt is miJM-t and inipi-artiuab!.'.