The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE. Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Thursday, October 23, 1890.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 522, 23 October 1890, Page 2

The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE. Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning.

Thursday, October 23, 1890.

■ Be-iust and fear not; Let all the ends thou afufat at bo thy country's, Thy God’s, and truth’s.

The Wellington Typograpical Society is surely endowed with a superabundant amount of mental elasticity. At the beginning of the strike they expressed their approval of it by voting towards the funds a portion of their own money. Later on they met, and discussed the advisability of assisting the Labor organisations, by boycotting the advertisement of the Union Steamship Company and, with commendable good sense, decided that such a course would not assist the strikers. Here we have two instances at least, in which they extended their friendliness towards those engaged in the struggle. Directly, however, the pinch of the strike begins to touch their own pockets, they turn round and abuse those whom they pretended to befriend. In the ordinary affairs of life, such a proceeding would meet with general condemnation, and whether one be favorable, or otherwise, to the strikers, he can only have one opinion of the conduct of the Wellington Typographical Association. When asked to contribute a levy of io per cent, towards the strike funds, they immediately turn round and abuse the leaders who are responsible for the strike. The leaders may have been wrong (and in our opinion that was plain from the first), but that does not alter the case. Had the Society refused to make the levy, without giving any reason for their refusal, no one could have any right to comment upon their action, but when they blow hot and cold, first encouraging, and then, having induced people to trust to their goodwill, hurl abuse at those they formerly encouraged, the)' do worse than mislead those they think are down. We should have thought a highly intelligent body like the Typographical Society would have opposed the strike at the beginning, or else remain inactive altogether. If it had been successful, instead of being made scapegoats of, Mr Millar and his Council would have been applauded as heroes. Those who encouraged him should not kick him now he is down.