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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 13, 1887

SAYS the Oakland Tribune:—

By Editor

SAYS the Oakland Tribune:—

"The year 1886 will long be remembered for its labor troubles and strikes. But, notwithstanding the universal strikes all over the country, we have yet to learn of anything being gained by the strikers. We cannot recall a single instance where any advantage has been gained by a strike which might not have been obtained by negotiation."

There is truth in this. A little consideration will show any thinking man that strikes and boycotts are not only a violation of the golden rule, but they are disastrous to the parties engaging in them. Even when men succeed in getting an increase of wages by a strike, it will almost invariably be found that the increase does not compensate for the loss sustained in getting it. The grasping individual, as well as the grasping monopoly, usually overreaches to his own detriment.