MR IVESS AND THE PRINTERS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7822, 15 August 1887, Page 3

MR IVESS AND THE PRINTERS.

Sir, —A cowardly epistle, written over the senseless norn cle plume of " Compositor, not a Hairy Son of One," appeared in Saturday's issue of a local print, in which the writer professes to have certain knowledge regarding the walking of the Telcyrupli and Hgralti printing offices and acts the Judas in endeavoring to use

this information in exposing those offices. His statements, however, are nothing but a tissue of falsehoods. It is false that

there are only six men in the news room of the Telegraph ; it is false that the

highest wagee paid in that room is £2 10s; and it is false that the boys at the Herald office, when their time expires and they become journeymen, go as " turnovers" at 15s a week. For every one who serves

his time at the Herald and works afterwards for los a week I will pay one year's subscription in advance to the paper leased by Mr Ivess ; so that by substantiating his statements " Compositor, fee," will be enriching the person who "always" paid him such good wages. When speaking of Mr Ivcss "Compositor, Ike," lets him down very lightly, saying that Mr Ivess's action in cutting down wages was " hardly worth writing about." I nped not trouble to further expose Mr Ivess, as that has already been done, and well done, as a result of the recent printers' meeting, at which all the printers of Napier who dared unanimously agreed that Mr Ivess's statements respecting the printing trade wore utterly false. Mr Ivess has not yet proved otherwise, so that the contradiction published by the printers remains good. Of course one cannot be surprised at anything " Compositor, not a Hairy Son of One," says, as an individual who has "always" (fiom

time immemorial, I presume) been in receipt of 10s net 1 clay and Is per 1000 for night- work from Mr Ivess would probably by this time have become so " Ivessised" as to say or write any mortal thing, always of course providing due shelter for himself behind a cowardly )iom clc plume. In conclusion, let the late Henry Ward Beecher speak (I quote from memory) : " That man is no man who will not back up his charges with ]|is own name." — I am, iVre., M. h. RUADIXO.