The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-12-14

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No; Ia selfish world the emplovcrs lool
out fer their own intssests y we'll q ws -
oars
The fact that The society is doing that 4
favorable 70 you is not proof thai u u DO
ing weat IL favorable 70 the publicf No ;
|, may not be . proof
Sir =. ". Hsad-Do not your interest," do
pend somewhat upon the amoant of sapisal
employed iu che srsde2 Yes.
And does not the amount Of capital en-
plsyed In the trade depend upon the sm-
Plsyer, and what profit be makes By isf-
Therefore your interests may BY affected
indirectly through the employer, although
the direcs beneas apparently 10 gaiasd by tSs
workmen3 Yes; bat \ would ask whss We
should do In the event Of all the rest or he
trades getting an advance OF wages and the
price of things ups il we were 10 stand
still. a ra-- -
Mr.. HNrison-A good deal has been s.id
recently In your trade with respect % The
importation Of foreign woodwork from
abroad Yes.
! suppose that fsom the central pcs,s;a.
which you occupy you must have ,rr,sd
yoar attention 70 this subject ~.
Are yoa sble TO state 70 whas .rt.~..
consider that this has gone on. srd ~a-;.-
you have practically felt that & hss i.a.,.
fered with yoer work. So ,sr a. Asve
been able to ascertain III /. ANITA . -.
tuing 10 our trade) IL has not intsrsered With
Us NJ al, ana DO nos think i. 10 likely 20
do So With regard 70 the class OF work
hat has come over here, understand that
there l. a great quantity lyiag at The east
snd OF London, and the employers themselves
are Sighting shy of buying it
What does that consiss Of? Doors 7 be-
laeys, principally.
Aud window-ssshesr have noA heard Of
any sAsnss being brought over, they are
ioors principally, and the EMPLOYERS seem
not 20 IKE she look OF them 1t all; they
would sooasr purchase The rough material.
Mf. Ro-back- Supposing that il was bet
ter and cheaper than the English work,
sloulj you suppose the iutroduc Of IL
,atp this countryf Not 10 the least. n
they San produce it better or cheaper abroad
let them DO 50. say that either they are
doing il at starvation prices, or We must 60
there ourselves and manufacture is and have
a share in the advantage.
Mr.. Harrison-Haye you forDd that any
men have been, so far a. you Gan judge,
thrown out OF employm ens, or that any Con-
tracts have gone OF, because Of the introduc-
tion OF this foreign work f-I have meyer
heard OF one case Of the KIDD
You cannot see that practically the thing
has effected you s-No, and during the last
hve weeks | have made very many inquiries
on the subject.
Ynu ha . kau ahos,A - -
your trade-that il 10 say, about sending
men to places where m,re workmen were
wanted ; will you briefly describe the system
which your executive ad opt in supplying
men to district where there 10 . want ol
labor when the monthly returns come,
on Or about the 9th Of each mouth, inte ny
hands, run down the reports 20 ,Aai where
men are wanted and where men srs out ol
employmens. then take the. earliest op-
pcrtunity possible Of writing To the secreta-
ries in tne towns Sharf men are out Of en-
ployment TO tell them where men are wanted,
ami We make practice Of pa ying the rail.
way ar steamboat fare Of the men thas ars
ous Of employment when ve ts~nd them u
she placsa where theqmen are wsansed.
Are they bound to 90 ?-No. NOT X ma
gives anything like . reasonable exceAss to
not going.
NJ. Roebuck-Do you transport the mani
family as well as the man himself Mo I, 10
those casear IN 10 . temporary thing; We con
slider that . man u bet ~ on 100 miles away
in full work than staying at home witi IUs.
a week.
Me-. Harrison-Are you or your branch &C.
cretaries ever applied TO By employers or
their agents to proFlds men for them ?-Yes,
frequently. There 10 IN instance mentioned
by Mfr. B.esly in the " "Ferfnyhtty Rsvie,o." !"
10 tue March number Of thss review be gives
a history Of the everyday life Of our society
from lhe commeneement uP TO the present
iime. There was q ease in o little out-of-
the-way place near Dorking, whore an en-
ployer who was bsildiag large house want
ed more men be could not get any and he
~pplied to our Dorking secretary, and the
secretary wrote down 60 Manehester, where
there wss iosk-oas, telling them to send
men they did 90, s.ad We paid their ex-
penses TO Dorking from the society's funds
You consider, Eien, thar the society doe,
something TO supf,ly labor in the place,
Shere it is wanted, and 90 draw il away
from those where is is not wanted Ger
tainly; 1t IL common thing for the fore
men I'm all parts OK the country 10 make ap
alication 30 our secretaries. They can no
only depend on having men FROM -, ba
they know that the men are kSaed workmel
and OF good moral eharacser.
With reference TO the last remark, whai
guarantee 10 there that the members OF youI
society are men Of good character in sheil
trade ?-There v . line Indicted a Jon th'
proposer or secouder Of any man If be know