Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-22

An phwer's the supper comm from
ID We expect me an the childer TO sit here
an stharye, phile We put an frills among
them hoodlums down at the grocery? LUX
at yer youngest son, there, Philip Sheridan
Muleahy, who hasn't rags enough to cover
his bones-phat'sgo in' to become av him ?''
"Nhisht! ye ould-"
1.-THE OWL bit will Oh sthop till Owe
aised me mGind, yer sthroiped-shurted
spindthriftl Here Olive bin savin' an
scrapin' to get a few shiiin's to boi some
clothes for to sind the chuild 10 school, an
now ye come home wild diyii a pinny to
show for yer dhay's wurruk. But we've goi
a shtroiped shurt an a hoodlum nicktci,
begorra Aw, wirra, wirra phwa.'s cum
over We, anyhow"
among the min av the warrud, or phwat
the divvil wud | do whin elechin day
comes an? The Dyes say the tonne hez
come whin Oh must be rewarded for me
past sarvices to the pa-arty. Dim TO hev
the nominashun for School DIRECTOR, or
Folre Commissioner, or mebbe for the
Ligislature-wan or the other, it's all the
same to mean Oh must dhriss accordin'
to me stashun, grub or no grub. Its proud
av yer husband We shud be, Mrs. Mulcahy,
instid av placin' obstacles in his way to
perlitical SUCCESS Yell change your chune
wan av these dhays, whin ye rade in the
newspapers that Hon. Michael Mulcahy
an his handsome wolfe gave DINNER
paharty to sivral Numbers ay the Sinnit an
ASSEMBLY at their illigant home on II street
lasht avenin'.'"
The wrath was fast fading from the coun-
tenance OF Mrs. Mulcahy as her husband
proceeded to unroll before her the beauti-
full picture of the future that he had been
evolving in his brain for some time past,
and when he had finished she threw her
self upon his neck and burst into tears.
Sure yell forgive me, Moike, for me
cruel wurruds! OF didn't know that We
he'd perliticle aspurashuns at all, at all Oh
don't moind goin widout new dhress, an
wild the help of Heaven Oh guess we can
struggle alang yit awhoile. Ate yer sup
per an put an yer new nicktoi, an Oh
sware yell parruloize the rist av 'em at the
-the-phawt is it We call it that mates to-
noight down at the hall beyant?'
why, the carkus, av coorse," replied the
embryo statesman, with a condescending
air.
Mulcahy strobe forth from his humble
domicile, on Jibboom street, to meet and
confer with the voters and workers of his
ward. He left his coat and vest at home,
owing to the heat of the evening, and this
gave his striped shirt, red necktie and plug
hat full play. 1t is needless to say that he
'paralyzed" the rest of the crowd at the
meeting, and was elected President of the
club.
Important.
A few days ago circular, purporting to
be issued by the journeymen tailors of Sac
ramento, appeared on the streets, by means
of which they attempted to appeal to the
organized labor and the general public not
to patronize the firm of Joe Poheim and
others. They allege that the firm of Joe
Poheim, and others which they mention,
do not pay living wages 10 their workmen /;
that nearly all the work is sent to San
Francisco, where, they allege, it is made up
by inferior workmeD, and that the business
done by Joe Poheim and the others en-
riches San Francisco to that extent while
depriving the tailors of Sacramento of en-
ployment. When the general public and
the organized labor to which the circular
is addressed, reflect little on this matter.
they will not be slow in deciding whether
the firm of Joe Poheim or the iourneymen
tailors of Sacramento conduce more to the
general welfare of this city and the State.
1t is evident that these men, either through
ignorance or a disregard for their own best
interests and the interests of the general
community, have allowed themselves to
become the tools of the so-called fashion,
able and high-priced tailors OF Sacramento,
who are accustomed to charge $75 for a
suit of clothes and who have forced men
who work for salaries and those of moder-
ate income, who cannot afford to pay
those exorbitant and unnecessary prices
for having suit of clothes made to order,
into the necessity of buying ready-made
clothing, which is manufactured by the
cheap labor in the East or by the Chinese
here, and in this way are working against
the material interests and prosperity of
the State by placing the money in the
hands of Eastern manufacturers or in the
pockets of the Chinese on this Coast. Their
cry to patronize home industry is but bit
of cheap sophistry, only intended to de-
ceive the general public and create for
themselves sympathy which they do not
deserve. The slightest reasoning will show
that they are themselves the very worst
enemies of home industry. These high
priced and so-called fashionable tailors see
in the enterprising firm of Joe Poheim an
opposition among them, whose influence
for good they are powerless to resist, and
they see their profitable business, by which
they have enriched themselves at the ex-
pense of the general public, slipping away
from their grasp under the competition
brought to bear on them by Joe Poheim,
and they have apparently enlisted in their
| favor the journeymen tailors of Sacra.
mento as their last resort in their vain at.
tempt 10 recover their lost ground. In
this way they are endeavoring to wage a
war against firm which is the most ex.
| tensive, aggressive, popular, and best
| opnirnoI in tho toll l,,<
west of the Missouri river, and which has
| in its employment at the present day up
| wards of 600 white, skillful and well.
trained mechanics, whose monthly salaries
range from SIS, the lowest, to 1925. a
great portion OF the business of the Sacra
mento branch Of the firm is made up in
that city, but for the best interests OF the
patrons OF the firm it is necessary and ex
! pedient to send q portion of the work tC
San Francisco, where it can be made up il
the best style by superior mechanics, who
cannot be found among the iourneymer
| tallors OF Sacramento, one-half of whom
| do not possess the mechanical ability to be
employed by Joe Poheim in the cheapes
of his work at any salary. Joe Poheim has
facilities for buying his goods direc
from the manufacturers at price:
which the so-called fashionable and high
priced tailors, who buy only suit-lengths
at time, cannot touch, and he has the
facilities for making them up into perfect
fitting and stylish garments by the most
competent men, who would only work for
such an extensive and permanent firm. In
this way Joe Poheim has placed himself in
the front rank in his line, and is enabled tC
give, and does give better made and bet
ter trimmed and better fitting garment tC
his customers than those tailors can gel
up, at the same time paying his workmer
the highest prices that prevail, for at leas
40 per cent. less. This is a showing that j.
well worth consideration by those who car
afford, and who would be foolish if they
did, to pay small fortune for suit o
clothes to enrich the high-priced tailors; i
will stand the fullest investigation and il
| logical inference will not be denied or mis-
understood even by those who may be Sc
unfortunate as to possess even less sens
than the iourneymen tailors of Sacramento
If these laiIors would stop crying wolf
and endeavor to improve themselves il
their profession, many of them may We
| qualify for positions with such firm a.
that of Joe Poheim, Joe Poheim ha
always favored the labor organizations
and has ever been ready 10 respect thei
rights, and he has among the Tailors
Union of San Francisco many friends WHIT
can always count on him for support ant
assistance. But the Tailors' Union of SaI