The morning call., 1894-02-08
MASTER PLUMBERS
Philanthropy the Key of
Their Organization.
They Are Grieved Over the State
ment Of Boycott on a Whole
sale Supply Firm.

The Association OF 6ipster Plumbers accord
ing 10 the Ideas of some OF its members, Is one
OF the most ph!antnOplc OSCILLATIONS ever
conceived 10y man. AZ teas. thaI r. "Ha1
Thomas Ford the presiden OF the local asse-
citation, claimed Yesterday duilAG the course %
an interview.
..Our association" said MI. Ford. is con
.cri,cfed for tllirelv unlauihrouic motives. We
desire 10 elevate the business. We are III touch
With aH movemeus looking toward sanitary
reform We believe IL having ali PLUMBING
work done III such % scientific manner Jhat The
lives of the people Will moi be endangered by
sewer gas and f0uI odoTs. Doing our work 10
this wav cuts Us oui Of "a great deal Of jobblug
.WnrcD We would otherwise gel. and while there
Is hnt Is mucn money lu the business as Tor
merly still We are satisfied. Is oui Woih gives
better satisfaction
..Wby even now. although we have q plumb
iugldV. The Board Of Health is ash Ing Us 10
frame new regulations for the better p OBJECTION
Of Tire health OF our Gil Zens. Nearly ali OF he
plumbers ia our CITY belong 10 THIS orgaDIZa-
HOB
Yes" said j. Tobin. d member OF the execu-
i've committee, ''5o OUT OF TIE lO3 OF o. OF Tie
plumbers OF ms city belong TO our association.
1Ause VINO 40 nor are hardly 10 be considered
a. plumbers. e ieel grieyed that The CALL
Should say tina we were boycOJJng any large
nm. Ih- idea OF boycott IS ntlrely foreign
10 The broad IDEAS OF our association"
'lu reference 70 lie matter OF asking HOl-
brook, Merrill < SIetson and ". ". Montague
: Co. 10 sign the Baltimore resolution We
presented lhem 10 them some time ago. They
nave not yet signed, DuI IN tie case OF the
former firm we understand they viii Go so as
soon As The directors meet Thy would have
slgn TINS morning buI Mr.. StetsOn was called
. out Of town, and They could have no meeting.
They asked Ior some explanation Of the differ
eni Clauses, and We gave them tile desired iB-
formation. We VIII walt one. TWO or three
months Tor them, but they VIII eventually
sign"
Mr.. Tobin reiterated the ideas expressed by
RlT- Ford. According 10 these TWO gentlemen
Tie lowly plumber, VINO has been the butJ OF SO
many newspaper Jokes. Will. II he belongs 10
and IOlloWs out the lleas prOmui gated 10y Tie
association carve OUI Tor himself q niche nigh
up IN the temple OF fame. tie wlll be entitled
10 place his statue alongside OF those OF Pea
BODY. DfeXel and CogSwell, Will the Inscription
underneath, he Was q Master Plumber"
Down among the wholesale houses. where
the plumbers my their supplies, different
tale 4 tOlG. In az interview Win sir Merrill! o.
HOlDrOOk. Merrill L SLeISOu, lie said MS firm
had nor vel signed, Du would no doubt do SO.
Mr. H0Ibrook knew nothing " the matter. Mr..
Merrill diC nor care 10 talk about The matter bur
IL response 10 a question sale hat their safes Of
e. plumbing goods were not as large as formerly.
tie GIC D0J tnIuE thy were being DUycOJieG,
but something was operating against them.
. AT Merrill diO nos care T. talk for uuDCai IOu
as ''nO good would come out OF IT MI. MeI-
;.flIl tay0r> iCau!Zaitous OF protective nature
and believes turv 90 much good.
The extent ~ The philanthropy embodied 10
me. scne ne OF organization OF the Master
Plumbers Association can best be understood
from the following extracts from The
- Protective L gUlaI0ns OF the National Assp-
citation Of Maste Plumbers CT the United States
-0i American kuOwu IS tie Baltimore kesOu-
lions" as 10 auGear II the reports OF Tire
tenth annual convention OF Tie association held
~ "a asnlng Oh, J.. e. H. june, 1892.
After IecIIlny that the Wh0ies liz firms per-
sl>t I'D selling plumbing materials 10 consumers
= and placing numbers ID tie light OF eXtortIon-
isis, and thaI no adequate system 10 protect
- themselves from THIS wrong has been devised L
was
GeS1-1-G- IhaJ we Withdraw Or patronage from
any nru manufacturing OF dealing IL plumbers
:nlaterials selling 10 others than master plumbers
" .. he following resolutions relate 10 keeping 2
record OF al plumbers VINO buy material from
those selling 10 others than master plumbers
requiring lie appointment OF committees N
every ate ana county 10 see thai these TesOlu-
:ii04s arr NOS violated and requiring z rIgld Ell
forceHeHf OF Fflese rules
II Is under The latter part OF the rules that
= = 0!Drook, Merrill q StetsOn are experiencing
their loss OF trade.