El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-03

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coveries of science appertaining to
| sanitary law, to promote aud com bine
the intelligence and influence of its
members, to encourage inventions and
impt Ovements in sanitary appliances,
! fos, ering al interch ange of thought
and eliciting and commup icating for
| the benefit of each memb-r the best
talent aud result OF the experience and
| ability of all, to promote am Ca BILE re a.
tions with employees on the basis of
mutual intert st and equitable justice
| to both journeymen and Master Plum
| Der, to encourage national and state
| legislation for the furtherance of the
| 10 ter est of san tary laws, to secure
| eq uits bic treatment in dealings with
manufacturers and dealers in supplies,
| to egulate the system of apprentices
| ship and Employment, So as to prevent
far practicable the evils growing
out OF deficient training in the respop-
sible duties of soliciting, arranging,
and fitting up of material relating to
! Iydraulic aud sanitary condition of
dwellings, public and private institu-
tious, 20 create and maintai a sanitary
code at as high a standard as the pro-
gees of the science chemical, philosc-
phical and mechanical koowledge)
teaches.
Ole of The purposes of the association
is to prevent occurrerc IS such as
actually came to pass Only few days
ago, in The house where one of the
mem bers of your committee resides, in
which improper sanitary work was
done, ana VIII ca OBJ a ned until me M
Der of the so-called trust was called
upon aud corrected the evil, which
had already filed the house with sewer
gas and the Gel ar with several inches
of water, and when the latter plumber
went to make the repairs, his light
ignited the saver gas and it burst into
a flame, and had the water not come
into evidence there is no doubt the
whole family in that house would have
soon been tt ken down with some zymO-
tic disease the cause Of which they
could not determine, and which would
obtain in that house so long as the
, conditions a5 described existed.
We refer now to the latter part of
| the resolution as introduced in the
council, W herein, Every applicant for
| license shall be accompanied by the
applicants affidavit that he is not
! memb Der of or connected with an assO-
cation other than membership Of
Master Plum bers or person dealing in
plumbing materials, provided that said
affidavit shall not be required when
tae applicant files with bis apple cation
| d copy of the charter, articles of ass O.
citation and bylaws of any such assc-
citation a. he may belong to or be con-
Iected with
| Q So far as this goes, | cannot see that
there is anything in the bylaws or con-
stitution of the association of Master
| Plum bers of which they need be afraid
or ashamed to make public. even if
| they could he constitutiOnally required
| to do so, but as to the charter We have
| 70 copy and presume it is fled with
| tie secretary OF the state where the
| Charter was granted, and 1t would, per-
| haps, be putting hardship on a plum
| Der, applying for license under tho
provisions OF your hody's resolution, if
compelled to produce such document.
| Then again, the resolution does not
specially refer to the plumbers associa-
| lon, ana as the members of the asso-
| citation belong to til various other
| fraternal and secret or Semi-secret or
CARNATIONS, it would be practically
impossible for any one to secure a
| license under the conditions of the re-
| solution because no doubt the govern
! ing bodies would refuse to send them a
copy of their charter for this purpose.
| We of the association have no doubt
| that you gentlemen are actuated by
| tho very best motives, but we trust
you will recognize the fact that there
| are two sides TO any question, aud give
Us credit for any good points found on
| our side.
When it comes to the assertion that
the association has for It's objects the
crushing of the public, etc., it is wrong.
Each and every member of the as
ISOLATION in tits city are prepared to
make affidavit that member of firm
| mere mot a mem Der of the association
doing plumbing work in di ect con-
tradicJion to the present ordinance
governing, approached them (previous
to the for ming of a local association
and openly proposed and advocated u
combination to IA Use prices This
proposition was Indignantly rejected
by each and every one of the firms
approached, and nothing in the con-
. stitution, by laws, rules, ETC., of the
|, plum Der $ association SANCTION, provide
or allow such unlawful combinations
, and no dou bt much of the erroneous
information which your good charm L
) has evidently secured, has been proVid
; ed by the sama party,
That portion of tee resolution lai6
before tie council wherein it says
: 1.-The license spoken of shall be gran;
Cd by the council to all qualified per
, sons whose methods are not detrime1 t
: al to the public interests - meets with
our hearty Incorporation, as we know
that if this is all the hardship that Ii
i proposed to be put upon the leg innate
= plum Der memb rs of the assoc alton
r there will be no trouble about oul
: being accepta bic, and we do not care
: to accept into our organization any per
son wnose methods are as described
above.
That the aims and objects of the as
}, soc ion are for the public,s good
there is no doub5 whatever, aod where
= our association is now looked upon al