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employmen. [. rule that. they will no. hir. them

The monste. kept n straight face, but nearly
piled. !" NO. sir. ! never heard Of any such rule
Q.-You say you have not reduced the price OF
tive kno UI sYp mean h.L y make make ' the IL a, s1us pI be.
cause know; yes, sir. The wages have been
graded. but they have not been reduced;
or course / sm positive Of 1t or l would not
swear to IL.
LABOR MONSTER REDUCED WAGES.
And at this point the second darky leaped
Die you" demanded the boss hunter, re
S1ee tGe wages Of = man called founEs from
Again the monster bobbcd his head and
grlnned. Why, yes" he said; we did that
labor union demanded that We pay a uniform
rate, aud that rate in his case was s"2."
his index Anger in the direction dir vpoS OF the monster "%S,et
DO you mean to cay that tho labor union
singled out Youngs and made you reduce his
THAT'S what I mean to say. e%1actly." said
the monster, exceedingly calm. There were
the labor union 70 were compelled to reduce
some and increase tho wages OF others. They
demanded u uniform rate"
Q.-Have you in your establishment what is
known as a committee on economy Awe
Q.-was the reduction of wages made on the
order of this on economy Al
have no knowledge that II was,
The boss hunter had IL In his craniel cavity
that this Committee on Economy had cut the
wages. ana he spont a half hour b~ullyrag-
E'hk suD. "bi'ht =" W W ihudNN hiHh w
say 40. The Committee on Economy. II came
out during the questioning. was u
appointed Immediately after the organization OF
the company to look out for waste and to intro
duce economies In the manufactures. and to put
In operation In all the factories the Improve
ments aud tho new patents that before the COM
e%tnation had been isolated. 1t had nothing to
The facts arc that Youngs was M exceptional
ly good employee and got $40 q week. When
the labor union heard OF this they demanded
that either all the employees OF his class be put
at $50 n week or that he be reduced to tho
union rate. They would permit no favor
been In the employ Of tho company where he
,SS. wSsS of ~. s ;noS,i msp Sad ye "a so AND 70 WIS r., n |, nor
union and reduce his wages.
IRIS ONLY THE TRUTH they WANT. You SEE.
When the hunters learned this they roared and
RACED. Now are you swearing TO this =" The
edge"
,r ssll ,S. .s.s s did no: y 6; and he tn, .. boss n sq.ss.
siyely. wasn't thore a general reduction all
a a,Uss Wages sns .S been IN maintained asst; aed u narfp az. .h ,iS, re- s.
"iou speak OF a general reduction"
An the %.oftne.s vanished and the boss hunter
roRred: Now answer that question. 1t Is an
Ineligible question. susceptible OF an intelligi-
Yes" drawied tho monster. II understand.
No, there was no general reduction OF waces."
You swear there was not Numbered the
Il swear" said the monster. " there was no
general reduction In wages"
plete shock To- the hantSrs that they Ind another
conference. They could not nnders,snd thi:
m mon ,e al, 4, ALL mar. t,n Sn the pos. o hunter went
,hs n !" ,rnmma x w .nn. qassi,o"' T =
boss hunter wanted TO know II the result
49, haI.mnn ", ,Sn ~ ~. 80 Spr."SIsnnnt
TrdGSsa Inc snnHsI cost, Of IaCHI e q: arm:
Tor a mouient aud no snapped:
There was no reduction in wages. I told you.
he nn r.JSciIon ~ 'e'ue''o"' He' "ko'"S "
Al Iast Tie hos, hunter demanded in de,palr.
hoot al 'ha A. &c.. 80, "u ~
connected with the estaSiishments that We're
e'@ @ssh s' e ~ " " o.naf'Th ro,.,.- ..,.vo
oeen empioved i'm The oth,r ..taniishmrn, that
We have. We have more sa esmen employed
scomnsp is. M.rs opsTa,inw pd.n.nS.ntIy W. ~
,ssss S son n A. many G DO ssS,pan v nst m 10
.m ossc. hsan in IN ~ 49, ~ 1890. ~ a,.T
OF about one hundred .mp,ovees" "A
The boss hun,er laid himsel, back in his chair.
ak him 10 .iana' TSSs m " vrinnea' ! IL
wa. fully two mInutes before The bmmt.r. re-
u u%' prfc.s an H. men ,ney gnre mp wages ana tSoS
prodncts had been r ..ns d p he w %. 'I iel n1,sf lse
truth The monster rrmarLsd ina, M. h. vas
under oath he was telling the truth.
the witness was lying or not. va. asked enough
$1,000 ~ WV ~ w
anu punching the hunter In the nose. The mon
ster did not explain Just why ne didn't do il.
He went on and swore that the price OF material
that he produced had been not. only lowered.
but the. quality had been raised. aud that the
price OF the raw material that entered into it
remained about the same. The boss hunter got
back, TO smith then. lie wanted to know
whether tho monster was prepared to swear
that Smith was the only Johher who had been
bought out and closed up by the monster. The
monster said that Smith was and that they
bought smith out very reluctantly.
Yes" said tho boss hunter. " but when you
did not buy them ont you did establish competing
concerns next door In every case, didn't you ~
We did nothing OF the kind. =" said the mon
ster. and about this Smith case, | would like
to explain"
bu, tell me is il not a fact that over Is Der cent
OF inc concerns Ia a business s'miiar 70 that OF
Smi'h Mero u1s.Ioyel a..
IT., rA'o NJ A"o"'euke VI huSthink oi tue
htnnu' Won II, 49,. ,.., ,L. ...lLto. -,
..S'In ~ $500 tuat tnn' eonui'.on u
tn,ngs Sran 1890 Will s"eA' 'o my
"a 49, u.uh on's.. ~ ~ ~
..,,Wnt you swear' saia sne ooss nuhtei,
la q pr oatns 'o5ve's e"kakeu IN q
| rltnllhT lluo U business QII NOT 10 OUT OIL