The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-26
Plumbers Throw
Off Combines
Yoke.
MATERIAL MAY BE
BOUGHT ANYWHERE
Shop Owners Pass Resolutions
Declaring Against
Monopoly.

The Master Plumbers OF Honolulu
have bolted the trust.
They have kicked over the traces and
declared formally and informally that
they viii not be bound any longer by
the monopoly; they will no longer be
slaves to the Illegal combination that
has ruled them from the Mainland.
The master plumbers include In their
association all the plumbing shops of
Honolulu. They are the men to whom
every householder and builder must go
In order to get the smallest or the Iarg-
est plumbing job done.
Their breaking away from the trust
means that the extortlonate prices
hitherto charged win be lowered. that
householders will be able to choose
their own plumbers. and II they wish.
To buy their material themselves and
have Il put In by any one they choose.
In short. the Advertisers fight Is
won. The people have triumphed.
Since the Advertiser began Its fight
on the trust the affairs OF the monopoly
have not prospered. Business has been
slack and plumbers have lost where
the schemers and originators OF the
trust hoped for larger gains.
Many undesirable journeymen plumb
ers have left town ON account OF no
work and those that remain augmented
by few who have lately come down
from the Coast are OF n class which
1 N.It L. tn
tive of the best In the trade:
| ON Saturday night the Master Plumb
ers' Association Of Honolulu met at it's
headquarters on Merchant street to
discuss the situation. To say that the
relations Of certain members with the
trust as n whole had become strained
is putting u mildly.
II had been brought TO the attention
OF the members OF the trust that two
Tor three members were not living up TO
their agreement and were figuring on
contracts wherein the letters OF the
contracts were to supply the plumbing
material
The meeting was called on this ac-
Icount. Under the agreement made some
time ago with the trust they were not
10 do any work for anybody who
bought or furnished his own material
90 the bidders for the plumbing work.
la few days after this agreement was
entered into certain members OF the
trust figured on Just such contracts.
thereby breaking the spirit OF the
aEreement.
The most giaring instance Of the
breaking OF this agreement was the let
ting OF the contract for the plumb
ling In the new Hackfeid building.
when the plans we're given out 10
figure on n few days ago all the shops
refused 20 look at u as the Hackfelds
intended furnishing the fixtures. These
are now on hand. Instead. however.
couple of the plumbing shops broke
. loose and sought the job. John Mott
got u.
This presented n new phase In the
situation and other members felt that
Mott had used them badly and pro-
posed 90 break away from the trust al
; so. To this end the master plumbers
were invited 20 attend an important
meeting Saturday night
The proceedings OF the meeting are
obtained from one OF the members
. present. The first man 10 propose ar
4 the trust was G. r. Brown. who noti'
: fed the president Of the association
and every member thereof that M
would In the future figure on all Kinds
lof work and contracts. no mattei
whether ne or the contractors fur
: niahed the fixtures. He made motion
the tenor of which was as follows;
II move that all shops OF the Mas
tier Plumbers Association OF Honolulu
be allowed 10 figure on any contracts
/, lor any class Of work. no matter wheth
= or the owners furnish the material o.
mot"
Three or four shops made har'
= nght against the proposed resolution
. as Il meant the end Of the Illegal com
= lblnation which has existed among tn
master plumbers for many months
= lpast.
4 They argued In favor Of keeping tn
TRUST intact and attempted 10 carry tn
> members with them. There wer
i, enough master plumbers behind TN
I. motion. however. 20 shove 10 through
and through 10 went with rush.
y And the trust busted right there.
y This action gave the householder tn
\. Iprlvliege at once OF going 10 supply
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