The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-09
COMMUNITY OF INTEREST"
AMONG THE CONTRACTORS.
Will BE Made Ineffective the Proposed Charter Amendments Are
AdopedEvls of the Present System of Bidding for Public
Work-Lahor Official Tells How Wage Workers
Will BE Benefited by the Amendments.


! support OF the trust companies in the mat, mat,
| Ter Of special tax bills. Contractors from
outside the city. attracted here by I'm I'M
| prospect FOR large amounts OF WORK, WIN
| take hand In the bidding. No community
of interes; would influence them-notnine
but desire to Get the work and keep tht!f
! capital and appliances in use. tsc oil M
| proved methods in other cities has srea'lN
) reduced IN. cost of construction, and they
, viii have the same effect here whenever
/ ST. LOUIS contractors adopt them.
Don't make any mistake. The contract
F, ors not supporting the Charter an"nd,
mrnts hccaus" they like all the p:n, psrd
changes. They simply cannot publicly 9p-
pose them on the grounds, have nhmel'
Wholesale WORK on
SMALL MARGIN OF PROFIT.
True. the contractors have much to mop
n greatly increased amount of work to ne
done. and that VIII mean more business
for them. The more progr"sslv" or ihIlh
are preparing to adapt themselves 10 tiie
new conditions ard try To do II WhpltSal'
bus ness on small margin of pfoilt M ~,
of doing a little now and then WIN ..it
petition will allow. Plenty OF CONSTRUCTION ',,l
work to he done will mean plenty OF en-
ployment for II vast army of laroreTs an"
skilled artisans ~
"A contractors largest expense at any
time is for wages The amount OF thgae
pay rolls put into circulation IN tne city
will materially help everybody. ana even
the small property owner; VINO defends on Ii.
his daily earnings FOR a living VIII pt hpie
easily TO meet the special tax biiIS tntt mi?
be issued aaginst his property. esptcIaliy
in view of the long time ana 10" ''''e'
est
LABOR ORGAN FAvORs
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
Henry W. Steinbiss. secretary of the Ma
tional Building Trades Council says IN ah
editorial in the current issue OF MS paPe''
the Labor Compendium: .h.
Small property holders who oppose .ne
Charter amendments. 1t Is said, are acnt,
a,ad nv the belief that If the amendments
carry they will be called upon to pay .il-
creased taxes for public Improvements;
They forget that every dollar tneF may ne
called upon to cXpend for public iniproFe,,
ments under the charter as amended WIZ
be an investment upon their own proper ,.
and that the latter will be increased II.
value 10 or Is per cent above the an'oun'
They forget. also. that the millions oil
dollars that will be expended in publc lih u
provements. i the nmendheh,s .it hs ,bn ,arse
property holders-will increase the locat
circulating medium to such an extent AZ, aS ~
make employment plentiful thus so eii', ,nnrs
the small property holder to earn NOR NOR.
than the few dollars he fears he must |
pay out, as an additional income 10 MS
earnings under present conditions.
SMALL PROPERTY OWNER
WILL he MOST BENEFITED.
The fact is that the small property hold
er and the wage worker. whether an owner
or renter. are the ones most OF al wnp VIII
be benefited by the passage OF the Charter
"The city administration can be trusted |
10 tlisburse the money to be expended uh-
der the proposed new regime III a MANNER
entire. satisfaction of all NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
" the small property holders w.,
At a meeting of the Twenty-fouFih NaLu
Democratic Club at Dalton avenue and Oli
Manchester road resolutions were unah-
imously adopted indorsing the Chartel
amendments.