Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-22
WHY LABOR OPPOSES CASH REGISTER co.
Flowers and Palms When Visitors at the WorkSystem That is ntolerabIe Said to Be in vogue-M H. Waas the Oldest Member of Cigar Makers Union New Central Labor Union
 Formed in New
 London.
Formed in Nc
 London.

ous parts of the city, they gladly ac- cepted the use of a small building or the firms near their factory, as they volunteered to the carrying of the books to and from the main library In a very short time the whole world had seen pictures and descriptions of that library which the model factory claimed as their own.
 These philanthropical fal1irs fur nish the 300 girls who work on the drill presses make the locks and do the typewriting, q light, easily digest ed lunch,' whose menu, if compared with that of Scent lunch room, would apear insignificant Neyerthe- 1 less, the girls would rather pay this than cary their lunches, or invite the l displeasure of the company; besides, it makes another pretty exhibit for visitors, who, by the way, are not made aware that any charge exists. Some of the photographs that were most widely circulated were obtained from a window on the top floor of one of the buildings, some of the girls who had been taken there for the occasion being placed conspicuously in the fore ground to convey the impression that such views were obtainable from the girls work rooms.
 The business acumen which has made the millions which this firm DOS sesses was again displayed in the unique scheme which for advertising purposes was called the boys garden Twenty dollar prizes, ranging from S2.50 to $5, tied up in little blue silk
 bags, were offered to the juvenile pop
 ulation of the neighborhood for culti- vating several acres of their land, they furnishing the seeds free through the kindly agencies of the United States government. This land has now ad- yanced to double it's former price. and photographs of it are being used to
 good advantage by their agents.
 This firm has it's own wells and pumps it's own water, and as the fac tory is well piped throughout these
 benevolent employers saw another chance to advertise their contented
 men and put up a few sprinklers on
 each floor where the men, (who, by the
 way, are nearly all piece workers). were allowed twenty minutes each
 week to wash themselves. provided \ that they furnished their own towels
 and soap. This was appreciated until the price of the >men's independence
 had to pay the bill, besides having to
 submit to the photographer during
 their ablutions, the pictures of which
 were audaciously shown to the world
 New York paper struck the Keynote
 when it said that the workingmen of
 to-day would rather wash in a tin
 basin of his own and preserve his man.
 hood and independence, than to have
 to use porcelain bath tub at the cost of his personal liberty.
 But when they introduced McTag-
 gartism, that was the straw that broke
 the camePs back. This McTaggart . had worked up beautiful reputation in the east, and particularly in Stam-
 ford, Conn, as labor crusher, and when his fame ill that line reached the ears of this grand institution he was
 quickly hired and immediately applied his talents in line to the existing unions which were easily disposed of by his
 delft manipulations. This was repeated
 twice within three years, he having discovered that a new union had been
 organized, and the reduction of wages
 and the unjust discrimination against the men never ceased His principal
 vocation is cutting wages, disrupting
 unions and going to church. When the , men became desperate. and, after
 forming another local demanded recog-
 milton, he simply said: You have made your bed; now lie ill it.'' and in | less than one year from that time : twenty-two of those men were dis charged on one pretext or another; and . when the union ordered their commit
 tee to ask that it be stopped, it was ! also discharged, and the men were , compelled to go on a strike for their rights. Since that time this firm has resorted to every contemptible means
 to gain public sympathy and sell their : product. They have imported men (?)
 to fill the strikers places, and by vari- ous subtle influences have corrupted . a creature who was once a prominent : union man. and have had him send out letters declaring that the finn is in the . right; but in spite of their millions and
 their false statements. it looks as if the men who are fighting so nobly for i. the grand cause would soon obtain what they are justly entitled to-recog- l milton.