The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-24
LABOR GRAFT BEAT POLICE.
JERO.ME'S ASSISTANT TALKS TO
THE FURNITURE MEN.
Tells the Association How the walking
Delegate Works the Employers
Deyery Didn't Know the Game. lie
Says-LOyerlnw ON Tariff Revision.

The first annual convention Of the Furn =
| ture ISOLATION of America opened at the
Murray Hill Hotel last evening. President
| William III. Shenrer Of Boston called the
convention to order and nominated Renja-
min r. Burns of Harrisburg, Pa, as the
presiding officer of the session. Mayor
Low was to have welcomed the delegates,
hut turned the job over 10 President Fornos
of the Board of Aldermen.
William H. Rand, Jr.. first Assistant
/ District Attorney, followed President Fornes
and, among other things, said:
your pro gramIne states that my subject
is Business Graft 1 suppose that means
the particular game the members Of this
association is working. don't know much
about that I've no doubt it's good game,
but good as it is, it don't begin with graft
OF the walking delegate. with which have
had TO make myself somewhat familiar
during the past few weeks. Gentlemen,
that is he greatest thing that ever happened.
Fifty thousand dollars at IA crack to call
off strikes that had been called on in order
that the blackmail might he levied! What's
500 a month from disorderly house or
500 a month from "A gambling establish
ment. compared with this game? Why.
had Deverv or Diamond or Herihy known
of the possibilities in the game Of the walk
ing delegate clamps and cha ms could not
have kept them in the Police Department.
Just look at the proposition. CON
tractor has a building to construct within
a given time. A million dollars or more
is involved i'll the contract. Suddenly.
and FOR no apparent trouble with the labor
erS. strike IL ordered
THE contractor, taught by experience.
goes to Sam - Jones. the walking delegate.
to find out what the matter is. Well,
says Sam. we're both business men,
take it' Yes? Well, let's get down 70
business. What's your contract worth?
A little over a million. oh? Well you bring
s25,0O0 here Tomorrow morning and ,you
won't be able to see the men get back 10
work for the dust they'll kick up.
why, You damned scoundrelN exclaims
the contractor. Do you think you can
hold mo up in this fashion. There'll be
skating in hell before become party TO
any such proposition
49, All right savs Sam, then you'll wait
till hell thaws out the North Pole before
man goes back on your job
That's poser for the contractor and
finally he offers Sam $4,000. All right
saws Sam, we're giving YOU 81 900. but II g
all right. You bring the money here to-
morrow morning and you mark the bills.
Then you go down and tell Jerome. What
do you think We care for jerome? We've
got a dozen LAWYERS that can lick that cigar
cite fend ont of his boots So the money
il paid. and the contractor doesn't 20 to see
Jerome.
"But after awhile there comes time when
all the Building in the city il tied up Then
he does go 10 see Jerome, but il is pretty
late. He asks that the District Attorney
do sonnet hing then. when fearless man and
a good citizen would have gone in the first
instance. Loud applause. II is pretty
late for the District Attorney To tackle this
thing now. bur | want to tell Won that. If
that official has any power in his office, If
he mas any force, any determination. and
there are some folks in this town who have
reason 10 think he has, he will, before he is
done with ii. put this graft Of me walking
delegate down and out"
Congressman William &. Lowering Of
Massachusetts had this to say in an Address
on Practical Methods of Extending Our
Export Trade"
For my own part. I have been a prOtec-
Zionist all my life, hui | believe the principle
of protection il best conserved by meeting
Of the glazing inequalities that are to-day
shutting ia out from the markets Of tho
world
n our legislators are wise they will NOT
antaagonize the great growing 1cptiment
. in favor Of tariff revision, whether il come
under what Is known ~ the Iowa Idea or
that older and countrywide dem0nd that
has been forcing itself upon th. attention
Of the party leaders for the last few years.
Nothing leas than a liberal drawback
law enacted at the next session Of Congress
will save the protective tariff from u fear
full onslaught, If not utter demolition.