The sun., 1903-10-07

usual demands on him and he couldn't
sour foreman would explain to tho dele
gate. but that gentleman would take no
excuses. The delinquent had to be dis
charged. Sometimes he would be good
enough to postpone final action. and In the
interval We we're made to suffer, tell you.
Stewards 1t is the business Of these men
to see to 1t that members Of union on a
Job do "a little work "A possible. For
we set a number OF boilermakers to
work In the hold Of an oil tank. No sooner
do they 20 to work than they post shop
steward on guard. He takes his stand
proaches the ship. When one Of our fore
men would come along the shop steward
would warn the men below and they would
work like all possessed. After the fore
man had made his inspection the man on
guard would inform the men that he had
passed on, and they would at once knock
Oh and not do any, more work until the FORE
man came around again.
In this way. about one days work in
three would be done. want to explain
that. when ship building or ship repairing
concern takes a contract, the contract
price Ia made on basis Of the cost Of ma
terial and the length Of time 1t will take
to do the job. You will see, therefore.
that if it takes three times as long to do
contract and we have to pay for the time
idled away, it will not take long to put
any concern out Of business.
4But this Is only one instance Of what
we were subjected to by trades union
tactics. The pipeftters, the coppersmiths
and the boilermakers made the heads Of
our foremen dizzy with the rapidity with
which they sent in their complaints. l
remember one day one Of our foremen
came in to me with the statement that the
coppsrsmiths. think, had gone out.
SWhat's the matter now?' inquired.
oh, he replied, they said that the work
was too hard. and II they were not allowed
a day, they'd quit. L told them had no
authority to agree to any such proposition,
and SO they went out
Things kept going from bad to worse
during 1902 In that year we had some
thing like twenty strikes, and on May 70
all our machinhts went out. and they're
out still. They wanted more pay, although
Shortly after Jan. /. 1902. we found that
we were running behind and we had to
make arrangements to borrow money.
Instead Of going to the banks we went
to our friends. lent the company some,
others interested did likewise, and we man
aged to struggle along until last June,
when we had to ask for an extension OF
credit from those who furnished US ma
terias. The extension was granted and
we gave our notes. Those falling due In
July and August were met. Those which
fell due to-day we concluded to default
on, having found that we could no longer
do a profitable business In the existing
attitude OF organized labor.
I'VE thought at first that we could get
enough money to tide us over, and have
been sitting up nights and Sundays trying
to raise the wind We would have needed
only about $4,000, but as soon as those to
whom we applied looked into the matter,
they refused TO consider q loan to us for
moment, since we could give them no as
with unions in the future than we had had
In the past.
ruined to the extent that we couldn't borrow
on 80 valuable plant as this the paltry sum
Of $50 900, we concluded that the best thing,
close the works This we did yesterday
morning, and shortly afterward William
A. Turner, Benjamin Blum and Frank e.
Kinsman, all small creditors. applied to
Judge Thomas for q receiver for the COM
pany We did not oppose the applica-
ton, but requested ed that Mr.. Hayward; one
Of our directors, be named as the receiver
and he was appointed.
aOreanized labor has ruined our business.
but there are others. Along this and other
coasts wherever ships have been built
and repaired, there are the magnificent
ruins OF great enterprises that have been
wrecked BY labor unions or their walking
delegates. If you think not, go ask Charles
Cramp, who only recently resigned the
presidency of the company which, bears
his name and which recently has had to
be reorganized II you think not, 60 talk
with Lewis Nixon or other officers OF the
United States Shipbuilding Company, and
if you think not. go down to shooter 8
has done to clog the wheels and make
fireess the forges that have burned and
famed for the profit of the men who own
them and for the profit Of the men who
had labor to sell.