The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-10-22
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Blaming Tarnmany Hall because
stipulation was made in the .contras
Tor supplying winter helmets to the
police force Of the city that the hats
should be; made by union labor, which
cars the Knox Hat Manufacturing
company from accepting a contract
which had been awarded to 1t, Robert
). Mcfarland, treasurer and general
| manager. Of the company announced
yesterday that 100000 would be spent
to defeat the national Democratic
ticket, and that all Knox agents
! throughout the country and non
u1aaon1sts generally would be appealed
70 strongly to aid in the defeat of
Judge Parker. -
The campaign will be begun al
once asserted MIR. Mcfarland, land
Will be Carried to every state III the
country. No power on earth can stop
U.s. So unjust has rammany Hall
teen to us that we shall have all Of our
$agehts appeal to their friends who
are not members OF trades union to
night the Democratic ticket. II Tam
many Hail is type Of Democracy,
What we are now having in New York
would be duplicated In the national
government if the Democratic ticket
were to be successful"
Mr.. McFarlands complaint against
the Democratic party is based upon
the fact that, according to his asser-
lions, the United Hatters' Union OF
America prevailed upon Tammany
Hall to have a clause inserted In the
helmet contract making 1t obligatory
that the work should be done by what
IS commonly called union labor" with
union label attached to each COM
pleted helmet,
After our proposal to supply 1900
helmets at $40 each had been ap-
proved, said Mr.. Mcfarland, I'VE
were surprised to have our represent
tat1ve whom we sent to have the or
der confirmed presented With an agree
ment which contained several clauses
favorable to trades unions and dis
eliminating against Independent labor.
Hats had to be made by what is COM
monty known as union labor We were
also notified that each hat must con-
tain the lebal of a trade orEanizat' on,
though the invitation we had received
to put in sample and estimate had
or labels. Otherwise we would not
nave made any attempt to obtain the
contract.
The fact is that the whole matter
had been held open for several Weeks
While the trades union brought press
tire to bear on Tammany Hall to have
these clauses inserted in bond to be
given on placing such contracts, so
that the Knox Hat Manufacturing
Company, which is not affiliated with
the United Hatters Of North America,
could not get the contract.
we have customers in every city
and state in the country, many Of
whom are stockholders in this COM
pany. I shall communicate with them
and ask them to do all in their power
to defeat the Democratic ticket and to
aid the Republicans. We shall have
the cooperation Of the citizens alli~
ances and anti boycott associations all
ever pYer the country I'm "a Is rnoVerne t.
have othing aga inst q Parker person &
ally, but because iof the grave injustice
which has been done to Us BY the local
Democratic organization, the national
ticket must suffer.
We shall begin at once to send out
literature explaining what has been
done, and we shall see that the matter
is brought to the attention Of every
voter in this city especially, and to
thousands throughout the country. Our
agents are numerous in every state.
We have many Of them in Texas
New York Daily News.