The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-03

Is there he can remedy the defect the
 HOur machines. MT. OConneli went on. s.are SC fine that they need constant watching. and the mistake of a hairs breadth may cost thousands of dollars. The bricklayer knocks of too much from the corner of brick with his trowel in of mortar and the fault is repaired In the machinfst's work the mistake of one ten-thousandth of an inch may destroy a machine and much of our work has to be :, correct even to the hundred-thousandth of an inch"
 Der efits for Strikers and Victims.
 What does 1t cost your members to be- long to the association?s' I asked.
 The dues are 5 cents a month. of
 which 70 cents goes to the National As- sociation and 8 cents to the local union.
 Our system of bookkeeping is such that We keep track of every one of our mem bers from month to month and can tell If he has paid his dues and is in good lstanding. In case of strike or lockout.
 every such member. if unmarried, re- ceives $ week, and If married. q
 week as long as the strike continues. He
 gets the same amount if he Is victim | izcd !"
 asked.
 "A victimized man is one who is dis charged by his employer without cause, or for standing by the rules of the union. We also pay death benefits of from $50 to 800, according to the length of time the deceased has been in the union.
 We take in and pay out several hum dred thousand dollars in money every year. but our accounts are as carefully managed as those of a bank and our losses are comparatively much less"
 The Voice from the Granite.
 James Duncan, the Secretary and Treasurer of the Granite Cutters, Nation al Union. spent years m cutting out cern- etery monuments. granite statues and building blocks before he was chosen as the leader of the Granite Cutters Union. and he tells me he can, make more mon- ey today polishing granite than py act ing as the Secretary Of his union. 1 asked him something about the granite business of the United States. Said hes
 The granite industry represents hun dreds of millions of dollars. Its chief center Is in New Epsfand, but 1t is car ried on in nearly every part of the coun- try. You will find our men at the quar- ries and in the shops of almost every city. Their work Is in every cemetery and their buildings everywhere Nearly all the government. state and municipal buildings are granite. Tho $14000.000 Pennsylvania depot which is about to be built here will be of granite. and the greater part of the sso.ooo.ooo worth of public buildings which they have decided to put up in Washington in the near fu- ture will be granite structures. We have many great granite quarries. and the business of taking out and preparing the stone Is a special trade"
 The Granite Cutters.
 '.But Mr Duncan" said I. ''do not the members of your trade cut other stones than granite?"
 No" was the reply. "The granite cut ter has a trade of his, own. There Is as
 much difference between him and the soft stone cutter as there Is between the eaoemaker and tailor. The soft stone man shapes his work with chisels of soft steel. which he pounds with a wooden imallet. He owns his own tools and carries them from job to job. The granite cutter works with the finest steel. He uses a steel hammer He does not own his tools. and he Is ready to work with tools or machines as his employer directs. All