Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-20

lishnnent to which he is selling his muscle
and brain will be often vitality opposed to
this sale. In other words he has to work
against himself. 1 think he ought to keep
out of all business connections with those
who pay his wages
The United Steel Company.
How about the United Steel Company's
plan?"
Il think 1t has been a failure" said Mr..
Mitchell. 1.-THE managers of the company
acted very generously and intended to bene-
fit the men when they gave them the right
to buy certain amount of their preferred
stock at So. 80 a share. They thought and
the men who invested thought too that the
STOCK would increase in value and would
pay good dividends right along Since then !.
1t has gone down more than $50 per share.
l think the steel company has acted very
1a1riy with the men. They win get their
dividends, but 1t will be a long time before
they can be paid back what they have put
in
Uncle Sam and, the Unions.
How about unions in the government
service. Mr.. MITCHELL 1 asked.
1 see no reason against them" replied
Mr.. Mitchell. II mean among all classes
of governmental clerks whose duties are
not of a confidential nature Men and wo-
men who are working for the government
in the ordinary way have a perfect right
to combine
Take the government printers for in
stance said T.
Yes" replied Mr.. Mitchell "They ought
to have union and manage their affairs
on union lines just the same as though
they were working for an individual"
How about the mail cierks?"
1.-THE same"
How about the army?r
Inc army as We view it." said Mr.
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see no reason why it should have unions
ana yet L see no reason why the soldiers
snoulo not combine to ask the government
lot more wages and other privileges
How about politics; will we ever have a
labor PRESIDENT
don't know about that, said Mr..
~ ai.cneil; II the times come and the man,
It may be, but If so it will be NV fair and
legitimate means. Abraham Lincoln vas
laboring man. He stood for all that wa
stand Tor and he might have been our
candidate" i ou'
The Rights Of the Non-Union Man.
|. just one question more, Mr.. Mitchell"
sara l. What are the rights of the nan-
union man?'
ne mas all the rights of any individual
under the law was the reply.
But the unions will not permit him to
exercise Them said 1.
90 not think you are right" replied the
president of the United Mine Workers ..,rh.
unions do not modest the non-union worker
In any Illegal way. There are cases NOW
ana 1nen. IT is true. where individuals have
been Hl-treated. but it has been l,y inair,sa
uais ana not by the unions as such. A great
zeal mas been said about such outrages and
the deaths caused by them. There have mot
oeen as many such deaths in thirty years as
ordinarily occur in New York civ in tbres
months-not as much of such disorder in
twenty years as is caused by other things
IN New York city in one month. No. the
oIuer OF the unions. and indeed all of the
unions. regret such actions We claim our
rleht 10 persuade the non-union man not to
work and to argue with him by word of
mouth but not to force him in any way.
If we SO desire and not to recognize hin,
or fraternize with him. -'-,
FRANK G. CARPENTER.