The San Francisco call., 1906-09-21
~What we ought TO do Is to clean
our streets. Remove the de-
bris from the lots and make
the city look cIean."-J. H.
Speck.
Calhoun. He agreed upon the neces-
sity of getting labor here, and said:

Calhoun. He agreed upon the neces
sity of getting labor here, and said:
The trouble with us is that we tall
too much and we do too little. We ap-
point committees and we pass resolu-
tions, and that is all we do. We want
money, and we must raise money to es-
tabiish these bureaus and get men .ou,
here. The Western Pacific alone needs
5OOO men. Let us open Offices in Bos-
ton, In New York and other large cities
All our organizations have good ideals
but the trouble is they don't act There
are thousands of Italians in the East
who every winter go back to Europe
will come out here, and | am sure they
will stay. This will solve the question
of common labor. The one of skilled
labor also will be solved.
Thomas Magee, on the conclusion ot
Bartnett's speech. said:
There is no doubt that we will get
everywhere the greatest desire on the
part OF laborerS TO come to California.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, / don't agree with
TINS resolution at all. / believe in high
wages. 1t is the high wage that pre-
walls here which makes people anxious
to come think. the resolution will
have bad effect. After the fire there
sprang up feeling of unity. Mr. Nc
wages would stay the same. This was
reassuring. 1t was hopeful and help
full But that feeling of unity was soon
dlssipated Carpenters have raised
their wages 40 and so per cent The
wages OF bricklayers are sS and SO a
day, and this is the greatest ADVERTISE
ment We have. 1t is foolish on our part
to go to the Building Trades Council
and ask them for favors. We shall
not get the favor we ask / think we
should meet again and discuss the mat
ter We are not in accord Mr. Burn
ham, for instance, has been asked to
ha. hoc rAf
cause we do not pull together Now.
Will tell you what T am willing to do.
l believe l can manage my properties,
but l am willing to put my properties
in with others and form a gigantic cor
poration with capital of $4,000. 900
so that we can raise more money I
move we adjourn until we get together.
RELIEF TO THE FRONT.
This raised a discussion and as Ma
gee was the first one to puncture the
Knight resolution, A Ruef got up and
asked that the preamble be stricken
out and that the word fair" be SUBJ
stituted for '1nordinate" The pre-
amble remains, but .'inordinate" went
out and fair went in.
George D. Clark took heart after
Magee had spoken and said:
We need labor, but there are other
things which we should bring aDout.
Our men are hampered Ior Supplies.
lHcy nave no place TO i've In An un-
married man can knock about. ,ut he
gets tired and quits, while a married
man Will not come to live here
Our streets are choked, our teams are
delayed. and instead of being able to
haul four loads day they can only
haul two. The railroads cannot handle
the stun sent here. Let us examine
into these conditions and rectffy them
and the labor market will rectffy itself
STREETS IN BAD REPAIR.
]. II. Speck wanted the streets
cleaned up~and sidewalks put in order
E. w. Hopkins urged that all get
together and work, while Samuel
knight asked that the resolution be
voted upon.
1t was passed. Thomas Magee and
Abraham Ruef recording dissenting
vote.
M. H. de Young then appointed the
following committee to walt upon the
labor unions:
Samuel knight. Frank w. Marston
j. M. Curtis, e. S. Rothschild. Barclay
Henley, j. II. Speck and d. S. Dorm.
The committee to wait upon the rail
roads and seek reduced fare for the
bringing in of laborers is W. j. Bart
nett, H. c. Breeder. w. E. Dean. d
Rich, M. Meyerfeld, Barclay Henley and
Thomas Magee.
The committee programme is: A.
Ruef. w. j. Bartnett. Thomas Magen
E. w. Hopkins, Patrick Calhoun and
L. NJ. King
The meeting adjourned to the call
of the chair.