Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-03
Some Inside History Of Masters
Association and Its
Ambitions.
BOYcoTTlNe INDEPENDENTS.
n h Done 90 Keep the Consumer
From INSTALLING MntCriul
For Himself

Tho master plumbers OF san Fr'n-
CISCO are brought h'' ODD. -.''' .' '''
JIG opinion DOB -''I's i .NIr ""
trust methods fciuL mad. Iu Chat city
The commit soaIrtt fH.. ruaf.r plumb
..t d.. -
'A '' 'i"' '"'N .''
strict trade Zoo Ilnmh'n4 "a''''a'
About six hg wholesale hardware
bous.s ,..f. Do, tb, combine with thp
, ...,,,.,., .,
pIuihDel7 anu '''N '-''ul'7"'" ""
hitrary price list which an were tn enc
force. and "a Gnr of 80 was Co De- im-
POSED for auv violation OF b. This
game was recently broken up Boo part
IN. ~. ,narfr,r1f .of what is known ns
the CartUright law. ANA for the FIRST
time in years SON Francisco enjoyed an
eastern drop ir plumbing prioes-that
g. FOR materials
Tho master plumbers. however. held
their amin ON IA, situation. Id works
iusi as docs f., similar oreauizatIon m
salt Lake. by threat of boycott ana
uy actual p"N GOV. AheI' 'V ll..
ullgt ilhk. nul l''l' '> 81" NV .i9
Icstrlclta. me- eitueIr-e i'i DIT l'
sClipes Jusl WAY pi"Il',lt nil'.'l l's
"le' "uu llH' VINO ii' IIu"t'..' ~.
,uilst i"si,ls Ju7t "n' Iuhg DN'.
-flt "."9e "i'' +" ''"f '.'' ii'' '"
tHe i7'' 'h"' MOUSE '7 "ul'"'.'"'
EXPLAINS SOME MYSTERIES
Ihat this ls done iu salt Lake is not
clear. but D. BE- certain thdt many
plumbers VIII NOT put in plumbing ma
teIlal' except Nhth bought through
tue'h' on tholt ASSOC i"li'h' 4lro tha'
an ou'7iueI 'alin"l nuN iluih'ihk Hl"-
lfiialo WITHOUT raging ah th"im'us
pt"uI tn@l ln many 'daes pas MADE DC
N'"lfI TOT ,n. nous, h"lu'l To nave
tn' goods lhsltien. I1iner IMAM io try
90 iut th'hl DIT uHlStii,
nui lh' sun fi"hDleoo association ia
"li veg WIN IiDri''''l "7s"o ii'u'
ai'i pached pt IT, ihls ls JUST Mhat
Ho tPtn'u in lle 'lHt OF tue oulchtit
"Lu hiv'tIS N"" imported national
.sl'et 20 .oHle nsIt ana "eep Owe,
tn, SIN, or 'Idttlhk soods py man
~ We lu ~ usl lue3iS beihs one
"t we ~ lH'ip"I 'linhe the "rs'ohl luh
nus uA"'-a'iF p"a7l'Ie source OF CONF
iN-'''V" .... .
WIN MAJ h'h
The Master Plumbers association
does not saw 10 supplv houses that they
shall sell NO goods ID plumbing houses.
not members o. the association Ii
SAYS they shall deal only with master
plumbers. and certain orther Numbers
recognized by the association INIT who
are not mcmters-men on whom IL
fears to make "a light because on ne
, rreue ssahulns, ana tne credonce That
them.
After SayiRg who shall buy plumb
Ing goods. the association proceeds TO
say what plumbing goods are These
are bath tubs and connections. closets
and connections, lavatories ana trim-
mings wash trays aud trimmings. soil
pipe and fitting slop hoppers ana cons
nections. cellar drains aud connections.
lead supply pipe. lead waste pipe. lead
traps. special boiler unions for hot
water connections. lead sweeps and
bends. brass frrrules and ground brass
unions and. in fact. everything that
pertains exclusively 90 the plumbing
business Tho list does mot include
iron pipe. as this is used outside the
plumbing business. Neither does il in
clude hot-water boilers. as they are
used FOR compressors ana gas tanks.
but plumbers take care that none of
them shall De sold for water-heatinR
purposes by saying that the special
hot-water unions shall not Doe sold 10
any except plumbers When boiler
!. e ,iieeu luI looslls Mdt'l' ll ls nee
~ INN wv YIN. ll'"a WIN
4i''u'a. tl'' :, - 'loso unions