The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-03-05

mills of the American Wooden COM
pany, and pays, in a single year, an
income tax of $258,000.
The Detective Solicits Business.
These brief quotations from letters
of industrial detective agencies serve
the end of illustrating the kind of
promise which they hold forth to the
client-employer in the hours Of his
need.
From Dunn's Nationa, Detective
agency, Detroit:
I'VE are in a position to place in
your plant, laborers. mechanics,
clerks, bookkeepers. in fact people of
any vocation to obtain information as
to a forerunner of labor trouble.
1--WE will furnish guards on very
short notice, and will break strike
in a way that will obviate the neces-
sity of your being forced to use union
or other employees not of your own
choosing.
From Murphy Secret Service, De-
troit:
The head of this agen-
cy having about as much use for a
strike breaker as he would have for a
| thief.
I'VE have reputation of being sew
eral jumps ahead Of the old style way
of settling capital and labor difficult
ties, and we feel that anybody who
allows his affairs to reach the labor
strike stage, especially if operating on
| the open shop theory, is be-
hind the time"
From Robert J. Foster, Foster Serv-
ice, 2S6 Fifth avenue, New York:
"First-I will say that if we are
employed before any union or or
ganization is formed by the employees
there will be no strike and no dis
turbance. This does not say that there
will be no unions formed but it does
say that we will control the activities
of the union and direct it's policies
provided we are allowed free hand
| by our clients.
"Second-If a union is already
| formed and no strike is on or expected
to be declared within 80 to 60 days,
although we are not in the same po-
sition as we would be in the above
case, we could-and I belief with sue
cess-carry on an intrigue which
would result in factions, disagree
ment, designations of officers and a
general decrease in membership; and,
| if a strike were called, we would be
in a position to furnish information,
etc., of contemplated assaults"
From SCHNEIDER, Inc, 149 Broad
way, New York:
Information supplied by our secret
| industrial operatives and corroborated
| through other sources indicates that
we are on the eve Of extensive indus
trial disturbances. There seems to be
an extraordinary agitation in favor OF
a 44-hour week and substantial in
crease in wages in a number OF differ
ent lines.
"Services retained now will enable
you to prepare to meet to the best
advantage whatever situation may
confront you as a. consequence of the
present agitation and in this connec-
ton we beg to remind you that fore
warned is forearmed.'
IAN acknowledged nt would be ap-
preci>ted as an indication that this
Letter has not fallen into the hands of
unauthorized persons"
From William J. Burns, Woolworth
Building, New York:
Ever since the Mcnamara
case we have made a close study of
labor difficulties and have perfected
our industrial organization.
I'm pursuing this character Of work
we have organized this department in
such a way that we are in a position
to anticipate these labor difficulties in
OF f~ia h,, III n
apply what we call preventive mea-
sures."
From the International Auxiliary
company, alias the Eastern Engineer
ing and Contracting company, actually
the Corporations Auxiliary company,
Room TOP, 291 Broadway, New York
Branch offices in various cities but
under different names so that the real
size of the company cannot be esti-
mated.
The study of industrial
and labor problems has been the sole
business of this company for over a
quarter of a. century and to carry on
this work we have surrounded our.
selves with men and women of differ.
ent trades and nationalities who form
a. part Of a far-reaching organiza-
ton, the mission of which is harmony
in the operating Of these various in
dustries.
Our representatives are employed
on plane Of equality With your. other
employees and study and report each
day on the conditions actually existing
as seen by them from a workmen's
| viewpoint.
I'VE have been particularly sue
cessful in handling situations which
are continually arising in organized
! l:.bor circles. =. Wherever we
have the organized labor movement to
contend with. we endeavor to use the
influence of our representatives to-
ward creating the proper attitude of
t..ose around them. T. We start
on every operation with the idea of