The Nevada County picayune., 1922-04-13


 March when I again went back to the bookkeeper and asked her if we had any money. She told me how much we had and I said Tt is impossible to take in that much money in that time"
 She said, Don't you know we are doing nearly three times as much business as at the end of last year?'
 There is nothing strange about that. referred to Babson before. He said that during that time concerns didn't need salesmen, all they needed was good liars to lie about deliveries. l Iaughter) Orders came to every body then, but when she told me we were doing three times as much busi- ness. naturally the first thought came to me, Where are we making the stuff? Where are we getting it?'
 I said to her, Have you any more outside shops working?'
 She said. Not that 1 know of. Mrs. Rusand is still out there"
 Mrs Rusland had been the forelady in this contract shop under MT. Rice when We took it over. After thinking that we could close the shop out at once, we didn't get a head man, and we left her in there to run the shop. When the bookkeeper told me that Mrs Rusland was still there, l hurried out I said, Mrs. Rusland, the book keeper tells me we are doing three times as much business as We were. Do you know where we are getting the stuff mfder
 She smiled and said. @We are mak- ing it iii the shop
 said. You haven't any more ma chimes. Have you hired any more help?'
 Yes. one. We have thirty people
 As I stood and looktd at her she said, Mir Nash, you seem surprised. What did you expect Us to do:"
 I said. What do you mean, Mrs RuslandE"
 She said. aMr Nash. have felt eyer since you were in here two months ago that vou didn't realize just what yoa were saying thehn. NJ factory worker was ever talked to aS you talked to uS. You came in here We all think Of il and talk Of il yet-you stoppet the machines. asked us to come together. Nobody moved Then you began to lock around from one to another and I saw your face get white. saw your lips qHiyer Then finally you said Friends. you are all my brothers and siters you are all children of the same Father that I am you are entitled to the same justice and fair trea tment that want for myself, and God being my helper. I am going 10 give il to you
 Then you went on and told Us that y0u were going to try and treat Us l dS NOu NVItN want tO bt tANN1Ne* tA you were out here running a machine and we were in the office paying you. Then you went around and raised the wages of everybody from fifty to three hundred per cent, and then you went running out as if you were scared. What did you expect us to do?'
 Well" I said, What did you do? Tell me just what happened
 She said, T can't tell you exactly what happened l can't use the kind of language that was used in the shop l then" (Laughter). I suppose all Of you here in New York know what the language k in sweat shop. It doesn't make any difference what the nationality k, they all speak one lan- guage. the profane language. They all know that. That was the language in this shop when we took it over.
 said. Forget that and tell me what happened.
 Well, when you went out, we all looked at each other Everything was still as death for what seemed sey- eral minutes to Us. l am sure it was for q minute. Then the little Italian at the press said, I'll be damned if I don't think he meant that" Haugh- terl
 hope if I don't get anything else to yoa that ger across to you just
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