The Washington times., 1930-11-08
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be better off. And the sap
danes who get their hair
phoueyed UP pay the bad news.
That's business. That's the way
the leEit combines operate. It's
called "leSsening sales resist
ance" or syndicate for further.
ing mutual benefits Of trade"
or organizing for the better.
ment Of the industry"
Union labor in this country
invented and fathered the sys.
TEN. Carpenters used to get $50
q week. Now they get $72.
They organized. They made
the employers meet their dc.
nands. The employers battled.
There were some Sluggings,
S1ootingS, tie.ups land the EN-.
plogers got wise. They gave in
and raised the prices. So they
had peace and prosperity, and
the public paid and the help
got twice as much and were
happy. But-the carpenters
didn't copyright the idea.
The plumbers did the same
thing-and the teamsters and
the cooks and the toothpick
sharpeners and the window
cleaners and the painters and
the StevedoreS and the sand.
wich men And up went the
price on everything, And the
carpenters were getting as much
for their $72 as they had been
for their $36. And a little less.
Because in each operation some.
body hung on q little premium,
for his own endeavors-"or.
gani2ation and incorporation
expense" it's called.
In Many Rackets
'"And I'm In that line Of In.
dustry, among other things"
Polack Annie looked at him
wide eyes.
'B. b." she said, ''I thought
I knew something about rackets
where ! head In from. But our
mobs are hobnailed hoodlums
They work with gats and you
work with a fountain pen"
"Ah, yeh-but always with
the shadow of the gat in the
background. r e m E m b er, all
this folds UP and flops If we
haven't got the power when it's
called for. And not only that
kind Of power-political power;
permits, licenses, justice, priv.
ileges, protection, destruction.
Not every buck we take in is
velvet. There's plenty divvy--
plenty. I've got as many heel.
ers as I've got heels on my
payroll.
I'VE can't fight city hall-un,
less we have to. But we don't
have to. Those babies drawing
$4,000 a year and living at a
rate Of that month must live,
too. They pay more than they'll
get their whole stretch In office
to get the office. They start In
on the cuff, Ia the red and In
hook. And they're good and
hungry.
I'm your town they deal along
the same angles. But they shoot
for rolls of nickels and we shoot
the roll. Millions!
"I'll organize the banks when
] get around TO- It,.
They can be handled the
same way as any other outfit.
They're human. The world is
made up Of people with larceny
in their hearts. That's the only
one element In mankind that's
eternal and universal. Morals
differ with climate and age;
what's regarded as brave in war
is cowardly in money matters:
millions worship different gods:
no two races agree on ethics or
manners or human relations.
But they're all brothers under
the skin on one thing-they're
all out for all they can get. So
why should I devote my genius
to working with small sectors Of
mankind and doubtful psychol-
ogy, when ! can muscle in on the
one main motivating impulse Of
everybody everywhere?
No Sucker
when you dug me up here,
Annie, you walked in on no
sucker. I had a rough, tough
childhood. My parents were
poor, ignorant immigrants. I
was sensitive, bashful kid. I
got kicked and slammed on all
sides. ! might have turned out
to be poet. But they wouldn't
let me. The hardened me up
and made me bitter. Now they'll
pay-and they'll like it. I've got
them in my n1itt before they
wake UP. And If they try to
Wiggle out, I'll sock 'em with
that mitt and they'll never wake
up again.
They'll pay off for what they
did 10. the little Freeman kid!''
Polack Annie smiled.
= was yanked up the same
way" she said. 'tAll I owe the
world Is q good beating"
stick with me. red head.
Beating the world is my racket "
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