Show THE EVILS OF THE CONTRACT SYSTEM editor tribune I 1 beg that you will allow me through the medium of 0 your liberal and widely circulated jou journal to say it a few words upon this important question the more I 1 look into this question the more I 1 hee bee the necessity of 0 some kind of reformation regarding it now that the constitutional convention are arc sitting to formulate a constitution for ulan it is to be hoped that they will not tall fail to do something in the interest Inter at of labor I 1 have urged from time to time the formation of a state labor bureau to abolish all contract systems as an regards our state stale and municipal work kate kale field in her washington was h agton journal abw advocates the same arne e thing and forcibly pointed out that that was the only panacea to relieve the pies ent congested congealed condition of things I 1 find that the committee on OIL labor in the constitutional convention have recommended a board of labor taken from the wyoming constitution and which Is only a statistical department that of itself Is really of no us diio e es as regards berned ing the condition or of th the e oppressed workingmen the law of this te territory Is that all public work must be given out by contract t to 0 the most bidder and yet a at t the tame same time the city hue hag itself done some of that work I 1 from information that has been given me that the city paved the ear car tract in state stat e street at a cost of 2 0 40 per yard th the e raving paving of the ado iddo tract which was w as really not 0 so o difficult nor yet so expensive was let out by contract at per yard this this only shows allows that the contract system Is not only expensive but unjust towards the taxpayers and under that system bribery and corruption Is likely to occur our city onic lalu are not saints sainte I 1 am afraid that some of thorn them are awful stone banners rs the indea lives which will soon take place no doubt will prove I 1 it I 1 now let us look at these e employment in agencies or offices and what do we nee bonn connected ted with thorn them but a system of robbley and imposition that Is why 1 I desire their total destruction st anil and a system devised whereby the workingman shall not bo be imposed in upon let me give you an instance or two six years ago in this city I 1 fought ht employment at one of thoe agencies I 1 paid 3 2 went to bear river canal and on arriving there could get no work they hold had more men than they wanted but as I 1 was wan naturally pugna clous clou I 1 went for them threatened a public exposure and that settled the th question now let lei us look at the new employment pro agency for or tills this gravity sewer of i ours I 1 understand that men who want w t work upon that sewer must go to the t 0 union employment agency pay 1 got ft a ticket before they can get any work upon that sewer and that alio I 1 ile pay Is 1 GO 60 per lay day of ten hours more liters than that I 1 am given ali tn to understand that larkins hue has been boarding some som old hands nil all the winter and slow now these mm men have the preference of woric surely such men cannot be salt lake C citizens but what 10 lo do the elie city counell council care about that the clause in that contract was only it 0 myth it was wag put in only to tool fool tile the let us abolish ibis contract and then thea things wll will work better belter JOHN |