Show MONTANA VS UTAH LABOR Bite Miner Disclaims In Fiver of the Former in Municipil Work little Miner Major Harrlnsons suggestion that any complaints against the paving contractor of havIng hav-Ing Imported outside labor to do the work bo brought to the notice of the city council officially Is I one that should be I acted on Tho matter Is Ion I-on of too much Importance to bo decided de-cided upon street rumor and Is I of enough Interest to labor In Unite to warrant action by tile city authorities The contractors when they bid for the work did HO upon tho basis of the recognized value of day labor In Ilutte It Is I charged now that they have brought laborers from Utah and while Sensibly pralj7nirthe scale have an arranremcnt by which the men take orders on Halt Lake with the understanding under-standing that they be subjected to a material discount The Implied understanding under-standing that little labor was to he I employed and Hull wages paid seems to have been violated front the beginning begin-ning Ir the state at facts alleged are true When the project of paving Main I street wit broached It met with favor for Iwo reasons One was the Improve merit It would make In the appeyaeo or Ihal thoroughfare The other was the opportunity 11 would afford to give I employment 10 some nt the Idle work Inmn or Butte There Is I no conlon Ion that the labor of liutte would have improved tile Appearance or Ialn I street any moro than the labor or Utah nor III there tiny pretense I that Utah labor can do the work any better bet-ter than Butt labor These ondltlons being equal all other conohlalloll mint I to tin fact tint It would be more henefttlal tolh ollllro community the I iutte labor bb employed There Is I nothing In the contract to compel l the use of Butte labor on this work hut the mayor jind city council nay be able to do something that will baO l ruo iT i firing about that dtsfied state of affairs af-fairs That they will In to du so cannot can-not be doubted That they will succeed everybody hopis And that the con trnotor will take the i utrlollc I Mew of It Is to bo looked for |