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Show TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES Stonecutters' Chief Here to Inrestigatc Federal . Building Work. . L. H. . Fitzgerald of Denver, a member mem-ber of the executive board-of the Journeymen- Stonecutters'; union of North America, arrived here yesterday, having hav-ing been sent to Salt Lake to settle the differences between the Federal build-in build-in contractors and' the Stonecutters' union, which arose over the introduction introduc-tion of a stone planer on the job. Mr. Fitzgerald has been very successful success-ful in compromising disputes of this character in the West. In Cheyenne he secured the use of native stone and hand labor on the postofflce. after the Government Inspector had recommerid-ed recommerid-ed Indiana machine-cut stone. He also i succeeded in unionizing the labor on. the-' Montana capitol, in Helena, after the structure had been partly erected by non-union labor. i The problem he seeks to Bolve here is I not a new one to him. He says that it is to the interest' of the community to have as many men employed as possible, possi-ble, therefore the planer Is a detriment to the community, as it will do' the work of thirty or forty men who would earn 14.50 per day. , Mr. Fitzgerald has understood that he contract calls for hand work; that la it was let on a basis that would permit per-mit a reasonable profit if the men were employed. If the machine is used the difference will go into the pockets of the contractors and not Into trade channels. He says further that the planer injures the stone and that the machines have been tabooed on all Canadian Government Govern-ment work on this account. |