| Show r HOW N W PLUMBERS BE I I WORK THE N PUBLIC r Some Inside History of Mastics Masters Association and Its Ambitions Ambition Amt BOYCOTTING 11 It l to U 1 to ro I UW M II Par lw t Th TIt ma matt tr r of n Fran IMm Franeta eta co are a tutu Into th lb glary glare of f pub public i lie lic opinion In I II n re rh e f on trust iron method i Him made mad In that city The Tto count lIIn trw tho master matr plumb art rn In la IbM that tin v hll hat r to 10 re ro restrict strict trade trad in r muter terl About III alz lx l hl i wholesale hart I bounce W in ill hf with the thed II d plum rod Ml ar sr arf f 1 price ll II t r fell ai WP weft to tn eh 11 fam nn and nt l a x fin rd t f J wM was to be 1 ij 1 i tar i i any y violation of It TIt TItI pm am mr our wim broken up p In part pan pant by t th the of nt t what la k known a u uthe the th i aim 11 right I h u I w and for or the B l I time In III y yenta Brn r NI n IJ Fran n II 1111 in a that thatIs IB Is tar for Th however bald belli martyr mut It It grip KII 1 on f thi Ih Kit nation II It worM works v furl JUKI a ae tI d N rr a n i tn h I Suit II Lake Iak by threat of boycott and by du boycott There la Ir no price t f un 1 ri hut hul trade In it effectively ely restricted I Id d n e ho h a I tOr for It 11 I Ju net t wha ba plumbing pill material are arr ar and anti ju Jurt t N h ha ur an 11 r plumber and nd 0 consequently JUKI Jul uel whit may buy bv If f a L supply house hou n 11 Ily I to ii anyone not on Oil the lint Its t that house houa iN I II boycotted 1 PLAIN RI M Y MASTERIES That la a I dune done In III Sail II bake I Ir II not clear dar hut nut II It Ir it that many I plumbers plumber rl will x not put pul in ma except O n bought through them in ur their theft un alas a tbt t C an can not nul hu buy plumbing ma mater ter trl In In without u laying an mou profit that in many 1 me LS ha haw lR made It r for tor the hu to In b hart hac ha tin the H then than in I try Uy to 10 put them Ihm In Hut Hul the h Nan Han tx l I affiliated with n i nation il and antS Decked backed by bv It II Thin U la ju l what whal 1 In the Ih roar rine of ot the Ih butcher and nd era n who wh hu Imported u a national officer lo to corn com n here hei hI and we weep p over arty the tb slim In of ordering good 00 by mall n order thin Ihla In burl truit theory being one of the Ih prim thing the moat fight III any source oure of r cum com competition 1 petition WHO YHU MAY 0 The Th Muter Plumbers association NO d der lo not n RaY nay tn to I auppl supply houses Hoare hou that Ih 1 they th shall hall all cell 11 no good Code tn to I plumbing house not aol members o the th association It say Nye YI they Ihy shall ah drat deul only alth muster dumber and nd rerun certain nether orther plumbers by the hO al but Dut who are ate nut not er men on un 0 whom It tan fear to I make ak u a fight of ot the trade standing land In and end the th that would woul be given public pro from Irom them After AU rIng who uhn buy Duy plumb Ing nit 11 th the b a dr to toay u ua fC say ay a what vh i 1 04 art aru These 3 an th tube and lon ta i lad and connection llona I and Ad trim mini work ah nah trays Ift mid soil sell pipe and fitting slop atop hopper hI and arld ron con connection m 11 oral an i load lead supply pipe I lend It I I pipe lIP lead I trap I IM 1 bollei fur hot hol water connection lend lead and nd bends bend braM ferrule a und ground tort union old and lid In III fait a i everything that exclusively lu to the Thi rh ity ll II i Jo not Iron Irn pry N e nN Ih IN Ix I u outside tu I plumbing dory dOM It In Include clude hat w un r boiler 1 a O or they are ara ud d fur fin t and nd gas gat p tank tanks but bUI rs Ink IlIk parr curu Mor that bat I none trove of S them haJJ be bt wild Id for ur haling puri o ea by 10 saying In that the aper pe laJ la hot hol union unbar hall II oat not be De told sold to ro any 1111 rpt plumb plum rn rt When a t boiler I I le Intended far for heating hauling water waler It la t I n 0 v uy to In make mak the It connections with j apaI per J union and ami 11 II It Ir I these shwa union unions that thaI It IK Ir I po for foi r no one but a Ii IiI 0 I r tn t I buy bU Therefore It II would woud M boo uw h va to 10 buy ti the IhO 11 Ink ik I ikc c N T II Il 1 I not mIr n i loiti Ind d th thil I u it II he hr h hIhl pOff Ihl r n x 1 P to buy bus lIu a t l at el l I I lail rule fit a hI h hUM UH but butI l ut lut lutI I II It IH In I d 1 Mini Ihu II It should liv bu h 1101 possible Die bit foi rl I hI ulio I Ih to b handle Ihl oi i of nr r K iod lo I buy huy IU tram a r Mal 10 hoax hu It IK Ix I lint I After that ha gaNir I err are ar und 1111 who wh II lIa II l m U ih 1 II 1181 ei era ur rs to tv I lit Hs II I x r Ih u It m aa M aaen en I Hied lo p liny IllY 4 to ell 11 r Ihm II i buy huy hu a n from n 1 mil rn thi th Install U It 1 Our I 11 liny 1111 a 1 Manx tUII bib from tom H Y r 1 MI re the lh Installs Il It It I t Ir 1 to fl bu 1 buy 1 mi xu uh h a big bl from froma fro a 1 ar time a bib III I A not n but a bathtub ia i one buy huY a bathtub nn Rny her hr rr u 1 t plumb plumber er cr I nnA II nd nut not from him unbar he lie Installs InstAll lt It LI r n The fh ma mait try r rr rule Ih M kind IUnd of ul a r buY boy boycott bo cott Coll craiK If A I tu wen ao fro at ale an ar 11 t tn In from bill IhU rent ort t of tf a s aroll roll for fm I wn Thin T III firm nn has haa II I in III all 11 the rho large lit In thi Ih Culled t and an In the Ih orient It Ita It Karma houw rdA ld Id a toa to 10 toa a ONn that war 1 not pot acknowledged hY by n Hie t 11 Martyr Mtr rd a W WIrIng IrIng entitle I in I b lm buy u Plumbing a R 1 A l I Ir o iott r tt waz a de declared tt and anA d fn hn r two tl r 11 iT tone toneA ran ranI n nA A o u In la I n II ry It h booty hu It II doe doen ft n ra that II em nd beyond h 1 he the pher nf r ill th h MII Plum arev I l 11 i i t i r l 1 Ih iol a ri unit hilI t nr rot mt t known as II bel L ill plumbing good and It had a very ry large trade among amons that flat were wart 11 not rd Id a h the Ih a With all theta their thing In It Ito 1111 favor It K managed t I tur ur lve h the th I t a hour 6 l I aa n for fot fortun tun tl situated have hv The Th MaMer Harter ra HMO erring n that It could kI nee neX ruin tM ih arm offer r ha haring aln ring triad tar for two tWI c ir dr drI 1 I i In red the Ih off o At thi I hI Iline 1111 Hi h boycott won 1111 a it tt lyna 11 d dby by the t a orl that flim had hod to I V err good goat in I M brad fread lItS of the tt hoUM ly nl 1 thin I hi hirt rt oll but bul the th boycott wa was 11 not t ra re r A Holler Moll alto also al suffered ur from irom fr ii n boycott bt of nt the for Master er Plumber Plum aa Uon although It H eta waa not I of t ao ra Ion long duration nor ao an ax an that Iha declared C against Iran company Dal Oal OalI aIM I I hair tit faulta and anA an anUte the Ute boycott IMN Nae hM declared oft off Since Blare that time no firm dealing dealt In Iq bt ha Ala b ban hll 1 the 1110 temerity to sell u plumbing good garde tu to any not nut recognised by ne tlc II Master I Plumbers aa U an e helm 1 f entitled to buy lIu At prevent there Is la I no nn n boycott because bee all 11 the th house ore are good Redd OBJECT OF or COERCION The object of 01 this thU coercion Is b I to pre ont coot houw bu that thai are not In III a position to W Install plumbing hum from buying bayIng them Take Tk Merrill tot eon aa ar an n This might receive an ord r from hom a r hardware dealer dales rot for or several 1 hundred feat tt art f Iron Imo Ironpipe pipe pi several ral grog Teas of l r several kajs kap k of Holly na II certain Iron Imo 1 11 rods rode car clr carpenters carI penters I r tools Mid and one four Inch treat ball ferrule Holbrook A Stetson w would oUid be he compelled to 10 turn down the entire ell order or to the h order with without out opt the brat b ferrule saying that they tile warn out OUI of bran brat ten ferrule ulra at tile the time Um For r a brass b ferrule ferrall worth orth M of cents It lr be necessary ry to turn taro down an ruder order worth hundreds of M dollar don or tn to offend oRend a OM of long lone Ion standing This la U I the effect of th Ih the Muter Mater lumbers association laUon on th the dealer dalr THE CONSUMER of or rouse oure In this thin hi ride W U In q ell all others other It II la I the consumer that tM the a ak raa I finally anally after It Jt Is Ir I the I h consumer that giver give v down do the milk The Th only yawn reason th tit the association aye sa a that a s hardware dealer dater er shall not buy but bath tub tube I Ia that the i shall nt buy Huy hu them from the ItI hardware dealer und and I I I them Tola Is b I the I h work rk that the tb plumber I upon do da doIng Ing full it I I le here hart that he hr make hi hU unreasonable profit Toe coat coal of any au fixture dUUr IH iN i alu ure lc Iran than h the h nay 11 for far It II In th the work la U I dune don under contract The Mauler Plumbers Plumber Aaa no price list Ilat but bUI there thele Is la a s general nral undemanding that loot Ha It It mem mm member Den ber 10 shall IU I charge h H N profit proAl of u per pcr peri i rent ut on un all aU but bul c t work Wk Where a II a contractor haa Ane h a r whole house In the th plumbing plant Is U to be bar In tolled h hr I suh the frKA nh ing I r ng contract t Bids have l to i be ba b sub rub submitted t for tor Ibb work and there t Is it I no na noway noway way by b which w an rn n exorbitant profit ran can be bf made mad But Aut where a householder watts wants to put pUI a s new uw bathtub In hi hla home hOlm In place of ot an n old 01 1 one U tl I la not lo to advertise for tor bide bid on un re o small 1011 a of work and the tb plumber IK II a usually ordered to dr tit the work and present nt his hU hI bill Dill billA DillA A bra bib or tweet faucet oats t a plumber 46 U rents cent It r ul a II wrench and nd about aboul two to minutes work to Install Intall ono ona on Tou can buy uch a bib at a hardware store aloe tor for U i f caul eu and a d II crew re It j A y v yourself your If Jt hi doing loin other lit of work In your our hOIl he h x will charge you for tor Installing the th bib It If he lie ha hato h hae to e sand rend nd a man mn lo to the th house lally IaU to do the tM work he Ur cI a dollar an en n hour for tor the tb man Ian on his Ale way a ay 1 to aa tad from hom fro the tM boU and to fo cent an j for tor a helper to 10 carry an the mans toola It Is lr I y to avoid this thle exorbitant charm barp because bibs bl are an not nOI exclusive exclusively ly Iy varda Halt IMM on OIl oae ran can IH buy II them In a hardware tore store hut but the same am sameI amle I le not true hue of ut a bathtub or soy any an bath bathroom bat room fixture MOM A enameled J bathtub oat cost oata costa a plumber The connections coat curl him 1160 Any AllY muster plumber In Iq n city Ill would discharge har a k Journeyman who could not Install Inlall a bathtub In an hour provided the connection were wro w mad to the floor The cheapest kind of or a bathtub that bat It U I to 10 have Haw Installed with all df connection r made md to 0 the It floor Boor toot costs 60 In n this city It U any anyone n one fIt thinks It U fa I possible to t have u r bathtub Installed for tor leas I than I talk It II over Dyer with the Ih muter master plumber A rallon galvanised Iron ron tank IH IM n a plumber ft fi It require sev av v 1 feet feel of thre toed Inch pipe 1 to kp the hI connection The Th pipe rata coat nearly a rent cent a foot toot It U also tiro require two and several couplings and andell ell ally n All A II thee the Ih thing would tat coT near nearly n nI I ly tu W i ruts puts It II would take taka about as u ulong long to I b pit pad in a tank aa as It would to latall a u bathtub U tt will coat cal rom 01 ft fit to lit UI tn to have h this tank Installed by a L plumber and no Mr one on else eUe e could oUid do It bemuse no one on alto elau could mold huy IIII the lal hol unions are U worth 1 I 6 Dart cent a place piece pt mati lavatories coat the t plumber pIber W aI while one Dons coat Mm hm M r much mYOk ur i ISA Ile TIt The fitting for tor a lavatory coat cat about the th same aa ar for tor a bathtub tuli ni m a little more aa w they uy err are a all longer r Lavatory lAvator and Ind fittings will coat Gal tin II plumbs plumber about bout ilo 0 It takes take about the Ih tame name a length of 01 Urn time lo W Inlall one onen un rr n M it II dot doc to Install a bathtub In Intact tact fact any allY fixture Dan can be Installed In tn an hour If It th I tiM are aro toads made to tol l he Ih floor Boor A will charge oha HA for oath uch a lavatory Installed About AMm th Ih fame came profit 1 J la made maM on olla and sinks rinks A closet cotta costs the tb Ill ua The T Large hr tot for It d altogether II II nl h I on n the lne I bas fOn are an If It Is U I MUriO to furnish n a fool loth 1 h lead Irad waste joints and ant run inn r n p cine 11 the Ike set coat t I I III ht 11 greater ht i linn Ihan tI Ir I Ih I h orb art to In th h M Il OI n tile the il 0 t U Intended t 1 n old Hid ene an III that It h had I only to I to b t up I Ine no ne fitting nn Art n I I two 0 long r rew and anA an a I In rn IhU I Im I m r tort e the Ih I MIK 1 1111 fm tm r Install inn Inq In the Ih 01 i tin Jo JoA I An Ah A Iron Irn rink Ink ro n a i lion In n her bet IM ThU I Ia not nm 1 Iu dy n x pl ar nr arther II n na ih v ore are u ed rA foi r f n ther pur pUh purr r e r Mu h n II I lIld t h n 1 L a for nt the i lo to Iou liu otie 0 i inot u ho hf could not buy huv u thi Ike In I u I nm h h II It is t ner n 1 to U i I K toroth Ii The Tho Th Oneo n i n fr hIr r uli u h n II rink Ink w i ring Ing the It tut tuI il II reel t up p io In I IS sr 1 i Th The The Kink k that i 1 I wt In n lull I hum f III I 1 Ii t I IOB IN 10 P CENT tET Thin of or about ICO 1110 per I ent Is la the buln It rt I Is not nol maintained by b means mh m nf of a II Iud aced Ilat aa as ha b het be n Mated nut hut hu I by b manna III nil of or restricting the I h num number bar ber nf or firm that con cnn tn buy but hu My Nr I making II foi tor tr oi or 0 hard hanl hardware ware warr r store Im to In buy plumbing goody good the lb IK Ia I kept In I n the t h haMn of a few and anI It be I rare to In main maln maintain tain the th price without th tho aid of a fixed tat list If the head hd of a supply Inline h wan w ra on nn thin thU subject hi M h ull say H that the refusal to tell ell II nug niH IM gada d to any ny but bUI plumber pm war is aa n r inide IrtI con cnn IMon Doubt lea thu I la tine t hut but It 1 hum h become Arcome a trade condition through tic Un Ii and coercion Manion lr IId ty Ly thi Ih Master Mr Plumb r ra arun a tattoo all allo No u o plumbing booty h would w nulA of f rno fi nd a hardware dealer lib aka wa Willi a x Rood Roth by him mer mr merchandise chandise If It the Ih bou vi d not nm rd Into doing ra o by b tray fear of It boycott y |
