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Show ' UNIONS AND THIS TJ. OJ? U. I am very strong for the strikers, on ,tltO now University building, It Is intolerable that any pait ot the public money should bo paid to nonrunion workmon, no mutter hoflood those workmen may bov And I quite ngiee- with that sentiment expressod by tho plain-speaking members of our order who promlso ropj'isal will be mndo in dxs-slruction dxs-slruction of walls If our demandsaro not agreed to. For the timo Is coming when the people of this town are going to recognize the fnct that not Only will members of tho labor unions monopolize alL the public monoy put into public buildings, but wb will see that none but children of labor union families fami-lies (go to school, or have any other Interest or bone-fit bone-fit from tho public buildings tho public may erect. Of course, now and then wo got criss-cross our-solvos. our-solvos. Somotimos two of our awn union" r tend to a dispute ns to which has tho right to cor- ttiln job, and wo mako tho entire stru wait till we got roady.lo compose our pretended differences. differ-ences. But all that Is more for tho purpose of Impressing tho public with the fact that wo aro only to be considered, than it is to settle a diplomatic diplo-matic point between two of our unions. Tho big thing is that tho public has no Interest in tho case except to put up the money with which tho bills aro to be paid. They may make that money whorovor and however thoy chooso.-Aivd that Is tho limit of tho- liberty wa will allow them. Up to tha point thoy aro free. But beyond that wo will not concodo a stop. Thoy can havo "nothing "noth-ing to say ns to the people who shall bo omployod or how much thoy shall be paid; and thoy may As well bo informod one timo- as another that no ono will bo omployod .who Is not a member of tho union. The public cannot hire or fire. They can not Inspect. They cannot condemn as unsatisfactory unsatisfac-tory in construction or material anything which Is satisfactory to us. And they can got no benefit ultimately from their money exceptito turn It over to us to spend for them. . For tho present we will build school houses for thorn, and lot thoir children -under contain conditions con-ditions nttond sohool thoror Butrpresontly whan we get things" a Httlu hotter organized, we w'Hl not even nllow that. Tho very Idea! ' |