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Show STALLING ON PUBLIC WORK. COLLIER'S publishes a letter from a workman in a San Francisco shipyard, who signs his name and gives his address. Here are some things he says can be seen in a shipyard: 75 per . . Jj&tKr. ...-I,. cent of the men doing1 50 per cent of a fair day'swork, losing thereby to the country at least $3,000 per day on one single ship. He would have heard foremen tell their men: "Now, take it 0 easy and hang on to this." He would have heard at every turn men boasting about how lit-itle lit-itle they have done and what a pay check they received. . You may ask how do I know all these things. Because I 'am one of the chief offenders. I am working, or rather stalling, in a large shipyard. The last time I asked a foreman what to do next, he said: "For s sake, can't you find a place to hide? I did. I have been in the lazaret for three days, receiving $9.90 a day and haven't done one single tap of work." The author of this nefarious confession should be stood up against a wall. By his side should be the foreman to whom he refers and a few others further up the line. This labor slacker filched from the government the price of 119 thrift stamps. The work of 119 little boys and girls, saving their pennies and nickels, has been nullified, by this bloodsucker. The most astonishing feature of the incident is the fact that such stalling could be practiced with immunity. Try to imagine a private industry in which such a thing would be possible. Rocky Mountain ' ' News. |