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Show lit W ft OHKATING THKIH OWN UNKMlT.OYMI'.XT A Callfornlhn who thinks things over wants a chance to say what bethinks regarding those Jobless men. Fifty thousand of them, they suy, theie are In the state. , He wants to buy a home, but tho builders Inform In-form him that they cannot get men such aa carpenters, painters, brick laers, plumbers, etc., at' less than ? 10 a day for supposedly eight hours work. Common shovelers for $6. GO a day. Ho says If you want to build a five or six room house you must put up from five to six thousand dollars dol-lars whore three thousand should be sufficient to build that size houpe. If these same men would guarantee to give an honest day's work for an honest day's pay then: would be work for all. If they would forget the war lime acale of wages nd come down to brnEs taolts, this family would have a home of Us own and they would have work. Always bear In mind that at present eight bonrs pay docs not mean eight hours work, hunco 50,000 Idle nxsu. . |