Front:
BOYCOTTED!
TES.E.EXAMINER
Declared Unfair S.F.
Examiner
Unfan
THAS BEEN)
BY THE
S.F. LABOR COUNCIL.
44 PEU
COMPLIMENTS OF
SAN FRANCISCO WEB PRESSMEN'S UNION
No. 4
Back:
MR. DOOLEY ON "THE OPEN SHOP.''
"What is all this talk that's in the papers about
the open shop??? asked Mr. Hennessey.
“Why don't ye know?” said Mr. Dooley.
Really, I'm surprised at yer ignerence, Hinnissey.
Whut is th’ open shop? Shure, 'tis a shop where
they kape th' door open t'accommodate th’ con-
sthant sthream of min comin' in t' take jobs
cheaper thin th' min whut has th' jobs. "Tis like
this, Hinnissey-suppose wan of these free-barn
Amerycan citizens is wurkin'in an open shop
for th’ princely wages of wan large iron dollar a
day of tin hours. Along comes another freebarn
son-of-a-gun, an' he sez t'th' boss: 'I think I
could handle th' job for ninety cints.' 'Shure,'
sez th’ boss, an’ the wan dollar man gets th’ merry,
jinglin' can, an' goes out into th’crool wurld t'
exercise his inalienable roights as
Amerycan citizen and scab on some other poor
devil. An' so it goes on, Hinnissey.
. An' who
gets th' benefit? Thrue, it saves th' boss money,
but he don't care no more for money than he does
for his roight eye. It's all principle wid him. He
hates t see min robbed of their indepindince.
They must have their indepindince, reghardless of
anything ilse."
“But,'' said Mr. Hennessey, “these open shop
min ye minshun say they are for th' unions if
properly conducted.”
“Shure,'' said Mr. Dooley, “if properly con-
ducted. An' there ye are. An' how wud they
have thim conducted ? No sthrikes, no rules, no
conthracts, no scales, hardly any wages, an'dam
few mimbers.”
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thorns
as a freebarn
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