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lives. I pity the poor devils! They stand as fine living specimens of the fate of the unintelligent hard workers of the world when controlled by labor leaders. It is a "union shop" with exclamation points. So stringent and effective that not one apprentice has been admitted in many years, and the workers (all females) allow that not a single new hand, young or old, shall be employed so long as the present crowd can hold together. Its the toughest proposition I have ever met, and I will give you fuller details verbally some time in the future. Let me add here, that the idea of the union workers is that so long as they live they shall be kept employed in their present positions, after their death the business itself shall die for want of skilled employees. The Government runs the business!!!