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Excerpt from The Pittsburgh Survey, Vol. 1 of 6
Underlying the initial reasons for such a portrayal of labor conditions in the steel industry, is another reason which developed in the course of the inquiry, and which, as with the Mariner''s tale, leaves no choice open as to the telling. The issues which Mr. Fitch takes up are of a sort which are not publicly discussed in the mill towns of the Pittsburgh district. Old employes do not dare petition their employers to consider them. Men have been dis charged for calling meetings to discuss them. It would mean instant dismissal for large numbers of men should they act to gether to affect these things in the way that farmers would take up freight rates or the price of apples at a grange hall; and dismissal would mean the entire dislocation of life. An old resident is quoted by Miss Byington as saying, If you want to talk in Home stead, you must talk to yourself.
It is fully time to bring these issues out into the open, where a man will not risk his livelihood by discussing it. That is the manner of America.
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Underlying the initial reasons for such a portrayal of labor conditions in the steel industry, is another reason which developed in the course of the inquiry, and which, as with the Mariner''s tale, leaves no choice open as to the telling. The issues which Mr. Fitch takes up are of a sort which are not publicly discussed in the mill towns of the Pittsburgh district. Old employes do not dare petition their employers to consider them. Men have been dis charged for calling meetings to discuss them. It would mean instant dismissal for large numbers of men should they act to gether to affect these things in the way that farmers would take up freight rates or the price of apples at a grange hall; and dismissal would mean the entire dislocation of life. An old resident is quoted by Miss Byington as saying, If you want to talk in Home stead, you must talk to yourself.
It is fully time to bring these issues out into the open, where a man will not risk his livelihood by discussing it. That is the manner of America.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
John Underwood Fitch
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780364188651
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Page Count - 467
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Contributors
Author
John Underwood Fitch
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330353004
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Page Count - 469
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