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by the proper office] s and cuniiiiiUccis of liie v^iub, aii driiereuces 

 arising between members of the Club and their employes when 

 snch questions shall be submitted to the Club for adjustment; 

 to make it possible for any person to obtain emploj^ment without 

 being obliged to join ajabor organization." 



It was, of course, not to be expected that such a comprehen- 

 sive list of objects could be at once attained, and opinion varies 

 as to the probable future success of the club. Some dissatisfied 

 members have already withdraAvn, and the constitutional pro- 

 vision requiring a three-fourths vote of the members for disband- 

 ment will hardly prevent the club's gradual dissolution if it does 

 not perform some valuable service for its members. 



The omission from the list of objects of an express provision 

 for establishing a uniform scale of wages is significant, as is also 

 the inclusion there of the phrases: "to protect its members in 

 their right to manage their respective businesses in such a man- 

 ner as they may deem proper," and, "to make it possible for any 

 person to obtain employment without beiug obliged to join a 

 labor organization." It is evident that the employers wish to 

 discourage the union idea ; and, Avhile actually preparing to meet 

 the problem of unionism when it shall arise — which many of 

 them think is but a question of time — they wish to avoid as far 

 as possible all appearance of an organization on their part, which 

 might lead to similar action on the part of the workmen. 



One of the chief motives for the organization of the club was 

 the desire to do away with the practice of many employers in 

 bidding for individual workmen already in the employ of other 

 producers. Although the members of the club voted to discon- 

 tinue this practice, they did not in fact do so. The attainment 

 of this object might have been furthered by the adoption of a 

 uniform scale of wages, but although the members of the asso- 

 ciation agreed to fix a maximum scale, they have thus far failed 

 to adopt one. 



It is not to be thought that these associations actually go to 

 the length of fixing prices in all cases. The most they have been 

 able to do is to establish a sort of standard to which all pro- 

 ducers as a rule rather closely conform. On specifications calling 

 for cut and sawed stone, producers can often cut prices while 

 nominally observing the agreemejit, for small pieces of good 

 grade stone can be cut from blocks of mixed color which would 

 otherwise be waste or low grade stone. Moreover, small com- 



