Makely," the young fellow protested, in
astonishment.
"Well, it stands to reason that if the tramps have all been blacklisted
men--"
"But I didn't say that, either."
"No matter! What I am trying to get at is this: if a workman has made
himself a nuisance to the employers, haven't they a right to punish him in
any way they can?"
"I believe there's no law yet against blacklisting," said Camp.
"Very well, then, I don't see what they've got to complain of. The
employers surely know their own business."
"They claim to know the men's, too. That's what they're always saying;
they will manage their own affairs in their own way. But no man, or
company, that does business on a large scale has any affairs that are not
partly other folks' affairs, too. All the saying in the world won't make
it different."
"Very well, then," said Mrs. Makely, with a force of argument which she
seemed to think was irresistible, "I think the workmen had better leave
things to the employers, and then they won't get blacklisted. It's as
broad as it's long."
I confess that, although I agreed with Mrs. Makely in regard to what the
workmen had better do, her position had been arrived at by such
extraordinary reasoning that I blushed for her; at the same time, I wanted
to laugh.
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