1903 Daly's bartenders' encyclopedia

UNIONISM THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF EFFICIENCY. AM a firm believer in unions, as they tend to improve the condition of their members financially as well as socially, and insure to pro- prietors employing- members thereof compe- tent and reputable men. My personal connection with the Bartend- ers' Union for a number of years has con- vinced me of the utility of organizations of that nature, and since 1889, when I proposed forming a local union in Worcester, Mass., and in which the outlook was very auspicious until after the election, which resulted in no license, I have been a strong adherent to the cause. Our Union has been the means of elevating the bartender to the same social standing as men in other professions whom necessity requires to earn their living. Not

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