Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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"In almost every case when I became acquainted with the foreigners who make up the greater part of the labor gangs in the iron and steel mills, I found that they resembled everyone else in the important points if not in the minor. They were always anxious to take good...
"The fact that some, if not most, of the foreign groups in a manufacturing city stick very closely together and bring the prejudices of particular communities into the plants suggests the desirability of the manufacturer trying to get into closer touch with the leaders of such districts as well as...
"In America the job is the most important property in so far as its income producing ability is concerned. The attitude of well-to-do people differs from that of the unskilled worker only in so far that the people better off are able to stand a few weeks or...
"The well-to-do are all too likely to assume that everything is all right for the workingmen if 500 are out of work in Pittsburg but there are 500 jobs open in Chicago. Contrary to the general opinion, this situation does not balance, for the unskilled man in Pittsburg...
"His limited financial means keep the laborer in almost ever constant fear of losing his present job, if he is fortunate enough to have one. He is very sensitive as to the treatment he receives at the factory gate at the hands of the officers of the law and the...