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handle is hein.usccsset/usconset36315 and id is 1 raw text is: 57TH CONGRESS, I SENATE. DOCUMENT Rd Seusion. 1 No. 189. PETITIONS AGAINST ENACTMENT OF EIGHT-HOJURILL. Mr. BLACKBURN presented the following, PETITION OF CERTAIN CITIZENS OF LOUISVILLE, KY., AGAINST THE ENACTMENT OF THE EIGHT-HOUR BILL. FXBRUARY 27, 1903.-Ordered to he printed. LOUIsvILLE, KY., Feruary 20, 1903. DEAR SIR: The undersigned members of the manufacturers' com- mittee of the Louisville Board of Trade, for themselves and other man- ufacturers of Louisville, Ky., would respectfully represent to you that we have carefully examined and considered House bill No. 3076, com- monly known as the Gompers eight-hour bill, and we believe it to be most harmful and detrimental not only to the manufacturing and general business interests of the country, but the best interests of the workingman as well. We believe such a law would be un-American and unnecessary, and would cause confusion and endless harm in all factories doing work for the General Government, and that it would not result in any ben- efit whatsoever to American labor. Holding these views, and believing that the enactment of said bill or any bill carrying its main features would be most harmful to our interests and the general business interests of the country, we ask that you will use your great influence in opposing said bill and preventing by every means in your power its passage. We are, sir, very respectfully, Brennan & Co., Southwestern Agricultural Works, W. G. Munn, president; B. F. Avery & Sons, by C. F. Huhlein, general manager; Airsel & Co., by Louis H. Airsel, general manager, vinegar and pickle manu- facturers; Henry Vogt Machine Company, by Henry Vogt, president; Turner, Day & Woolworth Handle Company, Chas. D. Gates, president; Hegan Manufac- turing Company, by J. E. Hegan, treasurer; The Tur- ney Drier Company, by J. W. Biles, president, manu- facturer's of drying machinery; Fairbanks, Morse & Co., by Geo. B. Woodward, agent; I. F. Stone & Sons Company, by F. D. Stone, president; Howe Manufac- turing Company, by Ben. Howe, president; Kentucky Refinng Company, E. H. Ferguson, president; Union G D-57-2-Vol 15-1 Digitized from Best Copy Available