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out of that, ho.must pay rent, food cl. othe~ insurance, doctorS, medicine, and last 'out not <br />least taxes, w£th which to pay Mr. Sh~rley's salary. . <br /> The spirit of brotherly love appears to be only something to talk about on Sundays, <br />and no pa~t or parcel of ottr-treatment of each other in the every day affairs of life. <br /> Thirty cents per hour for forty hours per week is only twelve dollars per week, and <br />appears to us, as the minimum upon which any citizen should be. expected to exist. <br /> We earnestly petition you, therefore, to exert all the i~-fluence of your of£ice to <br />see that tho rate mentioned above becomes the minimum rate for all labor on state work, in <br />order that the faith of the people in thei~ gove~r~nent to treat thom f?Lrly may not be shaken <br />and the seed of anarchism will not find a fertile soil in which to thrzve in "01d Virginia." <br /> <br />Respectfully yours, <br /> <br />M.J. Hanley, <br />B. F. Long, <br /> <br />0entra! Labor Union. <br /> <br /> Motion of Mr. Hutchins that the petition be approved and copy be sent to the <br />Governor of Virginia was unanimously adopted. <br /> <br />On motion adjourned. <br /> <br /> <br />