nervously.

"Your Excellency, I came to see you about that picketing bill. If it
becomes a law our manufacturers will be driven from the State. They
are now seriously handicapped by the vigorous provisions of existing
laws. I trust your Excellency will not add to our present burdens."

"I have read the bill, Mr. Acton. It seems conservative, with full
provision for the protection of life and property."

"That's not the question. When Union men strike we must have the Non-
Union men to fill their places; but this bill says the Non-Union man
shan't work."

"It says the Union man may persuade him, peacefully, not to work."

"We all know what that means. If he does work, he will be called a
'scab' and his family will be ostracized in every possible way."

"It is hard to draw the line," said the governor. "You say, or imply,
that every man has a right to work for whoever will employ him.
Granted. But do you always give him work when he wants it? Do you pay
him what he asks, or do you not fix the rate of wage? You must
realize the fact that collective bargaining has superseded dealing
with the individual."

"Some of us do not allow that," said Mr. Acton.

"I know it, and that causes the difficulty. Your relations with your
employees should be based upon trade agreements, legalized and