Disserations by Mr. Dooley (1906) - Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt

THE LABOR TROUBLES
"T SEE th' sthrike has been called off," said Mr.
Hennessy.
JL " Which wan?" asked Mr. Dooley. " I can't
keep thrack iv thim. Somebody is sthrikin' all th'
time. Wan day th' horseshoers are out, an' another
day
Candy Pullers sthrikes, an' th' Amalgymated Union
iv Pickle Sorters quits in sympathy. Th' carpinter
that has been puttin' up a chicken coop f'r Hogan
knocked off wurruk whin he found that Hogan was
th' teamsters. Th' Brotherhood iv Molasses
shavin' himsilf without a card fr'm th' Barbers'
Union. Hogan fixed it with th' walkin' dillygate iv
th' barbers, an' th' carpinter quit wurruk because he
found that Hogan was wearin' a pair
iv non-union
pants. Hogan wint down-town an' had his pants
unionized an' come home to find that th' carpinter
had sthruck because Hogan's hens was layin' eggs
without th' union label. Hogan injooced th' hens
to jine th' union. But wan iv thim laid an egg two
days in succission an' th' others sthruck, th' rule iv
th' union bein' that no hen shall lay more eggs thin
th' most reluctant hen in th' bunch.
"
It's th' same ivrywhere. I haven't had a sandwich
f'r a year because ivry time I've asked f'r wan
ayether th' butchers or th' bakers has been out on
sthrike. If I go down in a car in th' mornin' it's
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