Upton Sinclair

“ But while you're seeking education for yourself and your brother, don't forget that I've already got my education. I _know_ what happens to men who ask for a check-weighman, and I can't afford to sacrifice myself proving it again. ”

“ There are men here who don't even know they've a legal right to a check-weighman. There are others who know they don't get their weights, but aren't sure its the company that's cheating them. If the bosses should refuse to let any one inspect the weights, if they should go further and fire the men who ask it--well, there'll be plenty of recruits for my union local! ”

“ If, as the bosses proclaimed, the workers were fully protected by the check-weighman law; if, as all the world was made to believe, the reason there was no check-weighman was simply because the men did not ask for one--why, then there would be no harm done. ”