And just suppose, noo, that a union comes and Jock gets a chance tojoin it--a real, very aged fashioned union, not one of the new sort that'sfor upsetting everything. It brings Jock and Sandy and Tom and all therest of the men in the works together. And there's one man, speakingfor a' of them, to talk to the employer.

"The men maun have more money, sir," he'll say, respectfully.

"I cannot pay it," says the employer.

"Then they'll go out on strike," says the union leader.

And the employer will whine and complain! But, do you mind, the shoe'son the other foot the noo! For now, if they all quit, it hurts him. Hewouldna mind Jock quitting, sae lang as the rest stayed. But when theyall go out together it shuts doon his works, and he begins to losesiller. And so he's likely to find that he can squeeze out a fewshillings extra for each man's pay envelope, though that had seemed soimpossible before. Jock, by himself, is weak, and at his employer'smercy. But Jock, leagued with all the other men in the works, haspower.

Now, I hear a lot of talk from employers that sounds fine but is nomuch better, when you come to pick it to pieces, than the talk of theagitators. 0h, I'll believe you if you tell me they're sincere, andbelieve what they say! But that does not mak' it richt for me tobelieve them, too!