2. A manufacturing business offers a better opportunity for a young man at the present time than a mercantile business.
3. Manufacturing industries would suffer if immigration were restricted.
4. The labor union should be abolished.
5. The labor union has no right to restrict the number of apprentices.
6. The profit-sharing plan produces greater efficiency in the working-force.
Exercise 254
Imagine that you are Stanley M. Benner, 171 South St., Buffalo, N. Y., proprietor of a factory making men's shirts and collars.
1. Write an order to The American Printing Mill, 1038 Canal St., Passaic, N. J., for several bolts each of percale, madras, corded madras, and silk striped madras. Use catalogue numbers.
2. Write another order to The Trescott Silk Mill, 976 River St., Paterson, N. J., for several bolts each of No. 62, No. 14, and No. 20 shirting silks, No. 62 being a striped silk and the others figured. Be definite in ordering the colors that you wish.
3. You have received an order from Spencer & Mitchell, 1925 Pearl St., Albany, N. Y. Write a letter, thanking them for the order and explaining when and how the goods will be sent.