Excerpt from The Government of American Trade Unions<br><br>The large and valuable collection Of trade-union publica tions at the Johns Hopkins University has been used, and other documents at the headquarters Of the national unions have been consulted. Use has been made of the scattered pamphlet literature published particularly during the second quarter Of the nineteenth century. Information gleaned from records has been supplemented by personal interviews with Officials Of most Of the national unions and with officers of local unions in Baltimore, Boston, New York, Chicago, and St. Louis.<br><br>The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance received at every stage Of the work from Professor Jacob H. Hol lander and Professor George E. Barnett, Of the Johns Hop kins University.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.