269

Date 1912-08-13

From 269

n you build, Consider ITY first: Don't be per- ato buy CHEAP LUM- pecause It'S cheap use the best. We bav it, and ev- ng the Builder requires.. elect stock o: LUMBER, 8, SASH, FIR FINISH, H, OAK, MAPLE, BIRCH FIR FLOORINGS. have the agency for the ated Morgan Doors, tg DOOR BEAUTIFUL WOoD FIBRE, LAH ' CEDAR POSTS, wil: LOW Posts BOARD ILAY CO. Seats ee Sretestertorteateete ates IR SMUT 0c... .Quart Be... .Pint tT PAY MORE jle s Drug and h Store : 2 ? : a Soeheefoteet cs There In TSON LEADER TRACTORS aD ing the Hat 8 FIGURE WITH. yor ing Report. E PLACING YOUR ACT FOR A BUILDING : Special to the News. STIMATES FREE. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. fifty-eight arinual convention of the International Typographical Union as opened here this morning in the magnificent armory buttding ef the Cleveland Greys, with in the neigh- porhood of four hundred delegates in attendance, representing total mem- bership of about 60.000 printers in the United States and Canada. Saturady was get together day and many entertainments were held, yesterday deing spent at Cedar Point, the .objective point of the ex- cursion of the steamer Eastland. The delegates and the ladies were enter- tained by Toledo and Detroit Unions. The -convention will not sit this af- ternoon, but will be entertained to a trolley ride around the city after which the delegates will be guests of honor at the Chicago-Cleveland Am- erican League-balt game at the Lea- gue park. Mr, H. B, Gibson, of Calgary Union 449, is Canada s representative on the Committee on Laws, Mr. Ben, F, Watkins, of Medicine Hat, Alberta, is the representative In attendance from Typographical Un- jon 451, of the great gas city, In presenting his report, President. Lynch, among other things, said: The Union Printers Home has been improved and beautified and is In mag- nificent condition; our technical edu- 0 Next to City Hall. ed. on SSLEY 3ROS SE th Ave., Phone 434 its HONE STABLE PHONE 402 793 J..S. FOLLIS tracting Co. TORONTO ST. ming. San ating Specialty Heavy Horses for sal AU Times, it) . LYON of success with the work cominitted to TRACTS FOR its charge; the campaign agaiast VY tuberculosis and for sanitary compos- : TEAMING fng rooms f ' AND EXCAVATING t-and Sand for Sale, tesults have added. to the: patronaze Phone No, P. 0; Box 1. aus, of the union office and therefore pio- ie vided additional work for our bers: the publicity campaign has b en -Simmonds RK AND CONTRACTOR, RAND CONTRACTOR promptly attended to, *Phone No. 335, pashed earnest stands higher toda Yion than it did one y t-was thought of at: that time; waxes p; have been fnereased by millfous f dollars, hours have, been retutiod te high-grad of Western Canad have a present pay roll of over 30,000 per month. Medicine Hat's Representative Is International Typographical Union Convention In Full Swing at Cleveland Benj: F. Watkins, Represent- 12. The whenever opportunity offered; and working conditions have been better- longer be termed a venture, for it 1s The mortuary plan will, we believe, from the experience we have had thus tar, tion as has the pension dea, The International Typographical jin every one of its activities, is add- Ing to the comfort and happiness of progress of the human race. business venture has been more suc- cessful, or industrial organization more -prosperous. Using the total membership of the unions reporting increased scales as a basis for the calculation, it 1s found that the wages of the affected mem- bers have been increased 69,263.74 per These figures mean that the memebrs Union will earn at least 3,600,000 more in 1912 than they did in 1911, Yhe result here obtained is proven by the increase in the earnings of mem- bers as shown by the pension assess- ment collected, and we must regard ow continued progress as the best possible proof of the strength of the International standard Of Its membership. Each Wipntk there Is published tr cation commision has bad continued ;the oft colp has progressed, and- t+ siyccosx of the venture. health of our members has been -t0r teeodty-womber of pensioners, a large er conserved; the label campaisn'lyor cent. availing themselves of this has been pressed vigorously and: thn1 siefeen e - because PAT AKO, Well AS lt; Yoncarned, The Industrial Suburb of Medicine Hat FOUR LARGE FACTORIES More Factories are Co RE IN OPERATION And making Redcliff famous as the e building products centre . factories Real Estate is Boomi Ask the STONER AGENCY abo TORONTO STREET gt; ROE P MELLEL SEE OEE ITE O PEO OOOO OT y Glad Array ww Represents Canada on Committee on Laws President Presents Interest- The old age pension plan can no secure and substantial basis. prove as successfil in its opera- Union, membership and therefore to the No week 3,601,71448 per year. the International Typographical Union and the, bigh ial organ a statement of re; disbursements to * and m the pension fund and these fig- ielt graphically the story of the We have of -modifi- and extensions made in the 1910 and 1911 conventions, good balance in the fund ortnary benefit in existence 1, so far as the increas- nt of money paid at death notwithstanding that ents to the fund began on Jan- a. These tion will work out, -but the indica - tions are that it will be entirely successful, for on the basis of the first one hundred deaths the average amount per death claim paid was 336.48, Estimating the nuniber of deaths this year at. 675, a number larger than we have had in any previous year, allowing the excess eeause of our increased member- ship, the amount paid out will be about 230,000, while the receipts for the same period will be about 275,000, thus leaving a substantial balance in the fund at the end of the fiseal year. As opportunity. offered, we . have continued during the past year our campaign for sanitary conditions in workrooms and also. co-operated with the general movement against tuberculosis. As to the great white plague, we have furnished many thousands of pamphlets to local un- jong for use in connection. with tuberculosis exhibits and our own exhibits have been a distinguishing feature of these local shows. We haye continued to impress on our memtiership the necessity for unre- lentinig and determined battle against tuberculosis, and it is my impression that the results we have achieved are a sufficient guarantee that our work has been. along cor- rect lines. In this connection the following is illuminating : Year, 190; number of deaths, 419; average age at death, 41.25; mem- bers, 32,105; deaths per 100, 13. Year, 1912; number of deaths, 655; average age at death, 48.09; mem- bers, 53/807; deaths per 1000, 12.1 Tn the campaign for better sani- tary conditions of workrooms which many local unions now have under way, much information could be gained from the report of the sanita- tion committee of Chicago Typo- graphical Union No. 16. The rules drifted by this committee provide for fire escapes free from obstruc- tion, prohibits expectorating on the floor, compel the piping of machines, and the provision of one lavoratory every thirty male employes and bs for every twenty-five female m- ployes. There are other rules of equal importance, chief of which are the following: In every chapel where one nfore persons ar: 300 cubic feet of air space shall be provided for each and . every person employed therein, and fresh air shall be supplied in such a manner as not, to create injurious drafts,not cause the temperature of any such room apartment to fall materially be- ge temperature main- or or low. the averai tained More Railways are Comi cup is prohibited by city ordinane s, and every member should provide himself with a glass for his or lt;her individual use. During the year covered by this report the property at Colorado Springs coming within the scope of the title'of the institution the Union Printers Home, has been improved the main building kitchen through hospital annex has been done away with, and all the cooking is now done in. the kitchen-in the main building. The food in conveyed from the main building ktchen through a covered passage-way to the sana - torium dining room. Betterment in the service and exonomy in produc - tion were aimed at, and while the change has been in effect since the week of Cune 12, yet it promises, with perhaps a few minor modifica tions and additions, to be entirely acceptalile. The Home buildings have been renovated and painted and today the institution is in fme-physi- eal condition. In order that it may be kept im this shape repairs and improvements will be continually necessary, but it is hoped by the board of trustees that from now on these additions and changes will be reduced to the minimum of ex - pense. Any radical change in the character of the institution will, of course, require radical changes in the construction of the buildings, but as to general repairs the belief as to expense applies. In my re- port of last year I said: A bar- ren hillside has been converted in- to a garden-spot, than which there is no more beautiful in this coun- try. I reiterate the statement Each year the Union Printers Home is more beautiful in appearance and more complete as to utility than in the preceding yeax. In my report of last year I strong- ly advocated the establishment of an employment bureau, under the super- vision of the secretary-treasurer of the International Typographical Un- ion. Iam still of the opinion that sucha step will be wise and for the Denefit of the membership. There is no r ason that will prevent us from placing in touch the work and the worker. Uniton offices in one part of our jurisdiction require help, in an- other part work is slack. In the lat- ter place snombere would be only too glad to seek work where it is plentiful if they knew just where to go and if they could thns conserve oth time and money. Other meni bers desire to change their location, and if we had an employment bar eau with its accompanying data as to opportunities, we could place this information in charge of the member must be provided by mpost Cuspidors the office or chapel and same y 1. We are not yet able to de- ns exactly how this proposi- be cleaned daily. The use of common drinking that desires to relocate. Our. commission on supplement vities- Those who are interested application of the course of TELEPHONE 368 dents. taking the corr spondence course is increasing. The growth is a healthy one. Aside from the com- mission s work, which is covered in its report, to. which attention is di- rected, the International Typogra- phical Union has profited by the ad- vertising given the onganization through the commission's activi- in the progress of humanity, in its bet- ter education, in the achievement of social ideals, are emphatic in their admiration for this feature of our international policy. The executive council has assisted im every Way, principally through the appropri tion of money, to make the com mission's task a success. From the standpoint of utility the commission is able to show many instances where its graduated students are to- day obtaining in excess of the union seale and occupying positions of re- sponsibility, mainly because of the knowledge obtained through. faithful study prescribed by the commission. In 1900 the International Typo- graphical Union offices consisted of two rooms in a building that was dirty and unsanitary, wich no mod- ern conveniences. The clerical force consisted of two stenographers, an office boy and a bookkeeper. Yet the office expenses, including officers salaries, rent, light, postage, clerk hire, ete., were, not 3,700, but 11, 341.59, or 36 cents per member per year. And the whole office wrote 10,000 ietters in a year. There was no. pension system, the mortuary benoit was 60 and The Jourmal had 4,500 subseribers. The year 1912 finds the Interna- tional Typographical Union with a series of twenty-five rooms in a modern fireproof office building, a well equipped office and a force of trained clerks adequate to the prompt handling of its business. Compare what we had in 1900 with what we now have, as follows: MThe old age pension 1,038 checks, one to each man, are issued ery four weeks from headquarters, The register systema complete record of every membet proving of value daily. The mortutiry benefit a graduated benefit from 75 to 400. The. Journal e monthly magazine with almost 70,000 readers. The Supple Education Course praised Ty economic stud ents and educators. Phe Union Printers Home one of he greatest benevolences of Amer- jean trade The labe aien a powerful weapin and wonderfully successful The tuberculosis campaign a part the w rld wide movement of trade edueation has had a very suc- cosstul year. The number of stu- inst the great white plague. The sanitary campaign a move- ment for better work rooms. The receipts of the International Typographical Union in 1900 were 177,484.79. / Tn 1912- they were 689,788.80 almost, four times as great; with the Valance forwarded, headgnarters handled 1,188,003.65 in the. fiseal year 1912. In my report of last year I touch- ed upon the dynamiting. cases, where- im an officer of an international trade union was arrested for com- plisity in certain dynamiting out- rages and spirited to Los Angeles for detention and trial. Shor ly al- ter the adjournment of Francisco convention tiris labor ficial pleaded guilty to the crime charged against him and. was sen- tenced to a long term of imprison ment. Organized labor believed, and this belief was fostered by-the-san- ner in-which the union official was hurried away from, Indianapolis, a great conspiracy had been hatch- ed, having for its object the disrup- tion of organized labor. Those. who were acquainted with the official be- lieved him incapable of the commiis- sion of the crimes charged against him, or of association with such outrages. The plea of guilty, how- over, has settled that question. For a time after the plea of guilty was made onganized labor was viciously assaculted by its enemies, and in ut i ion contrityrted its share jot the fand that was thought necessary'to de- fend the indicted men. We acted in accordance with our beliefs, and in accordance with the cireumstances that justified these beliefs. As in every instarico where such action is necessary, our ution maintaiied its record and carried its share of the general burden. We have nothing: to: apologize for, though so far as the union officer referred to is concerned, we have much to condemn much to regret, Organized will not be advanced bie Sird ee oie Hto-violenes, the destruction the destrnetion of prope those misguided zealots these avemies in search of and stability will fmd in that they have been of the trade all of the hostile funion-hating employers o During the past year: sued from the pres ment 45,267 of label stickers and printe the latter consisting of pamphlets, le * of union and non-union and magazines, health pamphlets, ete. As in. a number of pr the annual convention should every way possible it was sought to make much of the unexpected de- velopment in the dyngmiting case. Bfit organized Iebor recovered, and quickly, from these assaults, and has made continued progr ss during all the time that it was sought to dis- courage, rovile and degrade the trade union) movement, While we were firm im the conviction that a con- spitacy was in process of develop- ment, while we believed that the un- iow officer was not guilty of the crime-as charged, we did our very. best to establish his innocence, and the International Typographical Un- Cockostostactestoateatesteet DPaogecgoctoctortoatrateaectegorte y wen en LARGE STOCK OF Dr. SOLE AGENTS FOR Paroid Roofing, proot Paper, further finish. La stacte ste te Sete tote tents Woatesteate-afostocteate-sfosteatesieste Western Canada Lumber Co.Ltd. Jry Common Lumber, Fir and Cedar Finish, Fir and Ceflar Doors; Fir, Maple, and Oak Flooring. z epouset Roofing, Felt, B. and 8. Wall Board vreguires, no SEE US BEFORE BUYING. YARD EAST ALLOWANCE. in the headquarters city. covered this subject so exha before, and it is so well by its advocates and i that further comment is munied except to add that the perm convention city will in time be proved by gur membership. Painting and Paperhanging. Reynolds Stewart. (4th Avenne opposite Binnings) New Wall Paper Estimates cheor- fully ufraished om cost of Papering your rooms. Phone 156. z , LEP o, es 0-4 2, 5 2. oat * e8 ep: oe rst *, toes , gt; Neponset Water- Seateste: oe PHONE 467,

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