sympathy to the bereaved family; and, be it further

Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the chapel and published in THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL and a copy sent to the bereaved family.

WALTER G. LUDWIG.

Resolutions adopted by Tiffin (Ohio) Typographical Union No. 480:

Whereas, In the death of Walter G. Ludwig, which occurred on Friday, January 20, 1911, No. 480 has lost a charter member; and,

Whereas, He being a valued member of this local, one always devoted to the cause of unionism, and a friend in every sense the word implies of all who knew him; therefore, be it

Resolved, That our charter be draped for the period of thirty days in respect to Mr. Ludwig's memory; that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the deceased's mother, and also be published in THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, and spread upon the minutes of this union.

CHARLES S. LEWIS.

Resolutions adopted by Alliance Typographical Union No. 497, March 3, 1911:

Whereas, Death has removed from our midst our friend and fellow workman, Charles S. Lewis, who passed away Saturday evening, February 11, 1911; and,

Whereas, That in his death this union mourns the loss of a true friend and good union man; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the deepest sympathy of our members be given to the widow of our deceased brother; and, be it further

Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this union, a copy sent to the bereaved widow, and to THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL for publication.

WILLIAM M. DAVIS.

Resolutions adopted by Kansas City Typographical Union No. 80:

Whereas, Death has removed from our midst William M. Davis, who died December 8, 1910; and,

Whereas, Kansas City Typographical Union No. 80 sincerely mourns the loss of a kind and sympathetic friend and a good union man; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the deepest sympathy of our members be given to his wife and children in the loss of a dutiful husband and father; and, be it further

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread on the minutes of No. 80 and a copy forwarded to THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL for publication, and the charter draped for thirty days as a token of respect.

PETER PRICE.

The following preamble and resolutions were passed by Post Office chapel on February 25, and later adopted by Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 at its regular monthly meeting, held February 26, 1911. Mr. Price, the deceased, was for fifteen years or more foreman of the printing department of the Chicago postoffice.

Whereas, In the accomplishment of His inscrutable decrees, it has pleased Almighty God to call from among us our esteemed friend and associate. Peter Price; and,

Whereas, For the past seventeen years he had been a member of Post Office chapel, and for

nearly thirty years connected with Chicago Typographical Union No. 16, serving at various times in positions of honor and trust with credit to himself and our organization; and,

Whereas, His assiduous zeal in promoting union principles and inestimable services in the work of building up our organization until it has become the most influential and respected industrial institution in this country; his years of undeviating devotion to his invalid wife; his persistent advocacy of truth and sincerity and unconcealed aversion and contempt of deceit and falsity; his unfailing courtesy and high standard of gentlemanly bearing; his upright character and irreproachable conduct, are deserving of our commendation and eminently entitle him to our respect and enduring remembrance; therefore, be it

Resolved, That while reverently yielding to the will of God, we nevertheless deplore in a human sense the fatal malady that came insidiously upon him and cut short a career of exceptional usefulness; that we sympathize and condole with his afflicted widow, surviving relatives and friends.

VERNIE H. BEEMAN.

Resolutions adopted by the Aberdeen (Wash.) Union No. 573:

Whereas, During the month of February, 1911, Vernie H. Beeman, a member of our union, was called from our midst, by the Almighty God, to his last home; and,

Whereas, Vernie H. Beeman has been a faithful member of this union, and whose untimely death has brought sorrow to his many friends who mourn the death of their late brother and fellow worker; therefore, be it

Resolved, That we extend to his family our sympathy in their sad bereavement; and, be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved family, and also published in THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, and spread upon the minutes of this union.

"JUST BECAUSE.”

Just because the editor of THE JOURNAL "blue penciled" an article entitled, "Lost-Three Propositions"-and changed the heading to "Two Propositions," but allowed the first paragraph to read "three propositions" and to refer to the proposition to increase officers' salaries, Mr. Hill, of St. Louis, lands on C. S. Gookin and those several thousand others who voted against increasing salaries, and proceeds to criticize all such as not willing to show the same considération to our officials that we ask them to secure for ourselves; suggests that the opposition was to Messrs. Lynch and Hays, and that the result might have been different if others had been the beneficiaries of the increase; and says that, after all, he thinks the propositions to increase salaries and the mortuary benefit, "like all other good propositions which have been killed in the past," were defeated "because" of "lack of study and careful consideration."

In reply, majorities rule, and, generally speaking, majorities are right. And I wish to say that if the article sent THE JOURNAL had been published as it was written, Mr. Hill would have written under some other heading than "Just Because." In the part of my article that Mr. Hays saw fit not to use, I discussed the defeat of the proposition pretty fully. C. S. GOOKIN.

Bristol, Tenn.

I shall try to present it in the form of a syllogism:

The efforts of the individual are too puny to produce results.

The co-operation of many individuals is effective in inverse proportion to the number of individuals engaged.

Therefore, whoso can induce co-operation by a large number of individuals has discovered the solution of "our problem."

We will continue the demonstration by the Socratic method.

Why do you succeed in large measure in raising wages and improving conditions surrounding your work?

Why do you not succeed in principal measure in finding an assured market for union-made goods even among union men?

Just two years ago (JOURNAL, April, 1909, page 420), I outlined a plan of co-operative trading which differed from the co-operative plan so well known on the other side of the Atlantic in that, instead of individuals being stockholders, international trade unions should be stockholders. Also, instead of buying from any manufacturer who might offer his product on favorable terms, it should be a condition precedent that the product must be union-made, or it would not be considered on any terms.

I will not present my reasoning all over again. Some men have a file of JOURNALS; any man can go to union headquarters and get that number from the file if he will. Besides, it will do you good if you endeavor to reason for yourselves what are the logical consequences that ought to flow from such an organization.

Now get your JOURNAL of last month (March, 1911), and turn to page 311, to the Albany letter of Charles H. Whittemore. They are going to form a co-operative trading society, with the local uniors as stockholders, instead of individuals.

Well, there is a valuable lesson here for me. My proposition was to begin on a much larger scale, international instead of local. It comes to me with tremendous force that I may have taken hold of the wrong end of the lever. It grows on me that an acorn is easier to plant than an oak, and from local to international is more in the line of natural growth than the reverse process. I will watch this Albany movement with prayerful hope, and I commend to the membership in the whole jurisdiction of the International Typographical Union serious study of the possibilities:

No middlemen; profits above cost of handling for ourselves; no union money spent to support scab labor; no boycotts maintained by costly and wearisome efforts, but instead an automatic closing of the union market to non-union employers; the help of many persons outside the unions, not because of appeal to their sympathies, but because it will pay them to trade in our co-operative stores. And last, and probably the best consequence, the co-operation thus begun in relation to purchase of commodities is almost certain to broaden to the field of co-operation in political action. (I have no special partisan view in saying this. No matter what form our political action may take, we have infinitely more hope of accomplishment through cooperation than by neutralizing each other as individuals.)

My fervent good wishes for the Albany pioneers, and if a half dozen men in New York will join me, we will start something here. Brooklyn, N. Y.

A. J. PORTENAR.

A WISE man and a fool together know more than a wise man alone.-Italian.

Or money, wit and virtue, believe one-fourth of what you hear.-French.

Of two cowards, the one that attacks conquers the other.-Portuguese.

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ADDRESSES WANTED.

H. L. Cramer is requested to communicate with his parents at 127 Fairfield avenue, Bellevue, Ky. Vernon E. Hurd, formerly of Wolsey, S. D., is requested to communicate with J. D. Burge, of that place.

Douglas D. Nuckolls is requested to communicate with G. B. Nuckolls, box 352, Wichita Falls, Texas.

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"Doc" Applegate, last heard from in Los Angeles, is requested to communicate with A. C. Quarles, 1201 Sixth street, Port Arthur, Texas.

John A. Kane, late of New York Union No. 6, is requested to communicate with William J. Gallagher, 205 Spencer street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Important news.

Frederick A. Mason, who was last in Wheeling, W. Va., is requested to communicate with Mrs. Lillian A. Mason, 1726 Fourth avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.

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