Interment was in New Hampshire. Like most men of positive opinions, Mr. Wilkins found plenty to differ with him in debate in the union meetings, and bore his full share of the discussions engendered. His birth and early training cropped out in the facility with which he used Biblical quotations and references, both in debate and in his writings in various labor organs. His service in the army gave him an erect carriage and military appearance which he retained to the time of his death.

Louis D. Brandeis addressed the central labor union recently on his pet subject, scientific management. From comments after the meeting he was far from convincing the delegates that his scheme would redound to their benefit. The weakness of his argument is well brought out by Mr. McCullough, of Omaha, in the last JOURNAL. You convert yourself into a mere machine, spend the best years of your life in some benumbing, monotonous repetition of a task, get a few cents more per day to make you feel good and "increase profits enormously," said profit, of course, going to your employer. We will be converted to scientific management when said profits are converted to the use of the men who produce them. Scientific management will have to go hand in hand with scientific socialism. The idea of cutting the hours of labor so that the increased efficiency might benefit the laborer and keep the same number of men employed has no place in the scientific manager's plan.

Referring to the ad for rat printers copied from an English newspaper in the New York correspondence, it is well again to remind readers of THE JOURNAL that the unit of measurement in Great Britain is the en, not the em, as in the United States. Therefore 72 cents per thousand is equivalent to 15 cents here. Evidently the quotations are made attractive as an inducement to prospective applicants.

President Chase, of No. 13, has decided not to run again for that office, and it looks like a quiet contest between Messrs. Gilman and O'Leary. There will be a warm fight, however, between Secretary Curtin and Joseph J. Dallas for the secretaryship. Whether or not Boston sends a full delegation to San Francisco will have much to do with the result of the delegate contest.

The peaceful picketing bill has again been killed in the Massachusetts senate, President Treadway casting the vote which made the yeas and nays a tie. Curiously enough, a few days after, Judge Pierce, in the superior court, declared that peaceful picketing was perfectly legal in Massachusetts. This, however, did not prevent the judge from granting a temporary injunction in a garment workers' strike which practically prohibited picket. ing. The bill to raise the age for juvenile labor in factories to 16 years was also killed.

The eight-hour bill has passed the house and reached the final stage in the senate. Passage here seems assured, but now fears are being expressed that Governor Foss will follow the example of Governor Draper and veto the bill, using as an excuse the recent decision of the Pennsylvania

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supreme court that a similar bill in that state was unconstitutional. It has always been understood that Governor Foss gave organized labor an unequivocal promise that he would sign this bill if it reached passage during his term.

The workmen's compensation act passed by the New Hampshire legislature is said to have been amended to death as far as practical advantage is concerned.

Members of the Boston Herald chapel presented the retiring superintendent, J. Colby Adams, with a pocketbook and a sum of money, with the good wishes of the chapel for his future.

Manager Butler, of the Boston team of the Union Printers' National Baseball League, says he has the spring situation well in hand. He has several "comers" up his sleeve, and a good schedule of games with local teams is being arranged, which will furnish plenty of practice.

Boston is to be a great aviation center. Flying machines have broken into the want ad pages of the American, and a school has been opened for I embryo bird men. JOHN MITCHELL.

CHARLESTON, W. VA.

Wirt Hacker desires it stated that he is going to have a ball team this season that will "clean" all comers from near-by unions.

We are about to have another session of the legislature, the announcement being made that same will convene some time this month, to consider the Virginia debt case and the primary law.

Seems as if there is going to be no other candidate for the office of delegate excepting Hunter, as his announcement is the only one which has appeared. Understand that there are a number of the members who would like to go, but they don't seem to get into the spotlight. The time is getting short for campaigning. Some members express themselves as not being in favor of sending a delegate this time, but any one who has ever attended a session will never vote against sending a representative.

Work is fair here, with plenty of people to do it, and a number working only part time.

Colonel Doughty, of the night force of the Lovett Printing Company machine department, is in Indiana spending a few weeks with relatives. A few weeks since he was struck by a recklessly driven automobile, and was badly cut, bruised and shaken up, but never lost a night because of it, although he had a mess of bandages on him. He was needed and stayed on the job.

Frank Snyder, a well-known printer here, formerly a publisher and proprietor, has accepted a position with the printing department of S. S. Moore & Co.

The Gazette is getting out an industrial edition, and has a great many write-ups of the local captains of industry and their businesses.

Would it not be an excellent thing for every local correspondent to devote at least a couple of lines in each letter to mention of any prospects for work in the near future, so those out of work could get track of some of the extra work and

write or be on hand to get some of it? Every one wants to see all have at least some work. No one wants to do it all.

J. L. Heizer has resigned his position as printing clerk in the secretary of state's office, and accepted a position as superintendent of the Union Publishing Company, superseding Leroy Clemens. Mr. Heizer has been with the secretary of state's office for several years.

That idea of a convention every two years is a great one and should be favorably acted upon at the coming session. D. C. LOVETt, jr.

HUTCHINSON, KAN.

Quite a few printers are wending their way toward the convention city, among them Andy ("Muskogee Red") Redmond, J. F. Morris, G. A. McGinnis and H. J. Barton.

Hutchinson is now a city of the first class, with 17,000 population, and No. 243 has fifty members, with a monthly average of six transient cards. There is a movement on to assess each member 25 cents a week for twelve weeks for the delegate fund.

We regret to chronicle that our former president, Wilbur F. Hill, was defeated in the recent city election for commissioner. He still has hopes of success in politics.

C. C. Clinton, machinist-operator for the Jayhawker Press, has resigned and is doing special advertising stunts over the state. The situation is now in the hands of W. H. Stallings.

W. H. Zink, manager of Hutchinson's state league baseball team, has resigned his position with the Jayhawker Press to take up the season's great sport game and train his pennant-winning ART M. WARD.

team.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

On March 14 it was the sad duty of No. 89 to lay to rest one of our most worthy members-the Rev. Dan B. Barnes. Rev. Mr. Barnes had been in ill health for several months, being unable to work at intervals, and on March 11 suffered a stroke of paralysis, resulting in his death early the third morning following. The funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church, and at the grave, under the auspices of No. 89, the Rev. Dr. J. C. Massee, pastor, and the Rev. Dr. Harris, of Central Baptist, officiating. Rev. Mr. Barnes was a Christian gentleman of the Baptist faith. He was an employe of the Chattanooga News, but never lost an opportunity to expound his doctrine, having served as pastor in several churches. He was a true Christian man in life and deed, and by his exemplary conduct had endeared the love and respect of all who knew him. His passing away will be keenly felt by No. 89 and the public in general. The News chapel, immediately after his death, held a memorial session and passed fitting resolutions, while at the April meeting No. 89 appointed a committee to draft suitable resolutions apon the death of our beloved and esteemed member, which will be found in the "Memorial Calendar" in this issue of THE JOURNAL.

The delegate candidates are beginning to get busy. John Galyon, M. M. Morris, Walter Gardner and Dan M. Jones are circulating among the members with a vim, and all feel confident of success. The campaign is pre-eminently good-natured and friendly.

The A. J. Showalter Printing Company, of Dalton, Ga., recently destroyed by fire, is negotiating for a location in Chattanooga.

Work here, as a whole, is good, especially the machine end. A few more subs would be gladly received. At present there are only three machine subs. The arrivals and departures in the past few weeks were Walter Tinsley, J. McClean, Frank Gill, Ben Turner, Fred White and J. Hargestrom. Too much work was the only reason given for the exodus.

T. A. Rogers, member of No. 89, and representative to the present legislature, is doing some effective work for the labor cause in Tennessee. Mr. Rogers was one of the eight successful candidates for the nomination as commissioner last month out of a total field of thirty candidates.

The executive committee is quite busy on sev eral matters of importance, with prospects of good results. DAN M. JONES.

NEW HAVEN, CONN.

Beginning May 1, 1911, until May 1, 1912, $1 increase weekly; from May 1, 1912, to May 1, 1914, 50 cents weekly increase, and May 1, 1914, to May 1, 1915, another increase of 50 cents per week is the new scale of No. 47. In addition to this the mat proposition, which locally is a very compli cated affair, is to be forever and forever obliterated, except the foreign ad' mats. It will, of course, take pretty much of the interim from 1911 to 1915 to stamp out the mat proposition in New Haven, because for twenty-five years it had been taking a deeper hold into the fabric of the composing rooms and business offices of the newspaper offices. No matter if it was to take ten years to stamp it out, it would, nevertheless, be a great victory. But it took President Lynch's presence in the City of Elms to close the deal, even though Representative Maloney's excellent aid was "on the spot" and at the beck and call of the local committee who had the scale negotiations in charge. The job scale-an increase of $3 per week, flat-went through without a hitch. These are the important points, and the committee, the membership, President Lynch and Bob Maloney deserve great credit for their courageous stand. Those who were on the inside know that it took courage.

The department stores are allowed to set their ads until such time when the local newspaper of fices can become properly equipped to handle them -which with the vigilance of the executive committee will be materially hastened to less than the life of the scale contract.

James Cantillon left the subbing paths and wandered to Meriden for a "sit" on a linotype at the Record office.

About twenty members of No. 47 accepted the invitation of Bridgeport Union to its smoker, and

report one swell time. Let's have more of 'em. They're great harmony breeders. The boys all speak well of the Park City.

Now that the scale is out of the way, let's get busy along lines "for the welfare of the union." New Haven is good ground for effective work if the right pressure is brought to bear-the striking of the two big ones in town ought to cause an increase in membership. It was the proper stand to take-closing the shops and not give succor to our enemies, who fight us every day in the year except when they have a rush on. Keep out for a while and see if they don't get to thinking about the same as Butterick's did.

Let's start that label campaign in a vigorous fashion. Let every member do a little and it will result in a big victory. Let each one put aside even a cent a day for postage, and then send back the printing that doesn't carry the label, and he'll see results before the year is up.

JOHN W. Kellette.

CINCINNATI, OHIO.

"Maximum of output and maximum of speed in the minimum of space was the ideal we set before us in building the new addition to the TimesStar," said C. H. Rembold, manager of that newspaper, in speaking of the handsome structure that has just been completed. "Not long ago I was on a modern ocean liner in which the engine room was a marvel of compactness combined with the maximum of effectiveness and efficiency. The Times-Star's new mechanical department is as compact and effective as the liner's. There was systematic planning to secure this end, and innumerable obstacles were overcome to obtain the maximum of efficiency in the minimum of space."

More than $125,000 was spent on new machinery, and the total cost of the improvement, the building included, will exceed $250,000. The new building harmonizes beautifully with the old one, which is located at the northeast corner of Sixth and Walnut streets. Like the old one it adjoins, and to which it has been connected by breaking through the walls, the new structure is seven stories high. Exteriorly it looks like a replica of the artistically designed old building. Both have the same color and architectural effects, and the two structures blend readily into one for the spectator on the street. Interiorly, also, the buildings have been merged. On each story of the old building the north walls have been removed and the floor extended through the new structure. The new building is of latest steel and concrete construction. The stairs throughout are fireproof. Much engineering skill was displayed in keeping the old building in full operation while the improvements were being made. While most of the new machinery is in the basement and sub-basement, new devices to secure speed and increased efficiency are being installed on the seventh floor. Two additional fast presses, embodying the highest development of the printing art, will be added to the present battery, and three new typesetting machines will be placed on the top floor. The new

double Junior autoplate machine in the basement, with its automatic shavers, is among the costly equipment that has been added to the mechanical department with the view of securing the maximum of speed in the publication of the TimesStar. Both gas-generating, steam and electric drying machines have been installed, the double system being another effort to secure the best at any

cost.

The enlarged office and counting room of the Times-Star has been converted from wood into exquisite marble, and will be one of the handsomest newspaper counting rooms in the country. The reportorial as well as other departments have been given the benefit of the very latest electrical and engineering inventions and are veritable marvels of modernity-brought right up to the minute. New passenger and freight elevators have been put into the building and a special rapid freight elevator now rushes the forms from roof to cellar in a twinkling. Wherever more modern machinery would contribute a few seconds toward the speedier publication of the paper it has been installed, so that the Times-Star today has the bestequipped plant in Cincinnati and is excelled by none in the country in the matter of giving the public news quickly. Nor have the employes been overlooked in the Times-Star's progress, and all modern comforts and conveniences have been installed for the working force.

Charles P. Taft, publisher of the Times-Star, is a brother of President William H. Taft. The employes of the composing room enjoy a week's vacation with salary during the summer months. Mr. Taft has always had a high regard for the typographical union, and he is held in high esteem by his many employes.

John Barnes, 75 years old, who for fifty-nine years has been a member of this union, has filed his application for the old age pension. The record of membership that he holds is certainly one of great credit, and the pension is one of the rewards that our superb organization gives to the faithful for their steadfastness to their obligation and unionism. A glow of pride should enter into the hearts of all true union printers that they are now able to show the pioneers of our union that we appreciate the advance work in the cause performed by them.

John J. Kiefler, 47 years old, a member of No. 3 for a number of years, has filed application for admission to the Home.

On April 5 Charles Winkler, age 43 years, passed away. He had been ill for some time. A widow and one child survive, who have the sympathy of the entire membership in their sad be

reavement.

President Cobb, of No. 3, should be proud of his record as presiding officer of this union. He is now serving his third term, and up to date has never missed a meeting or been out of the chair except on an appeal or for debate on some impor

tant matter.

John H. Long has announced himself as candidate for president. Mr. Long has been employed

in the adroom of the Enquirer for a number of years, and is well and favorably known to the membership. It is rumored James Shiel, of the Times-Star, may be Mr. Long's opponent, but James told the writer that he had not fully made up his mind.

The rapidity with which the large non-union shops in Louisville are going out of commission demonstrates that No. 1o's label committee "is a fine business."

Secretary Curl will be a candidate for re-election, and up to date has no opponent. Bob has been on the job for a number of years, and he has the full confidence of the entire membership. Mr. Curl has carried his card for forty-six years, but is still very active.

"We are seven," shout the candidates for delegate in unison. This is the best-natured race for that office that has been seen in this city for years. Alvin McReynolds, Charles V. Wagner, Henry Wersel, C. F. Giffen, Michael Lavan, "Judge" Ludwig and John Murphy complete the list at this writing. Can you pick the three winners? Hard job, that.

International President Lynch and President Tole of New York Union deserve great credit for their excellent generalship in bringing the Butterick affair to such a happy termination. Affairs of this kind should be considered when the International officers' scale is up for action, and if we were all consistent in our views our International officers would be the best-paid men of any organization affiliated with the American Federation of Labor instead of being among the poorest paid.

The entire membership of the International Typographical Union should feel complimented in the appointment of Vice-President George A. Tracy as commissioner of the Panama-Pacific exposition. No better tribute could be paid our or ganization than the recognition of Mr. Tracy's ability to fill such position. His friends know George will make good.

The baseball club of No. 3 opens the season Sunday, May 7, at its new park, Earl and Spring Grove avenues, in Cumminsville. President Garry Herrmann, of the Cincinnati National League Club, will deliver the address of the day. Garry's presence will be enough to bring out the crowd, as he is conceded to be the most popular printer in Cincinnati, although he has not worked at the business in years.

Kid Harkins has started in for hard work on the ball team. When the clubs meet in St. Louis they will find in Kid the Cy Young of No. 3.

Johnny Dugan has signed a contract to umpire all amateur games at the National League park when the Reds are out of the city. He will also look after Wiedeman's games in Newport, Ky., when not engaged at National League park.

President Cliff Cobb has decided to make the race for recording secretary. Mr. Cobb has had considerable experience in work of this kind.

Arrivals: P. F. Duignan, R. L. Kinsey, Carroll M. McClure, Leslie B. Honicon, Meyer H. Altman, R. J. Long, Charles McArthur, Robert L. Armstrong, Harry Tibbles, Dominic W. Riley, Mi

chael Wall, Stanley C. Carson, L. L. Mesmer, George S. Berry, G. E. Lucas. Departures: Waldemer Tetzlaff, R. L. Kinsey, P. F. Duignan, James Toppin, Clifford Q. Giffen, Charles C. McArthur, W. H. Cook, William C. Dietz.

JAMES W. Dougherty, Sr.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

Easter Sunday turned out to be an ideal day here, and witnessed one of the largest crowds that ever thronged the world-famous Boardwalk, the number of people here during the day being conservatively estimated at 200,000.

Work at the trade here is on the "pickup," and a number of "travelers" have been deposited with the secretary during the past month.

The Atlantic City Daily Press published on Easter an edition of 120 pages, containing pictorial supplements of Atlantic City and adjacent towns, and also views of their business and mechanical departments. The paper throughout was highly commendable.

John M. Campbell, well known among the printers of this city and Philadelphia, died in the latter city, following an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Campbell was for many years a member of the International Typographical Union, and only a few weeks prior to his death was speaking to the writer of becoming an honorary member, "so that he might be in closer touch with the boys," as he expressed himself. He was for many years mayor of Somers Point, and also owned considerable real estate in that city, in which he took a great in

terest.

The Pleasantville Press is now flourishing the label at the head of its editorial columns.

W. F. JENNINGS.

NEWARK, N. J.

The thought uppermost-who's who? And the list of candidates is sufficient to choke down any blatant reformer's demand for granting the people the right to say who shall represent them. No. 103's list of candidates for the May election includes thirteen who want to go to the state federation of labor convention in Camden, but only six are provided for. Then there are ten who want to sit on the scale committee, and seven want to be members of the auditing committee, which is composed of only three. For the Essex trades and the allied printing trades councils only the necessary number to complete the delegations are in the field. The nominees for the regular offices of No. 103 are: President, Edward Smullen; vicepresident, Thomas Millin, sr.; financial secretary, John H. Daley; treasurer, Theodore Kinney, recording secretary, Edward Monoghan, Lawrence McCabe, T. C. Price; sergeant-at-arms, Louis Maisenbacher; delegate (one to be elected) to the International convention, Albert Clausen, Charles W. Dowler, Edward J. Kelly; alternate, Thomas R. Millin, sr.

Frank A. Bingham, last of the charter members of No. 103, passed to his last resting place on