number of the radical ones who do not yet feel like joining hands for industrial peace. Following is a copy of the last circular letter mailed to the business men of the city by the eight-hour committee:

DEAR SIR-We are pleased to report, since the issuing of our last circular letter to the business men of Omaha, that a number of the large printing shops throughout the country which have been opposing the eight-hour day are now employing union printers under contract, with the arbitration stipulation. This places 95 per cent of the employing printers in the United States in the union column, and has come about because the best printers are organized and exclude no competent mechanic, and because such a contract, providing against both lockout and strikes, secures co-operation between employe and employer and insures a large measure of that industrial peace which can not fail to be satisfactory to all classes of citizens. In Omaha we have recently made some progress along this line, several of the "struck" shops having signed the union agreement and hundreds of business men becoming new customers of the union shops. The purpose of this communication is to ask you, if you believe in this policy, to encourage the printing shops of this city that are still opposing the eight-hour day to help complete the establishment of friendly relations.

The retiring president, K. S. Fisher, who had held the office for nine successive years, as a testimony of his efficiency and reliability, received the highest vote as delegate to the International convention at St. Joe. WILLIS HUDSPETH.

MERIDIAN, MISS.

No. 153 held a well-attended and important June meeting. Chairman Goodwin, of the label committee, made a report as to the progress of the work that had been placed in his charge, and other members told of progress along this line. People who never before heard of the label are learning about it. Some time was spent in giving instructions to the delegate to the International convention. Major Palmer is the delegate, with S. D. Dement as alternate.

Printing business is very good in Meridian at present, but there is still room for improvement.

T. F. Godwin, of Jackson, Miss., is a late arrival at the Despatch. J. L. Goodwin, who has been employed there, returned to his home in Asheville, N. C.

The article by R. N. Lindsey in the June JourNAL was endorsed by every printer in this community. LUTHER NORRIS GOODWIN.

NORFOLK, VA.

Work, which has been very good here for some months, is beginning to slacken up, and some have gone to seek other pastures green.

Committees are already in the field and strenuously working to make next Labor day one of the greatest events in the history of labor organizations in this section.

Things are going along smoothly in this bailiwick. There are no complaints, no kicks, and the best of good feeling exists between the employer and employe.

While we are patiently awaiting for the arrival

of General Prosperity, which was promised hard upon twelve months ago, but not yet having put in appearance, it is felt that if congress would only pass the tariff bill-with free news-print paper and wood pulp-and adjourn and go to the cool springs, business would assert itself all right. The printing business, like other commercial interests, is affected by this delay of legislation, and it is therefore hoped that the end will soon appear, and matters settle down to their normal condition. E. W. GAINES.

DULUTH, MINN.

The Daily Star, established here about two years ago, has ceased publication. The paper has not been on a paying basis for the past year, and on June 10 "30" was called on the sheet. Several efforts were made to sell the paper to local parties, without success. Harley Megley, formerly machinist on the Star, has gone to Chicago to work on the American.

G. A. Bergstrom, superintendent of the NewsTribune mechanical department, was elected delegate to St. Joe.

The News-Tribune handicap bowling league has just closed a very successful season. All the bowling was done after "30." Through the kindness of Sam Olson, the boys had access to the Central alleys after they finished work, and games were rolled every Tuesday and Thursday morning. The league had a membership of four teams, the Gothics, Nonpareils, Wrong Fonts and Ananiases.

The sentiment here seems to favor Minneapolis for the next convention.

No. 136 is working on a new job scale, and hopes to have the shops signed up soon.

The News-Tribune signed an agreement with the engravers during the past month, and that department is run accordingly. H. N. WILSON.

SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

Atlanta in 1910!

William N. Emerson will represent No. 180 at St. Joseph this fall. He had no opposition. "Bill" enjoys a wide acquaintance among the printers throughout the country, and no doubt he will see many familiar faces at the convention.

Charles L. LeMaster attended the Iowa State Federation of Labor convention at Dubuque, having defeated Frank M. Kaspar by a narrow margin.

No. 180 now has a label committee that is creating a stir. It is composed of Eastman, Ginder and Brown. They are mailing hundreds of pieces of literature daily.

The Sioux City Daily News, established here in the fall of 1906 by the Clover Leaf Syndicate, recently changed hands, Frank R. Wilson, formerly editor and manager and a well-known Sioux City newspaper man, now controlling a majority of the stock. There was no change made in any depart

ment.

A well-known local union cigarmaker and manufacturer recently committed suicide by drowning. Soon afterward, Frank M. Lockmer went fishing

and had the ghastly experience of snagging the dead man's body. "Lottie" and his partner received $50 reward offered for the corpse.

The Weld Hardware Company, one of the oldest hardware stores in the city and which during its existence specialized the Buck's stoves, recently had a receiver appointed.

E. D. Brigham, formerly state printer of Iowa, but now with the Great Western Accident Association, was in the city recently. He stated that since becoming associated with the insurance company he has succeeded in having the label put on all the company's printing, including its policies.

Col. Earl T. Hoyt, one of our oldest members, also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, while going home recently from a meeting of the latter organization, was stopped by highwaymen and relieved of his valuables.

Harry Strief, a member of No. 180 and secretary of the Iowa State Federation of Labor, has been touring the state the last two months soliciting and compiling the list of unions for the latter organization's annual gazetteer.

No. 180 at present has a membership of nearly one hundred.

There is plenty of work for all printers now here and others could find employment.

Arrivals in the last two months are: F. C. Lippert, W. H. Hassing, Charles S. Walker, E. T. Dumon and A. W. Smith. Departures were: Charles S. Walker, A. L. Claggett, H. J. Motley and W. O. Lockerby.

Stickers! Stay with them, boys; they will do the work. LEIGHTON W. LAWRENCE.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

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On the first Monday of June the minimum job scale of Typographical Union No. 23 creased from $17 to $18 per week. This increase was provided for in the three-year contract made with the proprietors two years ago. During the first two years of the contract a reduction from nine to eight hours per day was the only concession asked for or granted, while the third year was to see an increase of the scale as above stated. Although the minimum job scale in this city is now $18 a week, if the class of work turned out here is taken into consideration, it is still rather modest, to put it lightly. Bosses will continue to find it necessary to pay more than $18 in order to keep good men. On account of the scale which prevails here, there is always a scarcity of good all-round jobmen, and in consequence there is always a great deal of overtime to be worked. There is no economy in this for a proprietor. It would be far more economical to have a reasonably good scale and a sufficiency of competent help available for "rush" periods. Many proprietors view the question in this light-in fact. I have been told as much by several of them. That they will be willing to do something to improve conditions at the expiration of present contracts, one year hence, is very probable.

Hugh E. Carney, chairman of the executive board during the past year, and James E. Killian,

who served on the board through the recent eighthour unpleasantness, will represent No. 23 at the St. Joe convention.

The application of one single little sticker and the return of one sheet of a sweatshop job of printing last month was the means of putting two of our members into steady positions. We have plenty of other and ample evidence of the efficaciousness of the union label and of the sticker. But they must be constantly urged and pressed forward. Judging from past experience, no member can predict what a world of good he is going to do his trade, himself and fellow members by the return of even a single piece of non-labeled printed matter with the sticker attached. He must be a careless, thoughtless fellow, indeed, who will pass up an opportunity to use the sticker under such circumstances.

If the St. Joe convention decides that the old age pension should be made more reasonably liberal, or that the necessary qualifications of recipients should be made a trifle more possible, the one-half of 1 per cent tax will, most likely, be found to be still more than sufficient to carry on the work. Then the flat-rate system of dues for this purpose should surely have its inning. Or is it possible that some one will propose to fix the rate at seven-sixteenths of 1 per cent? To make a long story short, the St. Joe convention should put salt on the percentage fiasco's tail.

Owing to the increasing business of Typographical Union No. 23, the offices of the union are now being moved to more commodious quarters on the seventh floor of the Majestic building. When this number of THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOUR NAL gets into the hands of its readers our address will be 720, instead of 615, Majestic building.

However, it is safe to say that the American workingman would not be quite so merciless. Even though Mr. Van Cleave has entirely wiped out the boycott by means of the lex non scripta, his colleagues seem to have a desire to hurl him into the abyss where the heat units of his Buck's stove would be a superfluity. JOSEPH LA FLEUR.

KEOKUK, IOWA.

Business is good here for this time of year, especially for operators, with some overtime for the regular force. There have been a few handmen through here lately, but no operators.

Burt Thompson, formerly advertising solicitor of the Gate City, has purchased the Keokuk Sunday Truth, and is publishing it under the name of the Keokuk Sunday Record. It is an eight-page weekly, and made its first appearance June 13.

Every printshop in town carries the label and everybody is working.

No. 68 has a composer in the person of Jack Ferris, who has written a song entitled "She Loved Too Well," which is now in the hands of the publishers.

The pressmen, assistants and feeders have organized a union in Keokuk. G. W. EATON.

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Frequent references in the columns of THE JOURNAL to disciples of Demosthenes and Cicero whose perfervid discourses draw out to unnecessary and uncomfortable lengths the union meetings which they attend, suggests the thought that unions have in their power a remedy which may alleviate if it does not eradicate the evil. It is not desirable, of course, to restrain honest debate or to curb a free and liberal expression of opinion; a cure of that kind would foster a disease far more noxious and inevitably fatal. Opportunities for debate may be limited, however, without danger, and this may be accomplished by a scientific disposition of the routine business which occupies so large a share of the attention of every union meeting. Taking for example the May meeting of Providence Typographical Union, expectation of important business which, it was anticipated, would precipitate a parliamentary conflict of rival newspaper interests, had attracted a large attendance, and members were unusually alert. Yet ten committee reports, twenty communications, three items of unfinished business, including a proposed amendment to the constitution, which, with one other item, were thoroughly debated, and three items of new business, besides installation of officers and an election to fill vacancies, were disposed of in one hour and forty-five minutes. There was no restraint on debate, and the last word was said on every topic presented. Orators How was it accomwere present and were heard. plished? The rules of the union require reports of officers and committees to be presented in writ ing, thus effectively restraining long-winded committee reports and the committeeman whose address is halting and slow. Reports are disposed of by unanimous consent without a motion, an objection carrying the report forward to new busi

ness.

Communications are read by the title only, unless otherwise requested, and are disposed of by filing unless specification is to be taken. Thus the great bulk of routine business goes to the record without delay, and orders of business entitled to free consideration are reached in a minimum of time. The system has had a year's trial and has worked well in practice.

A recent communication from the executive council directs attention to the rule of the American Federation of Labor requiring subordinate unions to affiliate with local central labor unions and state branches of the federation. Aside from compliance with the rule, there are benefits to be derived from such affiliation in promotion of a broader bond of fraternal feeling, and particularly from the assistance so readily obtained when the co-operation of affiliated bodies is needed.

A spe

cial benefit accrues to a union whose label must be supported in large part by secondary agitation. In this respect the printers' label differs from many others. Consider, for example, the hatters' label. The man who demands it in his hat is a customer with money in his hand, and the appeal he makes is directly to the pecuniary interest of the merchant. But, except it be a book or a magazine or a periodical or a newspaper, the man who

demands the label on printed matter is not, as a rule, a customer, but rather a gratuitous distributee. The merchant who uses the printers' label deals not with customers directly, but with prospective customers. Quite often the printed matter which he distributes is a novelty with some value as a souvenir or some intrinsic value aside from its use as an advertisement. His interest in the person who receives it is seldom a direct pecuniary interest. Recognition of this principle explains in part some of the difficulty of convincing users of commercial printing of the value of the label, and it illuminates the care with which many organizations insist upon the use of the label on tickets which they offer for sale and then carry poster and program work to non-union houses, as was true of the local lodge of Elks some two years ago. Enforcing a request not coupled with a pecuniary interest necessitates a more insistent demand and a demand in large volume. Our label work requires the co-operation of a large number of people outside the printing trades, and friends most ready to respond will be found in the ranks of other unions. They are the primary source to whom we must look for aid. Indications are that the movement to organize a branch of the Printers' League in Providence has failed for the present. Three of the six shops, members of the league, have signed individual contracts with the union, and negotiations with others are under way as this letter is written. The joint contract with the league, proposed some months ago, has been abandoned.

The advent of hot weather finds the newspaper offices still busy with the prolonged spring rush of business, and the book and job offices very quiet.

The new executive committee has organized, with Edgar O. Beacham as chairman and Charles Carroll as secretary. Meetings will be held the second Monday of each month at 5 P. M. at the office of the secretary.

Samuel R. Macready has been elected chaplain of Jungle No. 1, Royal Society of Tigers, a new fraternal organization born in this city.

CHARLES CARROLL.

GALT, ONTARIO.

Ten of the members of No. 411 journeyed to Ayr on June 6 and decorated the grave of our late member, Sam Golding.

The Reformer has recently installed a new Cox duplex newspaper press.

With the advent of the warm weather, the Galt typo's fancy lightly turns to the annual stag at Puslinch lake. An attempt will be made this year to get the Guelph bunch to join us in making the outing a "union" affair.

At the time of writing (June 3) Galt and the neighboring towns of Berlin, Preston and Hespeler are in the throes of a strike, the masons, bricklayers and plasterers having gone out for an increase of pay from 35 to 40 cents an hour and an eight-hour day. When one considers that if these men can get seven months' work a year they are extremely lucky, their demands do not seem

to be at all unreasonable. Here's hoping they win-and win soon.

I wonder how many printers employed on evening newspapers enjoy a Saturday half-holiday, as we here in Galt do. It has become an established institution with us. ARTHUR L. PHILP.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.

One of our members, A. B. Caldwell, has been elected secretary of the trades and labor council. The label committee is still busy. It is now furnishing union label fans, with appropriate reading, for all Sunday baseball patrons at the Arlington games. There is nothing like keeping everlastingly at it.

It is said the News-Press has ordered another late style No. 5 Merg.

The writer has been honored with the delegateship to St. Joe. James E. Martin, who mixed with the boys at Boston last year, was named as alternate. We appreciate the billet, but St. Joe is a long way off.

A foreman on a near-by brickyard recently shot and killed a laborer. Why go to 'way off Africa to "kill something?" FREDERICK Northrup.

HALIFAX, CANADA.

Richard Cudipee, an oldtime typo, died recently. Many of the members of No. 130 will long remember the familiar figure of "Dickie," as he stood on the corner day after day, where at one time the old Chronicle staff used to congregate, and where many matters of importance to their welfare were discussed. For some time he was unable to work because of illness, and finally he was obliged to cease labor altogether.

The trades and labor council is now conducting a campaign of label education. At the last meeting the subject was thoroughly discussed, and all unions having labels were asked to assist the council in placing in the hands of union men and others the necessary information that would leave no excuse for anyone purchasing non-union goods. The hatters' label is receiving particular attention at present. A delegate reported that a friend of his had gone into a certain store to purchase a hat and the dealer told him he had no hats with the label in them, whereupon the friend started to walk out and the dealer immediately went to a shelf and pulled down some label hats and called him back, saying he just remembered that he had a few left. The friend refused to buy. This led to a little investigation, and it was found that the manufacturers were bringing pressure to bear on the dealers to have them handle non-label hats. The plot thickens.

of the boys were on hand ready to extol the vir tues of our trademark, but the city fathers are loth to tackle the order paper these days, and the orators were obliged to depart without having had an opportunity to show the council why the label should be on all city printing.

Applications have been received from two members of the Chronicle staff. Every craftsman should be a union man for his own benefit and the benefit of those others who, like himself, must work for their daily bread.

At a recent meeting of the city council (at which the subject of placing the union label on all city printing was expected to come up) some

The Halifax independent labor party has invited each trade union in this city to send two delegates to a convention to be held at a future date for the purpose of forming a labor representation committee. While the labor party has an independent and definite platform of principles, it is recognized that there are members of the unions who, while anxious to have labor represented in our legislative halls, are allied with one of the existing parties. It is necessary to get the sup port of all workingmen in order to insure success, and it is felt that no matter how partisan a man may be, he can at least stand for labor representation. C. W. NELSON.

GREENSBORO, N. C.

Atlanta, Ga., 1910!

That is the choice of most of the printers in this part of the country for the next convention, as a matter of course. It would give many small unions in the south a chance to be represented which never will be when conventions are held in the far north.

No. 397's delegate to St. Joseph will be Henry Curtis, of the Record chapel, who so ably represented us at Boston last year. The delegateship is getting to be chronic with Henry-the more he goes, the more he wants to go. The honor was thrust upon him this time, however.

There have been many changes in the printing business of Greensboro during the past year, two more job offices being enrolled. H. W. Sinclair bought the plant of C. F. Thomas & Brother, which was outside the union fold, but is now a strictly card shop. Mr. Sinclair was formerly the adman on the defunct Industrial News. He is doing a good business. Kendall & Fisher is the firm name of a new job shop recently established. Both are practical printers. Mr. Kendall was formerly business manager of the Industrial News, and Mr. Fisher was the foreman. It is unnecessary to say that it is strictly a card shop, and they put the label on every job that will stand for it. This makes five label shops for Greensboro, outside of the newspapers, also five in number, daily and weekly.

It is now announced that the Greensboro Daily News, which is to be the name of the morning daily to take the place of the defunct Industrial News, will positively appear July 18, after many postponements. This sounds good to many of the former employes of the excellent paper. This will make five newspapers that carry the labelthree dailies and two weeklies. With four job offices using the label and five newspapers, No. 397 is doing very well. There has been more demand for the label the past year than ever before. The non-union shops, two in number, get only the work that the label shops are unable to do. Both of the new job offices are crowded with work, a

large part of it coming from the two non-union ones. Moral: Boost the label.

A. J. Williams, editor of Labor News, has just issued industrial editions for Raleigh, Wilmington and Rocky Mount, and they are a credit to his untiring energy to give North Carolina a good labor paper. The News is in its fourth year, which is about twice as long as a labor paper usually lives. The News had very "rough sledding" in the first three years of its existence, but it is believed and hoped that it is now on a firm foundation.

The socialists of North Carolina are agitating the idea of establishing a weekly paper here.

Frank Heimbach's objection to Atlanta as the convention city is not a good one. The writer has assurances from the Georgia capital that, though the state is "prohi" by law, the German beverage and corn "likker" flow freely there. If Frank will accept the amendment, I will propose1910-Atlanta! LEWIS BURTNETT.

MONTREAL, CANADA.

Secretary Fred Garrett will represent us at the St. Joseph convention.

Chairmen neglecting to send in their monthly chapel reports will be fined $1 hereafter.

No. 176 has lost some good members by the formation of Montreal (Hebrew) Union No. 607. The National Printing Company places the label on all work turned out and does practically all of the show printing of the city.

Trade is very good in the newspaper offices and a lot of overtime work is being done in the jobrooms.

Members here are in hopes that the St. Joseph convention will place the old age pension assessment on a flat-rate basis, to be added to the regular per capita stamp.

Our sympathies go out to Secretary Fred Garrett in the loss of his mother, whose death occurred recently. G. H. Garrett, of "Big Six," who was a candidate for delegatorial honors to St. Joseph, came on here to attend the funeral. HARRY JONES.

OTTAWA, CANADA.

Peace is assured the members of No. 102 for the next four years and seven months, all the job proprietors, with the exception of one, having signed up. The committee having in charge the new scale first met the newspaper publishers, and, after a discussion which lasted only an hour, came to an amicable agreement, which was ratified at a special meeting of No. 102. A meeting was then arranged with the job proprietors, but from the start it was seen that some of the proprietors were not disposed to treat fairly the committee from the union, and they withdrew. President Lynch was wired, and Organizer McLoughlin was put on the job. He immediately arranged for another conference, and after several sessions with the proprietors, special meetings of the union, etc., the scale was signed up, No. 102 gaining one office. The scale calls for an immediate increase of $1 per week,

and further increases at different periods of the life of the agreement. That Organizer McLoughlin was the man for the job was seen by the manner in which he handled a very delicate situation, caused largely by the activity of the officers of the National Union (?), who desire that their members be allowed to work with members of No. 102. However, all offices but one are closed offices, and No. 102 is triumphant again, notwithstanding the boast of our enemies nearly three years ago that No. 102's days were numbered.

No. 102 will be represented at St. Joe by only one delegate. The writer was unanimously tendered the honor, and will be there.

Messrs P. M. Draper and William Binks, jr., will represent this union at the Dominion Trades Congress meeting at Quebec in September.

Bert Taylor, a member of No. 102, was recently presented with a watch by the British Unity Club, an organization composed of old-country people for social purposes.

J. J. McCann, an oldtime member, has been appointed printer to the civil service commission.

Sixteen applications have been received from former members of No. 102, and it is expected that a large number will be received at our next meeting. That looks good to us.

William Milligan, of the Free Press composing room, and Miss H. Saucier were recently married at Vanleek Hill, Ont. The best wishes of a host of friends are extended to the newly wedded couple.

H. Marr, a former member, is now running a paper in Maxwell.

The manager of the Citizen, when putting the new scale in force, gave the increase to all the employes. As only two of our members were working for the scale, the action of Mr. Southam was much appreciated by the other members of No. 102 working there. MICHAEL POWELL.

WORCESTER, MASS.

The important business at the next meeting will be the installation of officers, and all members should be present to give the retiring officials a hearty vote of thanks for what they have accomplished during the past year and the incoming ones encouragement to make a good start and accomplish much more the ensuing year. There will also be reports from the delegates to the New England Allied Printing Trades Council, held in Lynn, June 8 and 9. P. H. Beahn and W. H. Sullivan were the delegates. The convention proved to be a most interesting meeting of its kind and plans were laid out that will make the council of more importance in the future. The action to allow the paper makers to affiliate will mean a large increase in revenue and also make the number of delegates at conventions much larger. This action will in all probability mean an increase to all unions affiliated in the printing industry by reaching the men employed in the mill towns and forming new unions in all branches, which is along the lines of our International at the present time, to get all printers