OSHKOSH, WIS.

The result of the spring election shows that Typographical Union No. 211 was again fortunate in the election of H. Neumueller as democratic al

pare favorably with any turned out in the jurisdiction of the International Typographical Union. Business is good. L. A. BULLINGER.

ATLANTA, GA.

My hat is off to Dr. John Q. A. Hurley, of Northfield, Vt., as a gentleman of perspicacity and erudition. In his statement to John H. Ferguson, of Baltimore, he is at fault only in being too conservative.

Atlanta, the convention city of 1910, is not as warm in August as Boston, and Boston is not as warm (in weather) as some other towns on the map. Atlanta's altitude is over 1,000 feet, on the granite ledges of the famous Piedmont escarpment. It is a mountainous city, the days rarely ever too warm, the nights always cool and bracing. There are not a dozen cities in America where the mean temperature is lower during August. Heat waves never visit us, sunstroke is practically unknown and epidemics of malignant diseases, spread by flies, mosquitoes or other causes, have never occurred in Atlanta's history. Yellow fever can not spread and cholera dies from want and exhaustion. We have no boiling springs, nor is Atlanta the home of the mockingbird, but every bird (of "passage" or otherwise) becoming familiar with Atlanta's climate ever after sings its praise. No fewer than six of the delegates to the Atlanta convention of 1890 made their homes here after the convention was over. Others would have remained but for "priority."

H. HAGENE.

Oshkosh (Wis.) Union No. 211.

derman to represent the second ward for four years, thus giving No. 211 two members in the common council, the other member being H. Hagene, who has represented the ninth ward for the past eight years, and whose term of office does not expire until two years hence. At this writing he is slated for president of the council.

Much credit is due Alderman Hagene, because it was through his diplomacy that a resolution was passed that all city printing should bear the union label. This great stroke of business was accomplished about eight years ago.

Moritz ("Shine") Weidner, an energetic member of No. 211 for many years, is a school commissioner at large, he having been appointed by the mayor two years ago.

Oshkosh voters also had an opportunity to vote for or against license. This very important question created quite a stir, and though the "drys" worked like beavers, Oshkosh went "wet." The union label was very extensively used during the campaign, not a single piece of election matter having been sent out without the label, thus showing the result of our effort to boost the label.

In our beautiful city of 35,000 inhabitants we now have eleven linos and one mono. This gives us a good battery of machines to execute the work in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, the printers in Oshkosh turning out job work that would com

H. NEUMUELLER. Oshkosh (Wis.) Union No. 211.

A tip to the "boys:" "You can get anything here that you can get anywhere else." The International Typographical Union has not held a convention in the southeast in eight years, and we

claim that we are entitled to it; besides, we need it. The "Atlanta-1910" refrain is growing louder, and, like the guns at Lexington, will soon be heard around the world.

Organizer T. C. Parsons, of Washington, is in Atlanta, co-operating with George M. Berry, of the pressmen, in cleaning up the strike situation in this city among the pressmen, and will try to make a clean sweep of it on both sides.

The National Anti-Tuberculosis Association conducted an exhibit here for two weeks during April, and the typographical union had a most creditable exhibit. The convention was addressed by Press Huddleston, who used the Union Printers Home as an example of accomplishment.

John C. Daley, of Syracuse, N. Y., is visiting relatives in Atlanta....Billy Bartee, formerly a linotype inspector, is now with the Constitution as machinist....A. H. McQuilkin, editor of the Inland Printer, spent several days in Atlanta during April....D. W. Gregory, corresponding secretary of the Printers' League of America, was in Atlanta for a couple of weeks during April.

Arrivals: C. C. Orr, J. F. Wallis, Paul Arnette, W. B. Correll, R. A. Carter, R. M. Burton, H. N. Scruggs. W. G. GREDIG.

ALBANY, N. Y.

This is the printers' election month, and in nearly 700 local jurisdictions on the 19th inst. delegates may be chosen to the St. Joseph convention of the International Typographical Union. This simultaneous action over so wide an area as our International jurisdiction embraces is significant of the cohesiveness and unity of purpose of our organization, and is the one great determining factor of its progress. With us the third Wednesday in May has become a great day locally with the members of No. 4. Not alone the election of International delegates or officers, but our own local officers are now elected on that date. While some of these elections are more hotly contested than others, all are interesting and command a large voting clientage. This year the canvass so far has been of a very mild form. There probably will be but three candidates for the two delegateships to St. Joe, and these three aspirants are conducting a "still hunt" campaign. James H. Crowley, present treasurer and a monotype artist in the state office, is one of the three; Harry E. Wood, a member of the board of auditors and a linotype operator in the Argus bookroom, is another, and John A. Boyle, one of our present delegates to the central federation of labor, is the third. Mr. Boyle is also a linotype operator and

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member of the state chapel. "Dick" Foster decided not to get into the race again this year. He is also a linotypist, but a newspaper man, and as all the others are book men, that might have been a card in Dick's favor with some, if he had entered the race, as there are those who claim that the book men are claiming all the plums. With the local officers there is likely to be but little rivalry, as the president, recording and financial secretaries at least are out for re-election, and

only one candidate has appeared thus far for Treasurer Crowley's job, and he is John E. Moench, of the Brandow chapel. Mr. Moench is a new aspirant for official honors in No. 4, for, although he has been a constant member for the last eighteen years, he has never before identified himself with any inclination for an office or held any. He is a reliable and worthy member of the union and should make a good officer, nevertheless. Whether present Vice-President Wiedman intends to succeed himself or not has not as yet been made known. The next few weeks yet intervening prior to May 19 may develop features that are now unthought of, and, if so, readers of THE JOURNAL will have to await the June issue for the information.

The April meeting of No. 4 brought out good. sized attendance, as several matters of considerable importance are in the air, and, according to the president, need the immediate attention of the union. Certain rumors of violations of the apprenticeship laws, illegal use of plate matter by some newspapers, proofreading done by non-union readers and infractions of the machinist regulations were forcibly brought to the attention of the union at the March meeting by President Campion, with the result that the executive committee was instructed to investigate them and report. This report was what brought out the attendance at the April meeting. It proved to be a lengthy article and presented the fact that the violations charged were substantiated by evidence presented to the committee. The apprenticeship violations appeared to the committee to be somewhat the fault of what had come to be an inequitable union law regarding their distribution, and to right this part of it the committee recommended certain amendments and additions to the apprentice laws that will relieve this question of some of its most vexatious conditions. They were accordingly referred to the laws committee and will come up for action at the May meeting. The other violations were recommended to be stopped immediately, and the union so ordered. They appeared to have been the outcome of some misunderstandings of their rights in the premises and not with any intentional desire on the part of the proprietors to violate our laws. Continued neglect on the part of the union to see that these infractions were stopped had led the parties thereto to believe they were well within their rights, and that is what makes the matter of their abridgment the more embarrassing at this time to both the union and the proprietors. President Campion is determined that the laws shall be lived up to, or so changed that they can be, while he is in the president's chair, and he should be supported by the full membership.

Hereafter all registered apprentices under the jurisdiction of No. 4 will receive THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL in accordance with the vote of the April meeting to that effect. This is a wise action, as the influence of THE JOURNAL each month upon the young apprentices will be all to the good and stand to make them better members of the union when they go out of their time. To their credit it may be said that many of them have always

shown an active interest in THE JOURNAL and have been even more anxious to see it each month than some of the journeymen.

During the past month work all over the city has been very good and the state office had to advertise for operators, with the result that there has been quite an influx of cards. This will brace up our membership somewhat, as it had reached the lowest point it has touched for some yearsjust below the 400 mark-the past winter.

Typo Chronicles, a series of four-page leaflets, containing a list in alphabetical order of all members of No. 4 who have ever held an office or served on any of the standing committees or been elected to a delegateship, either International or local, giving dates of elections to same and vote received or appointments thereto since the union was instituted, June 1, 1850, has just issued its third number, and takes this list up to the letter M. About three more issues will complete the list and will embrace records of nearly 400 different members. Single copies are 10 cents and will be mailed to any address on receipt of five 2-cent stamps by Charles H. Whittemore, 209 Jay street, Albany, N. Y. The number containing the official record of the members sending the order (if he has any) will be mailed, unless otherwise ordered. No. 4 of this series will be issued May 1 and will take the list through to the letter Q.

The photo of our late worthy member, William S. Mahan, in the April issue of THE JOURNAL Was much appreciated by the members of No. 4. It is an excellent likeness and will be cherished accordingly. The "In Memoriam" resolutions adopted by No. 4 at the April meeting will be found in the last pages of this issue of THE JOURNAL. Minneapolis or Atlanta, 1910? be? As a personal choice, I should give the first named the preference.

And lots who tell of the space between, the things that are wrong and right,

And east meets west o'er a pot of ale at the end of the ageing night,

They take the world as it comes and goes, with never a bitter pang,

And pledge the rest in a stein of ale,
The "morning paper gang."

But some must go from the friendly board, their final leave must take,

And sleep their sleep when others sleep and waken when others wake;

To those must come, as the years go by, a memory good and sweet.

Of gathering there with their kindred souls at the end of the little street,

Where hours sped by and friends were friends as even the ale was brown,

And tales of the east and west were told by the men who wrote them down

Small wonder, then, that the exiles take their glass with a longing pang,

And pledge themselves in a silent toast:

"The Morning Paper Gang."

Harvey O. Carr, of Grand Rapids, secretarytreasurer of the International Association of Police Chiefs, was in Buffalo recently, making arrangements for the May convention of police chiefs to be held in this city. Harvey evidently was pretty busy, as he did not hunt up his old side partner, Bill Stansil. They used to "print" together in Terre Haute in the sweet long ago.

Usually printers do not care for the rough athletic games, but E. F. Comstock, one of our members, appears to be the crack wrestler of his weight, and, judging from comments of the sporting writers, he does not handle his opponents in a ladylike manner.

It

CHARLES H. WHITTEMORE.

BUFFALO, N. Y.

John D. Wells' mind must have wandered back to his old days on the Review when he penned the following in his "Grave to Gay" column:

"THE MORNING PAPER GANG."

A small side street, where the lights burn dim in the shops that line the row,

And the lamps blink up through the dingy glass of the basement cells below

A well-worn stair at the end of the street, and a shaky rail that leads

To "Joe's Old Place," and his food and drink, where the best of friendship breeds;

It's there they go when the night is old and the first gray streaks the east,

To take the hands of their common kind and talk of the world and feast;

How oft they've met at this simple board, and the
ancient rafters rang
Their rounded songs and their wholesome cheer-
The "morning paper gang."

A poet said of the east and west that "never the twain shall meet."

He did not know of the men who go to the end of the little street

He did not know there is one who tells the tales of the east he knows,

And one who tells of the wide, wide west, where the drifting sun-orb goes,

Franks' Peoria city directory for the last several years has been an unfair publication. Each succeeding year it saw its patronage, both in subscriptions and advertising, moving gracefully down the ladder. Finally it woke up, and this year the new company contracted for the printing, binding and everything to be done in a label office. But the parent plant of J. W. Franks & Son still remains on the outside of the union fold.

B. Frank Brown, of the Brown-Williams Company, was elected alderman at the last city election from the third ward. Charles Embick made a

splendid race for supervisor, but on account of the great republican landslide failed to get through.

Peoria has a new up-to-date bindery. Messrs. Rotterman and Harris, two of the best journeymen in the city, are the proprietors. Mr. Rotterman is recently back from the government office in Washington.

There is an active label campaign going on in Peoria.

William Mannerstrom has landed in Milwaukee. Harvey Allen blew into town recently. W. E. Johnson has arrived from Racine. John Motley came in from Meridian, Miss., suffering from pneumonia and was sent to the hospital for a week. He is on the job again. WALTER S. BUSH.

GLENS FALLS, N. Y.

In looking over a trade journal, I read the following article on the "closed shop," which will be of interest to JOURNAL readers:

The other day, in a public meeting, three trade unionists bitterly denounced trade unions. One of the speakers was a preacher, another was a lawyer and the third a physician. They said trade unions were trusts which violated the precious liberty of a man to do what work he pleased. It was rather astonishing to hear such sentiments expressed by men who have won for themselves the closed shop. The clergyman wears the uniform of his union. A small executive board passes upon candidates for his trade and one is not allowed to preach until he has received a certain education, undergone a long apprenticeship and acquired a series of certificates and diplomas. The lawyer belongs to a union which is so strong that it has forced the legislatures to pass laws prescribing its rules and regulations. It has the power to expel members, and from among its own number it chooses even the judges that try its cases. The physician also has a closed shop, rigidly restricted and legalized. The power of the physicians' union is well illustrated by the following: A short time ago, in Denver, an eminent professor of medicine, Dr. Cecare Chillini, was visiting an old friend.

He had per

formed such miracles in surgery that his name is known throughout Europe, and crowned heads have sought his services. One day in the western city he saw a crippled child. Touched with pity, he straightened out the crooked limbs and sent it back to its mother strong and beautiful again. Other little crippled children were then sent to him and he performed other surgical miracles. This was carrying the matter too far, and the Medical Union of Denver met and decided that this renowned physician would have to take out a card in the local union if he continued to practice. He sighed when he heard the news, bowed to the inevitable and left other little crippled children to their sad fate. Now, the clergyman combats the heretic, the lawyer the shyster, the physician the quack as fiercely as union men combat the scab. It is rather amusing, therefore, to hear these well-fed professionals in their bottle-closed shops hypocritically protesting against the millions of wage-earners who try to win the closed shop for themselves. the wageworker the closed shop is often a matter of life or death. Most of the accidents in mines result from the carelessless and inefficiency of nonunionists. It would not have endangered the life of a single physician in Denver to have had crippled children made well again, but a scab running an engine, or working at a switch, or taking his lamp and pick into a mine might cost the lives of thousands. But despite this indisputable fact, these professionals denounce trade unions and demand the closed shop for themselves. No one doubts that, on the whole, unions of professional men have been of value to the world. No one seriously objects to their unionism. But one does

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object when they demand rights for themselves which they deny others. The trade union dignifies labor. While struggling for a decent existence, for proper food, clothing and shelter, for leisure, peace of mind and security in life, the trade unionists do not seek to injure the scab. They desire only that the scab shall not come in and reduce them to starvation. In trying to eliminate interfraternal warfare, in trying to establish a brotherhood in which men shall not drag each other down, but lift each other up, they are working for the scab as well as for themselves. Trade unions are the greatest force in the modern world for uplifting the mass of mankind, for making factories and homes sanitary, for making possible stronger and healthier children and for assuring in the future nobler generations of intelligent and capable workers. But, like a few highly skilled trade unionists, the professional closed shoppers draw themselves from their fellows and claim for themselves rights and privileges which they would like to see denied to millions of other human beings.

No. 96 received an appeal from the International executive council, asking each member of our local for a donation of 10 cents for the benefit of the United Hatters, which no doubt will be heartily contributed. In the March JOURNAL I suggested a similar donation from the members of our organization. It is about time some action was taken to help the hatters, and all should endeavor to assist in this label fight by supporting the appeal of the council. J. A. TRACEY.

MUSKOGEE, OKLA.

Doubtless before another issue of THE JOURNAL is out that "mulligan," which seems to have reached a stage of much notoriety in the land of the "sunny south," will be a matter of history for No. 484. Full management has been placed in the hands of a competent committee, any one of which is capable of making a "stew" that would prove palatable to any "oldtimer." The place for holding said "mulligan" has aroused some discussion. Hyde park is located about five miles out on the banks of the Arkansas river, and is a most inviting place for outings. But some suggest that if a watering resort is chosen, soap and towels will be requisite parts of our equipment. Any one of our railroads, a short distance out, offers most charming locations, but the objection to those is that some of the boys might receive a "call to the wilds" by hearing and seeing the "rattlers" go by, and when the roll was called there might be a "vacant chair." Be that as it may, that "mulligan" is going to be "pulled off" some time and somewhere.

No. 484 will send a representative to St. Joseph. The Oklahoma statutes provide for a free labor employment bureau, and the recent session of the legislature made provision for a branch office. No. 484 took the initial step at its last meeting for the location of the branch in Muskogee, recommending a strong card and union man, a carpenter, to conduct the office. We understand the matter is being considered most favorably by the state labor commissioner and those in authority.

Muskogee, a city of 25,000, though new and growing rapidly, is a great respecter of labor organizations, and we trust the greatest harmony may ever exist between the employer and employe,

and this can be accomplished only when they respect and treat each other as human beings-not the employe trying to gouge every cent he can off the employer, nor the latter treating the employe as though he were a piece of machinery, bought and paid for, to be broken up and thrown out the office at the owner's pleasure. There will be friction wherever these conditions exist. Treat the laborer right, and if he be human he will treat you right in return. I have never seen it fail.

J. M. HEDRICK.

CHARLESTON, W. VA.

Most everybody is working, and some of the shops are working a double turn, although the session of the legislature is long past—just seems to be an abnormal lot of book and commercial work, which keeps almost all hands busy.

A. J. Huckins' interest in the Lovett Printing Company has been purchased by Wilmer R. Estill, one of our oldtimers, and the latter is holding down the day turn on one of the machines there. Mr. Huckins has departed, headed for the west.

Several candidates for delegate are announced, among them being "Uncle Joe" Emerick, W. P. Campbell and Toby Heizer.

At the last meeting President Shook appointed a committee to work with the Anti-Tuberculosis League here. This work has aroused a great deal of interest in trade union circles here, and is deservedly of interest to printers.

The printing of several reprint volumes of the court reports will make work at either one of the offices here or at some other point in the state. It it understood that there will be ten of the volumes let at this sitting of the board, and that there will be required one volume to be finished each month. This is all machine work, but the current reports are being printed in Morgantown by hand.

D. C. LOVETT, JR.

COSHOCTON, OHIO.

A morning paper is scheduled to make its appearance in Coshocton about the first of July. W. H. Bohmer is the promoter. Mr. Bohmer was in the newspaper business here some years ago, but has been following other business since retiring from the field. He was a candidate for the legislature on the republican ticket at the last election, and this county being democratic, he was unsuccessful. At least one machine will be added to Coshocton's list, and also three or four situations.

President Ordway was a delegate from No. 364 to the Toledo session of the Ohio Typographical Conference, which was one of the most successful sessions held since its establishment. C. W. Brownfield was also in Toledo during the confer

ence.

No candidates have come forward as yet for St. Joe. But, then, No. 364 for the past few years has not held out any inducements for any of our members to represent it in the annual sessions.

The Vail company has installed a new linotype, making nine in all, three of which have been

ing a large business, twenty-five operators being employed at this time.

The membership of No. 364 has increased from thirty-five to forty-seven during the past six months, with two applications for membership pending.

At the recent election of officers of the central trades council, George C. Ordway, of No. 364, was elected president, and he is holding down the job in good shape. C. W. Brownfield is second vicepresident. C. T. McCost, W. H. Barner and J. N. Collier are also delegates to the central body.

Recent arrivals: Chris J. Reitz, O. LaBelle, James Grant, Chicago; L. E. Fair, Kokomo, Ind.; E. Crombie, Frank Brooks, Pittsburg; F. W. Galloway, Middletown, Ohio; F. R. McCarthy, Paducah, Ky.; John V. Joyce, McKeesport, Pa. CHARLES W. BROWNFIELD.

COFFEYVILLE, kan.

No. 578 has discontinued the 2 per cent assessment for delegate's expenses, the sum having reached such proportions as to preclude the possi bility of our representative having to walk home, even after spending several nickels for large, cold ones. Secretary Bradford is the only candidate for the honor. He will make a notable member among those assembled in St. Joe. "Brad," as he is known to the festive "panhandler," weighs 330 odd pounds in his stocking feet and is large in proportion every way, but straight up. When he gets up to advocate an increased old age pension he will both be heard and seen.

The Bee has ordered a new Merg., which will make two more situations in Coffeyville, as that paper prints morning and afternoon editions.

South Coffeyville, Okla., has a new paper which will carry the label as soon as No. 578's jurisdiction is extended that far.

The trades council, which has been in a state of innocuous desuetude for several months, has been reorganized and put in working order again. Sim Bramlette, president of the Kansas State Federation of Labor, spent several days in the city helping the various organizations get together. The owner of the unfair weekly publication is trying to sell out. "There's a reason."

Several hundred dimes go from here to the striking hatters, and more will keep going until they win out.

Cards deposited since last report: C. F. Nablock, Ardmore; Joseph A. Tighe, Denver; W. E. Nicoll, Boise; Ray Walker, Atchison; George Riley, Guthrie; Frank Kavanaugh, St. Louis. Withdrawn: Ray Walker, George Riley.

Work is good, with all situations filled.

FRANK KAVANAUGH.

HE that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and let's t'other go.-Franklin.

THERE is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.-Seneca.