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Lean Publishing Company, and this concern already has several practical printers on its staff.

Starting with the first of the year, the job and book men will have $1 a week extra in their pay envelops, as called for by an agreement with the master printers' association. Some of the boys are figuring how they are going to spend the extra "plunk." FRED H. THOMAS.

DEPOSIT, N. Y.

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I think I can see you rubbing your forehead with a smile on your face, asking yourself, "Where is Deposit?" I'll tell you for future reference. Deposit is a town of about 3,000 population, situated in New York state, on the Erie railroad, 175 miles from God's country-New York city. The largest single industry here is the Outing Publishing Company, of which this union is a part. plant is valued at $300,000. Henry Minden, who from 1904 to 1907 was superintendent, and who resigned the position to become the New York representative of the company, has returned to his former position, which will be of considerable more importance, as the business offices of the firm have been removed to New York city, leaving the responsibility of running the plant, which consists of composing room, foundry, pressroom and bindery, in Mr. Minden's hands. We understand that the above-named gentleman has also become a stockholder in the Wickwire Press, an annex to the Outing's plant.

On December 12 a banquet was held at the Loomis house, given by the male employes of the Outing and Wickwire plants, at which forty attended. The toastmaster was the mayor of Deposit, Seymour Wickwire, of the Wickwire Press. He was ably assisted by Superintendent Minden, of the Outing plant. Those attending claim it was the event of the year. A. R. ARMSTRONG.

NEWARK, N. J.

At last No. 103's job scale is settled for a definite period. At the December meeting it was voted to accept the three-year agreement of the master printers' association, which was presented by the scale committee for ratification. The agreement calls for an increase of $1 a week after April 1, 1909, principally, and covers a period of two years and nine months, up to January 1, 1912. The scale committee and the officers of No. 103 are deserving of no little praise in bringing about so desirable a result, their only regret appearing to be that they were unable to make the agreement effective from January 1, 1909. This notwithstanding, the committee deserves the thanks of the entire membership. The members are John H. Daley, Thomas G. Callen, Thomas Fullam, Samuel McElravy, E. W. Garrison, John Gilmartin and President Small.

The John Woods Press club is the name of an organization recently formed in this city. The club is composed of a number of the leading authors and writers in this vicinity, and is named in honor of John Woods, the first Newark printer, who pub

lished the Newark Gazette and Newark Advertiser in 1791. The object of the club is the reprinting of rare and interesting books and pamphlets dealing with New Jersey's early history. Among the members are Rev. Joseph F. Folsom, an authority on Jersey colonial history, and John C. Dana, librarian of the Newark public (nothing for Andy C.) library. Can't we butt in with the joker?

Sheriff William Harrigan, recently elected, who, by the way, is an honorary member of No. 103, has gone his predecessor, Sheriff Sommers, one better in the matter of grand jury appointments. On every one of Sheriff Sommers' grand juries organized labor had one representative. On Sheriff Harrigan's first, just appointed, we get two-H. J. Gottlob, of No. 103, and Joseph Sonnabend, of the machinists' union.

Through the efforts of No. 103's delegates, Essex Trades Council, of this city, will issue a union goods directory, showing stores and shops where union-made goods of various kinds are on sale.

President Small has appointed Messrs. Hudson, Throssell and Augustine a committee on the contest with the Butterick company.

At the December meeting County Clerk J. B. Woolston, of Essex county, was elected an honorary member of No. 103, as a token of our appreciation of his efforts in behalf of Newark Union and the label, both in an official capacity and as a private citizen.

Though not definitely decided on, in all probability the next meeting of the state printers' league will be held in Paterson on the third Sunday in January.

Newark was Santa Claus to the extent of $50 for the Home's Christmas stocking.

A. P. Holbrook, for several years manager of the Prudential's printing department, tendered his resignation November 17. J. J. Rafter, formerly of New York, has assumed control, and varied and numerous changes are the result of his activity. Old Lady Rumor says-well, what she says about other changes to follow would fill a book.

Walker Shelpern, 40 years of age, a member of No. 103, was found on Market street, this city, on the night of December 12, helpless as a result of a stroke of paralysis which had affected his lower limbs. John Gilroy, delegate to Boston, is at present confined to his home with an attack of appendicitis, and it is thought an operation will be necessary.

The Red Cross Christmas stamps, the proceeds of the sale of which are to be used in the tuberculosis fight being conducted under the auspices of that organization, are having a large sale in this vicinity. No. 103 purchased a supply of them for distribution among the membership.

Will L. M. ("Larry") Smith please send his address to the undersigned, care of the secretary?

Twelve hundred pieces of matter per week was the record attained by the label committee during the last two weeks in November in the return of matter. This month will conclude another contest, and then something new is promised. Anyhow, the prize is not so much an object as the results that accrue. All hands are becoming imbued with en

thusiasm as collectors. The label has had considerable newspaper and program advertising that is creating comment.

The arrivals during the past month were: E. H. McCauley, Frank P. Hall, R. H. McCullough, G. C. Wiseman, W. S. Croudis, Henry A. Carson, E. A. Hacker, G. Cowan, W. J. Hanlon, J. P. Burd, Elias Ross, W. Shrimplin, C. A. Pugh, J. F. Harrington, C. A. Sullivan, Fred Hill, Norman Kemp, James Devor, Walter Scott, J. J. Carlisle. W. J. KEEGAN.

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

If it can be written of the year 1908 in Providence that little or no progress in unionism was made, then we are glad that it is not our unpleasant duty to record a retrogression. For January, 1908, opened with poorer prospects for general business than have confronted the people of Rhode Island in the generation and a half since the Sprague failure. The state had experienced hard times meanwhile, but never a panic equalling the sudden, overwhelming blow to business of October, 1907. When Wall street determined to cast Morse forth from its system, the Providence banking institution doing the largest business with customers of moderate means was sucked down in the whirlpool, and Rhode Island industry halted. Then slowly and gradually courage, inspired by the confidence of calmer minds, was restored, and business began to mend. The printing business, as usual, felt the depression seriously. The unexplainable inconsistency which halts advertising when trade is poor, and stimulates it when good times are at their height, held full sway. Through it all Providence Typographical Union has held its own, and the close of the year finds conditions vastly improved. There has been a slight decrease in membership for the year, but the loss is readily assignable to the controlling law of supply and demand. As we have on at least one previous occasion pointed out in this correspondence, the membership in any jurisdiction, natural causes operating, will always consist of a number equal to the number of situations plus the number of substitutes who can find a living. When the number of substitutes exceeds the supply of work at sustaining return, migration is necessary, and it occurs. The membership advanced from 177 in January, 1908, to 183 in May, and since May has declined to 167, the principal loss being noticeable in June, when the morning edition of the Tribune was suspended. Since September, however, the job trade has been unusually prosperous, the number of men employed has increased, and a larger percentage of the membership is working steadily than at any time since January, 1906, when the strike started.

The most notable event of the year in the printing trade in Providence was the final completion and distribution to subscribers of "Printing and Printers in Providence," a bound volume of 328 pages, containing a history of printing in Provi dence, a history of Providence Typographical Union, and sketches of 1,000 journeymen who had worked at the trade here. The book contained not

a single line of advertising matter, and was published on the subscription basis, the union raising a small deficit by assessment. It has been hailed as the most notable souvenir yet issued by a typographical union. The annual election in May witnessed the usual vigorous canvass for delegate honors, while the contest for International offices was marked by unusual interest. Aside from this, the year has been unusually quiet in union circles, a calm seeming almost unnatural after the strenuous years of the eight-hour strike. A label campaign was instituted in the early summer, but was dropped when the summer dulness indicated that the effort would be wasted then, being resumed in the fall, with fairly satisfactory results, indicating that much more could be accomplished if the membership at large could be persuaded to take up this work in a systematic manner. The entire campaign vividly illustrates the failure of the committee system of conducting large undertakings similar in character to work for the label; reference of this work to a committee too often means that responsibility is shifted, and that a committee which at the most should be expected to direct and lead a general movement is expected to carry the burden of the work. However enthusiastic and earnest a committee of this kind may be, the inevitable result of lukewarm or negative co-operation is a gradually growing tendency toward inefficiency and a depreciation in committee work value. In Providence the committee has not only carried the burden of the work, but it has endeavored constantly to interest members, but the response has been negligible in quantity, although in some instances the committee has had earnest support of a good quality. The committee has continued its work in a hopeful manner, however, with the expectation that as results were shown a large percentage of the membership could be brought to realize the value of the work. Notable visitors of the year have been President Lynch, who spent a day here in June; Vice-President Hays, who visited the city on several occasions; ex-President Prescott, who delivered a notable address before the August meeting on "Supplemental Trade Education," and Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor.

Francis M. Raferty died December 7, after a long and painful illness from acute asthma, complicated with nephritis. He was born in Taunton, Mass., thirty-six years ago, and learned his trade in that city. He was well known in Boston, where he worked at the trade for several years. He was admitted to Providence Union seven years prior to his death, and had worked in this city in the Telegram, Tribune and Bulletin offices. He leaves a widow and small children. Francis M. Raferty's demise is sincerely regretted by many friends, who esteemed him for his genial good nature and many excellent qualities.

The most recent inquiry concerning "Printers and Printing in Providence" comes from Sydney, New South Wales. James Young, a printer, writing thence, requests also copy of union rules, as he desires "all the information possible on charges, office rules, and especially regulations as to ap

prentices;" also a copy of chapel rules and a style book. "Typesetting machinery," says the correspondent, "is becoming a big factor in printing in these parts, the linotype holding supreme sway quite handsomely." Sydney and Auckland, New Zealand, hold the long distance records so far for "Printers and Printing in Providence." The book certainly is making Providence famous in all parts of the world.

The label campaign continues vigorously. Not the least pleasing result accomplished has been the conversion of the Besse-Bocker Company. This is one of nineteen establishments known as the Besse system. At the suggestion of No. 33's label committee, President Lynch undertook a campaign against the entire system in the nineteen cities represented. Hereafter the printed advertising matter for the nineteen stores will be produced in union offices. Local unions in many other trades rendered valuable assistance in Providence.

Walter W. Ludlow, who was foreman of the Providence Evening Telegram for a few months in 1884, visited the city last month to inspect the new postoffice. Mr. Ludlow is now chief clerk of the treasury department at Washington. Some of his old friends in Providence passed a few hours with him while he was in the city.

Nathan M. Ormsbee, who, since the death of Samuel S. Wilson in October, 1904, had claimed the title "Oldest Printer in Rhode Island," died at his home in this city early in December. He was born in Providence, September 1, 1821, and was therefore 87 years old at death. He attended schools kept by Mrs. Seagrove and Oliver Angell, and learned his trade on the Republican-Herald. He worked on the Gaspee Torchlight, the Journal, Post, Herald and Star, all long since discontinued, with the exception of the Journal, and in New York on the Tribune and Morning Star. He was initiated into Providence Union April 18, 1857, and was its financial secretary in 1873. tired from printing in 1877. For years afterward he was a prominent figure in ward and city politics, but in recent years has lived a very quiet life. Older Providence printers tell many anecdotes of "Nate" Ormsbee. CHARLES CARROLL.

SEATTLE, WASH.

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The December JOURNAL certainly had the pros and cons of priority in it.

About two months ago the students at the state university decided to issue the college paper, the Wave, from a plant near the university instead of downtown. A press and machine from the Metropolitan plant were consequently installed in a new building put up by H. C. Pigott, manager of the Metropolitan Printing Company, and the university chapel at this writing consists of four men.

The undersigned read with more than passing interest the statement made by George Tracy, of San Francisco, concerning the proceedings of the arbitration board there, acting on the 'Frisco scale. Mr. Tracy ventures the prediction that the present agreement will be the last ever made with the American Newspaper Publishers' Association

if other unions fare as No. 21 did. Mr. Tracy was a delegate to the convention at Colorado Springs in 1906 when Seattle Union No. 202 tried to make the old agreement the last one ever made with the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. When George gets ready to go after arbitration Seattle will be ready to help him.

Business continues the same here as formerly mentioned, and the arrivals from other parts of the country, particularly the east, continue to average up the same. The printers already here have very little work in sight, and those contemplating a trip to the coast should bear this in mind.

R. M. McCULLOUGH.

NOTES FROM THE UNION PRINTERS HOME.

Harvey E. Garman, a former president of Denver Typographical Union No. 49, and who has been for several years in the forefront of all movements having a tendency to lighten the burdens of men and women organized in the varied trades in the capital city, was elected a member of the Colorado legislature at the recent general election, by a majority of upward of 6,000 votes. This will be his third appearance in the legislative halls of the Centennial state as a representative from the Denver district. In addition to the honors already conferred upon Mr. Garman by his constituents, the Hon. A. W. Rucker, congressmanelect, has chosen him to act as his private secretary. Representative Garman's record is an envi

able one.

S. S. Bellesfield is another printer who will take a prominent part in the making of laws governing the commonwealth of Colorado. He will represent the Pueblo district, and it is his second election. Mr. Bellesfield proved to his constituents, and also to the citizens of the whole state (those who take a keen interest in legislative proceedings), during his first term as a representative, that he was capable of doing more than sitting wise, casting a vote, and drawing a check for salary, and in acknowledgment of his worth he was returned to the ensuing session by a handsome majority. Mr. Bellesfield was twice president of the printers' union and served two terms as president of the Pueblo Trades Assembly.

Public Printer Donnelly is personally and favorably known to many members of the Home institution, and all were exceedingly pleased at the announcement that he had been chosen by the president to fill the important government position which is prefixed to his name. That there is no question as to Samuel B. Donnelly's abilities to perform the duties that devolve upon him as public printer can be amply testified to by all members of the craft. Mr. Donnelly was president of the International Typographical Union and president of the board of trustees and Home corporation in 1899 and 1900, and was chief executive of "Big Six" in New York city for three consecutive years.

B. F. ("Dick") Richards died in the hospital of the Home institution on November 21. He entered the Home as a member of Cleveland Union No. 53 in July, 1906, and suffered from the evils

of tuberculosis until the event of his death. His funeral occurred on the following Monday, services being held at the Hallett-Baker Company's undertaking rooms, conducted by the Rev. E. H. Liles. Many of the deceased's fellow members were present and viewed the remains, which were afterward conveyed to Evergreen cemetery and deposited in a grave in the division owned by the Home corporation. Frank Blakely (Cleveland), Harry T. Meehla and J. W. Twyman (New York city), and Thomas Hartman (San Francisco) were the pallbearers.

San Francisco, Boston, St. Louis and Columbus (Ohio) Unions sent Christmas remembrances in the form of postal checks, written for sums of money in the coin of the realm, to its former members residing in the Home institution early in the month of "Kris Kringle." All recipients of these favors were grateful for the kindly spirit which prompted their brethren in sending these gifts as a token of the holiday season.

The Masonic fraternity of Colorado Springs is now housed in a temple of its own, the location of which is on Nevada avenue and north of Pike's Peak avenue. The structure consists of two stories and a basement, and is built of gray pressed brick, in the style of the early Egyptians, with two sphinx figures on either side of the por tico. The reception, dedication banquet and ball eventuated on November 30 and December 1 and 2 of 1908.

Memorial exercises for deceased members, under the auspices of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, were held in the opera house of Colorado Springs on Sunday, December 6. These ceremonies are always impressive and are attended by a large gathering of the public. Charles S. Thomas, a former governor of Colorado, delivered the address, and Derwood S. Gilmore (part proprietor of the Prompt Printery and a member of the local typographical union) pronounced the eulogy on the eventful occasion.

James E. Ayers, A. D. Carmichael and Charles F. Hayes, Home resident members of New York Typographical Union No. 6, were instrumental in the rescue of an unfortunate skater who broke through the ice on Prospect lake on the day fol lowing Thanksgiving. The accident happened about the center of the lake, and the luckless individual floundered about in the icy waters for nearly fifteen minutes, until aid reached him by means of a rowboat taken from the storehouse on the shore and shoved along on the frozen surface until launched into the pool with Ayers on board, who afterward assisted in shipping the halfdrowned and nearly frozen victim. The individual afterward jumped to the solid surface of the lake and glided to the house of the caretaker, where he was made comfortable until a vehicle was secured, which conveyed him to his home. Hayes assisted in the rescue until obliged to desist, owing to exertion and excitement. Carmichael at the outset hurried to the home of a relative and returned with a pot of hot coffee to refresh the rescued one, but he had left the vicinity of his trials and tribulations, and Ayres, who was chilled as a result of

his share in the exciting episode, regaled himself with the stimulating fluid and returned to the Home institution. Messrs. Ayres, Carmichael and Hayes are patients in the sanatorium department of the institution, but no evil consequences attended the strenuous efforts made by them in the rescue of the hapless individual, whose name was never learned.

Edward Maher, a former inmate of the Home, where he had been cared for in the sanatorium for upward of five years, until the fall of 1906, as a resident member of New York Union, died in St. Francis hospital late in November, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery, Colorado Springs. Until a few weeks prior to his fatal illness he had been day clerk at the Spaulding house.

The death of William H. Barnett, who had been a helpless paralytic-mentally as well as physically -upward of two years, occurred on December 13, and his funeral took place on the Tuesday morning following the fatal event. The remains were taken from the undertaking rooms of the HallettBaker Company to St. Mary's church, where mortuary ceremonies were conducted by the rector, Rev. Father Raber, and afterward conveyed to Evergreen cemetery, where they were deposited in a grave in St. Mary's burial grounds, and in a section owned by the Home corporation. A. J. Blair (Everett, Wash.), W. J. Sullivan (Sacramento), Philip Corcoran (Butte, Mont.) and C. A. Gallagher (New York city) officiated as pallbearers.

A movement for the establishment of a sanatotorium for tubercular refugees, and which is to be managed by the Associated Charities of Colorado Springs, was commenced early in December. A nucleus is to be raised from the sales of stamps issued by the National Red Cross Association, and, judging by the interest taken by the public, a foundation fund of $3,000 is expected to be realized by the end of the month. The projectors are confident that this institution, which is estimated to cost $40,000, will be ready for this class of sufferers not later than the end of this year.

"The Claremont," at Broadmoor, near the cañons, the palatial home of the multi-millionaire, Charles A. Baldwin, of Colorado Springs, and which represents a cost of $200,000, was "thrown open" to the members of the aristocracy (and to that class of society only) on the Saturdays during the month of December. The mansion is a reproduction of the famous Grand Trianon, built by Louis XIV at Versailles, France, for Madame de Maintenon, from designs furnished by Mansart. Garages, stables, etc., are included in its surroundings.

Gustav E. Katt, who had been an occupant of one of the Home sanatorium house tents almost from the date of his entrance to the institution, which was in July last, contracted a severe cold early in December. Unfortunately neglecting to avail himself of the remedies usually administered to counteract its effects, pneumonia developed after his transference to the hospital, where he died about ten days later, on December 14. He had been making steady improvement in condition until stricken. Funeral services over his remains,

conducted by the Rev. E. H. Liles, were held in the undertaking parlors of Hallett & Baker. Mrs. Katt, widow of deceased, who has been a resident of Colorado Springs since Mr. Katt entered the Home, was in attendance, as were also several friends and a goodly representation of his former fellow members. Interment was made in a grave in the International Union's division of Evergreen cemetery on December 16, with Thomas Hartman and Alfred R. Barbier (San Francisco), Joseph W. Crombie (Chicago) and O. W. Humphrey (Washington, D. C.) active pallbearers. The late Mr. Katt was registered as a member of Fort Wayne Union No. 78.

The angel of death accompanied R. B. Van Volkenburg when he journeyed from St. Joseph, Mo., to Colorado Springs and entered the Home on Sunday, November 29, remaining with him until he was gathered in on the fifth day after his admission (December 3) to the institution. He was in the forty-second year of his age, and was afflicted with a complication of diseases. Deceased was a newspaper man as well as a printer, and had served as a soldier in the ranks of an Illinois regiment during the Spanish-American war. Upon his admission to the Home institution his name was registered as a member of St. Joe Union No. 40. Funeral services over his remains were conducted by the Rev. E. H. Liles in the undertaking rooms of Hallett & Baker on the Saturday following his demise, and interment afterward made in the Home section in Evergreen cemetery. Harry T. Meehla (New York city), F. R. Redfern (Asheville, N. C.), W. J. Sullivan (Sacramento) and Frank Dickinson (Utica, N. Y.) were appointed and served as pallbearers on the occasion.

An innovation in the treatment of tuberculosis in the administration of mercury by injection was begun in the middle of last month by Dr. Christopher, the Home physician, and the results-beneficial or detrimental-to those who have willingly submitted to this experiment will doubtless be published in future issues of THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL. Two classes of four members each-eight patients in all-afflicted with the malady advanced in the second stage and entering the third have volunteered as subjects, and they have every confidence-as has the physician-of experiencing beneficial results and improvement in condition. The doctor did not adopt this mode of treatment to combat the scourge until thoroughly convinced of the efficacy of the remedy, which was experimented with first in the United States naval hospital at Pensacola, Fla., in 1905, and secondly in September, 1907, at the United States naval hospital at Las Animas, Colo., where the treatment has been continued to date, with decided improvement in many instances. Surgeons Wright and Bucher, of the United States navy, are the med ical practitioners who have treated cases of this nature in the latter hospital with the method referred to, and always with encouraging results. CHARLES A. GALLAGHER.

Colorado Springs, Colo.

A LIGHT heart lives long.-Shakespeare.

FORT SMITH, ARK.

The label campaign conducted by No. 249 is bringing results. Label boosters of sister unions have succeeded in getting a large number of the ater managers to write the local ticket printing concern of Weldon, Williams & Lick, informing the firm that hereafter the label must appear on their tickets; other managers have stated that their next season's tickets will be printed in union shops. The firm has appealed to the Fort Smith Commercial Club for aid, complaining of the aggressiveness of the typographical union (local and International), saying, "We do not concede anything," but that the success of the label campaign means "that Fort Smith is deprived of $40,000 or $50,000 per annum of money she would never get except through our company." The firm got no definite satisfaction from the club, and has since sent out circular letters decrying the typographical union. "knocker' for greater Fort Smith." But little sympathy was gained by this method. Price cutting to cause dissension among proprietors of union shops failed, and union shops are now crowded with work. Away from home the firm's story has been different, as reported by Secretary Bradford, of Coffeyville, Kan., who quotes Manager Womack, of the Jefferson theater, as follows:

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I talked with the manager of the Jefferson theater, this city, and he said he had recently talked with Mr. Lick, of the above firm; that Lick told him the firm only employed one man, a machinist, to run the automatic ticket presses; that the plates from which tickets were printed were made outside the shop from type set by union printers; that it would be useless to unionize the shop because of these and other reasons.

An excerpt from the firm's letter to Mr. Otto Ringling is another example of the art of Ananias:

We have yours of November 19, and beg to reply that matters of the union, as far as a contract with them is concerned, remains about the same as when you were in the city, and we believe we have the matter arranged so that there will be no complaint made if you use our tickets.

We propose to fight it out, no matter how long it takes, and we ask that all local unions see that their theaters are visited and that effort is made to secure the label on tickets.

At the sixth annual meeting of the Arkansas Federation of Labor, held in this city December 9-14, great interest was shown in our label campaign when the matter was brought before the convention. A resolution to co-operate in the interest of the label was passed. The re-election of C. C. Calvert to the presidency of the state federation and his election as delegate to represent the state federation at the American Federation of Labor convention, to be held at Toronto, was a source of much gratification among the members of No. 249. Until recently Mr. Calvert had been

our president.

A new No. 5 will arrive in Fort Smith shortly, and its abode will be in the News-Record office. Considerable material is being added in job shops. Darby & Bly have recently installed a cylinder dress. A prosperous year is predicted for Fort Smith printers. JOHN DORMOIS.

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