The Labor enquirer., 1884-01-19

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tusE psopr socl - = and cool judgment
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/ desire 70 make The following few
ftnNDAT1pNs:
/ would suggest that ysu cary out ii,
reading room and fres employment bureau
scheme which has already been partially sci
on foot; and that Jon increase the Per capita
tax to ! figure suGscient to meet the expense
Of such a Institution; providing the socie-
ties hsre Represented approve the idea aftsl
it has been properiy formulated and presented
for their consideration.
would suggest that you take steps toward
holding public meetings for the purpose q
AWAKENING the working people and gather
ing them into the fold OF organization. Your
predecessors have made move in this di-
rection, and you can readily pick up the mat
ter where they leave II, and put It In force at
once.
would suggest that the organization COM
Lmittee be chosen with care, and that only
those who can and will give It their full at
tention, when necessary, be selected. And ]
would also suggest that this committee, and
the entire assembly, render moral and other
aid to thenew union Of carpenters and joiners
which is forming in this city; and that with
out delay -for obvious reasons.
would recommend that steps be taken
towards securing a convenient, commodious
>loa<
Isuggest that committee on boycotting,
to consist Of one from each society repre-
sented, be added to the List of permanent
committees.
And now, In conclusion, allow me to call
your attention, once more, to the necessity
for prompt and thorough action at once, de-
voting no time uselessly to the consideration
of whinls, hobbies and sother trffes, but
getting atonce into the core Of every case you
have before you and keeping an eye single to
the great struggle between labor and its buyer
To my successor will fall the laborious task
of suggesting the manner OF dealing in de-
tail with the great question, If i mistake not
the signs Of the times.
In retiring from the position in which you
have honored me, desire to thank you from
the depths Of my heart for the kindness and
forbearance you have shown me in my short
comings, and to assure you that If 4 have
made mistakes they have been made unwit-
itingly and that my errors have been Of judg-
ment, not intention.
desire to thank the able secretary and
other fellow-oficers for their assistance and
kindly counsels during my term of Office, and
to commend them to your gratitude. May
they and all of us yet have the conscious
proof that our labors have not been in vain,
and live to see the day when all the world
will affirm the nobleness Of honest labor, and
he who produces be happy in the enjoyment
of his handiwork.
The next thing in order was the elec-
tion of officers for the ensuing six
months. The election resulted as fol-
lows:
President. R. Buchanan.
Vice president w. Smith.
Recording secretary Chas. L. Merritt.
Financial secretary o. Jacobs.
Treasurer { Burkhart.
Trustees-J. II. Brooks, Thos. Wilkes
and E. Jauch,
Sergeant-at-arms- Rudolph Hartmann.
Upon motion the president was allowed
the privilege of Withholding the an
nouncement of the standing committees
until the next regular meeting, with the
provision that if the necessity arose for
action by any committee, it should be
appointed and put to work during the
interim.
twas moved and carried that Especial
boycotting committee be appointed at
once. The following were appointed as
such committee: E. Jauch. ]. ]. Smith,
is. H. Laverty, ]. D. Bailey, William For
rest. John s. Daveler. M
+ A communication was presented by a
committee from the Tailors' Protective
society, calling attention to the fact that
there was trouble with one of the mer-
chant tailoring establishments of the
city, and asking that the boycotting COM
mittee be instructed to take action. The
communication was received and the re-
quest granted. Particulars are omitted
from this report for good reasons. They
may be given in another article before
going to press. " Y
An abstract of the city council record
relative to petition concerning employ
ment bureau was read by the secretary.
Alderman McPhilomy, who was present
by special invitation, made statement
of the position of the council in granting
the petition and offered his services to
again bring the matter up in the council
On motion Messrs. ]. J. Smith, johnson
and Winter were appointed a COMMITTEES
to further. investigate this subject and
formulate a plan for carrying out tina
idea
The question of publicagitation, which
was referred by the old committee, was
taken up, and committee chosen to
carry on the work. The committee is as
follows: Hartmann, Parrett, L. w.
Smith, Ford and Buchanan. i
The reportGf the committee on bureau
of statistics, which was presented at the
last meeting, was taken up under the
head Of unfinished business, but owing
to the lateness of the hour was laid over
until the next meeting.
Mr.. Bailey stated that the carpenters
would meet on Tuesday evening to per-