The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-07

Employment Offices" He says: 1.-THE
labor unions of Cincinnati. in congress
assembled, builded wiser than they
anticipated when they petitioned the
Legislature to enact the law they had
drafted, embodying all the principles
now contained in the Ohio laws per-
tanning to free public employment Of
fees The inception and influential
support has come from the labor
unions and the labor people in gen
eral; they asked for the establishment
OF the offices and they benefit, to a
larger degree than any other class,
from its workings Without these
offices in Ohio the laboring people in
the five great cities of the state would
pay out of their hard-earned wages
not less than 100000 each year.
In less than seven years that the Of
fees have been in existence, in Gin
cinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo
and Dayton, they have reported to the
labor bureau of the state 1873, Ill appli-
cations filed for work. None of these
applications would have been ACCEPTED
in a pay office, unless accompanied
with at least one dollar and in ma
jCrity of cases the price demanded
would have been two or more dollars;
in some instances it would have
reached five or ten dollars, the limit
being only the amount the applicant
could be bled for. Bear in mind that
this must be cash. These pay offices
do business on a safe basis; they take
no chances; cash in advance is their
only motto. The only promises that
go with them are their own, and these
they hedge about with so many con-
ditions that they seldom have to re-
deem them" The article is much too
long for the space allowed this de-
partment but the whole trend of it is
an unqualified approval of the system.
Objections have been raised against
free public employment offices by the
labor ganizations Of st. Paul and
other cities, including Grand Rapids,
Mich, where the system was partially
tried, through fear. that they would
he used as a club against them in
case Of strikes and boycotts. That
such bureaus are preferable to dis
honest private employment offices, run
only for the purpose of securing the
almighty dollar, oftentimes taken
from applicants for employment by
promises of situations existing only in
the minds of the managers, the seven
wears experience of Ohio would seem
to place beyond doubt. The only OBJ
lection the writer sees to them is that
controlled by the state the political
nartv in power could so run them that
adherents of such party would be
piven the preference over those of an
opposite political faith.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
the bookbinders' union was held
wednesday evening and considerable
amount of business disposed of. An IN
vitation to attend the annual ball Of
the boollbinders' union Of Minneapolis,
which took place last evening, was &C
cepted and e. B. Lott and Howard
Russell were chosen members Of the
reception committee for st. Paul. An
amendment to the bylaws favoring
the establishment of an employment
bureau, was unanimously adopted. AS
the bylaws now read the officers will
constitute the bureau and will en-
deavor to secure employment for those
asking for it, and If not to be had IN
the city will correspond with officials
of the unions Of other places In the
interests of those applying. E. "A.
Moeller was elected delegate to the
Allied Printing Trades Council to fill
q vacancy. Fraternal delegates were
present from the local bindery girls