The record-union., 1897-02-21
OPPOSING THE BOOK Ring.
Resolutions Adopted by Labor OrSaniza-
tiOnS at the Bay.
The Pernicious Contract System and
the Book Ring Both De-
nounced.

The San Francisco Labor Council at
ITS regular session, on the 18TH lnSl''
adopted the following resolutions:
'Whereas, Governor James II. Budd,
In his veto message to the Assembly OF
the State of California, dated February
8, 1897, has seen fit to make use OF uhe
following language relating TO the
State Printing Office:
81 would suggest that for the next
two years specific appropriations pe
made to each department or once OIL
the State requiring printing oL
an amount equal to one-hall
of the yearly average amount
charged against them for work
done during the preceding four years
and that they be permitted to procure
such printing as they may require at
establishments owned by private par
ties. by contract or otherwise. as you
may require, their claims to be subject
to the allowance of the Board of Exam
liners. I would recommend no inter-
ference with the authority of Superln-
tendent of State Printing, other than
as above stated, but at the expiration
of his term l believe, as I stated III my
recent message, that great economy
would result from the letting OF our
public printing by contract to the low
est bidder and
Whereas, The natural outcome OF
the adoption of those suggestions maae
by Governor Budd involves the pefpe-
1uity of the State Printing Otifce ana
its continuance as an institution en-
ploying a great number of union me-
chanics; and
Whereas The maintenance OF TINS
office and its continuance as a union
establishment affect materially the
condition of trade and the interests OF
all union men of this State; therefore
be it
RESOLVED, BY the San Francisco La
bor Council, in regular meeting assem-
bled, that while we disavow any opin-
ion ON the pending discussion of the
management OF the State Printing Of
fee, we opposetsshe introduction of the
system of private contract of public
printing as Injurious to the best inter-
ests of trade and the people of the
State of California. as its adoption will
cause the abolishment of the State
Printing Office.
Resolved, That copies Of these reso-
lutions be furnished to the press, To
Governor James ID. Budd, to the honor
able members of the California Legis-
,ature and to our sister unions through
out the State Under the seal of this
council"
The same resolutions were adopted
by the Press1nell's and Bookbinders'
Unions of San Francisco, with these
additional ones:
Resolved That If is the belief of
San Francisco Printing Pressmen's I'M
ion, No. a, and Boekbinders'
Protective and Benevolent Asso-
citation of San Francisco, No.
81, in meeting assembled, that the pub
lished criticisms of the State Printing
Office, in reference to the number of
people employed therein, are mislead-
ing and untrue, and display a wofh'
lack of information on the subject and
an utter ignorance Of the several
braa615s of work performed in said
office; and
Resolved, That in the opinion Of
these unions, these continued attacks
on the State Printing Office, and those
employed therein, have their origin
with the notorious 'SchOoIbook Ring
and its agents and it is our firm belief
that all this is being done in a covert
endeavor to again fasten upon the par
ents of the school children of this State
the exacting burdens of the old school
book combine'e