The labor world., 1899-04-29

At the regular mee1ing of the Trade'
and Labor Assembly Tuesday evening
the most important business transact
Ell was the election Of a delegate to at
tend the 7th annual convention of tn,
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
which is to be held in GAINESVILLE JUNE
13. 0. y. Calef secured the election,
and !. O. Hall as alternate.
| Rev. and Mrs. Gear of Duluth, adj
dressed the meeting in regard to Il
trades carnival, and committee o!
five was appointed to act in conjunc-
tion with Mr.. and Mrs. Gear in getting
up such a carnival.
Delegate Royal. the assembly com
missioner Of the free employment
age ncy. submitted the first report,
vi hch was as follows:
REPORT or FREE LABOR EMPLOY
| - MI2N'r COMMISSIONERS.
To the President and Members of the
Trades and Labor Assembly.
Gentlemcn:--Pursua to the re-
| uliirements Of an ordinance. creating
what is known as "Thc Free Public
Employment B,rrau,' we your COM
mi>:sioncrs beg leave to most respect
fully submit this. cur first report.
Il March 1lth, 1899, we met and or
gaaized, by elrcting J. +. IIcule pres
cent without date, and by virtue OF
the ordinance governing his bureau.
thr secretary of the Board of Public
WCrks is secretary of his bureau.
bylaws were prepared, submitted,
and approved, and the secretary in
strncted to purchase such stationer.:;.
which blank books, record books, and
hnve such cards. circulars. and OF her
notices printed. which in his opinion
seemed best for the proper manage
ment, and better success of the bt,-
reau; and we are pleased TO say. that
as result Of what little advertising
has been done, we have secured posi-
tions for 1877 persons out of Il possible
81 registered with us. which means Il
saving to the laborer Of at least $137,
and at Il cost to the city too trit1liny
to make mention Of.
The total expense Of the bureau to
date amounts to $53.16 and made llp Of
the following items, 1000 cards. $50
piacartlS, 500 envelopes, $50 letter
heads, 100 postal cards. 200 postage
stamps, rubber stamps. ink and ink
pad. twinc, tack hammer, two record
books, two registers. and order books,
and the cost from now on will be nom
i1al, as we are pretty we'll supplied
with all material necessary to do bust
ness for Il time at least.
Had the cost to organize been ten
times greater we could not but con-
slider The money well expended. AMI
were it possible for the public to come
to he office of the bureau and listen
TO the expressions made by those who
have had occasion to learn of the or.
gahiZation and its purposes, they FOO
would he unanimous in declaring if
one OF the most commentlable and wor-
1hy ventures ever attempted by this Or
any other city. and judging from the
Wcrds of commclnation and encour-
ag*mcnt coming from every quarter,
and the marked success of the burea
80 far. we cannot but believe that the
Organization has come to stay, but not
Wi1hstanding all this. we fully realize,
that in order to accomplish what we
hope for. it means some patience. and
Il whole lot Of hard work. for we find
that the employer of labor white
heartily in accord with he purpose of
th' orSaniZat ion. are il little slow in
placln% their orders with us, largely
we believe from Il force Of habit, and
the neWneSS of the or@aniZa ton. How
ever this will right itself in time
We are sorry to say that the en-