The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-07-07

| II there ever was time in the MS
tory of the printing business OF MISSES
s;nni when our coming together snou'o
rnean something more than having
GOOD time. when union is necessary lor
characterization and Advancement
.ho+ time is now. When l speak Oh
organization l do not mean organlza-
, ton for the purpose OF cutVihg 'ne
wages of the office printer, but IN tru'h
r r. has in view the raising OF every one
: Who works in the print shop from tne
: office devil REORGANIZATION that makes
t the one who has the work done pay inc
k nrice necessary to accomplish IT,
}. Evervthing we use from the INK 10
= 49, wranper has advanced almost
# double in price, and the producers y,
;, these articles are all organized 70 noio
r them up. The object of organization
ii 80 not. as some suppose, to increase
it nr;ces but to prevent loss. Ioday
* thera are a number of weeklies that
r are being sent out at the old Priee-"i'Oe
~ mar vear-when the paper they ~''
ty .,.;,tad on and the material they are
w nrinted with cost double the price =
in did when so low subscription wa
lis asked. Again there are print shops II
IS +ha State that have not lncreaseu
- cont on their job work, while the III
crease in the price OF paper mas cu' "
their nrofits over per cent. FAILURE
&c in the past, will be the result OF sue
a policy, whether it is carried y
against competition or for the wan.
sense. Competition is said to DC VI
life of trade, but the competitor "n
docs work at less than cost, as man
YOU know are doing to keep you ~
getting it, is dwarfing your ousine
and destroying his own.
You cannot Judge your compe'i'o,
business by the number OF presses
= &c running or the amount OF paper
:, huvs. for while it may be far IN exec
80 vour own, still by his cut-thro
.o,;cv he is not making one-thlro
lnrcb as YOU are with much less lat
-. "a axranse. The secret OF his ou
9th. ness is, he is swapping dollars wo'
hr+ of naper for dollar in silver anu
4Lat oets his profits in the difference
cot. tween half-paid labor and what II Jus
tns;. deserves. My policy has been-an
r the same is vour's-that II nj
~, - 70 give the profits OF my business
~ one It will be to the employees
my office, and not to the o%nN :
come chant or professional men VINO arc
alton to pay for what they get
ness. Every paper should make q :
;, our x.o6t and the newspapers OF ME
re of s;rni that do not make over ~ per
var .hove the cost of material on
r and work need never expect 10 accuinu
v the ANYTHING for old age or buy ne"
Meas ST when the present one is worn ou
s;rass CON imagine now l hear some
10 l~o+tor saw. "You are wrong u
II lido bro+har for if we don't do the
Union low thew will send off after u.
;r+al- 80 will admit that there are IN
ppear- town cheap john merchants VIZ
/. but away to these cheap concerns
, men work. but am glad to say there al
,roe. many in Mississippi who VIII SEM
wear. - their own town for printing
- snc. thsra is a printer in it who can
for un- work. and all they ask Is l@ir =
SNAPPER II there are, God pity them an'
10 cash f,,ture of their town. From our
md the years experience in the news
, mart. business we have learned thuO 'he
intelligent way to run neYspal
, ;s left IN ind out what it costs to do the
nrotect and then get price that Will II
.;al or croft. The printer who mas
- the learned this, and is still chargii
" o9ed customers less than double the a.
nc a 80 he is paving the man who does I'll
la. g. ~ because his competitor does is re
~. go colIs himself, his family and his ere
"S ooross This cause could be remedied oy
> trees dividual printer, but more eife'
whose through organization, because
. anv member of the same they have
= ~ refer their customers to their a
t ,r;s no scale. This has already been
-.-u c;tv rieuced by every newspaper man
,ei g, 80 state when the price of legal
.s,-;dual Is collected. In this case you
p. - meth have to say to the kicker, tne
: - an or. ture fixed the price, not me-a
:, ;ntelli- money comes without q murlnul
!, change Many newspspealh M; a Iegisla