Evening star., 1903-08-14
under head Of 'The Label:"

are no unions Of the printing trades per-
sons 50 desiring may be allowed to use ths
provisional union label of the international
Typographical Union under the following
conditions: They shall sign an agreement
with the officers of the International Typo
graphical Union that they will employ no
printers except such. as are members OF the
International Typographical Union and at
a scale of wages which shall not be less
than so per week In any case for SUCH
hours as the executive council may stip-
ulate; where such town is located within
fifty miles OF any subordinate union OF the
International Typographical Union the
scale to be paid shall be not less than the
scale Of the subordinate union nearest
thereto; they shall employ not to exceed
one apprentices; they shall comply with
such laws Of the International Typograpn-
ical Union as the executive council may
deem it necessary to require for the protec-
ton Of the label in the section Of the coun-
try in which they may be located. and they
shall be required to surrender said iaDeIs
at any time on demand OF the executive
council. The executive council may refuse
to issue the provisional union label In towns
or cities where there are enough printers
to organize a union or where Tor any rea-
son 1t Is deemed inadvisable to do so.
Section 78. Persons desiring to use the
union label under the provisions OF section
II Of these laws shall make application Tor
loan of the same to the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Of the International Typographical Union.
They shall be required to pay Tor the use
thereof the same price as Is paid Tor lapeis
by subordinate unions, and IN addition, tney
shall deposit with the secretary-treasurer
of the International Typographical Union
the sum of SO, which sum shall be ior,
feited to the International Typographical
Union in case Of refusal or neglect to return
said labels on demand, or in case, FOR any
reason. 1t may become necessary !or ths
International Typographical Union to SEND
q representative to collect said laoels or
to settle any dispute about said labels for
which the person to whom the labels were
loaned shall be to blame. In case no dls-
pute arises for which such person Is 10
blame the $40 so deposited shall be re-
funded at any time said labels are sur
rendered.
On this and the next proposition the
committee asked more time for considera-
Proposition No. 114-Delegate Hays (Min-
neapolis):
Amend article XVI of the constitution by
inserting the following sections:
Section g. The executive council shall de-
sign and have registered in all states, ter
ritories and provinces where registration Is
or may hereafter be authorised by law,
label similar to the International Typo
graphical Union label except that 1t shall
be known as the Typographical Union
provisional label" and the officers OF the
international Typographical Union snail Is
sue said label to such persons In unorgan-
lied towns or cities as shall comply with
the provisions of sections II and ~ OF the
general laws of the International Typo
graphical Union.
Make present section section 4.
Typographical Journal.
Proposition No. 115-By Delegate Kreft
(Philadelphia):
Add new section to article viii, bylaws,
Typographical Journal"
Section -. The Typographical Journal
shall be mailed once a year to all country
printers whose names are obtainaple IN
order to inculcate the principles of union
ism into the minds OF all country printers
for in them (organizedD lies our strength.
This section shall only be operative II the
funds provided for the publication OF the
Journal warrant it. The editor or the jour-
nal shall solicit special articles on the pene-
fits of organization to be published In the
number of the Journal to be used Tor the
purposes of this section.
Unfavorable report and concurrence.
Proposition No 116-By Delegate Morley
(Springfield, OhiO):
Amend section 81, general laws. by chang-
ing the words IAN initiation fee of 81" In
third and fourth lines from bottom to read
''the regular initiation fee."
Proposition No. 117-By Delegate morley
(Springfeld, Ohio:
Add a new section to the general laws
to be numbered section 81:
The initiation fee in all subordinate
unions shall be five dollars G5).
Renumber the sections following.
These two were withdrawn
Proposition No. 11s-By Delegate Nc
Grath (SchenectadV:
Amend section 129, general laws, to read:
Section 49, When a strike has been in
augurated under the provisions OF sections
121, 122 and 123 the executive council shall
pay to the order Of the president and sec
retary Of the union involved, for period
not exceeding eight weeks, an amount
equal to 81 per week for each man involved.
The intent of this change Is to give equal
benefits for equal dues paid.
Proposition No. 119-By Chicago delega-
ton:
Amend article vi, bylaws, by adding the
following:
Section g. No honest and true member
shall lose his standing through inability
to pay his dues because Of illness or lack
Renumber subsequent sections of same
article.
Proposition No. 12O-By Chicago delega-
ton:
ing the following: Provided, that members
of subordinate bodies shall remain in good
standing in the International Union until
they become delinquent in the local body.
Proposition No. 121-By Chicago delega-
ton:
Resolved, That no question affecting an
extension Of the power Of government or a
change in the form Of government shall be
voted on by the convention Of the Interna-
tional Typographical Union except as to
whether it shall be submitted to the ref
erendum, and 1t shall be necessary for
three-fourths Of the total membership in
good standing to vote in favor Of any such
proposition before 1t shall be declared
adopted.
Proposition No. 122-By Delegate Johnson
(Multnomah):
Amend section IA. general laws. line z,
after the word establishment" by insert
ing: "Or sold or loaned to advertisers or
patrons to be used in job offices or news
papers other than where originally pro-
duced."
Proposition No. 123-By Delegate Atkin-
son (Birmingham):
Amend section 33, general laws, by add
ing the following:
In case of an appeal to the international
officers by member of local union on
account Of adverse action on any appIica-
ton the said officers may investigate the
same but shall in no case grant member
ship to a rejected applicant without first
securing the consent of the local union act
Ing thereon. or until after the lapse Of six
months.
Proposition No. 124-By Delegate Johnson
(Multnomah):
Where proofs Of reading matter or Of ad-
vertisements containing a preponderance of
reading matter, are photographed and etch-
ed. and published. displacing composition,
they shall be reproduced as nearly as pos
sible within forty-eight hours.
Of ba al fat