The Washington times., 1903-08-14
Typos Do Not Fear to
Furnish Enemy With
Ammunition.
TO BE PRINTED MONTHLY
A Stormy Discussion Over
Proposition Ends in It's
Adoption.

Hereafter the statistics of wage
scales collected by the International
typographical Union will be published
monthly in the Typographical Jour
nal"
A proposition to this effect created a
heated discussion among the delegates
to the International Typographical
Union convention at the morning ses-
sion. but was finally adopted.
Secretary-Treasurer Bramwood con-
demned the proposition, on the ground
that to publish the scales would be fur
nishing the enemy with ammunition.
The American Newspaper Publishers
Association, he said, had secured these
figures from the union, but had broken
. faith by refusing to give any informa-
tion in return.
Secret Not to Be Kept.
Chairman Hayes. of the laws commit
tee, argued. on the other hand, that
these figures could not be kept from
the employers.
''They have spies.' he said. mot only
in locals. but also as delegates in the
national bodies of labor organizations -
He said that it had been learned that
a manufacturers bureau in Cleveland
had 200 paid spies throughout the
country reporting to trusts and associa-
tions what men in their employ were
agitators. and if movements we're under
way for increased pay. or for shorter
hours.
The motion TO adopt the resolution
providing for monthly publication of the
wage scale statistics was carried 107 to
IS.
Cleveland Local Commended.
Previous to the regular routine work
of the convention, which was the con-
sideration OF the laws committees re-
port, resolution was unanimously
adopted commencing the local union of
Cleveland for it's efforts to unionize that
city.
Another resolution was also adopted,
providing that subordinate unions are to
b. incorporated only when the sanction
OF the executive council has been OBJ
tanned.
The award OF the laws committee was
concurred in by the convention in nearly
every case during the discussion of its
report. Several of the decisions of the
committee led TO long debates on the
part of the delegates. particularly the
unfavorable report OF the committee on
proposition No. 129. which read as fol-
lows:
Amend section SO, general laws. by
adding the following: Provided, how
ever, that in cities where the Job
printing branch of the trade has Sc
cured the eight-hour work day, six
hours overtime per week shall be al
lowed. without a corresponding loss of
time the following week"
Rule Not Enforced.
Several of the delegates said that the
present law requiring the printers in JOB
Offices not TO work over eight hours a
day and six days a week was not en-
forced in many cities where the eight
hour law is supposed to be in effect.
The nature of Job work. which some
times demanded a heavy rush OF work.
IL was said. made some change in the
law necessary.
The chairman of the laws committee
said in reply that if the law was not
working in some cities Il was because
the printers did not want TO enforce Il,
and that they should do so. He pointed
out that to accept the proposition as
proposed would put law on the books
OF the International Typographical
Union legaizing the nine-hour day
a death blow TO the present fight for an
eight hour day.
Laws Committee Sustained.
The laws committee was sustained in
its unfavorable report on this PROPOSE
tion.
Delegate Taylor. Of Tacoma, in con-
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