The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-13
STATIONARY.
ENGINEERS
Strong Labor Organization That,
e. Does Not Believe Ii,
Strikes,
CONVENTION HERE.
Body WING aItl11.lyesr If This City.
III Atlgus't-AtA-# Large
Memberships

Arrangements are being made BY local
engineers to entertain the delegates and
visitors to the National Convention OF the
Association Of stationary Engineers, in
!. this city August I'd to 9Th.
More than thousand people attend
these conventions and the local organiza-
tons always put up splendid enter
tan,mcnts for tho visitors. No. OF Viz
GINA has q. membership Of thirty, with
Nj. w. F. Collins president.
Tho association is one Of the progress
gslvo kind. AZ the conventions matters
Of Importance 10 those engaged IN ems
gineerlng and mechanics arc discussed
with good results.
In speaking 81 this ssociation, Mr.. p.
M. Parry. president Of the National ASS
( soclation Of Manu- acturers. and of the
cittzens' Industrial Alliance OF America.
says: 5.5 ~
E4..I have recently been In correspond
ence with Mr. S. II. Forse, State presi-
dent ror Pennsylvania Of this organiza-E
ton and / have received q letter from
Charles FL B Garlick, its past national
president. This letter sets forth in ex-8
gccllent manner the principal features OF
this organization, showing that 1t Is not
I only strong In numbers and permanently
es nbltshed but that is Is ACCOMPLISH 4
ling great good forts members without " {,
.resortng TO force. or to efforts to- dc J
ia te wage scales. Although this organ
3ization has 10000 members, yet f. has
but two paid officers, and they get but
a small salary. Yet, despite this econo-.f
my Of administration Mr.. GarAck Is able
to say that there Is not a abor5 org MIA
ition IN the country whose members re-
}ceive yearly pay greater than those q
thfss organizati Lion, and that the q expert
once of the organization affords ample
proof that itSpays to seek higher wages 4
through increasing indi idual eft iclency."a
ssi;5 5sl$ IT'S ORGANIZATION. 55 III
Mr.. Carlicle says In his letter: aS5ls,
81 The National Association Of Station
airy Engineers has been organized TWEEN.
ty-on g Il years, ard, has 375 ubJrdinEte
associations throughout the country.
Our meeting rooms are like school /
rooms, as we believe that II we learn
more NE will earn more" and none
knows or cares what his nelghbor re-
Sceives as wages, hut each member re-
serves to himself the right to work
for whom he pleases, whor he pleases,
and for wha tever ], com pensation he
Plea pleases. our preambjlss outlines our aims
and objects. s s555 IS 9s385i 3;s
PREAMBLE. 45
.This associat lon. Shall at noS time be
used for the furths q trikes, nos
way between It's llnenrbsss and employers
| In regard to wa es & ecognizlny the iden-.
| tity OF interests between employer and
! employee 4. and not coun tenancing any
project or enterprise that will Interfere
with perfect harm ony BET ween them IA
,'Neither shall it.Ybe used for political
Or religious purposes. II It's meetings shall
be devoted to the business OF the Assoc.
| $ciationI and at all times preference shall
lGbeS given to&the education OF engineers,
| and to securing the enactment of tie
engineers licers laws in order to pre-
| vent the destruction st life ana property
in the generate and transmission OF
steam as motive power as
AT the convention held In Pirtsburg in
1895. the preamble was, by a resolution.
made perpetual. and ono word changed
pzit would mean the dissolution Of the
order.
The National Association OF Stationary
Engineers numbers 10000 members, and
their pay will be found to average con-
sideraby higher than that Of 10000 engi.
neers outside Of the order.
CONrATENDS IT'S WORK. X
1T Is evident from this letter Of Mr..
5Garlck So continued Mr.. Parry, that
tile National Association OF Stationary
Engineers Is organized on the same gem
eral lines as tho prot sional organlza-
lions Of the lawyers and & octors. This
organization seeks to protect the public
from being imposed I; upon by tncompe-
tent engineers, and. therefore, doYotes
some of its efforts to securing tho adop-
AIos,l grop q
ship In this organization. dependent, as
lat, appears to be- on. certain standards of
compe tency, cannot fall to bio O re COM
nendation for employment to employers
"obserye, also. the radical difference
between this organization and that Of the
ordinary union In the matter Of educat,
Ing men In their calling. Tho engineers
evidently are not afraid to impart the
knowledge peculiar to their vocation In
fact, they take q pride In teaching each
other and insvying with ach other TO SEQ
who can become the most proficient On
the other hand, the average labor union
frowns on excellence. places a dead line
or limit on individual effort or. output,
and 3mstllls the idea in the minds Of US
members that the less they do and the
moro carelessy they perform their work
the more there is for8other men to do.
Tho engineers ara willing to trust to the
law OF supply and demand to- give them
lust wage In accordance with tho
value OF the services they render to the
community at large. But the orthodox
labor union chooses to rely upon It's
power to wrest from industry q wage in
accordance with the imagination OF its
members as to what they ought to TO-
ceIve. without regard to the services they
render"
Strawberries Coming.
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