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former. In the Industries in which the
esht-hour day has been introduced, II has
resulted in the greater productivity of labor
per man. per day, per year.
Printers' Eight-HOur Movement.
The International Typographical union is
In the midst of a great contest to establish
the eight hour workday. in the book, and
job offices of the trade, 1t having achieved
the seven-hour workday In practically all
newspaper offices where machine compost
ton obtains. The International Typograph-
zeal union sought to avoid the strike In
which 1t Is now engaged by every honorable
THas at ats y has mo Sefa PTS
ing to the autocratic attitude assumed by
the employers In that trade associated
under the title of the United Typothetae
of America,
1t is sometimes urged against our move.
| ment that we take unfair advantage Of
employers by not giving them ample time
and opportunity so to arrange their anairs
that they may be In position to grant gran
can be offered, for in August 1909, ne
convention, declared for the eight hour
workday to be INTRODUCED AT as carry 20 q
day as pTaGtloa AL cob I1s Snyond UetoSeT
1, 1905. requiring them to work more than
eight hours per day. The. officers were
pioyers' association ito the end that the
eight hour day may be put into operation
SUBSEQUENT Conventions of the Interna-
| tional typographical union declared, anu
repeated the declaration, its earnest pun
| pose to introduce the eight-hour Gay Janu-
airy /, 1906. and this by agreement win the
Al its last convention the organizati on
appointed a committee, which by instruc-
| ton appeared before the convention OF the
employers association; That comt1 a tse
] was treated with scant courtesy, ana the
| overtures for a peaceful Introduction OF tne
| eight-hour day contemporary repudisten.
| Then carrying out their plan OF campaign
| the employing printers in the book and job
| trade began an attack upon printers nn -
ions in several parts OF the country, me g
union here and there and In advance OF the
| time set, January /, 1906, the international
| Typographical uniCn would be unprepared
| 60 meet the employers. Realizing the dam
| ger OF these tactics II allowed to be carried
out without any counter move the 9thcers
| wherever IL was not in viola ton of existing
| agreements the printers in the book and
should demand from their employers an
! agreement 10 introduce that system az
once, or not later than January J., 1906
| This resulted In a number OF employers
/ agreeing to the eight-hour day Immediately,
or for it's enforcement upon the date
ments strikes were inaugurated. Since then
the reports from the officers show large
successes, many aceessions, 70 tnelr ranks ranks.
! OF those offices. There are still several
thousand of their members, with unbroken
ranks, manfuliy eontending for the etgh-
hour day.
Legal Rights of Labor.
often requests are made to us for nm
! ancial assistance to retain ATTORNEYS In
defense of the rights of our fellow union
lists, and still more often are appeals made
for us to take charge of the legal defense
TO prosecute in the civil courts the rights OF
our fellow workers. The cases In point are
mainly trade unlonists. in the exercise of
their lawful rights, have been engaged In
disputes with employers and have been en-
we have been asked to prosecute before the
courts cases OF injury and death which
reason OF neglect and greed Of employers
and their agents. and. for its salutary
efect upon all other employers TO secure
relief and damages under the common and
statutory law for employers liability for
so-called accidents"
Secretary MOFrisOm'a Report.
At the conclusion OF President Gompers
report. Secretary Frank Morrison presented
his report which was ordered read in alb
stract.
Secretary Morrison. in his report, said
l have the honor to submit report "a
YOU of the receipts and expenditures OF
the past twelve months, beginning Octo
Der J. 1904, and ending September 80. 1906
port at the the" close OF this fiscal year. ,iit
2O6.46 in the treasury, the high water mari
in the history of the federation, The 10
tal receipts from all sources are 1901 az g
divided as follows: Per capita tax, Slls
9ISs2; supplies, tlO,o64.sSi American Fedora
e zionist, SIS, 7265i; assessment, $40, 2S5,02; de
, tense fund sie9e6s 50. and premium OF
: bonds A0676. The expenses are S196. 40. 10
l as follows; From general fund, Sl50 on SO
Y American Federationist. 824 929. Sc; assess
4 ment. $87. 6S0.O9; defense fund. S2,197.lS; pre-
miums on bonds. t2S5. IS, leaving a bsianc
OF receipts over expenses OF Hl,24T62. TIL
n receipts for the American Federationis
. exceeded expenses to the amount OF $3.50 n
. Receipts from defense fund are fl6,966. s.
, expenses, S,l9llS; surplus for defense fund
j SIS, 16s. 5 While there were many threat
ened strikes of the membership of our 10
| cal unions. there has been expended bu
I 0.94IlS from the defense fund during tn
= fiscal year. The fact that We had sub
n stantial fund and in position 10 TAX
y ers TO work 10 better advantage in bring
j. ing about conferences ana adjustments
y Many threatened strikes were averted this
: would have been costly and drawn largel
upon the funds.
i Treasurer Lemons report was dispose
OF Ia the same way.
d Both reports were voluminous In figure
e and statistics. and as copies had been SUI
L piled each delegate their reading In fu
{. was dispensed with. After the several n
? ports had been disposed OF, which oOcupie
the time until late in the evening. the cor
d vention adjourned until tomorrow morning
n when the real business OF the meetin
- will he put in motion.
B. Tonight numerous conferences are bein
e, held. but their import win not be know
until the convention takes up their sui
jeets.