The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-17
ALL WORKING FOR
Utah INDUSTRIES
NJ. & NJ. A. Directors, Employing
Printers and Labor Leaders
Hold Conference.
DISCUSS THE PRINTING
INDUSTRY OF UTAH
Committee Appointed to Learn
How Much Work Is Going
Out Of State.


Thursday night at the headquarters of
the Manufacturers and Merchants asso-
ciation of the directors OF that organiza-
tion. and representatives OF employing
printers and the Allied Printing Trades
Council. was the apparent harmony that
prevails between employer md employee
In the printing industry In Utah, Tho
representatives OF union printers took
conspicuous part In the meeting, and 1t
was evident that organized labor is as
greatly interested in advancing the bust
ness interests Of Utah as are the business
men themselves
Diversity of Opinion Exists.
The conference was for the purpose of
discussing the printing industry of C,an
and deVising means of keeping all Utah
printing and lithographng within the bor-
ders of the State, thereby benehting cap
ital and labor There was a diversity of
opinion TO the amount of work that
Is going out OF the State and In order
that IL may be ascertained exactly what
loss is being sustained TO Utah by orders
being filled by "out-of-thc- State" con-
Germs, the entire assemblage In attend
ence was appointed committee, with
A. ]. Hansen, secretary OF the Allied
Printing Trades Council. as chairman TO
take the matter in hard and make a
thorough investigation.
" Al ALSO Sdluel Ddld.
Aside from this committee. the NJ & NJ.
association was authorized to correspond
with manufacturing houses in Utah, with
view to secure samples Of all labels,
lithographng and general printing ma
terial used, as we'll as the quantities In
which 1t is ordered and the time OF de-
livery for the use OF the association In
Its campaign TO advance all Utah goods
and industries. it was pointed out that
II is not the desire Of Salt Lake employ
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any work from local printers In the var
louS cities and towns throughout the
State. but to see that all Utah printing
remains In Utah A committee composed
of III Pembroke. w. @. Romney and VIII
liam Grimsdell was appointed TO gather
into the membership OF the NJ. & NJ. asso-
citation all employing printers in Salt Lake
and Utah.
Discussions Take Wide Range,
The discussions at the conference took
a wide range and the various phases Of
the printing business were thoroughly
thrashed out. II was shown that outside
of few special lines, the printing prices
prevailing in Salt Lake, considering local
conditions, are moderate as in any city
OF the United States. Ii was declared by
representatives OF the printing trades
union that the rate OF pay In Salt Lake
10 from TO 10 per cent less than in chi
cago and 10 per cent less than in Denver.
Local Rates Moderate.
According to H Pembroke, local print
ers encounter the greatest difficulty in
competing with Eastern houses. as re-
suit OF the alleged discrimination against
Salt Lake City OF the railroads in freight
rates He pointed out that upon ink
alone the price of shipping a hundred
pounds from Chicago TO San Francisco
Ia 90 cents while from Chicago TO Salt
Lake the rate for the same quantity OF
ink Is s2.65. on account OF the freight
rates. w. q Romney declared that Utah
printers cannot quote the same prices as
Eastern houses, unless cheaper labor Is
employed. He further declared that the
Eastern prices are identicaly the Same
as those in Utah, plus the freight charges
for the shipments OF materials.
After a lengthy discussion along these
lines IL was decided that the railroads
should be petitoncd for better freight
rates and that every effort should be used
TO Undue upon the minds of the people
OF Utah that they must be loyal to Utah
Industries, pointing out that every dollar
spcnt with home business houses finds lis
way back to the people, II was also de-
cided that the best results could nlso be
obtained by the appointment OF the COM
mittees already referred to