The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-16
WAR DECLARED
ON MERCANTILE
|NIERES1SOFC CITY
Printers in Richmond Claim
That Merchants Patronlze
Out of Town Print Shops
AnG Newspapers.
WON'T ADVISE LABOR TO
TRADE WITH MERCHANTS
Favors Parcels Post, as Labor
Will Profit by Competition
And Open Markets Brought
About by Such System.

The Richmond Typographical Union
No 3o1 has declared war on the mer-
chants of this city. This action was
taken Sunday when the union held d
meeting and adopted resolutions favor
ing ii parcels post service.
The union charges that the mer-
chants of this city have been unfair 70
the local newspapers and job printing
establishments by advertising in out
of-town papers and by having large
amount of job printing done in neigh
boring towns and cities. This policy
on the part of the Richmond 4her-
chants. the members of the local typo
graphical union contend, deprives the
local printers of much work and keeps
a number out of employment.
Because of this policy of the Rich
mond merchants, the typographical un-
ion does not feel under any obligations
to protect home mercantile interests
or to advise the laboring people OF
Richmond to patrOnize home mer-
chants. The resolutions adopted by
the union follow:
Whereas, In advocating the parcels
post, we recognize that it is an invita-
tion for more competition in the mef-
camille business, but in doing this we
are only guaranteeing to the laboring
classes that which they must abide by
when they sell their labor in the open
market. If labor must sell its product
! in the open market, it should have the
right to profit by unrestricted com
petition in buying. Therefore, be it
Resolved. That Richmond Typo
graphical Union, No. 301, does not rec
ognize that it owes anything to the
| local merchants in the way of home
pride. 1t hPs, on several occasions
in a courteous and business-like man
ner, requested local merchants to be
consistent in their demand for home
patronage, and to have their printing
done in Richmond by Richmond
printers. This many local mercha ants
have refused to do; instead they have
taken their printing to towns employ
|
local merchants have gone so far as tC
obtain bids from local printing offices
and then showed these bids to out-ot
town offices, (who do not spend one
cent of their profits i'll Richmond.
with the request that the bids of Rich
mond printing houses be cut. This is
not even fair competition. 1t is also
fact that many of our Richmond
merchants spend more money in ad
! vertising in Out-Of-tOwn newspapers
than they do in Richmond newspapers
which fact only depriVeS the lOca
printers of that much work, and re
duces the number OF printers tha
would be employed in Richmond if the
local newspapers and local job print
ing establishments were given the ad
vertising and the job printing that il
sent out of town. And be it further
Resolved. That in view of thest
facts. the members of Richmond Typo
graphical Union. No. 301. do not fec
under any obligations to protect hom
merchants or to advise the labOrin:
people to patronize home merchants
ReclpfOclly IS lue OHly dhlluote ~
competition. and this the local mer
chants have failed to extend to Rich
mond printing establishments. And
be it further
, Resolved. That these resolutions b
spread upon the minutes of the union
and that copies be printed and sent =
the Commercial club. the various trad
organizations. Richmond Central La
Dor Council. and to the merchants Q
the city.
/ RICHMOND TYPOGRAPHICAL UN
ION. NO 301.
CHARLES |. WHITE. President.
: EDWIN C. GREEN, Secretary.