The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-01-19
C|GARMAKERS Of THE
FLOUR CITY Do WELL
Minneapolis Makers of Cigars
Have Most Prosperous
/ Year in History.
Secretary E. G. Hall Furnishes
Remarkable Report of
Unions Growth.

Duluth cigarmakers and other read
ers of the Labor World, will undoubt-
edly be interested in the annual report
of Secretary E. 6. Hall OF the Mime
apolis Cigarmakers' union.
The Parryites are loud in their
boasts that organized labor is losing
in strength, but it would seem that
the reports from such unions as the
machinists which was published in
these columns last week, and the CT
garmakers in this issue. would de-
stroy the value Of the claims Of our
opponents.
So far as the Minneapolis Cigarmak-
ers' union Is concerned we may say
that the past year was remarkable in
many ways, and the organization is
now stronger than 1t was. While the
increase in membership was small,
there being only nine more members
on the rolls than one year ago, this is
considered a good gain. For a. greater
part Of the term many of the union
men were out Of work, while now it
is impossible to supply the demand
Much money was, as usual, spent in
label advertising, and the local is af-
trail bodies.
For the year the receipts footed up
$3,99743. the main item of which was
dues amounting to $2,9S5.90. Fines for
the term amounted to $73.7O, while
$24645 was collected from interest on
deposits.
Expenditures reached $3,435.30, the
principal items of which were as fol-
lows: Officers salaries and committee
work, s6o2.S6; death benefits, $685.;
loans, $355.S5; sick benefits, $423.56;
label agitation, 1886, and dues to the
various central bodies, $39. In addi-
ton to the above. the sum Of $1,000
was granted to Cigarmakers' union,
No. 253, Of Oakland, Cal to be used
for the relief of the San Francisco
earthquake sufferers. There was bal
ance in the treasury from last year Of
$6,896. and there is now in the banks
to the credit of the union $7,459.
Forty new members were initiated in
1905, ninety-four were admitted by
eighty-six withdrew by travelling card,
and ten by retiring card, sixteen were
suspended and one member died.
For the year, 1852 was raised by as
sessments for label agitation, and moro
than that sum was expended for this
work. Label work was prosecuted in
various ways. A small deficit exists in
the agitation fund.
From monthly fines, private loans,
delinquent assessments and debts owed
the organization by members, $418 was
collected. This, with a balance from
last year Of something more than $92
brought the total up to $3.50, and
slightly more than $445 was expended
from this fund.
Expenditures from the private fund
were $445.15, made up of all sorts of
items For entertainment the cigar
maker delegates to the A. F. Of l.. con-
vention $81 was spent, while the union
contributed $35 toward the expenses
of the convention. Donations to other
balance Of the expenditures from the
private fund.
There was an increase in the num-
Der of union made cigars manufacture
ed, as compared with the previous
year. The total for the term ending
Dec. 81, 1906, was 12,620,950. Mr.. Hall
issued 252,36o labels, the heaviest
month being September, when $4,000
labels were issued.
Interest in the State Blue Label
league, which is a cigarmakers' organ
ization to boom label cigars, is being
kept up as the following will show:
For the quarter ending March 81, $1s5.
was paid over as Aper capita and ara
rearages; June 80, $9G q: Sept. 80, 1885,