Arizona republican., 1908-04-11
THE PRINTERS BALL
 AND ITS OBJECTS
It IS Designed to Facilitate Move ment That Will Result in a Home For Craftsmen Afflicted With Tu- berculosis.

As soon as =. H. Mitchell learned of
 the real purpose of the Printers ball.
 for which the Eastlake Park pavilion
 had been hired, he hunted up the
 printers in charge of the function and
 informed them that the park would
 be at their disposal free of charge.
 Moreover, he told them he would see
 that the street cars were run just as
 late that night as the convenience of , the dancers required He was in { hearty sympathy with the movement, and wanted to dO that much to help it along. There are others perhaps, who do not vet understand the full meaning of the project, and a little explanation will be given for their
 benefit. Printers, just like other peo- pie frequently become victims of con sumption. and again just like other people seek the mild climate of Ari- Zona seeking relief and cure. But somewhat different from a great many people. they are ardent crafts men, whether sick or well. and boast that their union is really a little bet ter than almost any other labor union, though they are in sympathy with all [ of them so long as they are law abid- | ing. The reader should note the distinction between the union and the men. It is not implied that printers are less frail or more virtuous than other human beings. but they think | they are better organized than most of them. They try to care for their | own in sickness and in health. To that end they have a Printers Home 1 in Colorado Springs. for the sick and 1 infirm, supported by a tax on all union men. conceded to be the greatest in- stitution of the kind in America to- day.
 But the climate of Colorado is not suitable to most tuberculosis sufferers especially in the winter time. hence
 the printers thus afflicted seek Ari- zona where they try to work when they are able or can secure it, but when they are not able they feel that the union will Sustain them anyway. As a result they have become a bur den on the local unions of the sOuth- west that is hard to carry and often very embarrassing. It taxes them, se-
 verely in financial way but even worse than that and the attention
 
 haunt the printing offices often when they are too i'll to work. yet trying to do so. and sometimes with nowhere else tO go for shelter except by the personal charities of their fellows.
 This is not only pitiful from the standpoint of those afflicted but it re- suits in a constant menace to the health of able bodied members of the craft who can not do otherwise than
 heed the call of distress.
 These conditions prompted Phoe-
 nix Typographical Union 352 last
 yeaT to undertake securing legislation
 by tue International Typographical Union during the Hot Springs con Vention. for the establishment of a
 branch or an institution auxiliary to
 the Colorado Springs Home. for the especial treatment of tubercular print
 CTS, the branch to be located some where in central or southern Arizona. probably this valley by reason of many conveniences and the experience
 of many similar undertakings of great CT or lesser magnitude. No massive | brick walls or imposing architecture is planned. but in general the idea is in line with the desert sanitariums, tent
 houses. and sufficient comfortable quarters for the care and protection of
 the sick. out in the open as nearly as
 may be. some distance from the city
 where the sick may be most benefited
 and whcre the well may not be con- stantly exposed to infection. In short. the purpose is to first provide