The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-19

Labor leaders and business men who
attended the luncheon given at the
Commercial club last night to the ma
tional officers OF the Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners. listened to sew
eral interesting speeches.
President w. j. Halloran of the Com
mercial club acted as POSTMASTER.
After a few remarks. in which he as
sured the officers of the brotherhood of
the hearty welcome of Salt Lake, Mr..
Halioran introduced Governor John G.
Cutler. The governor spoke of the dig
nifty of toll. and of the Importance to
a community of its citizens who labor
with their hands.
Al the close of his address, President
w. ID. Huber of the brotherhood spoke.
Mr.. Huber briefly told the history of the
brotherhood, and explained its aims
and purposes. When the union was
formed, he said, carpenters were paid
low wages and compelled to work long
hours. Since then. conditions have been
improved. The brotherhood. he said,
now has 100000 members, and nearly
1000 local branches.
Mr.. Huber said that the brotherhood
was anxious 10 preserve pleasant rela-
tiOns betweens the carpenters and their
employers. This led him to the subject
of strikes. He said that he had never
believed in strikes. and that he hoped
to see the day when strikes would be
eliminated.
A Matter of Business.
I'VE know that employers are in bust
ness TO get all they can out of it, he
said. 1T is the same with the carpen-
ters. Therefore, the dealings between
the worSingman and the employer
should be conducted with the nnder-
standing that matters under discussion
should be dealt with as business 1t is
better TO talk over our differences
around a table than to get far apart.
order lockouts or call strikes.
when there are lockouts or strikes.
even after the trouble is settled, there
are always sore spots in the hearts of
some men which last for years.
1T is a pleasure for me to meet the
business men of Salt Lake in this man
ner. and know that between the work
ingman and the employers there is a
better understanding"
Mr.. Huber spoke in praise of what he
had seen in Salt Lake ut is beauti-
full CITY," he said. land 1t is the COM
ing city of the far west"
Mr.. Halloran replied that Mr. Huber
was not mistaken in his opinion of Salt
Lake. Last March. he said, when re-
pOTlS OF ndTu times were DellS sent
from other cities, the members of the
Commercial club were able to raise
$500. 900 for a new club house. The
building. with the site presented by
Samuel Newhouse, he said, will, when
finished, represent value of 100000.
Benefits of Unionism.
Frank Duffy. national secretary of
the brotherhood. who arrived yesterday
from Indianapolis, was the next speak
er. He said that although the Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners had
100000 members scattered throughout
the United States, Canada. Hawaii
Panama and elsewhere, and is the most
powerful organization of skilled me-
chanics in the world. there are 500 900
carpenters and Joiners working in the
districts of the 1910 councils who are
not members of the brotherhood, or of
any labor organization
THE brotherhood he said has i'm
proved the condition of non-union as
well as union men. Since the brother
hood was organized twenty-five years
ago. all carpenters have received better
wages and have been asked to work
shorter hours. In the past five years
the earnings of carpenters have been in
creased from 80 cents to $50 a week,
the amount varying according to 10
cality."
Mr.. Duffy told of the important work
accomplished by President Huber of the
brotherhood. saying that the member
ship had been increased from 10000 to
$50 900 in the nine years Mr.. Huber had
been at the head of the organization
He also spoke of the gift of the brother