The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-07-02

H0SPIZS4L Zz7Y7SS an GROD,WOS "a
The union printers Of the United
States and Canada, point with pride
TO the Union Printers Home at Colo
RADIO Springs as one of their most no
table achievements. This model home
and sanitarium has the unique dislinc-
ton OF being the only institution of
the kind maintained by labor organi-
zation in this country.
One minute of his working time ev-
cry day is what every union printer in
North America gives as his mite to-
ward the maintenance of the Union
Printers Home at Colorado Springs.
Col Every month every enc Of the
$4,000 members of the International
Typographical Union pays an assess
ment of Is cents-half a cent a day,
or less than the amount the average
printer will earn in a minutes work
ing time. II is i small sacrifice, but
It is this small sacrifice, coming from
every man, working in cooperation
with his fellow laborers, which Sives
the home an annual fund of $4,000
for maintenance and improvements.
The printers have built an main.
tanned the home themselves-and hey
are proud of the fact II lis their
home; every man has an equal share
in it, an equal right TO partake of its
bounty If the time should come when
old age or illness should make IL nee
essary for him to retreat to the smell
ter In the rearing and maintaining
OF which he has done his small part.
In the beginning George w. Childs
and A. j. DreXel, proprietors of The
Philadelphia Ledger, made a gift of
$4,000 to the International Typo
graphical Union. With this as the
nucleus, the home fund was started
Since the foundation for the main
building were laid in 1891 nearly
100000 has been spent in buildings,
furnishings. improvements and main
tenance. Every cent of this, with the
exception of the Childs-Drexel gift
and the income from the Julia A. Ladd
endowment of $1,000, has been con.
tributed by the printers themselves.
Not only has the Union Printers
Home proven to the world a splendid
example of what can be accomplished
by harmonious cooperation, but 1t has
been to other labor unions and fra
ternal organizations an inspiration be-
cause of its humanitarian features. 1t
has been the pioneer institution in it's
| field and has become the model from
which others copy ideas and methods.
Figures may tell part OF the story
OF the Union Printers Home. But 1t
is not sufficient TO know that the prop
erty. which stands on a commanding
cminenco east OF Colorado Springs. is
to-day valued at $1.000,000 when 90
years ago this tract was barren prairie
| land which could have been bought for
few dollars an acre; or TO learn that
there are now six buildings OH the
grounds, the main building. tho tuber.
culosis sanitarium. the superinend-
ents cottage, the laundry, heating
plant and barns, besides the $50 900
addition, the beginning of which has
! just been authorized by the trust ees.
IL is not enough to know how these
so acres have been reclaimed from
barren waste until they form one OF
the garden spots OF the continent; nor
to be told that in all more than 1000
men have been admitted to residence
since 1892. shat the average number
at any one time Is 145, and that the
average cost. per resident. is S33 a
month. this sum covering all ordinary
expenses in connection with the prop
eriy.
II is FAR more significant TO learn
how this home has been so managed
that IL has become indeed sanitari.
um where the sick may sojourn for a
time 10 build up. In CoIorado's health.
giving climate. their broken constitu-
lions and restore lost strength and vi.
tality. haven where the aged and In.
flrm may retreat to peaceful closing
%: life that has been spent In toll
aud battle In world OF labor and
strife. Really. 20 understand the work
that Is being done requires an inspec.
ton 81 the bnIldings aud grounds. a
few hours random chat with the resi-
dents and ~ Investigation OF the
methods ana regulations enforced by
the eNr;-rt management Many OF
the printers themselves scarcely com.
pTcherd the scope and Importance OF
thu home. and the annual convention
has twice been held In Colorado