The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-21
PRESIDENT LYNCH
IS ENTERTAINED
Official of international Typo
graphical Union Is Ban
quoted by Local Union.
ELOQUENCE AT DINNER
REPRESENTATIVE MEN OCCUPY
SEATS AT COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Probably one Of the most pleasant af-
fairs that the Commercial club has
housed in many months was the compli-
mentary dinner rendered President James
M Lynch of the International Typo
graphical union by Salt Lake union No.
H5 yesterday afternoon. The appoint
ments were more than pleasing, the edi-
bles We're Just that the RESPONSES to
toasts were eloquent and sufficiently in
JOcular vein to promote good fellow
snip, and all worked together for sue
cess.
President Lyrch arrived in Salt Lake
tuesday and was kept busy during his
entire stay by members of the union see
ing Salt Lake and inquiriug into the
condition of the trade here. President
Lynch Is one of the big men Of the
printing trade. In addition TO being the
chief executive of the International Union,
one Of the largest and greatest trade
unions. he is a big man physically, tip
ping the beam at more than 200 pounds
He measures up well with the other Ia
Dor leaders OF the country. and many
unionists believe that he will one day fill
the shoes of Samuel GOmpers as presi-
dent of the American Federation of La
Dor and the leader of the leaders.
George T.. Hanson, president of the Salt
Lake union. presided at the banquet and
among the guests OF the occasion were
the general managers and managing edi-
tors of the Salt Lake daily newspapers.
Judge 9. C. Goodwin responded to the
toast Printing "Reminiscences and, as
q veteran newspaper man. who has been
connected with newspapers in many
parts of the country. gave numerous
anecdotes of occurrences in composing
rooms. He closed with the prediction
That, although the printer often has
hard time in this life. his experiences
in the hereafter will be nothing but pleas
ant. Judge Goodwin said he believed this
10 be true because, if it were not, those
who had died and gone before would
have been heard from long ere this.
Colonel sleater Talks.
Colonel Robert G. sleater of the Cen
fury Printing company responded to the
toast, 'Ehe Employing Printer" Colonel
iSleater gave a bit of personal history, in
(which he said that he came TO Salt Lake
first ia 1893 and drove six oxen across
the plains. He went back east by way
of the Isthmus of Panama. fought with
the Union army in the Civil war. came
back TO Utah and worked as a printer.
There was no typographical union at that
time, but there was a typographical so
CietT. Of which Brigham Young was pres
ident. Colonel Sieater himself was the
first president Of the Salt Lake union,
and later became an employing printer,
and since that time has been an hon
Orary member of the union. Colonel
lSleater's remarks were received with ap-
'plause-
President Lynch devoted the most of
his time i'm his address 10 the aims and
ObJttlo VI TIE I y BOSId NAlltdl uiliUfls lie
spoke of the union being the oldest in
existence and that the history of Organi-
cation among the printing trades dated
back for nearly 800 years. He spoke of
the correspondence school which was
opened two years ago in Chicago under
the auspices Of the International Typo
graphical union, which taught the mem
bers of the union to become better
printers He said that the school had
met with gratifying success and that the
number of those who were aVailng them
selves Of its benefits was becoming great
er each veal
AIr. Lynch paid his respects to the va
rious organizations of employing print
ers in the book and job trade that have
tried from umc TO time to combat the
union, but said that these organizations
had gone the way of all the earth. lie
took occasion to throw a bouquet the
way oi the American Newspaper Pub
fishers association, an organization of the
leading newspapers of the country. of
which The Herald-Repubhcan is mem
Der. He said that the International Typo
graphical union had entered into an
agreement with that splendid Organiza-
ton by which differences are arbitrated
and the possibility OF trouble between
the publishers and the members of the
unions was reduced to a minimum.
President Lynch Speaks.
The president talked for few minutes
Of the Union Printers home al Colorado
Springs, where old and INDECENT members
OF the union were cared for; also those
who are suffering from tuberculosis. The
sanitarlum in connection with the home
has been able TO secure splendid results
when those afflicted with the disease /
came there during its early stages
Mr.. Lynch said that printers were es-
pecially liable TO consumption. because
of the circumstances under which they
labor. lie gave IL as his opinion that
the union was doing more good through
the information it is sending out in the
way of preventing tuberculosis than il
IS at the home, although the work there
IS splendid.
Mr.. Lynch jocularly said that most Of
( the great men OF the country at some
II time or another had set type. He told of
y dinner In New York at which ne sat
between Senator Mark Hanna, at that
time chairman of the Republican national
committee, and Colonel Bliss, who was
treasurer at one time of the Republican
national committee. Mr.. Lynch said that
Senator Hanna had remarked to him that
be had set type at one time, and that
Colonel Bliss volunteered the information
that he also had set type.
President Lynch impressed his hearers
as most capable man. and one upon
whom the members OF the union could
depend to see that justice would be
done them in all matters with which he
had anything 10 do
Dr. A. c. Behle Of Salt Lake. who was
q member of the international Tuhercu-
losis congress which met in Washington
I'm 1905 gave a most interesting talk on
Sanitation and tuberculosis" DR.. Belle
said:
tuberculosis causes the death of leo 600
persons and the constant illness of
hHlf-milliOn more each year. in the Unit
ed States The disease is preventable
Statistics show that tuberculosis in the
last four years caused more than three
times as many deaths in this country as
occurred from wounds received in action |
during the Civil war The United States
today has no national public health |