United labor bulletin., 1909-11-12

organized labor as he was the labor can
didate endorsed by the Trades Assembly
and all the unions. Mr.. Todd favors the
socialist party in politics, but his cleo
ton was distinctly non-partisan. Under
! the commission form of government the
mayor is called The Commissioner"
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Heney To Come To Denver.
1t is reported that Mr.. Heney, who was
defeated for district attorney of San
Francisco, is to transfer his activities in
the probing of municipal graft to this
city This is good news, if true. 1t is
proposed to have him and Judge Lindsey
head movement to probe the reported
franchise steals that have been pulled
off, in this city. Should Mr.. Heney come
here and commence this work he should
have the enthusiastic support of organ
lied labor which he has not received
ION the coast" AS organized labor has
not and does not run the city government
here, his coming will remove the suspi-
cion in the minds of great many union
people that he has been after the union
people more than the grafters. 1t is I'M
derstood that Mr. Rudolph Spreckels is
to furnish the money for this campaign.
What parrot and monkey time we
shall haveI Judge Lindsey's Beast and
the Jungle" stories will be pink tea"
compared to the stirring of dry bones
and closet skeletons that will be dug out
in all their hideousness to bask in the
pnh1icity of the monday Srns
1t is safe to predict that many of our
prominent citizens health will require a
change of climate and altitude. Come
along, Mr. Heney, we are waiting for
you.
La Exploridad-the best ever.
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"UNIoN MEN SHOULD OWN FAC
TORIES"
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AS Hope of the Tobacco Workers, Says
President of Their Union Mean
drews - Reiterates Story of go.
100000 Contribution.
Anthony McAndrews, the Cincinnatian
who is president of the Information Union
of Tobacco Workers, with headquarters
at Louisville, KY, and who created a
sensation a few days ago by declaring
that the tobacco trust" had contributed
100000 to the anti-saloon movement,
paid a visit to Cincinnati Tuesday and
repeated his allegation in regard to the
100000. He said: Eyes, l have it on
satisfactory authority that the sobacco
combine, anxious to drive unionism out
of the tobacco business, has contributed
5000, to the anti-saloon movement.
The saloons handle much union-made So
bacco goods and, with the saloons driven
out, the combine would strengthen its
hold on the non-union tobacco business.
1t was through the tobacco trust that
bill was recently introduced in the New
York legislature to require every cigar
was defeated, but the combine intended
to triple its number of stores in New
York state had it passed, for the law
would have driven out numerous small
stores that handle union goods.'
Mr.. McAndrews is opposing the propo-
sition to increase the internal revenue
tax on tobacco from to cents. "This
would be a hardship" he said, ION the
independent tobacco manufacturers and
drive many of them out of business. The
trust could pay the extra 2 cents and
would get the business of the ousted
independents"
"Is your union increasing or decreas-
ing in membership" he was asked.
"Our annual report, just made, shows
gain of two members during the en-
tire year." he said I'VE lost 4S3 mem
bers and secured ASS, making an in
crease of two So we are at least not
vet being wiped out of existence by the
trust. We are devoting our energies to
encouraging union, Independent tobacco
but have observed that as soon as the
union tobacco advances an independent
tobacco business into the front rank,
then the trust comes along and buys out
the independent firm that our unions
boosting made possible. That leads me
to this question:: Why should not the
union tobacco workers own and operate
a factory of their own, on the co-opera-
tive basis? I am in favor Of that, and
the fact is that a small factory on the
cooperative plan has already been start
ed in Louisville We look for larger
things along this line in the future. AS
fast as a trust gets control OF an In