The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-30
REAL ESTATE MEN
ARE STANDING PAT
Issue Further Statement Re-
garding Supply and Demand
for Labor.
BASED ON SUMMER SEASON
ASSOCIATION TO ISSUE ADVER-
Using BOOKLETS.

The Salt Lake Real Estate association
stands pat on its former statements
that there is a need for more building
labOrers and artisans in Salt Lake, ac-
cOrding to a statement issued yester-
I day afternoon after the regular meet
ing of the association at the CONNER
| cial club. Several matters came up for
discussion. chief of which was the stand
Of the Building Trades council in OBJ
! lection to advertising for more skilled
workmen to come to Utah.
That the local real estate men do not
/ look on the proposition in the same
light as the labor unions is shown by a
statement issued. They still maintain
/ that there is lots of room in Salt Lake
for more laborers, not at the present
I time but when building operations are
/ actively resumed. The statement fol-
lows:
Replying to the contentious Of the Salt
/ Lake Building Trades council as pub
/ lshed IN the local papers, the Salt Lake
Real Estate association takes the stand
that the Building Trades council has
practically proven the claims of the Real
Estate association, which viii leave il TO
the judgment of all fair-minded people.
h. A Dansby, secretary of the Building
IN effect that 200 carpenters, % plumbers,
half the painters practically all the ce-
ment workers and One-half the iron work
ers and hosting engineers are out of
work. The Salt Lake Real Estate ASSOC
citation claims if this is all the unem-
piOyeG mechanics that there are in Salt
Lake City at this time of year when
everything is frozen up ana all building
is at a standsJll, that when the build
ing season opens i'm the spring with all
the construction which is I'm sight for the
coming year that ali the idle men which
the Buildings Trades council claims now
are unemployed will be employed and
hundreds more will be needed.
Several members of the Real Estate
association have had the experience dur
ing the year 1909 OF having number of
buildings held up by reason OF scarcity
of labor and that many houses which
could have been built were not started by
reason Of this fact.
Everyone who can see ahead at all
viii no doubt admit that the outlook for
building f0 the coming year Of 1910 is
far ahead Of the outlook one year ago.
Our contention of lack of labor was
not based on the conditions as they eX-
list In midwinter, but during the building
season"
Advertising Considered.
In addition to discussing the labor uues-
ton. other matters came up for cOnsid-
GRAFTON. Colonel Charles Gore. represent
ing the National Irrigation Journal pub
hshed in Chicago, stated that his company
proposed to issue a special edition de-
scribing the irrigation projects, both COM
pleted and proposed, in the state Of Utah
Colonel Gore made a request for the sup
port and patronage of the association for
the special edition.
The association decided to publish 10000
booklets, giving a word and pictorial de-
scriptiOn of Salt Lake, for free distribu-
ton, A number of these booklets will
be used by the local Typographical union
in its efforts to procure the convention
Of the international Typographical union
for this city in August 1911
Frank J. Martin, following a favorable
report from the board of governors, was
elected to membership in the association.
The president of the association was
authorized to appoint delegates to the
Good Roads convention, to be held In Salt
Lake January %. q and 2S, 1910 These
appointments will be made I'm response
to a request from Governor Spry.
Present at the meeting yesterday were:
J. ". LeakeT, c. II. CaTiquist. Freeman
MorninEstar, r. W. Eardley, X. D. Har-
dy, J. NJ Settle, H. S. Anderson, W. Z.
Baird, r. A. Ranck. S. 3. futile, W. G.
futile, George NJ. Cannon. r. A. Shipp.
r. X. Hardy, Lewis NJ. Cannon, II. H.
Cartwright, J. L. Perkes, F. BUtterwOrth,
r. e. Montrose, A. N. HUMPHREYS. A. II.
Parsons. J. A. Burt o. F. Peterson, A.
z. II. Peterson and 3. A. NJ. FrOiseth.