Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-06
METAL CONTRACTORS COME
Representative Men OF Growing
Trade N Omaha This Week.
LOCAL wuNEN TO ENTERTAIN
Secretary Seabrook Explains Ohje-1
81 the Shcc1 -frtaI CazIr1rtu-s'
OrEaniza4faz-Grea1 Ia
hfIi1 is PrauzEn@d.

When The EEE e1th ANIMAL convention Of The
Nz11Ona7 Association o. Sheet Metal Con
zsc1arS begins IN Omaha TOMORROW il -
likely that anywhere from 70 to 40 Den
and women from various states Of the
union VII be 601uiclled al local hostelrtes-
Besides the regular deieEa1es- the annual
gatherings OF the zae1ai Contractors always
draw q good many pesp3e who are inter
eszed IN kindred lines or have direct bust
mesa dealings with the contractors. The
BUSINESS Of shset meta working is growing
with Tremendous strides and the member
ship OF the association and The interest IN
its proceedings keep pace with the physical
Development OF this special branch Of the
building t8sussTT. which. by the way, is
one of the best organized In the country. al
though Il is probable the youngest national
trade organization ia Ghe United States. II
vas formed with a small membership At
Philadelphia On WashiuEton'E birthday.
lac. After s.z TeaTs O. exlEtence Its mem
bership covers me entire country, taking
In men, Arms aEd ccrpurations Engaged In
tin roofing. warm Air furnace werk AID the
other Hnes Of sheet metal construction. Its
local organizations Rro given the widest
latitude IN their particular fields, foT. as
Secretary. Edwin I. sesbraOk. says, Trade
conditions IA fhR sheet metal business vary
greatly In every section OF the country.
Conditions IN enc city may be entirely dif-
ferenf from those IN another city only fifty
miles distant. The class OF work VIII vary
greatly. as Will the wage rate and other
conditions that affect. prices For these
reasons We feel Il "a Gbaosutesy necessary
the leeals sheuie havF FIJI soqEtral of thslr
own local affairs. These locals are directly
state associations have not SO Tar found
place n our organization"
Strong on BzxIaras side.
Secretary scEbreok insists the eb3scts Of
the association are purely business, 1t
was organized fer the advancement of the
sheet metal business throughout the ooun-
try and to protect the business interests
q the, local sheet metal contractor" he
says. We believe IN trade protection;
there II q natural channel through which
the supplies should reach the consuming
public. That channel ts from the manu-
rRcturer to the 5obbsr. from The Jobber 10
the dealer. Rnd The dealer To the consumer.
This national organization believes that
the consumer is better served by having
his work dans AT a reasonable profit by
the local dealer. and for this reason Il
AAdAr1 h4eon doDhrI ana M64u-
rRctnrer directing the sales OF their ma
ter4Al through the local sheet metal con-
tractor rather than direct TO the consumer
and. having the work done by poorly paid
and inefficisnt tramp mechanics.
The Organization hiss and In using its
best sndeav0rs to procure the very best
quality OF tn plate. sheets. etc. obtain
abba. To this end In February. 1906. II
called a conference with the manufacturers
OF TN plate in the United states. This
conference was held al baltimore. and in
some respects iE historic. II was the first
Of it, kind ever held between ths buyer In
general and the manufacturer For one
whole day the question Of getting the best
roofing plEte made WAS discussed between
the sheet metal contractor and The manu-
factursr 81 tn plate. The result was the
appointment Of q committee. which has
since beer known as the joint COMMITTEES
on tin plate. This committee Is composed
Of -four roofers. members Of the REso-
ciRtiOn. and four manufacturers Of Tin
plate. The present members of the com
miftee Rre-from the national association;
z W. Richards. PhilGdelphia, Pm; ". A.
F1ngies, Baltimore Nd; II O. A. MlhAn,
Brooklyn. y. t. Edwin I. seabroak Phil
adelphia. Pa From the manufacturers II
Tin plate: W q Folonsbee. PittEhurg.
Pa; Theodore 4. Gessler. New York city;
II. ~ Taylor. Philadelphia. Pa. Joha ].
oCennor. washington. Pa This commit
tee has issued greAt deal Of literature on