United labor bulletin., 1912-07-04
"A DIRTY BEDBUC," SAID KINDEL;;
ORDINANCE ILLEGAL" SAYS BRYANT
printing Trades Label Gets Another Knock City A.
torney Says II Is Unconstitutional aI--Centra
= Bodies Act

The opinion of City Attorney Bryant
that the ordinance calling for the label
OF the Allied Printing Trades Council
on all city printing is illegal, is creating
greater sentiment against certain men,
bers of the city administration than that
created against George kindel when he
introduced an ordinance in the city
council repeating the ordinance now on
the books and his calling the label "a
dirty. little bedbug."
After being in operation for six years.
the union label law for city printing,
former Alderman Tom Hyder's ordi-
nance of 1906, has been declared uncon-
stitutional by City Attorney Bryant.
Bryant, in his opinion handed to
Thomas Annear. commissioner of sup
plies. does not state that IT is Illegal
TO. .have the city printing bear the union
label. but simply cites the state supreme
and Tennessee as holding similar ordi-
nances void.
Its up to Annear." said T. r. Wood
row OF the city attorneys office, in the
absence OF Bryant. -Annear asked
Bryant II the ordinance authorized him
TO accept and consider bids from non
union printers. He has decided that II
doss "a that the contract must be let to
this cwest responsible bidder The
ycrd responsible. for 1t leaves the
awarding of contracts after all entirely
at the discretion OF the commissioner of
supplies"
Certain members OF the council have
friends that are conducting non-union
printing. establishments In the city. and
these calncilmen are doing all in their
power to have much OF the city printing
given to these shops-eyen IL they have
h.v lo ad
declared illegal to do SO.
line of these printers has shop on
the North Side. and this same man VIII
be arrested for violation OF the label
copyright law Just as soon at Attorney
c. A. Irwin. acting for the Allied Print
ing Trades Council, can induce the dis
trict attorneys once to act. One of the
newly-elected aldermen from the North
Side is doing all in his power TO secure
a share OF the city printing for this
rery man.
4 Other printing is being let to the
Aarons Stationery company. and this
urn has no printing once in Denver but
simply acts as a broker and sends the
printing-when the time will permit-to
some cheap place out OF the state. where
II is printed and shipped to Denver.
when the time will not permit, the work
Is given to non-uDlon printing Offices In
the city.
labor has acted in this matter. The
4 fa,ed Printing Trades Council, the
~yion Label League and the Trades As
somhly have appointed committees To
take the matter up with the commits
Kioner OF supplies: and the Typographi-
cal union can be depended upon to act
when II meets In regular session next
Sunday.
Instead OF repeating legislation that
will tend to disorganize trade and bene-
Mt the establishments that ruin business.
the city fathers and the city attorney
should seek to benefit the majority en-
ployed and engaged In the printing busi-
ness. All the large printing establish
ments in Denver use the label OF the
Allied Printing Trades Council. and
there is no argument to be advanced TO
weii.wishers for Denver why the ordi-
rance as introduced by Thomas NJ. Hy-
der should not remain on the books and
be enforced.