The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
FRANK DUFFY MAKES
EXHAUSTIVE ! ] REPORT !
Secretary Of Carpenters Union
Tells Story Of Achievements
Of Big Union.

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Frank Duffy, Of the United Brother
hood Of Carpenters and Joiners Of
America. submitted to THE biennial
convention Of that organization, now
being held in Washington, one Of
the most comprehensive reports ever
presented to- the International or,
ganization. & ,5zss 4 s, 592 sS..f a
! It shows that during the two-year
period closing June 80, 1912, 1925 To-
cal unions were Organized, with s01
local unions either lapyed or con-
solidated. making q total gain In the
number of unions of a., with a total
Ut 1.-The end Of the fiscal year Of 1.S4s
local unions. :. ,Ass5 IS 5 -. ;-.
The state which contains the
greatest numerical strength In the
Brotherhood is Illinois. with 1853 local
unions and membership Of 29,628.
New York IL q close second, with EOS
local unions and a memb bership OF
2s.038. California registers as third,
with S6 local unions and 16,330
members: Massachusetts, comes
fourth, with las local unions and d
membership Of 1926: Pennsylvania
Is fifth, with 142 local unions with
a membership of 1888. The re-
mainder Of the membership is scat
tered in various states OF the union.
the Hawaiian Islands, Canada and
Alaska. "a %.g.szHi:-s :
A table is also given, showing the
annual growth OF the organization
in each year since 1881. Perhaps the
most comprehensive and enlighten-
Ing information Is contained under
a report giving the list OF local
unions in the brotherhood. the meet
ing place, time Of meeting, hours OF
labor, wage scale. saturday half
holiday, and local unions that have
local agreements in effect. -
These: statistics show that the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
has established the s-hour work day
In over 80 per cent OF the citiesz and
towns where local unions are char
tered. with a very large per cont 'of
these unions having secured the Sat-
urday half-holiday. .e ~. : - -
There is also given in dStat1s the
statement Of stock on hand at head
quarters together with "a general;
inventory OF the furnishings and fix
lures OF the Carpenters' building in
Indianapolis. ~. S.
& 4 Another {, statistisa was p,rs-
seatsd showing ttss fesui trade
movements sanctioned by the zen
eral executive board In the. great
majority Of which success =. is re-
ported. " J.. -..-..~l
Two hundred and thirty five trade
movements were sanctioned by the
general executive board, OF which
181 were successful, :15: % partially
successful, and 80 pending, or post.
poned. Benefits paid out during the
biennial period, comprising members
beneficial claims, members disabil-
ity claims, members SEMI beneficial
claims, and wives funeral donations.
consisting of 1860 claims, aggre. !.
gated the sum- Of $172,So2.s7. The
hood In liquidating these claims only
amounted to 24.1 cents for the two
years. e.: 49,. - :, >.$..fs5:. >:>:.' ;.
The total receipts of the organiza-
tion during. the period under. cortsid-
Grafton amounted to. 11.341.532.46,
while the disbursements during the
same period reached $1,4o2,333.35.:
The United Brotherhood contributed
through its local unions to the Nc
Namara defense fund $1s.0O7:26. -:
At teh close Of the fiscal year on
June 30, 1912, the United Brother
hood had in cash $264,242.77; real
estate at Indianapolis, Ind. &74,-
4o7.57, and also real estate at Ned
erland, Tex, and Sulphur, Okla, vail
ued at $3.50, making the assets Of
the brotherhood aggregate $685.. 9.00.S4
There was received as interest .up-
ON deposits during the two-year
period $1s,279.62. For organizing
work $263,474.25 was paid, which
emphasizes the fact that the results
achieved by the United Brotherhood
were in large part due, to- its expen-
diture for organizing work, thus. re-
sulttng in the esta blishment Of a.
large number of local unions, as
well as making successful a large
number Of trade movements re-
ported for the two-year period. 6