United labor bulletin., 1913-01-23
Denver Union Label League.

The Denver unions affiliated with Denver Union Label
League should take action to put the ieasue
on its feet the organization dissolved for
more than years the league has been gradually going
. ,,,aces Some claim il is the league has no
publication give foundation while Others MAINTAIN
that ii of the membership That there is la'
there can denial. and The United Labor buiieun
believes it is with the membership and the excessive M
shouidered upon very few
Enorts at this date being made to establish
monthly magazine to be published in connection WIN '
league claimed by members OF organized lAo
that this is necessary order that the leagues HE De
oIonyed Now let us see If this where the fault lies
Up 10 the middle of last the league owned
The United Bulletin. and when the publication was
sold the league larger than it is today Inc paper
was then published in expensive way but the henue
that are now aeitatng monthly magazine claim that
it was not right size; that it did not contain W
proper lists houses and labor organizations ana
that the aborng people would not take 1t because wa"
distributed free.
II those are the real reasons then the advocates oil
those issues entirely The Bulletin when issued
by the league published advertisements OF none ou1
union firms: gave fair lists of the bartender
Cooks Waters unions as we'll as the eisar"aAe
union and the Allied Printing Trades Council 1t devoted
column the labels of the different traces
1t distributed copies all members OF the Loei
League Assembly and member could nave
copy who to the office of the paper YET he
iuteres, Jagged league could not AFFORD to give the
paper away by the thousands
The paper was Sold and continued to main
tax The members that kept the ORGANIZATION 10
gether while paper published continued to con,
stitute attendance When there was anything reerr
to a committee lax in interest taken ana un
after time report made.
In the opinon of the writer trouble is this: There
are SO the Label League and the LABOR
movement work they called upon TO DO mas 50
overworked they have not time to properly per
form any work they undertake There is certain num-
ber of delegates the Label League who are
also the active in the Trades Assembly The
same delegates called upon to do the WORK !"
both organizations Not only they called upon to 10
the work them through committees but they
attend the assembly every other Sunday ana
the league every Friday night besides the regular
meetings locals This routine Is sumcen' "
tire any who may undertake it.
when the league organized, such men as George
Allen devoted efforts making it success 1t was
n new thing blood infused into it. interest
was kept up by everlasting boosting by members
visiting labor organgations and all times hammerins
away union label But this effort was bound 10 as'
and 1t has been tagging for many months
1t is claimed that the league needs monthly news
paper Why does 1t need newspaper? There are now
three labor publications Denver In The Bulletin
the league publishing from to three columns
week. and 1t is safe to say that the same
thing can through the columns Of the other pup-
cations without cent of cost to the league The a
lists inserted in these three publications
at cost and the handling union goods
at the same II this be done through three
already existing why should it be necessary
another and saddle the expense OF onto
the merchants the different unions that have labels
to "boost?"
IF UNION LABOR EVER NEEDED AFFILIAT1oN
AND CONSOLIDATION. 1T NEEDS 1T IN DENVER
UNION LABEL LEAGUE SHOULD BE MADE DE
PARTMENT IN THE TRADES ASSEMBLY. THE
TRouBLEMAKER SHOULD BE ELIMINATED AND
THE TIME TAKEN UP IN DISCUSSING HIS eRiEv-
ANCES SHOULD BE DEVOTED TO THE BUSINESS OF
THE TRADE UNIONIST