United labor bulletin., 1913-10-11

| gle tax, Sunday, and the report was
adopted and the committee contin.
ued. The report was favorable to
single tax, and commended 1t to the
membership. The committee will in
vestigate further, and report on the
advisabilyity and requirements of af-
filiating No. 40 with the movement.
Carl Phillips, the efficient secretary
of the Relief Association of the Post
chapel, made a complete report to the
members last week. The report
showed that since his incumbency
more than $1,000 has been handled
by the association. 1t costs the mem
bers 20 cents a week to retain
membership and the surplus Is loaned
to the members at 2 per cent a week,
and the money received from this
source paid to the members in the
shape of dividends. Benefits OF s12
per week are paid to the incapaci-
tated. dividend will soon be due.
Dividends are paid when the per
capita reaches SIS.
Joe Barker, who appealed to the
Typographical union for reinstate-
ment to a position at the Hoeckel
chapel, had his prayer granted Sun
day. The matter is now up to the
hexecutive committee and the manage
ment of the printery-
The machinist slid his lamps over
top of the magazine and said to the
chair-warmer: What are you doing
to the mats down there? This dis
tributer worked all right yesterday
when you were off," Been all right
on every other article but this one,
said the machinist-baiter; guess the
telegraph editor used too many caps
in this convention DOPE"
Martin Lacher and l.. d. Hosman
attended the meeting of No. 40, Sun
day. They exchanged the usual AL
fons and CASTOR courtesies. The
Weekly People (oh yes, without the
labeD was also freely distributed.
The management of the Western
Newspaper Union believes in labor
saving devices as well as in efficiency.
This is shown by the establishment
of cigar, pipe and cigarette lighters
on two OF the linotype machines, one
at each end of the battery. A dis
carded oil can is placed under the top
frame of the machine near the metal
pot and in this is poured a quantity
of alchohol, with wire lighter lead
| ing to the alcohol through the spout
of the can Then a small hole is
bored through the gas pipe leading
to the mouthpiece. and from this
tiny blaze is constantly welcoming
the lighter. The slave to Nicotine
pulls the lighter from the alcohol.
places it to the gas jet, then 10 the
pipe, and the dope pot is working. H.
L. Wadsworth and f. C. Newell, plug
gers on the w. N. u, say it beats beg
ging matches and sticking paper un-
der the metal pot. It's a 100 to /
shot Mickey Hickey has never heard
about this.
John Aspinal (the Suffering KIDD
left Monday evening for Los Angeles,
his home. He may return to Denver.
He left Mrs. Aspinal with her parents
at Flagler, Colo. The kid owns a
thirty-acre plot at Riverside, near
Los Angeles. and expects to make
that his home after he has paid lit
tie more car rare.
The knowing ones expect the an
nouncement of change in manage
ment of one of the large Denver
dailies in the near future.
The department of agricultural will
begin the publishing of a periodical to
be called the Agricultural Outlook.
The German printers at Toledo.
Ohio. have just received an Increase
of So per week for both day and
night work.
John Aspegren, who has been sub
bing on the machine end of the Post,
left Tuesday evening for Chicago.
George H. Marsh. former member
of Typographical Union No. 40. died
Sept 20 at Los Angeles, and the
funeral took place in Denver Jast
Sunday from the Olinger funeral
chapel. Mr. Marsh was 81 year OF
age and had worked in different parts
of the country, and at one time was
in business in St Joseph, Mo-, as well
as in Denver.