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The labor world., 1914-07-18
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF
WISCONSIN STATE FED
GRAFTON OF LABOR
MAKES REPORT
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workers are in the brewery trades,
and these show a greater gain in
membership. The local unions re-
porting is the same as last year, but
membership increased from 1857 to
ALL. After the brewery workers
come the metal trades. These too
show gain in membership-s,O6 ,O61 in
1913 compared with 2,720 in 1912.
This in spite of the fact that the num-
Der Of unions reporting was only 20
in 1913 as compared with 81 in 1912.
In the clothing trades last year
we're reported 10 local unions with
705 members. The present report in
cludes IA unions with 1,469 members,
double that Of the previous year; in
the printing trades too both unions
and membership increased, II unions
this year as compared with IS last
year, and 1,167 members as compared
with 1,035.
Railway unions, WHICH figured
largely in last years report sent in
few reports this year. Fewer reports
were also received from cigar makers
and musicians, two other well organ
iaed trades.
Milwaukee reports about the same
number of unions and members as
last year; that is to say about one
fourth the number of local unions
and over one-half the membership in
the state. Racine again reports the
largest membership next to Milwau-
kee, although not as many unions re-
porting from Racine this year as last
year. Six per cent Of the organized
workers reporting this year are from
Racine. Last year only AZ per cent.
were from this city. Racine also re-
ported more organized women work.
ers than any other city. Superior,
Oshkosh, Lacrosse, Madison and She
boysan each send more reports this
year and each shows a corresponding
ly increased proportion Of the union
members of the state. Fon du lac
and Green Bay show a slightly de-
creased number of unions and men,
bers reporting. In general, as the
following table shows the larger cit
les reported a greater number Of
unions and members this year than
last, while fewer reports were receiv-
ed from the smaller cities''
Wages and Earnings
THE weekly rates of pay are sum-
married in the following table and a
comparison is made with last year:
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Greysolon Cigars are mild.
BRIEF LABOR NOTES
FROM ALL NATIONS

The lesson learned from the great
strike in New Zealand and on the
Australian continent has given new
impetus to the attempts which are
being made to establish an interstate
federation of labor. Several confer
ences, at which almost all great
unions were represented, expressed
themselves in favor o f some such
plan, especially as the present state
Of affairs is continually leading to
collisions. small and =. important
groups often taking action which, in
wolves the whole movement. A, sim
liar project was set In motion during
the past year by the trades councils
Of the capitals of the various states,
and it is only to be hoped that both
plans might be combined in, order to
establish consolidated Australian.
Federation of Labor.
In Belgium a great legal action
against. So strike leaders" of the
seamen began on June 23rd, in Ant
.werp, in connection with alleged at
tacks upon personal liberty. -. -
From Canada comes the news that
the Empress Of Ireland which recent
ly sank carrying close IS 1000 souls
organized throughout. Th9 trades
unions concerned have decided no,
only to grant the usual benefit to
those left behind but also to provide
for the widows and orphans.
In Holland the 7th annual congress
Of the Dutch Trades Union Fedora
ton will take place in Amsterdam on
July 20-22. The following questions
will be taken under considerations; in
surance against unemployment, in
validity and old age pensions ETC. On
April l, there were reported ST.
734 members in 1884 sections as
against 1927 in October 1912. The
greatest unions are the diamond
workers with 9,917 members. the
municipal workers with 6,991. the
cigar makers with 6,211 and the car
penters with $3.50 and the metal
workers with 5,799.
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Totals III 81 90
The number of employers with
whom these agreements we're made
in each city cannot be tabulated, be-
cause those who reported evidently
did not have accurate information on
this point"
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222 1888 1000


In 1t will be seen by comparing the
percentages of members in the vari-
GUS groups, that increases in the
rates Of pay were secured by those
unions which were receiving the
lower rates Of pay. Last year only
1877 percent. of the members receiv-
ed from $40 to $25 per week. This
year 23 per cent were In this group.
A year ago 27.6 per cent were getting
less than SIS per week while this
year the percentage has fallen to 1879
per cent. The percentage of unions
receiving $25 per week and over in
creased over last year, but they had
fewer members.
There was a great decrease in the
percentage of unions and members
which were working for less than
$12.50 per week, and a slight de-
crease in the percentage of those get
ting from $12.50 to $3.50. Most of
these unions and members have evil
IDENTIFY moved up into the group re-
ceiving from $3.50 to $22.5O, for
there was little change in the remain
ing group.
Whether there has been an in
crease in the annual earnings of
union members during the year we
are unable to say. 1t would seem as
If there had not been any, for the
average earnings per member for the
year 1913 as reported is only $4S3,
while in 1912 the average was $712.
The two figures are not strictly COM
parable, however. In last years re-
port the union officials merely esti-
mated what the average annual earn
ings Of individual members were re-
ported, which is much more reliable.
Averages are always treacherous,
and we get much better results by
finding what statisticians call the
mode, that Is, the wages earned by
most members. Thus about two
thirds of the members earned from
$500 to 5000. Almost 16 per cent
| earned more than 5000 and about 20
per cent less than $500 The result
| on the whole are the same as last
year except that the figures for this
year show a slight increase in the
percentage of union members who
earned $1,000 and more and also an
| increase in the percentage of those
earning less than $500. These varia-
tons, however, may be due to the
l
fact that last year we had estimated
averages and not actual earnings as
this year.
The printing trades report the
greatest average annual earnings,
namely, s917. Next to them come
the brewery trades with $3.50; then
the railroad employees with $751;;
and after them the building trades
with $749. 1t is interesting to note
again, as last year. that the trades
which have the highest weekly rates
of pay do not have the greatest an
nual earnings"
| 4. Hours of Labor
| There were no increases in the
length Of the working day; but 16
unions with membership Of 2323 re-
ported reductions In the hours of
labor.
The reductions In most cases, mean
a change from nine to an eight hour
day and from an unregulated work
DAY to one OF ten hours.
| Those working less than eight
hours per day remain the same as
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and thby are here ku111r3ar~
Cities
Totals III 80

Totals III SO IS
The number of employers with
whom these agreements we're made
in each city cannot be' tabulated, be"
cause those who reported evidently
did not have accurate information on
this point
7. The Cost of Living.
again. as last year, the rents pald
by union members we're inquired In
to, in order to get an idea OF the re-
lative cost Of living In different Cit
les Of the state. Last year, however
the figures were merely the estimates
of the persons who reported as to the
average paid for rent by the members
Of each union. This year we have
the actual amounts paid by 9,316
members who reported. While. the
number is not large, the facts that we
have the rents actually paid, rather
than estimates, makes this years IL.
cures more reliable.
The answers in regards to- rents
have been tabulated according to the
earnings of the members. For, OBJ
viously, it is not safe to average all
the rents as the members who earn
more will naturally pay more for rent.
This is born out by the reports re-
ceived. Those whose wages amount
to:
Over $1,000 a. year most commonly.
paid SIS per month.
5000 to $1,000 year most COM
monty paid SIS per month.
$500 to 5000 yeal most commonly
paid $14 per month.
500 to $500 a. year most commonly
paid $12 per month. ::
Less than 500 a year most COM
monty paid $40 per month +,
It must be understood that these
figures represent only what most
members of each group paid. A good
many in each group paid more than
the amounts here given and a good
many in each group paid moro than
the amounts here. given and a good
many others paid less. The table is
the best presentation of average con-
ditions. 1t is interesting to note that
the estimates given in the reports
last year correspond quite closely to
these figures.
The statistical table presents all
the answers received on rents by
cities. In the following sum-
mary the results for all those cities
from which more than 200 replies
were received, are given. The COM
parison is fair between the cities be-
cause we took into consideration in
each city the fact that those capable
of earning more wages usually. pay
more rent.
!. These amounts paid in rent should
fe c0nafderad in 0nnn Actjnn with the
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Greysolon Cigars for>25c, 10c and
2 for csc.
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Great SIS Choice Suit Sale at
The Big Duluth.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-25
K. OF C.NATIONAL CONVENTION

La; Thomas P. Flynn, Chicago, ILL.,,
and Joseph Scott, Los Angeles, CAL
Arrangements have been made for
the entertainment of the members of
the Supreme Assembly of the Fourth
Degree by the local assembly of this
city at some time during it's session.
The Supreme Board of Directors
will meet at the st. Paul Hotel, San
day, August 2, for two-days' session
preliminary to the opening of the con-
vention on Tuesday
Practically all the space on the
steamer st. Louis, arriving in st. Paul
Sunday night, August 2, has been
taken by members of the Order of st.
Louis and vicinity The Knights of
Columbus Choral Club of seventy-two
voices will arrive the morning of that
day by a special train from st. Louis
and will be q,fartered aboard their spe-
cial train during their stay at the con-
vention until after the concert,
Wednesday, August 5.
A special train from Chicago ia
scheduled to arrive in st. Paul Mon
day evening, August 3, with about
two hundred members Of the Order
from Illinois and special train from
Winnipeg will bring the knights from
the Canadian Northwest.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-25
COLU MBUS MONUMEN n I
MOVEMENT TO ERECT A PAN
AMERICAN MEMORIAL IN SANTO
DoMINGo-"coLUMBUs LIGHT"
TO BE ONE OF THE MOST pow
ERFUL IN THE WORLD.


There is movement on foot to
raise by subscriptions limited to fifty
cents each from the people of the
United States, of the twenty other re-
publics of North, Central and South
America and of Canada, the sum of
100000 for a splendid Pan-American
tomb and memorial for Christopher
Columbus in Santo Domingo, where
his remains are declared to rest.
A superb site is available on the
coral coast of the Caribbean Sea,
where the Dominican Republic about
twenty years ago dedicated the Plaza
Columbina for the location of monu-
ment to the great discoverer.
1t is proposed to construct a mas
sive tomb, somewhat similar to the
Grant Tomb on the Hudson, for the
base, and then to sweep into the air
with superstructure, on the top of
which will be placed one of the most
powerful lights in the world, to be
known as Columbus Light The plan
further provides for an endowment
fund for the perpetual maintenance of
the light.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-25
SALEM RELIEF FUND
BOSTON CATHOLICS CONTRIBUTE
$37, ,637. .39-WILL BE DlSBURSED
THROUGH CATHOLIC PASTORS
IN STRICKEN CITY.

The collection taken up by order oi
the Right Reverend Bishop Anderson
in all the churches of Boston on Sun
day, July 5, was for the relief OF those
rendered destitute by the fire at
Salem, Mass. The returns amounted
to $37,637.3S.
OF this $1,000 has been disbursed
chiefly to the pastors of the Catholic
churches in Salem for the relief of the
needy. The balance on hand is 500,
607.38 and Bishop Anderson will soon
hold conference with the pastors OF
Salem to determine the best manner
of expending it.
Inasmuch as there were 1926 Cath.
olic families rendered destitute
through the destruction of their homes
and belongings, it can be readily seen
how urgent is the need of relief. Their
condition, bad as it is now, will be
even worse when the cold weather be-
gins.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-25
NEW KENR|cK SEMINARY
APPROACHES COMPLETlON-MAY
BE READY FOR OCCUPANCY
NEXT FALL-CHAPEL WILL
COST 100000.

The final story of the new Kenrick
Seminary at Glennon Park, st. Louis
Mo-, is nearly completed. The walls
of the new edifice will total half a
mile in length. The classic chapel,
which will cost 100000, is fianked on
one side by the philosophy wing, and
on the other by the theology wing. In
compliment to Archbishop Glennon
his coat of arms is craven in the
capstone of the arch above the main
entrance to the chapel. A life-size
statue Of Archbishop Kenrick will
adorn the campus, while inches in the
walls of the buildings will be occu-
pied by statues of st. Catherine, ST.
Thomas Aquinas, st. Lawrence and
many others. Two new trolley lines
will connect with the Grayois road and
the Manchester line and run through
the seminary property. There is every
indication that the seminary will be
ready for occupancy next fall.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-25
AN IRISH EXHIBIT
PLANNED FOR THE CENTENARY
CELEBRATION OF THE INDEPEN-
DENcE OF CHILE AND ARGEN-
TINA.

An Irish flavor will be given to the
centenary celebrations of the inde-
pendence of the South American re-
publics, Argentina and Chile. Ireland
is invited to participate in the cele-
brations in 1916, and commissioner
from Argentina, Mr.. T. ]. Dunno, has
arrived in Ireland to collect memo
rials of Admiral William Brown, who
was born in Foxford, County Mayo.
Amongst the exhibits will be photo
graphs of Foxford and of the house in
which the naval hero was born. Chile
will also send to Ireland for memorials
of O'Higgins, O'Brien, Lynch, and 9th
er naval and military heroes of the
liberation of that state. The Irish
born population of Argentina is 10000,
and there are several hundreds of
Irishmen in Chile also, including pro-
fessors in the University of Santiago.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-25
SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE
AT SPRING BANK, WIS.,, IN AUGUST
PROGRAM OF LECTURES.

This years social study course to
be held at Spring Bank, Wis., under
the auspices of the Central Verein will
be held on August 24-28 at the Western
Catholic ChautauQua of that place. The
program embraces the following sub
jects and lectures:
Rev. VIM. J. Engelen, S. j., of ST.
Johns University, Toledo, o., will
speak on:
Feudalism Capitalism and Solidar-
ism.
Capital and Labor Under Feudalism.
Capital and Labor Under Capitalism.
Capital and Labor Under Solidarism.
Capital and Labor in the Modern Re-
form Movement. CA criticism and a
program.)
Rev. DR.. Joseph Och of the Josephi-
mum, Columbus, o., will deliver five
lectures on:
From Party Politics to Social Poll
tics.
Aims and Limitations of Social Poll
tics.
oOcIdl buuCdIlol ESSeLLldI " 0oCldl
Politics.
= Means of Education for Social Poll
tics.
Duties of Catholics in Social Poll
tics.
In addition to these ten lectures, de-
livered one each in the morning and
afternoon of each day, there will be
several evening lectures by Frank J..
Eble, A. NJ, of Toledo, O., on Syndical-
ism. Discussions will follow each of
the lectures, feature of the courses
which has hitherto been most helpful
and interesting.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-25

AS already announced, the national
convention of the Knights of Colum
bus will hold it's sessions in st. Paul
during the week beginning August 3
The Fourth Degree will be exempli
fed on a class of about $50 on the
afternoon of that day, and the ma,
tional convention will meet the fol
lowing day. A detailed program will
be published in our next issue.
1t is customary for a number OF i'm
portant committees to hold a session
prior to the convention for the pur-
pose of arranging an orderly presenta-
ton of the business to be brought be-
fore the delegates
The Committee on Laws and Reso-
lutions is called to meet at the st.
Paul Hotel at 3 P. M. Wednesday, July
29, by the chairman, Joseph G. Pei
letter, of Boston, Supreme Advocate
of the Order. Mr.. Pelletier is the
present district attorney of Boston and
was a candidate for governor Of Mas
sachusetts against Governor Foss in
1912. The other members of the COM
mittee are Thomas A. Lawler, assist
ant attorney general of Michigan;
Colonel P. H. Callahan of Louisville,
KY, president of the National Paint
and Varnish Association of the United
States; Judge Paul Mccormick of the
superior court of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia; and VIM P Larkin, attorney
at-law, state deputy of New York, New
York City.
The Good of the Order Committee
is called to meet in st. Paul on Sun
day, August 2, at P. NJ, by the chair
man, VIM. J. Mulligan, state deputy Of
Connecticut, attorney-at-law of Thomp-
sonville, Conn. The other four mem
bers of the committee are P. j. Nc
Carthy, state deputy of Cleveland,
Ohio, attorney-at-law; Landry Har-
wood, state deputy of Missouri, attor-
ney-at-law, Kansas City; C. A. McGlen-
non, state deputy of New Jersey, New
ark, N. j.; and Frank Kohn, past state
deputy, of Montgomery, Alabama.
The Supreme Assembly of the
Fourth Degree will meet at the st.
Paul Hotel on July 80 and hold a
three days session 1t will be called
to order by the Supreme Master, John
H. Reddin, of Denver, Colorado 1t
will be attended by the Supreme Sec
retary, William j. mckinley, New
Haven, Conn, and the six Vice SUI
preme Masters: NJ. j. German, Otta-
wa, Ont; DR.. Timothy Hanrahan, Bos-
ton, Mass; Wethered J. Boyd, Ford
ham, N. Y; P. 3. Burke. New Orleans,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-25

the best quality of white pine with
maple floors in rooms and dormitories.
Class rooms, play rooms and dorn1i-
tories have matched wainscot four
feet high. Florentine or moss glass
is used in the panels of the interior
doors. The corridors on each floor
extend from north to south and ter
inmate at each end in a staircase
which leads from the basement to the
top floor. The posts, rails and
stringers of the stairways are of cast
iron; the treads and landings are of
terrazzo supported on steel plates.
Clothes chutes and dust chutes con-
veniently situated are among the de-
vices which will save the time and
labor of the Sisters.
The plan of the basement floor in
cludes two play rooms, one for the
larger and another for the smaller
boys There are also two dining
rooms, sewing room and a pantry on
this floor All are well lighted; for
the floor itself is of the same eleva-
tion as the ground outside. On the
main floor are two class rooms, a
dormitory and two wardrobes. Both
class rooms are supplied with slate
blackboards on all the available wall
space. The dormitory will accommo-
date twenty-five children. The two
upper floors are devoted to dermitory
space with the necessary lavatories,
toilet and bath rooms on each floor.
The Sisters are looking forward with
eager solieitude to the completion of
the new building which will add so
much to the resources of their home.
They are not unmindful, however,
of the unusual advantages which the
orphanage already enjoys in it's park
like surroundings. The view from the
hill on which the home stands is one
of the finest in the Twin Cities. The
extensive grounds include large gar
dens and fields which at this time
of the year are rich with the promise
of an abundance of provisions for the
little charges of the home. And be-
yond the premises of the orphanage
lie other fields and groves and mead
ows which give the impression that
one is in charming countryside:
though the humming street cars few
rods from the front door bring the
city within twenty-minute ride.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-25

The Catholic Orphan Asylum, Chi.
cago avenue and Forty-sixth street
south, Minneapolis, will have it's ca
pacity more than doubled with the
completion of the new building now
in course of construction. The lone
building which now crowns the wooded
hill to the south of ST. Mary's ceme-
terry is well taxed to accommodate,
without crowding, the ninety-fve chill
dren who are cared for there at the
present time. But the second build
ing, with it's five dormitories, two
class rooms, two dining rooms and
two play rooms, will enable the Sis
ters of st. Joseph, who have charge
of the home, to take care of two
hundred orphan boys. Already the
foundation of the new structure is
completed and the workmen are busy
on the walls of the first story.
Haglin and Stare of Minneapolis
have the contract for the building
which will cost 100000. E. L. Mas
queray is the architect.
The new building will stand directly
east of the present one on the site
formerly occupied by the granary and
barn of the institution. 1t will be
four stories in height with front
age of SO feet on Forty-siXth street
and depth of 68 feet. A covered
passage between the two buildings
connects them on the basement and
main floors. The walls are of sand
mould brick and the foundation is of
reinforced concrete. The exterior
steps also, as well as the girders,
columns, floor slabs of first and Sec
ond floors and the roof slabs are of
reinforced concrete. Marble is used
in the partitions and for terrazzo floor
panels. The building is fire proof
throughout.
The interior finish is in birch and