United labor bulletin., 1914-12-12
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.


taken on the newspaper scale, as the
committee reported no request for
conference had been received from the
publishers.
Two amendments to the bylaws were
adopted. The first provides that sub
shall not forfeit priority. rights in an
office when responding to an emergency
call from another office. unless he
works on such emergency job to exceed
five days However. all calls must first
be made on the secretary's office. The
second amendment stipulates that fore
men may designate the lunch period,
but not less than three nor more than
five hours shall elapse between time OF
beginning work and the lunch period.
Upon motion of James Mcnamara the
usual So Christmas gift was voted to
No. lps residents of the Union Print
ers Home. They are: Harold V. Eigh-
my. J. b. Surber. r. G. Thompson and
Sam Woodman.
President Pulver appointed the fol-
lowing committee ON union labels: e. X
Breidenstein. Frank McNulty and c. b.
Cornelius. This committee Will act in
carrying out label boosting program
outlined by the l. T. u
Frank Lindquist OF the Smith Brooks
chapel was obligated as an apprentice
member.
The application OF John D. Coiner for
admission to the Union Printers Home
was favorably acted upon. He is an
uncle of William and Percy Kyner, mem
bers of Cripple Creek Union
President PuIver and Secretary Bird
sail were instructed TO address letter
to the city commissioners expressing il
A. tine sense of the union that no cut
should be made in wages of city en-
ployes. nor the working force reduced
The committee reported the following
apprentices had been awarded prizes ia
the November contest, there being Is
entries: First, Frank Lindquist of
Smith Brooks: second. Melvin Palmer of
the Globe; third Elmer Martin Of the
Denver School of Trades.
President Aiarsden C. Scott of the In
ternationaI Typographical Union i now
preparing the form OF general na.
iinnal agreement modelled after the con
tract that exists between that organi-
ration and the American Newspaper
Publishers Association. which viii b.
submitted 80 the commercial and Job
houses of the country with the avowcd
purpose in view Of preventing future
strikes and lockouts. Mr Scott declares
that the managers OF many Of the larg
est printing plants in the country have
eNpres-ed q desire to enter into con-
tracts in order that they may secure
the same protection received by news
paper publishers
Columbia typographical Union No. lol
Of Washington. d. c, has appointed n
committee to arrange for q high-clss-
affair To commemorate the end of 100
z -.
fair ia to take place on Sunday. january
10. 1915.
The biennial report OF Harry Risley.
state commissioner Of printing. which
bss been filed with Governor Ammons.
states that the cost per capita for state
printing in Colorado is less than that
OF any other state in the Union. Each
inhabitant pays l2 cents year. Fo,
the l9o7-os period the total cost was
sln3 .s05.7s; for l9ll-l2. .4ss2 90
while for lel3-l+ the cost amounted to
only SOL ,a59.sl- Risley recommends that
ali the printing of the Legislature be
handled by the state commissioner OF
printing instead OF by committee ap
I pointed by the Legislature. as has hith
erto been the practice.
The Graphic Trades Club. composed
OF employing printers. win hold its
monthly dinner and g-t-tocether social
next Tuesday evening at 6;3n. O'Clock at
the Electric Club rooms in the Chamber
OF Commerce building. Members of No.
:? are invited. Tickets for the dinner
arc so cents.
Arrangements Tor the midwintcr ban
quct of the Colorado Pioneer Printers
are well under way. Ladies' viii he
welcome on this occasion. The exact
n huE kt,s = e
ed 10 be near Ben Frankliu's birthday.
January IL. Members OF the State I'd
itorial Association are to he special
guests of the evening. Good speakers
viii address the pioneers and assembled
guests. The committee on date place
and music consists OF August kocstor.
j. X. Stuart and William Fornhof: on
speakers. Ben r. Cogswcll. Cad Hayar
and lIalsey NJ. Roads
Homer T.. Dunn writes from Chicago
that after being on the road five weeks
for the Morganthaler Linotype Company
he has been appointed, composing room
efficiency man for the company. with
territory covering the Is states under
the Chicago office" In this capacity he
will visit all the principal cities of these
states and may he expected to reach
Denver soon. Recently Mr.. Dunn deliv-
ercd an address before the Graphic Arts
Association in Chicago on Efficiency
in the Composing Room" which made
most favorable impression.
Ben Tamplin and Necl Adams are
"suspicioned' OF exercising undue nflu
cncc upon the bottle shaker. having won
the Post chapel capital prize pool for
the past two weeks An investigating
committee is bcing demanded by some
OF the bows.
II Is current report in printing circles
that Tammen and Bonfils of the Post,
Webb 4 Feldwich. publishers of. the
telephone directory, and Fred Miller.