Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-20
BAREEY TO LAUNDRYMEN
National President Urges State and
Local Organizations Get Under
Wing Of Big Assooiatin.
GAMBLE URGES COOPERATION

n the .laundrymen OF the smaller towns
will not support their local associations
and state associations, the time is proba-
bly, coming when they win not be al
lowed 20 participate in the advantages
of the national association work. accord
ing to J. A. Barkey Of Chicago. president
OF the national association, who spoke
before sixty laundrymen of the state at
the Henshaw yesterday at the opening
meeting Of the Nebraska Launderers as
sociation convention. Mr.. Barkcy did not
make this as a threat. he asserted. Also,
he said. he could not say that II would
be tr1ie hut he made Il AZ prediction.
II pay $230 a year local dues for asso-
citation work in Chicago" asserted Mr..
Barkey. 'and I'm ticlled TO death to do
n, realizing the benefit We set from as
sociation work.
III. the laundrymen OF the smaller
places. OF any place. will not support the
association work, the time is likely com
ing when they win not be allowed In the
national association. Those who have
supported It for years viii continue 20
support It and those will be left out for
good whopswe have had TO drag In, from
pear 70 year
when q lamdryman comes into my
offihs from anywhste 20 see me. ask
for his state or national association card.
If 81 e. found that he has neither state
nor national membership. wen be too
busy to sec him He must show that he
ss doing something for the state or ma
sional association work or he better stay
horne"
TeIka Chinese Exclusion.
Mr.. Barkey gave a review OF some OF
The work done before congress in the way
OF secl<ins favorable legislation. and as
serted that now for the first time the
laundry buElness,has been put on ths map
in congress. He discussed chinese ex-
cIuaion. and declared that on the t.ooO
miles of border between the United States
and Canada the government has six in
spootora 70 keep the Chinese from cross
ing the line into the United states. He
advocated the approval cost system OF
tho national association for every iaun-
dry office. as he said in his own laundry
they never knew what were the items on
which they made money and what were
ahe ones on which they lost money until
they installed this cost system.
J. W. Gamble. president Of the omahs
Manufacturers association. made a briei
talk on cooperation He urged co.
operation with employees and with other
laundry men. He asserted II takes a
higher type Of man. today TO run any
manufacturing establishment than It did
some. years ago, and that In general en-
ployes are working In FAR more sanitary
surroundings than they did formerly.
Confidence I'm Jerry.
Fran I. Ringer. commissioner OF the
state Manufacturers association, spoke
on legislation. Ho touched ON The minl-
mum wage bill and asserted that Jerry
Howard. vino introcude the bill. Is sincere
and honest IN HIS belief that II Is a good
thing. but that a. a matter OF fact labor
unions ana manufacturers arc agreed
that minimum wage would become maxi
mum wage, ana therefore Is bad. He DE-
elered the minimum wage commissions
bill 10 be bad also. as II proposes 10 allow
thc commission to 60 into a plant with
the poweF+of hso6uft % haul employees
before Il. question them about the bust
ness and conditions and then prescribe q
wage that must Sc paid those employee
Some sfxty laondry men and met 'oi
allied trades were present at the first
days meeting. They came from some
twenty-five cities and towns In Nebraska
and other statea Membefs were present
from lAiiiRnne. Broken. Bow, Fails city.
Hastingn. Keafney. Lincoln. North Platte
Omaha, o'Neili. south Omaha, Grand
Island and Beatrice.
Members Of allied trades were. present
from Chicaeo. Milwaukee, syracuse
shenandoah. WyaRdottc. Mich 81. Louis
Cihcinnatt Omaha and Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs. oreston and Cedar Rapids
A cabaret dinner ana entettainment b,
the Omaha LandererS club was given a
the Henshaw hotel IN the evening, ON
GERS are TO be elected today, and mum
bef' OF papers are 10 be read on subjects
relating 10 the laundry business.