United labor bulletin., 1915-01-02

used to advertise the cltys attractions
in the city paper.
Advertiser of Scab Joints.
Directly after minutes of the pre-
vious meeting had been read, Delegate
S. P. 0plinger of the Walters Union
arose to call attention to the Annual
Labor Review" which he said contained
the ad of every scab joint in town and
had the nerve to ask union people to
patronize them. This publication con-
tains from 500 to 1000 writeups and
Advertisements" said the delegate, "and
/ am informed the price ranged from
$3.50 to S25 for each one This was
secured in the name of union labor and
is an outrage that should receive sever
est condemnation from the Trades and
Labor Assembly"
This was the signal for an avalanche
of condemnation, during which it was
brought out that Fletcher j. Smith, who
is a travelling advertising promoter"
had given a man connected indirectly
with the Building Trades Council $500
to get the Endorsement, paid the Coun-
ell $500 for the said Endorsement, or
privilege to solicit in its name, and hired
two of the officers at s5 per day to
assist Fletcher and his crew in holding
up the merchants. It was estimated
from the rates paid and number of ads
IN the publication that the gross receipts
were in the neighborhood of 5000, and
that after paying the above items and
cost of printing limited number of
copies for use in collecting that Com
piler Fletcher j. Smith was able 70
travel ON to new pastures, where easy
labor eouncils exist and ready-to-pluek
merchants abound with something like
5000 velvet for the two or three
months sojourn in Denver It is re-
ported that he expressed his thanks
for having made the best killing in
his career while in this city.
Retail Association Refused to Fan.
Be it said to the credit of members
of the Denver Retail Merchants Asso-
citation, comprising the leading business
firms of the city, that they refused to
fall for the strong arm process, even
when threatened by Smith and his CO
workers that the Building Trades Coun-
ell would issue boycott letter against
them if they failed to come across.
Needless to say they refused and that
the circular was not issued
Probably 500 copies, in addition to
those placed by collectors, were printed,
and they are now stacked in various
labor headquarters about the city and
will soon find Judgement on the munich
pal garbage dump. The merchants
and business men who were SO nicely
duped into assisting Compiler Fletcher
]. Smith and his crew of strong arm
artists in gathering in some easy money
Will perhaps be consoled to know that
ragpickers may eventually find them,
and they will then be returned to paper
mills and made over into print paper,
sans advertisements
Clever Faker, Easy Victims
After condemning the annual Labor
Review" and its promoters. the Assem-
bly, appointed a committee to appear
before the various labor organizations
of Denver and Apprise them of the ae-
tion taken. and to urge that they CO.
Vperate in assisting to warn merchants
against being similarly victimixed in
the future.
Several building trades delegates at
the Assembly meeting Sunday dis
avowed any connection with the fake,
and said their unions had denounced
those in the Building Trades Council
responsible for the holdup advertising
scheme.
However, credit must be given Com
piler Fletcher ]. Smith with being an
Al advertising faker and about l,so0
to 1000 Denver business men with be-
ing prize victims of the most fragrant
gct-rich-quick-and bunco game ever
pulled off in the state of Colorado.
Dollars made in a union shop should
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