Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
Years Progress
of Cigarmakers
Denver. Colo. Aug. .. 1910.

Denver, Colo, Aug. %, 1910
To The Denver Labor Bulletin.
SSse last Labor Day Cigarmakers
Uniou No. 100 ha. had many misgivings
n TO our future, Especially since the
first Of last January when the prohibi.
tion law went into effect and lot of
, our patrons went out of business. II
II sa- not until the month Of June that we
law any signs Of returning prosperity in
the cigar manufacturing industry in this
city and state. Since the month of Jun"
ali of our unemployed have returned 10
work with the exception of few that
took up other occupations and having
become accustomed to their new condi-
tions have continued to follow them witt
the knowledge that they can always fall
back on their trade. Nevertheless We
find by actual count that We are thirty
uine members short at the close of july
~ compared with the September report
OF last wear. which gave us 37I members
ior the eleven months nine new mem
bcrs were taken in. fifty four wcrc adj
mitied by travelling card. making total
of 4ln Ten were removed by death. sev.
cnty-four withdraw by travelling card.
aud eighteen were suspended, making 4
total OF lu2 leaving us at the close OF
July 33S members. or thirty nine less
than we had at the close Of last Scptcm
ber The small manufacturer has been
the worst affected and several thruout
the state have given up business and
gone into the larger shops as journey
men. The small man in the cigar bust
ncs- is finding II harder to compete with
big shops and 10 seems only a matter OF
= short time until. in other lines Of
business he will be crowded out
Notwithstanding the fact that cigar
makers thruout the East have asked for
aud received substantial raises in their
bills Of prices within the past few
months no change has been made nor
anticipated in Denver. which should en-
courage the manufacturers to increase
their efforts to compete for the Western
trade now that they are on n more equal
footing with the Eastern manufacturers
This we believe Is appreciated by our
employers and will be taken advantage
Of 10 the fullest extent and make Den
yer and Colorado doubly popular as n
manufacturing center as compared to
past years.
One factory employing three or four
worlmcn has started up in Denver since
the first OF the year and make then
cigars in part by machinery. but to date
success and we do not anticipate that
this factory will increase its force to any
extent, We do not grant the use of
our label on this class of goods.
rhirty-two years ago, or August 2I.
1854. Ciparmakcrs Local Union No. l2n
was granted II charter. bare half dozen
names appearing on the roll of honor,
three OF whom are still members and
working in Denver, viz. Charles Lord.
our first recording secretary; II. w. Strn.
chan. our first financial secretary. and
T.. $. Lynn. member of the first eNccu'
tive board
The striking non nnionists to the mum
ber of 5000 TO 10000 in the city of De
troit alone. would indicate the days OF
cheap labor and long hours are coming
to a close, and the nonunionists coming
To II realization of the fact that their
place is inside our ranks instead of on
he outside. This is borne out from
the fact that the most of the above men
toned cigarmakers have applied for nd.
mission and been accepted members of
the C. NJ. l. U. Of A. 1t is our aim to
orgnnisc every eigarmnkcr into our union,