Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

In view OF the present campaign De-
ing carried on for Buy Colorado Made
Goods" it will be interesting to learn
that the labor organizations of Denver,
way back in 1887, were imbued with the
same spirit. One day this week John f.
Collett, a longtime member OF Denver
Typographical Union No. 40, brought to
The Bulletin office a circular letter res
urrected from his archives. 1t is headed
''Patronizing Colorado's Manufacturers
Insures ColoradO's Prosperity"
A list of fair and unfair printing Of
fices is given in the circular, but for
obvious reasons the latter will be
omitted in a reproduction of the circu-
lar here.
One of the names signed as a member
of the executive committee, A +. Thor
son, is still working at the trade in
Denver on the Times. John Whcher,
president, and @. w. Rhodes, SECRETARY
treasurer, are now living in California,
and j. T. Garvey is foreman of the Mil
waukee Sentinel.
The old circular reads as follows:
Denver, Colo, March /, 1887.
To the Public in General; Business Men
in Particular:
The motto of the Denver Chamber of
Commerce, quoted above, applies to all
classes OF business, and among those
who take a lively interest in the sub
stantial welfare of our beloved state,
who believe that the energy displayed by
our public spirited. wide-awake citizens
will result in building up Colorado to
becomes the richest and noblest of them
all. is an organization known as Denver
Typographical Union No. 40. 1t received
its charter June o, 1860, and is a fixture
"a barnacle if you please-of this city,
always taking a genuine interest in all
things that pertain to the welfare and
betterment Of community, caring for its
own sick and distressed, aiming always
ito cherish, protect and promulgate our
interests and rights as workingmen and
women, to cultivate the social ties and
abolish injurious privileges"
We believe n properly civilized hui
man being having first a proper regard
for himself and immediate family, would
have the laborers in this world enjoy
to the fullest the fruits of their work,
whether it be with hand or head. This
union believes in the civilized being
believes that the business which rapidly
wears out the human system should pay
its employees little more than enough
to merely buy bread; that we should
get enough to school our children, and
secure a home for declining years-and
we are pleased to announce that nearly
all the employing printers of Denver
agree with us.
But there are number of printing
houses employing cheap labor and turn
ing out dirty and unsatisfactory work
who hire only tyros that are irresponsi-
BILE, unskllful and generally of feeble in
tellect, and to these places we desire to
call your attention. We are at war with
all such, and ever will be; and while we
do not believe in the boycott, as the
term is generally accepted. yet we want
all friends of labor to join us in whip
ping these houses into line AS they are
too thick -skulled to see the advantages
of employing union labor-synonymous
with skilled labor-we earnestly request
the good people of the city to do bust
ness with our friends.
In order that the public may know
what printing houses employ only union
printers, we append herewith list:
Fair Offices-Denver Republican, Re-
publican Job Room, Rocky Mountain
News, News Job Room, Evening Times,
Times Job Room, Collier & Cleveland, G.
J. Kelly, Merchant Publishing Co., Whip
pie & Pierson, Globe Printing Co., Wood
& Hallock, Evening Telegram, Carter &
App. Smith & Ferl, Livestock journal,
Colorado Farmer, Colorado Graphic, Fos-