The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-17
NAY LOCATE NATIONAL
PRINTERS HOME HERE
International typographical Union to
Discuss Proposition at Next
Meeting.
VIRGINIA IN THE FIELD
NJ. r.. Pace Believes, If Site Is Donated
Near Richmond, There VIII BE Lit
tic Trouble in Securing Big Insti-
tuition.

AT the next meeting of the Inter
Pace. of this city. one of the active
members of that organization VIII
urge the establishment of branch
of the national home in Virginia, ard
as rear Richmond as possible.
He suggested yesterday that If soma
LARGE. public spirited property holder
would donate a few acres o. land
there would hardly be a doubt as TO
the location OF the branch in Viz
GINA With the site in hand the
buildings would cost about $3.50. 900.
Besides the working benefits pro-
vided for it's members. the Internal
tional typographical Union rnaintrins
at Colorado Springs. Col, an institu-
ton known as the Union Printers
Home. In which are domiciled about
$50 old. disa bled and sick printers ana
others who are entitled to these bene-
fits by virtue of specified term Of
membership and other rules I'm
provements at the Union Printers
Home in process of construction will
provide Accommodations for at least
fifty more members, so that the total
number that can be cared for will
then be 200 or more.
Pension Benefits.
Besides the Union Printers Home.
the International Typographical Union
also contracts TO supply its members
with the benefits OF a pension 10 old
members who do not want TO or
cannot go to the Union Printers
Home. and also provides insurance in
the mortuary benefit for those who
die. graded according to the length
OF membership from SIS for one
year members up TO $500 for those
who at death have been mem ber~ for
FIVE years or longer,
In addition 20 these features. II Is
proposed tand the subject has been
ag1tated for several years. until now
there seems real likelihood that some
action will soon be had). TO establish
a branch of the Union Printers
Home at some point in the East. One
Of the features OF the Union Printers
Home, which will also be feature Of
the contemplated branch. Is the tuher-
culosis colony one of the forer ost
and most successful agencies in this
country in the war against the great
Y hite plague.
Big Western Home.
The Union Printers Home at Colo
RADIO Springs ts now worth almost
$4,000, 600 and twenty-five years ago
the site on which II lis located was q
sage field on hillside just outside
Of the city OF Colorado Springs. The
Union Printers Home Is maintained
by an assessment OF Is cents per
month per member. with a mem her-
ship OF 90 900: so the receipts in favor
of the institution are about $4,000
per month. or sl44.ooo per year. The
average cost per inmate of the Union
Printers Home is between $50 and
$50 per month.
The branch home wall be conducted
alon~ the same lines as the parent In
stitution. and Will mean the expen-
diture OF thousands OF dollars for a
site in the section where II Is located
and the construction OF buildings, and
thousands Of dollars more every
month In car fares, produce, cloth
ing. physicians and nurses salaries.
ana for such other expenses as are
necessary iu>the conduct Of tire home
and natorium.
Roanoke. Va, and Ashyvisfe. y. c.
are in the field for the home, besides
other places in the East and South
east. Mr.. Pace believes. however. that
~ n site is donated near Richmond
there will be little doubt OF the loca-
ton Of the institution here.