Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-15
Cigarnakers
(By j. W. Sanford.)

| ants for the several offices than for
some years past. Three names were
placed in nomination for president and
all of them accepted the nomination
and have already started their cam
paign by buttonholing their friends
to see how they stand. Chas. Horn
burg, the present incumbent, G. E.
Maasen and A. Peterson, who is now
our vice-president, are the three
named. S. ]. Bowers, George Chape-
loni and D. j. Lochner are making
the race for vice-president. J. A.
Christman and J. w. Sanford, the
present incumbent will contest for
secretary G. NJ. Edwards
has no opposition for recording sec
retary. Eight members with three to
be elected are running for executive
| board positions, viz: A. Chavez, NJ
Caraballo, George B. Bohe, D. C.
Leader, l.. Petrone, F. Petrone, j. NJ.
Swanger and VIM. Theisen. A full
delegation has been selected for the
| Trades Assembly and Label League
committees and our Agitation board
has its full quota of twelve members.
This evidence of new life which is be-
| ing taken on by our members should
result in some good to our organiza-
tion and be the means of stimulating
| at the same time interest in the pat
ronage of all other organizations and
| their labels. Our election takes place
| in our headquarters Saturday, Dec
22nd, from ~ to 5 p. m. Three Sc
lected tellers will be in charge of the
polls.
Mr.. Sol Sontheimer general organ
iZer, who has been on the ground for
the past couple of weeks, addressed
our meeting briefly, on account of hav-
ing couple of invitations to address
other organizations which have Just
recently been organized and who have
no doubt heard of "Old Sol" and the
| forcible and convincing manner in
| which he explains the principles of
unionism to his listeners. His re-
marks were well received by our mem
bers and it is believed that a better
understanding and feeling will prevail
from now on which has been some
! what lacking in the past few months
| He brought out the point that "har-
mony is the strength of all institu-
| tionS" and should be adopted i'm ours
5. p. Oplinger and Fred Vessel
were granted the floor as a commit
tee from the Label League asking the
J cooperation of the Cigarmakers in
| putting a man out in the interest of
all affiliated crafts who have labels
and house cards Without a dissent
| ing voice their plan was adopted and
an appropriation made covering six
months trial period, which we feel
sure will be beneficial to all concerned.
The two petitions sent out in the
| interest of the blind were ordered cir
culated among our members for sig
natures.
We find that some merchants are
catering to the small margin of profit
which is in their favor by pushing the
| product of the three nonunion cigar
| fnrtnriac that
ence in this city within the last year
or two. They may not be aware that
they lose more in the loss of patronage
| by union sympathizers than the small
| increased profit that they make on
this class of goods amounts to. Pool
rooms and soft drink parlors, we find,
are the principle offenders in this re-
| spect
By decided action of our union, one
| of our members was ordered to i'm
| medlately affiliate with a prominent
union in this city where he is tenn
porarily employed. Every organiza-
| ton is entitled to this protection
| The Sunday meeting in the interest
of the janitors organization brought
out the spirit that should be extended
to all new unions by the older ones.
| The personnel of the list of speakers
who were a selection from our most
prominent labor leaders is worthy of
comment owing to the fact they were
devoting their efforts in the interest
| of an unskilled but overworked class
| of our citizens that we could not well
do without. The dispensing of union
| cigars and refreshments on this oc-
casion is also cOmmendable, for older
| organizations sometimes overlook the
| Importance of this feature at their en-
tertainments.
Puritan Bond, Copyright, Ranger
Best Value, Queen City Winners, Hag-
ler's Rose, Made in Denver and High
| Altitude 5-cent cigars are not made
| IN union factories and of course do
not bear the label of the cigarmakers
Low wage institutions are not bene-
| lclal to any community. Look for the
label when purchasing cigars or any
thing else for that matter, it tends to
strengthen your own organization.
| Christmas cigars in all size boxes
from 10 to 30 are on sale at the best
cigar stands bearing the label of the
c. NJ. |. u, which represents quality,
price and workmanship all in one.
w. II. Coney dropped in on us this
week after an absence of thirteen
years, being located in the meantime
in sunny California. He denies re-
sponsibility for the cold weather
which we are having here.
Harvey Schamcl and William Will
lers are taking their turn on the sick
list this week. Severe colds are
thought to be the extent of their
trouble
Dealers who allow their label goods
to run out in most cases have lot of
goods that do not bear the label that
they want to dispose of. Make them
keep up their stock by demanding the