The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-03-07
METHOD|STS DEFY
CARPENTERS UNION
CHURCH ORGANIZATION WILL
REFUSE TO BUILD UNLESS
WAGES ARE REDUCED.

I'VE positively will not build this
year if the carpenters insist upon
having the wages fixed in the scale
published in The Star-Mirror, said
Rev. H. o. Perry, pastor of Moscow's s
largest church, with membership of
700, and which is planning to spend
$4,000 or more in building opera
tions this year.
The ultimatum was issued after the
carpenters union had published its
announcement that wages will be $8
per day in MOSCOW, until April l, 1922,
despite the fact that carpenters
wages have been reduced to S6.40 at
Tacoma, Seattle, Portland and along
the Pacific coast, and to $3.50 at Spo-
kane, Walla, Walla, Lewiston and
other interior points. That the scale,
if sustained, will result in a minimum
of building in Moscow this year seems
certain. Following is the announce
ment made by the carpenters union:
Announcement to The General Public
The Inland Empire district council
of Carpenters comprising all the ter
ritory adjacent to and in the City of
Colfax and Pullman and Moscow and
Lewiston, Idaho at a meeting held in
Moscow recently, established the fol-
lowing wage scale, for the following
year:
All journeymen shall receive not
less than $500 per day of 8 hours
in effect at this time and to continue
until April 1st, 1922. Under the pres
ent system, the matter Of wages and
working conditions are established by
the district council for all the union
within its district and makes the
working rules uniform throughout it's
jurisdiction.
Respectfully signed,
j. c. SMITH, President
r. E. STEWART, Sec.- Treas.
The Methodist church bought the
residence properties occupied by
Governor Mcconnell and Mr.. Stivers
last year and planned to move these
houses and erect, during this year,
one of the finest Sunday school
rooms, with the largest auditorium in
the Palouse country, and with mod
ern equipment for a civic center, with
parlors for young men and parlors for
young women and to make this the
social center of Moscow and the sur
country A ''rest room for
the wives and daughters of farmers,
a need long felt in MOSCOW, is among
the improvements planned Already
$50 900 has been raised for these i'm
provements and they may cost 10000
before they are finished.
The Baptists, Christians and Naza-
renes also plan to erect new homes
this year, the Baptists having $4,000 |
already pledged and hope to increase
it to $4,000. The Christians have
bought the lot east Of the federal !
building at the corner of Third and
Jefferson, and plan to erect a church |
costing $4,000 on this property. The |
Nazarenes have bought the lot at the
corner Of Third and Elm, and will
erect a church building there this
year or would if wages and building
material costs were reduced as the
prices of other things have been re-
luced. What action the other churches
will take has not been made known,
,ut the Methodists have taken a firm
,tand and say positively no building
will be done by them If they have to
Jay carpenters So per day.
1t is estimated the churches of Mos
.ow will spend at Least $125,OOO for
,uilding this year, unless stopped by
he hold-up announced by the car
'enters' union. Other building opera
ions are expected to excel this sum,
making at least a quarter of mil
ion dollars to be spent in Moscow for
eeded buildings, if the carpenters
yill permit it.
1t has been suggested that this mat
er be taken UP at Wednesdays meet
1g of the chamber of commerce and
hat body be asked to go on record
s publicly disappearing the stand
aken by the carpenters and guaran-
eeing protection to carpenters who
ill come to Moscow and work for the
ages paid in other towns. A full at
sndance at Wednesdays meeting of
lie chamber is expected and full
iscussion of this topic is urged.