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LABOR (Connecticut) NEWS
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affecting labor and the wage earner's interests at large. Constructive in policy
and non-partisan in politics. Free from domination by any interests or factions,
either within the labor movement or without.
An exponent of justice to all, a square deal to employer and employee
alike, wtih a desire to serve the best principles of trade unionism and at the same
time create a better understanding and co-operation between capital and labor.
" Entered as second class matter December 2, 1916, at the postoffice at New
Haven, Conn., under act of March 3, 1879.
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NEW HAVEN, CONN., FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921.
WAGE WAR ON
The industrial war, by which it is hoped to bust the labor unions
beginning with the highly skilled trades ami working doAvn, is on m
Connecticut. As The Labor .News went to press last week, the jour
neymen painters and paperhangers of New Haven were locked out
when they refused to accept a ruthless wage cut without being con
sulted, adding just one more to the several lockouts already on m
Connecticut and practically making the issue statewide. 'lthla a
few days it is expected other crafts here and elsewhere will have
suffered the same treatment and then the real clash comes.
Despite all the propaganda published in the public press, in
tended solely to befog the public to the real issue, facts developing
daily show that the much touted wage cuts are not sincere on the
employers' part but are simply cudgels to compel the worker to
accept the "open shop" or individual contract and thus render him
helpless to resist anything that the bosses may try to put over on
him. If they succeed' in getting away with the building trades unions,
the printers, machinists and others now well organized, the unorgan
izen man must eat -out of their hands or not at all.
Perhaps the most glaring showing up of just what is behind this
great wage reduction scheme, occurred in Boston within the week.
There a building trades lockout has been on for ten weeks because
the workers refused to take a summary cut when living conditions
do not warrant it. Finally the state board of arbitration stepped in
and was heralded by the employers with trumpets that were heard
through the land. They agreed to accept whatever the arbitration
boarddid and in Massachusetts that body has some power. Then the
matter was put up to the unions for their agreement while the bosses
smugly sat back and hoped and believed the unions would reject it.
But the contrary happened. On Friday last the unions, through
their building trades council, informed the board they would, too,
agree and the men would all return to work on Monday pending a
settlement of the issue. The Boston press at once acclaimed the
controversy over, but they spoke before they knew whereof, for on
Saturday the bosses committee turned about and told the arbitra
tion board their first promise was not worth anything and trouble
wasn't over. They were afraid to leave it to the people's appointed
commission to decide. They kneAV, as the' builders and open shoppers
here know, that any investigation with power behind it, would
show them up in their true light.
Unfortunately the arbitration board in Connecticut hasn't any
power. More unfortunately the public press of the state is abso
lutely dominated by the interests seeking to disrupt the unions and
therefore the workers' side will not be heard., The absolute perver
sion of news pertaining to the workers, the ready acceptance of the
lying propaganda of the open shoppers, and the "hit 'em while their
down" policy of the press toward Labor, leave him little to hope for,
His only recourse is to be locked out or strike and fight it out and
that is what it's coming to. The fight may be a long and bitter one,
but it finds the crafts united as never before. It's now on and will
be to a finish and the wise bettors are putting their money on the fact
th?vt the unions will be here when it's all over.
LABOR AND
The esteemed New Haven Journal-Courier, in its issue of Satur
day last had the following gratuitous editorial relative to the treat
ment Labor is being given at Hartford :
'Thc bills that organized labor asked for at Hartford are being
put to sleep one by one. It is anomalous that there should not be more
able and trustworthy teprcscntatircs of labor sitting in the legislature.
A large parj, of the population is to be found in shop and factory, yet
not' many of them turn up where lavs are made. They do it better
abroad. Every contingent should be represented thus only can its
interests be presented with the force and earnestness of those who know
and feel. We have woman suffrage and promptly women appear in the
ranks of lazu makers. The ballot lies in every workin'gman's handi. As
for women in labor's ranks the women gencraly can be trusted to look
after them. If organized labor will leave the representing their inter
ests to others, they must take cheerfully what happens at the state
capitol."
With a great part of the Journal-Courier's sentiment we fully
agree. Especially do we agree that Labor's bills are being put to
sleep, they are being KNOCKED OUT and the way in which they
are being summarily dealt with shows 'conclusively that the gentle
men now making the rules and regulations tor tins commonweaitn,
do not represent the whole as the Courier points out is done abroad,
but are there solely for their own selfish interests and those of the
"class" they represent.
Of course it is anomalous that Labor is not represented at the
Capitol. It simply isn't done in this state you know. We do not
have to go back farther than last fall to remember the Journal-Courier
itself, editorially picking up Patrick F. O'Meara, President of
the Connecticut Federation of Labor, and suggesting him as a rep
resentative from New Haven and winding up with the statement that
the Journal-Courier would be pleased to support him. Mr. O'Meara
hadn't even been thought of then but acting on the suggestion, Organ
ized Labor succeeded in getting him nominated.
Unfortunately, however, Mr. O'Meara, being a democrat couldn't
be nominated on the ticket of special interests but Prof. Bakewell
of Yale, a man of many admirable qualities, could be nominated and
was on the Republican ticket to run against Mr. O'Meara. Then
and there ended the support of the Courier for Mr. O'Meara. Of
course we have no quarrel with the Courier for its change of heart.
Too well does the worker know how the public press is dominated.
But we do quarrel with the Journal-Courier for, at this late day,
censuring Labor for leaving its cause in the hands of others, when
Labor, as suggested by the Courier, did everything possible to put
one of its most able leaders in a place at Hartford where its interests
could be looked after.
LABOR IN
While it is quite true that the chamber of commerce of the
United States expects to give labor the fight of its lift and it has
many advantages in the struggle there is one advantage that it
does not have. It does not have the consciousness of being in the
right as the labor movement lias. Neither does it have the super
human strength that always comes to one who fights for life. The
labor movement may be slow in getting started, but when it gets
going it will fight a bull dog. One of these days the boss chamber
of commerce and many local chambers of commerce will find them
selves on the defensive.
"THE OPEN SHOT"
"Less than 50 painters out" the open shopers tell the daily press
and the press believes and publishes it. At the same time-their adver
tising columns are filled with open shoppers' advs. for painters.
As a real classy perverter of labor news, we hand it to The Reg
ister. Last Sunday it announced in big headlines, "Workers refuse
to arbitrate Boston strike" and right under it a half column Asso
ciated Press dispatch said all the way it was the bosses who refused
to arbitrate, lint most people only read the head-lines in The Register.
Mayor FitzCJerald's message to the aldermen Monday was as
usual a literary gem. It was more than that, it was a classic, espe
cialy in that part where he advised the board to ignore the penurious
shouters against public improvements and to have minds of their
own.
TO A FINISH
LEGISLATION
THE RIGHT
STATE PLANS TO
CONDEMN LAND AT
NEW LONDON PIER
New Haven and C. V. Roads
Quarrel Over Division of
Money in Agreement.
Condemnation proceedings against the
Central Vermont and New London
Northern railway companies to acquire
title for the state in part of the land on
which the -1.000,000 state pier at New
London stands, has heen decided on by
the rivers, harbors and bridges commis
sion. Tlie matter has been put in the
hands of Attorney General Healy and
the legislature was asked Tuesday to ap
propriate $50,000 to pay for the property.
The state now holds the land under
a long-term lease arranged during
Governor Baldwin's administration, when
John H. Light was attorney general, and
the contract gives the state the right to
buv the property at the termination of
the lease, for $50,000. It was believed
by Governor Baldwin that since this was
agreed to by trustees and bondholders
of both railroads, it was sufficient to pro
tect the state, but on account of the
present railroad situation, the rivers,
harbors and bridges commission fears
that if anything happens to the railroads,
the trustees for the bondholders might
claim that the mortgage on the bonds
comes in ahead of the lease to the state.
For that reason, the commission desires
to buy the property without delay.
Although both railroads are agreeable
to the plan, they are at odds as to which
should have the money, which disagree
ment stands in the way of the 'consum
mation of the deal. In anticipation of
an early adjustment, the commission se
cured an appropriation of $50,000 from
the legislature four years ago and, be
ing unable to use it on account of the
deadlock of the railroads, had it con
tinued by the last session. The position
of the two railroads has not changed,
however, with the result that the com
mission has voted, with Governor Lake's
approval, to bring a friendly action,
forcing the railroads to accept the $50,
000, and leaving it to the courts to de
cide how it should be paid.
ARMY OFFERS YOUTH
MONTH OF TRAINING
Camps to Be Established and
Even Carfare Paid From
and to Homes.
Offering to the youth of the nation a
monin oi military instruction ana care
fully supervised physical training the
War Department has practically com
pleted plans for the establishment this
summer of a number of Citizens' Mili
tary Training Camps throughout the en
tire country. These camps, which are in
furtherance of the policy of volunteer
military training will be so apportioned
that any young man who is eligible to
attend them may find one within reason
able distance of his home. The present
plan allots at least one camp to each
corps area. Special emphasis will be
laid by the war department this year on
the enrollment of candidates for the
camps giving basic training which will
be open to men up to 35 years of age
who have had little or no military train
ing and desire practical instruction in the
field.
Attendance will be without cost to the
candidate. Upon being accepted for en
rollment he will proceed to the camp
designated and upon liis arrival will be
reimbursed for the amount of his travel
ing expenses. All instruction will be
given at permanently established camps
where the candidate will find selected
regular army instructors prepared to
train him in the elementary duties of a
soldier. . Physical training will occupy a
permanent place in the program and
medical officers, chaplains and hostesses
will be in constant attendance. No edu
cational qualifications are required but
the applicant's intelligence must be such
as will permit him to understand and
obey commands.
Applications for these camps should be
made to the corps area commander in
which the camp is located. The head
quarters of the corps area in this district
and the states allotted to it are at Bos
ton ,Mass., and includes Maine. New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut. No defin
ite date has been set for the opening
of the camps but it will not be earlier
than July 15th nor later than August
10th.
DANBURY CHOSES A
TEMPORARY MAYOR
Danbury, April 8. At a special meet
ing of the aldermen held here this week,
A. Shclton Davenport was elected presi
dent of the board.' This action makes
him acting mayor of the city, a step that
was considered necessary on account of
the serious illness of Mavor Gilbert.
And by the way. if some of these persons, with newspapers be
hind them who are such careful watchdogs of the public treasury,
would only tell the truth in filing their tax lists and then pay their
jnst taxes, the city and state might be able to go ahead with improve
ments.
The attempt of Ex-Emperor Charles to regain his throne in Hun
gary while the country is yet in turmoil is just like the attempt of
the open shoppers to create a throne for themselves here now. It
simply can't be done -the people will not stand for it.
"I have found the labor people much more reasonable to deal
with than employers generally, and I have had many dealings with
each," says R. .1. Caldwell, chairman of the Connecticut Mills Com
pany. That's something for Harry 'Leonard and A. C. Gilbert to
think about.
You'd almost think this fellow J. A. McKay, of the Builders'
Exchange, was a practical mechanic to read his dope about men
laying 2.000 bricks a day in 1913 and only GOO now. If McKay tried
1o lay 200 he'd need a witch-hazel factory running day and night
for a month.
Now Ave know J. E. Otterson. president of Winchester's, is to
remain with us. He recently purchased a home for $f)0,000 and
according to the Times-Leader is to spend .$50,000 more remodeling
it. There's another word of good cheer, too. Some of the thousands
of rent payers employed in his shops are now working four days a
week. The situation is improving.
The price of coal has dropped. Pretty soon it may be possible
for our friend "Dooley" to steal a live one to light his pipe without
being arrested for grand larceny.
Manufacturers are so well pleased with Hie prospect of the early
approval of a tariff bill that they are jacking up prices in anticipation.
It is said in favor of a sales tax that it will stay put. It will
on the immemorial goat of all taxation, the ultimate consumer.
The rip-roaring joke of the season is the reluctance of American
bankers to accept Russian gold because it is, they say, "tainted."
Teachers Wages
Not a Perfect Claim
Cannot Be Classed as Laborer's
Rules Superior Court in
School Failure.
A school teacher is not a laborer with
in the meaning of the law, Judge Malt
bie decided in llartforu This week. His
opinion was tiled in the matter of the
teachers of the Huntsinger Business
School, Inc., which is now in a receiv
ership. Wages were due the teachers
at the time the receiver was appointed,
and the question was submitted to Judge
Maltbie as to whether these claims were
preferred. Judge Maltbie says:
"Our statute seems to emphasize the
clement in the services which is em
bodied in the idea of 'labor.' The
addition of the words 'laborer or me
chanic in 1877', to some degree indicates
to me a fear lest the act in its original
form be restricted to menial and un
skilled labor, and should be held not to
include skilled artisans. I cannot believe
that it was originally intended, or now
does, include teachers. Its purpose was,
I suppose, to make the way easier for
the worker who lives each day almost
with that day's wage, and is unfortun
ately, often not provident in his outlook
to the future. To include teachers could
be. I think, not to work out the equity
of this provision of the law, but to
invade the larger equity of insolvency
proceedings, which looks in the main to
a proportionate division -the insolvent's
assets among all his creditors. The
claims of the teachers for a preference
are denied." '
U. S. REDUCES DEBT
$71,580,000 IN MARCH
Several Hundred Millions in
Treasury Notes to Be Re
tired This Month Also.
Washington, April 8. The nation's
gross debt was reduced $71,580,330 in
March, according to the treasury state
ment, which showed the total debt to be
$23,980,104,397. Of the total Federal
obligations outstanding $2,754,841,000
represents short term treasury certifi
cates of indebtedness, several hundred
million of which Secretary Mellon has
i said will be retired during April.
1 An analvsis of the treasurv's fiscal
affairs for the last year reveals little
change in the amount of certificates of
indebtedness or the floating debt. The
gross debt, however, which consists
largely of Liberty bonds and Victory
notes, has shown steady decrease. Cer
tificates of indebtedness outstanding
March 31. 1920, totaled $2,667,220,000,
less than $100,000,000 below the present
total of such securities.
ANDERSON NOW SEES
LONG WET SPELL AHEAD
Prohibition Leader Gives Up
Hope of Utopia in Present
Generation.
New York, April 8. A long wet spell
is ahead, declares William H. Ander
son, state superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League.
Liquor's will linger along, said the dry
chief, until a new generation who knows
it not arises.
"Of course, the sale of liquor is declin
ing," he said, "and within 20 years the
traffic will have dwindled to insignifi
cant proportion. Nature will have her
frolic, and there is no way to prevent
grapes from turning to wine. The com
plete enforcement of prohibition will
come only with education."
He agreed with the federal grand jury
in its' condemnation of federal dry
agents, but believed the jury's action
was not drastic enough.
Anderson intends to expose in a series
of surveys the records of public officials
who do not enforce prohibition, he said.
HARDING MEETS WITH
R. R. UNION HEADS
Washington, April 8. President
Harding in continuing his inquiry into
the railroad situation heard Monday the
views of labor, which were presented
to him by A. B. Garretson, former head
of the Order of Railway Conductors,
and B. M. Jewell, president of the rail
way department of the American Fed
eration of Labor.
After their conferences both men said
they had discussed the situation gener
ally, but had received no indication from
the President as to his attitude, or the
policy he might have in mind.
EXPECT EX-PRESIDENT
WILSON TO VISIT LONDON
London, April 8. Former President
Wilson, according to Reynold's newspa
per, is expected in London for a 10-day
visit at the end of April. It says that
rooms for a party of eight have been re
served at a leading hotel.
HERE'S LANDLORD
WITH A HOUSE WHO
DOESN'T BAR KIDS
If the following advertisement .-truck
your eye, would you think that either
you or the world had gone crazy? You
would but nevertheless it appeared in
one of the daily papers this week to wit:
"HOUSKS TO RF.NT.
"HOUSH Furnished or unfurnished,
six room house, 2 screened porches,
tine place for children; no objection,
the more the merrier. One block from
the beach and trolley."
Xow after you've read it you prob
ably think .that we are more crazy than
xoii, but you won't when we give you
the rest of the advert iserient and you see
who the house owner is that doesn't ob
ject to kiddies these days but in fact
declares, "the more the merrier." Of
course- he's a good union man who be
lieves in letting the other fellow live,
too. and the rest of the advertisement
discloses him as :
"John J. Landrigan, 75 Peck avenue.
Wets Haven. Phone West 359."
Yep, it's our old friend John J. Lan
drigan, delegate to the New Haven
THE ORIGINAL "OPEN
HOUSER" TO KIDS
JOHN J. LAXDRIGAX.
Trades Council from the Musicians
Union and one of the best union men
that ever wore a button or carried a
card. John had several kidlets himself
and knows that they, too, had to have a
chance to live and therefore today he
isn't going to deprive any other kid from
having a chance also. From the time he
delighted the kiddies of years ago with
the strains and martial airs of Landri
gan's Brass Band, John has been a lover
of kids.
We haven't seen John yet to learn how
many parents of kids sought that mecca
for their young ones. But judging from
the attitude of a majority of other house
owners about town towards letting a
child into their tenements even, we will
wager a bet the number of applicants
was legion. We could mention a number
of these open shoppers, who are now
yelling "American plan'" who wo n't let
a child into their tenements although
the3- have no objection to "Pom." dogs
and the like. For our part we prefer to
stay with John and his kids and the more
the merrier.
Hartford Builders
Kick at 'Outsiders'
Grumble Because Local Contracts
Are Given to Firms From
Other Cities.
Hartford, April 8. "What's the mat
ter with Hartford?" was the question
raised at the meeting of the Building.
Trades Employers' Association, held
Monday night, at the City Club. The
discussion was general ,and as it de
veloped it became apparent that the
builders in the city might have some
reasons for finding fault with the gen
eral public here.
It was pointed out that about 75 per
cent, of all of the building being done in
the city at the present time is being done
by contractors' from other cities. Out-of-town
architects, it was claimed, are
given the contract for buildings and they
in turn secure out-ofr-town contractors,
and the case finally continues until the
out-of-town contractors engage out-of-town
workmen for the Hartford jobs.
Attention was called to the fact that
the common council has been called upon
to appropriate various sums of money to
assist in the unemployment situation. It
was believed by those present that if the
people of Hartford should give their
building contracts to the Hartford con
tractors, that Hartford men would be
iven work and as a result the common
council appropriations would be unneces
sary. Practically all of the contracts held by
the outside firms arc conducted on the
cost plus basis, and as an example of
how this cost plus basis works some war
time contracts and a recent building pro
ject in this city were mentioned.
Xew Britain, April 8. About 80
union painters quit work Monday because
the master painters refused to com
promise on the wage scale. The master
painters recently voted a cut from 874
cents to 75 cents an hour, effective April
1, and the journeymen demanded 80 cents
as a compromise. The lockout ties up
practically every painting job o any fisze
in the citv.
UNION PAPER
SECRETARIES
Labor Men Know
PI
i ne
286-288 YORK STREET elasrt. NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Look After Your Printing ? No Job Too Large or Too Small. We
Print Letterheads, Envelopes, Tickets, By-Laws In Fact, Everything
UNION PRINTING UNION PAPER
Retail Coalmen
are Indicted on Prices
Also Charged With Boycotting
and Blacklisting Inde
pendent Dealers.
Chicago. April 8. Indictments, charg
ing conspiracy, boycotting and blacklist
ing, were returned this week against
officers of the Retail Coal Bureau, the
Retail Coal Merchants' Association and
several private detectives.
The presentment charged conspiracy
to commit acts injurious to public trade
and to regulate and fix prices so as to
eliminate competition by independent coal
dealers.
Those named in this charge, and held
under bonds of $1,500 each, included:
Tracy C Wright and Robert H. May,
officers of the Retail Coal Bureau.
Robert H. Clark and Nathaniel H.
Kendall, officers of the Chicago Retail
Coal Merchants' Association.
The same men also are charged with
conspiracy to form a boycott and black
list against six independent coal dealers.
PKOF. BILLY PHELPS,
YALE, OFFICER OF UNION?
Let the "open shoppers" beware! If
Prof. William Lyons Phelps, the most
popular of the Yale university educators,
should be made business agent of the
National Educators' Association, along
with Professor Carver of Harvard, they
would certainly insist on a new scale of
wages for the poor, underpaid teachers.
The .educators have the short work day,
but like the printers, are greatly under
valued, financially.
An exchange has this to say anent the
new union :
"Yes, the college and university teach
ers of the United States are organized
in part, at least. A few of them are in
the National Education Association and
other general organizations ; a very few
venturesome souls are in the American
Federation of Teachers, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor; but
the one organization that has so far
brought the largest group of college and
university teachers together is the
American Association of University
Professors.
"The association now has some 3.600
members, distributed among 169 univer
sities and colleges. The total isn't so
bad when you (consider that to be a
member a man or a woman must not
only be a college teacher or investigator,
but must have been in this work for
three years. It is felt that the man or
woman who has spent three years in
college teaching may be regarded as hav
ing chosen the profession with some
definiteness. The organization isn't go
ing to be run by the mere administrator,
either. It says in its rules: A person,
whose principal occupation is not that of
education or research and no administra
tive officer who does not give a substan
tial amount of instruction shall be eligi
ble for membership.'
"What does the association do? Well,
it has committees on a lot of things, and
quite unlike most committees they
work. The reports the association has j
been able to put out on academic free- I
dom and tenure, for example, are among
the most hopeful signs in American life.
The association's representatives have
gone into an institution whose members
of the faculty were at odds with the
president or trustees, and they have come
out with a report so clear, so sane, so
constructive, and so unafraid that the
pubc has been convinced and the situa
tion has been corrected. There are other
committees at work. One of the newer
ones is a committee headed by Prof. T.
N. Carver of Harvard, which is investi
gating the economic condition of the pro
fession. "A few days ago Prof. E. R. A. Sel
igman of Columbia University became
president of the association, succeeding
Vernon L. Kellogg, who has been serv
ing as acting president. The other offi
cers are: Vice-president. William Lyon
Phelps, Yale University; secretary, H.
Y. Tyler, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology ; treasurer, Harris Hancock
of the University of Cincinnati."
According to the rules set down by this
new organization, they insist on an ap
prenticeship being served, too. That's
fine, Billy ; welcome home, and con
gratulations. There, now, you "open
shoppers" and union haters.
PLAN MEMORIAL DAY
TO AMERICAN DEAD
Memorial day and commemorative ex
ercises throughout France in honor of
America's dead who lie in French soil,
have been considered recently by the
American memorial committee at a
meeting held at the American Legion
headquarters, Paris.
Following the program adopted last
year, the committee will provide for the
placing of flowers or wreath upon every
grave in France and will organize appro
priate exercises at all of the principal
military and civil cemeteries where
American dead are buried.
Due to the generous contributions
made last year, the committee finds that
funds on hand for this year's ceremonies
are ample to cover the prospective ex
penses of the program. Therefore it an
nounces that no appeal will be made to
the public by the committee for funds
for the ceremonies of 1921.
The general committee unites, under
the honorary presidency of Ambassador
Hugh C. Wallace, virtually all American
activities in France including the em
bassy, the various consulates, graves reg
istration service, American Legion and
auxiliary. Red Cross. Young Men's
Christian Association, Young Women's
Christian Association. Knights of Colum
bus. Jewish Welfare, the American
churches, American Chamber of Com
merce, American hospital. Women's
Club, Franco-American Welfare and the
American public at large.
OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS and
of the Open-Shop Menace, then Why Not Let
Or
noum
INCORPORATED
BUILD YOUR HOME NOW
DO YOUR REPAIRING NOW
Do you intend to build a home
this spring?
Do you intend to make any altera
tions to your present home?
Do you intend to have carpenters'
work of any nature done?
IF YOU CONTEMPLATE ANY
OF THESE THINGS
We are in a position to give you a price
on any kind of Carpenter work that
will agreeably surprise you.
Have you been requested to withhold
your work until later anticipating
better prices?
Have you in the past been paying' exceptionally-
large prices for j'our
work ?
Have you in the past been surprised by
the estimated cost of your new
home and then gave up the idea of
building ?
IF YOU HAVE
Send jour plans to us and allow our
estimators to give you new figures,
and they will be such that no one
can possibly duplicate them.
We can guarantee you that you will be
exempt from any cessation of work
on account of labor troubles.
We can guarantee you the most skilled
mechanics in this city.
We can guarantee you prices that will
allow you to complete the work you
intended to start.
Take advantage of this opportunity.
Make your plans known to us. Let
our representative take this matter
up with you, and the result will
give entire satisfaction.
CARPENTERS UNION
of New Haven
215 MEADOW STREET
Tel. Liberty 2700.
This is
THE
UNION LABEL
" 1 ' ' OF THE
United Cloth Hat and
Cap Makers
of North America
Cloth Hats and Caps bearing this
Label are made und:r Sanitary and
Union Conditions
J. B. I. U. of A.
Local No. 215
See that this card is in the
Barber Shop YOU patron-
ize. It guarantees Sanitary
oervice ana expert Work
manship. 1 i- ! I ! -I- I. ! 4. 3
For Twenty Years we have
issued this Union Stamp for
use under our
VOLUNTARY
Arbitration Contract
OUR STAMP INSURES:
Peaceful Collective Bargaining
Forbids Both Strikes and Lock
outs Disputes settled by Arbitration
Steady Employment and Skilled
Workmanship
Prompt Deliveries to Dealers
and public
Peace and Success to Workers
and Employers
Prosperity of Shoe Making Com
munities WORKERS UNION
UNlONvlSTAMP
Bcto
As loyal union men and women,
we ask you to demand shoes
bearing the above Union Stamp
on Sole, Insole or Lining.
Boot and Shoe Workers' Union
246 Summer Street
BOSTON, MASS.
COLLIS LOVELY. General Pre.
CHARLES L. BAINE, General
Secretary-Treasurer.
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UNION PRINTING
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