EMPLOYES.

A careful investigation of employes, their salaries, duties and hours of labor convinces the committee that none can be dispensed with without materially crippling the service of the Home. The salaries are not in excess of those paid by similar institutions in this state. Careful observation leads us to believe that they are above the average as to skillfulness in their respective positions. All employes have long hours, exceeding ten hours per day, and your committee do not believe organized labor should demand unreasonable service from their employes.

When the report of the Donnelly committee became known, the employes at the Home signed an agreement giving notice that they wanted payment to date of Mr. Schuman's discharge, in case he was removed. This was done voluntarily, and the employes testified that neither Mr. nor Mrs. Schuman knew anything about the agreement. They claim there was no intention to embarrass the Home, but done simply as an evidence of regard for Mr. Schuman, and to show that they believed he had not had a fair trial. All testified their willingness to remain until their places could be properly filled.

THE HOME PHYSICIAN.

Dr. Tucker made the following statement to the committee:

"I have no written contract with the Home. I made a proposition to the board in writing, which was accepted. I first received 85 cents per month for each inmate. This was raised to $1.00. No extra pay for additional services. I try to come to the Home every other day, generally Monday, Wednesday, Friday and either Saturday or Sunday. I call at nurse's room and take list of patients needing attention. Where required I visit the Home oftener. The rules prescribe the manner of calling the doctor's attention to inmates. I try to examine new-comers within twenty-four hours of their arrival. The nurse puts their names down, and, if I have the instruments with me, I examine them on my first visit. If not, I examine them next time. When I was sick, men were not examined for two or three weeks after arrival, because they preferred to have regular physician make examination. None suffered because of this delay. It would be a good rule to have an immediate record of the condition of new arrivals. I used to do that, up to my father's death. Takes some time, but there is always a record made, sooner or later. Also a record should be kept in the nurse's room, and ought to be made on first visitation. Have not noticed any abuses. Could not dispense entirely with whisky in the treatment of sick inmates. My prescriptions of whisky are not large enough to pro

duce intoxication, unless the allowance is saved up and two or three doses taken at once. Do not give over three or four ounces a day, unless patient's condition requires more. Many inmates who do not need whisky try to have it prescribed for them. The high altitude increases the effect of whisky upon new-comers. Excess of stimulants counteracts the benefits of medicinal treatment. Some cases are sent here entirely unfit for this climate. They come too late for recovery, and are too sick to risk returning them to their homes."

NEW YORK LETTER.

The sending of the famous letter signed by members of eight subordinate unions to President Donnelly, of New York, in the opinion of the committee, was a violation of the constitution (page 84, resolution 20) by all except the members of New York union. We strongly condemn the writing of such letters, and point to the disastrous results following the indiscriminate publication of letters reflecting upon the Home, its management and inmates. The committee guaranteed protection to every witness, and the names of the signers of the aforesaid letter were obtained under this promise. The committee, therefore, recommends that no further action be taken in the case.

THE CREAMERY.

Whether to make butter or to buy it is a question which has been presented to the committee. The present supply of milk is inadequate, and with the removal of Superintendent Schuman's herd it will be necessary to buy milk or more cows. It is the opinion of the committee that milk can be produced at the Home with profit; therefore the purchase of a sufficient number of cows is recommended. Careful inquiry has been made as to the comparative profit in the production of milk and the making of butter. The best opinions obtainable in this section agree that there is as much money in milk at 13 cents per gallon as in butter at 25 cents per pound, under ordinary conditions. As milk is worth more than 15 cents per gallon and butter considerably less than 25 cents, it will readily appear that it would not be profitable to make butter until such time as there shall be more milk than the Home can consume.

INSPECTION OF FLOORS.

While a thorough daily inspection of the rooms by either the superintendent or matron might displease some inmates whose appetites were gratified surreptitiously, it is the opinion of the committee that such inspection shall be made. Not that we recommend a system of espionage, or that manner of inspection which would deprive inmates of a home-like freedom, yet it will conduce to the benefit of all that a careful scrutiny be daily made, and prevent,

possibly, much that breeds discontent and injures the good name of the Home.

ODORS FROM KITCHEN.

The committee recommends that a partition be placed in the basement hallway to prevent the odors and smoke from the kitchen ascending the stairways to the corridors and sick rooms. This partition will also prevent unhealthful draughts, which are a source of annoyance to inmates as they enter and leave the dining-room.

BENCHES.

Benches should be placed around the Home and along the driveway in front of the building. This can be done at a very slight cost, and give grateful rest in the invigorating atmosphere.

WATER SUPPLY.

The water supply is inadequate. While the committee were at the Home the water was cut off by the splitting of a pipe, and it took some forty-eight hours before the break was repaired. Water had to be hauled by wagon to feed the boilers, flush the closets, and for drinking purposes. The building is heated by steam, and the team had to be utilized to haul water. present supply is piped from twelve to fifteen miles, and is owned by a private corporation. The committee recommends that the finance committee consider the advisability of procuring water from the city of Colorado Springs.

CLIMATE.

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Of the sixty inmates now in the Home, twenty-seven claim great improvement, fourteen some improvement and ninteen no improvement. Among those who show no gain are the rheumatic, the paralytic, the nervous, the aged and those with failing eyesight. Only two consumptives show no improvement.

There seems to be little doubt that the climate of Colorado Springs has a marked beneficial effect upon those afflicted with lung trouble in its earlier stages, but we can not too strongly urge upon the membership the folly of sending those in the last stages of consumption.

We also emphatically condemn the practice of sending to the Home the mentally unsound, and were eye-witnesses of the danger to life and health from one case of this kind.

HOSPITAL.

It is painfully apparent to the committee that there should be a hospital in connection with the Home, to properly care for the sick and consumptive. And lack of this is one primary cause for whatever discontent prevails. Not

until such a hospital is provided, and separated from the main building, will the Home fulfill the expectations of its founders. The committee fully realizes this need, but, in the present condition of the Home's finances, does not feel justified in making such recommendation, and leaves it to the consideration of the next International Typographical Union convention.

TELEPHONE.

A telephone is needed at the Home. It will cost something to put one in, about $75, and an annual rental of about $70. The telephone will be a great convenience, and possibly pay its way in time saved. To call the doctor in emergency cases, to save messenger boy charges in bringing telegrams to the Home, to notify the superintendent at which depot new arrivals reach the city, a telephone is needed. The committee recommends a telephone.

THOMAS MORGAN PHILLIPS.

Mr. Phillips desired the committee to give him a hearing. The request was granted, and he stated that he did not want to be placed on record as ungrateful. He was deeply grateful, and believed that the Home was the means of saving his life. From the bottom of his heart he thanked the International Typographical Union for providing such a home for those who were sick and enfeebled, and he wanted the membership at large to understand his position. He only found fault with the management of the Home by Mr. Schuman. He acknowledged that he had violated the law in sending his letter to the Union Printer and American Craftsman, and said he himself was responsible for the letter appearing in that paper. He deeply deplored the enormous cost to the Home which has resulted from the publication of such letter, and desired peace and harmony among the craft above everything else.

In presenting this report, your committee desire to add that they have carefully examined every detail of the management of the Home, and believe the data given is reliable and can be verified in every respect.

We also suggest that every energy be directed toward the improvement rather than the disparagement of the Home, and thus assist in allaying the discord which threatened to disrupt this beneficent institution.

L. C. SHEPARD. HENRY DORSEY. F. A. COLBY. ALEX. DUGUID.

In accordance with arrangements officially concluded all unions of pressmen and bookbinders heretofore connected with the International Typographical Union will, on January 1, 1896, be transferred to the internationals of their respective callings. All bookbinders and bindery girls' unions will make application for and be granted charters (free of charge) by the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, and will address Benjamin Boden, president, 116 Johnson street, Brooklyn, N. Y. All pressmen, All pressmen, including Web press helpers and feeders' unions, will make application for and be granted charters (free of charge) by the International Printing Pressmen's Union, by addressing James Gelson, secretary, 137 Putnam avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. All per capita dues and assessments, up to and including the month of December, 1895, must be forwarded to the secretary of the International Typographical Union, at Indianapolis, Ind.; after that date to the proper officers of their respective international bodies. It is hoped there will be no quibbling over minor technicalities and that the transfers be made with as little friction as possible.

All subordinate unions affected by the foregoing should return their Internanational Typographical Union charters, seals, traveling cards, etc., to SecretaryTreasurer Wines at the earliest moment.

AN error was made in the statement, in our last issue, of the mail and express packages sent out from this office during November. The total should be 8,680 pieces, of which 7,580 were letters.

THE NEW JOURNAL.

With this issue, and the beginning of the New Year, THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL comes to its readers with "shining morning face," in an entirely new dress, in fashionable periodical form and in improved appearance generally. This has been brought about by exigency; first, by the urgency of want, in a commercial point of view, in attracting revenue to its advertising department; second, to bring it up to a standard of excellence in competition with its contemporaries in the field of periodical literature; third, that it may better fill its mission as the official representative of the printing craft, as more acceptable to its patrons and readers, and prove to them a source of pride as well as one of value.

Unlike any of its contemporary journals, published by official international authority, THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL has depended for revenue entirely upon the voluntary patronage of individual members of the craft. In the issuing of official papers by nearly all other leading trade organizations, the publications are furnished to the entire membership by international authority, and the expense is borne by a per capita levy. The Railway Conductor, the Locomotive Fireman, the Railway Track Foreman, the Cigarmakers' Journal, the Carpenter, the Iron Moulders' Journal, the Railroad Telegrapher and others are all published and furnished on this basis, are all excellently conducted, and are sources of both pleasure and profit to the membership they represent.

There is no reason why THE TYPO