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GET IN THE RING.

It is very often said by the members who probably attend two or three meetings in the course of twelve months that the union is being run by a clique or ring. These remarks are not confined to the presence of members only, but are made in public, and even at public meetings. They take every opportunity to vent their spite on the ring, and in such a manner as to impress their hearers that the clique, as he is pleased to term it, is endeavoring to run things to suit itself, irrespective of the will of the majority of the members.

Now, who are the clique, and who is the unfortunate member who is in such a bad humor? The clique is composed of those members who attend every meeting, are there when the meeting opens, and stay until it closes, do committee work, fill the offices, and do what they conscientiously think is for the welfare of their own union in particular, and the International Typographical Union in general. Those are the ones who, according to the aforesaid members, are running things with such a high hand.

Now, who is the growler? He is the member who comes to meeting when he has nowhere else to go, or comes to see an acquaintance, and very soon retires. He is the member who is always kicking about the unjustness of fines, etc., imposed upon him for non-attendance and neglect to pay dues. Now suppose the clique did likewise, who would run the union? Every union has some of these poor unfortunates who would be active members only they have not the energy or interest to do anything but find fault.

To this class of members I say, do your best to get into the clique. If you will put your shoulder to the wheel, do more work and less grumbling, you can gather. There is no trouble about it. Ah that is necessary is to "go thou and do likewise" and the ring will be no REGULAR READER.

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Little Rock, Ark.

ELMIRA PROGRESSING.

Since this city was last represented in the JOURNAL two Merganthaler machines have been placed in the composing room of the Evening Star. Messrs. Chas. Frydenborg and Charles Copeland are the operators and are fast acquiring the speed of veterans at the key-board. With the advent of machines in the Star office a revised scale calling for a weekly wage of seventeen dollars for operators on evening papers was presented to and signed by Messrs. Copeland and Woodfred of the Star, and Mr. Brooks of the Telegram. The hours of labor of ad and floor men was also reduced to an equality with machine men, who toil eight hours only. Their compensation, however, remains at $13.50 per week.

Our worthy president, Mr. P. A. Dowling, of the Telegram, has for some time been confined to his home with typhoid fever, but will soon be with us again, it is hoped.

Mr. "Josh" Richards, the genial linotype machinist of the Star, recently received letters patent for a machine for removing burrs and fins from machine-set type, giving the printed matter a clean, readable appearance and greatly prolonging the usefulness of a set of matrices, which wear out easily. By Mr. Richards's device old matrices can be used as long as they will hang on the distributing bar. A company has already been formed with Mr. Richards at its head, and manufacture will begin at once. Mr. Richards is a prominent member of the local machinists' union, No. 421.

No. 19 is experiencing great difficulty in collecting its dues, as a great many of the boys are idle and find it impossible to take up their cards with the regularity which they themselves would wish.

A rumor gained currency some time ago that the Telegram job room would in the near future be discontinued, retaining only force enough to get out their own work. It is the general wish of printers in this city that this may be but idle gossip. MARCUS BRUTUS.

Elmira, N. Y.

NORWICH GOSSIP.

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Mr. Bently having succeeded in organizing a joint stock company, The Index (Dem.) made its first appearance on the morning of the 9th. It is a four-page, seven-column paper, and looks as bright as a new pin. In the way of advertising it had a fine start, and its subscription list is growing rapidly. At a meeting of the stockholders, Mr. Bently was chosen treasurer and manager.

The Weekly Post (Ind.) made its appearance as a daily on the 7th. Of this sheet little need be said, it's doomed to find an early grave. Its working force is said to be composed of one colored man, two deaf mutes, a business manager and one apprentice.

As Norwich now has three morning and one evening paper, its inhabitants ought to feel that about all their wants in the newspaper line were pretty well supplied.

An enterprising young newspaper manager attempted to enter a local shop recently in search of an ad. The proprietor, who is a practical joker, stationed "Turk the Third," a dog with a grip, at the door, and when the young man entered Turk nailed him by the trousers. The proprietor would not allow the dog to relax his hold until the newspaper man had, at his demand, raised his right hand and taken this oath: "I solemnly swear that I will not enter this place again, either for news or an ad, for the next twelve months, so help me God." He is keeping his word.

The Evening Record will appear in a

new dress on the 23d.

It is a pleasure to state that all the union men of this city are now at work, and it is doubtful if the membership of the union has been as large at any time within the past twenty years as it is at present.

A writer in the New London Day gives it as the opinion of an editor with whom he had been conversing, that the starting up of so many daily papers will have the effect of creating a newspaper trust. Now, "what's the matter with Hannah?" E. Norwich, Conn., Dec. 21.

GEO. MATHER'S SONS.

The mention in this magazine (or in any other printing trade journal, for that matter) of the well-known printing and lithograph ink house of Geo. Mather's Sons, of New York city, would appear superfluous did it not convey to the printing industry of the country a special significance at the present time. Every one knows the history of this concern, established by George Mather in 1816, and later continued by the Geo. Mather's Sons Company, over which, in April, 1894, through the failure of a bank, a receiver was appointed. The trouble was an unfortunate incident, arising entirely outside of the business affairs of the firm, but its trade has prospered steadily in spite of it, the company always retaining the confidence of those with whom it had business relations. However, in October last, the receiver was discharged and the house incorporated under the title of GEO. MATHER'S SONS, 29 Rose street, New York city. The capital is $200,000. The incorporators are: Messrs. Ralph N. Perlee, Geo. L. Fenner, Abraham Garrison.

A prominent printer and publisher writes: "The only ink which gives me satisfactory results in my finest class of work is that which I have purchased from the Mathers continually for so many years." This leads us to say that high grade inks are not only more satisfactory, but more economical, and that the goods of this house are not highpriced in comparison with those of other makers. In fact, it is the reverse. Improved and up-to-date methods, enlarged facilities, and decrease in cost of raw materials enable the Geo. Mather's Sons to

do this. Specimens sent on application.

MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE AHEAD. Experience has shown in large and small printing offices throughout the country, that the Linotype has no com

petitor. It is a mechanical compositor; casts and sets solid lines of type. It is run by a single operator, no teams, no distributing, no secondary operations. Output with one operator, 3,600 to 9,000 ems per hour. It is used by more than four hundred newspapers and book publishers. The Linotype enables you to change face and measure at will; it gives new, clean type each day; has supplanted every other make of machine.

Newspaper offices or publishers desiring information on any of the special needs of their office, should confer with the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Tribune building, New York city. A descriptive catalogue in regard to the Linotype sent free on request.

PRINTERS' INK OF TODAY.

In high-class printing, the quality and accuracy of the result are both imperiled by the use of uncertain materials. Leaving out of the problem the skill necessary, printers will recognize the factors essential to good work as four in number, the printing surface, paper, press and ink. Each of these is dependent upon the other, and of importance as a means of producing the harmonious whole, and each has progressed in quality with remarkable speed in the last two decades.

The earnest efforts of many inventors have placed printing machines upon the market on which work of any character can be executed, and the ceaseless experiments in chemistry have equally energized the fields of paper and ink manufacturing. No more artistic printing has ever been done than is now sent out by the leading establishments of the United States, and the higher branches of the art are encouraged by demand for work of a character that would have been considered extraordinary ten years ago. There is, however, much remaining to be done, the general average, judging from specimens received, still falling below the standard of merit. Many printers continue to illustrate the futility of attempting art printing with unsuitable. material. Especially in use of inks is it noticeable, one cheap color often destroying what would otherwise be a beautiful effect. With no chemical knowledge, whatever, they attempt to mix their own

colors, and then wonder why the product. lacks brilliancy or homogeneousness.

For fine work it is imperatively necessary to use the best and most carefully prepared ink obtainable, ink that shall have the qualities of permanency, brilliancy and purity of color, that will distribute freely and not smear, that will have such an affinity for the paper that it will dry almost immediately upon it, and still remain moist upon the type or rollers, that, in fact, shall be proof against the destructive influences of time and chemical reagents, and shall never lose its color.

One of the largest establishments in the world for the manufacture of fine printing inks, both black and colored, typographic and lithographic, is that of The Ault & Wiborg Company whose extensive main factory is located at Cincinnati, Ohio, with factories and offices at New York city and Chicago.

If you use printers' ink of any kind send to The Ault & Wiborg Company for specimen books and prices, and for all information pertaining to printing inks.

THE W. B. CONKEY COMPANY.

The W. B. Conkey Company, of Chicago, report a very prosperous and successful season's business and that the outlook for the coming year is extremely flattering. By constant energy, close attention to their customers' needs and liberal dealing this firm has built up the largest establishment of its kind in the country. No contract for printing and binding is too large for them to accept, and with their unexcelled facilities they are always able to turn out first-class work on time and according to contract. In addition to having all the latest and most improved time and labor-saving machinery, they give constant employment to fifteen hundred employes in their factory. They are also publishing an elegant line of trade and subscription books, and volumes bearing their name can be found in all first-class book stores, and agents everywhere find a ready sale for their publications. During the past season the general offices have been enlarged and refurnished, and are now the handsomest and most commodious in the city. Mr. W. B. Conkey gives the business his personal attention.

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163. Superior-For September to date.

16. New Albany-For November.

186. Fargo-For November.

196. Logansport-For November.

210. Capital-For November. 214. Bohemian-For November.

223. Vancouver-For September to date. 227. Cripple Creek--For October to date. 24. Fremont-For November. 26. Ogden-For November. 237. Sandusky-For November. 240. Altoona-For October to date. 241. Temple-Belton-For July to date. 244. Cumberland-For November. 249. Fort Smith-For November. 212. Bridgeport-For October to date. 24. Salem-For November. 267. Lisbon-For July to date. 269. Hazleton-For May to date. 271. Boise City-For November. 273. Brantford-For November.

275. Victor-For November.

278. Redlands-For November.

281. Marlboro-Hudson-For November. 282. Grass Valley-For November.

289. Titusville-For November.

27. Concord-For November.

33. Cleburne-For November.
318. East Liverpool-For November.

30. Oswego-For November.
321. Greenville-For July to date.
322. Norwich-For November.

36. Montgomery-For July to date.

PRESSMEN,

10. Knoxville-For November.
30. Springfield-For October to date.
32. Omaha-For November.

44. Tacoma-For September to date.
47. Fort Worth-For August to date.
51. Duluth and Superior-For November.
STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS.

15. Dayton-For October to date.

16. St. Paul and Minneapolis-For November. 17. Washington-For November.

20. Pittsburgh-For November.

MISCELLANEOUS,

10. Dallas Pressfeeders-For October to date. 6. Galveston Bookbinders-For November.

1. Boston Newspaper Writers--For September to date.

ADDRESSES WANTED.

David K. Hubbard, last heard of in Altoona, in 1892, write to A. J. E. Hubbard, fifth division government printing office, Washington, D. C. Important news.

John C. Harley, communicate with Mrs. Maud K. Harley, 1064 Cutter street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Important news.

Information wanted as to the whereabouts of Clarence Talbot. Secretary of union of which he may be a member will please send his address to J. J. Early, 406 Fagin building, St. Louis.

Letter in office of secretary St. Louis Typographical Union No. 8, for R. B. Huntley, machine operator.

Information of L. H. Barton of Nashville, Tenn., who started to Texas in September and was last heard of in Little Rock, is wanted by W. F. Barton, corner Tuam and Helena streets, Houston, Texas.

H. B. Ryther, Geo. C. Campbell, send addresses to Sid, care Post, Dardanelle, Ark.

Any information of Carl Fegethoff's whereabouts will be thankfully received by his father, A. Fegethoff, 813 Third street, N. W., Washington, D. C.

William Davey, send address at once to box 333, Kansas City, Mo.

W. H. Code, send address to this office and get mail.

If Charles H. Odell will send his address to the secretary of Cincinnati union his card will be forwarded to him.

Henry Clary, known as "Reddy" Clary, send address to your brother at 243 Baker ave., Syracuse, N. Y.

STATE OF TRADE.

Bloomington, Ill.—Business in job offices dull. Every branch of the trade full, and many men dependent on picking up a day or two a week. Evansville, Ind. -Business dull, Trouble in Courier and Tribune offices. Machine operators, stay away.

London, Ont.-State of trade, none too good, more than enough men to do the work.

New Brunswick, N. J.-State of trade, fair. Newburgh, N. Y.-The machines have struck town at last; two were put in the Journal, a nonunion office, a week ago. It is said there will be two or three in the Register, a union office, within a month or two.

Watertown, N. Y.-Trade is but fair, and prospects poor. Several jobs nearing completion and a number will then be idle.

Worcester, Mass.-Business good.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Card No. 49216, issued July 2, 1895, to A. C. Vickers, by Grand Rapids Typographical Union No. 39, has been lost and new card issued. If found, please return same to John Kroon, 1155 Fifth ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Absolute autonomy is trades-union self-preservation.

WANT ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special "Want" advertisements will be inserted in these columns at the uniform price of ONE CENT A WORD each insertion. Answers can be sent in care of The Typographical Journal, if desired. All letters received will be promptly forwarded to parties for whom intended, without extra charge.

ΑΝ N all-round printer and practical newspaper man, with 25 years' experience, who has filled all positions-editor, reporter, foreman, proofreader, etc.-on a daily paper, desires work in some healthy town or city of the South. Has to leave northern home because of the ill-health of his wife. Address K. L., care TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL.

ANYBODY CAN NOW MAKE CUTS, from drawings, prints or photos, with my simple pen-and-ink zinc etching process. Takes only about five minutes to etch one or several cuts. The few materials required can be obtained in even a country town, at a cost of a few dimes. Common tinner's zinc is used. A boy of fifteen can work it. You make a drawing with pen and ink on the zinc, or transfer a print or lead-pencil drawing thereto, and a little acid "does the rest." A little practice makes elegant work. Now in extensive use all over the United States and Canada. Instructions as plain as A, B, C. Sent to any part of the world for $1. Illustrated circulars and unsolicited testimonials for stamp. THOMAS M. DAY, Centerville, Ind., U. S. A. FOR SALE "Leffingwell's Manual and Rules of Or

der for Parliamentary Debate." 10 cents per copy. Can be ordered through TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL. FOR SALE-A Plow paper cutter; cuts 28x30 in., cheap. Address L. C., TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL.

FOR SALE Washington hand-press, in first-class shape; bed 30x46, platen 26x42; a bargain. Address CLAY, TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL.

FOR SALE-Liberty job press, size 10x15 inches; in ex

cellent condition. Address LIBERTY, TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL.

FOR SALE-An old-established country newspaper

and job office; filled with good advertising; Pennsylvania town; prosperous county; terms easy. CRAIG, 527 Penn avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.

FOR SALE-Third interest in prosperous job office in best city in the northwest. Reason, sickness causing family troubles. Cheap, but takes cash. Well worth investigating. Address NORTHWEST, TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL.

FOR SALE-A first-class newspaper and job printing plant in one of the most progressive cities in western Oregon. Power presses, engine, outfit complete in all details, including large building; established circulation. Price $3,500. Good reasons for selling. For terms and particulars, address J. X. BRANDS, Portland, Ore.

FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS will buy complete plant, job printing, bookbindery and newspaper plant. Invoicing over $15,000, almost new. Established business 22 years' standing; $3,000 cash, balance on time. City in Indiana of 30,000 population. Inventory furnished to responsible parties. Address A. J. WILSON, 501 Rookery, Chicago, Ill.

HOW

OW TO RUN A LINOTYPE-Send fifty cents for the best book out. Address THE UNION PRINTER, 12 Chambers street, New York.

MAKE YOUR OWN ENGRAVINGS – Requires no

artistic skill, little time and expense. The best and most rapid process known. For newspapers it is valuable in cartoon-making; for job printers, fancy ornaments, borders, jimcracks, etc. Circulars and specimens on application. HASKELL & HASKELL, Ashland, Ky.

"Pr"-Collection old-time Printer Sketches; 216 pages; 25 cents; post free. GRIFFIN & KIDNER, Hamilton, Ont.

SITUATION WANTED-By an all-round pressman; has had 18 years' experience on all kinds of work; is sober, industrious and capable of taking charge of a medium-sized press room. Address W., TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL.

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A BICYCLE GORDON.

The latest invention for printers is a bicycle foot power applied to a Gordon press. The feeder sits on a saddle-seat, and having both feet free, uses them both to operate two treadles with alternating motions, precisely as one operates the pedals of a bicycle. These treadles operate two cranks on the driving shaft and give it two impulses at each revolution, thus increasing the effective power, as on an ordinary treadle press there is but one crank, and only one impulse per revolution. This appears to be a good thing, and easily pushed along. Its effect on those who have to kick presses is set forth by one of our very minor poets thusly:

THE NOW.

'Tis the voice of the feeder!

I hear him complain:

"Must I wearily kick that old Gordon again?"

THE THEN.

'Tis the voice of the feeder!
Now hear him implore:

"Say, boss, can't I kick that Bike
Gordon some more?"

Full particulars, illustrations, and prices may be obtained at any branch of the American Type Founders' Company.

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