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There are also several others not so prominent, and possibly some of them will in time be the acknowledged mailing machine of the future. In view of this I have opened negotiations with the manufacturer of the Neilson auto mailing machine for the purpose of secur ing an agreement covering the operating of said machine, and can report some progress, though nothing definite at present. I propose to take up this question with the manufacturers of all automatic mailing machines in the near future, and, no doubt, will get results.

I wish to say that a general feeling of confidence seems to predominate among us, as there have been but two small strikes recorded at this office, both inaugurating in No. 6, of New York, with the sanction of the executive council of the International Typographical Union. One of them was the affair in the Williams Printing Company, this firm employing seven members of No. 6 there at night, four in the day time. The proprietor discharged his night force without cause and placed several non-union girls at work on a ninehour basis. The matter was taken up by No. 6 and ultimately resulted in a strike, which was finally settled by President Lynch calling on Mr. Williams and explaining just where he stood in the matter. The other strike is on the Gardner Mailing and Binding Company, which refused to recognize the union or concede the eight hours, although it paid the scale. There has been a compact formed between the mailers, cutters and women bookbinders in this strike. Some progress has been made, but the strike is still on at this writing, with a good chance for a settlement.

The question of jurisdiction over single wrapping, which was inaugurated in Chicago during my predecessor's term, is still in abeyance, owing to the following circumstances:

The bindery girls having claimed jurisdiction over single wrapping which always had been, and, I sincerely hope, always will be ours by charter rights. This question was brought up by your humble servant on instruction from President Lynch, at a meeting of the Joint Conference Board held in New York city, March 1, 1909, and was referred to the presidents of the organizations involved who were members of the conference board, namely, President Lynch, of the International Typographical Union, and President Glock

ling, of the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders; and, after being threshed out before said committee, they recommended that the matter be taken up locally for the purpose of arriving at a conclusion, and, if unsuccessful, the matter would then be taken to a labor court for adjustment. The suggestion has been carried out by some organizations interested, and it looks as though there might be a settlement made without going to extremes.

Many minor disputes have arisen during my short term of office and have been settled, seemingly, to the satisfaction of all, as none has appealed further.

Things look very promising under the heading of new business, particularly as to the organizing of new locals, having succeeded (with a little hard work) in organizing in Buffalo, N. Y.; Duluth, Minn., and Providence, R. I. In Providence the organization has been threatened with disruption, owing to the business manager of one of the dailies threatening to discharge any of the mailers employed in his establishment who did not quit the union; none quit and all are working as usual. I am keeping the affair thoroughly in hand, with a man within hailing distance at any time the matter becomes serious. I can also report a steady increase of membership in our craft, and believe, with a continuation of the interest shown, there is a bright future.

I wish to extend thanks to President Norman McPhail and Secretary Curtin, of Boston Typographical Union No. 13, for the many courtesies extended during my visits to that city. I also wish to mention my appreciation of the attitude taken by Charles H. Taylor, jr., publisher of the Boston Globe, during the recent mailers' troubles; and, in conclusion, I desire to thank President Lynch and Secretary-Treasurer Hays for their able assistance given me during my term of office. Every reasonable request has been granted by the executive council. In fact, the council has at all times shown a willingness to assist us whenever there was a possible chance.

Trusting the coming convention will be one long to be remembered for its activity, and hoping our affiliations and pleasantries will continue for ever and a day, I am, Yours fraternally, CHARLES N. SMITH, President.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

REPORT OF SECRETARY-TREASURER

To the Officers and Members of the International Typographical Union:

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-In the following report there is submitted a statement of our financial transactions during the fiscal year ended May 31, 1909, together with other data relative to the organization's affairs, as shown by the records of the secretary-treasurer's office. The first of the tabulated statements immediately following contains a summary of the financial business transacted, and the second indicates the condition of the funds at the close of the fiscal year. The third embraces the expenditures of a defensive character incurred under the direction of the executive council.

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Returned transportation was as follows: No. 6, on account of G. W. Mears, G. L. Reed, $115.20; No. 16, account of J. Jennings, G. W. Roby, $63.25; No. 21, account of J. F. Blumer, $37.45; No. 45, account of R. J. Jahn, $21.05; No. 49, account of I. T. Brockman, $30.75: No. 50, account of William McDonald, $2.25: No. 91, account of John Lepper, $37.65; No. 190, account of C. W. Hill, $17.25; by M. F. Collins, $30.60; J. T. Pierson, $50.20.

† Expenses of this character incurred in label advertising are not here included.

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St. John No. 85-Benefits and special

assistance

Chattanooga No. 89-Benefits.
Richmond No. 90-Special assistance.
Kingston No. 98-Benefits.
Ottawa No. 102-Benefits.

Madison No. 106-Special assistance... Knoxville No. 111-Benefits and special assistance

Salt Lake No. 115-Special assistance... Wilmington No. 123-Special assistance. Butte No. 126-Special assistance. Hartford No. 127-Benefits and special assistance

Williamsport No. 141-Benefits.
New London No. 159-Benefits and spe-
cial assistance...

Worcester No. 165-Special assistance..
San Antonio No. 172-Special assistance
Dallas No. 173-Special assistance..
Los Angeles No. 174-For Times fight,
order council..

Akron No. 182-Special assistance.
Savannah No. 183-Special assistance.
Omaha No. 190-Special assistance...
Winnipeg No. 191-Special assistance..
Joliet No. 194-Benefits...
Decatur No. 215-Benefits..
Springfield No. 216-Special assistance..
Sioux Falls No. 218-Special assistance
Anaconda No. 255-Special assistance..
Newport No. 295-Special assistance..
Tampa No. 299-Special assistance..
Lowell No. 310-Special assistance.
Greenville No. 385-Benefits..
Walla Walla No. 388-Benefits..
Anniston No. 419-Benefits.
Dover No. 433-Benefits.

Coeur d'Alene No. 445-Benefits.

Owosso No. 455-Benefits and special assistance

Livingston No. 489-Special assistance.. Alliance No. 497-Benefits..

Deposit No. 499-Special assistance. Iowa City No. 515-Special assistance. Norwalk No. 516-Benefits and special assistance

Cranbrook No. 540-Special assistance.. Chicago Polish No. 546-Special assist

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8,937 79

100 00

836 00 469 90

4,814 75

115 50

127 00

72 00

175 00

II 37

2,700 00 5,950 00 216 00 1,690 00 1,320 00 63 00 249 00 1,050 00 880 00 857 05 25 00

100 00 718 00

51 00

100 75

123 25

92 26

30 25

1,192 50

122 25 697 00

15 90

1,300 00

133 25 500 00

25 00 1,164 00

20 00

888 00 50 00

100 00

65 00

Philadelphia No. 2- -Special assistance...$20,850 00 Cincinnati No. 3-Benefits and special assistance

565 00

Columbus No. 5-Benefits.

24 25

New York No. 6-Benefits and special

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Pittsburg No. 7-Benefits and special as

sistance

1,568 00

Buffalo No. 9-Special assistance. Louisville No. 10-Benefits and special assistance

4,305 00

9.258 25

Boston No. 13-Special assistance.. Rochester No. 15-Benefits and special

2,450 00

assistance

3,621 50

Detroit No. 18- Benefits and special assistance

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Milwaukee No. 23-Benefits and special assistance

Peoria No. 29-Benefits.

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St. Paul No. 30-Benefits and special assistance

Fond du Lac No. 31-Special assistance. Evansville No. 35-Special assistance... Minneapolis No. 42-Special assistance.. New Haven No. 47-Special assistance.. Cleveland No. 53-Special assistance. Syracuse No. 55-Special assistance. Dayton No. 57-Special assistance. Kansas City No. 80-Benefits and special

assistance

New York Hebrew No. 83-Benefits...

3,405 00

240 00

408 81

520 00

175 00

1,149 87 1,065 00 350 00

Total paid to unions..

Expenses of Committees, etc.Supplemental education com

mission

Copyright law representative. 101 65 Eight-hour presentation com

Meetings of National Arbitration Board..

Meetings of Joint Conference Board and share joint fund American Federation of Labor-Compilation and printing Label Law Digest... American Federation of Labor-Per capita tax union label trades department. Attorney fees.... Tuberculosis campaign. Telegrams

141 93

626 70

150 00

106 05

35 00

$116,468 67

.$2,500 00

1,198 00

7,617 48

247 00

892 98

989 05

1,010 50 30 00

Order executive council.

9 75

14,580 59

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With the next fiscal year a large decrease in expenditures of this character should be shown. Conditions in most cities where offices were lost during the eight-hour fight are practically restored to their former basis, and as a result the unions that have received financial assistance from the International Union during the past year will be able to hereafter finance such organization work as is necessary in their jurisdictions. This will relieve the parent organization of the heavy drain upon its resources from this source and enable the maintenance of a balance commensurate with our needs.

In this connection a summary of the amount expended for defensive purposes since the International Typographical Union began the regular payment of strike benefits and other defensive work will be interesting:

Year.

Amount Expended.

710 78

1891

$19,039 78

Lynch, J. M.

2,329 92

1892

Maloney, Robert S.

50,828 72

1,239 98

1893

48,467 II

Mitchell, G. E..

149 80

1894

33,834 69

Miller, Hugo.

40 50

1895

24,757 83

Morris, F. E.

34 15

1896

Murphy, E. B..

23.329 35

159 86

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McLernon, W. E.

1,870 68

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McLoughlin, J. E. McNeil, Frank L.

2,897 16

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92,734 60

Parsons, T. C...

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25.538 85

Perkins, E. A.

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30,502 13

Pettipiece, R. P.

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32.771 41

Rodriguez, Armand B.

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73,420 26

Rosenson, H..

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Rust, F. A..

143 67

1906

Scott, C. T.

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39,603 16

815,291 80

t1.531,496 07

Shurr, C. J.

33 31

1908

Sims, Ned..

109 80

Smith, Albert.

37 60

Smith, C. N.

411 20

Spires, W. J.

37 55

Stevenson, James.

55 10

Stevenson, R. J

37 95

Streeter, R. M.

5 36

Thomas, T. F.

67 80

Wardlaw, W. S

197 00

Wheaton, W. D.

Woodman, C. W

Wright, Edwin R.

18 50 15 00

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Grand total....

67 25

115 30

30.495 19 .$161,544 45

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Per capita tax union label trades department, A. F. of L..

Compilation and printing Label Law Di

161,544 45

$3.760,760 79

*Includes sum transferred to general fund for expenses of shorter workday committee, and this fund's portion of the loss in the Indianapolis National Bank,

Including transfer to other funds.

GENERAL EXPENDITURES.

Under this head will be found the items that in previous years comprised the expenditures from the general fund. This year, as has hereinbefore been noted, all funds except the Home and old age pension funds were merged into one, known as the general fund, from which the expenses of the organization are met, with the exception of those chargeable to the two funds above mentioned. The term general expenditures includes officers' salaries, per capita tax and assessments to the American Federation of Labor and the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress, clerk hire, office and convention expenses, the printing of the convention proceedings and officers' reports, etc., as listed below:

Per capita tax and assessments to American Federation of Labor..

106 05 150 00

$4,031 01

2,500 00

1,198 00

Per capita tax to Canadian Trades and Labor Congress...

468 80

101 65

141 93

626 70 892 98

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1909

Total

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This fund now receives one-third of the dues (45 cents per month) collected by the International Union. Every member, therefore, contributed 15 cents per month to the support of the Home during this fiscal year. The revenue thus

derived has proven adequate for the needs of the Home, but is not greater than is now necessary. With the completion of the library addition, upon which work has begun, an increase in the cost of maintenance can reasonably be expected. How long the present apportionment of per capita tax will support the Home is a problem that time only can solve, there being no accurate way by which the future demands upon the institution can be estimated.

The amounts credited to the Home fund by the International secretary-treasurer in the twelve months ending May 31, 1909, can be summarized as follows:

Fund's portion per capita tax to May
31, 1909.....

Transportation of inmates returned...
Refunded by Nos. ΙΟΙ and 138 on

clothing account...

Donations to library fund.

Total

Balance

. $13,328 72 126 21

Transferred to secretary-treasurer Union Printers Home...

.$13,454 93 251 50

. $13,203 43

. $13,203 43

The trustees of the Home, finding the balance in the Cummings memorial fund insufficient to erect the proposed library addition, authorized the International president to issue an appeal to local unions for donations for this improvement. This was done, with the result that contributions were made in the total sum of $5.576.28. In the following table will be found an itemized statement of the amount received:

1, Indianapolis, Ind.. 2, Philadelphia, Pa.. 3, Cincinnati, Ohio. 4, Albany, N. Y. 5, Columbus, Ohio.. 6, New York, N. Y 7, Pittsburg, Pa.. 8, St. Louis, Mo.. 9, Buffalo, N. Y. 10, Louisville, Ky. 11, Memphis, Tenn. 15, Rochester, N. Y.

46, Sacramento, Cal..

52, Troy, N. Y..

55, Syracuse, N. Y.

$5.00

200 00

25 00

130 20

27 05

250 00

25 00 250 00

100 00

46 00

50 00

10 00

18, Detroit, Mich..

19, Elmira, N. Y

50 00

5 00

20, Nashville, Tenn..

25 00

21, San Francisco, Cal.

27, Mobile, Ala...

52 00

28, Galveston, Texas.. 29, Peoria, I.. 30, St. Paul, Minn. 33, Providence, R. I 35, Evansville, Ind.. 36, Oakland, Cal..

25 00

10 00

25 00

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