were forthwith intimidated by calling out the state militia. The "intelligent American workmen" evidently appreciated the pre-election joke of their employers, for they remained at work during the trouble.

SHOULD the American Newspaper Publishers' Association be successful in its efforts to have the tariff reduced on wood pulp and print paper, it would probably mean the employment of more printers, pressmen, stereotypers, photo-engravers and mailers.

"BUSTER" VAN CLEAVE has threatened to "do things" to the republican party in 1912 if congress does not change the tariff to suit him. He has tried the same bulldozing tactics on organized labor for some time now, but without any great degree of success. In the rôle of a tariff smasher, however, Van Cleave may prove more effective than he has in the rôle of a union smasher.

AS AN aid in the crusade to stamp out tuberculosis, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis has commenced the publication of a monthly magazine, one department of which will contain data with regard to what has been done in the ranks of organized labor to stamp out consumption. John Meade, a member of Philadelphia Typographical Union, who has been a frequent contributor to the columns of THE JOURNAL on the subject of the prevention of the disease, will have charge of this department.

AND now we hear of the notorious and ubiquitous Mulhall, the handy man of the Van Cleave crowd, appearing before the congressional ways and means committee in an effort to batter down the tariff wall -on certain articles. His efforts to elect the republican candidate for governor of Indiana at the late election, who was bitterly fought by organized labor, were not crowned with success, and it is probable he will be as badly stung by the bumblebees of the political beehive at Washington as he was by the political activity of organized labor in the Hoosier state.

THE Milwaukee Sentinel and Milwaukee Free Press of December 13 published an article by Secretary La Fleur, of Typographical Union No. 23, which was replete with information concerning the Union Printers Home, the crusade of the International Union against consumption, the Home exhibit at the International Tubercular Congress at Washington and the pension and burial benefits of the organization. The article also contained a three-column illustration of the Home building and grounds. The efforts of Mr. La Fleur are commendable, and could be emulated by others in placing the various beneficial features of the International Typographical Union before the great mass of newspaper readers.

THE absorption last month by the National Window Glass Workers' Association of its rival organization, the Blowers' and Gatherers' Protective Association, takes from the docket of the American Federation of Labor a jurisdiction quarrel which has caused much trouble at recent sessions of that body. The general labor movement will welcome the amicable settlement of a controversy between branches of an industry that has for several years caused considerable friction.

THE Chicago Master Painters' Association has confessed that its "trade school" has been a failure. The reason for the non-success of the school is easily ascertained, according to the officials of the painters' district council. No sensible boy will go to a trade school and pay for being taught a trade, when the painters' union has an apprentice system whereby the boy may learn the trade in a thorough, practical manner, and at the same time receive wages.

THE decision of the district court at Des Moines, Iowa, which declared valid an ordinance requiring the union label on all printing used by the city, has been appealed to the state supreme court. Typographical Union No. 118 is not disturbed in its serenity over the probability of a reversal.

DURING the past month the death of P. M. Jones, familiarly known as "Port," occurred at Ogden, Utah. Previous to going to Utah to reside, Mr. Jones was a member of Omaha Union No. 190 for many years. He represented that body at the International convention at Milwaukee in 1900, where he was a member of the committee on laws. He also served as a district organizer of the International Union, in which capacity he was eminently successful. Death came without warning, as he was sitting at the keyboard about 1 o'clock in the morning, and he died in the office before his family could reach him. An attack of heart disease was the cause. The deceased had many friends among the craft, especially in the west, to whom this news will be a deep affliction.

EVERY publication now being produced or marketed by the Werner Company, of Akron, Ohio, is the output of non-union labor, in spite of claims being made either by advertisements or personal representatives of the company. Some of the works which are being pushed by this union-hating concern are "Makers of History," the works of Muhlbach, "Historians' History of the World," the "Twentieth Century Encyclopedia," and other editions of encyclopedia under different names. This unfair establishment is making a special effort, under its own name, to push the sale of the works of Maupassant and the "New American Encyclopedia Dictionary."

AS THE appointment of Samuel B. Donnelly to the position of public printer was announced just as the editorial pages of the December JOURNAL were being closed, it was impossible to do more than briefly mention the matter in that issue. The editor requested our Washington correspondent to "cover" the subject for this number, and the result of his efforts will be found on another page. There has been much favorable comment on the appointment of Mr. Donnelly to this important position, and THE JOURNAL is sure that our new public printer will "make good," which is also the opinion of the Washington scribe.

THE plan of the American National Red Cross Society, in putting stamps on sale throughout the country, the proceeds to be placed in a fund to continue the campaign against consumption, resulted in gathering many thousands of dollars for the cause. The International Typographical Union purchased 100,000 of these stamps, and used them on mail sent out from headquarters during the past month. Several of our local unions are also using these stamps.

THE C. W. SEAWARD COMPANY, of Boston, Mass., has announced the names of the winners of the prizes for the two best answers to a list of five questions, which were recently published in the advertising columns of THE JOURNAL. The questions pertained to the manipulation of doublemagazine Mergenthaler linotype machines, and the answers which were deemed the best out of a large number received from all parts of the country were given by Willis L. Hall, of Washington, D. C., and H. F. Dodge, of Little Rock, Ark., both members of the International Typographical Union. The two prizes consisted of $25 in cash. As an evidence of increased business, the Seaward company has opened a branch repair department in the Monon building, Chicago, with J. W. Southerland in charge.

DURING the sessions of the American Federation of Labor convention in Denver, it will be recalled that one day was devoted to a trip to Colorado Springs for the inspection of the Union Printers Home. The weather was inclement and interfered with the program, preventing all of the speeches that had been arranged for. Among others that were to have spoken was T. V. Copeland, of Tacoma Typographical Union No. 170. He was to take advantage of the occasion to present to the Home a beautiful painting of Mount Tacoma, the gift of No. 170. The picture was presented, but not in as elaborate a manner as was desired, and as would have been appropriate, but the gift was none the less acceptable, and it now adorns the Home and is a beautiful acquisition to its many priceless possessions.

Home Christmas Donation Will Be a Success.

The appeal for a Christmas donation for the Union Printers Home, with which to complete the fund necessary for the erection of a library addition, has been remarkably successful up to the time that the columns of the January JOURNAL are closed, notwithstanding that the appeal did not reach the membership until the 7th or 8th of December. Local unions are contributing, chapels are contributing, and members are contributing. In many instances all three elements in the same union are contributing. In the February issue of THE JOURNAL will be published a list of contributors up to the closing of the forms for that month, and all local unions that intend to aid in the gathering of the $12,000 necessary should see to it that they are represented in the itemized statement that will be made in the February number of this magazine.

A well-appointed and commodious library is necessary to house the books that were so generously donated at the time of the Colorado Springs convention and since that date. If we are to have a library, it should be one that will meet the needs of the institution for many years to come. A larger dining-room in the main building is also much to be desired, and if the new addition can be constructed complete to the temporary roof, we will have kitchen facilities adequate to the needs of the institution. In brief, we desire to provide for the physical and mental requirements of the people who are habited at the Union Printers Home, and if we can raise $12, 000 proper provision will be made.

Send contributions to Secretary-Treasurer Bramwood, and remember in this connection that unions can contribute, chapels can contribute, and individual members can contribute. Nearly all of the buildings that make up the Union Printers Home have been constructed with money gathered through donations more or less voluntary. This should be particularly true of the library building. Nearly all of the 11,000 or 12,000 books now on hand were donated; the temple in which they

President Ridder's Criticisms.

All the readers of THE JOURNAL should carefully peruse the speeches of President Lynch and President Ridder before the National Civic Federation, and published in full in this issue. President Lynch, in the belief that the object of the Civic Federation was to promote the trade agreement, confined his paper to a history of that instrument for peace in the International Typographical Union, and then expressed the belief that those who are endeavoring to promote the trade agreement are entitled to the encouragement and support of all citizens who are anxious for industrial peace. President Ridder, in his paper, paid tribute to the trade agreement as an effective agent for industrial peace, and then proceeded to a criticism of the printing trade unions because their representatives will not concede that all of the publishers' demands in periods of depres sion are well founded. Mr. Ridder ap pears to have forgotten that the demands for wage reductions made by newspapers during the panic year were very few, thus indicating that the newspapers at least were conscious that wage reductions are not the remedy for panics, but, on the contrary, add to the misery and hopelessness that panics engender. Again, in the few instances in which newspapers sought wage reductions the demand was put forward as a matter of arbitration tactics, rather than through any real desire to lessen cost