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Show FINE HOME OF UNION PRINTERS Institution of Which Organization Has Right to Be Proud. NEARLY THIRTY YEARS OLD Beneficent Work Done In Palatial Abode at Colorado Springs Would Be Hard to Overestimate Union Has Glorious Record. In the year 1S00 there was a gathering gath-ering of union printers in the city of New York, composed of representatives representa-tives from a dozen different cities, and the foundation was there laid for what was destined to become "the world's greatest labor organization." From this modest little meeting the International Typographical union was called into being, and ever since that time It has been the purpose of union printers to spread the gospel of trades unionism throughout the world. In the early days of Its existence the International Typographical union met with problems that threatened Its very life, but those self-sacrificing pioneers of" the trades union movement, move-ment, through patient and painstaking effort, overcame the perplexing diffi- At; It1 Cfftt;, . - '' ' 1 -A 1 . I A Union Printers' Home. culties encountered and launched a movement that since has taken root in J every industry in the land. In fact, the union printers were the first to appreciate the necessity of a national body jtnd were primarily responsible for organizing the American Federation Federa-tion of Labor. The history of the International Typographical union is one of achievement. achieve-ment. Among the more progressive and humanitarian measures adopted and put into force may be mentioned the sanitary workshop, a living wage, the eight-hour work day, arbitration and conciliation, woman suffrage, one day's rest in seven, initiative and referendum, ref-erendum, equal wages for men and women, prohibition of child labor, old j age pensions, mortuary benefits, sup- j plemental trade education, a home for I old members and a tuberculosis sanatorium sana-torium for victims of the white plague. Of all the beneficent features connected con-nected with the International Typographical Typo-graphical union the Union Printers' home perhaps has given the organiza-tion organiza-tion more publle-f publle-f N. ity than any other f one activity. This 1 unique institution . was erected and LV - T; ,1 is maintained by 1 J;-s- V,,' the membership of SVy -s1 the union. It was c dedicated in 1S92. V 1 'f Since that time IM hundreds of old printers have tiSi? passed their clos-Sf clos-Sf -tJ.T) days In this i nrT" sessi haven of rest. x- Many members v, i-f-J--, who have fallen x ' : victims to the ; x s 'N; ' ; ' i S dread white JV-v. J plague have been 5f nursed back to ,';, health at the tu-svvv,' tu-svvv,' ; -5 berculosls sana-ii sana-ii X? torium nnd re- i turned to their families as useful " and self-support- ' ing members of In the Grounds, society. It is the boast of union printers that their members do not become ipublic charges when overtaken by age and adversity. They have their own home to go to. a home for which In the days of their earning power they have paid, a home which is theirs as a matter of right and not as a matter of charity. Everything that Is necessary to comfort and contentment con-tentment Is supplied without cost: the members at work pay the. bills. The home Is located at Colorado Springs. Colo., and has been visited by over a quarter million people in the past 'J."i years, and these pilgrims, journeying from nil countries and representing rep-resenting all classes and walks of life, have paid their wealth of compliments to the home. .Tamos .1. lloban in the Cleveland Sunday Leader Magazine. In Unshakable Position. The justice of labor's cause and the pride which Americans feel In their country uf the best country of work ers under the sun are what hold pub lie approval steadfast lu support ol labor. |