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Show Saturday , Mar. 31, 1917. UTAH LABOR NEWS Page n FACTS CONCERNING THE LABOR TEMPLE STAWS icgiiga ' , Size of lot, 11 6lj ft. front by 10 rods deep. Bought five and a half years ago for . Cofcit Clean Cooking of remodeling and improvements Total cost Total paid on property $50,000 Kitchens Cooling boeomes really pleasant and work in the' kitchen is no longer disagreeable for the housewife who boasts a Cabinet Gas Range. The heat, soot, dirt and general balkiness of the old eoal range are all banished. UTAII GAS & COKE COMPANY C. M. EYMAN, General Manager. JEREMY FUEL & GRAIN CO. Sell all the best kinds of COAL, HAY a greater number take part in de- bate, Retail Clerks are making an active campaign against the Day and Night store, which keeps open after all other business houses have closed their doors. The clerks are keeping pretty close tab on this concern and report that it has not yet been necessary to report union men to their organization for having given aid and succor to enemies of the labor movement. A little pull altogether and the Day and Night store will be doing business as other merchants recognize as Just to employees. Drug Clerks report that the Dayton people, who try to get the union dollars and dimes around State and Second South, are not meeting with any great amount of success. Mr. Dayton is active in the Twenty Buyers club, which is organized to ouy advantageously, but which is now being used to keep drug clerks from getting reasonable hours that will permit them to spend two Sundays a month with their families. This concern is not entitled to a penny or money earned under union condition. and union men should spend their money with their friends if they expect to have any friends. Electrical Workers reported that locals 354 and 459 have been amal- gamated. and GRAIN No raise in price of fuel On motion of Delegate Valhusky the Hadley Transfer company was taken from the unfair list of the federation. This concern has signed an agreement with the Teamsters organization. Bakers report that the Harris bakery is now using- the union label - We also carry a full line of Poultry Supplies. The Union Coal Yard on their bread. They also call attention to the unfairness of the Package grocery (across the street from Daytons) and Mothers bread is also unfair to them. sjt Telephone Wasatch 4111 N. Sixth West St. Moving picture operators are making a fight on the Rand theatre, but expressed the opinion that it would be better were the authorities to close this place In the interest of the public health rather than to win what they are contending for. The health officers might look into this matter. ST.. EASTER WEAR Coats, Suits, Dresses, The federation unanimously concurred In a motion to ask local organizations affiliated to- place a fine on members who purchase the product of the unfair Whitaker Cigar ' company. In answer to a query, we desire to say that to the best of our information the Mr. Whitaker who operates the unfair concern is a son of George Whitaker, who for a generation or more was considered one of the squarest union men in Utah, both as an employer and employee. - Waists s and Millinery - The federation concurred in the re- quest of the Carpenters district council for an indorsement of R. E. Currie for the position of state sealer of weights and measures. He 4 MAIN for Fahy and Moore were the alternates. Complying with a request from the city commission to appoint a representative on the general committee of the Americanization League of Utah, the editor of Utah Labor News was named. k 2 Spring Modes ALT LAKE FEDERATION OF LABOR By J. S. DIXON NEWS NOTES 5 The meeting of the federation each week sees new delegates and larger delegations In attendance. More Interest seems to be displayed In business coming before the meetings and 222-Z- .Splendid Showing of 20,000 $30,000 Balance due Stock sold to date, about 14,000 shares. Stock in treasury for sale, 30,000 shares at $1.00 per share. Interest paid to date $10,000. Income from property, about $500 per month. Cost of operating, about $100 per month. and Clean 7(5 DPV COOPS STOPE 10,000 ' Remember Colins always show the new things first at popular prices. He communication from the International Association of Machinists regarding unfair nails was referred to delegates from Teamsters and Horse-shoeA SIEGEL rs unions. STREETCAR MEN By A. A. Jensen. Preparedness is a great thing and nobody can deny the right of a country, state, city of organization to prepare for the enemy in whatever form he may appear. The enemy of the worker is not always low wages, but often takes form of long hours. The long hours of labor have a tendency to stifle the intellect, to impair Clothing Co. The Store for Union Labor Suits Odd Trousers Corduroys Hats -- the energy and the vital organs of the body, and to reduce the opportunity for physical and mental .improvement, The reduction of the hours of labor to eight out of each twenty-fou- r, six days per week, in all branches of industry is a stepping stone to a higher state of civilization. Caps Shirts Gloves Carhartt Overalls Etc. Our supreme court has decided In favor of the railroad men on the Adamson eight-hou- r law and we are in hopes that this law will some day include the street carmen as well. Economically it is wrong to presume that every advance on the line of shorter hours or increased wages should add to the increase of the cost of living. In the annual production of the workers of our country we are Informed that the producer receives but about 10 per cent while the captains of industry receive the other 90 per cent, a most unjust proportion, If the laboring class could become one great unit and work through a unity of operation, it would take but a short time to balance the cost of increased wages and shorter hours from the unjust share of production which is at present allowed the capitalistic end, and then the cost of living would in no way be affected. This change would require not only the finesse of organl&tion, but would also demand a,, membership well equipped to hold the places of power and responsibility that they s 228-23- 0 Main Street Suite Telephone "Was. 3393. DELBERT W. THOMAS so-call- ed Associate yourself with a growing bank Records of deposits of this 1912 1913 1914 1915 ..... duly. 1916 In asking union men to demand the Meat Cutters card from places they favor with their patronage, they also ask that you keep in mind that Hoer-ner- 's First South, is unmarket, fair to them. They have hopes of getting the management of the Success market to put their house card on display in a conspicuous place. W. (3.200,000 .3,300,000 4.500.000 6.300.000 6,500,009 An increase of $3,300,000, more than doubled, in four years. Walker Brothers Bankers H k Jk Delegates to the State Federation were elected at the last meeting. There was a large field to choose from, the successful ones being Russell, Harvey, Asbridge, Currie and Dixon, Valhusky, Irxine, Jarman, NEW METHOD DENTIST American Building, 338 S. Main Street. Salt Lake City, Utah. A. J. Weber Colbert L. 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