Show CIGAR MAKERS STRIKE IS A PIPE EFFECT OF SWEARING OFF HABIT It may ma perhaps be not generally known that the highly commendable habit of ot swearing off oU on the first of the new year ear is conducive to peace and harmony to an extent most marked Aside from the beneficial results that follow in the path of him who righteous and prom promises promIses so to be lie from the New Years day onward morally physically and financial ly there is a constitutional provision pro prohibiting prohibiting strikes on the part of ot ers in the months immediately following the advent of at a new year as aswell well as in inthe Inthe Inthe the month immediately preceding that time are not permitted d to strike during the months of December January February and March With ref reference refe reference to December the reason for tor this prohibition is that the international union does not want to embarrass the manufacturers Just before Christmas busi business business business ness Is extremely good for the reason that the better half halt of ot ones family usual ly buys her husband a box of ot the finest cigars that were ever made After Atter smoking smokIng ing those or maybe some s me pt pf them the husbands custom is to swear off smoking on the first of the Lile year Consequently those who were the best friends before cease to be his friends at atall atall atall all They abhor tobacco in every form torm and are determined to lead more upright lives thenceforth Lasts Lasts About Three Months The Tile praiseworthy determination of ot the off ot however begins to weaken In its upper tories stories along about the latter part of January In February the off ot is tossed on the horns of ot a dilemma and in March he Is 15 confronted with man kinds greatest enemy desire When the Ides of ot March have hae come and gone and have hae been forgotten he succumbs before the tempter and to the temptation t and he smokes again In n order to smoke again he be must have cigars In order to have cigars there must be So that the former relations between the consumer and the theman manufacturer man and the are once more established and everything is again serene Thee There being a smaller demand for ci cigars cigars cigars gars during the months following swear ingoff time the deem It prudent to raise no more Cain than is Js absolutely necessary Therefore It Is that the international union has forbidden strikes during these months No Strike Here HereAU All AU of ot this Is brought to mind by the circulation of ot rumors that th t presently there is going to be a strike of ers era in Salt Lake Lalie City Cit and possibly in inthe inthe Inthe the districts to the southward and east eastward eastward ward which are under this jurisdiction On Tuesday E J 3 Bohe the secretary of ot the local here stated that the men had presented no demands to the manufacturers ers em that they the had no grievances respect respectIng respecting Ing ng working conditions Yesterday Yest rda J C was asked about the situation What That Mr Bohe told you is correct he said We have pre presented presented no demand to the manufacturers for or an Increase of or wages and I have hae not had an Interview with any person news paper reporter or others fn En I vei remotely suggested that the and the manufacturers would soon be a at outs The question of or an Increase has ha been talked about among the members and If f t it is finally decided to make a request for an advance that request will wll not be presented for tor some time to come Manufacturers Are Ar Informed The Th of cigars that Is the bosses are aware that there th re Is a like of a request for tor an increase in wages coming soon Victor Carlson of the Leader cigar factory was W seen yester day We Wc have had no demands from the themen themen themen men yet but I am told that we shall shail soon be requested to grant a raise How do the manufacturers feel fecI about It Well Wen so far as wo we are concerned J I think the men will get their Increase if l It is 19 a reasonable Js are ard ar pretty scarce Do you ou know now how the other employers feel about it 7 No Xo I speak only for our factory May Effect Compromise J 3 W Dallas of ot the Whitaker Dallas company compan said that his firm had received no request for an increase In wages It lt Is difficult to say sa what we will do as we have nothing before us I presume how however however however ever that we will try to bring about a compromise We have never neer had any trouble in Salt Lake and we certainly do not anticipate any at this time The get good wages here ere and men are often otten hard to get The Prevailing Schedule The rhe pay of range from 10 to 34 f a thousand A competent man can make 0 standard cigars in a day da By standard cigars is meant the quality that thatIs Is U usually sold for 12 cents For this grade the receives 18 a thou thousand thousand thousand sand or about JT 7 a week The men do donot doI donot not average that wage wase however as there then I are in their business elapsed time and other conditions that affect the earning ot of the maximum The men will average I about 20 a week said Bald Mr The highest grade of cigar manufactured manufactured manufactured In this city aside from the very ery very ve cream is the clear Havana sold for tor 25 cents the cigar Very few tew of these are re made for tor the reason that there is little demand for them th m the bill billboard billboard board cigar or high priced Key West goods supplying the demand A tear clear Havana made here may be Just as aa good goodIn In fact tact better than a billboard or adver advertised advertised Used cigar said Mr Sir but the Key West smoker will Insist on a aKey aKey aKey Key West article dollars a thousand Is the scale for this class The In the class ranging from 10 to C 12 a thousand comes come the cigar Above Aboe that is the cigar and the three for tor a quarter graded according to quality The cheaper cigars are made in molds which the standard and higher priced articles are fashioned by hand |