Show TELL WHAT DEMANDS ARE Following is is' a statement Issued by byJ J J. C. C president president of the local union explaining the stand of the the men in their dispute with employers emPl em em- Pl plovers The of Salt Lake City presented their demands for an increase of wages to the manufacturers A committee commIttee committee com com- of the had two conferences conferences conferences con con- with the manufacturers' manufacturers committee committee com- com and at both meetings the manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- flatly refused to consider any demands for an increase In wages from the the So on June 3 every in Salt Lake City numbering numbering numbering number number- ing about eighty walked out The In your city are not unjust or unreasonable in their demands but on the contrary they are the most fair the most Just and their demands the most re reasonable of any demands made by any organization In this or any other city in the country We are demanding an Increase of 1 per thousand on the most popular brands 2 per thousand on ona ona ona a certain brand that only furnishes work for four In Salt Lake City and on the clear Havana work no increase In Increase increase in- in crease has been asked for While rents and cost of living have gone up 15 to 25 per cent and the cigar manufacturers have Increased their business business business busi busi- ness 50 to per cent the remained stationary without any advance ad- ad advance advance ad ad- vance whatever but working under the same scale of prices for nineteen years And now after working that many years jears under the old bill we demand a slight in increase increase increase in- in crease which will amount to a raise in wages of from 1 25 to 1 50 per week or about a 7 per cent cent Increase Nearly all wage-earners wage throughout the country had their wages raised voluntarily voluntarily voluntarily volun volun- or on demand from 10 to 15 percent percent per percent cent In the last three years That Is why we say and are justified In saying so by bythe bythe t the e above facts that our demands are the most Just most reasonable of any de demands demands demands de- de mands that have been presented by any i organization to Its employers So In order order or or order der for the of Salt Lake City to put themselves right before their friends and the union-made union cigar ing public we are re compelled to Issue this state statement statement ent I |