The Tailor; Official Organ of the Journeymen Tailors' National Union Volume 14-15 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...on the part of men as intelligent as those connected with the Bureau of Labor. There is not a single man or woman in this country, I do not care who they are, or where, (hat has lived with their eyes and -ars ope.., who will set down and read the bulletin as issued, but what will feel ashamed that the government of the U. S. will permit for partisan purposes, and certainly there could be no other object in view, the issuance of such a statement which even if as a general proposition it be true, that wages have increased more than the cost of living, the methods of presenting it in the bulletin, and the self-evident intention of misleading the people, is to say the least, not commendable to those who had the work in charge. It has been said that a half truth is worse than a lie, and if it ever applied to anything it applies to the bulletin that has been issued by the Bureau of Labor on the subject of the increase of wages as compared to the increase of living. Where their figures were collected it is hard to tell. I am sure of one thing however, they were not collected from the intelligent trade unionists on this North American continent. Hamilton, August i, 1904. John B. Lenon, G. S., and the Gen. Ex. Board, J. T. U. of A. Dear Sirs: --In my last report written from Quebec I touched briefly on my work in that place At the concluding meeting the officers of the new branch were elected and delegates appointed to represent them in the Trades Council. One of these has recently been elected treasurer of that body. I have lately received a letter telling me that more new members have been added to the roll. The council is determined to boom our label and is working hard to bring every store into the union. Committees were appointed to bring..