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MEDFOTID ifF- TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. DREG OX, SUNDAY, DECEMBER A, 1932. Typographical Union Has 80 Year Record of Achievement, Honor PROTECTION AND Colorado Springs Home Was Established In 1891 ADVANCEMENT OF IE PAGE FOUR 1 r 77.-. yjr! : .y-. t-'U Organization Is Mother Of American Trade Union Movement Many Bene fits Obtained During Years By A. B. Williams In nearly every town and city la the United States the aln of Med ford, the citizens are more or less familiar with the fact that there are local lodges and clvlo and other or ganizations which have an Important bearing upon the welfare and pro gress of their respective communi ties. In the smaller towns and cttle is another organization not so generally familiar. Yet this organization Is a unit of one national international In its scope whlcA has a record of accomplishments and achievements In several respects surpassing those associations more familiarly known the International Typographical Un ion. History Presented To familiarize the people of south ern Oregon with this Institution and Its achievements, purposes, and alms, and Its bearing upon the public wsl-, fare, an attempt Is here made to pre-1 sent, In a concise form, something of the history and other Information of this labor organization. The International Typographical Union is the mother of the American trades union movement. It was brought Into existence In 1852 and has operated continuously for 80 years. During that time It has pro greased until today It comprises 800 subordinate unions, with a member ship of approximately 80,000. It en joys a record for accomplishment that Is surpassed by no organization or association of the kind in the world. From Its birth the purpose of the organization has been protection and advancement for Its members. In later years It Incorporated certain humanitarian features which have won the plaudits of the world, the endorsement of prominent Industrial ists, scientists and thtnkers, and been ths basis for similar movements In other organizations and even by state and federal governments. Health Major Aim One of Its major achievements has been Its relentless effort for more sanitary and healthful conditions In printing offices, and so sucoeesful has been this endeavor that from an average age of 38 years at death In ths beginning, due mostly to tu berculosls, t&e average has 'been In creased to more than 59 yean more than doubled! In 1008 ths X. T. U. Inaugurated the old age pension system, whereby members unable to secure sustain ing employment because of age oi . other disability are entitled to and receive a weekly pension, now amounting to 18 per week. It now haa on Its pension rolls approxl mately 8360 members. This feature alone has saved hundreds of these thousands from becoming public charges and a burden upon public charity during this period of depres sion. In 1803 the I. T. V, established mortuary benefit system whereby beneficiaries of deceased members receive not only sufficient to provide decent burial for the dead, but pro Tide additional for ths aid and com fort of the deceased's family. This benefit Is graduated from $7fl for - continuous membership of one year or less up to 500 for a continuous membership of fifteen years or more. Lightened Labor The X. T. U. Is the parent of ths shorter work day. The recognition of this effort has not been achieved without an arduous and costly struggle. At the time of the birth of the I. T. U. printers, along with other Industrial workers, labored 13 hours per day. It may r.ot be Ir relevant to atate that the condition at the time was aptly expressed by a farm hand: "A working man didn't need bedding so much as he needed a lantern." From 13 the hours were reduced to 10, to S, to 8, to 7H, and now the International proposes, and has adopted a resolution calling for a five-day work week, to spread wage earning out to reduce unemployment. At the beginning all these reforms were considered fantastic and Imprac ticable. It cost the I. T. U. and Its membership over 130.000,000 to put these reforms into effect. And now behold! Not only have other Indus trial concerns and governments been converted to the humanltarianlam O. , .;-f"- - -tt"jlr-"i' : r 4SuiSbS(CSMSMI Health Reclaimed By Many At Colorado Springs Institution $5,554,621 Expended In Maintenance. (By A. K Wllltams.) Much as the I. T. U. and Its mem bers pride themselves upon the rec ords of their achievements, second to none Is the Union Printers Home at Colorado Springs, Colo. In an article of this character adequate Justice cannot be done to this magnificent institution. It would take columns of newspaper apace and the pen of a gifted writer to describe and portray the Home, Its equipment, Its high order of maintenance. Its auxiliaries, Its grounds and Its landscaping. They occupy a site of mow than 360 acres and redeemed from a desert waste to a building and surroundings that elicit ths highest commendation from all classes. Plan Long Held Due to the heavy toll upon Its membership In the infancy of the Union, birth waa given to the idea of an Institution or sanitarium where in members who had contracted tu berculosis could receive better treat ment collectively than In Individual localities. The Idea grew and grew with the passing years, but it was not until 1880, when, with a nucleus of a 810,000 gift from George ' W. Ohllds and Anthony J. Drexel, news pspermen, a real ' move was started for an Institution for ailing and in firm printers. Colorado Springs was selected because of a oil mate ideally suited for the purposes, and in 1893 the first unit was built at a cost of about (70,000. Since then additions and new buildings have been erected, stables for cows, sheds for hogs and chickens built, the grounds parked and lend- scaped, hospital and aanttorlum wards and recreation rooms provided until today the Union Printers' Home Is one of the mast Imposing, best ap pointed and most notable Institutions of Its kind In the world. Produce Own Milk. As a sample of the attendant fea tures may he cited that a herd of 140 teited Holsteln cows Is main tained on the premises to provide a high-class quality of milk. The home now has a frontage of half a mile on Colorado Springs' main thoroughfare. It now houses 848 residents and patl- erts, full capacity. In emergency cases accommodations are provided for new patients, but where cases are not urgent provides the applicant the option of the pension. , The Illustrations give but a faint conception of the magnitude of this Institution. It haa to be seen In the original and examined to be fully ap preciated. Thl home has been de veloped and maintained to date at a cost of $0,654,631. A new annex has Just been com pleted and furnished and equipped. Involving an additional outlay of 1100.000 for building and a like amount for equipment. Many a printer who ?ias fallen prey to some Insidious disease or malady, and who had availed himself of the treatments at this home, was not only benefited, but In numerous cases was so rehabilitated that he was able to return to his occupation. Have Own Mr ill ml staff. The Home maintain a corps tf able surgeons and specialists and highly trained nurses, and Its labora tories are equipped with the very latest and best of paraphernalia. Great Bargains obtainable now In Coats Dresses -Hate at ETHELWYN B. HOFFMANN Sixth & Holly FREE Pioneers anu descendants photographed without charge foi pioneer historical collection SHANGLE STUDIO. Klocker Printery Eighteen Years on South Central Commercial Printers Air view of main building and arrangement of grounds and subordinate structures at Colorado Sprints, Colo., home for Infirm and nlllnr printers. The main building was constructed In 1801 at a cost of $(10,000 and dedirated May 12, 1802. To the orlelnal house has been added a wing on the east, and an extension on the south to provide a modern hospital. The original 80 acres of land has been augmented to over .100 acres of fertile land with cow barns, chicken houses, hog houses, greenhouses and other necessary outbuildings. and righteousness ot these reforms, but many of them are becoming Im bued with the five-day week move ment and In some cases havs already been Inaugurated with satisfactory results. Task Well Learned The I. T. U. requires all appren tlces to be registered and It Is I mandate that they be given oppor tunity to become thoroughly versed and practical In every department In whioh they work. In addition to this they are required to take and pass examinations In technical courses provided by the I. T. U. cor respondenoe school so that when they are graduated they are not merely printers but skilled artisans, ready to take the places of those who must lay aside the tools of the trade and craft. To date ths International Typo graphical Union has spent, in addi tion to sums already named, 118,- 474,747 as pensions to Its members; $6,704,808 as " mortuary benefits; $364,170 for trade education; not to mention the tens of thousands ot dollars expended by subordinate un ions in assistance and charity. Tributes to labor and labor organis ations could be quoted from scores of Illustrious men and leaders. Two not able ones are here quoted : Labor la superior to capital and deserves muoh the higher consider ation. No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toll up from poverty none less Inclined to take or touch aught whlcvh they have not honestly earned. Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which, If surrendered, will surely be used to elose ths doors of advance ment, and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them till all of liberty shall be lost." Abraham Lincoln. I believe In organisation of the wage-earners. We can succeed only by standing shoulder to shoulder, working In association. A great deal can be accomplished by working each for all and all for each." Theodore Roosevelt. Campbell Clothing Co.'s December Sale -Smashing Pre-Christmas Buying Opportunity- Monday's Special Phone 156-J 28 So. Central He SAIL CHRISTIfiAS OF 1 1 mmsum $ i luggage m i W An Appropriate Gift Isr I in -Mr :' 1 1 I PRICE! KM I 1 CM - O Up to $26.00 Values. 1 I Bfe W I w.m n-ii mmi m i r a I SHOP EARLY SAVE! Look at These AMAZING BARGAINS Silk Ties Regular $1.00 Value 69c House Slippers Values to $3.50 $1.69 Belt Sets A $1.50 Xmas Gift . 95c Xmas Ties Special while they last. 55c 2 for $1.00 , GbWSmM eWiiifiif'1- CiREEYiriCaS Christmas Cards A Fine Selection in Holiday Greeting Cards IBox 59c 2 Boxe3 60c Gardner Drug, Inc. 206 W. Main St. Phone 816 Extra Special! OVERCOATS Up to $25.00 Values. $13.50 Extra Special! ; MEN'S SUITS Regular $25.00 values $19.50 Hundreds of Bargains Not Listed Silk and Wool Sox. 50c values Tie Seta. $1.25 values Box Handkerchiefs. , Regular $1.00 values. One Lot Men's and Boys' all wool Blazers 39c 95c : 85 c $295 iat" Dress Pants, to $6.50 Men's Oxfords. and $6.00 values.. Pelt Hats. Regular.. tO AC All Wool Lounging Robes Values 535 $5.00 $0 QC $3.45 $6.35 Campbell Clothing Co. 105 East Main Phone 654-R SEES Commercial Printing Dept. of the MAIL TRIBUNE The Home of Distinctive Printing Since 1892 Our Work Bears This I Union Label 28-30 North Grape Phone 75 e MOD6RN GIFT MOD6RN MOTIiGRS IS ELECTRICAL The 'Greatest Joy will accompany an electrical gift. Every day in the year will bring thoughts of appreciation from Mother. There is an electrical gift for every purse. THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY 1 2&r n IS
