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perity that is abroad in the land. We feel that it is right that we should have a little of it, for there is more pleasant things to do, and better paying, than to climb ladders, ride dummies and stand on scaffolds all day in a hatch where every blast of air is sucked up and handed to you with all the dust and dirt it has gathered up in its travels through the building. Or if you are on repair work you know how nice it makes one feel to get smeared all over with the nice mixtures found around an elevator. Of course, there are other things that help make the business likable. Well, no matter how you think, the pay is better than it used to be, but in most cases the fight was hard to obtain it. And there are many in the same line of work who will do all they can to take the work at much lower wages. I trust the day will soon come when all men who labor will see that they must stand together for better conditions or they will continue to work the treadmill and others will reap the result. I don't want to be considered radical, but the way we who labor and produce the wealth of the country undermine each other is a fright. Why can't labor see its duty and work united, the same as capital does? Then they will reap the harvest due them.

While work has been plentiful here this winter, I cannot say what the prospects are for the summer, but hope they will continue good enough to keep all of our boys at work. We have been having some help from other locals this winter, and we are glad that we can have these brothers with us. Some of them expect to remain here and become members of No. 37. We welcome good men into our local always, but if we are not careful Columbus will have more elevator men than she can use. Then some of us will have to migrate. We must use more judgment in our business transactions or we may get splinters in our fingers when we scratch our heads.

When you hear from us again, Mr. Editor, we will have changed our

local's home. The lease on the building occupied by us having expired, making the change necessary.

Well, I am not going to say anything this time about any of the boys personally, but if they keep on getting no better fast enough we are going to organize an Independent Order of Square and Roundheads. The ritual will contain two degrees, but I am not going to tell what they are until after we get our charter from the supreme order of same.

We wish the editor health, and also hope the boys of all the other locals will be healthy and busy all through the year. We hope to have something more interesting the next time and will now close. No. 37.

Not

J. D. BOYLE.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

having been represented through the columns of the Journal for quite a while should not be attributed to lack of time, for most of the brothers, as they are doing very little elevator work, owing to the fact that Birmingham is not building very fast at present. Yes, there are a few of the old "faithfuls" there sticking it out and holding together for better times. And the prospects look bright for the future, as some preparations are being made to build and with the repair work and by careful manipulation of her members, such as sending some out of town and dividing the work among the others, I think Local No. 24 can stem the tide if the banks will stop "busting" long enough for us to draw our money and pay our bill.

The Warner Elevator and Machine Company, of Cincinnati, has been real busy in Birmingham recently, having installed several machines with unfair labor, and us without power to prevent same, except through other cities. Brothers, take notice.

The Otis Company have about three fair mechanics and as many helpers busy most of the time.

The brothers are somewhat scattered at present. Bro. J. P. Hogan is

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(Athens, Ohio, Messenger.) Pennsylvania coal operators say that if they should grant the wage increase of 20 per cent. asked for by the miners it would mean an increase of 36 cents in the cost of every ton of hard coal and that this cost would all have to be passed on to the consumers, to the tune of $23,000,000 more a year.

It may be so. Experience, however, has made the public a little distrustful of such estimates. In a former settlement an increase of 13 cents a ton for the miners became 50 cents a ton when it reached the consumer. Later, when the State imposed a tax on anthracite, the operators added the tax to their selling price, collected it from the public, then had the law declared unconstitutional and kept the money.

The public is probably willing to contribute toward raising the miners' wages, but it naturally wants to know whether there is to be any hocuspocus about it.

ALL TALK

The Agent-Then we'll consider that settled.

The Actor-But-er-what about the contract?

The Agent-Oh, that's all right. A verbal contract'll do.

The Actor-Not a bit of it! The last time I had a verbal contract I drew a verbal salary.

A little boy only six years old was boasting that he worked in a blacksmith shop.

"What do you do there?" he was asked. "Do you shoe horses?"

"No, sir," he answered promptly, "I shoo flies."-Our Dumb Animals.

Directory of Local Unions

NOTICE TO SECRETARIES OF
LOCAL UNIONS.

Local Secretaries are requested to peruse the Directory of Officers and inform the Editor if there have been any changes made that do not appear in the Journal.

OFFICERS OF THE I. U. OF E. C.

President-Joseph F. Murphy, 312 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Phone, Prospect 820.

First Vice-President-J. C. MacDonald, 386 Harrison Ave., Boston, Mass.

Second Vice-President-A. Eagan,

156 E. 54th St., New York, N. Y. Third Vice-President-W. Snow, 1934 Warren Ave., Chicago, Ill. Fourth Vice-President F. Cobey, 205 E. Market St., Akron, Ohio. Fifth Vice-President-F. W. Doyle, 6556 Scanlan Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Sixth Vice-President-P. E. Cryder, R. F. D. No. 1, Fairhaven, Pa. Secretary-Treasurer Frank J. Schneider, 418 Perry Building, Philadelphia, Pa

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Recording Secretary-Louis E. Volk, 459 Eichelberger Ave.

Financial Secretary-F. H. Burmester, 1902 Obear Ave.

Treasurer-J. Brenton, 3116 N. Ashland Place.

Business Agent-Jos. M. McIntire, 2617 St. Vincent Ave. Correspondent to Journal-C. L. Low, 6957 Tyler Ave.

Local No. 4, Boston, Mass. Meets second and fourth Thursdays in month at 386 Harrison Ave. President-Frank Dutton, 6 Wainwright St., Dorchester, Mass. Vice-President-W. Tin pany, 19 Mansfield St., Everett.

Recording Secretary-Chas. A. Dunk, 94 Topliff St., Dorchester.

Financial Secretary-Wm. Roxborough, 20 Crocker St., Somerville. Treasurer-J. Swansen, 216 Marginal St., E. Boston.

Business Agent J. C. MacDonald, 386 Harrison Ave., Tremont 491.

Local No. 5, Philadelphia, Pa. Meets first and third Monday in month, at Broad and Columbia Ave. President-Charles P. Fisher, 2516 Corlies St.

Vice-President-Charles Hatch, 2035
N. Franklin Street.
Recording Secretary-Wm. B. Mac-
alister, 128 N. Wilton St., W. Phila.
Financial Secretary-J. M. Young, 22
S. Farragut St.

Treasurer-J. S. Irwin, 3637 N. 17th
St.

Business Agent-Robert Smith, Office

Heed Building, 1215 Filbert St. Phone, Walnut 1441. Correspondent to Journal-W. B. Macalister.

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Meets at I. O. O. F. Hall, 1927 University Ave., every first and third Friday in month.

President-C. K. Wisehart, 4223 Blaisdale Ave.

Vice-President-Chas. Lee.

Recording Secretary-N. W. Johnson, 1728 Wesley Ave., St. Paul. Financial Secretary-D. F. Pierce, 3537 34th Ave., So.

Treasurer-N. W. Johnson, 1728
Wesley Ave., St. Paul.
Business Agent J. J. McMullin.
Correspondent to Journal-Ralph W.
Bay.

Local No. 10, Washington, D. C.
Meets second and fourth Thursday
in month at 419 10th St., N. W.
President-C. Crump, Balston, Va.
Vice-President-Thos. Holleran, 1763
Willard St., N. W.

Recording Secretary-Treasurer-J. F.
Herrity, Box 52, Arlington, Va.
Financial Secretary-J. E. Barbee,
Bethesda, Md.

Treasurer-J. O. Whiting, 906 7th
St., S. W.
Business

F. Glick, 65

Agent-L. Bates St., N. W. Correspondent to Journal-J. F. Herrity.

Local No. 11, Cincinnati, O. Meets

every first and third Friday in month at Labor Auditorium, Clark and John Sts.

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