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U. 213, Paterson, N. J., Card No. 86,853. Notify Bro. Thos. Martin, F. S. of L. U. 213, at 29 Virginia Ave., Paterson, N. J.

Of Bro. F. E. Barrett. One book was completely filled and the other contained about four years' credits. The books were lost while being shipped in a grip from Edna to El Campo, La. Notify Bro. Barrett at 540 Washington St., Beaumont, Tex.

Of Bro. Wm. Tobin, member of L. U. No. 531, Tarrytown, N. Y. Card No. 22,749. Notify Bro. G. F. Kessler, F. S. of L. U. 531, at 25 Chestnut St., North Tarrytown, N. Y. Of Bro. H. Nelson, member of L. U. 286, Rochester, N. Y. Notify Bro. C. H. Elliott, R. S. of L. U. 286, at 467 Clinton Ave., Rochester, N. Y.

Due book of Bro. Joseph Fisher, Card No. 3688. Notify Bro. W. A. Gates, F. S. of L. U. No. 26, at 48 Murray St., Newark, N. J.

Due book and membership card of Bro. Alonzo A. Nickerson, member of L. U. No. 11, Boston, Mass. Return to him at 84 Summer St., Everett, Mass.

Stolen; due book of Bro. Forrest Archbold, apprentice, of L. U. No. 469, Fort Wayne, Ind. Notify Bro. E. T. Drew, B. A., of L. U. No. 469, at 1312 McClellan St., Fort Wayne, Ind.

Stolen; due book of Bro. J. Graethlein, Card No. 57262. Notify Bro. Chas. Greapentrog, F. S. of L. U. No. 515, at 359 Koons Ave, Buflalo, N. Y.

Of Bro. Albert C. Webber, member of L. U. No. 709, Brookline, Mass. Card No. 84106. Notify Bro. Jas. McAvenia at 121 Winthrop Ave., Revere, Mass.

Due books of Bros. Chas. Grice and Thos. Yarnell, of L. U. No. 555, Portsmouth, Ohio. Notify Bro. C. J. Walter, F. S. of the local, at 1226 Franklin Ave., Portsmouth, O.

REPORT OF GENERAL ORGANIZER W. G. SHEA

To the Officers and Members of the Brotherhood, Greeting:

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Y last report found me trying to create a better feeling among the locals of Cleveland, Ohio. Local

No. 128 (paperhangers) had a grievance against Local No. 102 (house painters) for taking in paper hangers. I succeeded in getting Local No. 102 to agree to turn over all paperhangers to Local No. 128. The Jewish local (No. 123) wanted a dispensation to change men from one shop to another, claiming that some men were working under the scale; they wanted to do this without taking the matter up with the District Council every time it was necessary to make a change. The District Council granted this dispensation, "home rule" as they termed it.

My next stop was Akron, Ohio. Our open meeting was fairly well attended, and next day we waited on one of the large paper dealers; he signed the agreement and his men made application to the union.

At Columbus, Ohio, the local was having some trouble regarding the standing of a member. He had been suspended and was out six months, yet the secretary had him pay his back dues and a re-instatement fee, which was contrary to the constitution. I had the Brother fill out an application and he was initiated as a new member.

I then proceeded to Springfield, Ohio; the Local appointed one of the members to go with me and call on the paper hangers to try and get them to join the organization. We succeeded in getting fourteen of them to promise and several made application at the time. They then got up a price list and, later, this was signed by a majority of the dealers.

My next stop was Dayton, Ohio. Trade was dull and there was no chance to do any organizing work.

At Lima, Ohio, we held an open meeting to which the contractors were invited, and a number of them attended. I talked to them about the benefits of our Erotherhood and showed them it would be to the interest of the journeymen and contractors to work together.

I was then called to Grand Rapids, Mich. The Lindner Company, an interior trim factory, had an agreement with our finishers' local and broke the same by hiring non-union men. Mr. Lindner was out of the city, so I took the matter up with his foreman, and he agreed to see that the agreement was lived up to in the future.

An open meeting at our local at Benton Harbor, Michigan was well attended. We received several applications, after which we had a little spread.

At Kalamazoo, Michigan, the officers and members of the local thought it would be advisable to defer organizing work until after January.

I then came to Louisville, Kentucky, where I assisted in the formation of a District Council. The signwriters' local being in bad shape I did some work for them; after several open meetings I succeeded in getting all of the sign-writers but two, to join Local No. 512, which is now in better shape than it has ever been before.

At Middleport, Ohio, I assisted in the formation of a new local, which takes in Middleport, Pomeroy, Syracuse and Racine, Ohio, also Mason City, West Virginia. The local started off with a good set of officers and plenty of change in their treasury, as all the members paid a five dollar initiation fee.

Our Local at Jackson, Michigan, was in bad shape, several months back in their per capita tax to headquarters, and only a few of the faithful holding the charter; after several open' meetings I secured a number of applications, and got the contractors to agree to meet a committee of the local for the purpose of drawing up a working agreement.

Jn Kalamazoo, I made arrangements for a series of open meetings, and after some hard work succeded in getting a number of applications; in the mean time the local drafted a new agrement and presented it to the bosses. It called for an eight hour day, forty cents an hour and a strictly union shop; one of the contactors, on receipt of this new scale informed his men that they would have to get out of the Union or quit, and the men decided to quit. This put a damper on our movement, and it was a hard matter to get any more new members. I called on Mr. Russell in an effort to get him to agree to let his men work as they had been until the scale went into effect; this he refused to do, but agreed to take a number of them back. The men decided to let the matter rest as it was and fight the matter out.

I left for Sturgis, Michigan, where in less than two hours after arriving I succeeded in getting nine painters together, and they agreed to form a local union and gave me twelve dollars to send for a charter.

From Fort Wayne, Indiana, where I made arrangements for an open meeting, I proceeded to Lafayette, as I had some matters to take up with General Secretary Skemp; after finishing my business with

brother Skemp I went back to Sturgis and instituted the Local, with practically all the painters working at the trade in that city. The Local prepared a scale of wages, which called for thirty-five cents an hour, nine hours a day. Their hours were formerly ten and their wages twenty-five cents. This scale was put into effect at once without any trouble.

I then called back at Fort Wayne, Ind., and after holding several meetings and taking in a number of new members left for Louisville Kentucky, where the members of Local No. 118 were threatened with a lockout. The Master Painters Association sent the Local a notice that they would pay their increase of two and one-half cents an hour, but insisted that they cut out all day work and work for no one but contracting painters. This the members refused to do, but agreed to charge ten cents an hour over and above the scale for all day work. A committee and I called on the Master Painters Association and they agreed to defer action until Monday, this being Friday night -they had previously decided to lock our men out Saturday evening if their demands were not acceded to. I got busy with the individual members of the Association and when they met Monday they decided to accept our proposition.

I was then called back to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where I found our boys on strike; the contracting painters of that city having President refused to sign their new scale. Buchanan and I called on the contractors and succeeded in geting a number of the independent contractors to sign up, but the members of the Master Painters Association held out for a few days. On April 2nd, I succeeded in getting Oliver M. Jones, President of the Master Painters Association of the State of Indiana to sign. He is the largest painting contractor in Fort Wayne; this broke the ice and others signed within a short time.

My next stop was Lima, Ohio, where the bosses refused to sign our agreement. With Secretary Norris I called on the contractors and got a number of them to sign up; two or three of the larger ones put the matter off until the following Monday. The boys met Sunday afternoon, and decided to stop work Monday morning. Monday afternoon the contractors signed up, and everything in Lima is O. K.

The Dayton, Ohio, Local had appointed a committee to call on the Master Painters Association in an effort to get them to sign the new agreement. I suggested that I go

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with the committee but they seemed to think that an organizer would be a draw back, as the Master Painters were not any too friendly with the Union. I also suggested that the initiation fee be reduced and that we start a campaign for new mem bers, as the Local only had about ninety members, which was only about one-seventh of the painters in the city; but they did not seem to take to this proposition.

I found our Local in Alliance in very bad shape. I held an open meeting and succeeded in getting about thirty of the former members to agree to pay up and take an interest in the Local Union.

At Youngstown, Ohio, with the assistance of business agent Harmon I succeeded in getting the contracting painters to sign an agreement which called for $3.25 per day and eight hours, and a strictly union shop. They are a hustling bunch of members in this city, ever ready and willing to give an organizer their support.

My next stop was Cleveland, Ohio, where the District Council had a new wage agreement, which called for forty-five cents an hour. All the contractors who had been signing our agreement but one signed up. A number of large contractors members of the Master Painters Association, who have fought our organization for a unmber of years did not sign up this trip but I had a talk with a number of them, and they talked more favorable than they have for years past. I believe that we will eventually have Mr. Flood numbered among the Union contractors, and likewise a number of others who are running open shops.

Everything was O. K. in Lorain, with the exception of two or three small con. tractors who had not signed our agreement; accompanied by the business agent I called on one who agreed to make application, another agreed to take the matter under advisement.

At Elyria, Ohio, which is nearby, our Local had not held a meeting in months and owed several months per capita. I arranged an open meeting, and was around talking to the men when I received a telegram from Secretary Skemp to go to Fort Wayne, Indiana, at once, that Mr. Oliver S. Jones had repudiated his agreement with the Union and his men were out on a strike. I arrived in Fort Wayne the next morning, got in touch with business agent Drew and the men on strike; went over the situation with them and, accompanied by business agent Drew, called on Mr. Jones and he

informed me that the Mtster Painters Association were making it hot for him and threatened to fine and to expel him if he did not break his agreement with the Un ion. I got him to agree to live up to his agreement, and as his two brothers were not in the Union got them to make application. That night they were initiated, and once more things are O. K. in Fort Wayne.

At Cincinnati, Ohio, I assisted VicePresident Finan with the strikes of the hardwood finishers, and the Phil Morton sign painters, who were out for an increase in pay.

Our Lexington, Kentucky, Local wanted me to do some organizing work for them. We held several open meetngs, and succeeded in getting a large number of new members. The contractors, with one exception, are in favor of a working agreement with our Local and I believe in a short time we will have everything in shipshape.

Our agreement with the Lindner Company, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, having expired, he refused to sign a new one. In company with one of the members of the local I called on Mr. Lindner and he stated that he was going to cut out the finishing of the work in his factory. In regard to the men he had working at the time, he said that he had them for a few days to finish up some odds and ends. I advised the local to keep in touch with the situation and let me know if Mr. Lindner continued in the finishing business. They decided to give Mr. Lindner a fight. I had General Secretary Skemp take the matter up with Vice-President Finan, as all of Mr. Lindner's work is practically for Chicago. Our Rochester, Indiana, Local was in bad shape. We held an open meeting, at which we received a number of new members, when I left every thing was O. K. and all promised to work in harmony.

My next stop was Vincennes, Indiana, where I am trying to build up our Local Union, which I find a very hard proposi. tion.

I desire to thank the officers and members of this District for their loyal support and hearty co-operation with my efforts to build up the Locals of this District and to better the conditions of our craft. I am sorry that I could not answer all requests for my services in this District on April 1st, thirty-two cities wanted me on that date and it was impossible for me to be in all.

W. G. SHEA.

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HERE has probably been no raw material used by the varnish and paint manufacturers in the past ten years that has revolutionized these industries as has the use of China Wood Oil, known to the Chinaman as "Tung-yiu." Records in China show that sample shipments of this oil have been sent into Continental Europe as far back as fifteen years ago. However, the real history of its use in quantities began in the United States about twelve years ago, and without question, the United States today are the largest consumers of China Wood Oil for the purpose of varnish and paint making.

It has only been during the past eight years that the Chinaman recognized this oil as a product for export. With this new condition partly developed, the Chinaman

paid closer attention to the grading or classification of the oil. Before this period there was only one grade of oil produced and this was used in its raw state generally throughout the Chinese Empire in various ways, particularly in the coating or painting of the Chinese river junks or boats. It was applied according to the usual system of varnishing in the Empire, using cotton waste or waste rags in place of a brush. This product is still used for the same purpose throughout the Empire of China, affording a very cheap finish and a very durable one. China Wood Oil has also been used throughout the Chinese Empire as a burning oil in place of kerosene. It has been used quite freely in the manufacture of soaps and it has been used in many ways as a waterproofer, particularly on

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