The ENTIRE TOP being one piece of high grade FORGED STEEL makes a LOOSE FACE IMPOSSIBLE. TEMPERED "JUST RIGHT." By our own process the weld at the waist is a LASTING UNION. EXPERIENCE has proved their worth and demonstrated that "Hay-Budden" Anvils are Superior in Quality, form and finish to any others on the market. Send for descriptive circular. Received Gold Medal. Highest Award for Anvils at Omaha Exposi tion, '98, and at Pan-American, '01. HAY-BUDDEN MFG. CO., 254-278 North Henry Street, BROOKLYN, N. Y. MONTHLY MAGAZINE HUBERT MARSHALL, EDITOR AND MANAGER: Second National Bank Building, Ninth and Main Streets., Cincinnati, Ohio. PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF JOURNEYMEN Horseshoers of the UNITED STATES AND CANADA. Resolution to Brother Roady Kenehan. WHEREAS, Brother Roady Kenehan, Ex-SecretaryTreasurer, is unable to attend the sessions of this convention on account of the labor troubles which have existed, and are existing, in the State of Colorado in the mining industries, which have been a disgrace to the country at large for the barbarous treatment of the working class of people on account of the greed of the heartless operators; therefore, be it Resolved, That we regret the inability of Brother Kenehan to attend this convention, and that the International Union of Journeymen Horseshoers of the United States and Canada go on record as endorsing the stand taken by him in his efforts in uplifting the working class of people. GUSTAV KULLANDER, LOUIS MAESEL, HARRY D. WASSON, WM. ROWE, G. E. POHLER, Resolution unanimously adopted by convention. THE THIRTY-SECOND CONVENTION. The most important meeting ever held by the International Union of Journeymen Horseshoers took place at the Chicago Hotel, Memphis, Tenn., beginning Monday, June 22, President John T. Kane in the chair. The weather was very warm and oppressive, which caused the addresses at the opening of the convention to be very short. Every delegate and officer answered the roll call with the exception of Third Vice-President William Mayouck, of Seattle, Wash., whose local was not represented. William Commins, San Francisco, Cal.; Alexander McCormack, Providence, R. I.; Frank Remle, Cincinnati, O. It was evident at once that a spirit of harmony would prevail and gave assurance that the work of the session would prove beneficial to the organization. After the report of the Credential Committee, President Kane appointed the regular committees, which were anxious to get the subject matters referred to them in order to get to work. Never in the history of the organization did the committees work as faithfully as they did at this convention. Every delegate present was on a committee and not one complaint was made by any of the chairmen that the men were neglecting their work, notwithstanding the intense heat which had a number of the brothers under the weather at different times. Several of the brothers were very ill, but seemed to be able at some part of the time to attend to the committee meetings. A number of changes were made in the International Constitution, which will be of great benefit to the organization in the opinion of those who made them; such as the uniform initiation fee and monthly dues. Some of the locals were charging fifty cents a month for dues and twenty-five cents a month for per capita tax, including this as a separate item. A number of the locals were charging a dollar a month and some more than that. In making the minimum dues one dollar a month it will avoid a number of complications. The per capita tax is included in this, and as the stamps are needed the money is ordered paid from the treasury of the local union. A number of smaller locals pay sick and death benefits, which is the cause of a great drain on the treasury on account of the low dues. The dollar a month will help build up the treasuries of these locals. The uniform initiation fee has been requested at a number of conventions, but was not thought advisable until the present time. There are so many small locals where the members can join anywhere from five dollars up, take a transfer card and enter locals which charge a high initiation fee. Therefore it was deemed advisable to set a regular initiation fee. The convention decided on a minimum initiation fee of twenty dollars. Should a local at any time consider that twenty dollars for an initiation fee was detrimental, they can comply with the International Constitution and By-laws and petition the Executive Council to reduce the initiation fee for a stated period. This also applies to the monthly dues. In this way the increase in dues and initiation fee will not prove detrimental in any way to any local union. The matter of bonding the financial officers of the locals in the International Union was also made part of the constitution. In the bonding department the money will be used for the sole purpose of protecting the finances |