========================================================================== | |Date of | Date of |Order of | |National|Introduction|Introduction | Name of Organization. | Organi-|of Benefit |of Benefit | | zation.| System[4] | System -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Typographical Union................ | 1850 | 1891 | 11 | Hatters' Association................ | 1853 | 1887 | 6 | Stone Cutters' Association.......... | 1853 | 1892 | 13 | Glass Bottle Blowers................ | 1857 | 1891 | 12 | Iron Molders' Union................. | 1859 | 1870 | 2 | Cigar Makers' Union................. | 1864 | 1867 | 1 | Typographia, Deutsch-Amerikanischen. | 1873 | 1884 | 5 | Iron, Steel and Tin Workers......... | 1876 | 1903 | 22 | Granite Cutters..................... | 1877 | 1877 | 3 | Carpenters and Joiners, Brotherhood. | 1881 | 1882 | 4 | Tailors' Union...................... | 1884 | 1890 | 8 | Painters' Brotherhood............... | 1887 | 1887 | 7 | Pattern Makers' League.............. | 1887 | 1898 | 16 | Barbers' Union...................... | 1887 | 1895 | 15 | Plumbers' Association............... | 1889 | 1903 | 23 | Machinists' Association............. | 1889 | 1893 | 14 | Metal Polishers' Union.............. | 1890 | 1890 | 9 | Wood Workers........................ | 1890 | 1890 | 10 | Garment Workers' Union.............. | 1891 | 1902 | 21 | Boot and Shoe Workers' Union........ | 1895 | 1898 | 18 | Tobacco Workers' Union.............. | 1895 | 1896 | 17 | Leather Workers on Horse Goods...... | 1896 | 1898 | 19 | Piano and Organ Workers............. | 1898 | 1898 | 20 | United Metal Workers................ | 1900 | 1900 | 24 ------------------------------------------------------------------ [Footnote 4: The dates given indicate the years in which the unions first succeeded in adopting national benefits of some kind, and not the dates on which successful systems were inaugurated. For example, the Cigar Makers' system of travelling loans adopted in 1867 and its "endowment plan" adopted in 1873 were unsuccessful and the present system was not adopted until 1880. (Cigar Makers' Journal and Program, twentieth session, pp. 57-63.)]