Carpenter . Directly be-hind the head table the standard of theLocal Union hung. All the speakers complimented the LocalUnion on its twenty-five years of exist-ence and spoke highly of the results at-tained and the benefits derived by themembers during that period. The chairman of the committee of ar-rangements, Brother John F. McCarthy,after expressing his good will to all pres-ent and briefly going over the history ofthe organization for the past quarter ofa century in a manner creditable to hisever warm-heated interest in the welfareof his fellows, introduced as the toast-master of the even
Carpenter . Directly be-hind the head table the standard of theLocal Union hung. All the speakers complimented the LocalUnion on its twenty-five years of exist-ence and spoke highly of the results at-tained and the benefits derived by themembers during that period. The chairman of the committee of ar-rangements, Brother John F. McCarthy,after expressing his good will to all pres-ent and briefly going over the history ofthe organization for the past quarter ofa century in a manner creditable to hisever warm-heated interest in the welfareof his fellows, introduced as the toast-master of the evening, Thomas F. Kearney,the D. C. business agent, who extended tothe invited guests and membership a com-plimentary welcome. In the course of hisremarks Brother Kearney recalled the diffi-culties encountered by the early pioneersof labor, saying that to their labors andadvanced thought was to be attributed theculminating success of the labor move-ment, and that through the fruition of their 32 The Carpemiteir. 33 The Carpenter labors the carpenters of Providence hadgathered together to felicitate the goodaccomplished. General Organizer W. J. Shields, thefirst speaker of the evening, did the hon-ors for the United Brotherhood, holdingthe attention of his audience throughoutwhile he logically and argumentatively pre-sented the economic issues that give promi-nence to the labor question. His definitionof justice as distinguished in the differenceof its application to the union men andtheir unions on one hand and to the cor-porated interests on the other, received un-stinted applause from the 250 men present. A feature of the celebration was thepresence of Congressman William PainSheffield, who had come specially fromWashington to congratulate the LocalUnion on its twenty-fifth anniversary andjoined with the membership in celebratingthis memorable event. In his most timelyaddress Congressman Sheffield said in part:Labor comprises so large a part of thepeople of any country that its
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