The table on p. 12 gives the year in which the principal national unions were organized, together with the date and order of introduction of their national benefit systems.

This change in the attitude of American trade unions toward beneficiary activities is illustrated by the fact that while in the older American trade unions, such as the Typographical Union, the Cigar Makers’ Union and the Iron Molders’ Union, many years elapsed between the founding of national organizations and the institution of national benefit systems, of the national unions organized since about 1880, some, as for example, the Granite Cutters’ Union, the Brotherhood of Painters, the Metal Polishers’ Union, and the Wood Workers’ Union, incorporated provisions for the payment of benefits in their first constitutions, and many others adopted benefit systems within a few years after organization.

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|                                      |Date of |  Date of   |Order of
|                                      |National|Introduction|Introduction
|       Name of Organization.          | Organi-|of Benefit  |of Benefit
|                                      | zation.| System[4]  | System
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| 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
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