The New York herald., 1871-11-10

On the definite The international hssocation,
s' snSo ss he Central 'o ouue s o e
sn ,s annual meeting. General Congress shah
public account Of the annual transactions Of the Central
Congress congress shan power number Of
ess before The regular yearly term The Central Council
inte rational agency between the ieren,
may be constantly Informed OF the of their
es' ss ens conn Of EUROPE e nso made ns ms
neou5y ana under common directions that the questions
OF general interest nootei Ia society be ventilated by
all; and that when Immediate practical siers should be
the action Of Me associated socistiss be rmu aneous
a spa shall se III. INITIATIVE Of ppo as
be laid before the different national local societies. un
September 2 1864, viii proy' onai Central Council
Try 20 conn sannes. me aerent national worsnnens assocla
preparatory 20 the convocsop OF the General Congress
laid before Congress Each OF
from country another win receive the ratcrnsi sup
p. Of the Sons 81 wh lie n.ea in p
their existent organizations intact
THR WORK OF PROPAGANDA AND ORGANIZATION
did not progress quite so fast as was at rst hoped
The deputat0ns were well received by the trade
societies. but they asked time TO consider. The
English members OF the Council had their hands full
with the newly established Reform League, no less
than ;cnrteen OF mem being on the Council Of tho
marS nsaSSae %sas nSa s aa sns
emancpaton OK the ,"cc..sing class for which the
ssrj
been quarrel in Paris. The Council had appointed
LefOrt, OF Paris 10 defend the association IN
tho Frescn sch. press ana the workmen asserted
who would compromise the association. They de-
MED the right OF the Council TO interfere In their
own a1air ana they repudated the patronage OF
Lerort. The Council had acted on the advice OF lie
Lubez; but when Tolan and Fribourg came to Lon
tubez resigned and the Italians seized upon this
as an opportunity 10 withdraw from the Council,
because their presence there was said to be dis.
pleasing TO Mazzipi. Besides this the Belgian gov
ernment had passed an Alien act which prev vented
It was therefore resolved, in May 1868, TO hold q
c onference IN London preparatory to Congress In
THE sRpTEMBER CONFERENCE
The Conference met IN September. There wero
ten delegates present from the Continent. The
Swiss reported that considerable progress had been
made; the Bclgians that the prospect was good but
that their countrymen were vet young In the work;
by police restrictions and that public Congress
outside france, where they could speak freely was
Indispensable for the progress OF the association In
France. The question who should be admitted gave
rise to great controversy. The French were for
e EnEs sed aa none but elected
delegates from animated societies should be allowed
to taSe part The Enssn pTSpSsS9aa was u
Congress should meet on the first Monday IN Sep
tember, 1866, at Geneva. The questions agreed TO
as the
PROGRAMME OF THE CONGRESS WERE
First the organ,.son M Of the M second 20 cSm-
cnt struggles between labor and capital; snird trades
unions present % an and fu.rs fourth
and childrens sbor seventh, tho reeatablshment Of
Poland, entire and independent.
The last question gave rise to great controversy.
Six amendments We're moved to eliminate The ques-
ton from the programme. but rejected. The Paris
delegates were for avoiding political questions,
and Mr.. Odgor reminded them that Poland had FUR
nlshed the occasion for the establishment OF the
association ana tnat the Conference must stand by
the Polish cause. The question was retained.
AT GENEVA
sixty delegates assembled, Of whom seventeen were
SWISS or the London delegates Lawrence repre-
sented the London raiors' Association and Dupont
the London French branch OF the association. The
other societies had contributed To the expense Of
the Congress and left 1t to the Council to appoint
Crerner. Eccarius, Inug and Odger. The resolutions
OF the Geneva Congress form tue platform OF the
measures it was resolved that general inquiry
into the condition Of the working classes OF all
hours OF labor, nc. THIS inquiry has not been made
yet bat 1t Is to be made shortly. Tho second
question was the Limitation OF the hours OF
hours should be the legal limit Of the working day.
Tolan protested that such y resolution could not be
passed, because 1t would interfere with the liberty
OF contract The Swiss delegates were rather aston
ished. They were under the impression that II they
and that would deprive them OF a third OF their II
scanty wages. gut when the English delegates ex-
that 1t would take time 10 reduce the hours or
labor gradually from what they then were In
Tune thew must SEIZE every opportaaly TO reduce
the nours OF labor, they voted for the resolution.
On the question or
JUVENILE AND CHILDIEN's LABOR
the following was resolvcd:-
The Congress considers the tendency Industry
to ch young OF both cooperate
in the great work OF social as sound
anu ie-tim tendency although under the domination OF
capital IL has become nbomnaon. They ought TO be di-
vidcd into three classes, be treated differently first
class range nine to tweve the thirteen
TO fifteen ami the third to comprise the of sixteen and
seventeen We propose that the Of the
first csss in workshop housewok be legally restricted
to wo that OF the second to four and that of the third
hours. For the third there must be break at
less. one hour for meals relaxation. No parent
employer ought to be allowed to juvenile
labor except when combined with education BY education
understand three things. Firstly, mental education;
second, bodily cdCcaton su0h given in schools gym
nascs and by military exercise thirdly chronological
which mpars the general principles OF all of
pro uction and Initiates the child and young
the practical handling of the
Instruments OF all trades gradual and progressive
of mental and chronological training ought TO
respond with the classification Of the juvenile aborers The
costs of the echnooecal schools ought partly by