The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-07-26

Cor. Sec.
UFtt,k o. SUPREME ARCHlTE.T.
san Francisco. july q. 1873
To the Industrial Congress. 10 meet at
Cleveland. uhio, July H.
GENrLEMEN | have received the
call for a meeting II representatives from
the National. International and State In
dustrial organizations The times. cir
clustauces ana men who called IT, midi
cate one OF the most important movements
ever MADE for the agitation Il industrial
interests
As President ~ the Mechanics State
Council of California and supreme Ar
chltect ii the Ecumenic Order Of United
Mechanics. | am expected ~ present my
views for the consideration Il your Con
gress. when Id session hat Won may do
Will have powerful influence upon the
mechanic mind III the Oid As well a. the
New Norld-In Europe well the
United States Much good may be done,
and So may harm follow. We hope for
the good. Laying aside our preJuGices,
and the re, istng influence u human ma
ture. We should earn from the wisdom Of
others the necessity of uniting for the
good Of all. Masonry. IN It's organization
and continued prosperity, Is the brightest
example III ancient wisdom Odd Fellow
s4lp, Red Men. Knights Of Pythias, Dru-
IDS and Others 81 more modern origin.
have followed IN lis footsteps, and made
progressive the eXcellency Of it's rules
With such brilliant luminarits Of the past
and present. Il would be strange If We
should grupe in the darkness for the flu
ture. Nov ID my oath year, ! despair Of
seeing he condition II laDOring men i'm
Prov y as ! have long desired but feel
lng II : duty | owe the boys that will soon
take If places, | shall use what little abil
ny / aossvss "a trying T. leave labor move
honorable than ! found H. There is
great Improvement IA my tune, but not So
much as the age 10 progress Sould justify.
To Assem-. b.e ami lass resolutions, with
out Ell ctlug s,u-v organization Of the
masses All upr meet The ants OF the age
something. tangible : demanded, and you
cannot tt-ct Il uy mere opinions expressed,
ubllshtd, and IN gotten By framing a
constitution ei.4Drs-iTg the mixed AID sin
Le trade Or4anizatInls, uu condition OF
tn 7 al Jutlon by resolution Of the principles
ul the compact, representative industrial
oui gress may be made A. permanent as any
iuvnts. avs eau he framed T. force the
Collection 81 revenue; Out IN social con
declarations the vii Of the members must
De cultivated by creating a deslre to do
things susg,s ted Or proposed. Opposing
elements Ia social conpActs means dIssolu-
ton, hence every thing u dlsputant char
acter should be avoided as much a. posi-
be A constitution should be general III
its requirements, leaving details TO auxil-
laries. The most Important question that
now interests the men who work for a hv-
ing IS the vast h"rdes OF Chinese being set
tied On this coast, and iron here scattered
throug h all the States II the Union.
We have but eight millions Of working
men ia the United States China can snare
that number and be much improved by it,
They come here and learn ali the trades
at which our people are employed, and
then with our perfection III machinery and
their cheap labor, a protective tariff can
only help them and ruin our people By
the immigration Of such cheap labor, done
BY initiative men, our country viii become
Hong Kong, with All its immortality and
lack Of civilization. If it does not 6nd
stopping point In the abrogstion Of the
treaty, the next generation will tnd it in q
fearful and bloody revolution. Ii ia not in
my power to write all | would like nor
would you read 1t If ] did
l send you documents of great import
ance, which may be read with interest by
your organizing committee. On page and
following, Ut the hrst pamphlet, you will
md the report Of Hon Philip A. Roach,
a Senator IN the State Legislature in 1852,
and now editor Of the Examiner. This
was the pioneer opposition 20 Chinese emf
grafton. On the 18th and following pages
Ot the same pamphlet you will find an un-
ansH cradle argument IN the letter Of Henry
George, now editor Of the Post, in this
city On the 10th and following pages.
speeches in Ashland, on the Both Of July.
1870. On the 4th and 9TH pages. part Of
my valedlctory as President Of the Mechan-
les State Council, January III, 1871.
Second pamphlet, my address June 8.
1870. In the thud pamphlet the great
anti Chinese demonstration in San Fran
cisco, July Z, 1870. The 9TH page, second
meeting, July ID, 1870, and others, unnec-
essary to mention. | also send You The
Chinese-Whst they Are and What they
are Doing" by the Rev w. Lobscheid.
many years a resident Of China. and now
/ CitiIcH anu minister OF the
Lutheran church in this city. In these
documents you will find a vast amount OF
information on the Chinese question, and
will see the necessity Of adopting stringent
resolutions in favor Of abrogsting or modi-
flying the treaty with China, 50 a. to stop
the emigration of their laborers Charles
c. Terrill has been elected delegate to
the Convention by the Grand Council of
the Order Of Unit I'd Mechanics Of this
State, of which he is presiding officer
do not know that he will be able to at
tend A. M. WINS.
TORONTO, Nov. 10, 1872.
To Messrs. Vim. Satin, John Fehrep-
batch and NJ A. Foran.
Gentlemen: 1olr circular calling for an
informal meeting to be held in Cleveland
on the 18th alt, fer the purpose of FORM
ing continental Trades Council, was duly
received, and laid before the Toronto
Trades Assembly.
Whereupon the undersigned committee
were appointed, to embody the visws of
the Assembly on the subject In suitable re-
solutions to be submitted to your honora.
bic body, when convened, and
WHEREAS, The interests of labor every
where are identical are the same, We, the
Toronto Trades Assembly, fully recognize
the absolute necessity Of cooperative action
on he part Of thess who compose the great
army Of labor everywhere. Therefore:
ResOlSsd, That the Toronto Trades A.