, 1873-07-18
The Importation Of Cheap La-
bor for Fixed Terms of
Years Denounced.
The Government Urged to Establish. a
National Bureau Of Labor.


various tradoa-uniona Of tho United Btntcs. Tho
Committee On Institutions presented report,
which was mado tho special order for O'Clock
In the afternoon.
Tho Committee on tho importation Of Cheap
Labor reported tho following, which was
adopted:
That as Congress Of Lsboring Men, wo would vel
conc to our shores al emigration, whether as skilled
for tho opprcs1od Of MI climcs but that cmphAt-
icsly protcat against tho importation Of aborers to
tho industrial claasos OF our community, who have
made their homes here, pay their proportion Of axes
tho places thoy reside ii and we donsnd Of tho Unit
cd states Government protection from thia unjust
nsns ss s'R @ snR o1s
has herosooro becn given to capital in tho ahape Of
protection.
The Committee on Corporation reported as
follows:
That NO recognize in cooperation t,e most teasibe
labor and capital, and that this Labor Congress
projection and encouragement Of cooperatiyo assocs
uons In tho several States Of our country.
Tho Committee on Arbitration reported the
following, which WAS adoptod:
peacoaIlo pan Of settling iticuities between employ
era and employos than by strikes, thoy being usually
t 9ortmsntsl y to boh parties, We recommend tho sdop-
RcsolccL That 1t is 1eonod advisable by this Con-
grcss that su unions adopt system Of arbitration,
m er nam aa a e. D0
TO use his vote and influence toward the adoption Of
laNs making arbitration legal moans Of settling df-
hcultes between employers and employees.
Tho Committee on Tradoa- Unions and Anal
gnmation Societies made report, asking that
nll foreign societies, now existing In tho coun-
try, bo invited to join tho homo organizations,
The matter was discussed at length and tho TO:
Congress recommend the reciprocity plan Of tho
Iron Monldors' International Union. The Con-
vonton then adjourned till o'clock.
AFTERNOON BEss1oN.
Tho Committee on Correspondence road
number Of letters from the most prominent
labor-roiormera throughout tho country. Mr.
Walls offered the following reaolutions:
WHEREAS, Il bus been demonstrntcd beyond =
calnge Of incalcuisble benoht to the members
thereof not only for tho pocuntary assistance that
b. Sn IN hes ct but also u
WnEnkAs, Tho coal-rniners OF tn, county, u largo
being continually imposed upon by and through
various eorpoEated monopoiIcs; therefore, be it
recommend tho miners OF tho country to organize
national association.
atuente the formation Of National Union, aud, il
deemed advisable, that thoy issue the call at once.
Adopted
tho following:
WHEnEAs, The workngmen Of the United statea
deem 1t necessity that hoaw-nskera Of this country
should onact lava providing for the formation Off
National Labor Bureau to be spnewh0t sinll.r In is
operations to tho Bureau Of Education and AgTicul-
turo and In Its practical workings to inquire into tho
country; to prepare Statistics to be laid before tho
United States Senate and House OF Representatives. Of
the apits interested and hs return On tho sapa H.
hours Of labor, tho facilities Of educating the children
Of the working sasses taking into confederation the
Afforded for mental Improvement, and IN fact to take
into confederation a matters Of interest to the pro-
population Of the unitcd States, md willie other H.
terosts certainly Of no more importance, have bu-
apa Whereby thoy enabled to
the bencha Of the various bureaus already in opera-
bureau to be devoted to he interests Of labor, Maass.
c4uBcts has in practical operation such buroau and
Iegislatre aatiscs' viii the condition IN @ Of isbor and
capital fully set FORTH We fully believo that,
such eommsston Us appointed many Of the din1eultos
recommend that every member Of this Congress-, Oh
upon their Legislatures and Congressional Repreaent-
attyes the formation Of such d bureau.
juot tat to Senate and House Of Rsp1osonstIyes Of
The United satea taka this mater Into confederation
| 1t Its no1t session.
Tho report Of the Committee on Constitution
WIS then taken, debated, and adopted, section
by section. The organization will DO known as
Tho 1ndustrialQ Qongroas of tho United Btatos;"
shall hold its sessions annually; DO composed Of
| delegates from tho various trade and 1abor Or
ganizationB, and have for its objects tho amolio-
ration Of the condition Of those who labor for q
| living.
| The Committee on Platform will report to-
morrow. Although tho Convention waH called
al an Industrial Congress-. tho feoiipg is over
whelmiugly tn favor Of declaring in favor Of po-
| litical action. Many Of tho Charmon Of Tho
Committees, who wore opposed to touching poll
tics, have declared their inability to prepare a
report unlaHs they do 30. There arc $4,000
worhingmeu now represented III the Convention,