The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-20

ognized by the c,a..,AE
the Department of 'ion "
ture, that the civil AgrE (
protected the shipnina serVlI
t ina commerce was bepeeettserssf
me tne bureau to collect info,1Sseedd
from consular officers. ana ,Gg'9tst
psst twenty years theS auS for
ssklng for a bureau tn oo nsd b
formation as to labor, Thu ple
tlcal bureau of The TreasnntrSe = stat
ment could not accom- u n5; Deps4
was needed. and it wss = push d VIA
Fact that the portion - . ueplOraGI
who did not work knew I itT peep
condition OF that Larger n iIs!ie Of
teiled. Young PROPOSED BOSE portion % vi
pending bill his m9st P0 oa 70 give
port, but hoped it wcnld Earnest SUI
50 as to establish bureau az a ~ nd
statistics as an adjunct to ,S o. La
cultural department u we AgI
WOOlford said If thu.
bill was alone to show to ~ roo d Z
gagged in labor where thsV cn mg9 e.
better compensation for tb SJu!d 3
it would commend itstlT - wa
man who loved his countrv bey9
he was not th0roughly c ~ %uyR
that alone was its obiecf ' -
some hesitation in giving b rs As
qualified support to it. II t I,s ~
Ject was to point ont mt 60
the cuQidity Of mep WI
cheap labor could be Snei
ana be brought into con1no 'G9aV
with the honest labor of tba sIi'Ion
i:an people, he was utterir on Hals'
to it. 0psVSaI
Bedford spoke in summon. of q
proposed amendment for fbe -, We
hibiJion Of corporations from ron p -
porting foreign labor to comn a.
with American citizens. He rei Eot
ated the statement made bv ~
some days aso, that the riots Of On 1ttn
cinnati had been but tn beoiT n IN, -,
of communism in this county, ~:
riot at Craddock, Pa, had besn : ~
casioned by the cup'dity Of CO ,acr ~
tiols in imp0r; ing 70 sign lab6rer
ID compete with America Won
men, and preventing the latter FROM
having a fair chance to earn thsi,
honest bread aud butter.
Anderson urged that protection
d d not protect the American Iob
orer.
Bedford stated that q meetjr,
OF operatives at Pittsburg a se:je
Of reso utions Were adopted, declsr
ing that while the protective system
protected the manufacturer, M
wages of the Ia JoTer were CONSTANT
Blount said there was not a sineI
thing in The bill to justify the crea
ton Of this department.
Hopkins replied to the criticism
made against the bill, and mali
tanned that the people. who wOul
be vastly benefited by the compila
ton of this iDforma ion, did m
want TO see the bureau buried in th
agricultural or treasury depar. menh
Bayne, while hardly supportinl
the general pUIpose, thought Ii
section providing for the inVestigs
ton OF the religions views of ia
laboring classes was in plain vicIa
ion of the spirit o. the Constitution
Bill then being open TO amendment
Kasson moved to change the wor
department. whenever it occur
to "burean" SO as 10 read t5Buresu
Labor Statistics. Adopted.
On mol Oh, KassOn's am gndmer
was also adopted changing the wOr
''raligi0uS" to "n0ral" whenever
occurs.
Bland offered an amendment II,
7idiDg that the tureau shall
1nder the cha &c Of the President
he knights of labor.
Weller offered for a substitute "a
his amendment the prop 5sitiO
hat the commits :iOueT OF the burea
hall be appointed by the Pre-. iden
rom a list Of names presented by
committee OF the con
ederatiOn Of labor.