The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-24
LAND and LABOR.
The Industrial Senate Try
ing to Unite Knights of
Labor and Farmers.
BIG POLITICAL DEAL.
Important Gathering at Trenton on
February-Single Takers
Interested.

Issued for a general meeting OF the In
dustrial Senate of New Jersey to be held
at Trenton on Sunday. February l. This
meeting Is important, because it marks
the beginning of new era in the history
II the organized efforts of the various
classes OF industry in the State. 1t is not
only called to arrange for move on the
Legislature In the interest OF certain legis-
lation, but to secure the unification Of all
{ the organized bodies Ia the State, par
ularly the Farmers Alliance, the
farmers Political League and the Single
FAX clubs. Henceiorth the Senate will
lhold two meetings year in Trenton,
tand this is the beginning of them.
The Senate will have two branches,
the East and West branch. The
\ East Jersey branch will have its head
Nguarters IN Newark and Jersey City.
The West Jersey branch will meet alter
. lately in Camden and Vineland. The
emi-annual meetings at Trenton will be
u General, and all organizations in the
y knate must send one delegate and one
lternate. The Senate of West Jersey
has large number of Farmers Alliance
I~fnen in 1t, more so than the branch In the
] eastern part. This il due to the fact. that
organization among the farmers Is being
rapidly pushed in the lower part
The object of the Industrial Senate is
to bring together all classes Of men who
are in need OF legislation. They are to
form a compact organization, with rami-
fications extending throughout the State.
They will secure pledges from candidates
to the Legislature and only support those
who make fair and square promises.
K. OF L AFFAIR
The labor representation in the Senate,
comes direct from the local and District
Assemblies of the Knights of Labor. 1t
is therefore in direct competition with
the Federation of Labor. because that Or
ganization is composed entirely OF repre-
sentatives of the labor unions. The rela-
fions between the two, are not amicable.
They both seek the same ends by the
same processes and that is labor legisla-
tion- The Federation was evolved out of
the Labor Congress, which came into
existence in 1879 and became a power. 1t
was responsible for the creation of the
present Labor Bureau. now one of the
State Departments. 1t continued until
1884 when the Labor Congress voted to ex-
cIude all Knights of Labor. Then began
the contest between Trade Unions ana the
Knights. The struggle for supremacy
has been going on for several years. The
Federation has kept up Legislative
NCsetrfe2 for years. but the Knights
claim that they are a detriment to the
cause. The Federation has no represen-
tation south Of Trenton, while the Senate
is gaining much strength in that locality.
1t now has delegates from several oranges
of the Patrons Of Husbandry, the Fedora
tion of Railroad Employees. III. R. Ingalls,.
of Vineland who is one OF the promoters
of the Southern branch, states that the
Senate is making rapid growth, and the
object is to effect such legislation as will
promote the interests or farmers
and laborers in general. To secure
this, they propose to require candidates
TO sign pledge, not only to repeal OBJ
me buf afIQh qnQHf-
ments as will ameliorate the condition OF
workingmen. The present president is
Henry A. Beckmeyer, Of Newark. and
the secretary ana treasurer is 4. w. Mer-
ritt, of New Brunswick. The meetings
of the upper branch have been held in
Newark, Jersey City and Paterson. The
organization mas vigorous legislative
committee who are to look after big
batch of labor bills of about the same
character as are put on file every year at
Trenton
SINGLE TAX.
At the meeting on Sunday week at this
place the Single FAX clubs will be form
ally recognized by delegates. At the
meeting in Camden, during December,
there was a long discussion whether these
Single Tax clubs. who believe devoutly in
the Henry George theory OF taxation.-
can be classad as industrial organizations.
1t was finally decided that they were, and
now they will take their place in the Sem
ate. These Single Tax clubs are located
in Vineland, Newark, Camden, Paterson,
Jersey City, Washington and New Bruins
wick. Both the Farmers Alliance a nd
t.e Farmers Political League seek to
correct their wrongs by the means OF
fiedged candidates. and here these organi-
zqtions harmonize. DIR. q. z. Atkinson,
III, State organizer of the Alliance, is a
l,,ember of the Executive Committee of
the Senate, and he secured the endorse
nieGt and support of the Senate TO num-
er of Alliance measures. which will
come before the Legislature this session.
These bills are to make wine measure
the uniform standard in handling milk.
to modify the game law so as to give COM
plete protection TO the quail, TO compel
assessors TO assess land separate from the
Improvement thereon. They have ali been
introduced in the House by Assembly
man Van Syckle the Democratic member
of Cumberland county.
DR. Atkinson, is also in accord with the
Mutual Aid scheme, which is being
strongly advocated by President Henry
A. Beckmeyer, and which is endorsed by
the Senate 1t is the scheme of union
,nen and organized workers dealing with
those who employ union help The AL
lianco believes also that business should
only be done with parties who deal with
them, or make an effort to improve the
business of any community, by keeping
money as much at home as possible.
Organizer Atkinson has written to Presi-
dent Beckmeyer endorsing the plan. The
principal action Of these united organic l.
lions will be to pledge politicians, and TO
exert an influence on manufacturers and
storekeepers TO deal fairly with its em-
pioyees, and to stimulate nome trade.
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