St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-08
Samuel Gompers. the Well
Known Labor Leader, Will
Lecture in st. Paul.
A Factory Inspection Bill I'm
der Consideration Of Local
Labor Organizations.
The Labor Lyeeum Will This
Afternoon Air Itself Upon
the Sanborn Charter.
Minneapolis Wage Farmers
Stoutly Opposed to an I'M
migration Bureau.

Samuel Gompers has just started on
his lecture tour through the country.
and will be in st. Paul March 20. A
special committee from the trades as
sembly will arrange for big meeting
that evening, and give the president of
the A. F. of l.. a cordial reception.
Some Alliance members of the house
have curious conception of the effects
Of labor legislation. The eight-hour
bill. now before the house, if passed,
would apply only to workmen in cities,
and therefore is not calculated to arouse
the antagonism of the farmer; but one
of them voices his objections in this
strain: 1.-The workingmen of the cities
have already too pleasant life. Their
hours are so short and wages so high
that all workmen flock to the cities. l
can't hire a man to work on my farm
or girl to work in my house without
paying them good wages. They used
TO be willing to work eight hours before
dinner and eight hours after, but now
they want leisure to improve their
minds. I'm in favor of the working
classes being taught their proper place
in society,"" The aforesaid legislator
fortunately has no great following
among his colleagues for his views so
frankly expressed. He was born sew
eral centuries too late. He should have
been feudal baron.
The factory inspection bill will be
considered early this week by the COM
mittee on labor legislation. The bill
has been carefully drawn so as to in
clude the features which have stood the
test of experience in other states. The
State Federation committee have gath
cred some valuable statistics, showing
the great necessity for careful inSpec-
ton of factories and shops, especially
where women and children are en-
ployed, and there seems no reason to
doubt but the bill will be passed with
few. if any, amendments.
A delegation from the st. Cloud Trade
and Labor Assembly have been in the
city several days. After consultation
with the officers of the State Fedora
ton, they have drawn up bill which
aims to prohibit the unfair competition
now existing between the products of
the st. Cloud reformatory and that of
free labor. A great deal of stone has
been cut in the st. Cloud reformatOry
this last year. and so great has been the
harm to free labor that all the prOmi-
nent merchants and business men have
joined the labor organizations in franz
ing a protest. The trades assemblies of
the TWins Cities indorse the action of
the st. Cloud organization, and will SEE
that the proposed measure does not die
in
least be voted upon.
E
The present legislature presents the
novel feature of member who favorS
legislation not because he promised to
do SC. nor because he is member of any
organization. Representative St0ckwell
evidently pushes labor legislation from
a conviction that he is aiding in bring
ing about reforms that will benefit So
ciety at large. He has several radical
measures of his own construction, but
which meet the approval OF the indus
trial element. A committee Oh female
suffrage also found in him champion.
He will introduce bill similar to the
Kansas law, which allows women to vote
on school questions and at municipal
elections.
Inc SGaLe FeQerdLlOn executive COuIl-
Gil is preparing sort of Legislative blue
book. The president. Frank Valesh, is
collecting material from the house and
senate journals which will show the
vote of each member in regard to labor
and Alliance measures. A record will
also be kept of those voting for meas
ures directly opposed to industrial in
terests. The blue book will not only
make interesting reading but will fur
nish good basis for the next campaign.
1t will not be issued for general circula-
ton. but will be distributed to the sec.
retaries of labor organizations through
out the state.
A special committee of the trades and
labor assembly has decided on mass
meeting to be held during the last week
of February for the purpose of discuss
ing the early-cloSing movement. 1t is
the intention. if possible, to secure the
presence of prominent divines and bus
mess men who favor the movement. as
we'll as those who oppose it. Complete
preparations will be made to have at
tractive vocal and instrumental num-
bers on the programme.
COMING EVENTS.
The executive council of the State
Federation will meet this afternoon at 2
O'Clock at TabOr hall ST. Paul. to re-