Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-13
INCOME TAN THEIR ONE onJnor.
knights of Labor Adopt Political
LnIiorm Win SimElc EInnL>.

knights of LnbOr Adopt ~ Political
Platform with single Plank.
ROCHESTER,, n. V, Nov. 12.-The gen
oral assembly of the knights of Labor to-
day adopted a resolution declaring for the
enactment of a graduated income tax law
| Falling TO procure this at the hands OF
the next congress. it Is the declared in
tention of the knights to use all their in
fiucnce to have demand for such Law
incorporated in the platform of one of the
great political parties, and If they fail in
that there will in all probability be AN ef-
fort made to set up another political party.
The present grand master workman, James
X. Sovereign, and 7. b. MCGUIRE. a member
OF the executive board, are the leading can
ddatcs for the office OF grand master work
man An attempt was made to fix a time
for the election Of officers but no action
taken and the election will probably not
take place until next week.
The law committee brought up a num-
Der of amendments to the constitution and
| bylaws. resolutions, etc, which were dis
cussed during the entire day. but none OF
them received the necessary vote in the
assemblage.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
secretary to telegraph fraternal greetings
to the session of the supreme council OF
the Farmers alliance in progress at Indian
apols. The delegates tonight were enter
tanned by the local brewers assembly.
denGtAl worthy FOREMAN BlSnOD OF BOS-
ton, iC his report, which contains strong
recommendations as to strikes, says the
competition from oriental nations promises
very quickly 20 assume alarming proper
tions. The japanese are particularly to be
feared it says, from the fact that their
skill and capacity to produce are admittedly
, almost as great as that of our best work
men Japan itself furnishes no adequate
market for even such products as she now
turns out and the only possible profit from
their labor will come from competition with
the men in compare lively well paid coun-
tries. with high individual consumptive ca
pacity. No tariff lower than an actual pro-
hibitNe one Will serve to protect us from
labor which can sustain productive energy
upon an average compensation of 10 cents
a day"
The report severely critcises the Womens
Christian Temperance union, Salvation army
and others for bringing Armenians here to
compete with American workmon but at the
same time, however, expresses great sym
pathy for the Armenians. II discusses the
immigration question briefly and says: Per
sonally, favor the McCal-COrliss bill, with
the Lodge amendment providing for an edu-
cational test for all immigrants, and il
more stringent measure were feasible
would favor that in preference"
Commenting on a report on immigra ion
il says that III per cent Of the Portuguese,
$40 OF the Italians, Ass per cent of the
Poles, i5.05 per cent Of The AuStrlan-llun-
garians and 4l.l5 per cent OF the Russians
would have been excluded under the Lodge
Corlss bill.
The question of government ownership Of
railroads and telegraphs ana telephones is
taken up and strongly urged. Continuing,
the report discusses strikes and sympathetic
strikes, and protests against them. II
dwells at length upon the pending effort TO
organize the international longshoremen,
and urges that the folly Of the whole pro-
Cecdng be clearly exposed" The great
changes wrought by inventions are referred
to, and the report continues: "UnIer such