St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29


week. The resultl of it's deliberations
is OF more than usual interest to organ
lZed labor throughout the United
states, and especially to those unions
under the jurisdiction of the federation.
LII the Geographic reports can be relied
ON, the present headquarters will, be-
fore the close of the year, be moved
from Indianapolis Ito some other city,
probably Chicago. 1t is certain, how
ever, that the United Brotherhood of
carpenters, the brfcklayers and stone
masons' international unions and the
National HorseShoers' union will unite
IN movement to secure an eight
nour Workday. The final outcome of
the action of these bodies will be anx-
iously awaited by every union man in
the country,aS on the success or non
success of these interna tional organiza-
tlons depends future attempts of others
animated with the federation. The fol-
lowing Is taken from the report Of the
committee on the eight-hour day ques-
tlon, and was unanimously adopted.
AT this hour. when the myriads of work
ers are seeking employment and in their
despair numbers of them are captivated by the
ghtterlng promises Of securing state help we
the American Federation of Labor reaffirm
m the necessity OF concentrating all the forces of
ana collective efforts Of the trades unions
packed by sympathetic public opinion
All otner lines and economic theories within
our ranks should be subordinated to the
great task of giving work to the unemn,oved
ana or bettering the wages and conditions of
all VINO toll. There is no movement of more
,,in vai1e 10 tne working people than that which
VIII tighten the burdens of those who are
overWorked and underpaid, and which win
give employment to those who wander our by
ways and highways and searching in vain
lot a better chance to live The realization
OF the eight-hour day to them means hetter
Iooo anq ralment, happier homes q nobler
manhood and higher civilization.
frl1s, tS NE approach this question, we realize
ish Iorces arrayed against us; the indifference
oL t. the working people themselves their old
eliie pTeJudlces and the many dissensions
Whlch divide them. More than all we recog
nize the need for a more thorough and COM
piete organization of every craft and occuna
tlon on trade union lines before we can
sor Snuth th eaRe general or simultaneous stand
Iof the eight-hour day. This severe Industrial
crisls from which we are now emerging how
ever should be helpful lesson to lead the in
t. uustrial classes into such compact organiza-
IONS Wnlch, when once attained. will hrinp
SUN greater achievements for the WORKING
people, ~ "oiAiiis
No one will for a moment disnute
the proposition that, while the essence
OF labor organization is undoubtedIv
material, and its central purpose is TO
secure Ior lts members the highest pro-
portion possible Of the product of their
labor 1t yet has it's moral side. which
cdnnot De TOO often adverted to nor too
iofcloly emphasized. There is a moral
bearing, according to the Railway Con-
ductor, even to -theamaterial side Of the
question, which, Of itself, is worthy of
consideration ft--,
unless man is in receipts of wages
sufnclent to give him an independent Iving
ana comfort for his family it is impossihle
lot MIN TO reach that plane of citizensbin
W. "iith - alone can make him valuable member
"a oJzz
enough TO enable him to educate his chill
oieh i ana start men in the direction of a right
G GGitizenshlp, or they are liable to become pub
nc charges either through ignorance or vice
experience has shown however that tbare
are influences connected with all forms of
rightly organized labor which tend in them.
SeapeS ~ eleVate the moral standing of the
Inenpers. No one will dispute the fact that
tnere Is less drunkenness among WORKING
men tnan there was before the era of or
sanizatlon opened, and this is doubtless due
10 tne fact that the organizations are CON
stantiy working and using every influence in
the direction of sobriety. At time il
WIS argued against the lcplea for shorter
WORK day that more hours of leisure nnIv
meant double opportunity for dissinatinn.
| put the contrary has proved to be true The
memberships me of the crafts enjoying the great.
PrisIeges IN this direction are constant
demonstration OF the value of shorter hours of
7a 7SDor as means of moral growth for men.
Inrougn the same channels Influences arc
tnhIousHC 70 pear upon the members urging
tlcularly in those lines of social ana ,,o1;tioo,
economy pertaining to the rights of citizen
snip snip AS result, the men who make I'm the
we'll stond auUahcea labor bodies of the world may
we Wgii stano comparison with their brothers In
All these particulars, and every such comma
lson cannot be but to the ADVANTAGE of tbo
cause OF organization'' VI 'ne
-
The supreme court iudees In nrav,oo
mold office for six years only. when thev
niusl step down and out, while the SEN
ate or the same country is elected hv q
vote OF the people. In the language Of
the typographical Journal, Happy
1t may not bel generally known to tho
working classes. Of Minnesota. bnt - is
fact, neverthelesssthat no teacher can
exclude children from school because
they are not Yaccinated. unless thew
live in house where smallpox EXISTS
This Is the decision Of the attorney
general Dec Is Issp.
Senator Perkins. iof California, from
the committee on s1ucation and labor
on Thursday pTeserted a favorable re.
pert on the bill authorizing the appoint
ment OF a non-partfsan commission on
labor, agriculture land capital. The
committee amended the bill so as to
provide that the commission shall con-
sist of five members in the interest of
labor, to be designated, one from each
OF hVe labor organizations; five in the
interest Of agriculture, three Of whom
shall be designated by the Farmers AL
lance and two by the National Grange,
and of five in the interest Of capital. to
| be selected from among manufacture
ers and those representing other busi-
ness pursuits.
Secretary Carlisle has accepted the
invitation Of the Chicago trade union
lists to deliver an address on the finan-
cial question in that city some time in
April, probably the 18th. The invita-
tion extended the secretary is in no
sense political movement, but arose
from a desire to obtain an insight into
the financial problem from the stand
point Of a representative Of the gov
el'nment Of the United States. The sug-
gestion Is here proffered to the trades
and labor assembly Of the SANITY City
that it might prove a good advertise
ment for organized labor if some such
movement twereinaugurated here There
are eminent authorities able to speak
on all sides Of the question, and if they
can be secured there is no apparent
reason why the assembly should not
enrich its treasury by charging an ad-
mission fee. Aside from the financial
benefits, it might, and probably would,
be the means of enlightening the labor
ing and other classes on the currency
puzzle. tFs
hsH
The latest advices are to the effect
that the state prison cigar factory in
Illinois has proved "a complete failure,
and that the state is daily losing
money. Prison-ma6e cigars are worse,
If possible, than the tenement house ar
ticle. The hope is expressed that those