The San Francisco call., 1898-07-01

pertinent to the cost. deprivation and misery. wealth; that they have simply proven again that: they are the crawling, beggarly subjects existing under the whips of monopoly and pa- frontage and trusts; that their -selfsfrness. .eN> ceeds. their love of country or its people; that their patriotism is governed by their eI- ;. Resolved, That we depQunce* as :cowardfy the: attitude of some of the daily press who have, unttustworthy officials and mercenary nerean- tile interests undoubtedly having been prompt ed to this position by 'sthe influence. of @ the cashier S department; and we extend our u qualified indorsement to the Examiner and Call ing to: have justice. and fairness extended : to the honest merchant. and manufacturer and Resolved. That we denounce the action: of Oscar Lewis in making his report to. the Man ufaeturers'@ and Producers Association; that his work Was simply that of biased. and pre-
 judiced bfgot the known enemy Of labor who has just gone through insolvency to eYade the just demands f.labor for work performed for <: Resolved, That we: denounce as comardly the attitude of those business men, who approve of the employment of Chinese, in order that they may be personally favored, and we de mand that all contracts from which the Chi San Francisco in order that: white labor may be employed, even if it be in other parts of this country .;: ,.; :<'.
 Resolved; That we believe that in expressing this sentiment w" "bespeak the will and desire of the entire continuity, save those. who are affairs @:+ ": .:
 Resolved, That the secretary be directed. to cause these resolutions: to be published and sent to all laboring bodies in the United States, and also to eICalifornia delegation in Wash fngton and the: War Department TT -. ",:>.' FRANK. Hs CRAWFORD. President. :. " N: M, PAGE Secretary. .::. '.. : E: ::
 The following statement.is made by s: B. Nolan. a tailor, who applied to the Commissary Department for a fraction of a go to; the firm of Rothchtld & Hoffman for the manufacture of blouses and trousers for the soldiers: :: . :4.:..- :..-
 t'W hen | ascerta tained at: the Commits sary Department that 1t was utterly inr-. possible to. get any of the work I applied to Rothchild & Hoffman, thinking that since they undoubtedly had more work than they could finish in the stipulated time, they would be willing to sublet DOT. tipns of the general contract to the retail dealers: This, after considerable, diScus- sion, they agreed to do on the terms that for: every dozen suits. manufactured by me they would allow A 75, they approprf- ating to their own use the remainder Of the S9, the price of the original contract awarded by the Government. This re- fused to accept,as did several other small dealers, and, as a consequence Of this re=. fusaI to make the clothes for almost nothing, the contract Is being fulfilled in Chinatown. .*, = ..<.@ :..,The publication of this fact two weeks ago and the general announcement made. against the Commissary Department for allowing the clothes to be made in China town is generally believed to have been beneficial and the means of. creating the effect to force the Hoffman firm to trans. fer their work to the shops of Ameri- cans. This, however, is erroneous, as the work is still being performed by. China men as can be proven by Labor Commis- sioner Fitzgerald and MT Dam of the same office. .' :: =" .'; :. " Since the necessary. clothes have been made in this city nobody but the infiuen- tiaI wholesale dealers and the Chinamen have received the least benefit. Poor women, many of them the widows of sol diers. have been repeatedly refused work, and. in addition to this refusal treated shamefully when they have applied for if '' --.