The age-herald., 1898-10-19
EDUCATION OF
 LABORING MEN The One Great Cause of Conflict With Capital is Ignorance. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
INDUSTRIAL
OMMISSI0N
Held Two Sessions at Washington and Elected Officers-Typographieal Un- ion Pointed Out as the Acme of In-
 telligent Organization of Labor.

| Washington, October 1S.-The government | industrial commission held two sessions at | the capitol today, and decided to adjourn | until November b, when active work will | begin. The commission organized by the | election of Senator Kyle, chairman ex- | Representative Philips of Pennsylvania, | first vioe-chairman, and Representative | Gardner, chairman of the house committee l on labor, as second vice-chairman. There was a strong fight made on the secretary ship, and election to that office was de- ferred until November. This faction fol- lowed the report of the committee on per manent organization, recommending that the secretary should be first-class statis- tician of pronounced ability and thoroughly acquainted with labor issues.
 It was decided to establish headquarters at the Bliss building, in this city, facing the capitol. The commission will have five rooms there at it's disposal. Most of the early session today, which lasted until well after l o'clock, was devoted to speeches of the members of the commission as to what would be the scope of the investigations. MT. Ratheford of Indiana, representing the miners organization, said that the chief trouble of the miners was the lack of edu- cation, problem which should receive se- rious considera tfon of the commission. Much of the labor troubles, particularly of the miners was due to ignorance of the American language and institutions on the part of a large percentage of the work men.
 Mir. Farquar, of Buffalo, who is identified with the typographical union also empha- sized the necessity for greater education among laboring interests. The high class of intelligence found among the typographi- cal classes he attributed to better educa- tional facilities and said its members had less trouble and friction than almost any other organization. In a general way the speeches pointed out that the chief aim of the investigation is to discover the reasons for the conflict between labor and capital and make recommendations for remedies; that the country will look for important results and the bringing about of great good to the great masses. It was agreed that Chairman Kyle at the afternoon ses- sion should appoint a committee of seven on procedure which before the next meet ing would make comparative recommenda- tions, mapping out the lines of the investi- gation, determining it's limits, carefully eX- aminng the state laws on the five main subjects to be considered, viz: Immigra- tlon, labor and manufacture agricultural and business and the reports of and work fngs of similar classes abroad.
 The commission adjourned late in the day until November 15, when it will hold daily sessions in this city. The selection of the committee having special charge of each of the five main questions in the main investi- gation was deferred until November. The committee on procedure will hold sessions meantime to frame its report.