New-York tribune., 1900-03-21
TRADES UNIONS DISCUSSED
POLITICAL STUDY MEMBERS FrNn Mr-crr
TO BE DESIRED IN THEM.
THE TALKING DELEGATE RECEIVES SWEEP
NC COMBINATION T THEIR HANDS
CENSUS ENUMER AToRs.

The Society for Political Study met veste-say ..
eiocK az the clubro0uas, Aadison-ave and F-,4-v
-llul-sI The subject for discussion was .e1-.--.
- 0H "nlch the leading paper was written b,-
I'iislca Fhiilips. and read by Mrs Belle Gu,
IN the chair u 'iie society was
~ ne conclusion Of the paper rha -,ao+, - .
- 1'inEllttee OF The whole" and rnar,be-s - !
expressed their opinions on +ha s,h+at
trn-o-. --s4sreed with Miss Phillips in Soma
g ant points, being less optimistic in I, -,
49, - u o-I present day methods ." she s.t+ -.
- = -7slf1ole as the older in seye-I - are
- % machinery is NOT y-poly-. 20 The
tto-s = dle 70 the change in b.t,.l 7,ollslple
trg -.. -l. % -oua! is lost IN the sbon &C Ieia-
Trades sa -3--ser produce Benjamin FrI,t ~
,la 90 no longer respected rT-b -, ,-ih-4Ils
- apprentice system is 1a-ga1 dDohtlon OF
Epons,be" the trades unions are re-
desirab,lir =. Asyser expressed her belief in the
+a,-,- - " -a7or combinations The nnode-1
- system with It's vast develoDr,er+ ho -
e1ros as the protest Of ca-f-arie,, . iIe re-
0ea1.ee OF land ownership. and the rra5 -. =
natural development Of the canf+a1fs+ s,
---e unions have forced EMPLOYERS IN an IN,
-e-l o. Ian9r conditions, ard where arnnJo,,
e's ana unions cooperate the results arc f,. -
50 ---ss tAeyser mentioned as Instances several
manufacturers ii the West, whose business hos
'eeh immensely increased by such cooperation
lls. Margaret RavenshiH emphaticaIly disap
- VI traces unions, and said. The moor
"olKraan is dragged from his labor against bis
-A enc the deragogues who compel him +o s+a--,e
-" MS fantly-tLe Debses. the Sovereigns and
Fs o. their k1nd-live IN richly furnished ho,,sas
81 send their children 70 fashionable schools
@'7 investigated the subject and know whereof
SpeaK have followed z walking delegate, n a
sof'o sf5l alQ seen MIN spend money for liquor and
TO- IeI' ms vile had hardly enough to aat
Wb,ie @ lAe men Who are the backbone of strikes
r,-@i[S ~ ny way 70 Chicago during the Chicago
-'e was IN j car that stopped at a lirrle sTa
gsr q. &C - We were all told 20 get out The train
f,r--,aS y s41eJf4ckeC. 1 women and children
witb0-l, ~ IN N a not august sun many of them
tic.~ money 70 90 any further having only their
v,s11-s ana 1 asked the conductor II he NC
Tbe Tbts $50 20 axe The train through He said he was
reTggs atiilaI too W2s willing but the fireman
1be Vgr.l ~ o, ana they We're helpless. That was
~ - oI a trade union
az row contrasted the union system yitb rbe
st-s@-i--s inai gave dignity 10 trades and
kf~ -iil possessed the right 10 go before the
ara ---e trades unions Of to-day" she declared
So - q menace 10 social progress and rhev re
bsr55ggIf flgLy mixed Up with politics that we can
~S..liy separate them N We "a"
80 victoria Whitney. OF Missouri; satd. ..1-ra
vrSti-- delegate is the who takeg the money
me ctalo IS shoeless and schooIcss M ~,
60, sss Almost naked. The Chicago STRIKE paS
seo oy the refusal Of employers 10 give m tbet1
sTS oAss4arge the who shirEed his dDfv
ma - -a-n , the man who performed his Pull
-r r. sas told II you don't dscharga tbis 49,,
VII strike He refused 10 dis~Ifa19e w. ,,Ia ~
erev -ao served him faithfully and Tebs and his
,-5-- GloA ne country by the throat The t-ajfy
= -. - american The American sntrst savG
-. les4ea my 5OB q anv mans bidding snS
"A = u-sct-dfee another man at nv b{5dtpz
unione -. i4,luslon OF the discussion of trades
Eysfeno ss5 "a GENEROUSLY pushed the factory
7siae Mrs Lille Devereux Blake offered