The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-11-03
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excuse to accomplish that purpo Sial
to use such increased army, S.sin Tins
past it was used, to furth her ssus jusats y
the working people. RS
Your committee submits tie follow
ing resolution: d :sssSfs5 1t
Resolved, by the Ntneteenth Annual
Convention of the American sFederatton.
of Labor, that we are opposed to all
wars Of conquest, whether carried on
in Africa or the Philippines; that we
most emphatically protest against the
forcible annexation to this country sc
ether Porto Rico, Cuba. Guam. or the
Philippines, and that we are equally
opposed to any increase In the regular
army Of the United States beyond the
limit of twenty-five thousand enlisted
men and officers. S8s< sss5 $50 III I!
II believe that it is the Intention 81
the men now in control Of the govern :,
ment at Washington to not only hold
the Philippines, with their enormous
Chinese population, but seize and hold
portion Of China itself. The object;
Of this oriental expansion IL cheap Ia &
bor-an unlimited supply Of Chinese la.
Dor. Men who are brought under tho;
American flag cannot, under our Con-
stitution, be prevented from migrating
to any place where the flag flies. It is
not the intention or desire Of the men
responsible for the new policy that they
shall be prevented from coming to com
pete in the mines and workshops OF
this country. For this reson, I am un-
oyt ~ To ~ So
sion, and to any man or party advo-
eating it. p %s.zt @.' ~:
" American laboring men, should be
opposed to any interferences by us in:
the affairs of China. The Chinese peo-
pie have chosen to live by hand labor.
They have discouraged Invention and
the use of motive power. They have
sacrificed production to popula alton. We
have taken the opposite course; have
fostered invention, and have displaced
hand labor with machinery. We have
sacrificed population to reduction. II
our system Of civilizations is forced upon
China, it will mean that millions will
be suddenly thrown out of semplo
These millions, trained "a Industry and
submissiveness, are not xningS ito starve
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that such an industrial invasion Of this
country and Europe bysthese millions
will follow as will arrestsit not destroy
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