The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-19
LABOR LEADERS
vs..
IMPERIALISM.
WOrkingmen Alarmed at Prospect Of
Meeting Competition of cheap
Eastern Labor
INTERVIEWS OK THE SUBJECT

Edward Carroll, president Building
Trades Council-"I am not iii favor
OF expansion. IMPOSITION. however.
is such that | wish not to enter into
any political discussion of the mat
ter
f. A. Davis, secretary Building
Trades Council-.-I do not favor the
kind of expansion that we have had
during the present administration
but am too busy looking after the
needy people of the cityto bother my
head about those who need republi-
can aid elsewhere.
Frank NJ. Ryan. business agent
Bridge and Structural Workers
Union-''Expansion means cheaper
labor The countries which may be-
come part of the nation are those in
which labor is cheapest
| EXPANSION A MENACE TO LABOR.
John A. Long, Business Agent Gas
Filters Union-''Expansion, such ar
we have had is a menace to labor. IT
shows that the laboring man OF this
country will be asked to compete
with the oriental. who lives at one
| tenth the cost. The war in China il
not one of protection, as they pre-
tend, but one of conquest. Ii the
allies conquer China and the territory
is divided, it will mean that the Chi
nese are American citizens
George ". Perkins, president of
the Interna tionalC igarmakers Union
III the smokers OF this country
want poor cigar-want opay more
for it than they pay fora good smoke
now and want to iniure every dealer
and tobacco broker in the country.
while they hurt 300, 900 cigarmakers
they should be in favor of expan-
sion. i am not.
| PROBLEMS ENOUGH AT HOME.
| j. f. Lee, secretary of the Wood
workers Council am opposed to
expansion. This government had
half century OF argument nearly
and almost 100000 men with
which it proved slavery was wrong.
| Four years of heartbleedings, of sOr-
row. of war with neighbOr, showed
that the practice was not right.
| Then the country ended the matter
but at a sacrifice that weighed heavy.
Now it proposes to take the Philip
pines, as police officer would. | OBJ
| ject, The officer is off his beat. We
have in this country problems sutti-
Gent to take our attention. Before
we attempt to prove all men are
equal in the old world let us prove it
in the new
Louis Seegebarth. secretary Hold
carriers Union-'I do not favor ex-
pansion because it may bring the
Chinese into active competition with
us, and they, according to what |
learn from the Pacific coast, will
do the same work required of our
men at one-half the cost. | think
this country should look after its
own people first
Walter Carmody, secretary FEEDER
alton of Labor am against ex-
pansion every time.
Herbert Champion, president Car
penters' and Joiners' UniOn-.'Ex-
pansion means emigration. 1t can't
help it. Have We enough emigrants
in this country? II We have not, why
enforce the law against the Chinese?
They are an industrious people"
John Clinch, president Plumbers
Union-"No, | don favor expansion.
| think that instead of tryingto tame
the wild men in the Philippines il
might be a good plan to tame some
of the savages in the Chicago Con
tractors council.
! OPINIONS OF LAWYERS.
Among leading lawyers the Record
gathered the following opinions:
Ex-Judge Thomas A. Moran-'Mc-
Kinley expansion is the exploiting OF
the colonial system. The imperial
ism of the Mckinley administration
is acknowledgement by those who
undertake to apologize for it. 1t Is
based on the colonial system. Such
/ expansion Is treason 10 American
principles and Is fatal to American
I institutions.
! John 5. Miller, lawyer-'I believe
that the final policy a. to our new
possessions will be settled III the