The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-06-16

to call is known beforehand and
things are put in condition for his ar
rival. The inspector goes through the
shops hurriedly and spends a short
time in the office and then leaves with
out giving any attention to details.
other delegates spoke on the same sub
ject and the inspection in vogue.
Commissioner McHale stated tina
source of complaints regarding child
labor, sanitation, ETC., would not be di-
vulged by this bureau.
Mrs. Julia B. Nelson, of this city,was
then introduced and delivered a STIR
ring address, replete with humor and
good, common sense, on the subject of
working Women"
Mrs. Nelson said she came like Esther
before the king. She was glad to meet
this organization Of laboring men
which came without flags or trumpets,
waging bloodless battle. Speaking of
working women she said many men
deprecated that women stepped in and
took mems places. The man who
has six or seven daughters to
support takes different view
of the question. The big laundries
have taken away the wash board from
woman and even the needle with which
she has so long kept the wolf away
from the door has been worked so far
into the haystack of mems inventions
as to be almost lost. There should be
no antagonism to working women. The
speaker was willing to admit that Miss
Young America was sometimes a very
unreasonable creature when she had
everything her own way, and she ridi-
culed Mr.. Young America for trying
to support Miss Young America while
his father pays for the starch in his
collars. Mrs. Nelson inquired into what
was the equality vouchsafed all by our
forefathers. Some men are small in
stature and some giants, SO it cannot
be equality there. Some are strong,
others weak. But they are equal in
their rights to make the most of them
selves without trespassing on the rights
| of others. Here a plea was made for
suffrage for women.
Continuing the speaker said: A
chain is no stronger than it's weakest
link Your weakest link is the work.
ing woman. You will not have to COM
pete with women if they are given the
same opportunities as you are.
After Mrs. Nelson's address, Of which
the foregoing is merely fragment,
she was rendered rousing vote of
thanks by the convention.
A series of resolutions bearing on
various questions of interest to labor
were discussed and adopted.
! One of the resolutions congratulates
the Red Wing Federation on it's stand
in favor of early closing of stores and
is as follows:
Resolved, That the State Fedora ton
Of Labor congratulate the Red Wing
federation on the commendable,- posi-
u tlsas
O'clock closing of stores as expressed
ton. We sincerely hope that the nier-
chants Of Red Wing will comply with
the wishes of the federation and that
laboring men will give their influence
and patronage to the business men
who cheerfully confer upon their en-
ployes the blessings of shorter hours
and give them more time for rest, rec
reation and self-improvement. We
also hope that the clerks benefited by
early closing will give their most
faithful services to their employers
| Other resolutions were adopted which
in substance were as follows:
That the Minnesota Union Advocate
be the official organ Of the Federation.
That the law relating to compulsory
education be enforced.
That sympathy be extended to the
Beers in their fight for liberty.
That collective ownership of property
should be assumed when it becomes a
menace to free labor. An unsuccessful
effort to rescind this was made in the
afternoon.