The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-09-05

II am, and always have been, be-
lever in labor unions. In union, AMI
in union alone there is strength. 1t is
the dly of every latoring man to be-
long TO some labor organization. 1t Is
8 duty he owes to himself, bis family
and his fellow workmen.'
Representative Robert A. Pollock
was then irt. o1ucsd.. From almost
the first word he seemed to touch the
popular chord and he was literally
app.auded, especially when he express
he'd pronounced views upon the QLe--
ttion of women working in the ave.
nues usually assigned to men. Pol
lock spoke in a loud, strong vo'ca. A
synopsis of what he said follows:
''if there is any people to whom l
like TO talk it is these who Toll. be-
Meve that men who work cannot be
too well paid or too well taken care
OF. | congratulate you upon This IA
rade and cooperation of the manu-
factureTs with you en- this dey, indi-
eating that the relations between the
employer and employed are as they
should lie.
Il believe In organized Labor.
think that any one looking to the
oest interests of all will join. soIe
organization. The greatest hope of
success in the future les In thorough
organization. l am not altogether op-
posed to organized capital, but l am
opposed to the two or three men who
live in New York debating the labor
policies and wages of Pennsylvan a
and West Virginia. tApplause) Such
men have no busn in the Ameri.
can republic.
81 am opposed ko child labor. do
not believe that any 10y under Ia or
girl under 16 years should be allowed
to work in any of the factories. Such
law was passed, but as the penalty
was taken from 1t the measure has
not been operative. If you want t, e
boys to grow up and take your place
in the struggles of life, they must be
educated = must be kept in the
schools instead Of wearing their yculg
lives out in the factories. | am mo e
opposed To girls working in the shops
and supplanting the men, would be
in favor of raising the limit for them
to IS years. The commissioner of la
boris satisfies show that the 5000
girls between the agas of ID and so
who work iu the factories receive en-
an average of $3.50 a week, and that
they have about II cents after pay
ing their expenses. They take f:om
men the positions that belong TO
them.
IF women mus1 work, they should
be paid the same as men so that there
would not be any reduction in the
price paid other laborers. The won, n
will not starve. They were as W II or
better taken care of in the olden days
when they were in the homes than
they are ioday."
The speaker denounced convict labor
where 1t cana in compe ition wi b
free labor and stated that the average
wages paid convicts I'm this state W S
36 cents day, and that Ihis had an
effect upon the labor of others.
Miss Anna Little, accompai ed ty
Miss Nellie Young upon the piaro
sang a colo. At the conclusion OF
the song, Mrs. Belle j. Grant, OF Mum
Gle Ind, international secretary Of the
Woman's Label league, was introduced
and spoke all some length as to tie
objects of this organization, which Is
comparatively new one. She spoke
of the heartaches and destitution Of
the oppressed PEOPLE of this country
and she emphasized what others hal
said with regard to children being In
tho schools instead of tine shops anil
"The league is to organize the wives
and daughters of the land into a un-
ion that will demand that everything
that comes into the home of q man
ufactured sort, shall be union made.
The women spend two-thirds of the
wages earned by the men and IL they
wore to go into the stores and refuse
to buy anything that did not wear
the mystic label tue trade would soon
be revolutionized and all dealers would
he anxious to handle the kind OF
goods demanded by those who spent
the money for the necessities OF the
homes of the country.
These unions are to be organized In
connection with other labor organiza-
tions and work In harmony with them.
There are now SO Io1ges with mens
beysh;p nj 900, and the growth IL
satisfactory. It is the ambition OF
the leaders to make II AZ great ~
the Federation OF American Labor
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