The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
EIGUT-HOy BILL OPIONED.
Government Contractors and MaEufact-
urers Protest Against II.

WAsHINGTCN. Dec. Before the senate
Committee on Labor this morning hs lr1rgs
wrr" resumed nu the Eight hour Till winch
rasNcd the Hous" last session Tnt Gov
eminent contractors opTce"d to tn" pas
sage oi the measure were represented bY
Judge Joseph X McCammon for the Cram :
aud the Carnegie and Bethlehem Sr,el
Works. A b FarQuIar of York. Pa Scmcr-
field Baldwin Of Baltimore and Ni!,Id
+. Bowen of Buffalo represented rh.
National Association of Manufacturers
Frank Morri,o on, secretary Of the Nationa!
Federation OF Labor, and jane, O'Conleu
president of the Machnisrs Na,iora.
A.spoi atipn. looked after the interests #
the laDOrnR people.
Quite d furry was caused hy Mr BALD
wins d"nunClatlun q! some Of the method.
employed by labor leaders, which bruugtt
sharp answers from NlCss:s O',oun.I
and Morrison Mr.. O'CcInell had ol.e.-
toned Mr. BALDWIN very closely a. 20 H..
location Of his different mills In MaryIaud
and after MI. BGIuwln had dISN, I'D III,
turned TO senator MCtomds. chairman %,
the cnnuIttc", ana exp .luned Hth =, an
OF resignation. Now | suppose | wIl bc
organized.
ganiLatiOn va, mandatory ia order /,
protect humanity from imposition. and
That slavery would still be i'm pS,stnpr,
mad IL not been for the moV.ment IN. a.
toward freedom even against the wislc,
of many of Nh" slaves.
The cases are not AZ all ana,orous
returned Mr. Baldwin. with consi,irrahi.
heat, -and object to having Won nrU
your other leaders say that my son ana
my neghbors son and nay empIoy. -
shall only work certain number of buIir,
a dav, and if | u fI>o To- yield TO your d..
mand~ YOU stand n my gates with a bMdg.
con and "ndcavor to fore" me To your
way of thinking
Mr. Baldwin, who is a senior member of
the f IN of Woodward Baldwin & Co q.
Baltimore, the largest manufacturer. Of
cotton duck in tho count y, DECLARED that
if The bill passed bis firm would not under.
take TO cont rdCt further with the Govern.
ment. lie said the bin was not only Dor.
ncious in It's tendencies, but would Eo
sSecpingly injurious in it's effect should il
became a law. and that the majority oi
working people were not IN favor Of il,
passage.
Mr. Farpuhar Expressed tho belief tia
the labor leaders were the only pe1pl,
in the country who were taking an activ,
interest in TIE passage of the HI, in which
movement they were not supported by TN,
laborlng classes az whole. BY anv mcans.
In conclusion Mr. Faruuhar said that III,
arbitrary enforcement cf such a law woIl,
subiec' tho mauufacturor 10 an cspiOrac,
md blackmail more worthy Of the ahso.
lutism of an Eastern deSpo' than the frce-'
country on earth.
Willard F. Bowen of Buffalo, sorretar,
Of the Manufacturers Club of that CITY
dcnourcrd the ill A. prrnicious piece ot
class legislat ion, which in tie end wouc
prove very harmful 70 tie people for who's,
benefit il was framed
certainly" said Mr. Bowen, "ir the bill
pnl-ses IN inevitable reduction Of wages
will follow, II will mean short paw Will
shorter hours, and To mo II appears Yer,
iniudicious during these prosperous time.
when all ren who want work have It o.
fun wages, that they should feel red'lcti ion
~ The result # this hill which many cf q cu
CpDptc."