The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-11-14

y ~ sooner ina e. r. mas not
s0.nsr @n1a1 cause tosthe the, oreantzed labor
i
| serMise1 improved the conditions Of the
noaier IN. other words, has made the
M9rksrs th}r s;s r+hg greatsr (sonsumers Of the
organized method among Intelligent
employers, is adue entirely the credit
I The era Of industrial activity has
| been afntained .and4prolonged for q
longer period than:>:any similar re-
REACTION has thus far been attended
with. less severity and is in itself less
intense ft 1T than similar reactions hereto
to any particular phenomenon. They
have their cause and effect exactly as
h;a have the tides. attraction and >repul
AS a matter. Of fact, the greater the
power Of consumption Of the great
mass Of workers, the larger their
life, the greater the degree Of indus
trial and commercial prosperity. IN
deed. the constant growth in the wants
dustry and sommerce an impetus and
progress they can receive in no other
It is the height Of: economic nnwis-
dom to curtan the consuming power of
the masses as a means to industrial
reVlVa1. or pr1Sperity.-
NO industry, no countrv has ever be-
come great, or ever can become great,
dounded upon the poverty Of its work
While I do not know to what ex-
tent our declarations and .suEEestiofs
may influence employers generally in
the effort to dissuade them from pur-
sung the unwtse and lneconomical fall
sense OF duty must prompt us to make
our our position upon this question clear
fd and conTiIas oomprehensive # we shall fail
Which ici they should, or rather the course
WHICH they should not, pursue in re-
gaird g9Si1, t. TO- the effort to reduce wages, we
nay1ng done our duty An the premises
and so to shape our own course as will
meet ms ,,; the situation emphat1cally and
The working people should resist
any attempt to reduce their wages or
TO increase their hours or labor.
| we are better organized and better
| prepared to resist encroachments, upon
our condition than ever before;- and
II p@erchance @ some Of our efforts may
| than not to resist at all; for to com
! placently accept reduction in wages
Is Is simply to invite its repetition while
efforts in the same direction.
+hen IN former periods Of industrial. and
tnned as an men those
make up. the .loss..,:~ In other words,
tnose IN discharged: being::a menace both
well as the employment i'pi ifseif, were re
utilized ,,.a!1s as q means to further reduce
labor Of those employed. further ac-
cten1uated ana made acute the indus
trial situation.
for the relief of an ' over-stoeked st ke'sS or
glutted market, that the workers shall
tnrtail tn Il their power OF consumption and
|5duction. T. submit that the policy Of
movement Is wiser and Is In II the
means nta 11,s to.the sooner: estore
aeSSaNXitX,and 4, hris
l.ss; ~ aIsil ~ lissIs seas sasls
tobe pert oTm1ed t1iii a tfsusllot
only helping to- bear eacfss..ot hers sur
dens; but more quickly .:to restore Ac-
thVty IN industry, trade and commerce.
Mongoltan Immigration. z
Separate and apart from" all other
questions Of Immigration is the one
that confronts us in the form of the
Monaghan We have a law. secured
The our msnand sGfts exsudRg Of hs s
States, and by proclamation they are
pr9htnited PRO il, from emigrating to the Uni
tea States possessions. Efforts, how
pear that Chinese are necessary to the
industry of the American possessions.
Ihat this claim is unfounded is dem
tion made by the representative of the
american Fedora ton of Labor sent to
Hawaii, China, Japan, the Philippine
ments of native and American work
men to the. effect that there are suf-
tie1ent tha or1u numbers Of men to perform all
which now, or which may % in the tn Mear near
future, be Required that as a matter
Of oIa tact; T., in the Philippines there are
than is good for either the Industrial
development of the islands, aorHs the
eeonomie, social. and political interests
The t9s anannsap 1pp1ae 5aee Hawaii
dust stry and Calling and there, as well
as IN several sections. of the mainland
a1 are tae nWne 4n1tGd sdatss become and
comes the complaint and the warming
that that unrestricted Japanese immigra-
at any. time, in our history the unre-
stricted immigration of Chinese. This
convention: should emphatically declare
Europe. but from. China ana Japan.
nse the m tRs and the
recommend that the appointment of: a
special cimmittee be authorized early
In our session to hold meetings. during
IL
ly before it's close.
Your attention is also called to that
part of Governor ~Taftts% report of Oc-
toher: J, 1902; "tozzsstt,s Philippine Com
mission on, the IPhiiippine labor CON
ger Of Mongolian immigration into the
From the reports which reach us 5ot
the labor conditions in the Philippines
In our own and other countries. We
have the right to andswill dissent from
governor Taft's suggestion that any
@Ghinsse @ bs.admttteds t2sthe islands :un:
ever but comm end. the very enlight
ened view lie takes in his opposition te
the general admission of Chinese, @anG
also to the views he expresses on the
labor movement. i 80 IT, Il s3s#{
Anti-Tr4sts Anti-Lnbor Legfslntion.
Attention has been called to the Sfacl
that under the =guise Of so-called anti
trust laws lay the hidden purpose, te
attack the organizations Of labor: We
are, all familiar wi tn the U so-ca1lec
Sherman anti trust laws, and we are
also aware ,of the fact that under=it.
provisions the only persons ever indfet.
ed were a number wOrkmentyf III ~