The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
THEY WANTA
LABOR PLANK. y! !. ! I /
Union People Will Make Effort
to Have 1t Incorporated in the
Democratic Platform.
FOR THE EloHT-AouR DAY
Labor Class Will Meet With.
Much Opposition on
This Score.
FOR THE EIGHT-HouR DAY

(From our Regular Corrcspondent)
q WASHINGTON, D.. G.. June 1.-THE
effort which will be made al tho ST..
Louis Convention to secure the incorpora-
t;on of labor plank In the national
s Democratic platform favoring the ma
tioilal eight hour bill, the anti-fn5unction
B bill, and other labor bills pending be-
fore Congress, will be strongly opposed
by the Southern delegates. and a warm
4 fight may be expected. This is tho opln'
Ion OF Daniel Davenport, OF Bridgeport,
Conn, who has Just returned from
Southern trip In the interest OF the pow
erful American Anti Boycott Association.
OF which he is executive agent. On this
t11p Mr.. Davenport visited large num-
ber of mills and factories in the South,
and interviewed the manufacturers as 10
their attitude toward labor legisla ton,
State and national, of restrictive char
acter g %.
Will Meet With Opposition.
..When the National Democratic Con-
% vention assemblies In st. Louis next
month, the advocates OF radical labor
legisation Will meet with determined OPP
position" /" he said to-day. IAN effort Will
soubtless be made by the followers of, a
y certain candidate who claims to be the
rteat friend OF the laboring people to se-
cure the adoption of q plank faVorlng the
national eight hour bill and other pro-
posed legislation designed to commit the
government to the policy Of regulating
the hours OF work throughout the coun-
Try by law This movement will be OPP
posed by the conservative delegates from
the South, who are not only antasonistlc
TO the candidacy Of AIr. Hearst. but who
erc firmly set against interference by the
government In the business and with the
rights OF private individuals.
.trhc Southern delegates to st. Louis
can scar cely do any thing else but oppose
any resolution fayoring angeight hour or
anti-intunction BILL he continued. as
q otherwise they would be In the position
or DESERVING. Representatye MADDOX, OF
Georgia, whose vote In tho House Com
nittee on Labor practically killed the
eight hour bin by referring II TO Inc
Department of Commerce and Liloor. Ills
vote was great surprise to his Demo-
cratic colleagues, as the Democrats here
tofore had always supported the bill py
their votes, however strongly they might
rriyately condemn 1t. But the Georgia
manufacturers flooded him with protests
end sent delegations to Washington Win
the result that they convinced MN that
the commercial interests OF nus eoSAse
md OF the South generally were strong
~ against the bill. They Will naturally
see that he does not suffer poiiticaliy
from this vote.
Labor Conditions Good in South.
II found labor conditions in the South
very satisfactory. The Alabama Lesisia-
t,1re has recently passd an anti-boycott
law, and believe the Georgia Legislature
viii do likewise at It's coming session.
as the Georgia Industrial Association en-
dorsed the same ut Its meeting few
days ago This association Is probably
the most Influential OF Its kind In the
state OF Georgia. and Is maintaining q
vigorous opposition to the efforts Of or
ranlzed labor to unionize the Georgia
mills and to secure legislation which
would tend to stunt the growth OF the
Southern Industries. A great deal OF
Northern capital has been Invested IN
Southern mills within the past few years
and much of this capital has come from
New England mill owners. 1t Is said tnat
those who own mills In the North ana
in the South find that their Southern
mills pay good dividends. while me
Northern mills barely escape without I, q
deficiency. They ascribe this fact 20 inc
difference In the labor conditions between
New England and the South