Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-02

the pressfeeders and the plumbers
over the steamfitters. 1t was at the
instance of these two organizations
that the Chicago Federation of Labor
was expelled from membership in the
national body.
A contest is expected in Congress
next winter, waged by the labor men
of the Pacific coast, for legislation
to protect seamen from the importa-
ton of Chinese crews on American
vessels. Recently the Pacific Mail
steamship Siberia brought in a crew
of 270 coolies, destined for the new
steamship Manchuria, which recently
arrived at San Francisco from Nor
J folk, Va, where it was built. The
coolies escape arrest and deportation
on the technically that there is no
actual landing of the Chinese in the
United States, and therefore the con-
tract labor law is not violated. 1t fol-
lows, of course, that the decks of
| these American steamships are no
longer regarded as American soil.
The Central Labor Union of Indian
apolis is receiving no end of praise
| on its recent change of the constitu-
ton, in which it embodied PROPOSE
ton to do away with an old method
of raising funds for the tributary or
CARNATIONS by publishing souvenir
pamphlets, advertising for which is
solicited from business men. The ar
gument advanced that such solicita-
ton Is an imposition on merchants is
undoubtedly correct. If the demand
for this advertising were confined TO
the labor union souvenirs little OBJ
lection could be raised, for these PAM
phlets are, after all, not burdensome-
ly numerous. They form but small
fraction of the booklets and other tran
silent publications in which business
men are urged to take advertising
space.-Chicago Record-Herald.
For years the farmer has been
counted upon as being on the side op-
posed to trade unions, and until with
in the last few years he undoubtedly
was. Understanding little of the con-
ditions, and knowing nothing of the
aims, objects and purposes of labor
organizations, the farmer was easily
misled by the unfair attacks upon la
Dor organizations into bitterly oppos-
ing them. Now the farmer is begin
ming to realize that his interests and
the interests of other laboring men
are identical. He is no longer misled
by the statement that he Is "capi-
talist" and in the same class with the
so-called captains of industry" So
far has his education progressed along
this line that throughout the south
west and in Illinois there are to-day
a large number of farmers unions.
The immigration authorities have
taken steps to block the landing Of
300 Belgian glassworkers, who are
coming to this country to take the
places of American workmen who are
on strike against 25 per cent reduc-
ton in wages. w. S. Phillips of Cleve-
land, Ohio, president of the Amalga
mated Association of Window Glass
workers, is responsible for the recep-
ton these men will receive. A few
days ago he received a letter to the
effect that the men were coming, and
he at once notified immigration in
spectors in Baltimore, New York and
Philadelphia, where vessels land,
bringing Europeans to this country.
When these glassworkers try to land |
they will have to answer a severe
cross-examination. If it can be prov
en- that they are coming here under
contract they will be sent back.
Lake seamen anticipate trouble |
when navigation opens next season.
Rumors that have been spread along
the chain of lakes that vessel owners
next season will adopt some method
of ascertaining as much as possible
of the antecedents of their employees.
1t is said list of questions will be
presented to every man applying for
a position on a vessel, and only after
he has given satisfactory replies over
his signature will the applicant stand
a chance of getting a position on
boat. Seamen profess to see in this
a move to disrupt their organization.
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been put in operation two or three
years ago, but was abandoned at the
time, after a violent protest by the
lake seamen. A similar protest will
be made at this time as soon as 1t is
known along what lines the project is
to be carried out.
An automatic packing machine has
been invented in Paris. by means
Of this apparatus, which is almost
human in it's action" says the Scien-
life American, ut is possible to fash
ion the package, charge it and then
seal it, ready for transit. The appli-
ance is a combination OF weighing
machine and a packer. First the ma
chine cuts off the requisite length Of
cad, paper, or whatever is utilized for
he envelopes, from a continuous trav-
cling band, pastes and folds into
shape, leaving the mouth of the bag
open. The package then passes along,
stopping in its passage for moment
O receive its contents of tea, sugar
n cereals through funnel. 1t makes
mother forward movement, and an